Pam Pearson

Cryosphere Video of the Week: “Understanding the History of the Greenland Ice Sheet”

Dr. Paul Bierman, Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Vermont, summarized his recent paper on ancient soil remains…

2 years ago

Today’s Policies Determine the Rate of Sea Level Rise from Antarctica: Improved Ice Loss Projections Over Coming Centuries

Earth's Future, 4 September 2024 An updated model comparison experiment (ISMIP6 Antarctica 2300) has provided the first multi-model and multi-century…

2 years ago

Adaptation Plans for Coastal Cities Inadequate in Face of Increasing Cryosphere Loss

Nature Cities, 26 August 2024 Current measures taken by most coastal cities to adapt to climate change, especially in light…

2 years ago

Two Reports Launched on Sea Level Rise, Coastal Flooding and Climate Urgency

United Nations and WMO, 26 August 2024 In Tonga, UN Secretary-General António Guterres released a special briefing on sea-level rise…

2 years ago

COP27 Video of the Week: “Slow Onset, Irreversible Events Beyond Adaptation: Global Stocktake, Implementation and 1.5° Ambition” with Florence Colleoni

Global impacts, especially loss and damage, from cryosphere feedbacks will be largely permanent on human timescales, beyond adaptation limits for…

2 years ago

Ice Cliff Collapse May Not Occur so Rapidly in the Near-Term, but Risks of Major Sea-Level Rise Remain

Science Advances, 21 August 2024 The collapse of ice shelves around Antarctica could expose tall ice cliffs at the edge…

2 years ago

Less Snow and More Above-freezing Temperatures Speeding Arctic Glacier Melt

The Cryosphere, 15 August 2024 The Arctic contains one-fourth of the world's glaciers, and this study detailed how rising temperatures…

2 years ago

Rapid Emissions Reductions May Kickstart Stabilizing Feedback for Antarctica

Science Advances, August 4, 2024 A state-of-the-art ice sheet model predicting future sea-level rise shows that humanity may be able…

2 years ago

Central Greenland Ice-free with Temperatures Similar to Today’s

PNAS, August 5, 2024 The center of Greenland – currently buried under a 3-kilometer-thick sheet of ice – supported plant…

2 years ago

Video of the Week: “Potential Cause of Faster and Higher Sea Level Rise from Antarctica”

Dr. Alexander Bradley is an ice-ocean modeler at the British Antarctic Survey, and visiting research fellow at Kings College London.…

2 years ago

Call for COP29 Side Events and Early Career Scientist Volunteers

Dear Friends of the Cryosphere Pavilion and Cryosphere Capsule Readers! The COP29 Cryosphere Pavilion side event application process for COP29…

2 years ago

Every Increment of Warming Above 1.5°C Increases the Risk of Crossing Tipping Points – Even if Overshoot is Temporary

Nature Communications, 1 August 2024 Current climate policies are not ambitious enough to prevent tipping points from being crossed, even…

2 years ago

Recent Retreat of Tropical Andean Glaciers Unprecedented in 11,700 Years

Science, 1 August 2024 The current rate of glacier ice loss in the tropical Andes is unprecedented in at least…

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East Antarctica Hits 28°C Above Normal During Current Heatwave

News Briefing, 2 August 2024 East Antarctica is currently experiencing a heatwave in the middle of winter of up to…

2 years ago

Video of the Week: “Unraveling the March 2022 Extreme Heat Event in East Antarctica”

In this presentation given during an "Arctic 21" science-policy briefing earlier this year, Dr. Jonathan Wille decodes the record-busting March…

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