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With Taller Cliffs, Marine Ice Cliff Instability Accelerates Ice Loss from Antarctica

Nature Communications, May 11 The loss of Antarctica's buttressing ice shelves and glacier retreat due to global warming will expose…

5 år ago

Lake and River Ice Breaking Up Earlier and Forming Later Since 1931

The Cryosphere, May 10 Over 3000 time series, covering 4 overlapping periods between 1931 and 2005 from 644 sites across…

5 år ago

Permafrost Thaw and Stabilization in the Arctic’s Distant Past

Science Advances, April 28 Past permafrost thaw extended into the high Arctic between 1.5 and 0.5 million years ago, and…

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Ice Sheet Melt Will Increase Methane Emissions in the Arctic

Geology, April 22 Similarities between previous deglaciation periods reveal that the retreat of Arctic ice sheets was a common driver…

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Future Glacier Melt in Himalayas Increases Risk of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

Nature, May 6 The widespread disappearance of Himalayan glaciers is associated with the rapid expansion of glacial lakes, increasing the…

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Reducing Warming to 1.5°C Cuts Sea-level Rise from All Land Ice in Half by 2100

Nature, May 5 In addition to the DeConto et al. (2021) study covered in our May 5 “Special Edition,” Nature…

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Special Edition: Catastrophic Irreversible Rates of Sea-level Rise from Antarctica if Current NDCs Don’t Improve

Summary: Allowing global temperatures to rise above 2°C compared to pre-industrial significantly increases the risk of triggering unstoppable Antarctic ice…

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Reduced Black Carbon Emissions with Covid-19 Slowed Himalayan Melt and Increased Water Security

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 18 Research into the impact of black carbon has long noted the…

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Global Glacier Loss Rates Greatly Accelerated Since 2020: Tripling or Quadrupling in Some Regions

Nature, April 28 Between 2000 and 2019, the world’s glaciers lost 267 billion tons of ice per year – equivalent…

5 år ago

Projected Warming of Water Surrounding Antarctic Ice Shelves

Geophysical Research Letters, April 18 The ocean around the base of Antarctica will continue to warm under future emission scenarios,…

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