The fountain in the Karthaus town square Announcement of the next Karthaus course on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM 20 – 29 May 2025 Karthaus, Italy The Karthaus Summer School is course sponsored by: The Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University The International Glaciological Society (IGS) Dutch Polar Climate and […]
Ice streams and outlet glaciers are important components of an ice sheet’s mass balance and their behaviour directly impacts on sea level. These corridors of fast-flowing ice have been described as the ‘arteries’ of an ice sheet and their distinction is largely semantic, with ice streams bordered by slower-moving ice and outlet glaciers bordered by […]
As a follow-up to the eight previous ice drilling technology symposia held between 1974 and 2019, the 9th International Symposium on Ice Drilling Technology will take a comprehensive look at the latest innovations in ice drilling technology, including but not limited to mechanical and thermal drilling, borehole logging, subglacial sampling, core logging and handling, and […]
This symposium is in the early stages of being organised. The sheduled time for the symposium is in late June 2026. But it is early days so not even the venue is properly decided on.
Please note this meeting was postponed from 2021 for obvious reasons. We are in the process of updating all relevant information so please be patient. First circular as PDF. NOTE this is the circular we made for the 2021 schedule which of course went out the window. But the theme and the topics will be very […]
This symposium is in the early stages of being organised. Further information will be added nearer the time. The sheduled time for the symposium is in early September 2026 in Tübingen, Germany.
