Kryosfärkapslar

Video of the Week: “Loss of Mountain Water Resources and Sea-level Rise: Why 2°C is Too High for 3.5 Billion,” June 8, 2023 at SB58 in Bonn, Germany

Mountain, polar and low-lying nations came together in a side event at the SB58 meetings on June 8, 2023 to…

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More Sensitive Arctic Sea Ice: Disappearing Faster Due to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Nature Communications, 6 June 2023 This study, calibrating latest models from the IPCC with actual observations, found greenhouse gases as…

3 år ago

Video of the Week: “Silent Witness: The Disappearance of Arctic Sea Ice”: Dirk Notz at COP25

Dr. Dirk Notz co-authored the above paper and spoke at the Cryosphere Pavilion at COP25 in Madrid, offering insight on…

3 år ago

ATCM45: Key Reflections and First Climate Action Day

Antarctica: ATCM XLV - CEP XXV in Helsinki, Finland Released by ICCI on June 14, 2023 The 45th Antarctic Treaty…

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Earlier Snowmelt Across Western North America Threatens Summer Water Supplies

Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 22 May 2023 The ability of mountain snowpack to store water has significantly decreased across…

3 år ago

COP26 Video of the Week: “Snowpack, Glaciers and Water Supply” with Regine Hock

The IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report made it clear that glaciers are losing ice worldwide, even in high altitude regions where…

3 år ago

Increasing Tsunami Risks from Antarctica Threaten South America, New Zealand, and South East Asia

Nature Communications, 18 May 2023 Microscopic fossils from millions of years ago reveal that previous warm periods 2-4°C above today’s…

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New Report Outlines Risks from Declines in Antarctic Sea Ice

News Briefing: 17 April 2023 Last month, the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) and the Australian Centre for Excellence in…

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COP27 Video of the Week: “Building with Nature for Climate Resilience”

This side event underscores that ice loss and subsequent sea level rise from polar ice sheets pose a far-reaching and…

3 år ago

Tidal Mechanisms Could Double Rates of Sea Level Rise from Parts of Greenland and Antarctica

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 8 May 2023 Warm seawater can flow many kilometers underneath glaciers as tides…

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