EGU Cryospheric Science Division

EGU Cryospheric Science Division

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We are the Cryospheric Division (CR) of the European Geoscience Union (EGU @egu.eu) and share news and biweekly blog posts on everything cryosphere: https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/ Contact us, if you want to write a post or join our community.

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Walk on thin ice 🧊 in this week's blog post, which brings us through the science 🔬, traditions, and changing patterns 📈 of the frozen surfaces of our lakes. Read more here: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euWalking on ice: a multi-perspective view on lake iceA frozen lake can be more than a layer of ice. It can become a road, a fishing ground, a place of spiritual significance, or a window into a changing climate. From the ice-covered waters of the Northe...
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In an interview with Dr Tilly Woods, explore the world of microbes 🦠 on the surface of ice sheets ❄️, and how we can represent this landscape using the power of mathematics. Read more below 👇 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euAn Interview on the importance of simplification – modeling the weathering crust and microbial activity on ice sheetsThe weathering crust of ice sheets or glaciers is a layer of porous ice, bordering on impermeable ice below and influencing the meltwater storage and production. This physically complex environment ha...
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Come aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough, for a @bas.ac.uk research cruise through icy fjords 🚢 under a solar eclipse 🌘 through the eyes of three early-career geoscientists 🌊.  blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euRobots in the Arctic: An autonomous adventure to Greenland’s outlet glaciersResearch cruises are a fundamental part of the cryospheric sciences. As the Arctic warms, the systems that shape our world look much different from one season to the next, making it more critical than...

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What happened during the 26 August 2026 Himalayan flash flood? Our new post summarises the event, from the major glacier collapse and landslide in the Langtang region to the resulting high-energy flash flood, seismic signals and far-reaching impacts across Nepal. #Nepal blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...

blogs.egu.euSummary of the August 26th, 2026, Himalayan flash floodAt the time of preparing this blog entry, we are less than 48 hours after the catastrophe which has hit the Himalaya. While the flow of new information continues, it is useful to summarize and clarify...

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Yingpu Xiahou
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New @egu-cr.bsky.social post! 🧊 What lies beneath an ice shelf? A journey into the hidden ocean beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr... #Antarctica #Oceanography

blogs.egu.euWhat Lies Beneath an Ice ShelfBeneath Antarctica’s largest ice shelf lies a hidden ocean—dark, cold, and almost impossible to reach. Scientists drilled through hundreds of metres of ice to access it, revealing a world that plays a...
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"What if listening to the Earth could push us to act in order to protect it?" In the latest post on the CryoBlog, Ugo Nanni (PhD) writes about the intersection of research 🧪, art 🎶, and the world 🌍around us. #SciComm #Cryosphere #glaciers #ScienceArt blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euDialogues between glaciers and humansAt the edge of the world, a voice tries to make itself heard, a whisper slipping between the threads of an unstable reality. In the remote lands of Svalbard, a few hundred miles from the North Pole, l...
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#EGU General Assembly week is here! 🧪🌍 ❄️ 🧊 Before diving into the buzz of conference week, here’s a few cryo-highlights to mark on your program for #EGU26 🧊 ❄️ blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euWhat’s up at EGU26?In this week’s post, we share the Cryosphere division highlights at EGU26 with you. If it’s your first time at EGU, they might be a great starting point to get to know other division members and if yo...
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❄️ 🧊 Take a minute in your own travels to #EGU26 to join PhD student Maiju Ylönen (University of Oulu, Finland) as she navigates eco-friendly travel as a researcher with her dog Mervi 🐶 🚐 #EGU26 #Train2EGU #SciComm blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euFrom Finland to Switzerland: A Campervan Journey for Snow ResearchTraveling by land within Europe is relatively easy, and for me it’s also a conscious choice to push back against the fast pace of modern travel and the normalization of flying. Mervi the dog enjoying ...
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In this blog post, we journey to the Patagonian Icefield with Javier Norambuena, José Zambrano, Paula Silva, Andres Cruz and Christina Draeger "Bernal Glacier was more than a research site: it became a temporary home..." blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euClassroom on Ice: The Patagonian Icefield Research ProgramAn isolated fjord at the edge of the Southern Patagonia Icefield. A small cluster of tents pitched beside Bernal Glacier. Fourteen days without roads, cell reception, or routine – only creaking ice fr...
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🌱❄️ As winter turns to spring, many cryospheric scientists are getting ready for the start of summer field work campaigns. 🧪 Check out this memory from the field, from PhD student Mirjam Paasch #fieldwork #phd #cryosphere #greenland blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euMemories from the Field – The Vastness of the Greenland Ice SheetI remember the day very well. It was the first time we drove up to the glacial ice from our base station in Kangerlussuaq (Western Greenland), where we had patiently been waiting for two days for the ...
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Feeling lost in the maze of cryospheric research networks? In today’s post, @allenpope.bsky.social, new Secretary General of IGS (@igsoc.bsky.social), provides some orientation and explains the role of IGS and how it complements our work at EGU. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euIGS: A Home for the Global CryosphereLike many glaciologists (in the broad sense – as in, cryospheric researchers, not just those who study glaciers!), my professional “home” has been the International Glaciological Society (IGS) ever si...
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❄️🧪!! New Blog Alert !! 🧪❄️ In this blog posts, researchers from the @heigit.org explain how mapping permafrost can become a community effort blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr... #scicomm #permafrost #arctic

