WAIS Collapse Not Prevented by Earth Surface Rebound Under High Emissions

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, June 18 When an ice sheet loses mass, the pressure it exerts on the…

Floating River Ice Channels Correspond to Sections of Thawing Riverbed Permafrost

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Frontiers Earth Science, July 6 The ice resting on top of unfrozen river water – known as “floating” or “serpentine”…

Loss of Barents-Kara Sea Ice in Arctic May Cause Higher Eurasian Warming in Winter

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Geophysical Research Letters, June 16 Winter sea ice loss in the Barents-Kara seas, north of Norway and western Siberia, causes…

Loss of Glacier Mass in Recent Years Across All of High Mountain Asia

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Nature Communications, July 5 This satellite study confirms that the rate of glacier ice loss has substantially increased in seven…

Increase in Subsurface Lakes Under the Greenland Ice Sheet

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The Cryosphere, June 29 Across the entire Greenland Ice Sheet, the extent of meltwater reservoirs hidden underneath layers of packed…

Underwater Landslides Triggered by Iceberg Collisions with the Seafloor

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Nature Geoscience, June 24 Icebergs originating from the Arctic, Greenland, and Antarctica may cause hazards thousands of kilometers away from…

Decline in Permafrost Threatens the Stability of Microbial Ecosystems in Himalayas

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 22 The thawing of permafrost has destabilized bacterial and fungal networks in…

Arctic “Last Ice Area” Less Resilient to Warming than Previously Estimated

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Nature Communications, July 1 Record low sea ice was observed in summer 2020 in the Wandel Sea, just north of…

Risk of Marine Ice Cliff Collapse Depends on Upstream Ice Thickness, Flow Rates and Sea Ice Debris

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Science, June 18 The Thwaites Glacier of West Antarctica, draining an area the size of France is one of the…

Widespread Acceleration of Mass Loss From Glaciers in Northwest and Central-West Greenland

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The Cryosphere Discussions, June 18 New analyses of satellite images reveal that in the past 50 years, the majority of…

Urgent Need to Include Permafrost and Wildfire Feedbacks in Global Carbon Budgets

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PNAS, May 17 Today, carbon emissions (both CO2 and methane) from abrupt permafrost thaw and Arctic wildfires still are not…

Origins of the Chamoli, India Landslide/Ice Slide Disaster

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Science, June 10 In February 2021, a catastrophic flood caused widespread loss and damage in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India. A new…

Even Between 1.0°C and 2°C, Every Half Degree Matters for the Alps

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The Cryosphere, June 15 This study used the new climate models prepared for IPCC AR6 to compare Alps glacier ice…

Destabilization of Ice Sheets a Primary Initiator of Climate Domino Effects

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Earth System Dynamics, June 3 The Greenland Ice Sheet, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Amazon rainforest, and the largest ocean circulation…

Arctic Sea Ice Thinning Up to Twice as Much as Previously Estimated

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The Cryosphere, June 4 Between 2002 and 2018, sea ice in the Arctic thinned 60 percent more than previously estimated.…