Cryosphere Capsules

Diverse Plants and Animals Covered Greenland 2 Million Years Ago at Temperatures that May Be Reached with Continued High Emissions

Nature, 7 December 2022 Ancient DNA frozen in permafrost from northern Greenland reveals that this region was covered in a…

3 years ago

COP27 Video of the Week: “Co-producing Adaptation Strategies to the Climate Crisis in the Arctic” with Susan Natali and Áslat Holmberg

Arctic Indigenous Peoples face a complex landscape of environmental hazards due to climate change. Many Arctic communities are experiencing escalating…

3 years ago

Major Report Released on Mountain Glaciers in World Heritage Sites

News Briefing: 2 November 2022 The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), supported by the International Union for Conservation…

3 years ago

Bering and Chukchi Seas Will Likely Become Too Warm for Seafloor Arctic Species by 2100

Deep Sea Research Part II, 2 December 2022 With continued high CO2 emissions, cold water invertebrates in the Arctic Bering…

3 years ago

COP27 Video of the Week: “Cascading Impacts: How Can We Adapt and Reduce Risk in the Mountains and Downstream?” with Carolina Adler, Arun Shrestha, Christine Kaaya Nakimwero, and Helmut Hojesky

Climate hazards in mountains have compounding negative effects on local ecosystems, with cascading impacts on billions of people downstream and…

3 years ago

Happy International Mountains Day 2022!

In our Cryosphere Capsules this week, we would like to highlight the importance of mountain glaciers and snow on communities…

3 years ago

Greenland’s Northeastern Ice Sheet Thinning Six Times Faster Than Projected

Nature, 9 November 2022 The “ice stream” in Greenland’s largest drainage basin is shrinking and flowing much faster than previously…

3 years ago

Return of the “Cryosphere Capsules” and a COP27 “Cryosphere” Summary

A warm welcome to everyone joining us for the first time after COP27! After daily updates from the Cryosphere Pavilion,…

3 years ago

COP27 Cryosphere Pavilion – November 6-19, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Welcome to this last "regular" Cryosphere Capsules edition prior to the beginning of COP27 this Sunday, November 6; and running…

3 years ago

Permafrost Thaw Increases Risk and Large Future Costs of Infrastructure on the Third Pole

Communications Earth & Environment, 13 October 2022 Limiting warming below 1.5°C instead of 2°C could reduce the costs of infrastructure…

3 years ago