Cryosphere Capsules

COP31 Cryosphere Pavilion: Call for Side Events and ECS Volunteers

Dear Friends of the Cryosphere Pavilion and Cryosphere Capsule Readers! We are happy to announce that the COP31 Cryosphere Pavilion…

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Extreme Sea-Level Rise Could Lead to Large-Scale Coastal Relocation in the United Kingdom

Nature Communications, 21 July 2026 Rising sea levels driven by ocean warming and ice sheet melt are projected to substantially…

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East Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Driven by Warm Surface Ocean Waters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 26 June 2026 East Antarctica has long been considered less vulnerable to ocean-driven ice loss…

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Increasing Decline in Antarctic Bottom Water Volume Since 2000s

Geophysical Research Letters, 9 July 2026 Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is the cold, dense water formed around Antarctica that sinks…

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Record-Low Arctic Winter Sea Ice in 2025 and 2026 Signals Continued Decline

PNAS, 20 July 2026 After several years in the early 2020s when Arctic winter sea ice appeared to stabilize, satellite…

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AMOC Weakening and Permafrost Thaw During Overshoot of the 1.5°C Paris Limit

Nature Communications, 16 July 2026 Temporarily exceeding global warming targets increases the risk of long-lasting changes to critical Earth systems,…

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Greenland Meltwater Increases Future AMOC Weakening

Science Advances, 19 June 2026 Including estimates of Greenland Ice Sheet melt in climate models increases the projected weakening of…

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Ocean Circulation Response to Increasing Antarctic Meltwater

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 10 July 2026 As the Antarctic ice sheet and surrounding ice shelves lose ice, they…

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AMOC May Weaken by Around 50% This Century with Even “Moderate” Emissions

Science Advances, 15 April 2026 Climate projections that incorporate real-world ocean observations indicate that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)…

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Increasing Evidence of AMOC Weakening Across the North Atlantic

Science Advances, 8 April 2026 Observations from four long-term underwater monitoring arrays in the North Atlantic show evidence of a…

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