Cryosphere Capsules

Growing Intense Arctic Marine Heatwaves Linked to Sea Ice Loss

Nature Climate Change, 6 January 2025 Rising temperatures have increased the frequency of extreme ocean warming events around the world,…

1 year ago

Video of the Week: How the Term “Tipping Points” May Distract from Climate Action

Dr. Robert Kopp, Rutgers University, summarizes his recent Nature Climate Change paper, which takes issue with the utility of the…

1 year ago

Launch of International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP) 2025

WMO Headquarters in Geneva, 21 January 2025 A high-level launch event at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva on…

1 year ago

40 Years of Pervasive Glacier Retreat Across Svalbard

Nature Communications, 15 January 2025 Norway's northernmost archipelago, Svalbard, is the most rapidly warming region of the Arctic and experiences…

1 year ago

Svalbard Rapidly Greening as Temperatures Rise

Communications Earth & Environment, 16 January 2025 Today's rapidly rising temperatures in the Arctic are changing the composition of its…

1 year ago

2024 Global Average Temperature was 1.6°C above Pre-industrial

Copernicus Climate Change Service, 10 January 2025 The EU's Copernicus Programme has confirmed 2024 as the warmest year on record…

1 year ago

Sea-level Rise and Permafrost Thaw Substantially Increases Arctic Coastal Erosion Rates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 3 December 2024 Climate change is affecting Arctic shoreline sea-level rise and permafrost…

1 year ago

New Observations Reveal Greater Antarctic Grounding Line Exposure to Warm Waters

Scientific Reports, 3 January 2025 A new Antarctic-wide measuring project (using gravity inversion for bathymetry) that includes all Antarctic ice…

1 year ago

Video of the Week: “The Arctic Ocean Could Experience its First Ice-free Day Before 2030”

Summarizing recent results from an Arctic sea ice paper last month on which she was co-author, Dr. Alexandra Jahn from…

1 year ago

Happy Cryosphere New Year!

Thank You for 2024! It was wonderful seeing many of you at COP29 in Baku, including at the COP29 Cryosphere…

1 year ago