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www.egu.eu will not appear or function properly if your browser does not have JavaScript enabled, or does not support it. </div> </noscript> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-9" id="leftcontent"> <p class="h6 mb-3"> <b>President:</b> Carleen Tijm-Reijmer (<i class="fal fa-envelope mr-1" title="Email" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Email</span><a href="mailto:cr@egu.eu">cr@egu.eu</a>) <br> <b>Deputy President:</b> Daniel Farinotti (<a href="/login/?next={request.path}" aria-label="Log in to see this email address"><i class="fal fa-envelope" title="Log in to see this email address" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only" title="Log in to see this email address">Email</span></a>) <br> <b>ECS Representative:</b> Lu Zhou (<i class="fal fa-envelope mr-1" title="Email" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Email</span><a href="mailto:ecs-cr@egu.eu">ecs-cr@egu.eu</a>) <br> </p> <p>The cryosphere are those parts of the Earth and other planetary bodies that are subject to prolonged periods of temperatures below the freezing point of water. These include glaciers, frozen ground, sea ice, snow and ice. One of the main aims of the <span class="caps">EGU</span> Division on Cryospheric Sciences (CR) is to facilitate the exchange of information within the science community. It does so by organising series of sessions at the annual <span class="caps">EGU</span> General Assembly, and through the publishing of the open-access journal The Cryosphere. The division awards the Julia and Johannes Weertman medal for outstanding contributions to the science of the cryosphere.</p> <div class="headline"> <h2>Latest posts from the CR blog</h2> </div> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/11/22/caff8456-3f0f-467c-83c8-bc2650c928d3.jpg.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/11/22/caff8456-3f0f-467c-83c8-bc2650c928d3.jpg.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/11/22/caff8456-3f0f-467c-83c8-bc2650c928d3.jpg.240x240_q90_crop-smart_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <a class="h4 external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2024/11/22/crossing-borders/">Crossing borders – Glacier fieldwork at Sulitjelma/Salajekna</a> <ul class="list-inline mt-1"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-wordpress"></i> <a class="external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/">Cryospheric Sciences</a></li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> posted 1 day ago</li> </ul> <p>The time I first set foot at the university, I didn’t expect that two weeks later I would be looking at a backpack more than half my size, turning my back to the shelter of our rental car and walking almost 100 km in the Norwegian Arctic. Howling winds, heavy backpacks, daunting bridges, and endless beauty – that’s how I would describe my first experience with glacier fieldwork. I, Silje Waaler, started my PhD journey in August 2023 at the …</p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a class="external"href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2024/11/22/crossing-borders/" aria-label="Read more about Crossing borders – Glacier fieldwork at Sulitjelma/Salajekna">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/11/08/7caf1d60-5a4a-4913-8566-b544190061b4.png.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/11/08/7caf1d60-5a4a-4913-8566-b544190061b4.png.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/11/08/7caf1d60-5a4a-4913-8566-b544190061b4.png.240x240_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <a class="h4 external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2024/11/08/did-you-know-machine-learning-can-help-us-understand-the-cryosphere/">Did you know? Machine learning can help us understand the cryosphere!</a> <ul class="list-inline mt-1"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-wordpress"></i> <a class="external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/">Cryospheric Sciences</a></li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> posted 2 weeks ago</li> </ul> <p>Recently, Machine Learning (ML) has emerged as a powerful tool within cryospheric sciences, offering innovative and effective solutions for observing, modelling and understanding the frozen regions of the Earth. From learning snowfall patterns and predicting avalanche dynamics to speeding up the process of modelling ice sheets, ML has transformed cryospheric sciences and bears many opportunities for future research. Case study: Sea ice As an example, let’s consider how ML can help us observe, model, and downscale sea ice—there are a …</p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a class="external"href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2024/11/08/did-you-know-machine-learning-can-help-us-understand-the-cryosphere/" aria-label="Read more about Did you know? Machine learning can help us understand the cryosphere!">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/10/25/0f917a57-a96f-4c81-983f-950aa970a1c8.png.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/10/25/0f917a57-a96f-4c81-983f-950aa970a1c8.png.