Kryosfärkapslar

Increasing Methane Emissions From Northern Arctic Wetlands and Lakes

Nature Climate Change, 28 August 2025 Methane emissions from boreal-Arctic wetlands and lakes will increase by one third by 2100…

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Recent Thinning and Ice Loss from Alaskan Valley Glaciers

Nature Communications, 22 August 2025 The Kennicott and Root Glaciers, two of Alaska’s most accessible large valley glaciers in Wrangell-St.…

5 månader ago

New ‘COP30’ Video: Governing the Cryosphere Beyond Political Timeframes

Cryosphere systems are nearing irreversible thresholds, yet political processes remain misaligned with the long timescales of ice loss. Using COP30…

5 månader ago

Comprehensive Assessment Maps Sea-level Rise Across Africa

Nature Communications, 15 December 2025 Sea-level rise along Africa’s coasts is now occurring four times faster than observed in the…

6 månader ago

Narrow Channels on Bottom of Antarctic Ice Shelves Amplify Melting

Nature Climate Change, 9 January 2026 Warm water draining and flowing beneath ice shelves carves channels into the ice, where…

6 månader ago

Thawing Permafrost Directly Increases Wildfire Risk and Carbon Emissions

Nature Geoscience, 9 January 2026 As frozen permafrost thaws and the seasonally thawed layer deepens, summers become hotter and drier,…

6 månader ago

Polar and Mountain Microbial Communities Depend on a Stable Cryosphere

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5 November 2025 This review summarizes the harmful impacts of snow and ice loss on microbial communities…

6 månader ago

COP30 Video of the Week: Educating for the Cryosphere – 5 Years of Lessons Learned and Future Pathways for Impact

Education is a vital lever for climate resilience. This side event presented lessons from five years of implementing the Ocean…

6 månader ago

Past Arctic Warming Reveals Greenland Ice Vulnerability at Low Temperature Thresholds

Nature Geoscience, 24 November 2025 The Prudhoe Dome ice cap in northern Greenland completely melted 7,000 years ago and was…

6 månader ago

Today’s Emissions Choices Cause Stark Differences in Future Sea-Level Rise from Antarctica

Nature Communications, 5 December 2025 Very high emissions will trigger large-scale Antarctic ice sheet retreat over coming centuries, while net-zero…

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