Drone shots from last week’s fieldwork on Glacier de Tortin by #VAW's @beerjanosch.bsky.social. This low-elevation glacier is in bad shape, with >2 m surface melt last year. Englacial data indicates temperate conditions. #KeepSwissGlaciersCool #1400ReasonsToAct (Data: GLAMOS)

Ever seen a robot nosedive into a glacier moulin? 🧊🤖 Last week, VAW’s @MarinKneib & Max Polzin ( @EPFL robotics) deployed a LiDAR-equipped robot on Zmutt Glacier to map englacial conduits in 3D. A possible game-changer for exploring inaccessible glacier interiors!

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What happens when Antarctica’s hidden rivers meet the ocean? 🌊
Subglacial water beneath the ice can melt, reshape & destabilize ice shelves. A new @natgeosci.nature.com study by #VAW’s Huw Horgan & team shows how these flows influence West Antarctica. ❄️🧊
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Do you want to know why gender-based approaches matter and what's wrong with the current Special Rapporteur on VAW's framing? Read this statement already signed by more than 200 feminist, human rights and social justice organizations: [ bit.ly/4b2EX9n ] #ippf @ippf.bsky.social

🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨 We're hiring a doctoral student to work on numerical models for subglacial lakes in Antarctica as part of the new @snsf-ch.bsky.social's GLADDER project, led by #VAW's Mauro Werder! Start date: January/February 2025.

Interested?
Apply now ⤵️
apply.refline.ch/273855/1680/...

[1/2] 🚨 Paper alert! Introducing #glenglat, the first-ever Global Englacial Temperature Database! 🌍❄️
Compiled by #VAW's Mylène Jacquemart & #UZH_geo's Ethan Welty, it features ice temperature data from 700+ boreholes across 186 glaciers.
🔗 : essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

Another fieldwork update! On Monday, #VAW’s Mylène Jacquemart and Raphael Moser visited Alphubel’s south face, home to a tiny glacier equipped with thermistor loggers. Winter’s already arrived, with up to 1.3m of snow. Data suggest polythermal conditions, with temps down to -1.65°C. ❄️

How do glaciologists turn into astronauts? 🌏🛰️

Jokes aside we're not heading into space just yet. A new #IACS #ContinuIX working group, co-chaired by #VAW's @marinkneib.bsky.social, uses satellite data to study ice thickness, velocities & more.

Image credits: Russ Mitchell

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