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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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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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