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High Emissions Scenarios Could Double Ice-Free Freshwater Lakes by 2100

Geophysical Research Letters, August 14   Since the 1970s, freshwater lakes in the Northern Hemisphere have been three times more…

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Giant Antarctic Icebergs Deliver Vast Amounts of Freshwater to the Southern Ocean

Science Advances, December 16 Large tabular icebergs (with areas ≥ 3 km2) are one of the greatest sources of melting…

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Major Temperature Dataset Revises Estimates of Warming Upwards by 18%

Journal of Geophysical Research, December 15   A new revision of the UK Met Office HadCRUT5 dataset finds that global…

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New IPCC Models Double SLR Estimates from Greenland by 2100 with High Emissions

Nature Communications, December 15 New CMIP6 models developed for the sixth IPCC Assessment Report (AR6) show that surface melt from…

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Even Frozen Permafrost Can Produce Carbon Emissions

Frontier Earth Science, December 15 Measurements of carbon emissions (the greenhouse gases CO2 and methane) from a permafrost column sample…

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The Arctic is Transforming into a Warmer, Less Frozen, and Biologically Changed Region

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, December 7 This annual “Arctic Report Card” by NOAA detailed, among other things that as…

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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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