Pam Pearson

Upcoming UN Conference Spotlights Global Mountain Glaciers & Snow

The International Conference on Glaciers Preservation will take place in Dushanbe from May 29-31. The conference will build momentum in…

11 months ago

2024 Was Europe’s Hottest Year, Punctuated by Extreme Weather Events

Copernicus Climate Change Service and World Meteorological Organization, 15 April 2025 2024 was Europe’s warmest year on record, with estimated…

1 year ago

Tracks of City-sized Icebergs around UK Show Collapse of Major Ice Sheet 18,000 Years Ago

Nature Communications, 24 April 2025 Deep gouges in the seafloor beneath the North Sea reveal that large icebergs tens of…

1 year ago

Rivers Flowing Under the Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Trigger Faster Sea-Level Rise

Nature, 20 March 2025 A study modeling the long-term evolution of rivers beneath Antarctica shows "hotspots" where churning water beneath…

1 year ago

Long-Term Health Risks of Flooding Documented in U.S.

Nature, 23 March 2025 This study investigates the long-term health impacts of floods in the US since the turn of…

1 year ago

COP29 Video of the Week: Ice Sheet Dynamics and Risks of Future Sea Level Rise above 1.5°C

Ice loss from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets has quadrupled since the 1990s and now represents the dominant source…

1 year ago

Improved Models of Subglacial Water Show Potential Tripling of Antarctic Ice Loss by 2300

Nature, 7 April 2025 Subglacial water may play a much larger role in Antarctic ice loss than previously thought, and…

1 year ago

Near-total Loss of Glaciers in Western Austria at 2°C

The Cryosphere, 1 April 2025 Near-complete glacier loss is expected in new projections of the Ötztal and Stubai mountain ranges…

1 year ago

Ice Loss in Northern Italy: Disappearing Dolomite Mountain Glaciers

The Cryosphere, 24 March 2025 An international team of researchers analyzing glacier loss in the Italian Dolomites found that this…

1 year ago

ECR Opportunity at Dushanbe International Glaciers Conference, May 29-31

The UN International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation May 29-31, part of the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025 (IYGP), will…

1 year ago

COP29 Video of the Week: Global Glacier Projections and Paris Limits

Glaciers globally have been retreating and losing mass at an accelerated rate in recent decades, leading to significant impacts such…

1 year ago

Economic Loss from Alaskan Permafrost Thaw, Infrastructure Damage: Double Past Estimates

Nature Communications, 21 March 2025 New models refining infrastructure mapping in Alaska show that large economic losses are expected to…

1 year ago

Low Emissions Would Cut Western U.S. Snowpack Losses by Half

Nature, 1 April 2025 Western U.S. mountain snowpack, crucial for supplying water to roughly 100 million people and accounting for…

1 year ago

Sea-Level Rise Surges at End of Last Ice Age Strengthen Future Projections

Nature, 19 March 2025 Reconstructing wetlands from the last Ice Age has revealed periods of rapid sea-level rise equal to,…

1 year ago

COP29 Video of the Week: Total Emissions from Permafrost Regions Already Warming the Climate

An international team of permafrost scientists outlined new research findings developed in the Regional Carbon Cycle and Processes (RECCAP2) project,…

1 year ago