Cryosphere Capsules

SB60 Updates and AMI Press Conference

Dear Cryosphere Capsule readers, It has been a pleasure seeing many of you in Bonn this week during the annual…

2 years ago

Warm Seawater Under Thwaites Could Bring Faster Sea Level Rise

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 20 May 2024 Seawater pulses from tides moving beneath the vulnerable Thwaites Glacier…

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Fossil Fuel Emissions Named as Key Driver of Vanishing Antarctic Sea Ice

Geophysical Research Letters, 20 May 2024 Antarctic sea ice reached historically low levels in 2023, with over 2 million square…

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Global Assessment Highlights Increasing Risks of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 21 May 2024 This review paper maps the global distribution of glacial lakes, consolidating historical…

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COP28 Video of the Week: “Multiple Threats to Polar Oceans”

The Arctic and Southern Oceans are under serious threat from warming, acidification, freshening, and ice loss. These changes are already…

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Two-Thirds of Iconic Mount Everest Glacier Would Disappear by 2100 with High Emissions

AGU Journals: Earth’s Future, 26 April 2024 The iconic East Rongbuk Glacier on Mount Everest’s north slope might lose two-thirds…

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Rising Methane Emissions from Retreating Glaciers: From Greenland to Alaska’s Mountains

Scientific Reports, 9 May 2024 Small mountain glaciers in Alaska release high levels of methane gas in their meltwater runoff,…

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COP28 Video of the Week: “Climate-driven Methane Emissions in the High Arctic”

Dr. Gabrielle Kleber, an Early Career Scientist at the COP28 Cryosphere Pavilion, published a major paper in July 2023 on…

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Low Emissions Key to Limiting Sea-level Rise from West Antarctica

Nature Communications, 23 April 2024 Weakened deep ocean mixing and sea ice loss could tip currently stable regions of West…

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Melting Ice Shelves Trigger Relentless Cycle of West Antarctic Ice Loss

Science Advances, 17 April 24 Researchers have identified a new positive feedback loop that intensifies ice shelf loss, suggesting that…

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