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Interested candidates are encouraged to apply! See below π
Call for papers
Climate and weather hazards rarely occur in isolation. Their compounding and cascading impacts are reshaping risk landscapes and exposing gaps in how societies forecast, communicate, and prepare.
π£ Deadline Extended: SCAR Medal Nominations now open until 5 April 2026! π£
Nominating is now easier than ever: just complete a short online form to get started. Itβs a simple, straightforward process.
We look forward to your nominations!
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***Our review paper on glacier surging is out!***
Lovell H, Benn DI, Jiskoot H and 12 others (2026) βGlacier surging and surge-related hazards in a changing climate.β
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 7(2). doi.org/10.1038/s430...
@hazlovell.bsky.social #cryosphere #glaciology #science #glaciers
AI in Glaciology- Abstract submission deadline extended. Please see β¬οΈ
Interested in reviewing IPCC AR7 drafts? Are you an ECR? Consider applying for the role! See details below π
π SCAR Open Science Conference #SCAR2026 - Updates π
βοΈ Travel grants - Apply by 16 March:
scar2026.org/travel-grants
ποΈ Early bird registration closes 15 May. Information on registration fees:
scar2026.org/registration
π¨ Special accommodation rates:
scar2026.org/accommodation
The 2nd Circular for the International Symposium on Interactions of Ice Sheets and Glaciers with the Ocean is now online! Info on scientific topical areas, networking events, registration, & more. www.igsoc.org/2nd-circular... @igs-egg.bsky.social @scrippsocean.bsky.social @helen-amanda.bsky.social
Our new paper on the future of the Antarctic Peninsula published today, showing how the various systems across the Peninsula will be impacted by different global warming scenarios.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
Congratulations to Dr Lauren Vargo! @drljv.bsky.social on winning the IGS @igsoc.bsky.social ECR Award!
10th Annual International Polar Film Festival [films due: Feb 13]
USAPECS is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the International Polar Film Festival (PFF) in March 2026!
Submit your film by Feb 13th:
www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...
Let us know if you are attending one them!!
CliC 2026 kicks off today! @igs-egg.bsky.social awarded grants, IGS President Shin Sugiyama will present Lauren Vargo with the IGS Early Career Scientist Award & confer the Seligman Crystal to Tandong Yao. Come to poster P062 for stickers/pins/patches & chat with Secretary General Allen Pope, too!
Tune in at 20:00 GMT. See details in www.igsoc.org/event/igs-gl...
Image description: three stacked images of EGU's photo competition 2025 winners. Text reads:'' EGU Photo Competition 2026 ! Apply now and win free registration to #EGU27 Apply by 8 April 2026!''
π· EGU photo competition 2026 is NOW OPEN!
If you are registered for #EGU26, you can submit up to 3 photos and 1 moving image related to Earth, planetary, or space sciences by 8 April 2026.
π Winners will receive a free registration to the EGU 2027!
π Learn more and submit here: egu.eu/4AFZLG
Reminder: @igs-egg.bsky.social Conference Grants β January 31 Deadline! www.igsoc.org/igs-egg-conf...
IGS Seminar Series ECR talks on January 28th at 20:00 GMT.
More details β> www.igsoc.org/event/igs-gl...
@igsoc.bsky.social
#ECR #seminar #IGS
Call for IGS EGG Conference Grant Jan 2026. All interested researchers are invited to apply for Grant. Check our website to see the eligibility criteria: igsegg.org/egg-events/conβ¦
#grant #IGS
@igsoc.bsky.social
2nd Circular for IGS Symposium on AI in Glaciology Now Online! More info at www.igsoc.org/2nd-circular... & icefuture.org/igs2026/ @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social @igs-egg.bsky.social @mathieu-ice.bsky.social
Have you ever considered growing a glacier? π§
That's what glacier marriages are about! π±
To learn more, read the great story written by @glacioverse.bsky.social about this tradition from Baltistan (Pakistan) ποΈ
medium.com/@tirthankarg...
Ever wondered what a #glacier looks like from the inside? Last weekend our postdocs Christophe Ogier & Marin Kneib descended 60 m into a moulin on the #PlaineMorte glacier for surveying englacial melt channels. Photographer Pierre Jeanneret captured the stunning hidden world below βοΈπ§ββοΈπ§
π¨ New paper alert! βοΈ
How many glaciers will exist by 2100 at +1.5 Β°C vs +4 Β°C warming? Our new study led by @landervt.bsky.social , projects the extinction year of ~200,000 glaciers worldwide. ππ§
Can you imagine the Alps with only 20 glaciers remaining?
π www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper on tracking extinct glaciers in GLIMS by Bruce Raup et al. out in the @igsoc.bsky.social collection on Vanishing Glaciers. doi.org/10.1017/aog.... See all papers here www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Apply for an @esa.int Living Planet Fellowship to work with me @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social! Canada is 'Associated State' and so we can host fellows who use Earth Observation data in their research. π§ͺβοΈβοΈπ°οΈ @igsoc.bsky.social @gaphaz.bsky.social @igs-egg.bsky.social
eo4society.esa.int/2025/10/17/l...
Deadline approaching soon! Submit your application for this special travel grant.
One more year: Ice loss at Konkordiaplatz on Aletsch #Glacier is just... wow π² Minus 4.6 metres of ice.
Will there ever be a call:
"Make Aletsch Great Again"?
It would be about time
BY POPULAR DEMANDβ¦ Weβre extending the CliC OSC abstract deadline! π¨βοΈ
We heard your requests for more time and we're happy to oblige.
The final abstract deadline is 19 September 2025.
β‘οΈ clic2026.com/abstracts
Don't miss your last chance to join us in Wellington π³πΏ
It's the time of the year GLAMOS measurements on around 20 Swiss #glaciers start. We've been on Rhone, Allalin, Corvatsch, ... these days.
Not all as shiny white as here! Major losses also in 2025. Stay posted for the press release via @scnat.ch on 1 Oct
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
Aerial view of glaciers in the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northern Canada.
Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canadaβs Arctic Archipelago
#EastCoastKin #blueskyphotography #photography #photographersunited #photographers #photographersofbluesky #landscapes #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #canada #arctic #nunavut #glaciers