International Association of Cryospheric Sciences
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IACS is one of eight associations of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). IACS promotes the advancement of cryospheric sciences of the Earth and the solar system, organizes biennial scientific meetings, and supports working groups.
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Talk by Bruce Raup (NSIDC), summarizing the thirty-year history of GLIMS, with emphasis on more recent activity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWY.... GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) maps Earth's glaciers through time. Use GLIMS Glacier Viewer to explore & download glacier outlines.
Thirty Years of GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space)
YouTube video by National Snow and Ice Data Center
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October 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Talk by Bruce Raup (NSIDC), summarizing the thirty-year history of GLIMS, with emphasis on more recent activity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWY.... GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) maps Earth's glaciers through time. Use GLIMS Glacier Viewer to explore & download glacier outlines.
Talk by Bruce Raup (NSIDC), summarizing the thirty-year history of GLIMS, with emphasis on more recent activity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWY.... GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) maps Earth's glaciers through time. Use GLIMS Glacier Viewer to explore & download glacier outlines.
Thirty Years of GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space)
YouTube video by National Snow and Ice Data Center
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Talk by Bruce Raup (NSIDC), summarizing the thirty-year history of GLIMS, with emphasis on more recent activity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWY.... GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) maps Earth's glaciers through time. Use GLIMS Glacier Viewer to explore & download glacier outlines.
See report from special #IMC25 event on the disaster in Blatten in latest Oct newsletter cryosphericsciences.org/wp-content/u... @gaphaz.bsky.social
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October 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
See report from special #IMC25 event on the disaster in Blatten in latest Oct newsletter cryosphericsciences.org/wp-content/u... @gaphaz.bsky.social
A new IACS Newsletter is available on our homepage.
We are pleased to announce a new IACS Working Group on Continuity approaches for mass balance Intercomparison eXercise (ContinuIX). cryosphericsciences.org/wp-content/u...
We are pleased to announce a new IACS Working Group on Continuity approaches for mass balance Intercomparison eXercise (ContinuIX). cryosphericsciences.org/wp-content/u...
October 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A new IACS Newsletter is available on our homepage.
We are pleased to announce a new IACS Working Group on Continuity approaches for mass balance Intercomparison eXercise (ContinuIX). cryosphericsciences.org/wp-content/u...
We are pleased to announce a new IACS Working Group on Continuity approaches for mass balance Intercomparison eXercise (ContinuIX). cryosphericsciences.org/wp-content/u...
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Looking for support to host a cryosphere-related event? The IACS offers up to €3000 in funding for workshops & educational activities that align with its objectives. Open to IACS members (free to join).
⏰ Next deadline: 1 October 2025.
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@iacscryo.bsky.social
⏰ Next deadline: 1 October 2025.
🔗 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/GyKd7l1
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August 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Looking for support to host a cryosphere-related event? The IACS offers up to €3000 in funding for workshops & educational activities that align with its objectives. Open to IACS members (free to join).
⏰ Next deadline: 1 October 2025.
🔗 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/GyKd7l1
@iacscryo.bsky.social
⏰ Next deadline: 1 October 2025.
🔗 Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/GyKd7l1
@iacscryo.bsky.social
IACS is pleased to announce a new working group (WG) on Compilation and Standardization of Snow on Sea Ice Data.
The working group will invite the larger sea ice community to contribute data. See full proposal and more details cryosphericsciences.org/activities/c...
The working group will invite the larger sea ice community to contribute data. See full proposal and more details cryosphericsciences.org/activities/c...
Compilation and Standardization of Snow on Sea Ice Data – IACS
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August 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
IACS is pleased to announce a new working group (WG) on Compilation and Standardization of Snow on Sea Ice Data.
The working group will invite the larger sea ice community to contribute data. See full proposal and more details cryosphericsciences.org/activities/c...
The working group will invite the larger sea ice community to contribute data. See full proposal and more details cryosphericsciences.org/activities/c...
