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Freshwater Discharge from Antarctica Shows Major Impacts on Future Climate

Science Advances, September 23 Under moderate and high emissions scenarios, the discharge of vast amounts of meltwater from the Antarctic…

6 years ago

New Higher Estimates of Ice Loss from Greenland and Antarctica with High Emissions

The Cryosphere, September 17 Sea-level rise from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets alone could be 39 cm higher by…

6 years ago

Rising Temperatures Lead to Irreversible Ice Loss and Sea-level Rise From Antarctica

Nature, September 23 The rate and scale of ice loss from Antarctica will increase as temperatures exceed 2°C, according to…

6 years ago

Loss of Snow Cover on Svalbard Glaciers Accelerated Loss Since the mid-1980s.

Nature Communications, September 14 Most of Svalbard’s glaciers and ice caps have lost the porous snow layer that previously protected…

6 years ago

Antarctica without Ice Shelves Leads to Rapid Multi-Meter Sea Level Rise

Journal of Glaciology, September 14 Collapse of ice shelves neighbouring the Antarctic Ice Sheet has the potential to contribute 1…

6 years ago

WAIS Ice Shelves Show Early Signs of Irreversible Disintegration

PNAS, September 14 Extensive open fractures have developed in the ice shelves of the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers in…

6 years ago

New Destabilizing Arctic Under High Emissions Scenario

Nature Climate Change, September 14 The Arctic is at high risk of undergoing a rapid state change away from a…

6 years ago

Warmer Atlantic and More Storms Decrease Sea Ice North of Svalbard

Journal of Geophysical Research, July 11 On the other side of the Arctic, an earlier study this summer found that winter…

6 years ago

2018 Bering Sea Winter Sea Ice Lowest in At Least 5500 Years

Science Advances, September 2 Summer sea ice minimums receive the most attention; but Arctic sea ice has been declining year-round,…

6 years ago

Large Reduction in Glaciers Under High Emissions Scenario in Central Himalayas

Journal of Glaciology, August 26 Up to 85% of the glaciers found in the Koshi River Basin could disappear by 2100…

6 years ago