Nature, 10 January 2024 This study contained two major findings: first, human-driven fossil fuel emissions have significantly reduced snowpack across…
The snow and ice of the Hindu Kush Himalaya mountains supply seasonal freshwater to river basins that serve billions of…
Nature, 17 January 2024 New measurements reveal that the Greenland Ice Sheet lost 20% more ice over the past four…
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are both losing ice; and have the potential to undergo rapid and self-sustaining retreat…
Nature Climate Change, 4 December 2023 The massive Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica underwent a fifty-year period of “marine…
Dr. Holly Han volunteered at the COP28 Cryosphere Pavilion as part of our Early Career Scientists Program, moderating side events…
Geophysical Research Letters, 1 December 2023 This study finds that the prognosis for glaciers in the European Alps is worse…
News Briefing: 4 January 2024 From the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountains along the western U.S. and lower Canadian…
Filmed last month at the COP28 Cryosphere Pavilion in Dubai, this side event reflects on the impacts of declining snow…
To all of our Cryosphere Capsules readers, we wish you a merry holiday season and a joyful 2024! We want…
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Journal of Earth System Dynamics, 14 November 2023 The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the global average…
Science, 22 December 2023 The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) holds enough ice to raise global sea level by 5…
Dear Cryosphere Capsule readers- For the next two weeks, our team will be at COP28 in Dubai helping organize the…
Nature Communications, 7 November 2023 The glaciers of North Greenland hold enough ice to raise sea level by 2.1 meters, but…