Earth’s Cryosphere Has Breached Its Planetary Safe Operating Space
An analysis of key control variables shows Earth’s cryosphere has exceeded the safe operating space defined by Holocene levels, threatening ...
Tag: glaciers
Turbulent heat fluxes emerge as hidden drivers of glacier melt and mountain climate
A new review finds that turbulent heat fluxes between glaciers and the atmosphere actively regulate melt rates, cloud formation, and ...
Historical satellite photos extend glacier mass loss record across High Mountain Asia
A reconstruction of glacier mass balance from 1975 to 2013 finds a 54% acceleration in mass loss after 2000 and ...
Small fraction of lake, ocean and ice-shelf glaciers drives most ice loss
Glaciers ending in lakes, oceans or ice shelves make up just 3.2% of the world's glaciers yet lost an estimated ...
Glaciers That End in Water Drive Most of the World’s Ice Loss
A global classification of more than 216,000 glaciers shows that the small share ending in lakes, the ocean or on ...
Daily Weather Data Reveals Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Models Predicted
A daily-resolution global glacier model projects 5 to 10 percent more ice loss and 20 to 33 millimetres of additional ...
Declassified spy satellite photos reveal how Hindu Kush glaciers have melted since 1979
Declassified Cold War spy satellite imagery has allowed scientists to measure glacier mass loss in the Eastern Hindu Kush back ...
High-Resolution Climate Simulations Warn of 5–6°C Warming Across the Hindu Kush Himalaya by 2100
Bias-corrected NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 simulations project 5–6°C warming and intensifying precipitation extremes across the Hindu Kush Himalaya by the end of the ...
X-ray fingerprints turn river sediment into maps of erosion
Researchers have developed a fast, low-cost method that converts X-ray diffraction fingerprints of river sediment into spatially resolved erosion rate ...
Alpine peat bogs reveal 10,000 years of cold snaps and human fingerprints in the Swiss Alps
Cores from 10,000-year-old peatlands in Switzerland's Fimba Valley record Holocene cold events, including the 8.2 ka climate anomaly, alongside millennia ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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