Cryospheric Sciences

Allen Pope

Allen Pope is excited and honored to serve as the fourth Secretary General of IGS since its founding in 1936. Feel free to reach out to Allen to talk about all things snow & ice at allen@igsoc.org. You can find out more about IGS and its activities at www.igsoc.org, LinkedIn (international-glaciological-society), Bluesky (igsoc.bsky.social), Instagram (igsoc), and Facebook.

IGS: A Home for the Global Cryosphere

Allen Pope February 27, 2026

Like many glaciologists (in the broad sense – as in, cryospheric researchers, not just those who study glaciers!), my professional “home” has been the International Glaciological Society (IGS) ever since grad school; My first conference was an IGS branch meeting, I found my postdoc by networking at an IGS symposium, I have published work in …[Read More]

Image of the Week – Promoting interdisciplinary science in the Arctic: what is IASC?

Allen Pope November 9, 2018

The Arctic is one of the fastest changing regions on the Earth, where climate change impacts are felt both earlier and more strongly than elsewhere in the world. As an integral part of the Earth system, the Arctic is shaped by global processes, and in turn, Arctic processes influence the living conditions of hundreds of …[Read More]

About

Welcome to the blog of the Cryospheric Sciences (CR) Division of the European Geosciences Union. The aim of the blog is to get you, the reader, excited about all things related to ice, whether it be the tiniest ice crystals, permafrost, snow drifts, beautiful mountain glaciers or the vast polar ice sheets. Here, the latest fieldwork programmes, research projects, and scientific discoveries will be showcased by authors from within the cryospheric community.

Are you interested in writing a blog entry or wanting to get more involved in the CR Division? Contact our chief editors, Leah Sophie Muhle (email: leah-sophie.muhle (at) student.uni-tuebingen.de) and Mack Baysinger (email: mackbaysinger (at) gmail.com).