Cryosphere Capsules

COP26 Video of the Week: “Ministerial Dialogue to Scale Up Investment in Mountain Specific Climate Priorities” with ICIMOD

This session introduces “Mountains of Opportunity," a new approach to scale up investment in mountain-specific climate priorities across the Hindu…

4 years ago

Higher Temperatures Increase Glacier Retreat and Quadruple the Number of Floods in Pakistan

News Briefing: 14 July 2022 More than thirty glacial lakes in the Himalaya, Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains of Pakistan…

4 years ago

European Heatwaves Increase the Risk of Devastating Avalanches Across the Alps

News Briefing: 19 July 2022 Glaciologists are monitoring a new crack on the Marmolada Glacier that partially collapsed earlier this…

4 years ago

Decline in Rocky Mountain Snowpack Threatens Future Water Resources in Western U.S.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 18 July 2022 Under a high emissions scenario, 80% of the water contained…

4 years ago

Previous Landslides Can Triple the Intensity of Glacial Lake Floods

Scientific Reports, 20 July 2022 Even small glacial lake outburst floods in the mountains can transform into huge debris flows,…

4 years ago

COP26 Video of the Week: “Cryosphere Science and Adaptation Solutions to Scale Up Climate Action in the Hindu Kush Himalaya” with ICIMOD

This session focuses on high-impact solutions that can deliver climate action in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region at the…

4 years ago

Rising Temperatures Jeopardize Hydropower Systems Across High Mountain Asia

Nature Geoscience, 23 June 2022 The accelerated retreat of glaciers in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions of Asia…

4 years ago

Decline in Ozone Over the Arctic Intensifies Drought Conditions in Europe and Eurasia

Nature Geoscience, 7 July 2022 Increasing emissions of ozone-depleting substances has weakened the ozone layer over the Arctic, contributing to…

4 years ago

Decreased Snow Cover in the Alps Threatens Europe’s Water Supplies

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21 June 2022 Rising temperatures from continued high CO2 emissions may cut in half the…

4 years ago

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