European Geosciences Union
Division on Cryospheric Sciences
President: Daniel Farinotti
(Emailcr@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Thomas Mölg
(Email)
ECS Representative: Aakriti Srivastava
(Emailecs-cr@egu.eu)
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 EGU 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 EGU 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.
One major pillar of science are datasets. Collecting, analysing and understanding data is basically what research is all about. In this blogpost, Claire Treat tells a story about haunting data experiences that researchers from other fields can relate to for sure. In honour of Halloween, I decided to regale the good readers with spooky, haunting […]
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 […]
A frozen lake can be more than a layer of ice. It can become a road, a fishing ground, a place of spiritual significance, or a window into a changing climate. From the ice-covered waters of the Northern Hemisphere to Patagonia, lake ice shapes ecosystems and influences communities. But as temperatures rise, lake ice is […]
The weathering crust of ice sheets or glaciers is a layer of porous ice, bordering on impermeable ice below and influencing the meltwater storage and production. This physically complex environment harbors a wide range of microorganisms that themselves affect the weathering crust and contribute to darkening of ice surfaces. The two factors – microbial community […]
The 2026 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal is awarded to Olaf Eisen for outstanding contributions to the application of geophysical methods to glaciers and ice sheets, and extensive professional service to the cryospheric community.
The 2026 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Kaitlin Naughten for pioneering modelling studies of Antarctic ice–ocean interactions and their implications for sea-level rise, as well as for outstanding leadership in polar climate science.
The 2025 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal is awarded to Shin Sugiyama for outstanding work in the field of glacier dynamics and ice-water interactions, including seminal contributions to our understanding of lake-calving glaciers and ice-dammed lake outbursts.
The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Antoine Savard A new parameterization of dilation using GODAR
The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Katie Lowery Drivers of Ice Shelf Basal Melt on Pine Island Glacier: Ocean vs Geometry?
The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Leah Sophie Muhle Towards a new method for estimating englacial attenuation
The 2025 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Brice Noël for outstanding research in the field of the surface mass budget of ice caps and ice sheets, based on regional climate modelling.
In our October issue, we are very excited to announce the launch of a new Division, Geoscience and Society! On a more somber note, we also commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan Mining Disaster with a guest post written in English and Welsh by Rhian Meara. Lastly the EGU27 call for abstracts is open, with the deadline for travel grants and support on the 1 December 2026.
All this and much more, in this month's Loupe!