Cryospheric Sciences

Eduardo Queiroz Alves

Eduardo Queiroz Alves is the Editorial Manager at the European Geosciences Union. He supports the executive editors of EGU journals, the EGUsphere coordinator, and the Publications Committee, while collaborating with Copernicus Publications to develop inter-journal initiatives and promote the EGU publications. He holds a PhD in Archaeological Science/Earth Sciences from the University of Oxford in the UK and is passionate about open access communication.

Vernagtferner: My First Encounter with an Alpine Glacier

Eduardo Queiroz Alves October 15, 2021

In July 2021, together with a group of MSc students from the University of Bremen, I set off from the flat plains of Northwest Germany and embarked on a journey to the mountainous regions of Austria, with the Vernagtferner Glacier as our final destination. My aim was to learn as much as I could in …[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).