Cryosphere Capsules

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

Salinization Intensified by Sea-level Rise Will Damage Coastal Watersheds by 2100

Geophysical Research Letters, 22 November 2024 Saltwater intrusion into fresh groundwater aquifers is increasingly damaging freshwater agriculture and ecosystems, and…

1 year ago

COP29 Video of the Week: “Sea Level Changes: Are You Sure You Know Everything About it?”

Sea-level rise results from a combination of several processes, from polar ice sheet loss to mountain glacier melt and more.…

1 year ago

Permafrost in Europe’s Mountains Warmed by More Than 1°C Per Decade

Nature Communications, 10 December 2024 Mountain permafrost makes up 30% of global permafrost area, and helps preserve the stability of…

1 year ago

Following a High Emissions Pathway Could Double Antarctic Freshwater Release into the Ocean by 2100

Geophysical Research Letters, 8 December 2024 Melting Antarctic ice releases freshwater into the Southern Ocean, with profound impacts on regional…

1 year ago

COP29 Video of the Week: “Slow Onset, High Impact: What Permafrost Means for the Global 1.5°C Target”

Critical ecosystem stability thresholds are already being crossed in permafrost regions today. These growing impacts will worsen and grow more…

1 year ago