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Cryospheric Sciences

Levan Tielidze

Levan Tielidze is Research Fellow at Monash University within Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF), Australia. He uses remote sensing and in situ methods to study modern glaciers in linkage to ongoing climate change. His research interests also include reconstructing the dynamics of past glaciers and ice sheets through the tools of glacial geomorphology and cosmogenic nuclide dating. Contact email: tielidzelevan@gmail.com. Bluesky: ‪@levantielidze.bsky.social‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Linkdin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/levan-tielidze-017488a7/

Tracking the Footprints of a Vanishing Glaciers in the Greater Caucasus

June 13, 2025
Aerial image showing the climate change impact on small glaciers in the central Greater Caucasus, Georgia. Slopes are extensive deposits of moraines and loose rock debris, left behind by retreating glaciers. A small glacial lake (near the center-bottom of the image) fed by meltwater from the surrounding ice and snow was developed after glacier retreat [Credit: Levan Tielidze].
Aerial image showing the climate change impact on small glaciers in the central Greater Caucasus, Georgia. Slopes are extensive deposits of moraines and loose rock debris, left behind by retreating glaciers. A small glacial lake (near the center-bottom of the image) fed by meltwater from the surrounding ice and snow was developed after glacier retreat [Credit: Levan Tielidze].

In this week’s blog, Levan Tielidze tells us about his recent glacier study from the Greater Caucasus. By combining geomorphology, remote sensing, and historical cartography, the team reconstructed nearly 200 years of glacier and climate change across one of the world’s most dynamic cryospheric frontiers. Glaciers’ transformation provides a high-resolution archive of post-Little Ice Age climate dy ...[Read More]

A Scientific Quest from Australia to Antarctica

May 29, 2025
A group of 10 individuals forming the team for the fieldwork
Our joint team in Antarctica [Credit: Braydon Moloney, Northern Pictures].

In this week’s blog, Levan Tielidze tells us about his participation in a scientific expedition to Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, during the 2024–2025 field season. The journey, commencing in Australia and passing through South Africa, led him to the “surreal” and “awe-inspiring” Antarctic landscape. The team, a collaborative effort from Monash University, and the Un ...[Read More]