Important updates on the Climate and Cryosphere Open Science Conference 2026: The abstract submission and travel grant application deadline has been extended to August 31st.
• Abstract guidelines: clic2026.com/abstracts
• Travel Grant info: clic2026.com/travel-grants
• Abstract guidelines: clic2026.com/abstracts
• Travel Grant info: clic2026.com/travel-grants
Abstracts - CliC OSC 2026
Abstracts submit your abstract now Call for abstracts Abstract submission closes on 31 August 2025. A fee of NZD50 incl GST (approx. USD30) is applicable for each abstract submitted. Payment is requir...
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July 31, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Important updates on the Climate and Cryosphere Open Science Conference 2026: The abstract submission and travel grant application deadline has been extended to August 31st.
• Abstract guidelines: clic2026.com/abstracts
• Travel Grant info: clic2026.com/travel-grants
• Abstract guidelines: clic2026.com/abstracts
• Travel Grant info: clic2026.com/travel-grants
#BACO2025: Great science, good networking and very friendly atmosphere! We were warmly welcomed here in Busan, Republic of Korea, by the local organizers. We arranged a special session marking the 🏔❄️ #Glaciers2025 and had a plenary meeting & ECR lunch. IACS also arranged its annual meeting.
July 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#BACO2025: Great science, good networking and very friendly atmosphere! We were warmly welcomed here in Busan, Republic of Korea, by the local organizers. We arranged a special session marking the 🏔❄️ #Glaciers2025 and had a plenary meeting & ECR lunch. IACS also arranged its annual meeting.
The Graham Cogley award is given by IACS to two students to recognize an oral and a poster presentation of exceptional quality at an IACS Assembly (held every two years). At #BACO2025 the awardees were Jung Hyun Park and Kai Man. Read about award & awardees: cryosphericsciences.org/awards/graha...
July 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The Graham Cogley award is given by IACS to two students to recognize an oral and a poster presentation of exceptional quality at an IACS Assembly (held every two years). At #BACO2025 the awardees were Jung Hyun Park and Kai Man. Read about award & awardees: cryosphericsciences.org/awards/graha...
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The IACS president @lissand.bsky.social, Secretary General Richard Essery and Vice-President @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social are participating at the IUGG Business Meeting in Incheon, Korea, this week. In July 2027, the next IUGG Assembly will take place at Songdo ConvensiA.
July 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The IACS president @lissand.bsky.social, Secretary General Richard Essery and Vice-President @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social are participating at the IUGG Business Meeting in Incheon, Korea, this week. In July 2027, the next IUGG Assembly will take place at Songdo ConvensiA.
The IACS president @lissand.bsky.social, Secretary General Richard Essery and Vice-President @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social are participating at the IUGG Business Meeting in Incheon, Korea, this week. In July 2027, the next IUGG Assembly will take place at Songdo ConvensiA.
July 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The IACS president @lissand.bsky.social, Secretary General Richard Essery and Vice-President @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social are participating at the IUGG Business Meeting in Incheon, Korea, this week. In July 2027, the next IUGG Assembly will take place at Songdo ConvensiA.
IACS is one of eight associations of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). IUGG offer Support for Scientific Meetings in 2026. The deadline is in September 2025. See details and guidelines; iugg.org/meetings/gui...
Guidelines for Meetings Support
Guidelines for Application to IUGG Support of Scientific Meetings in 2026 The program of IUGG support for scientific meetings (e.g., workshops, advanced schools, symposia) is one of the most importan...
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July 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
IACS is one of eight associations of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). IUGG offer Support for Scientific Meetings in 2026. The deadline is in September 2025. See details and guidelines; iugg.org/meetings/gui...