blogs.egu.euHow Citizen Scientists mapped Arctic PermafrostCryosphere scientists know it well; the Arctic doesn’t give up its secrets easily. This is especially true when it comes to exploring permafrost -– frozen soils that store centuries of history undergr...
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New year - new team! Today we would like to introduce you to the new chief editor team of our #cryoblog: please say hi to Mack and Leah! 🥳❄️ @mack-baysinger.bsky.social @leahsmuhle.bsky.social We would also like to say thanks to our outgoing chief-editor team! 💙 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euIntroducing the new chief editors of the cryo blogNew year, new team! We have some changes in our editorial team and would like to introduce our new chief editors to you today – please say hi to Mack and Leah! Mack and Leah will be taking over the ro...
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“We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice.” Our latest blog post by Fabian Seemann gives a summary of attending COP30 as an Early Career Scientist with the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI). blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euSpeaking Up for the Cryosphere at COP30During the climate negotiations at COP30, the global importance of a warming cryosphere was stressed in various formats. The UNFCCC Conference of Parties (this year’s COP30) marks the yearly global cl...
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We are back from our summer break with an icy winter story. On today's #cryoblog you can follow Mirjam Paasch on her field work trip to Svalbard on the hunt for tiny colourful ice algae living in glaciers. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euCryo Adventures – Discovering the beauty of polar winterOnly one month after starting my PhD, I found myself in a tiny plane flying over one of the most beautiful and breathtaking landscapes I’ve ever seen. I was on the way to the northernmost settlement i...
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Did you know the similarities between Tibetan and Peruvian glaciers? Follow Wilmer Sánchez Rodríguez on his expeditions to both places and find out. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euDid you know: Soot is a melting agent for glaciers in Peru and ChinaMountain glaciers are melting rapidly due to global warming. This process is being intensified by increasingly extreme natural events, such as forest fires and air pollution from human activities. One...
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Would you like to know what you can find on the bottom of frozen proglacial lakes? In today's #cryoblog we follow Joost van Genuchten and his colleagues on their spring field campaign to Southwest #Greenland. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euThe Proglacial Puzzle: Sampling of Glacier-fed Lakes in GreenlandWould you like to follow the endeavours of a small team working in the ice-marginal terrain in South-West Greenland? They set out to investigate proglacial lakes using sediment coring, water sampling ...

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Want to find out more about the amazing female director behind National Geographic's hit documentary 'ENDURANCE' - have a look at our latest blog? @egu.eu @egu-cr.bsky.social blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euWomen Of Cryo VIII: Natalie Hewit – Documenting Antarctica’s Frozen VoicesAntarctica is a unique place where history, adventure, and science collide. It’s a continent that has fascinated explorers for centuries, but much of its story has been told through the lens of men wh...

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Are you interested in the post Little Ice Age glacier-climate changes in the Greater Caucasus? ❄️ ⛰️ Check out my latest @egu-cr.bsky.social blog blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euTracking the Footprints of a Vanishing Glaciers in the Greater CaucasusIn this week’s blog, Levan Tielidze tells us about his recent glacier study from the Greater Caucasus. By combining geomorphology, remote sensing, and historical cartography, the team reconstructed ne...
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Today's #cryoblog is another episode of our #cryocaps miniseries, where @mack-baysinger.bsky.social chats with researchers about their PhD hats. In episode 4 Mack meets @heartmeltingice.bsky.social who tells us all about ice core melt. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euCryosphere Caps: PhD hats and the researchers that wear them – Episode 4This miniseries features the tradition of ‘PhD hat’ making in German research institutes and universities. For those of you unfamiliar with this idea (as I once was), this is one of the final mileston...
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Today we share another episode of our #cryocaps miniseries with you. This time @mack-baysinger.bsky.social chats with two researchers, Izabella Baisheva & @rglueckler.bsky.social, who take us to Siberia on a journey about permafrost, lakes, fire, culture and a dog. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euCryosphere Caps: PhD hats and the researchers that wear them – Episode 3This miniseries features the tradition of ‘PhD hat’ making in German research institutes and universities. For those of you unfamiliar with this idea (as I once was), this is one of the final mileston...
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Are you an ECS interested in publishing your geoscience communication activities, but are unsure whether they are “worth it”? Join our “Meet the Editors” session with editors of EGU’s journal Geoscience Communication. No pressure, no wrong questions! Tue, 29 Apr, 14:00–15:00 CEST, EGU booth Hall X2

