Nature Geoscience, 7 February 2022 Widespread media coverage of this study unfortunately has resulted in a mischaracterization of its main…
For more on current losses and future projections for the world's glaciers and snowpack, and impacts on water resources, watch…
Scientific Reports, 10 January 2022 Rising global temperatures have shifted westerly winds closer to the Antarctic continent, sending warm eddies…
The Cryosphere, 25 January 2022 Alaska and northwestern Canada contain more than 27,000 glaciers, which account for the second-largest area…
Nature, 19 January 2022 Svalbard contains more than one thousand glaciers located across a “climate gradient” – distinct geographical regions…
In keeping with the contrasting Greenland and Antarctica studies in this week's Capsules, this COP-26 session explains the differences between…
Science Advances, 1 January 2022 Warm water from the Atlantic Ocean fills the bottom of Greenland's deepest fjords, where its…
Nature Geoscience, 13 January 2022 Scientists are observing unusually rapid retreat along the undersides of several glaciers in the Amundsen…
This jam-packed COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion session looks at how effective management of wetlands can contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation,…
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4 January 2022 This global inventory provides a detailed map of the current size and…
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 11 January 2022 Arctic coasts have different geological compositions depending on their location, but their…
Environmental Research Letters, 19 November 2021 An intense period of “catastrophic” lake drainage swept across northern Alaska from 2015-2019 during…
This COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion session examines the future impact, and attempts at mitigation and adaptation in permafrost regions of the…
Eos, January 10 Pinning down the amount, rates and timing of future sea-level rise from Antarctica requires more targeted and…
Environmental Research Letters, December 30 The winter flow of Russia’s massive Yenisei River – the largest river emptying into the…