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Rising Global Temperatures Accelerate Coastal Erosion Across the Arctic

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 11 January 2022 Arctic coasts have different geological compositions depending on their location, but their…

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Permafrost Thaw Increases Catastrophic Lake Drainage in Northern Alaska

Environmental Research Letters, 19 November 2021 An intense period of “catastrophic” lake drainage swept across northern Alaska from 2015-2019 during…

4 years ago

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Permafrost, Infrastructure Damage and Coastal Erosion with Hugues Lantuit of AWI

This COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion session examines the future impact, and attempts at mitigation and adaptation in permafrost regions of the…

4 years ago

Working to Decrease Uncertainty of Future Sea-level Rise from Antarctica

Eos, January 10 Pinning down the amount, rates and timing of future sea-level rise from Antarctica requires more targeted and…

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Unprecedented Acceleration of Winter River Flow Associated with Permafrost Thaw in Russian Arctic

Environmental Research Letters, December 30 The winter flow of Russia’s massive Yenisei River – the largest river emptying into the…

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Permafrost Thaw Could Damage 30-50% of Arctic Infrastructure by 2050

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, January 11 Rising global temperatures and intensifying heat waves have accelerated the thaw of permafrost…

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COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Risks of Massive Ice Loss and Sea-level Rise from Antarctica; with Rob DeConto, University of Massachusetts Amherst

For an explanation of the kind of modeling results and irreversible sea-level rise from Antarctica noted in the above Nature…

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Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Tipping Points Occurred Within a Single Decade

Nature Communications, November 15 At the end of the last Ice Age, there were eight periods in which elevated global…

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Ten-fold Increase in Himalayan Ice Loss Over Recent Decades

Scientific Reports, December 20 During the past four decades, Himalayan glaciers have experienced a ten-fold increase in ice loss compared…

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COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: The Important Role of Ice Shelves with Twila Moon, NSIDC; and Susheel Adusumilli and Natalia Erazo, Scripps

Over the coming weeks, the Cryosphere Capsules will feature videos of some of the best and most impactful side events…

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