Kryosfärkapslar

COP-26 Video of the Week: “Indigenous Knowledge and Cryosphere Science” with Tiana Carter, Penehuro Lefale, and Kelly Moneymaker

Arctic and Mountain indigenous peoples have intimate knowledge of the regions in which they live and the ongoing impacts of…

4 år ago

Rapid Glacier Melting Produces Devastating Landslides Across the World

News Briefing: 19 July 2022 Over the past decade, dozens of major high-mountain slopes around the world have partially collapsed…

4 år ago

Arctic Sea Ice More Sensitive to Wildfires in Western US

Science Advances, 27 July 2022 Several decades ago, an extended period with abnormally few “controlled burning” fires in the United…

4 år ago

Webinars Aug 9 & 10: Cryosphere in the UNFCCC and COP27 Cryosphere Pavilion

On Tuesday, August 9 at 13:00 Central European time (CEST) and Wednesday, August 10 at 1PM Eastern Time (EDT), ICCI…

4 år ago

COP-26 Video of the Week: “The Arctic, the Fastest-Warming Region on Earth: New Science Findings from AMAP” with Benjamin DeAngelo, Rolf Rødven, and Jason Box

Surface temperatures in the Arctic are more than three times higher than the global average. The communities, ecosystems, and species…

4 år ago

Extreme Heat Accelerates Ice Loss and Drives Intense Melting From the Greenland Ice Sheet

News Briefing: 20 July 2022 Temperatures in northern Greenland are running 5-7°C (10°F) warmer than normal for this time of…

4 år ago

Extensive Snow Loss Increases Greenland’s Vulnerability to Cloud-Free Days

Nature Communications, 21 July 2022 Under a high-emissions scenario, ice loss driven by the absorption of heat from the sun…

4 år ago

Warming Permafrost Increases Frequency of Devastating Landslides in Greenland

Springer Science: Landslides, 23 July 2022 Permafrost also exists on Greenland; and rising global temperatures have accelerated its thaw, increasing…

4 år ago

COP26 Video of the Week: “Ministerial Dialogue to Scale Up Investment in Mountain Specific Climate Priorities” with ICIMOD

This session introduces “Mountains of Opportunity," a new approach to scale up investment in mountain-specific climate priorities across the Hindu…

4 år ago

Higher Temperatures Increase Glacier Retreat and Quadruple the Number of Floods in Pakistan

News Briefing: 14 July 2022 More than thirty glacial lakes in the Himalaya, Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains of Pakistan…

4 år ago