This side event features Dr. Jonathan Wille, ETH Zurich, lead author of the two companion papers summarized above. He volunteered at the COP28 Cryosphere Pavilion as part of our Early Career Scientists Program, sharing the latest scientific findings with policy makers. He organized this event with Dr. Martin Siegert, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Cornwall) at the University of Exeter. They focus on the new vulnerability of Antarctica to a range of extreme events from fossil fuel warming, looking at weather, sea ice extent, ocean heatwaves, glacier and ice shelf systems, and the effect on marine and land biodiversity.
PNAS, 6 July 2026 Antarctic ice shelves act as natural barriers that slow the flow…
Nature Climate Change, 10 June 2026 Human-driven sea-level rise is transforming once-rare “extreme sea-level events”…
Advances in Climate Change Research, June 2026 Extratropical cyclones – large weather systems that transport…
Ocean Science, 30 June 2026 The North Sea has warmed about twice as fast as…
Environmental Research Climate, 3 July 2026 Glaciers in the Western Himalayas store vast freshwater reserves…
Climate Dynamics, 28 May 2026 Declining sea ice in the Arctic’s Barents-Kara Sea may be…