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Why did glaciers reach their peak size at such different times during the last Ice Age? 🏔️❄️

New research led by VAW colleague Lukas Rettig explores why some Alpine glaciers stayed massive while others retreated. The secret? It’s all about seasonality.

I’m very biased here, but thanks for the important message of support for societal journals! @igsoc.bsky.social

Available positions All vacant positions at UNIS are announced on JobbNorge, and applications must be sent through the JobbNorge system.

❄️ Want to do a PhD in the Arctic?

‼️ The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is hiring 5 PhD candidates across Arctic science fields!

🧊 Work at the frontlines of climate & cryosphere research
📍 Svalbard, Norway

🔗 www.unis.no/about/positi...

Antarctic Science Bursaries | Apply for an ASI Bursary Information and minimum criteria on applying for an Antarctic science bursary

Hi all, the ❄️ Antarctic Science International Bursary ❄️ is open until 20 March! £6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work www.antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an... Apply here! 👇👇 please share/repost

A great geologist - from Williamstown, MA where I live now!

Abstract submission deadline for IGS' AI in Glaciology Symposium extended to 20 March - so you have an extra few days to get those great submissions in! More info about this exciting meeting you won't want to miss at icefuture.org/igs2026/ and submit via www.abstracts.igsoc.org

📣Our colleague, Professor 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀 (@iceybethan.bsky.social) will be speaking at an upcoming webinar on glacier loss in Alaska.

🗓 Monday, March 23
⏰ 18:00–19:30 CET
🔗 futureearth.confetti.events/glacier-loss...

Global mapping of lake-terminating glaciers Abstract. Proglacial lakes at glacier termini have received widespread attention in the literature for their role in accelerating melt, velocity and contributing to cryospheric hazards. Although globa...

🚨dataset/paper alert!🚨

Our community effort to identify lake-terminating glaciers in the Randolph Glacier Inventory is published in ESSD!

check out the associated dataset here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

and, if you would like to contribute any updates/corrections: github.com/GLIMS-RGI/la...

Oh hey - I know that guy! Thanks for sharing, @egu-cr.bsky.social. Wonderful to be part of the cryospheric research community and ALL the different groups that work cooperatively to bring us together!

Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier - NASA Science Satellite-based radar images show where a powerful earthquake in the Yukon, Canada, sent rock, snow, and ice spilling across the frozen landscapes of the St. Elias Mountains.

NASA Image of the Day about the earthquake in December 2025, w/ comments from @ericfielding.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy. @geocron.bsky.social see here 🧪⚒️❄️🛰️

science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...

Who will I get to see/meet in La Jolla this summer?! Excited to get to be a part of another important meeting about ice-ocean interactions!

On an Ambitious Antarctic Quest, One Nation Is on the Sidelines

On an Ambitious Antarctic Quest, One Nation Is on the Sidelines www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/c...

Love glaciers *and* the smell of old books? The Juneau Icefield Research Program is looking for a self-sufficient Archiving Assistant to join JIRP this summer! More info here: www.juneauicefield.org/employment/s...

MD/DO/RN/PA folks who love the backcountry - the Juneau Icefield Research Program is still looking for medics for 2-week stints this summer! Want to work with awesome folks in one of the most beautiful places on the planet? Look no further! www.juneauicefield.org/faculty/medi... (& please share!)

IGS Global Seminar: Ralf Greve | February 18 Topic: Basal sliding laws and flow laws for ice-sheet and glacier modelling, and why their non-dimensionalization can make modellers' lives easier

Join me at the @igsoc.bsky.social Global Seminar ❄️ on Feb 18 (20:00 UTC). I'll be talking about basal sliding laws, flow laws, and how their non-dimensionalization simplifies #Glacier and #IceSheet #Modelling. 📉🧊

👉 Details: www.igsoc.org/event/igs-gl...
👉 Paper: doi.org/10.1017/jog....

'Every tonne matters': The climate scientist who wants to give you hope Ben Marzeion is out to prove that you can still help in the fight against climate change, one kilogram of glacier ice at a time.

'Every tonne matters': The climate scientist who wants to give you hope @clicwcrp.bsky.social

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Sorry if you liked breathing clean air.

Just saw the thought-provoking Mighty Indeed about @polargirlnz.bsky.social & team here at the @clicwcrp.bsky.social meeting earlier this week - hopefully that will get a MUCH wider audience in the future. Maybe with the PFF…

Almost 10 years ago since we started this thing?! Lots of beautiful & interesting films!!

There are still a few open spots on our upcoming physical geography field school, where we road trip through the mountains of BC and Alberta and see/experience/understand glaciers, landforms, and environmental change. Reach out if you're interested!

jmshea.opened.ca/2026-fieldsc...

4 Feb 2026 - Luke Zoet's "Examining How Glacial Slip Varies Across Different Bed Conditions" YouTube video by International Glaciological Society

Here is a talk I gave last week on glacier slip for the @igsoc.bsky.social Global Seminar Series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFY2...

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...

Academics, do any of you feel like your institution has done an excellent (or even "pretty good") job at instituting policies to manage Generative "AI"? I'm on a committee looking to craft a framework for our school to guide faculty & students.

Watch as a massive crack forms in the ice on Lake Erie.

An impressive view captured by GOES-19 earlier on Sunday.

IGS Co-Sponsors ​10 Field Schools & Workshops in 2026 | IGS Following a successful call for support for cryosphere-related field schools, workshops, and other events that further the IGS Objectives,

IGS Co-Sponsors ​10 Field Schools & Workshops in 2026 - are you going to attend / teach on one of them?? www.igsoc.org/igs-co-spons... cc @igs-egg.bsky.social

If you're here in Wellington for the meeting, come find me this week to share all your IGS / cryosphere community thoughts!!

Saw the news via @voosen.me - thanks!

NASA Selects Two Earth System Explorers Missions - NASA These two missions were selected for continued development as part of NASA’s Earth System Explorers Program, which conducts principal investigator-led Earth

Excited to see EDGE moving forwards! It’s so critical to keep these datasets going that measure our changing ice/topography! (Led by none other than @helen-amanda.bsky.social, who happens to also be leading in @igsoc.bsky.social Symposium this summer, too!) www.nasa.gov/news-release...

Breaking ice, moving earth: Greenland will release more sediment into the ocean as the climate warms A new paper from Irina Overeem and Ethan Pierce describes how icebergs export Greenlandic sediment into the Arctic Ocean — and how that process might change in

We are chipping away at Greenland dirty secrets! @instaar.bsky.social @tommarchitto.bsky.social @colorado.edu
www.colorado.edu/instaar/2026...

At IGS we love all parts of the cryosphere. Ice - and water!! - visible earlier this year at Askja's caldera lake in Iceland. More from local experts at icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/20...