High Emissions Scenarios Could Double Ice-Free Freshwater Lakes by 2100

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Geophysical Research Letters, August 14   Since the 1970s, freshwater lakes in the Northern Hemisphere have been three times more…

Giant Antarctic Icebergs Deliver Vast Amounts of Freshwater to the Southern Ocean

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Science Advances, December 16 Large tabular icebergs (with areas ≥ 3 km2) are one of the greatest sources of melting…

Major Temperature Dataset Revises Estimates of Warming Upwards by 18%

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Journal of Geophysical Research, December 15   A new revision of the UK Met Office HadCRUT5 dataset finds that global…

New IPCC Models Double SLR Estimates from Greenland by 2100 with High Emissions

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Nature Communications, December 15 New CMIP6 models developed for the sixth IPCC Assessment Report (AR6) show that surface melt from…

Even Frozen Permafrost Can Produce Carbon Emissions

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Frontier Earth Science, December 15 Measurements of carbon emissions (the greenhouse gases CO2 and methane) from a permafrost column sample…

The Arctic is Transforming into a Warmer, Less Frozen, and Biologically Changed Region

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, December 7 This annual “Arctic Report Card” by NOAA detailed, among other things that as…

Manganese in Arctic Waters as a Signal of Permafrost Thaw

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Water Resources Research, December 9 Rapidly increasing atmospheric temperatures in the Russian Arctic has led to increased extensive permafrost thaw…

Most Glaciers in the European Alps Would Disappear by 2100 If Current High Emissions Continue

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Climate Dynamics, December 7 90% of the glaciers in the European Alps would completely disappear before 2100 under high emissions…

Low Emissions Can Preserve Central Arctic Sea Ice: But High Emissions Causes Ice-free Regions Even in Winter, with Negative Global Impacts

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Geophysical Research Letters, December 6   Under the new high emissions scenarios developed for IPCC AR6, accelerating sea ice loss…

Stable Ocean Circulation in a Changing North Atlantic Ocean

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Science Advances, November 27 Increasing discharge of freshwater from the melting ice of Greenland and other Arctic glaciers has not substantially…

Ice Melt in the Northern Hemisphere Destabilized Antarctica

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Nature, November 25 From 20,000 to 9,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, rapid melt of the…

Accelerating Icelandic Glacier Melt in Past 25 Years

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Frontiers in Earth Science, November 26 Over the past 130 years, glaciers in Iceland have lost about 20 percent of…

Threshold of Irreversible Loss of Greenland’s Ice Sheet in ~600 Years with High Emissions to 2100

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The Cryosphere, December 1   Under emissions scenarios leading to 2°C of global warming and above, significant and rapid mass…

More Icebergs Might Lead to More Glacier Melt – and More Icebergs…

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Nature Communications, November 25 Congestion of icebergs near an outlet glacier might lead to an increase in warmer water at the…

Current Rates of Sea Level Rise Higher Than IPCC Estimates

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Science, November 20 Over the past decade, sea levels have risen by an average of 4.8 millimeters per year, a…