Ice loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has quadrupled since the 1990s. This has raised concerns about their…
Thank You for 2025! From the launch of the International Year of Glaciers Preservation during January and March in Geneva,…
Nature Climate Change, 15 December 2025 Glacier loss is projected to rapidly increase this century, peaking between 2040 and 2055,…
Nature Communications, 6 November 2025 The amount of sunlight entering the Arctic Ocean will likely increase by 50-77% over coming…
Immediately reducing emissions of super pollutants – short-lived climate forcers – is the best option to avoid runaway Arctic warming…
Nature Geoscience, 3 November 2025 In a stunning two-month period from November to December 2022, nearly 50% of Hektoria Glacier…
Nature, 29 October 2025 Southern Ocean warming could lead to 60% of Antarctic ice shelves disappearing by 2300 under a…
Nature Geoscience, 18 November 2025 Small underwater eddies contribute to nearly a fifth of total Antarctic ice shelf melting each…
Lead authors from the Nature paper covered in last week's Capsules described how changes in Antarctica can trigger fast and…
Dear Capsule Readers- After a several-week break during the COP30 and pre-COP preparations, the Cryosphere Capsules are back! In addition…