Cryosphere Capsules

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Release of WG1 Report: The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change

Link to SPM: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-i/ IPCC Press Conference and Release of Report, live at 10AM CEST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z149vLKn9d8&ab_channel=IntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange%28IPCC%29 The IPCC on Friday,…

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Patterns of Permafrost Thaw in Central Alaska: Tussock and Spruce Ecosystems May Be Protective

The Cryosphere, August 3 Permafrost with high levels of frozen organic carbon has been warming and degrading in many mixed-forest…

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Record Winter Winds This Year Accelerated Loss of Thicker and Older Arctic Sea Ice

Nature Communications Earth & Environment, August 3 Newly emerging strong winds in the Beaufort Sea region may cause unusually high…

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Thawing Permafrost Releases Unanticipated Reservoirs of “Fossil” Methane

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 10 Two regions of Siberian permafrost seem to be releasing methane that…

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Vulnerability of High Arctic Indigenous Communities and Ecosystems to Rising Ocean Temperatures

Nature Communications, July 22 On our present climate trajectory, the North Water ecosystem (NOW), a unique open-water ecosystem surrounded by…

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Past Abrupt Climate Warming Shows Cascading Impacts in Just Decades, but Persisting for Centuries

Nature Geoscience, July 29 This review paper assesses abrupt changes in climate over the past 30,000 years, and finds that…

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Accelerating Glacier Ice Loss in the Russian Arctic from Current Atmospheric and Oceanic Warming

Journal of Geophysical Research, June 30 Glaciers across the Russian Arctic are losing accelerating amounts of ice each year, especially…

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Arctic Sea Ice Loss Far More Rapid and Extensive than Projected Using Best-fit Models

Nature Communications Earth & Environment, July 15 Model-based projections of Arctic sea ice extent have traditionally lagged behind real-world observations,…

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Warm Ocean Water Accelerating Melt Rate of Langhovde Ice Shelf in East Antarctica

Nature Communications, July 9 The Langhovde ice shelf, 3 km wide is a relatively (for Antarctica) small ice shelf on…

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WAIS Collapse Not Prevented by Earth Surface Rebound Under High Emissions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, June 18 When an ice sheet loses mass, the pressure it exerts on the…

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