Snow & ice in the Hindu Kush Himalaya mountains are important as water sources & for the region's biodiversity🏔️

ICIMOD says #ClimateChange 's impacts are cannot be overstated.

Sunita Chaudhary calls for urgent action in #TheCircleWWF 👇
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'We believe that the groundwaters gurgling up in front of #glaciers on #Svalbard are emitting up to 2,310 tons of methane per year,' says Gabrielle Kleber, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

🚨 That's equivalent to nearly 150,000 barrels of oil consumed.

#TheCircleWWF 👇
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🌊 #ICYMI , npj Ocean Sustainability published an open access paper on #ArcNet

ArcNet is a framework for large-scale marine conservation in the #Arctic – & beyond. It could help governments fulfil their #30x30 #biodiversity commitments 👇
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Kongsfjorden in #Svalbard acts as a powerful visual reminder that climate change reshapes the world 🌡️

Researchers reflect on the ecosystem’s upheaval as it warms at an alarming pace 🚨 ❄️
nature.com/articles/d4158…
nature.com/articles/d4158…

Very excited for the #EU ArcticForum - this year for the first time with the EU- #Arctic YouthDialogue on May 15th! Hear what young people from the #Arctic and #EU think needs to be done in the face of #bidiversity loss and #ClimateChange #YouthTogether4Arctic

Our researchers 💪💪 explain importance of half a degree!

🔊 Listen to the sounds of Disko Bay, #Greenland

Through this project, you can hear live what is happening underwater & learn more about what impacts the soundscape.

From Outi Tervo, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources & partners. Check it out! 👇
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Snow, ice & permafrost—defining features of the #Arctic —are vanishing fast 🌡️

As Helena Gonz & Grete K. Hovelsrud explain, many of the climate crisis' impacts in the #cryosphere are irreversible if we overshoot the 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal.

#TheCircleWWF 👇
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This is so deserved👏 I known Martin for more than 15 years and he is not just a brilliant conservationist- he is also an amazing colleague with passion & heart. So proud of you, Martin🐼

🏅Congratulations to WWF #Arctic 's Dr. Martin Sommerkorn!

He is one of the finalists for the Shackleton Medal for the Protection of the Polar Regions, which awards people who have shown courage, determination, ingenuity & leadership in their work 👇
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We must act now to mitigate climate change and protect our cryosphere from irreversible loss CoE_Glaciology

Today, WWF published a groundbreaking scientific paper detailing the implementation of #ArcNet - a transformative framework for large-scale marine conservation in the Arctic. The paper is available for public access here: nature.com/articles/s4418…

A framework for large-scale marine conservation that could help safeguard #Arctic biodiversity AND help governments fulfil their 30x30 commitments? 🤔Yes please! Read all about it here: nature.com/articles/s4418…

Take care of special features, be representative of overall biodiversity, safeguard connectivity - #ArcNet shows how network of protected and conserved areas that lives up to the ambitions of #GBF 's #30x30 can be realized for the #Arctic . Check out the cool paper and the toolbox!

How can we help safeguard #Arctic biodiversity? 🤔

#ArcNet , a framework for large-scale marine conservation, could help. It could also help governments fulfil their #30x30 commitments. Win-win!

Outlined in a new open access paper in npj Ocean Sustainability 👇
nature.com/articles/s4418…

❄️ #Permafrost is found under vast areas of tundra & boreal forest in the #Arctic

But Claire Treat AWI Media explains, it is thawing everywhere, with impacts not only for local people & wildlife, but us all.

In #TheCircleWWF 👇
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🌡️ Why does warming need to be kept below 1.5 °C?

Many reasons but one to note:
Even a 2 °C temperature rise is too high to prevent devastating global impacts from #cryosphere loss 🚨

Amy Imdieke from International Cryosphere Climate Initiative explains in #TheCircleWWF 👇
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🔥Total wildfire carbon emissions from the sub-Arctic & #Arctic regions were the 2nd highest on record in 2023.

Most high-latitude #wildfires occurred in Canada between May–September 🚨

New data from Copernicus ECMWF & World Meteorological Organization in the European State of the Climate #ESOTC #ESOTC 2023

In case you missed it, our newsletter went out last week covering:

🔵 The latest #TheCircleWWF magazine
♀️ Gender as an #Arctic issue with Women of the Arctic.
🚢 WWF-Canada #Arctic emission control area
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QGreeland, a free mapping tool to support interdisciplinary Greenland-focused research, teaching, decision-making, and collaboration, is featured in WWF Global Arctic Programme's The Circle. National Snow and Ice Data Center's Twila Moon, PhD and CIRES CEEE's Alyse Thurber wrote the story.
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