Past Climate Conditions Anticipates Sea Level From Ice Sheets and CO2 Stabilization

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Science, November 6 The Pliocene Epoch (3-4 million years ago) is our best analogue for current rates of climate change.…

Widespread Sea-Ice Decline in Nordic Seas Associated with Past Extreme Greenland Warming

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 9   During the last Ice Age (about 110 000 to 10…

High Arctic Temperatures and Low Sea-Ice Levels Cause Heatwaves at Mid-Latitudes

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Environmental Research Letters, October 12 As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between that region and warmer lower latitudes…

Potential Climate Sensitivity Above 5°C from Cloud Feedback Mechanisms

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Nature Geoscience, October 26 Updated CMIP6 climate models (produced for the next IPCC assessment AR6) consider the radiative effects of…

Additional Global Warming Feedbacks from Decay of the Earth’s Cryosphere

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Nature Communications, October 27   New climate modelling shows that feedbacks from cryosphere melt dynamics including loss of Arctic summer…

A Closer Look at Greenland’s Ice Sheet Margins and Glacier Outlets

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Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, October 27 Over the past three decades, the Greenland Ice Sheet ice transitioned…

Agricultural Irrigation in NW China Creates Unexpected Glacier Growth in Western Himalayas

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The Cryosphere, September 24 While most glaciers are losing mass, the Kunlun Shan and Karakoram mountain range contains glaciers that are…

Reduced Biodiversity in the Arctic with Higher Sea Ice Loss

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Nature Climate Change, October 27   If higher human greenhouse gas emissions continue, greater loss of Arctic sea ice will…

Arctic Sea Ice Building Stalls to Record Low for October

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Arctic sea ice, normally growing rapidly at this time of year post-sundown, has stalled.  Extent is currently 1.2 million square…

Warming of the Arctic Ocean and Nearby Seas

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Global and Planetary Change, October 1 From 1982 to 2018, the Arctic Ocean and its surrounding seas have warmed by…

Worldwide Decline in Snow Accumulation and Duration

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Environmental Research Letters, October 14   Snow cover and duration has declined worldwide over the past three decades due to the…

Integrating Risks of Water Scarcity and Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in Peruvian Andes

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Geoenvironmental Disasters, September 23 Towns and rural populations near the rapidly deglaciating Andes in Peru are threatened by both glacier…

Overlooked VOC Emissions from Thawing Arctic Permafrost May Increase Warming and Pollution

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Environmental Research Letters, October 12 In thawing permafrost peatland soils studied in Finland, emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs, including…

Past Andean Drought and Glacial Retreat Tied to Abrupt Warming in the Arctic

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Nature Communications, October 12   Past abrupt warming periods in the Arctic were related to near-complete disappearance of glaciers in…

Dust Darkens/Melts Snow at High Mountain Altitudes in Asia, Soot Dominates Lower Down

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Nature, October 5 Dust carried by winds from the Middle East and Africa and deposited on snow is now the…