Kryosfärkapslar

15 Million Face Threat of Sudden Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs)

Nature Communications, 7 February 2023 Fifteen million people around the world are at risk from flooding caused by glacial lakes,…

3 år ago

More Frequent Warm Atmospheric Rivers Slow Regrowth of Arctic Winter Sea Ice

Nature Climate Change, 6 February 2023 Warm air currents from the tropics have caused more than one-third of the sea…

3 år ago

Global Sea Ice Sets New January Record Low at Both Poles, with Unusually High Surface Air Temperatures

News Briefing: 6 February 2023 In January 2023, Arctic sea ice reached its second lowest extent for this time of…

3 år ago

COP27 Video of the Week: “High-level Event: Dedication of “Fallen Totem” Arctic Summer Sea Ice” with ICC’s Lisa Koperqualuk and Dr. Robbie Mallett

The Cryosphere Pavilion traditionally has five displays, one for each of the main cryosphere dynamics: ice sheets, mountain glaciers and…

3 år ago

Moss Reveals Past Hotspots of Rapid Glacier Change on Antarctic Peninsula

Geology, 20 January 2023 Researchers in the northern Antarctic Peninsula can use frozen moss samples to measure the growth and…

3 år ago

After Decades of Ice Loss, Cascades’ Hinman Glacier Succumbs to Hot and Dry Summer of 2022

News Briefing: 2 February 2023 For the first time in at least seven thousand years, the Hinman Glacier’s ice and…

3 år ago

COP27 Video of the Week: “A Message from Cryosphere 2022” with Svanndís Svavarsdóttir, Iceland’s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

This event summarized the key messages from the five-day conference “Cryosphere 2022: International Symposium on Ice, Snow, and Water in…

3 år ago

Rising Temperatures Prevent Layers of Snow from Stabilizing Antarctic Ice Shelves

Nature Climate Change, 26 January 2023 Future atmospheric warming will likely overpower the ability of snow to protect Antarctic ice…

3 år ago

Deforestation in South America Increases Ice Loss in Tibetan Plateau and West Antarctica

Nature Climate Change, 5 January 2023 Rising temperatures can push parts of the climate system across “thresholds” that trigger abrupt…

3 år ago

COP27 Video of the Week: “Passed Threshold: Arctic Summer Sea Ice and 2022 State of the Cryosphere Report” with Pam Pearson and Robbie Mallett

The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report noted that due to emissions to-date, summer loss of Arctic sea ice will now inevitably…

3 år ago