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A number of #gaphaz members, including glaciologists from #Tajikistan, are investigating a sequence of catastrophic #detachments from #Didal glacier following sudden, #surge like accelerations this summer and fall. Stay tuned for more!
#hazard #risk #glacier #sciene #mountains

Various colleagues with #gaphaz expertise have been providing background information 📰🎤 📹 on the high-alpine 🏔️rock avalanche threatening Blatten, Switzerland. Take a look at the thread below! 🔬🔭🧪 #science #hazards #risk #geology #communication #outreach

#GAPHAZ researchers from around the globe are rapidly looking into various data sources, including #seismic data and #satellite imagery, to try to identify the source of the #disaster. A #glacier is certainly involved, but unlikely to be the sole cause. #rasuwa

www.newscientist.com/article/2586...

The IACS Standing Group on Glacier And Permafrost HAZards in mountains (GAPHAZ) has roated officers. Mylène Jacquemart (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) is new GAPHAZ Secretary for 2025-2026. She will join the officer team together with Holger Frey (Chair) and Pratima Pandey (Vice Chair). gaphaz.org

The deadline for abstract submission for #EGU26 (3-8 May, Vienna) is Thursday, 15 January 2026 at 13:00 CET. @gaphaz.bsky.social inivtes you to submit abstracts to GAPHAZ related sessions, e.g. www.egu26.eu/session/56844 www.egu26.eu/session/56644

We are at #IMC2025 in Innsbruck this week! Be sure not to miss our official #gaphaz session:
FS 3.148 - Glacier and permafrost risks in a changing climate (Wed. 13:30).
Convened by @jane-walden.bsky.social, #Marta-Chiarle and #Mylène-Jacquemart

✨May Publication Highlight ✨
Check out this neat publication from C. Fey, V. Wichmann, & C. Zangerl on the influence of permafrost degradation and glacier retreat on rockfall! 🏔️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @bokuvienna.bsky.social
#gaphaz #mountains #science #risk #hazards #climatechange

A first synopsis by Christian Huggel on what has happened at Rasuwa in Nepal

www.linkedin.com/posts/christ...

Have you submitted your #EGU26 abstract?! We‘ve put together a little list (non-exhaustive) of sessions that fit gaphaz topics well. See you in #Vienna
#hazards #glaciers #permafrost #mountains #risk #science

He serves as an expert member of the Sikkim Commission on Glacier Hazards and is also a member of the Glacier and Permafrost Hazards in Mountains (GAPHAZ), a scientific standing group of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences and the International Permafrost Association.

Mylene Jacquemart, Ned Blair, HP Marshall, & I are convening the "Cryospheric Hazards" session at #AGU19

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Title: Cryospheric HazardsWe look forward to seeing you in San Fran! @theAGU @AGU_Cryo #GAPHAZ #permafrost #glacier #landslide #volcano

agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/preli…

As the dust begins to settle over #Blatten, many from the #gaphaz community are gathering to try to better understand this event. Some of this preliminary information 📊 is now available in an updated #factsheet. Take a look! There is interesting science ahead, but our ❤️ remain with those affected!

#GAPHAZ members are well represented at #IMC2025 in #Innsbruck 🏔️ this week and there are several sessions directly related to #glacial and #periglacial #hazards! We will kick things off tomorrow afternoon with a session on #Alpine #Mass #Movements. In SOWI - HS 3!
imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...

What does GAPHAZ do?🏔️ What should GAPHAZ do? These are important questions for us as we think about how we want to serve the (peri)glacial hazards community in the coming years. Have an opinion?💡Help us by filling out our survey at 📝
forms.gle/YdSfjntRAAmu...

Registration is open for the 3rd Asian Conference on #Permafrost (ACOP) 2026 in Ulaanbaatar, #Mongolia, from June 28 to July 2, 2026! The conference boasts a rich program, including several sessions on #hazards and #risks of interest to the #gaphaz community!
event.fourwaves.com/acop2026/pages

More GAPHAZ sessions: FS 3.109: The Changing Face of Mountain Regions: Climate Change Impacts on Alpine Mass Movements

FS 3.151: Mountain hazards: understanding the key risk drivers beyond climate change

FS 3.202: Understanding Multi-Hazard Risk in Mountain Systems (imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...)

GAPHAZ sessions at:

BACO-25:
Abstract submission 15 Feb: C-06 Cryospheric hazards and risks: Processes, impacts and adaptations (baco-25.org/new/sub2/sub...)

IMC-2025:
Abstract submission 20 Feb:
FS 3.148 Glacier and permafrost risks in a changing climate (imc2025.info/imc25/sessio...)