COP28 Video of the Week: “Global Glacier Loss Projections” with David Rounce

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From the high latitudes to mountain regions, the world's glaciers are responding faster than expected to fossil fuel emissions. This…

“Every Tenth of a Degree” Pushes Antarctica Closer to Potential New Threshold

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Nature Geoscience, 25 June 2024 Modelers have long theorized about processes that might account for the unusually rapid sea-level rise…

Impact of Sea-Level Rise on U.S. Infrastructure through 2050 Mapped by New Report

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News Briefing, 25 June 2024 Research led by the Union of Concerned Scientists concludes that nearly three million people live…

Key Cryosphere Takeaways from the Antarctic Treaty and UNFCCC Meetings

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46th ATCM and 26th CEP in Kochi, Kerala, India | 20-30 May 2024 For the first time, the Antarctic Treaty…

COP28 Video of the Week: “Mountains: How to Leverage Funding for Adaptation”

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Mountain areas are key for climate adaptation efforts due to their transboundary and global importance (natural hazards, water towers, global…

Global Emissions Dictate Rate of Unavoidable Sea Level Rise from Major West Antarctic Glaciers

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The Cryosphere, 3 June 2024 A new model incorporating the latest ice-ocean interactions projects that future stability of West Antarctica's…

Local Extinction of Polar Bears in Canada’s Hudson Bay if Global Warming Exceeds 2°C

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Communications Earth & Environment, 13 June 2024 The Hudson Bay polar bear population, comprising three of the world's 19 remaining…

COP28 Video of the Week: “Critical Thresholds of Arctic Climate”

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The Arctic is currently warming up to four times faster than the rest of the planet. Rapidly disappearing Arctic sea…

SB60 Updates and AMI Press Conference

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Dear Cryosphere Capsule readers, It has been a pleasure seeing many of you in Bonn this week during the annual…

Warm Seawater Under Thwaites Could Bring Faster Sea Level Rise

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 20 May 2024 Seawater pulses from tides moving beneath the vulnerable Thwaites Glacier…

Fossil Fuel Emissions Named as Key Driver of Vanishing Antarctic Sea Ice

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Geophysical Research Letters, 20 May 2024 Antarctic sea ice reached historically low levels in 2023, with over 2 million square…

Global Assessment Highlights Increasing Risks of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 21 May 2024 This review paper maps the global distribution of glacial lakes, consolidating historical…

COP28 Video of the Week: “Multiple Threats to Polar Oceans”

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The Arctic and Southern Oceans are under serious threat from warming, acidification, freshening, and ice loss. These changes are already…

Two-Thirds of Iconic Mount Everest Glacier Would Disappear by 2100 with High Emissions

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AGU Journals: Earth’s Future, 26 April 2024 The iconic East Rongbuk Glacier on Mount Everest’s north slope might lose two-thirds…

Rising Methane Emissions from Retreating Glaciers: From Greenland to Alaska’s Mountains

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Scientific Reports, 9 May 2024 Small mountain glaciers in Alaska release high levels of methane gas in their meltwater runoff,…