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COP28 Video of the Week: “What the Extreme 2023 Sea Ice Minimum Tells Us About Antarctica’s Future”

Last year, Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest summer area since satellite records began, followed by a record-low winter sea…

2 år ago

Widespread West Antarctic Retreat Began Already in 1940s

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 26 February 2024 An extreme El Niño warming in the 1940s triggered dramatic…

2 år ago

COP28 Video of the Week: “Melting Ice Shelves Today Could Lead to the Collapse of West Antarctica”

Today's temperatures have already locked in an unavoidable increase in West Antarctic ice shelf melting and rapid ocean warming, of…

2 år ago

Only Low Emissions Can Protect Even Best-case Antarctic MPAs from Severe Ocean Acidification

Nature Communications, 4 January 2024 Only the lowest emissions scenarios (SSP1-2.6) with rapid and aggressive fossil fuel reductions can prevent…

2 år ago

Antarctic Ice Shelves Melting Away from Stabilizing Seafloor Anchors

Nature, 21 February 2024 Rising temperatures have caused the disappearance of many "pinning points" which anchor ice shelves to the…

2 år ago

Potential Physical Early Warning Signs of Atlantic Ocean Circulation Collapse

Science Advances, 9 February 2024 This paper identifies early warning signs for collapse of the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation).…

2 år ago

COP28 Video of the Week: “Antarctic and Southern Ocean Ecosystems Under Severe Threat from Climate Change”

Climate change poses a severe threat to Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems, from sea ice loss to warming waters and…

2 år ago

Past Warming Triggered Rapid Runaway Ice Loss in West Antarctica

Nature Geoscience, 8 February 2024 Scientists have uncovered for the first time direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet…

2 år ago

Short-term Extreme Events Essential in Predicting Future Sea Level Rise

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 8 February 2024 This review paper brought together an international team of 29 ice sheet…

2 år ago

Video of the Week: “Causes and Impacts of the March 2022 Extreme Heat Event in East Antarctica”

Following up on two companion papers printed in the Journal of Climate last week, this presentation by lead author Dr.…

2 år ago