Continued High Emissions Increase Risk of AMOC Collapse Between 2025-2095

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Nature Communications, 25 July 2023 New findings reveal that if global fossil emissions are not reduced, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning…

Video of the Week: “Understanding Ice Sheet Stability and its Ocean Circulation and Sea-level Rise Impacts” with Benjamin Keisling, Hannah Baranes and Cecilia Morales

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Dr. Benjamin Keisling co-authored the above Greenland paper and volunteered as an Early Career Scientist (ECS) at the 2019 COP25…

Narrow Surface Fractures Destabilize Ice Sheets

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Nature Geoscience, 19 June 2023 Meltwater flows into millions of hairline cracks across the surface of the Greenland and Antarctic…

COP27 Video of the Week: “The Disappearing Glaciers of Svalbard” with Ugo Nanni

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Svalbard is one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth, and these high temperatures have driven unprecedented rates of glacier ice…

Decline in Southern Ocean Krill Due to Global Warming Threatens Whale Populations

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Scientific Reports, 6 June 2023 Diminishing stocks of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean have decreased the average weight of…

Deep Ocean Currents Slowing Earlier than Predicted in Southern Ocean

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Nature Climate Change, 25 May 2023 In a major basin south of Australia, increased meltwater runoff from Antarctica has decreased…

COP27 Video of the Week: “Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Need for Greater Understanding, Research and Protection”

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Southern Ocean ecosystems are critically important to regional biodiversity, global food security and ocean health. These ecosystems are under severe…

Every Degree of Warming Increases Extreme Rainfall in Northern Hemisphere Mountain Regions

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Nature, 28 June 2023 Rising temperatures turn snowfall into rainfall, increasing the susceptibility of mountain regions to extreme rain and…

COP27 Video of the Week: “Mountains, Glaciers, and People: Preventing Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in the Third Pole”

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This session from COP27 brought together a wide range of speakers to share insights on the importance of urgent policy…

Landmark Report: Himalayan Glaciers Disappearing Two-Thirds Faster Than Before

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20 June 2023 Building on the 2019 Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) assessment report, a major study from the International Centre…

ESOTC 2022 Report: Record Loss of Glacier Ice in the European Alps Last Summer

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Copernicus Climate Change Service, 20 June 2023 The sixth annual European State of the Climate (ESOTC) Report for 2022 was…

Video of the Week: “Loss of Mountain Water Resources and Sea-level Rise: Why 2°C is Too High for 3.5 Billion,” June 8, 2023 at SB58 in Bonn, Germany

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Mountain, polar and low-lying nations came together in a side event at the SB58 meetings on June 8, 2023 to…

More Sensitive Arctic Sea Ice: Disappearing Faster Due to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Nature Communications, 6 June 2023 This study, calibrating latest models from the IPCC with actual observations, found greenhouse gases as…

Video of the Week: “Silent Witness: The Disappearance of Arctic Sea Ice”: Dirk Notz at COP25

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Dr. Dirk Notz co-authored the above paper and spoke at the Cryosphere Pavilion at COP25 in Madrid, offering insight on…

ATCM45: Key Reflections and First Climate Action Day

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Antarctica: ATCM XLV - CEP XXV in Helsinki, Finland Released by ICCI on June 14, 2023 The 45th Antarctic Treaty…