COP26 Video of the Week: “Ministerial Dialogue to Scale Up Investment in Mountain Specific Climate Priorities” with ICIMOD

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This session introduces “Mountains of Opportunity," a new approach to scale up investment in mountain-specific climate priorities across the Hindu…

Higher Temperatures Increase Glacier Retreat and Quadruple the Number of Floods in Pakistan

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News Briefing: 14 July 2022 More than thirty glacial lakes in the Himalaya, Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains of Pakistan…

European Heatwaves Increase the Risk of Devastating Avalanches Across the Alps

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News Briefing: 19 July 2022 Glaciologists are monitoring a new crack on the Marmolada Glacier that partially collapsed earlier this…

Decline in Rocky Mountain Snowpack Threatens Future Water Resources in Western U.S.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 18 July 2022 Under a high emissions scenario, 80% of the water contained…

Previous Landslides Can Triple the Intensity of Glacial Lake Floods

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Scientific Reports, 20 July 2022 Even small glacial lake outburst floods in the mountains can transform into huge debris flows,…

COP26 Video of the Week: “Cryosphere Science and Adaptation Solutions to Scale Up Climate Action in the Hindu Kush Himalaya” with ICIMOD

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This session focuses on high-impact solutions that can deliver climate action in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region at the…

Rising Temperatures Jeopardize Hydropower Systems Across High Mountain Asia

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Nature Geoscience, 23 June 2022 The accelerated retreat of glaciers in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions of Asia…

Decline in Ozone Over the Arctic Intensifies Drought Conditions in Europe and Eurasia

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Nature Geoscience, 7 July 2022 Increasing emissions of ozone-depleting substances has weakened the ozone layer over the Arctic, contributing to…

Decreased Snow Cover in the Alps Threatens Europe’s Water Supplies

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Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21 June 2022 Rising temperatures from continued high CO2 emissions may cut in half the…

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ICCI releases weekly summaries describing the latest findings in cryosphere research and news. These summaries are known as our Cryosphere…

Video of the Week: UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal

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"Polar Oceans: Engine to the Global Ocean” June 2022 This side event at the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) last week…

Rising Temperatures Produced a Deadly Glacier Collapse in Italy

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News Briefing: 4 July 2022 At least seven people were killed and fourteen are missing after a glacial ice shelf…

Intensification of Westerly Winds Surrounding Antarctica Increases Ice Loss

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Communications Earth & Environment, 22 June 2022 The Southern Annular Mode, or SAM, is a belt of strong air currents…

Fragmentation of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf Likely Within the Next Decade

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The Cryosphere, 27 June 2022 The Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf is the only floating extension of Thwaites Glacier that remains…

COP26 Video of the Week: “Elevating Adaptation Action: From the Alps to the Andes to the Hindu Kush Himalaya” with ICIMOD

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This COP26 session offers policy and youth perspectives on needed climate actions; highlighting ways in which policy makers and researchers…