12 March 2025 This week’s IGS Global Seminar, Wednesday 12th March is a presentation and panel discussion: 'Supporting our science colleagues in America: status and suggested actions'. Please note, this session is not be recorded and thus not posted on the IGS YouTube channel.
26th of March 2025 Diego Cusicanqui from Université Grenoble Alpes will talk about 'Glacier, permafrost and thermokarst interactions in mountain enviroments: A seven-decade study of the Chauvet system'.
9 April 2025 Two early career scientists presenting: Christina Draeger: Title to be arranged Eva Nielsen: Title to be arranged
The Northeast Glaciology Meeting (IGS Northeastern North American Branch) will be held at at Cornell University. Snee Hall, which houses our department and where we'll host the event Another view of Snee Hall April 3-4. All are welcome! Organizers: - Local Committe: Riley Culberg, Grace Barcheck, Seth Saltiel - NEGM Committee: Kristin Schild, Seth Campbell, […]
23 April 2025 Because of Easter holidays, immediately followed by EGU we are taking a short break. We will be back on 7 May 2025
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 […]
Wednesday 28 May 2025 Maddie Smith from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is giving a seminar entitled 'Puddles on a Frozen Ocean: The Role of Meltwater in the Arctic Sea Ice Pack'. View the video at
4 June 2025 We have three exciting Early Career Scientists talks: Johanne Hus from University of Tasmania talking about 'Ocean Mixing Observations Near and Under Sea Ice in the King Haakon VII Sea' Tamara Gerber from University of Lausanne speaking about 'Anisotropic Scattering in Radio-Glaciology: A Proxy for Crystal Orientation and Stratigraphy' Michelle Maclennan from the […]
Wednesday 18 June 2025 There is no IGS Global Seminar this week
12th of March 2025 Livia Jakob from Earthwave <https://earthwave.co.uk/> wil talk about 'Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (GlaMBIE)'
Wednesday 9th July 2025 Inga Smith from the University of Otago presented her talk 'Recent changes in Antarctic sea ice: what is going on?'
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 […]