Increasing Tsunami Risks from Antarctica Threaten South America, New Zealand, and South East Asia

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Nature Communications, 18 May 2023 Microscopic fossils from millions of years ago reveal that previous warm periods 2-4°C above today’s…

New Report Outlines Risks from Declines in Antarctic Sea Ice

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News Briefing: 17 April 2023 Last month, the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) and the Australian Centre for Excellence in…

COP27 Video of the Week: “Building with Nature for Climate Resilience”

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This side event underscores that ice loss and subsequent sea level rise from polar ice sheets pose a far-reaching and…

Tidal Mechanisms Could Double Rates of Sea Level Rise from Parts of Greenland and Antarctica

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 8 May 2023 Warm seawater can flow many kilometers underneath glaciers as tides…

Rising Temperatures Increase Algae Growth, Glacier Loss Across North Cascades

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Nature Communications, 8 May 2023 Dark red algae on snow can increase spring snowmelt by 20% in the US Pacific…

COP27 Video of the Week: “Cross-regional Climate Impacts and Youth-led Solutions from the Arctic to Africa to the Pacific”

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This panel discussion from COP27 lifts up the voices of young people, underscoring the importance of reducing emissions to slow…

The Importance of 1.5°C for Global Economies due to Cryosphere and Other Impacts

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Environmental Research Letters, 2 May 2023 This study summarizes the long-term risks and consequences associated with overshooting the 1.5°C limit…

Melting Glaciers Pose Increasing Threat to Biodiversity in Mountain Ranges

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Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 May 2023 Glacier retreat across the European Alps decreases the habitat for crucial invertebrate species…

Open Position: Nordic Coordinator

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Virtual – Open to Qualified Applicants in Sweden For Capsule readers in Sweden: ICCI is seeking an enthusiastic Nordic Coordinator…

Global Glaciers Account for One-Fourth of Total Sea Level Rise Since 2010

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Geophysical Research Letters, 26 April 2023 Mountain glaciers worldwide have lost 2% of their ice in the past twelve years,…

One-Century Old Black Carbon Particles from Oil, Coal Burning Found in Remote Antarctic Ice

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Scientific Reports, 21 April 2023 An ice core from the Antarctic Peninsula contains fine soot particles released from oil and…

COP27 Video of the Week: “Slow Onset, Irreversible Events Beyond Adaptation: Global Stocktake, Implementation and 1.5° Ambition” with Florence Colleoni

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Global impacts, especially loss and damage, caused by cryosphere feedbacks from emissions overshoot over 1.5°C will be largely permanent on…

Latest IMBIE Report: Five-fold Increase in Ice Loss from Greenland and Antarctica since the 1990s

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Earth System Science Data, 20 April 2023 This week, IMBIE (the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise) released its third…

Warming Atlantic Waters Threaten Previously Stable Greenland Glacier

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Nature Communications, 19 April 2023 One of the previously most stable glaciers in Greenland is now retreating at an unprecedented…

Rising Temperatures, Melting Ice Jeopardize World’s Northernmost Research Station

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News Briefing: 19 April 2023 Research stations high above the Arctic circle are experiencing record-breaking temperatures that make it increasingly…