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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 26d

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.

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Cryo Adventures – Discovering the beauty of polar winter

Only 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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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Aug 11

Today, instead of a new icy post, we are wishing all of you a nice summer (break). The blog-team will enjoy some time off.

We will be back with a new #cryopost on 05 September. Stay tuned and see you in September.

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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Jul 30

Did you know the similarities between Tibetan and Peruvian glaciers?

Follow Wilmer Sánchez Rodríguez on his expeditions to both places and find out.

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Did you know: Soot is a melting agent for glaciers in Peru and China

Mountain 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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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Jul 11

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.

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The Proglacial Puzzle: Sampling of Glacier-fed Lakes in Greenland

Would 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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❄️ Emma Pearce ❄️ @emmapearce.bsky.social · May 16

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

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Women Of Cryo VIII: Natalie Hewit – Documenting Antarctica’s Frozen Voices

Antarctica 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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Levan Tielidze @levantielidze.bsky.social · Jun 13

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
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Tracking the Footprints of a Vanishing Glaciers in the Greater Caucasus

In 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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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Jun 27

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.

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Cryosphere Caps: PhD hats and the researchers that wear them – Episode 4

This 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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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · May 5

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.

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Cryosphere Caps: PhD hats and the researchers that wear them – Episode 3

This 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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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Apr 29

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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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Apr 28

Look out for @emmapearce.bsky.social and @luzhou.bsky.social who will be hosting this event. ❄️💙❄️

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Mike Prior-Jones @drmikepj.bsky.social · Apr 24

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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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Apr 28

Monday #EGU25 cryo highlight:

Meet the blog team and learn how to become part of it! Bring your own lunch and join us at the Cryosphere blog lunch:

Today, Mon, 28 April, 12:45 – 13:30 | EGU networking zone, terrace G (Purple Level).

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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Apr 28

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! ⬇️

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EGU 25 – we’ve got you covered

Are 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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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Apr 4

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.

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Feeling (un)frozen lands: What we can learn from research on ecological grief

Retreating 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 Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Mar 21

Today we extend on @mack-baysinger.bsky.social's PhD hat mini-series with an interview on #nitrogen -cycling organisms in Siberian #permafrost and how they found a place on @nitrogentina.bsky.social ' PhD hat! blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...

A group of people standing around a person holding a intensely decorated PhD/graduation hat.

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · Mar 18

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

Photo of a volcanic landscape in blues, white and beige, with a white background a blue text that reads "win free registration to EGU26? Submit your entry to the EGU25 photo competition!" Image credit: Volcano-tectonic interaction by Nicholas Oestreicher.

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Ruth Mottram @ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Mar 19

🚨 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

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Scientist for Modeling Ice Sheet–Climate Interaction

Are 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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EGU Hydrological Sciences Division @hs.egu.eu · Mar 20

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

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World Water Day & World Glacier Day

The 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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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · Mar 20

🌍 Wishing all attendees of the Arctic Science Summit Week (#ASSW2025) and the @polarsecco.bsky.social Polar Early Career World Summit 2025 a successful and inspiring conference this week! ❄️

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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · Mar 10

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.

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Navigating the polar frontier: exploring the effects of sea-ice decline on shipping and sea routes in the Arctic

Sea 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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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · Mar 3

🚨 Applications for the 2025 SCAR Fellowships are now open! 🚨

With up to $15,000 in funding and 4–5 fellowships available, this is your chance to collaborate internationally and advance your research.

➡️ Apply by 31 July 2025
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WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF @slfdavos.bsky.social · Mar 4

Last week, the 9th edition of the @egu.eu #SnowScienceWinterSchool took place in Col du Lautaret (France). Of course, digging snow profiles was also on the program, for example to characterize the microstructure of snow using modern techniques.

📷️ B. Walter

#SLF #snow #winter

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · Mar 5

#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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❄️ Emma Pearce ❄️ @emmapearce.bsky.social · Mar 4

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!

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a yellow pyramid tent with e.t. the extra terrestrial in it

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · Mar 3

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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