The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is the most vulnerable region of the continent and has the potential to contribute several…
Nature Communications, 7 February 2023 Fifteen million people around the world are at risk from flooding caused by glacial lakes,…
Nature Climate Change, 6 February 2023 Warm air currents from the tropics have caused more than one-third of the sea…
News Briefing: 6 February 2023 In January 2023, Arctic sea ice reached its second lowest extent for this time of…
The Cryosphere Pavilion traditionally has five displays, one for each of the main cryosphere dynamics: ice sheets, mountain glaciers and…
Geology, 20 January 2023 Researchers in the northern Antarctic Peninsula can use frozen moss samples to measure the growth and…
News Briefing: 2 February 2023 For the first time in at least seven thousand years, the Hinman Glacier’s ice and…
This event summarized the key messages from the five-day conference “Cryosphere 2022: International Symposium on Ice, Snow, and Water in…
Nature Climate Change, 26 January 2023 Future atmospheric warming will likely overpower the ability of snow to protect Antarctic ice…
Nature Climate Change, 5 January 2023 Rising temperatures can push parts of the climate system across “thresholds” that trigger abrupt…
The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report noted that due to emissions to-date, summer loss of Arctic sea ice will now inevitably…
Nature, 18 January 2023 Rising emissions are warming and increasing meltwater runoff in northern Greenland, one of the most remote…
Nature Communications, 10 December 2022 Warm Atlantic waters have been filling fjords and coastal areas along northeast Greenland for the…
The two polar ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice, with both increasingly contributing to sea level rise.…
PLOS Biology, 22 December 2022 In this study, scientists, conservation experts and policymakers from a dozen countries came together to…