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COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: A Tale of Two Ice Sheets

In keeping with the contrasting Greenland and Antarctica studies in this week's Capsules, this COP-26 session explains the differences between…

四年前

Ice Loss from Greenland’s Glaciers Driven Largely by Warming Oceans

Science Advances, 1 January 2022 Warm water from the Atlantic Ocean fills the bottom of Greenland's deepest fjords, where its…

四年前

Rapid Retreat Under Glaciers in West Antarctica

Nature Geoscience, 13 January 2022 Scientists are observing unusually rapid retreat along the undersides of several glaciers in the Amundsen…

四年前

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Increasing the Resilience of Permafrost Wetlands

This jam-packed COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion session looks at how effective management of wetlands can contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation,…

四年前

World’s First Inventory of Subglacial Lakes Finds 20% at Risk

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4 January 2022 This global inventory provides a detailed map of the current size and…

四年前

Rising Global Temperatures Accelerate Coastal Erosion Across the Arctic

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 11 January 2022 Arctic coasts have different geological compositions depending on their location, but their…

四年前

Permafrost Thaw Increases Catastrophic Lake Drainage in Northern Alaska

Environmental Research Letters, 19 November 2021 An intense period of “catastrophic” lake drainage swept across northern Alaska from 2015-2019 during…

四年前

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Permafrost, Infrastructure Damage and Coastal Erosion with Hugues Lantuit of AWI

This COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion session examines the future impact, and attempts at mitigation and adaptation in permafrost regions of the…

四年前

Working to Decrease Uncertainty of Future Sea-level Rise from Antarctica

Eos, January 10 Pinning down the amount, rates and timing of future sea-level rise from Antarctica requires more targeted and…

四年前

Unprecedented Acceleration of Winter River Flow Associated with Permafrost Thaw in Russian Arctic

Environmental Research Letters, December 30 The winter flow of Russia’s massive Yenisei River – the largest river emptying into the…

四年前