From the high latitudes to mountain regions, the world's glaciers are responding faster than expected to fossil fuel emissions. This…
Nature Geoscience, 25 June 2024 Modelers have long theorized about processes that might account for the unusually rapid sea-level rise…
News Briefing, 25 June 2024 Research led by the Union of Concerned Scientists concludes that nearly three million people live…
46th ATCM and 26th CEP in Kochi, Kerala, India | 20-30 May 2024 For the first time, the Antarctic Treaty…
Mountain areas are key for climate adaptation efforts due to their transboundary and global importance (natural hazards, water towers, global…
The Cryosphere, 3 June 2024 A new model incorporating the latest ice-ocean interactions projects that future stability of West Antarctica's…
Communications Earth & Environment, 13 June 2024 The Hudson Bay polar bear population, comprising three of the world's 19 remaining…
The Arctic is currently warming up to four times faster than the rest of the planet. Rapidly disappearing Arctic sea…
Dear Cryosphere Capsule readers, It has been a pleasure seeing many of you in Bonn this week during the annual…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 20 May 2024 Seawater pulses from tides moving beneath the vulnerable Thwaites Glacier…
Geophysical Research Letters, 20 May 2024 Antarctic sea ice reached historically low levels in 2023, with over 2 million square…
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 21 May 2024 This review paper maps the global distribution of glacial lakes, consolidating historical…
The Arctic and Southern Oceans are under serious threat from warming, acidification, freshening, and ice loss. These changes are already…
AGU Journals: Earth’s Future, 26 April 2024 The iconic East Rongbuk Glacier on Mount Everest’s north slope might lose two-thirds…
Scientific Reports, 9 May 2024 Small mountain glaciers in Alaska release high levels of methane gas in their meltwater runoff,…