Cryosphere Capsules

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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Floating River Ice Channels Correspond to Sections of Thawing Riverbed Permafrost

Frontiers Earth Science, July 6 The ice resting on top of unfrozen river water – known as “floating” or “serpentine”…

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Loss of Barents-Kara Sea Ice in Arctic May Cause Higher Eurasian Warming in Winter

Geophysical Research Letters, June 16 Winter sea ice loss in the Barents-Kara seas, north of Norway and western Siberia, causes…

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Loss of Glacier Mass in Recent Years Across All of High Mountain Asia

Nature Communications, July 5 This satellite study confirms that the rate of glacier ice loss has substantially increased in seven…

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Increase in Subsurface Lakes Under the Greenland Ice Sheet

The Cryosphere, June 29 Across the entire Greenland Ice Sheet, the extent of meltwater reservoirs hidden underneath layers of packed…

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Underwater Landslides Triggered by Iceberg Collisions with the Seafloor

Nature Geoscience, June 24 Icebergs originating from the Arctic, Greenland, and Antarctica may cause hazards thousands of kilometers away from…

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Decline in Permafrost Threatens the Stability of Microbial Ecosystems in Himalayas

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 22 The thawing of permafrost has destabilized bacterial and fungal networks in…

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Arctic “Last Ice Area” Less Resilient to Warming than Previously Estimated

Nature Communications, July 1 Record low sea ice was observed in summer 2020 in the Wandel Sea, just north of…

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