Low Emissions Pathways Could Prevent Irreversible Loss of Remaining Greenland Ice Shelves

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Nature Communications, 9 May 2022 More than 40% of the Petermann ice shelf has disappeared over the past decade. Rising…

Hidden Groundwater Reservoirs in Antarctica May Increase Ice Loss

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Science, 5 May 2022 This study provides the first direct evidence of a deep groundwater system below the surface of…

COP-26 Video of the Week: “Connections Between Arctic Sea Ice Loss and European Weather” with Alasdair Skelton

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This COP-26 session delves into the connections between loss of Arctic Sea ice, pollution and accelerated warming and extreme weather…

Rising Temperatures Increase Vulnerability of the “Third Pole” to Climate Change

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News Briefing: 28 April 2022 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), supported by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development…

Arctic Sea Ice Loss May Have Lasting Impacts on Weather Systems and Extremes

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Nature Communications, 19 April 2022 The current rapid loss of Arctic sea ice may intensify temperature and precipitation trends by…

Current Human Emissions on Path to Cause Mass Marine Extinction Event

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Science, 28 April 2022 Under a high emissions scenario, the combination of ocean acidification, ocean warming and oxygen loss --…

COP-26 Video of the Week: “Why is West Antarctica So Important to Near-Term Sea-Level Rise?” with IPCC’s Jonathan Bamber and Rob DeConto

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The geography of the West Antarctica holds the key as to why this part of the continent's massive ice sheet…

Permafrost Thaw Triggers Collapse of Infrastructure in Denali National Park, Alaska

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News Briefing: 26 April 2022 Denali National Park in Alaska will be largely closed to the public for the next…

Antarctic Sea Ice Hits All-time Record Low

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Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 19 April 2022 During February of this year, the Antarctic sea ice cover shrank below two…

Air Currents from the Tropics Destabilize Antarctic Ice Shelves

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Communications Earth & Environment, 14 April 2022 Over the past two decades, strong “atmospheric rivers” have triggered more than 60%…

COP-26 Video of the Week: “Preservation of Glaciers at 1.5°C” with IPCC Valerie Masson-Delmotte, Regine Hock, and Georg Kaser

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For some mid-latitude glacier regions such as Scandinavia and the western United States, the difference between 1.5°C and 2°C is…

Mountain Glaciers in Washington State Could Disappear By 2070

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 19 April 2022 Winter temperatures have increased by nearly 1°C in the Olympic mountain…

Northward Migration of Pacific Salmon Signals A Rapidly Changing Arctic

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Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 18 March 2022 This study provides the first confirmed record of Pacific salmon…

Happy Earth Day!

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Happy Earth Day, Cryosphere Capsule readers! See ICCI's "Cryosphere" tweets in honor of the day at https://twitter.com/iccinet/status/1517404853752016896. (And check out…

COP-26 Video of the Week: “Southern Hemisphere Glaciers: Andes and New Zealand” with Georg Kaser, Lauren Vargo and Heidi Sevestre

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The glaciers of the Andes, Patagonia and New Zealand are among those in the world losing ice most quickly. This…