Pam Pearson

Earlier Snowmelt Across Western North America Threatens Summer Water Supplies

Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 22 May 2023 The ability of mountain snowpack to store water has significantly decreased across…

3 years ago

COP26 Video of the Week: “Snowpack, Glaciers and Water Supply” with Regine Hock

The IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report made it clear that glaciers are losing ice worldwide, even in high altitude regions where…

3 years ago

Increasing Tsunami Risks from Antarctica Threaten South America, New Zealand, and South East Asia

Nature Communications, 18 May 2023 Microscopic fossils from millions of years ago reveal that previous warm periods 2-4°C above today’s…

3 years ago

New Report Outlines Risks from Declines in Antarctic Sea Ice

News Briefing: 17 April 2023 Last month, the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) and the Australian Centre for Excellence in…

3 years ago

COP27 Video of the Week: “Building with Nature for Climate Resilience”

This side event underscores that ice loss and subsequent sea level rise from polar ice sheets pose a far-reaching and…

3 years ago

Tidal Mechanisms Could Double Rates of Sea Level Rise from Parts of Greenland and Antarctica

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 8 May 2023 Warm seawater can flow many kilometers underneath glaciers as tides…

3 years ago

Rising Temperatures Increase Algae Growth, Glacier Loss Across North Cascades

Nature Communications, 8 May 2023 Dark red algae on snow can increase spring snowmelt by 20% in the US Pacific…

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COP27 Video of the Week: “Cross-regional Climate Impacts and Youth-led Solutions from the Arctic to Africa to the Pacific”

This panel discussion from COP27 lifts up the voices of young people, underscoring the importance of reducing emissions to slow…

3 years ago

The Importance of 1.5°C for Global Economies due to Cryosphere and Other Impacts

Environmental Research Letters, 2 May 2023 This study summarizes the long-term risks and consequences associated with overshooting the 1.5°C limit…

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Melting Glaciers Pose Increasing Threat to Biodiversity in Mountain Ranges

Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 May 2023 Glacier retreat across the European Alps decreases the habitat for crucial invertebrate species…

3 years ago

Open Position: Nordic Coordinator

Virtual – Open to Qualified Applicants in Sweden For Capsule readers in Sweden: ICCI is seeking an enthusiastic Nordic Coordinator…

3 years ago

Global Glaciers Account for One-Fourth of Total Sea Level Rise Since 2010

Geophysical Research Letters, 26 April 2023 Mountain glaciers worldwide have lost 2% of their ice in the past twelve years,…

3 years ago

One-Century Old Black Carbon Particles from Oil, Coal Burning Found in Remote Antarctic Ice

Scientific Reports, 21 April 2023 An ice core from the Antarctic Peninsula contains fine soot particles released from oil and…

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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, caused by cryosphere feedbacks from emissions overshoot over 1.5°C will be largely permanent on…

3 years ago

Latest IMBIE Report: Five-fold Increase in Ice Loss from Greenland and Antarctica since the 1990s

Earth System Science Data, 20 April 2023 This week, IMBIE (the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise) released its third…

3 years ago