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COP28 Cryosphere Pavilion: Schedule Updates from Dec. 1 – Dec. 12, 2023

Dear Cryosphere Capsule readers- For the next two weeks, our team will be at COP28 in Dubai helping organize the…

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Rapid Disintegration and Weakening of Ice Shelves in North Greenland

Nature Communications, 7 November 2023 The glaciers of North Greenland hold enough ice to raise sea level by 2.1 meters, but…

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Stabilizing Long-term Temperatures Below 1.5°C is Essential for the Greenland Ice Sheet

Nature, 18 October 2023 New research suggests that the Greenland Ice Sheet may be slightly more resistant to global warming…

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Unavoidable Future Increase in West Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting over the 21st Century

Nature Climate Change, 23 October 2023 A state-of-the-art model suggests that a widespread increase in West Antarctic ice shelf melting,…

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Nearly Half of Antarctica’s Ice Shelves Have Shrunk in the Past 25 Years

Science Advances, 12 October 2023 Latest observations reveal that 71 out of the 162 massive ice shelves around Antarctica are…

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Video of the Week: “A Tale of Two Poles: Sea Ice at the September Equinox 2023”

Last month, Antarctica's sea ice hit its maximum (largest) extent towards the end of Antarctic winter; but that "maximum" was…

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10% of Swiss Glacier Ice Lost within the Past Two Years

GLAMOS Glacier Monitoring Center, 28 September 2023 High summer heat and low winter snowfall have created the perfect storm for…

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南极冰川边界每天随潮汐移动数公里

The Cryosphere, 26 September 2023 The "grounding line" of the southern Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica can migrate up to…

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本周视频:《通往COP28之路:冰川融化,海平面上升,以及为何2°C太高》——联合国气候周

Following the UN General Assembly and Climate Ambition Summit in New York, leaders from the Ambition on Melting Ice (AMI)…

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目前的全球变暖足以使西南极洲走上不可逆转的崩溃之路

The Cryosphere, 7 September 2023 Two groundbreaking studies reveal that remaining at today's 1.2°C could trigger the slow but certain…

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