IACS events at BACO-25, Korea, include:
-IACS plenary talk by Ayako Abe-Ouchi
-IACS Plenary Meeting with activity updates & presentations by the IACS Early Career Award winners
-Festa Cryospherica dinner
-IACS Student and Early Career networking lunch
See details at cryosphericsciences.org/baco-25/
-IACS plenary talk by Ayako Abe-Ouchi
-IACS Plenary Meeting with activity updates & presentations by the IACS Early Career Award winners
-Festa Cryospherica dinner
-IACS Student and Early Career networking lunch
See details at cryosphericsciences.org/baco-25/
BACO-25 – IACS
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June 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
IACS events at BACO-25, Korea, include:
-IACS plenary talk by Ayako Abe-Ouchi
-IACS Plenary Meeting with activity updates & presentations by the IACS Early Career Award winners
-Festa Cryospherica dinner
-IACS Student and Early Career networking lunch
See details at cryosphericsciences.org/baco-25/
-IACS plenary talk by Ayako Abe-Ouchi
-IACS Plenary Meeting with activity updates & presentations by the IACS Early Career Award winners
-Festa Cryospherica dinner
-IACS Student and Early Career networking lunch
See details at cryosphericsciences.org/baco-25/
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Reminder: Call for Papers for the Annals of Glaciology Collection on #VanishingGlaciers, in observance of the UN 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.
**Deadline for submissions extended to 30 June 2025**
--> www.igsoc.org/publications...
#Glaciology #OpenAccess #GlacierPreservation
**Deadline for submissions extended to 30 June 2025**
--> www.igsoc.org/publications...
#Glaciology #OpenAccess #GlacierPreservation
May 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Reminder: Call for Papers for the Annals of Glaciology Collection on #VanishingGlaciers, in observance of the UN 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.
**Deadline for submissions extended to 30 June 2025**
--> www.igsoc.org/publications...
#Glaciology #OpenAccess #GlacierPreservation
**Deadline for submissions extended to 30 June 2025**
--> www.igsoc.org/publications...
#Glaciology #OpenAccess #GlacierPreservation
The Karthaus 2025 Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System took place on 19-29 May in Karthaus, Italy. IACS was one of the sponsors. Totally 36 students and 10 teachers participated representing 30 institutes & 15 different countries.
www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
June 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The Karthaus 2025 Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System took place on 19-29 May in Karthaus, Italy. IACS was one of the sponsors. Totally 36 students and 10 teachers participated representing 30 institutes & 15 different countries.
www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
Deadline for paper submission to the thematic Annals of Glaciology collection on ‘Vanishing Glaciers is approaching: 30 June.
See www.igsoc.org/vanishing-gl... for details & author instructions. The focus is vanishing glaciers that are already extinct or threatened to disappear soon.
See www.igsoc.org/vanishing-gl... for details & author instructions. The focus is vanishing glaciers that are already extinct or threatened to disappear soon.
Vanishing glaciers - call for papers | IGS
In observance of the UN 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, the IGS is publishing a special Annals of Glaciology Collection with the theme
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June 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Deadline for paper submission to the thematic Annals of Glaciology collection on ‘Vanishing Glaciers is approaching: 30 June.
See www.igsoc.org/vanishing-gl... for details & author instructions. The focus is vanishing glaciers that are already extinct or threatened to disappear soon.
See www.igsoc.org/vanishing-gl... for details & author instructions. The focus is vanishing glaciers that are already extinct or threatened to disappear soon.
New co-chairs appointed to the IAPSO / IACS Joint Commission on Ice-Ocean Interactions (JCIOI) sites.google.com/view/jcioi/h.... Yoshihiro Nakayama (Dartmouth College) is new IAPSO co-chair and Lu An (Tongji University) is new IACS co-chair. They replace Isabel Nias & @fsmccormack.bsky.social.
May 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New co-chairs appointed to the IAPSO / IACS Joint Commission on Ice-Ocean Interactions (JCIOI) sites.google.com/view/jcioi/h.... Yoshihiro Nakayama (Dartmouth College) is new IAPSO co-chair and Lu An (Tongji University) is new IACS co-chair. They replace Isabel Nias & @fsmccormack.bsky.social.
