Here is an activity report for AntarcticGlaciers.org in the 12 months from May 2024-May 2025. The information here may be useful for others thinking about online science communication websites. See also the Activity report for 2023. Highlights In total, since inception in 2012, I estimate that the website has had over 5.65 million page views. …
A catastrophic landslide on 28th May 2025 resulted in devastating damage to the village of Blatten in Switzerland. About 90% of the village was destroyed or covered with debris, resulting in a major catastrophe. Seeing Blatten buried again and again, from every angle… Properly staggering! 😮😱 [image or embed] — Melaine Le Roy (@subfossilguy.bsky.social) 28 …
The Deplete and Retreat team are delighted to be attending the first ever celebration for International Day of the Glacier in Paris, at the UNESCO HQ, in March 2025. We will be hosting a side event, entitled “A vanishing mountain cryosphere and its importance to the water cycle under climate change“, aimed at informing stakeholders …
Policy brief: The future of the Andes Water Towers Read More »
We are delighted to announce that Deplete and Retreat will be represented at the first ever UNESCO World Day for Glaciers celebration in Paris, 20-21 March 2025. UNESCO state that this high level event, at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, will serve as a platform for dialogue and action regarding the state of the World’s …
International Day of the Glacier: Deplete and Retreat at the UNESCO celebration, Paris Read More »
It’s the first ever ‘International Day of the Glacier’ on 21st March 2025. This is part of the ‘International year of glacier preservation‘, being celebrated world-wide. Why is this being celebrated? Worldwide, glaciers are shrinking. Everywhere we look, glaciers are getting smaller each year; they are melting and losing more ice than they are gaining …
We write in solidarity with our colleagues in the USA and internationally, who are suffering as efforts to increase equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are systematically eroded and destroyed. It is imperative to defend EDI principles at the national and the international level. Without efforts to diversify polar science, we will lose the best and …
By Christine Batchelor, Louise Callard, Becky Sanderson and Bethan Davies 1. Introduction Together with other colleagues from Newcastle University, we organised the Quaternary Research Association (QRA) Annual Discussion Meeting on 6 – 9th Jan 2025. The conference was attended by 130 people, and we had 100 submitted abstracts. There were 38 oral presentations, two keynote …
There are a number of icy PhD positions available at Newcastle University for 2025 entry, through the IAPETUS DTP. Please get in touch with the listed supervisors if you’re interested. The deadline to apply is January 3rd 2025. IAP-24-046. Late Glacial and Holocene glacier dynamics in southeast Alaska / British Columbia IAP-24-062. Time-evolving hazard and …
Newcastle University Geography Department are proud to host the annual QRA Discussion Meeting in January 2025. Abstract deadline: 11th November Early bird registration: 30th November Registration closes: 11th December
Please join us for this free, online event hosted by the Royal Meteorological Society: https://www.rmets.org/event/climate-change-impacts-arctic-antarctic-and-high-mountain-glaciers Date: Wednesday 8th May Time: 1300-1400 UK time Climate Change Impacts on the Arctic, Antarctic and High Mountain Glaciers Climate change is having rapid and dramatic impacts on glacier ice and snow on ice sheets and global mountain glaciers. In …
