Cryosphere Capsules

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…

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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…

4 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,…

4 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…

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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…

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Ice Sheets Rapidly Expelling Meltwater Can Produce Deep Underwater Valleys on Human Timescales

Quaternary Science Reviews, 5 October 2022 During the warm period at the end of the last ice age (20,000 years…

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Geneva-Hosted COP-26 Hub Event: “Mountain Water Resources in a Changing Climate”

Released as an online-only event from the Geneva Hub, this session discusses the importance of revising water governance strategies to…

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Unprecedented and Extreme Surface Melt of Greenland in September

News Briefing: NSIDC Greenland Ice Sheet Today, September 2022 An early September heat wave swept across Greenland during the first…

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Arctic Ocean Acidifying Three to Four Times Faster Than Other Oceans

Science, 29 September 2022 Rapid loss of Arctic sea ice over the past three decades has accelerated the rate of…

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Atmospheric Warming Combined with Meltwater Increases Ocean Melting of Greenland Glaciers

Nature Geoscience, 3 October 2022 While it was previously thought that ocean temperatures were the primary cause of melting along…

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