The third circular of BACO-25 is out: baco-25.org/new/down/[BA... with much useful information. Note that 30 April is the deadline for author registration and Early Bird Registration. baco-25.org/new/sub3/sub...
https://baco-25.org/new/down/[BACO-25]%203rd%20Circular_Apr%202025.pdf
April 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The third circular of BACO-25 is out: baco-25.org/new/down/[BA... with much useful information. Note that 30 April is the deadline for author registration and Early Bird Registration. baco-25.org/new/sub3/sub...
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Welcome to gaphaz! Follow us here for all things glacial and periglacial hazards. If this topic interests you, become a gaphaz member by signing up to our mailing list: send an email with the text "subscribe GAPHAZ-members" in the body (no other text or signatures etc.) to [email protected]
April 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Welcome to gaphaz! Follow us here for all things glacial and periglacial hazards. If this topic interests you, become a gaphaz member by signing up to our mailing list: send an email with the text "subscribe GAPHAZ-members" in the body (no other text or signatures etc.) to [email protected]
IACS is pleased to announce 2025 recipients of IACS Eary Career Scientist (ECS) Award: Marie Bouchet & Giacomo Traversa. The award is awarded to two ECSs who have published best scientific papers on a cryospheric subject as assessed by an evaluation committee. cryosphericsciences.org/awards/early...
April 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
IACS is pleased to announce 2025 recipients of IACS Eary Career Scientist (ECS) Award: Marie Bouchet & Giacomo Traversa. The award is awarded to two ECSs who have published best scientific papers on a cryospheric subject as assessed by an evaluation committee. cryosphericsciences.org/awards/early...
Veronica Tollenaar is the Early-career scientist (ESC) representative of IACS. Read her blogpost: iugg-ecs.org/early-career... “ECSNet: the IUGG Early-Career Scientists Network” received funding from IUGG in 2024, aiming to establish a dynamic new network form ECSs across all IUGG Associations.
April 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Veronica Tollenaar is the Early-career scientist (ESC) representative of IACS. Read her blogpost: iugg-ecs.org/early-career... “ECSNet: the IUGG Early-Career Scientists Network” received funding from IUGG in 2024, aiming to establish a dynamic new network form ECSs across all IUGG Associations.
Blog on the International Day, Year and Decade: The UN Draws Attention to Glacier Preservation by @columbiaclimate.bsky.social #Glaciers2025
news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/03/03/i...
news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/03/03/i...
International Day, Year and Decade: The UN Draws Attention to Glacier Preservation
With a World Day for Glaciers on March 21, the UN is initiating a campaign to promote action to preserve the world’s glaciers.
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March 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Blog on the International Day, Year and Decade: The UN Draws Attention to Glacier Preservation by @columbiaclimate.bsky.social #Glaciers2025
news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/03/03/i...
news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/03/03/i...
IACS co-sponsors cryosphere-related workshops/events that further IACS Objectives, up to a maximum of 3000 Euros per event. Two deadlines: 1 April and 1 October (to be submitted at least three months prior to the event). See guidelines & application form: cryosphericsciences.org/grants/
GRANTS – IACS
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March 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
IACS co-sponsors cryosphere-related workshops/events that further IACS Objectives, up to a maximum of 3000 Euros per event. Two deadlines: 1 April and 1 October (to be submitted at least three months prior to the event). See guidelines & application form: cryosphericsciences.org/grants/
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New paper out in Nature. Great to be part of this community effort. The GlaMBIE Team. 2025. Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023. Nature. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023 - Nature
An intercomparison exercise reassesses mass loss from glaciers worldwide based on the main in situ and satellite methods from 2000 to 2023; the results are consistent with previous assessments and pro...
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February 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
New paper out in Nature. Great to be part of this community effort. The GlaMBIE Team. 2025. Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023. Nature. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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The abstract Submission and travel grant deadline for BACO-25 has been extended to 25 Feb 2025. baco-25.org/new/sub3/sub...
February 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The abstract Submission and travel grant deadline for BACO-25 has been extended to 25 Feb 2025. baco-25.org/new/sub3/sub...