The Arctic is Transforming into a Warmer, Less Frozen, and Biologically Changed Region

五年前

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, December 7 This annual “Arctic Report Card” by NOAA detailed, among other things that as…

Manganese in Arctic Waters as a Signal of Permafrost Thaw

五年前

Water Resources Research, December 9 Rapidly increasing atmospheric temperatures in the Russian Arctic has led to increased extensive permafrost thaw…

Most Glaciers in the European Alps Would Disappear by 2100 If Current High Emissions Continue

五年前

Climate Dynamics, December 7 90% of the glaciers in the European Alps would completely disappear before 2100 under high emissions…

Low Emissions Can Preserve Central Arctic Sea Ice: But High Emissions Causes Ice-free Regions Even in Winter, with Negative Global Impacts

五年前

Geophysical Research Letters, December 6   Under the new high emissions scenarios developed for IPCC AR6, accelerating sea ice loss…

Stable Ocean Circulation in a Changing North Atlantic Ocean

五年前

Science Advances, November 27 Increasing discharge of freshwater from the melting ice of Greenland and other Arctic glaciers has not substantially…

Ice Melt in the Northern Hemisphere Destabilized Antarctica

五年前

Nature, November 25 From 20,000 to 9,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, rapid melt of the…

Accelerating Icelandic Glacier Melt in Past 25 Years

五年前

Frontiers in Earth Science, November 26 Over the past 130 years, glaciers in Iceland have lost about 20 percent of…

Threshold of Irreversible Loss of Greenland’s Ice Sheet in ~600 Years with High Emissions to 2100

五年前

The Cryosphere, December 1   Under emissions scenarios leading to 2°C of global warming and above, significant and rapid mass…

More Icebergs Might Lead to More Glacier Melt – and More Icebergs…

五年前

Nature Communications, November 25 Congestion of icebergs near an outlet glacier might lead to an increase in warmer water at the…

Current Rates of Sea Level Rise Higher Than IPCC Estimates

五年前

Science, November 20 Over the past decade, sea levels have risen by an average of 4.8 millimeters per year, a…

Increased Ocean Heat Flowing from the Tropics into the Arctic Ocean

五年前

Nature Climate Change, November 23   The flow of heat from subtropical waters into the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean…

Increasing Glacier Melt Causes Higher Acidification Rates Around Svalbard

6 年前

Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, October 15 Glacier runoff during the peak of Svalbard’s meltwater season contains lower levels…

Possible 1000-km “River” Channel May Drain Greenland’s Northern Ice Sheet More Rapidly

6 年前

The Cryosphere, November 12 Perhaps related to the above, a 1000-kilometer channel under the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland may…

Current Models Underestimate Ice Loss from Largest Greenland Glaciers

6 年前

Nature Communications, November 17   From 1880 to 2012, Greenland’s three largest outlet glaciers lost enough ice to increase global…

Increasing River Temperatures Trigger Arctic Sea-Ice Decline and Atmospheric Warming

6 年前

Science Advances, November 6 Warmer river discharge waters into the Arctic Ocean contributed up to 10% of regional sea-ice loss…