Science Update: Arctic’s Last Stand

July 7, 2021

Live Science, 3 July 2021: Earth’s cryosphere loses enough ice to cover Lake Superior every year

Earth’s Future, 16 May 2021: A Holistic Assessment of 1979–2016 Global Cryospheric Extent

Geophysical Research Letters, 3 July 2021: Rainfall on the Greenland ice sheet: present-day climatology from a high-resolution non-hydrostatic polar regional climate model

SciTech Daily, 3 July 2021: Scorching Heat in Siberia and Europe – Record Low Ice Coverage in Arctic Ocean’s Laptev Sea

Live Science, 1 July 2021: ‘Last Ice Area’ in the Arctic may not survive climate change

The Indian Express, 3 July 2021: Explained: What is the Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ that is now showing signs of melting earlier than scientists expected?

Communications Earth and Environment, 1 July 2021: Accelerated sea ice loss in the Wandel Sea points to a change in the Arctic’s Last Ice Area

A polar bear perches on a thick chunk of sea ice north of Greenland in March 2016. These thicker, older pieces of sea ice don’t fully protect the larger region from losing its summer ice cover. (Image credit: Kristin Laidre/University of Washington)