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“Greenland ice safe after all”? “Antarctic ice melt no longer stoppable”? Don’t be fooled – we can and we must limit temperature rise to 1.5°C

On By iqiceblogIn Antarctic, Arctic, Cryosphere, Global climate, Greenland2 Comments

“It's too late to stop Antarctic ice melt.” But “the Greenland ice sheet might be more resistant to warming than we thought”, according to various recent studies. So should we stop worrying? Or give up on climate action? As we speed towards this year's UN Climate Conference COP28, to be held in – of all places - oil-rich Dubai, while wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine are distracting attention from the planet-threatening climate crisis, what we need is not complacency or resignation but a heightened sense of urgency.

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COP28 Countdown: Bonn UN climate talks try to smooth rocky path to Dubai

On By iqiceblogIn Antarctic, Arctic, Cryosphere, Global climate1 Comment

As temperatures spike, forests burn, oceans warm, ice melts in the Arctic, Antarctic and on the world's highest mountains, negotiators at the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany are wrangling over documents to prepare for COP28 in oil-land Dubai at the end of the year. That meeting will tackle the "Global Stocktake" of climate efforts - and shortcomings.

Featured Photo: Ted Scambos, University of Colorado, Boulder, NSDIC. CMp on Thesited Glacier

A Sign of the TIME(s)? Why ice researchers count among the world’s most influential people

On By iqiceblogIn Antarctic, Arctic, Cryosphere, Global climate3 Comments

Climate change is impacting the frozen regions of our planet faster and more seriously than expected. The naming of two ice scientists as amongst the world's most influential people shows growing recognition of the key role played by the cryosphere and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect it.

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Earth’s temperature rises as geopolitical climate cools

On By iqiceblogIn Arctic, Cryosphere, Global climate2 Comments

It's now one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. There’s no sign of any end to the conflict. And we are not looking at a regional dispute. This war has become a major clash between systems, with repercussions for the whole planet. Putin’s invasion has plunged us into a time of multiple crises – war, an …

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Glasgow outcome: a COP-out for the Arctic – and the rest of the planet

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My expectations for COP26 were not high. What we needed to come out of it was huge. But at the latest when the G20 leaders meeting in Rome ahead of the Glasgow conference failed to agree on a commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, it was looking highly unlikely that we would …

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