Cryospheric Sciences

1.5 degree target

Image of the Week – What’s Hot in the Cryosphere? A 2018 review

Liam Taylor January 18, 2019

Every year, humanity understands more and more about a remote and unforgiving component of the Earth system – the cryosphere. 2018 has been no exception, and in this blog post we’ll take a look at some of the biggest scientific findings of cryospheric science in 2018. We will then look forward to 2019 and beyond, …[Read More]

Ice-hot news: The cryosphere and the 1.5°C target

Lionel Favier, Laura H. Rasmussen and Clara Burgard December 5, 2018

Every year again, the Conference of Parties takes place, an event where politicians and activists from all over the world meet for two weeks to discuss further actions concerning climate change. In the context the COP24, which started this Monday in Katowice (Poland), let’s revisit an important decision made three years ago, during the COP21 …[Read More]

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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).