New Global Estimate of Rock-Debris Cover on Glaciers Helps Improve Projections of Glacier Melt and Sea Level Rise

6 år ago

Nature Geoscience, August 3 An updated approach is required to estimate the melting of global glaciers due to rock debris…

Extreme Glacier Loss in New Zealand Undeniably Linked to Human-Caused Climate Change

6 år ago

Nature Climate Change, August 3 In New Zealand’s Southern Alps, anthropogenic forcing has made extreme loss of glacier ice at…

Canadian Ice Shelf Collapse in the Canadian Arctic, and Glacier Collapse in the Alps

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Water and Ice Research Laboratory, August 7 This extremely warm summer is driving some dramatic collapses: one of the last…

Emissions To-date Consistent with Worst-Case Scenario for Global Warming

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 3 Despite recent progress on bending the emissions curve and the global…

Loss of Outdoor Ice Skating in Coming Decades

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The Canadian Geographer, July 16 Outdoor ice-skating is an important cultural pastime in many northern regions and holds a firm…

Arctic Ocean Experiences Significant Shifts in its Ecological Structure

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Science, July 10 Growth of phytoplankton biomass in the Arctic Ocean increased by 57% between 1998 and 2018. This surge…

Increased Episodic Flooding by 2100 Under High Emissions Scenarios

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Scientific Reports, July 30 Under the high emissions RCP8.5 scenario, and with no adaptation such as sea walls or inland…

Current Arctic Warming Closer to Past Abrupt Climate Events than Models

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Nature, July 29 Over the past 40 years, the rate of change in large portions of the Arctic appears comparable…

Record High Temperatures in Northernmost Arctic Human Settlements

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While the Siberian heatwave drove large wildfires in July, other parts of the Arctic also saw record-breaking temperatures. On July…

First Active Methane Leak Observed off Antarctica

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Proceedings of the Royal Society B, July 22. A team of scientists has discovered the first active leak of methane through…

South Pole Warming Three Times the Global Average

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Nature Climate Change, June 29. Surface air temperatures at the South Pole over the past 30 years, as measured at…

East Antarctic Ice Sheet Vulnerable to Melting Within Paris 2°C Goal

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Nature, July 22 Large sections of the massive Wilkes Basin ice sheet of East Antarctica, holding 3-4 meters of SLR collapsed…

Climate Sensitivity to CO2 Emissions: More Accurate and Higher Level

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AGU, July 21, 2020 Earth's global “climate sensitivity” to CO2 emissions remains a fundamental question in predicting the future climate. …

Global Methane Emissions Reach ‘Record High’ Levels

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Global Methane Budget, 2000-2017 (2020), July 15, 2020. A new consensus update to global methane emissions reveals that atmospheric methane…

World Temperatures Projected to Reach 1.5°C by 2024

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Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, WMO, July 9, 2020. A new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds…