Kryosfärkapslar

Rising Temperatures Increase Algae Growth, Glacier Loss Across North Cascades

Nature Communications, 8 May 2023 Dark red algae on snow can increase spring snowmelt by 20% in the US Pacific…

3 år ago

COP27 Video of the Week: “Cross-regional Climate Impacts and Youth-led Solutions from the Arctic to Africa to the Pacific”

This panel discussion from COP27 lifts up the voices of young people, underscoring the importance of reducing emissions to slow…

3 år ago

The Importance of 1.5°C for Global Economies due to Cryosphere and Other Impacts

Environmental Research Letters, 2 May 2023 This study summarizes the long-term risks and consequences associated with overshooting the 1.5°C limit…

3 år ago

Melting Glaciers Pose Increasing Threat to Biodiversity in Mountain Ranges

Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 May 2023 Glacier retreat across the European Alps decreases the habitat for crucial invertebrate species…

3 år ago

Open Position: Nordic Coordinator

Virtual – Open to Qualified Applicants in Sweden For Capsule readers in Sweden: ICCI is seeking an enthusiastic Nordic Coordinator…

3 år ago

Global Glaciers Account for One-Fourth of Total Sea Level Rise Since 2010

Geophysical Research Letters, 26 April 2023 Mountain glaciers worldwide have lost 2% of their ice in the past twelve years,…

3 år ago

One-Century Old Black Carbon Particles from Oil, Coal Burning Found in Remote Antarctic Ice

Scientific Reports, 21 April 2023 An ice core from the Antarctic Peninsula contains fine soot particles released from oil and…

3 år ago

COP27 Video of the Week: “Slow Onset, Irreversible Events Beyond Adaptation: Global Stocktake, Implementation and 1.5° Ambition” with Florence Colleoni

Global impacts, especially loss and damage, caused by cryosphere feedbacks from emissions overshoot over 1.5°C will be largely permanent on…

3 år ago

Latest IMBIE Report: Five-fold Increase in Ice Loss from Greenland and Antarctica since the 1990s

Earth System Science Data, 20 April 2023 This week, IMBIE (the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise) released its third…

3 år ago

Warming Atlantic Waters Threaten Previously Stable Greenland Glacier

Nature Communications, 19 April 2023 One of the previously most stable glaciers in Greenland is now retreating at an unprecedented…

3 år ago