Ice Cliff Collapse May Not Occur so Rapidly in the Near-Term, but Risks of Major Sea-Level Rise Remain

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Science Advances, 21 August 2024 The collapse of ice shelves around Antarctica could expose tall ice cliffs at the edge…

Less Snow and More Above-freezing Temperatures Speeding Arctic Glacier Melt

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The Cryosphere, 15 August 2024 The Arctic contains one-fourth of the world's glaciers, and this study detailed how rising temperatures…

Rapid Emissions Reductions May Kickstart Stabilizing Feedback for Antarctica

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Science Advances, August 4, 2024 A state-of-the-art ice sheet model predicting future sea-level rise shows that humanity may be able…

Central Greenland Ice-free with Temperatures Similar to Today’s

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PNAS, August 5, 2024 The center of Greenland – currently buried under a 3-kilometer-thick sheet of ice – supported plant…

Video of the Week: “Potential Cause of Faster and Higher Sea Level Rise from Antarctica”

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Dr. Alexander Bradley is an ice-ocean modeler at the British Antarctic Survey, and visiting research fellow at Kings College London.…

Call for COP29 Side Events and Early Career Scientist Volunteers

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Dear Friends of the Cryosphere Pavilion and Cryosphere Capsule Readers! The COP29 Cryosphere Pavilion side event application process for COP29…

Every Increment of Warming Above 1.5°C Increases the Risk of Crossing Tipping Points – Even if Overshoot is Temporary

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Nature Communications, 1 August 2024 Current climate policies are not ambitious enough to prevent tipping points from being crossed, even…

Recent Retreat of Tropical Andean Glaciers Unprecedented in 11,700 Years

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Science, 1 August 2024 The current rate of glacier ice loss in the tropical Andes is unprecedented in at least…

East Antarctica Hits 28°C Above Normal During Current Heatwave

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News Briefing, 2 August 2024 East Antarctica is currently experiencing a heatwave in the middle of winter of up to…

Video of the Week: “Unraveling the March 2022 Extreme Heat Event in East Antarctica”

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In this presentation given during an "Arctic 21" science-policy briefing earlier this year, Dr. Jonathan Wille decodes the record-busting March…

Cooling Effect of Both Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Declining Along with Ice Extent

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Geophysical Research Letters, 17 July 2024 Arctic sea ice has been called the "Earth's refrigerator," cooling the planet by reflecting…

Growing Andean Glacier Loss Increases Likelihood of Future Water Scarcity

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The Cryosphere, 22 May 2024 Glacier volume has decreased by 8% across the Andes since 2010, with snow and ice…

Video of the Week: “From Alaska to the Andes: Increasing Glacier Loss Across the Americas”

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Dr. Bethan Davies is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Newcastle University in the UK, and on July 11…

Continued Glacier Ice Loss from Alaska’s Juneau Ice Field Now Largely Locked In

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Nature Communications, 2 July 2024 The massive Juneau Icefield in Alaska contains more than one thousand glaciers and has rapidly…

Increasing Glacier Loss Across the Andes Since the Little Ice Age

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Geophysical Research Letters, 30 June 2024 Tropical glaciers in the Andes are now losing ice up to 10 times faster…