Melting Arctic sea ice linked to ‘worsening fire hazards’ in western US
Arctic sea ice melt has driven an increase in “fire-favourable weather” across the western US over the past four decades, according to new resear... Read More
Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2021
This year, the Greenland ice sheet has provided a feast for scientists. A cool and wet early summer with unusually large and late snowfall in June... Read More
Arctic sea ice summer minimum in 2021 is ‘12th lowest’ on record
Arctic sea ice has reached its annual minimum for 2021, clocking in at the 12th lowest on record, according to provisional data from the US National ... Read More
Guest post: Deciphering the rise and fall of Antarctic sea ice extent
The sharp decline in Arctic sea ice over recent decades has become one of the most enduring images of the Earth’s warming climate. Yet, at the same... Read More
Climate change has driven 16% drop in ‘snow meltwater’ from Asia’s high mountains
Climate change is reducing the supply of water from melting snow to many of the largest rivers in Asia, threatening the water security of millions of... Read More
Limiting warming to 1.5C would ‘halve’ land-ice contribution to sea level rise by 2100
Holding global temperature rise to no more than 1.5C – rather than following current emissions pledges – could halve the sea level rise from melt... Read More
Guest post: Overshooting 2C risks rapid and unstoppable sea level rise from Antarctica
In 2015, governments from across the world committed to the Paris Agreement and its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C or 2C. Yet, the emissions... Read More
Melting glaciers drove ‘21% of sea level rise’ over past two decades
Glacier melt across the world has accelerated over the past two decades, a new study finds, with the resulting meltwater accounting for 21% of global... Read More
Guest post: The fate of Antarctic ice shelves at 1.5C, 2C and 4C of warming
Antarctica’s ice shelves – the floating tongues of ice formed where the ice sheet meets the ocean – are especially useful indicators of a warmi... Read More
Guest post: Identifying three ‘tipping points’ in Antarctica’s Pine Island glacier
Antarctica may seem far away for most of us, yet this remote continent contains enough ice to raise sea levels around the world by tens of metres. It... Read More
Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2021 is joint-seventh lowest on record
Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year, peaking at 14.77m square kilometres (km2) on 21 March. This is the joint-seventh smallest... Read More
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