Pam Pearson

Video of the Week: “Projections of an Ice-Free Arctic Ocean”

Dr. Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder, is the lead author of a recent sea ice paper published in Nature,…

2 years ago

Arctic 21: Bringing Together Cryosphere Science and Policy

Dear Cryosphere Capsule readers, We would like to share with you a recording of the last "Arctic 21" meeting. This…

2 years ago

State of the Global Climate 2023 Report

World Meteorological Organization, 20 March 2024 This latest WMO report confirms 2023 was officially the hottest year in recorded history,…

2 years ago

Study Forecasts Warmer and Wetter Arctic This Century

The Cryosphere, 5 March 2024 This major study reveals how Arctic rivers will change over the next eight decades if…

2 years ago

COP28 Video of the Week: “What Everyone Should Know About Permafrost Thaw”

During the first week of climate negotiations, Arctic scientists summarized the current state of monitoring, measuring, and accounting for carbon…

2 years ago

Disappearing Communities on US Coasts by 2050 Mapped in New Study

Nature, 6 March 2024 This study combined sinking land measurements, sea-level rise projections, and tide charts to provide a comprehensive…

2 years ago

Greenland Ice Loss Intensifies European Summer Heat

Weather and Climate Dynamics, 28 February 2024 Europe will become even hotter and drier in coming decades as melting from…

2 years ago

First European Climate Risk Assessment Report

European Environment Agency, 10 March 2024 This policy-oriented report identifies the top 36 "climate risks" facing Europe, warning that many…

2 years ago

COP28 Video of the Week: “Early Warning Signs of Sea Level Rise from East Antarctica”

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the world’s largest ice mass, storing over 52 meters of sea-level rise. It is…

2 years ago

Very Low Emissions Could Protect Arctic Summer Sea Ice

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 5 March 2024 This review paper provides a clear message: the frequency and length of…

2 years ago

Three Record-breaking Summers Reveal “Critical Transition” for Antarctic Sea Ice

NSIDC: News & Analysis and Journal of Climate, 6 March 2024 For the third summer in a row, Antarctic sea…

2 years ago

COP28 Video of the Week: “What the Extreme 2023 Sea Ice Minimum Tells Us About Antarctica’s Future”

Last year, Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest summer area since satellite records began, followed by a record-low winter sea…

2 years ago

Widespread West Antarctic Retreat Began Already in 1940s

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 26 February 2024 An extreme El Niño warming in the 1940s triggered dramatic…

2 years ago

COP28 Video of the Week: “Melting Ice Shelves Today Could Lead to the Collapse of West Antarctica”

Today's temperatures have already locked in an unavoidable increase in West Antarctic ice shelf melting and rapid ocean warming, of…

2 years ago

Only Low Emissions Can Protect Even Best-case Antarctic MPAs from Severe Ocean Acidification

Nature Communications, 4 January 2024 Only the lowest emissions scenarios (SSP1-2.6) with rapid and aggressive fossil fuel reductions can prevent…

2 years ago