Cryosphere Capsules

Increased Plant Growth in European Alps Increases Warming and Ice Loss

Science, 2 June 2022 Over the past four decades, three-quarters of the European Alps above the tree line have experienced…

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Meltwater Seeping Below Massive High Latitude Glaciers Increases Rate of Ice Loss

The Cryosphere, 21 April 2022 The large, very thick marine-terminating glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic appear more vulnerable to…

4 years ago

Increased Flow of Warm Atlantic Waters Accelerating Arctic Sea Ice Loss

Geophysical Research Letters Oceans, 28 May 2022 Rising temperatures have increased the frequency of winter melt events across the Arctic.…

4 years ago

COP-26 Video of the Week: “West Antarctica: Getz on the Run” with Heather Selley and Bryony Freer

The Getz region of West Antarctica is losing ice at an increasing rate. A recent study using satellite data found…

4 years ago

Worsening Wildfires and Permafrost Thaw Deepen the Batagaika Crater in Siberia

News Briefing: 30 May 2022 Rising global temperatures have accelerated the growth of the Batagaika Crater in Siberia, which is…

4 years ago

Rising Global Temperatures Increase Rainfall and Ice Loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet

European Space Agency, 25 May 2022 Rain fell on the highest region of the Greenland Ice Sheet for the first…

4 years ago

Human Emissions Exacerbate Record-Breaking Heatwaves in Antarctica

Communications Earth and Environment, 27 May 2022 Long-term summer warming in the Antarctic Peninsula has increased the severity of Antarctic…

4 years ago

COP-26 Video of the Week: “Reducing Ships’ Black Carbon Emissions to Protect the Arctic” with Sian Prior, Dirk Notz, and Lisa Koperqualuk

Black carbon (BC) accelerates ice loss in the Arctic and creates a feedback loop exacerbating global heating; and has health…

4 years ago

Major Report Released on Antarctica

News Briefing: May 2022 At this week’s Antarctic Treaty Mechanism meetings in Berlin, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)…

4 years ago

Diminishing Arctic Sea Ice Increases the Vulnerability of Bowhead Whales

Scientific Reports, 20 May 2022 The combination of rapid sea ice loss with increased human activity – including commercial shipping…

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