Arctic

New Destabilizing Arctic Under High Emissions Scenario

Nature Climate Change, September 14 The Arctic is at high risk of undergoing a rapid state change away from a…

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Sundown on the Arctic

September 22, at 15:30CEST/ 9:30AMEDT marks the autumn equinox, when the sun finally will go down on an Arctic summer…

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Warmer Atlantic and More Storms Decrease Sea Ice North of Svalbard

Journal of Geophysical Research, July 11 On the other side of the Arctic, an earlier study this summer found that winter…

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2018 Bering Sea Winter Sea Ice Lowest in At Least 5500 Years

Science Advances, September 2 Summer sea ice minimums receive the most attention; but Arctic sea ice has been declining year-round,…

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2020 Arctic Fires Already One-third Higher Than 2019 Record High

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, September 3 Arctic fire emissions – those directly caused by humans, as well as those from…

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Earlier Spring Rain on Arctic Sea Ice Accelerates Loss

The Cryosphere, August 28 Rain events on some portions of the Arctic Ocean have occurred nearly 4-6 days earlier for…

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Ice Mass Loss from Greenland Will Continue Even After Stabilized

Nature, Communications Earth & Environment, August 13 Acceleration of outlet glaciers from the Greenland ice sheet, not compensated by accumulation…

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Arctic Sea Ice More Sensitive to Emissions: Ice-Free Arctic During Last Interglacial Points to Rapid Future Loss

Nature Climate Change, August 10 The Arctic Ocean could be seasonally ice-free at temperatures only slightly above today’s, once land-based…

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Canadian Ice Shelf Collapse in the Canadian Arctic, and Glacier Collapse in the Alps

Water and Ice Research Laboratory, August 7 This extremely warm summer is driving some dramatic collapses: one of the last…

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Current Arctic Warming Closer to Past Abrupt Climate Events than Models

Nature, July 29 Over the past 40 years, the rate of change in large portions of the Arctic appears comparable…

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Burning the High Arctic: 2020 Spring and Summer Fire Season in Sakha Republic. A Precursor of Fire Seasons to Come?

2020 has been an exceptionally hot year for the Arctic, especially in High Arctic Russia. Beginning in January, an extended…

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