Cryosphere Capsules

COP30 Video of the Week: Impacts of AMOC Shutdown

Observations and models suggest that the AMOC is slowing, with global implications for climate resilience and adaptation. This session brought…

3 months ago

Indonesia’s Last Glacier Ice Remained in 2024, But Faces Extinction by 2030

Cold Regions Science and Technology, 26 January 2026 A team of Indonesian researchers used over four decades of satellite imagery…

3 months ago

Permafrost Thaw and Wildfires Continue to Decrease the Remaining Carbon Budget

Communications Earth & Environment, 24 January 2026 Increasing permafrost thaw, including "abrupt" thaw events, together with wildfire carbon emissions are…

3 months ago

Increasing Methane Emissions From Northern Arctic Wetlands and Lakes

Nature Climate Change, 28 August 2025 Methane emissions from boreal-Arctic wetlands and lakes will increase by one third by 2100…

3 months ago

Recent Thinning and Ice Loss from Alaskan Valley Glaciers

Nature Communications, 22 August 2025 The Kennicott and Root Glaciers, two of Alaska’s most accessible large valley glaciers in Wrangell-St.…

3 months ago

New ‘COP30’ Video: Governing the Cryosphere Beyond Political Timeframes

Cryosphere systems are nearing irreversible thresholds, yet political processes remain misaligned with the long timescales of ice loss. Using COP30…

3 months ago

Comprehensive Assessment Maps Sea-level Rise Across Africa

Nature Communications, 15 December 2025 Sea-level rise along Africa’s coasts is now occurring four times faster than observed in the…

4 months ago

Narrow Channels on Bottom of Antarctic Ice Shelves Amplify Melting

Nature Climate Change, 9 January 2026 Warm water draining and flowing beneath ice shelves carves channels into the ice, where…

4 months ago

Thawing Permafrost Directly Increases Wildfire Risk and Carbon Emissions

Nature Geoscience, 9 January 2026 As frozen permafrost thaws and the seasonally thawed layer deepens, summers become hotter and drier,…

4 months ago

Polar and Mountain Microbial Communities Depend on a Stable Cryosphere

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5 November 2025 This review summarizes the harmful impacts of snow and ice loss on microbial communities…

4 months ago