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/10/25/0f917a57-a96f-4c81-983f-950aa970a1c8.png.240x240_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <a class="h4 external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2024/10/25/a-first-timers-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-himalayas/">A First-Timer’s Journey to the Heart of the Himalayas</a> <ul class="list-inline mt-1"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-wordpress"></i> <a class="external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/">Cryospheric Sciences</a></li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> posted 4 weeks ago</li> </ul> <p>I am Krishnanand J, a graduate student in glaciology from IISER Pune, India. This is a story about my very first field trip to the Himalaya. Coming from a small village in Kerala, which is the southernmost state of India, going to the Himalaya is considered a big thing. It is like a camel visiting Antarctica. So below, I will take you along on an immersive journey, as I tell you about my first field trip to the Himalaya. The …</p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a class="external"href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2024/10/25/a-first-timers-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-himalayas/" aria-label="Read more about A First-Timer’s Journey to the Heart of the Himalayas">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/10/16/b1793031-b058-43f1-a95d-7ebb8c31a10f.png.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/10/16/b1793031-b058-43f1-a95d-7ebb8c31a10f.png.120x120_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/news/blogmessages/2024/10/16/b1793031-b058-43f1-a95d-7ebb8c31a10f.png.240x240_q90_crop-smart_upscale.png 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <a class="h4 external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2024/10/16/world-mental-health-day-2024-with-a-focus-on-workplace/">World Mental Health Day 2024 with a focus on workplace</a> <ul class="list-inline mt-1"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-wordpress"></i> <a class="external" href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/">Cryospheric Sciences</a></li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> posted 1 month ago</li> </ul> <p>Friday the 10 October, was World Mental Health Day, a day that was founded by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) in 1992. This year’s official theme focuses specifically on mental health in the work environment. So let’s take a look at what this means for the field of academia and the cryosphere specifically. With this post, we aim to not only raise awareness of the mental health crisis within the workplace, but to also focus on solutions and …</p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a class="external"href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2024/10/16/world-mental-health-day-2024-with-a-focus-on-workplace/" aria-label="Read more about World Mental Health Day 2024 with a focus on workplace">Read more</a> </div> </article> <div class="headline"> <h2>Recent awardees</h2> </div> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Gwenn E. Flowers" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/01/17/810a12bf-00ad-42be-a300-8346c5429b83b.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-49%2C49_upscale_zoom-17.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/01/17/810a12bf-00ad-42be-a300-8346c5429b83b.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-49%2C49_upscale_zoom-17.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/01/17/810a12bf-00ad-42be-a300-8346c5429b83b.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-49%2C49_upscale_zoom-17.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/julia-and-johannes-weertman/2024/gwenn-e-flowers/">Gwenn E. Flowers</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal is awarded to Gwenn E. Flowers for outstanding research in the field of the theoretical and observational hydrology of glaciers, ice caps and continental ice masses. </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/julia-and-johannes-weertman/2024/gwenn-e-flowers/" aria-label="Read more about Gwenn E. Flowers">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Katrina Lutz" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/07/29/fe415dbf-2bf6-4564-8ebb-e3e3b494348b.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/07/29/fe415dbf-2bf6-4564-8ebb-e3e3b494348b.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/07/29/fe415dbf-2bf6-4564-8ebb-e3e3b494348b.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/katrina-lutz/">Katrina Lutz</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Katrina Lutz Evaluation of supraglacial lake depth estimation techniques using Sentinel-2, ICESat-2, TanDEM-X, and in situ data, along with an analysis of rapid drainage events over Northeast Greenland </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/katrina-lutz/" aria-label="Read more about Katrina Lutz">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Laura Gabriel" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/08/30/e73c551e-31c4-4726-8f25-63b4687d291f.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C43_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/08/30/e73c551e-31c4-4726-8f25-63b4687d291f.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C43_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/08/30/e73c551e-31c4-4726-8f25-63b4687d291f.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C43_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/laura-gabriel/">Laura Gabriel</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Laura Gabriel Exploring englacial hydrology with surface nuclear magnetic resonance </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/laura-gabriel/" aria-label="Read more about Laura Gabriel">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Nora Krebs" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/08/30/598f2511-49dd-4821-ac23-048f4670a932.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C53_upscale_zoom-34.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/08/30/598f2511-49dd-4821-ac23-048f4670a932.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C53_upscale_zoom-34.