climate change

Loss of Snow Cover on Svalbard Glaciers Accelerated Loss Since the mid-1980s.

Nature Communications, September 14 Most of Svalbard’s glaciers and ice caps have lost the porous snow layer that previously protected…

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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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Large Reduction in Glaciers Under High Emissions Scenario in Central Himalayas

Journal of Glaciology, August 26 Up to 85% of the glaciers found in the Koshi River Basin could disappear by 2100…

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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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Majority of Antarctic Ice Shelves Sensitive to Meltwater Fracturing

Nature, August 26 Antarctic ice shelves - floating ice in contact with land ice - are both critical to maintaining ice…

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Massive Amounts of Ice Loss in the Cryosphere

The Cryosphere Discussion/Review, August 14 A paper placed in open review notes that the cryosphere globally has lost a total…

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Unexpected Basal Ocean Melting in East Antarctica

Nature Communications, August 24 The floating Shirase Ice Tongue (a long and narrow projection of ice, connected an ice basin…

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Satellite Data Confirms Accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet Loss

Nature, August 20   The Greenland Ice Sheet lost a record-breaking 532 (± 58 Gt) of ice in 2019, up around 200 Gt in the…

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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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Basal Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves

Nature Geoscience, August 10 Between 1994 and 2018, Antarctic ice shelves (floating ice connected to the land-based Antarctic ice sheet)…

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Emissions from Thawing Peatland Permafrost 30-50% Greater than Previous Estimates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 10 Under high emissions scenarios, northern hemisphere permafrost and peatlands will show…

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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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Emissions To-date Consistent with Worst-Case Scenario for Global Warming

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 3 Despite recent progress on bending the emissions curve and the global…

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Loss of Outdoor Ice Skating in Coming Decades

The Canadian Geographer, July 16 Outdoor ice-skating is an important cultural pastime in many northern regions and holds a firm…

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