Cryosphere Capsules

Increasing Glacier Melt Causes Higher Acidification Rates Around Svalbard

Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, October 15 Glacier runoff during the peak of Svalbard’s meltwater season contains lower levels…

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Possible 1000-km “River” Channel May Drain Greenland’s Northern Ice Sheet More Rapidly

The Cryosphere, November 12 Perhaps related to the above, a 1000-kilometer channel under the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland may…

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Current Models Underestimate Ice Loss from Largest Greenland Glaciers

Nature Communications, November 17   From 1880 to 2012, Greenland’s three largest outlet glaciers lost enough ice to increase global…

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Increasing River Temperatures Trigger Arctic Sea-Ice Decline and Atmospheric Warming

Science Advances, November 6 Warmer river discharge waters into the Arctic Ocean contributed up to 10% of regional sea-ice loss…

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Past Climate Conditions Anticipates Sea Level From Ice Sheets and CO2 Stabilization

Science, November 6 The Pliocene Epoch (3-4 million years ago) is our best analogue for current rates of climate change.…

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Widespread Sea-Ice Decline in Nordic Seas Associated with Past Extreme Greenland Warming

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 9   During the last Ice Age (about 110 000 to 10…

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High Arctic Temperatures and Low Sea-Ice Levels Cause Heatwaves at Mid-Latitudes

Environmental Research Letters, October 12 As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between that region and warmer lower latitudes…

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Potential Climate Sensitivity Above 5°C from Cloud Feedback Mechanisms

Nature Geoscience, October 26 Updated CMIP6 climate models (produced for the next IPCC assessment AR6) consider the radiative effects of…

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Additional Global Warming Feedbacks from Decay of the Earth’s Cryosphere

Nature Communications, October 27   New climate modelling shows that feedbacks from cryosphere melt dynamics including loss of Arctic summer…

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A Closer Look at Greenland’s Ice Sheet Margins and Glacier Outlets

Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, October 27 Over the past three decades, the Greenland Ice Sheet ice transitioned…

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