Small Swirling Ocean Eddies Contribute to One-Fifth of Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Each Year

5 months ago

Nature Geoscience, 18 November 2025 Small underwater eddies contribute to nearly a fifth of total Antarctic ice shelf melting each…

COP30 Video of the Week: Emerging Evidence of Abrupt Changes in the Antarctic Environment

5 months ago

Lead authors from the Nature paper covered in last week's Capsules described how changes in Antarctica can trigger fast and…

Welcome Back, Cryosphere Capsules!

6 months ago

Dear Capsule Readers- After a several-week break during the COP30 and pre-COP preparations, the Cryosphere Capsules are back! In addition…

Warm Ocean Waters Increased Retreat of Key Glacier in West Antarctica by Undermining Ice Shelf Support

6 months ago

Nature Communications, 21 October 2025 Berry Glacier in West Antarctica has undergone dramatic retreat and thinning over the past three…

Abrupt Changes in Antarctic Ice, Ocean, Ecosystems Trigger Cascading Impacts

6 months ago

Nature, 20 August 2025 Rapid changes unfolding across the Antarctic Ice Sheet and Southern Ocean are more interconnected than previously…

COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion: Final Live Side Event on AMOC Shutdown and Farewell from Belém

6 months ago

Dear Friends of the Cryosphere Pavilion and Cryosphere Capsule Readers- As many of you no doubt saw on media, a…

Extreme Summer Heat Melted 1% of Svalbard’s Glacier Ice in 6 Weeks

8 months ago

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 18 August 2025) A 6-week period of record-high air temperatures during summer 2024…

Svalbard Winter Warming Rises Above Melting Point of Ice

8 months ago

Nature Communications, 21 July 2025 Winter air temperatures exceeded 0°C for 14 days during February 2025 in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, setting…

COP Video of the Week: Disappearing Glaciers and Snowpack in Ny-Ålesund

8 months ago

Svalbard is warming six to seven times faster than the global average and strongly responds to every increment of temperature…

COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion: Applications Welcome

10 months ago

Dear Friends of the Cryosphere Pavilion and Cryosphere Capsule Readers, We are happy to announce that COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion side…

COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion: Call for Side Events and ECS Volunteers

10 months ago

Dear Friends of the Cryosphere Pavilion and Cryosphere Capsule Readers! The COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion side event application portal will open…

Ancient River Landscapes Steer Ice Movement in East Antarctica

10 months ago

Nature Geoscience, 11 July 2025 New radar measurements identify remarkably flat surfaces and deep troughs in the ground buried beneath…

Increasing Black Carbon on North American Glaciers Portends Faster Loss

10 months ago

Communications Earth & Environment, 15 July 2025 North American glaciers have rapidly retreated over the last decade, with increasing black…

Increasing Number of Meltwater Ponds in East Antarctica May Destabilize Ice Shelves

11 months ago

Nature Climate Change, 4 July 2025 This landmark study offers the first high-resolution, continent-wide map of surface meltwater across Antarctica,…

Sharp Rise in Greenland and Antarctic Surface Melt Since the 1990s

11 months ago

Nature Climate Change, 4 July 2025 Daily observations of surface melt over the past three decades show that overall melting…