Cryosphere Capsules

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Risks of Massive Ice Loss and Sea-level Rise from Antarctica; with Rob DeConto, University of Massachusetts Amherst

For an explanation of the kind of modeling results and irreversible sea-level rise from Antarctica noted in the above Nature…

4 years ago

Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Tipping Points Occurred Within a Single Decade

Nature Communications, November 15 At the end of the last Ice Age, there were eight periods in which elevated global…

4 years ago

Ten-fold Increase in Himalayan Ice Loss Over Recent Decades

Scientific Reports, December 20 During the past four decades, Himalayan glaciers have experienced a ten-fold increase in ice loss compared…

4 years ago

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: The Important Role of Ice Shelves with Twila Moon, NSIDC; and Susheel Adusumilli and Natalia Erazo, Scripps

Over the coming weeks, the Cryosphere Capsules will feature videos of some of the best and most impactful side events…

4 years ago

The Arctic is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Global Average

American Geophysical Union, December 13 Previous scientific studies and reports may have underestimated the degree of warming in the Arctic…

4 years ago

Antarctica’s Eastern Thwaites Ice Shelf Moving Close to Collapse

American Geophysical Union, December 13 Rising global temperatures appear to be accelerating the spread of deep and fast-moving cracks across…

4 years ago

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Greenland’s Future with Mark Serreze, NSIDC and Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Over the coming weeks, the Cryosphere Capsules will feature videos of some of the best and most impactful side events…

4 years ago

Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Increases Risk of Major Wildfires in the US

Nature Communications, October 26 Rising global temperatures accelerate the decline of Arctic sea ice extent, which this study associated with…

4 years ago

Extreme and Erratic Melting Has Accelerated on Greenland Ice Sheet

Nature Communications, November 1 Meltwater runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased by 21% over the past forty years,…

4 years ago

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Arctic Sea Ice Projections with Walt Meier

Over the coming weeks, the Cryosphere Capsules will feature videos of some of the best and most impactful side events…

4 years ago