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/photos/2024/08/30/598f2511-49dd-4821-ac23-048f4670a932.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C53_upscale_zoom-34.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/nora-krebs/">Nora Krebs</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Nora Krebs Testing four Sentinel (1 and 2) and MODIS Fractional Snow Cover products for the evaluation of five Alpine Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing sites </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2024/nora-krebs/" aria-label="Read more about Nora Krebs">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Laura A. Stevens" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/arne-richter/2024/laura_a.stevens.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/arne-richter/2024/laura_a.stevens.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/arne-richter/2024/laura_a.stevens.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/arne-richter/2024/laura-a-stevens/">Laura A. Stevens</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2024</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists</li> </ul> <p> The 2024 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Laura A. Stevens for outstanding research into the links between glacial hydrology and ice dynamics, and for their service to the cryosphere community. </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/arne-richter/2024/laura-a-stevens/" aria-label="Read more about Laura A. Stevens">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Etienne Berthier" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/julia-and-johannes-weertman/2023/etienne_berthier.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C54_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/julia-and-johannes-weertman/2023/etienne_berthier.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C54_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/julia-and-johannes-weertman/2023/etienne_berthier.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C54_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/julia-and-johannes-weertman/2023/etienne-berthier/">Etienne Berthier</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2023</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal</li> </ul> <p> The 2023 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal is awarded to Etienne Berthier for outstanding scientific achievements in regional and global glacier mass change and remote sensing, and for immense service to the global cryospheric community. </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/julia-and-johannes-weertman/2023/etienne-berthier/" aria-label="Read more about Etienne Berthier">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Jelte de Bruin" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/ospp-award/2023/jelte_de_bruin.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C32_upscale_zoom-45.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/ospp-award/2023/jelte_de_bruin.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C32_upscale_zoom-45.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/ospp-award/2023/jelte_de_bruin.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C32_upscale_zoom-45.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2023/jelte-de-bruin/">Jelte de Bruin</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2023</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award</li> </ul> <p> The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Jelte de Bruin Detecting permafrost freeze-thaw front propagation using time-laps ERT observations in a large column experiment </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2023/jelte-de-bruin/" aria-label="Read more about Jelte de Bruin">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Sanne Veldhuijsen" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/ospp-award/2023/sanne_veldhuijsen.jpeg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/ospp-award/2023/sanne_veldhuijsen.jpeg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/ospp-award/2023/sanne_veldhuijsen.jpeg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C50_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2023/sanne-veldhuijsen/">Sanne Veldhuijsen</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2023</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award</li> </ul> <p> The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Sanne Veldhuijsen The response of the Antarctic firn layer to future warming </p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/awards-medals/ospp-award/2023/sanne-veldhuijsen/" aria-label="Read more about Sanne Veldhuijsen">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" alt="Harry Zekollari" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/arne-richter/2023/harry_zekollari.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C46_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/arne-richter/2023/harry_zekollari.jpg.120x120_q90_crop_target-50%2C46_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/awards/arne-richter/2023/harry_zekollari.jpg.240x240_q90_crop_target-50%2C46_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/awards-medals/arne-richter/2023/harry-zekollari/">Harry Zekollari</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-alt"></i> 2023</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-trophy"></i> Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists</li> </ul> <p> The 2023 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Harry Zekollari for outstanding research in the field of mass balance and glacier evolution modelling, and for his service to the cryosphere community. </p> <p 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