Svalbard Archipelago Lost 1% of Glacial Ice During Summer 2024 Heat Wave, New Study Finds Record-level temperatures battered Svalbard during summer of 2024. Researchers have now quantified the damage the heatwave caused: One percent of the archipelago’s ice had disappeared by the end of the summer, enough to raise global sea levels by 0.16mm.
New Research Shows Svalbard Glacier Has Survived Warmer Past Glaciers are withdrawing across the globe. Since 2000, glaciers have lost between 2 and 39% of their ice regionally and about 5% globally. By using warmer periods in the past as a reference, new research shows that some glaciers could survive warmer conditions given the right settings.
Scientists Assemble High-Resolution Dataset of 149 Glaciers in Svalbard Using AI Scientists used artificial intelligence to analyze 125,000 satellite images of glaciers in Svalbard to learn more about the seasonal melt patterns and ice mass loss of marine-terminating glaciers. Their work will help predict glacier dynamics and their contribution to future sea-level rise as other regions experience increased warming.
Norwegian Government Criticized for Failing to Support Joint Climate Statement Storting representative for the Norwegian Socialist Left Party, Lars Haltbrekken, questions what he calls "Norway's lack of support" for a joint climate statement during the One Planet Polar Summit in Paris recently.
Greenland Glaciers May Be Leaking Mercury The melting Greenland ice sheet could be a source of toxic mercury, a new study shows.
