Cryosphere Capsules

Every Increment of Warming Above 1.5°C Increases the Risk of Crossing Tipping Points – Even if Overshoot is Temporary

Nature Communications, 1 August 2024 Current climate policies are not ambitious enough to prevent tipping points from being crossed, even…

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Recent Retreat of Tropical Andean Glaciers Unprecedented in 11,700 Years

Science, 1 August 2024 The current rate of glacier ice loss in the tropical Andes is unprecedented in at least…

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East Antarctica Hits 28°C Above Normal During Current Heatwave

News Briefing, 2 August 2024 East Antarctica is currently experiencing a heatwave in the middle of winter of up to…

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Video of the Week: “Unraveling the March 2022 Extreme Heat Event in East Antarctica”

In this presentation given during an "Arctic 21" science-policy briefing earlier this year, Dr. Jonathan Wille decodes the record-busting March…

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Cooling Effect of Both Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Declining Along with Ice Extent

Geophysical Research Letters, 17 July 2024 Arctic sea ice has been called the "Earth's refrigerator," cooling the planet by reflecting…

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Growing Andean Glacier Loss Increases Likelihood of Future Water Scarcity

The Cryosphere, 22 May 2024 Glacier volume has decreased by 8% across the Andes since 2010, with snow and ice…

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Video of the Week: “From Alaska to the Andes: Increasing Glacier Loss Across the Americas”

Dr. Bethan Davies is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Newcastle University in the UK, and on July 11…

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Continued Glacier Ice Loss from Alaska’s Juneau Ice Field Now Largely Locked In

Nature Communications, 2 July 2024 The massive Juneau Icefield in Alaska contains more than one thousand glaciers and has rapidly…

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Increasing Glacier Loss Across the Andes Since the Little Ice Age

Geophysical Research Letters, 30 June 2024 Tropical glaciers in the Andes are now losing ice up to 10 times faster…

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COP28 Video of the Week: “Global Glacier Loss Projections” with David Rounce

From the high latitudes to mountain regions, the world's glaciers are responding faster than expected to fossil fuel emissions. This…

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