Small glaciers are often written off: too small to matter, and soon gone anyway. Yet recent disasters in the Alps show that they can still pose a threat. And some are doing something rather unexpected: while the climate warms, the ice inside them has turned cold. We drilled into six small Swiss glaciers to find …[Read More]
This miniseries features the tradition of ‘PhD hat’ making in German research institutes and universities. For those of you unfamiliar with this idea (as I once was), this is one of the final milestones a graduate student has before they are officially a “Dr.”. Upon the successful defense of a thesis, the labmates of the …[Read More]
Hidden below the surface of some glaciers, liquid water can be found within what is called the firn layer – the upper layer of a glacier where snow compacts into glacier ice. Liquid water may persist there for up to many years, forming what scientists call “firn aquifers.” While observations of seasonal firn aquifers have …[Read More]
