COP29 Video of the Week: Global Glacier Projections and Paris Limits

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Glaciers globally have been retreating and losing mass at an accelerated rate in recent decades, leading to significant impacts such…

Economic Loss from Alaskan Permafrost Thaw, Infrastructure Damage: Double Past Estimates

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Nature Communications, 21 March 2025 New models refining infrastructure mapping in Alaska show that large economic losses are expected to…

Low Emissions Would Cut Western U.S. Snowpack Losses by Half

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Nature, 1 April 2025 Western U.S. mountain snowpack, crucial for supplying water to roughly 100 million people and accounting for…

Sea-Level Rise Surges at End of Last Ice Age Strengthen Future Projections

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Nature, 19 March 2025 Reconstructing wetlands from the last Ice Age has revealed periods of rapid sea-level rise equal to,…

COP29 Video of the Week: Total Emissions from Permafrost Regions Already Warming the Climate

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An international team of permafrost scientists outlined new research findings developed in the Regional Carbon Cycle and Processes (RECCAP2) project,…

Arctic Sea Ice Sets Record-Low Maximum Extent

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National Snow and Ice Data Center, 28 March 2025 NSIDC has announced that on March 22, Arctic sea ice reached…

Increasingly Corrosive Conditions in UK and Ireland Ocean Waters

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Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, February 2025 A recent report on marine and coastal climate change highlights the increasing threat…

Arctic Sea Ice Loss Results in Global Weather Changes

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Nature Communications, 11 March 2025 Information from multiple models strengthens the long-held understanding that Arctic sea ice loss impacts weather…

Ocean Warming Drives Year-round Ice Loss from Arctic Glaciers

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Nature Communications, 2 December 2024 Research from the Norwegian Polar Institute studied ice loss from calving glaciers in the Arctic,…

Greenland Ice Sheet Loss and Global Sea-Level Rise

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The Cryosphere, 14 March 2025 This study uses ice sheet model simulations to predict how the melting of Greenland’s ice…

Video of the Week: First “World Day for Glaciers” at the United Nations in New York

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Friday March 21st marked the first-ever World Day for Glaciers, bringing together global leaders, cryosphere scientists, and policymakers to address…

High-Level Event Celebrating First “World Day for Glaciers” Today in New York

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Today marks the first-ever World Day for Glaciers, bringing together global leaders, cryosphere scientists, and policymakers to address the urgent…

Thwaites Ice Shelf Doubled Melt Rate During Sudden Glacial Lake Drainage

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Nature Communications, 6 March 2025 This study reports that the sudden drainage of a lake beneath Thwaites Glacier temporarily doubled…

Weakening Ocean Current Patterns Reduce Global Carbon Uptake, Costing Trillions of Dollars

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 12 January 2025 The AMOC is a large, intertwined system of ocean currents…

Geoengineering Curtain Cannot Prevent Retreat of Fast-flowing Greenland Glacier

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Communications Earth and Environment, 7 March 2025 Geo-engineering efforts to add an underwater "curtain" to the fjord of one of…