Nature Communications, 17 December 2022 Rising temperatures in the Arctic are overwhelming the ability of sea ice to regrow in…
Nature Communications, 21 December 2022 Small ocean currents known as “gyres” can trap heat along the edges of West Antarctica,…
The Arctic is currently warming three to four times faster than the rest of the world. Melting sea ice, thawing…
News Briefing: 14 December 2022 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released their 17th annual “Arctic Report Card,”…
Nature, 7 December 2022 Ancient DNA frozen in permafrost from northern Greenland reveals that this region was covered in a…
Arctic Indigenous Peoples face a complex landscape of environmental hazards due to climate change. Many Arctic communities are experiencing escalating…
News Briefing: 2 November 2022 The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), supported by the International Union for Conservation…
Deep Sea Research Part II, 2 December 2022 With continued high CO2 emissions, cold water invertebrates in the Arctic Bering…
Climate hazards in mountains have compounding negative effects on local ecosystems, with cascading impacts on billions of people downstream and…
In our Cryosphere Capsules this week, we would like to highlight the importance of mountain glaciers and snow on communities…
Nature, 9 November 2022 The “ice stream” in Greenland’s largest drainage basin is shrinking and flowing much faster than previously…
A warm welcome to everyone joining us for the first time after COP27! After daily updates from the Cryosphere Pavilion,…
Welcome to this last "regular" Cryosphere Capsules edition prior to the beginning of COP27 this Sunday, November 6; and running…
Communications Earth & Environment, 13 October 2022 Limiting warming below 1.5°C instead of 2°C could reduce the costs of infrastructure…
Quaternary Science Reviews, 5 October 2022 During the warm period at the end of the last ice age (20,000 years…