Fossil Fuel Emissions Named as Key Driver of Vanishing Antarctic Sea Ice

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Geophysical Research Letters, 20 May 2024 Antarctic sea ice reached historically low levels in 2023, with over 2 million square…

Global Assessment Highlights Increasing Risks of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 21 May 2024 This review paper maps the global distribution of glacial lakes, consolidating historical…

COP28 Video of the Week: “Multiple Threats to Polar Oceans”

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The Arctic and Southern Oceans are under serious threat from warming, acidification, freshening, and ice loss. These changes are already…

Two-Thirds of Iconic Mount Everest Glacier Would Disappear by 2100 with High Emissions

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AGU Journals: Earth’s Future, 26 April 2024 The iconic East Rongbuk Glacier on Mount Everest’s north slope might lose two-thirds…

Rising Methane Emissions from Retreating Glaciers: From Greenland to Alaska’s Mountains

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Scientific Reports, 9 May 2024 Small mountain glaciers in Alaska release high levels of methane gas in their meltwater runoff,…

COP28 Video of the Week: “Climate-driven Methane Emissions in the High Arctic”

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Dr. Gabrielle Kleber, an Early Career Scientist at the COP28 Cryosphere Pavilion, published a major paper in July 2023 on…

Low Emissions Key to Limiting Sea-level Rise from West Antarctica

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Nature Communications, 23 April 2024 Weakened deep ocean mixing and sea ice loss could tip currently stable regions of West…

Melting Ice Shelves Trigger Relentless Cycle of West Antarctic Ice Loss

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Science Advances, 17 April 24 Researchers have identified a new positive feedback loop that intensifies ice shelf loss, suggesting that…

COP28 Video of the Week: “Supporting Youth Through Effective Climate Education Policies”

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Melting ice has long been a clear visual of our planet’s health. This event addressed the need for effective climate…

Current and Future Emissions Determine Whether Subsea Arctic Permafrost Remains

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Nature Communications, 15 April 2024 The level of future fossil fuel emissions will have a huge impact on whether “subsea”…

Rising Temperatures Endanger Sea Ice Bracing Large Antarctic Glaciers

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The Cryosphere, 10 April 2024 Antarctica's coastline is fringed with sea ice that buttresses large glaciers around the continent, but…

Extreme Ice Loss from Greenland’s Largest Floating Ice Tongue

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The Cryosphere, 22 March 2024 The floating portion (“ice tongue”) of Greenland’s critical 79° North glacier has thinned by one-third…

COP28 Video of the Week: “Why East Antarctica is a ‘Sleeping Giant’ of Sea Level Rise”

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The East Antarctic Ice Sheet stores the equivalent of 52 meters of sea-level rise, more than four times greater than…

Earth’s Most Powerful Ocean Current Sensitive to Global Warming

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Nature, 27 March 2024 Sediment records from the past five million years reveal that the massive Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC)…

Coastal Hazards in the Alaskan Arctic Multiply with Sea Ice Loss

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Communications Earth & Environment, 30 March 2024 Declining sea ice extent and lengthening open water conditions expose Arctic coastlines to…