Disappearing Communities on US Coasts by 2050 Mapped in New Study

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Nature, 6 March 2024 This study combined sinking land measurements, sea-level rise projections, and tide charts to provide a comprehensive…

Greenland Ice Loss Intensifies European Summer Heat

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Weather and Climate Dynamics, 28 February 2024 Europe will become even hotter and drier in coming decades as melting from…

First European Climate Risk Assessment Report

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European Environment Agency, 10 March 2024 This policy-oriented report identifies the top 36 "climate risks" facing Europe, warning that many…

COP28 Video of the Week: “Early Warning Signs of Sea Level Rise from East Antarctica”

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The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the world’s largest ice mass, storing over 52 meters of sea-level rise. It is…

Very Low Emissions Could Protect Arctic Summer Sea Ice

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 5 March 2024 This review paper provides a clear message: the frequency and length of…

Three Record-breaking Summers Reveal “Critical Transition” for Antarctic Sea Ice

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NSIDC: News & Analysis and Journal of Climate, 6 March 2024 For the third summer in a row, Antarctic sea…

COP28 Video of the Week: “What the Extreme 2023 Sea Ice Minimum Tells Us About Antarctica’s Future”

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Last year, Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest summer area since satellite records began, followed by a record-low winter sea…

Widespread West Antarctic Retreat Began Already in 1940s

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 26 February 2024 An extreme El Niño warming in the 1940s triggered dramatic…

COP28 Video of the Week: “Melting Ice Shelves Today Could Lead to the Collapse of West Antarctica”

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Today's temperatures have already locked in an unavoidable increase in West Antarctic ice shelf melting and rapid ocean warming, of…

Only Low Emissions Can Protect Even Best-case Antarctic MPAs from Severe Ocean Acidification

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Nature Communications, 4 January 2024 Only the lowest emissions scenarios (SSP1-2.6) with rapid and aggressive fossil fuel reductions can prevent…

Antarctic Ice Shelves Melting Away from Stabilizing Seafloor Anchors

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Nature, 21 February 2024 Rising temperatures have caused the disappearance of many "pinning points" which anchor ice shelves to the…

Potential Physical Early Warning Signs of Atlantic Ocean Circulation Collapse

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Science Advances, 9 February 2024 This paper identifies early warning signs for collapse of the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation).…

COP28 Video of the Week: “Antarctic and Southern Ocean Ecosystems Under Severe Threat from Climate Change”

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Climate change poses a severe threat to Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems, from sea ice loss to warming waters and…

Past Warming Triggered Rapid Runaway Ice Loss in West Antarctica

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Nature Geoscience, 8 February 2024 Scientists have uncovered for the first time direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet…

Short-term Extreme Events Essential in Predicting Future Sea Level Rise

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 8 February 2024 This review paper brought together an international team of 29 ice sheet…