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Hello #EGU25 folks! A team of us from Cardiff will be presenting in Vienna next week: - Monday at 1400 in Hall A (HS1.2.2) - @rolfhut.bsky.social 's MacGyver session. I'll be presenting Cryoegg, Cryowurst and Hydrobean, three wireless instruments for studying glacier and river hydrology.

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Who's attending #EGU25? Please say Hello during one of our cryo events. We would love to meet you. As every year, we summarised our cryo highlights and general tips and tricks in a #cryoblog. Check it out! ⬇️ blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euEGU 25 – we’ve got you coveredAre you attending this year’s EGU General Assembly virtual or in person? No matter the way you attend or if it’s your first time or you are coming to Vienna for the GA for years, today we share with y...
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As scientists, we study predict and inform about rates of thaw and melt. But what do we feel seeing too early ice-free sea and ecological cascades? In today's post, @leahsmuhle.bsky.social interviewed @inkerimarkkula.bsky.social about her #ecologicalgrief work. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euFeeling (un)frozen lands: What we can learn from research on ecological griefRetreating glaciers, shrinking sea ice or thawing permafrost – many of you might have witnessed formerly familiar landscapes being transformed by climate change over the last years, maybe even beyond ...

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EGU's annual photo competition is OPEN! If you are registered for #EGU25, you can submit up to 3 photos & 1 moving image related to Earth, planetary, or space sciences by 31 March. 🏆Winners receive a free registration to EGU26! Submit your photo today: egu.eu/9VTNXM

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Ruth Mottram
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🚨 New Job alert! 🚨 🚨 Climate and ice sheet modelling at DMI, come and work with me and my colleague Christian Rodehacke on coupled ice sheet - climate models. 3 year position in #HorizonEurope #LiquidIce https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=5001&ProjectId=187331&MediaId=5

candidate.hr-manager.netScientist for Modeling Ice Sheet–Climate InteractionAre you interested in working with climate and ice sheet models? And motivated by understanding climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic regions? Here is a gr

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Did you know 2025 is the UN Year for Glacier Preservation !! Celebrate #WorldWaterDay on March 22, 2025, under the theme of Glacier Preservation! Read the new #blog post by #Bettina_Schaefli, Professor of Hydrology at @unibern, to learn more! #ClimateAction blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...

blogs.egu.euWorld Water Day & World Glacier DayThe this year’s UN World Water Day on 22 March 2025 is under the theme of ‘Glacier Preservation’, a nice opportunity to recall that 2025 is also the UN year on glacier preservation and that this year,...
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Did you know about all the different #ArcticShipping routes that exist or could exist? If you would like to know and also what this would mean for the #Arctic as we know it, check out our newest #cryoblog by Lily Thompson. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

blogs.egu.euNavigating the polar frontier: exploring the effects of sea-ice decline on shipping and sea routes in the ArcticSea ice is a critical part of the unique Arctic ecosystem, but climate change is becoming a serious threat. Warming in the Arctic has already resulted in the loss of over 4 million km² of sea ice. But...

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#JobAlert! EGU is seeking a full time, fixed term (18 months) #ScienceForPolicy Officer (maternity cover) to work with the EGU Policy Programme supporting researchers to engage with European policy, based in Munich, Germany. Apply by 19 March: www.egu.eu/7NT1HP/ #scipol #science4policy

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The @egu-cr.bsky.social Blog needs you! Have you recently published a paper? 📝 Have a story about fieldwork? ⛺ Made something artistic related to cryosphere? ❄️ Come and write a blog for us! ✏️ Zero prior experience needed! Drop a DM if you're interested! (pic of E.T. in a tent for attention)

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EGU's annual photo competition is OPEN! If you are registered for #EGU25, you can submit up to 3 photos & 1 moving image related to Earth, planetary, or space sciences by 31 March. 🏆Winners receive a free registration to EGU26! Submit your photo today: egu.eu/9VTNXM

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