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Worldwide Decline in Snow Accumulation and Duration

Environmental Research Letters, October 14   Snow cover and duration has declined worldwide over the past three decades due to the…

5 years ago

Integrating Risks of Water Scarcity and Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in Peruvian Andes

Geoenvironmental Disasters, September 23 Towns and rural populations near the rapidly deglaciating Andes in Peru are threatened by both glacier…

6 years ago

Overlooked VOC Emissions from Thawing Arctic Permafrost May Increase Warming and Pollution

Environmental Research Letters, October 12 In thawing permafrost peatland soils studied in Finland, emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs, including…

6 years ago

Past Andean Drought and Glacial Retreat Tied to Abrupt Warming in the Arctic

Nature Communications, October 12   Past abrupt warming periods in the Arctic were related to near-complete disappearance of glaciers in…

6 years ago

Dust Darkens/Melts Snow at High Mountain Altitudes in Asia, Soot Dominates Lower Down

Nature, October 5 Dust carried by winds from the Middle East and Africa and deposited on snow is now the…

6 years ago

Year-round Disappearance of Arctic Sea Ice Before 2100 Under New High Emissions Scenarios

Environmental Research Letters, October 7   The Arctic Ocean will reach an essentially ice-free state year-round (i.e., fully navigable) under…

6 years ago

Ice-rich Permafrost Fuels Arctic Fires

Nature Geoscience commentary, September 28 More than half of 2020’s Arctic fires so far this year have occurred in ice-rich…

6 years ago

Greenland Ice Loss Rate On Track to Exceed Holocene (End of Last Ice Age)

Nature, September 30 Between 2000-2018, the Greenland Ice Sheet lost ice mass at the rate of 6100 billion tons of…

6 years ago

Glacier Mass Loss Doubles in Easternmost Tian Shan Since 1972

Journal of Glaciology, Sept 23 Glacier mass loss has doubled in the Tian Shan mountains of eastern Central Asia, known…

6 years ago

Mercury Emissions From Permafrost Thaw Could Make Yukon River Fish Inedible

Nature Communications, September 16 Under high emissions scenarios, additional permafrost thaw would drastically increase mercury concentrations in the Yukon River. …

6 years ago