Kryosfärkapslar

Global Assessment Highlights Increasing Risks of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 21 May 2024 This review paper maps the global distribution of glacial lakes, consolidating historical…

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COP28 Video of the Week: “Multiple Threats to Polar Oceans”

The Arctic and Southern Oceans are under serious threat from warming, acidification, freshening, and ice loss. These changes are already…

2 år ago

Two-Thirds of Iconic Mount Everest Glacier Would Disappear by 2100 with High Emissions

AGU Journals: Earth’s Future, 26 April 2024 The iconic East Rongbuk Glacier on Mount Everest’s north slope might lose two-thirds…

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Rising Methane Emissions from Retreating Glaciers: From Greenland to Alaska’s Mountains

Scientific Reports, 9 May 2024 Small mountain glaciers in Alaska release high levels of methane gas in their meltwater runoff,…

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COP28 Video of the Week: “Climate-driven Methane Emissions in the High Arctic”

Dr. Gabrielle Kleber, an Early Career Scientist at the COP28 Cryosphere Pavilion, published a major paper in July 2023 on…

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Low Emissions Key to Limiting Sea-level Rise from West Antarctica

Nature Communications, 23 April 2024 Weakened deep ocean mixing and sea ice loss could tip currently stable regions of West…

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Melting Ice Shelves Trigger Relentless Cycle of West Antarctic Ice Loss

Science Advances, 17 April 24 Researchers have identified a new positive feedback loop that intensifies ice shelf loss, suggesting that…

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COP28 Video of the Week: “Supporting Youth Through Effective Climate Education Policies”

Melting ice has long been a clear visual of our planet’s health. This event addressed the need for effective climate…

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Current and Future Emissions Determine Whether Subsea Arctic Permafrost Remains

Nature Communications, 15 April 2024 The level of future fossil fuel emissions will have a huge impact on whether “subsea”…

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Rising Temperatures Endanger Sea Ice Bracing Large Antarctic Glaciers

The Cryosphere, 10 April 2024 Antarctica's coastline is fringed with sea ice that buttresses large glaciers around the continent, but…

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