Pam Pearson

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Permafrost, Infrastructure Damage and Coastal Erosion with Hugues Lantuit of AWI

This COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion session examines the future impact, and attempts at mitigation and adaptation in permafrost regions of the…

5 år ago

Working to Decrease Uncertainty of Future Sea-level Rise from Antarctica

Eos, January 10 Pinning down the amount, rates and timing of future sea-level rise from Antarctica requires more targeted and…

5 år ago

Unprecedented Acceleration of Winter River Flow Associated with Permafrost Thaw in Russian Arctic

Environmental Research Letters, December 30 The winter flow of Russia’s massive Yenisei River – the largest river emptying into the…

5 år ago

Permafrost Thaw Could Damage 30-50% of Arctic Infrastructure by 2050

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, January 11 Rising global temperatures and intensifying heat waves have accelerated the thaw of permafrost…

5 år ago

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Risks of Massive Ice Loss and Sea-level Rise from Antarctica; with Rob DeConto, University of Massachusetts Amherst

For an explanation of the kind of modeling results and irreversible sea-level rise from Antarctica noted in the above Nature…

5 år ago

Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Tipping Points Occurred Within a Single Decade

Nature Communications, November 15 At the end of the last Ice Age, there were eight periods in which elevated global…

5 år ago

Ten-fold Increase in Himalayan Ice Loss Over Recent Decades

Scientific Reports, December 20 During the past four decades, Himalayan glaciers have experienced a ten-fold increase in ice loss compared…

5 år ago

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: The Important Role of Ice Shelves with Twila Moon, NSIDC; and Susheel Adusumilli and Natalia Erazo, Scripps

Over the coming weeks, the Cryosphere Capsules will feature videos of some of the best and most impactful side events…

5 år ago

The Arctic is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Global Average

American Geophysical Union, December 13 Previous scientific studies and reports may have underestimated the degree of warming in the Arctic…

5 år ago

Antarctica’s Eastern Thwaites Ice Shelf Moving Close to Collapse

American Geophysical Union, December 13 Rising global temperatures appear to be accelerating the spread of deep and fast-moving cracks across…

5 år ago

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Greenland’s Future with Mark Serreze, NSIDC and Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Over the coming weeks, the Cryosphere Capsules will feature videos of some of the best and most impactful side events…

5 år ago

Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Increases Risk of Major Wildfires in the US

Nature Communications, October 26 Rising global temperatures accelerate the decline of Arctic sea ice extent, which this study associated with…

5 år ago

Extreme and Erratic Melting Has Accelerated on Greenland Ice Sheet

Nature Communications, November 1 Meltwater runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased by 21% over the past forty years,…

5 år ago

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Arctic Sea Ice Projections with Walt Meier

Over the coming weeks, the Cryosphere Capsules will feature videos of some of the best and most impactful side events…

5 år ago

More Rain and Less Snow in the Arctic by 2100

Nature Communications, November 30 Updated climate models for the IPCC's Sixth Assessment (AR6) reveal that precipitation in the Arctic is…

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