Kryosfärkapslar

Loss of Barents-Kara Sea Ice in Arctic May Cause Higher Eurasian Warming in Winter

Geophysical Research Letters, June 16 Winter sea ice loss in the Barents-Kara seas, north of Norway and western Siberia, causes…

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Loss of Glacier Mass in Recent Years Across All of High Mountain Asia

Nature Communications, July 5 This satellite study confirms that the rate of glacier ice loss has substantially increased in seven…

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Increase in Subsurface Lakes Under the Greenland Ice Sheet

The Cryosphere, June 29 Across the entire Greenland Ice Sheet, the extent of meltwater reservoirs hidden underneath layers of packed…

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Underwater Landslides Triggered by Iceberg Collisions with the Seafloor

Nature Geoscience, June 24 Icebergs originating from the Arctic, Greenland, and Antarctica may cause hazards thousands of kilometers away from…

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Decline in Permafrost Threatens the Stability of Microbial Ecosystems in Himalayas

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 22 The thawing of permafrost has destabilized bacterial and fungal networks in…

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Arctic “Last Ice Area” Less Resilient to Warming than Previously Estimated

Nature Communications, July 1 Record low sea ice was observed in summer 2020 in the Wandel Sea, just north of…

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Risk of Marine Ice Cliff Collapse Depends on Upstream Ice Thickness, Flow Rates and Sea Ice Debris

Science, June 18 The Thwaites Glacier of West Antarctica, draining an area the size of France is one of the…

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Widespread Acceleration of Mass Loss From Glaciers in Northwest and Central-West Greenland

The Cryosphere Discussions, June 18 New analyses of satellite images reveal that in the past 50 years, the majority of…

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Urgent Need to Include Permafrost and Wildfire Feedbacks in Global Carbon Budgets

PNAS, May 17 Today, carbon emissions (both CO2 and methane) from abrupt permafrost thaw and Arctic wildfires still are not…

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Origins of the Chamoli, India Landslide/Ice Slide Disaster

Science, June 10 In February 2021, a catastrophic flood caused widespread loss and damage in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India. A new…

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