Rising Global Temperatures Accelerate Coastal Erosion Across the Arctic

五年前

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

Permafrost Thaw Increases Catastrophic Lake Drainage in Northern Alaska

五年前

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

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

五年前

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

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

五年前

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

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

五年前

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

Permafrost Thaw Could Damage 30-50% of Arctic Infrastructure by 2050

五年前

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, January 11 Rising global temperatures and intensifying heat waves have accelerated the thaw of permafrost…

COP-26 极地展馆本周视频:南极洲大规模冰量损失和海平面上升的风险;特邀马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的 Rob DeConto

五年前

For an explanation of the kind of modeling results and irreversible sea-level rise from Antarctica noted in the above Nature…

南极冰盖过去的临界点曾在一个十年内发生

五年前

Nature Communications, November 15 At the end of the last Ice Age, there were eight periods in which elevated global…

近几十年来喜马拉雅冰川损失增加十倍

五年前

Scientific Reports, December 20 During the past four decades, Himalayan glaciers have experienced a ten-fold increase in ice loss compared…

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: The Important Role of Ice Shelves with Twila Moon, NSIDC; and Susheel Adusumilli and Natalia Erazo, Scripps

五年前

Over the coming weeks, the Cryosphere Capsules will feature videos of some of the best and most impactful side events…

The Arctic is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Global Average

五年前

American Geophysical Union, December 13 Previous scientific studies and reports may have underestimated the degree of warming in the Arctic…

Antarctica’s Eastern Thwaites Ice Shelf Moving Close to Collapse

五年前

American Geophysical Union, December 13 Rising global temperatures appear to be accelerating the spread of deep and fast-moving cracks across…

COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion Video of the Week: Greenland’s Future with Mark Serreze, NSIDC and Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts Amherst

五年前

Over the coming weeks, the Cryosphere Capsules will feature videos of some of the best and most impactful side events…

Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Increases Risk of Major Wildfires in the US

五年前

Nature Communications, October 26 Rising global temperatures accelerate the decline of Arctic sea ice extent, which this study associated with…

Extreme and Erratic Melting Has Accelerated on Greenland Ice Sheet

五年前

Nature Communications, November 1 Meltwater runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased by 21% over the past forty years,…