Cryosphere Capsules

Manganese in Arctic Waters as a Signal of Permafrost Thaw

Water Resources Research, December 9 Rapidly increasing atmospheric temperatures in the Russian Arctic has led to increased extensive permafrost thaw…

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Most Glaciers in the European Alps Would Disappear by 2100 If Current High Emissions Continue

Climate Dynamics, December 7 90% of the glaciers in the European Alps would completely disappear before 2100 under high emissions…

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Low Emissions Can Preserve Central Arctic Sea Ice: But High Emissions Causes Ice-free Regions Even in Winter, with Negative Global Impacts

Geophysical Research Letters, December 6   Under the new high emissions scenarios developed for IPCC AR6, accelerating sea ice loss…

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Stable Ocean Circulation in a Changing North Atlantic Ocean

Science Advances, November 27 Increasing discharge of freshwater from the melting ice of Greenland and other Arctic glaciers has not substantially…

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Ice Melt in the Northern Hemisphere Destabilized Antarctica

Nature, November 25 From 20,000 to 9,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, rapid melt of the…

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Accelerating Icelandic Glacier Melt in Past 25 Years

Frontiers in Earth Science, November 26 Over the past 130 years, glaciers in Iceland have lost about 20 percent of…

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Threshold of Irreversible Loss of Greenland’s Ice Sheet in ~600 Years with High Emissions to 2100

The Cryosphere, December 1   Under emissions scenarios leading to 2°C of global warming and above, significant and rapid mass…

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More Icebergs Might Lead to More Glacier Melt – and More Icebergs…

Nature Communications, November 25 Congestion of icebergs near an outlet glacier might lead to an increase in warmer water at the…

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Current Rates of Sea Level Rise Higher Than IPCC Estimates

Science, November 20 Over the past decade, sea levels have risen by an average of 4.8 millimeters per year, a…

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Increased Ocean Heat Flowing from the Tropics into the Arctic Ocean

Nature Climate Change, November 23   The flow of heat from subtropical waters into the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean…

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