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…

Year-round Disappearance of Arctic Sea Ice Before 2100 Under New High Emissions Scenarios

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Environmental Research Letters, October 7   The Arctic Ocean will reach an essentially ice-free state year-round (i.e., fully navigable) under…

Ice-rich Permafrost Fuels Arctic Fires

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Nature Geoscience commentary, September 28 More than half of 2020’s Arctic fires so far this year have occurred in ice-rich…

Greenland Ice Loss Rate On Track to Exceed Holocene (End of Last Ice Age)

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Nature, September 30 Between 2000-2018, the Greenland Ice Sheet lost ice mass at the rate of 6100 billion tons of…

Glacier Mass Loss Doubles in Easternmost Tian Shan Since 1972

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Journal of Glaciology, Sept 23 Glacier mass loss has doubled in the Tian Shan mountains of eastern Central Asia, known…

Mercury Emissions From Permafrost Thaw Could Make Yukon River Fish Inedible

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Nature Communications, September 16 Under high emissions scenarios, additional permafrost thaw would drastically increase mercury concentrations in the Yukon River. …

Freshwater Discharge from Antarctica Shows Major Impacts on Future Climate

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Science Advances, September 23 Under moderate and high emissions scenarios, the discharge of vast amounts of meltwater from the Antarctic…

New Higher Estimates of Ice Loss from Greenland and Antarctica with High Emissions

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The Cryosphere, September 17 Sea-level rise from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets alone could be 39 cm higher by…

Rising Temperatures Lead to Irreversible Ice Loss and Sea-level Rise From Antarctica

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Nature, September 23 The rate and scale of ice loss from Antarctica will increase as temperatures exceed 2°C, according to…