Ice Loss from Greenland’s Glaciers Driven Largely by Warming Oceans

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Science Advances, 1 January 2022 Warm water from the Atlantic Ocean fills the bottom of Greenland's deepest fjords, where its…

Rapid Retreat Under Glaciers in West Antarctica

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Nature Geoscience, 13 January 2022 Scientists are observing unusually rapid retreat along the undersides of several glaciers in the Amundsen…

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Increasing the Resilience of Permafrost Wetlands

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This jam-packed COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion session looks at how effective management of wetlands can contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation,…

World’s First Inventory of Subglacial Lakes Finds 20% at Risk

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4 January 2022 This global inventory provides a detailed map of the current size and…

Rising Global Temperatures Accelerate Coastal Erosion Across the Arctic

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 11 January 2022 Arctic coasts have different geological compositions depending on their location, but their…

Permafrost Thaw Increases Catastrophic Lake Drainage in Northern Alaska

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Environmental Research Letters, 19 November 2021 An intense period of “catastrophic” lake drainage swept across northern Alaska from 2015-2019 during…

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Permafrost, Infrastructure Damage and Coastal Erosion with Hugues Lantuit of AWI

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This COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion session examines the future impact, and attempts at mitigation and adaptation in permafrost regions of the…

Working to Decrease Uncertainty of Future Sea-level Rise from Antarctica

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Eos, January 10 Pinning down the amount, rates and timing of future sea-level rise from Antarctica requires more targeted and…

Unprecedented Acceleration of Winter River Flow Associated with Permafrost Thaw in Russian Arctic

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Environmental Research Letters, December 30 The winter flow of Russia’s massive Yenisei River – the largest river emptying into the…

Permafrost Thaw Could Damage 30-50% of Arctic Infrastructure by 2050

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, January 11 Rising global temperatures and intensifying heat waves have accelerated the thaw of permafrost…

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Risks of Massive Ice Loss and Sea-level Rise from Antarctica; with Rob DeConto, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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For an explanation of the kind of modeling results and irreversible sea-level rise from Antarctica noted in the above Nature…

Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Tipping Points Occurred Within a Single Decade

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Nature Communications, November 15 At the end of the last Ice Age, there were eight periods in which elevated global…

Ten-fold Increase in Himalayan Ice Loss Over Recent Decades

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Scientific Reports, December 20 During the past four decades, Himalayan glaciers have experienced a ten-fold increase in ice loss compared…

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: The Important Role of Ice Shelves with Twila Moon, NSIDC; and Susheel Adusumilli and Natalia Erazo, Scripps

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Over the coming weeks, the Cryosphere Capsules will feature videos of some of the best and most impactful side events…

The Arctic is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Global Average

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American Geophysical Union, December 13 Previous scientific studies and reports may have underestimated the degree of warming in the Arctic…