Cryosphere Capsules

Evidence of Antarctic Ice Sheet Loss Despite Sub-freezing Surface Temperatures

Geology, 11 February 2022 New research resolves a long-standing discrepancy between marine records from the Ross Sea, which indicate complete…

4 years ago

Mount Everest’s Highest Glacier Losing Decades’ Worth of Ice Every Year

NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 3 February 2022 The South Col Glacier next to the peak of Mount Everest has…

4 years ago

Glacier Retreat Has Increased Seven-Fold in Western Canada Since 2010

Remote Sensing of Environment, 7 January 2022 The compounding effects of climate change are particularly evident in Western Canada, where…

4 years ago

Study of “Decreased” Ice Volume Largely a Matter of Relabeling Glaciers as Ice Sheets

Nature Geoscience, 7 February 2022 Widespread media coverage of this study unfortunately has resulted in a mischaracterization of its main…

4 years ago

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Snowpack, Glaciers and Water Supply with Regine Hock

For more on current losses and future projections for the world's glaciers and snowpack, and impacts on water resources, watch…

4 years ago

Meltwater Intensifies Southern Ocean Freshening Around Antarctica

Scientific Reports, 10 January 2022 Rising global temperatures have shifted westerly winds closer to the Antarctic continent, sending warm eddies…

4 years ago

First Regional Inventory of Glacial Lake Flooding in Alaska and Canada

The Cryosphere, 25 January 2022 Alaska and northwestern Canada contain more than 27,000 glaciers, which account for the second-largest area…

4 years ago

Glacier Ice Loss Projected to Double in Svalbard by 2100

Nature, 19 January 2022 Svalbard contains more than one thousand glaciers located across a “climate gradient” – distinct geographical regions…

4 years ago

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: A Tale of Two Ice Sheets

In keeping with the contrasting Greenland and Antarctica studies in this week's Capsules, this COP-26 session explains the differences between…

4 years ago