Cryosphere - World Meteorological Organization Links between the cryosphere and climate change are numerous The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate states that “over the last decades, global warming has led to widespread shrinking of the cryosphere, with mass loss from ice sheets and glaciers, reduction in snow cover, and Arctic Sea ice extent and thickness
Cryosphere | NASA Earthdata The cryosphere encompasses the frozen parts of Earth, including glaciers and ice sheets, sea ice, and any other frozen body of water Human Dimensions The human dimensions discipline includes ways humans interact with the environment and how these interactions impact Earth’s systems
The Cryosphere – the Canary in the Coal Mine of the Climate System Collaboration – The key to understanding the changing cryosphere Projections of changes in the cryosphere, with a high degree of confidence under different climate scenarios, are needed to augment the capacity of the global community to better prepare, manage and adapt to the many emerging risks and to guide policy and decision-making
New reports sound the alarm on the cryosphere - wmo. int The cryosphere is the name given to Earth’s snow and ice regions and ranges from ice sheets, glaciers, snow and permafrost to sea ice on the polar oceans It is the latest in a series of scientific findings sounding the alarm about the cryosphere, which has become one of WMO’s top priorities and which has been described as “the canary in
Third Pole climate warming and cryosphere system changes Third Pole cryosphere changes affect regional hydrology, ecosystem and humans living in the entire watersheds For instance, due to the decreased contribution of glacier runoff, streamflows will be more sensitive to precipitation fluctuations, leading to more stochastic hydrological processes
Global Cryosphere Watch - World Meteorological Organization GCW is the crosscutting activity area of WMO mandated to support Members in sustainably enhancing their capabilities for observing all components of the cryosphere, for accessing and utilizing the cryospheric data and for developing value-added analyses and indicators based on in-situ, space-based, and airborne observations of the cryosphere, as well as models, to meet defined information
Freeze Thaw | NASA Earthdata The cryosphere encompasses the frozen parts of Earth, including glaciers and ice sheets, sea ice, and any other frozen body of water Human Dimensions The human dimensions discipline includes ways humans interact with the environment and how these interactions impact Earth’s systems
Glaciers | NASA Earthdata The cryosphere encompasses the frozen parts of Earth, including glaciers and ice sheets, sea ice, and any other frozen body of water Human Dimensions The human dimensions discipline includes ways humans interact with the environment and how these interactions impact Earth’s systems
WMO agrees new ambitions on cryosphere While the cryosphere is primarily present in regions at mid and high latitudes and in high mountains, the impacts of changes in snow, ice, and frozen ground are felt globally Thawing permafrost, reduced snow cover, melting glaciers, declining sea ice, and the melting of polar ice sheets and ice shelves, create risks for everyone on the planet
WMO issues new guidance on cryosphere measurements It was developed by the Task Team on Permafrost of the Advisory Group on the Global Cryosphere Watch through collaboration with experts from GCOS, Global Network Terrestrial – Permafrost, and the International Permafrost Association The cryosphere is the part of the Earth's surface with frozen water such as ice sheets, glaciers, snow and sea