Cryosphere Capsules

Past Arctic Warming Reveals Greenland Ice Vulnerability at Low Temperature Thresholds

Nature Geoscience, 24 November 2025 The Prudhoe Dome ice cap in northern Greenland completely melted 7,000 years ago and was…

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Today’s Emissions Choices Cause Stark Differences in Future Sea-Level Rise from Antarctica

Nature Communications, 5 December 2025 Very high emissions will trigger large-scale Antarctic ice sheet retreat over coming centuries, while net-zero…

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COP30 Video of the Week: Warming of 1.5°C is Too High for Polar Ice Sheets

Ice loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has quadrupled since the 1990s. This has raised concerns about their…

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Happy Cryosphere 2026

Thank You for 2025! From the launch of the International Year of Glaciers Preservation during January and March in Geneva,…

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Limiting Warming to 1.5°C Could Halve Glacier “Extinction” in Coming Decades

Nature Climate Change, 15 December 2025 Glacier loss is projected to rapidly increase this century, peaking between 2040 and 2055,…

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Reduced Arctic Sea Ice Threatens Polar Cod, Restructuring Food Webs

Nature Communications, 6 November 2025 The amount of sunlight entering the Arctic Ocean will likely increase by 50-77% over coming…

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COP30 Video of the Week: Super Pollutants, Arctic Shipping, Myths and Realities

Immediately reducing emissions of super pollutants – short-lived climate forcers – is the best option to avoid runaway Arctic warming…

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Fastest Glacier Retreat on Record: Hektoria Hints at Potential Scale of Future Antarctic Ice Loss

Nature Geoscience, 3 November 2025 In a stunning two-month period from November to December 2022, nearly 50% of Hektoria Glacier…

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60% of Antarctic Ice Shelves Could Disappear Under Very High Emissions

Nature, 29 October 2025 Southern Ocean warming could lead to 60% of Antarctic ice shelves disappearing by 2300 under a…

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Small Swirling Ocean Eddies Contribute to One-Fifth of Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Each Year

Nature Geoscience, 18 November 2025 Small underwater eddies contribute to nearly a fifth of total Antarctic ice shelf melting each…

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