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We are the Cryospheric Division (CR) of the European Geoscience Union (EGU @egu.eu) and share news and biweekly blog posts on everything cryosphere: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr Contact us, if you want to write a post or join our community.

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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New blogpost alert! 🚨 @climateclara.bsky.social writes about her recent Nature study asking if Antarctic ice shelves will soon disappear. She tries to find out at what point ice shelves may no longer be viable and which drivers can cause their loss❄️ blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Will Antarctic ice shelves embark on their last journey soon?
Ice shelves, the floating margins of the Antarctic ice sheet, play an important role in the estimation of future sea-level rise. By their presence, they act as a brake on the flow from the grounded ic...
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EGU Hydrological Sciences Division @hs.egu.eu · 29/08/2026
What happened during the 26 August 2026 Himalayan flash flood? Our new post summarises the event, from the major glacier collapse and landslide in the Langtang region to the resulting high-energy flash flood, seismic signals and far-reaching impacts across Nepal. #Nepal blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...
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Summary of the August 26th, 2026, Himalayan flash flood
At the time of preparing this blog entry, we are less than 48 hours after the catastrophe which has hit the Himalaya. While the flow of new information continues, it is useful to summarize and clarify...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We can’t easily look beneath ice shelves to watch them melt from below and rely on ice shelf-ocean models to estimate basal melt. But how good are these models and where don’t they agree? In today’s post, @claire-y.bsky.social answers some of these questions! 🌊🧊 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Melting ice shelves in ocean models: an idealised model intercomparison project
Antarctic ice shelves melt from beneath where they contact the ocean, but how well do ocean models simulate this process? Building on several decades of model development, a recent model intercomparis...
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Yingpu Xiahou @yingpu.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
New @egu-cr.bsky.social post! 🧊 What lies beneath an ice shelf? A journey into the hidden ocean beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr... #Antarctica #Oceanography
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What Lies Beneath an Ice Shelf
Beneath Antarctica’s largest ice shelf lies a hidden ocean—dark, cold, and almost impossible to reach. Scientists drilled through hundreds of metres of ice to access it, revealing a world that plays a...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"What if listening to the Earth could push us to act in order to protect it?" In the latest post on the CryoBlog, Ugo Nanni (PhD) writes about the intersection of research 🧪, art 🎶, and the world 🌍around us. #SciComm #Cryosphere #glaciers #ScienceArt blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Dialogues between glaciers and humans
At the edge of the world, a voice tries to make itself heard, a whisper slipping between the threads of an unstable reality. In the remote lands of Svalbard, a few hundred miles from the North Pole, l...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
#EGU General Assembly week is here! 🧪🌍 ❄️ 🧊 Before diving into the buzz of conference week, here’s a few cryo-highlights to mark on your program for #EGU26 🧊 ❄️ blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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What’s up at EGU26?
In this week’s post, we share the Cryosphere division highlights at EGU26 with you. If it’s your first time at EGU, they might be a great starting point to get to know other division members and if yo...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
❄️ 🧊 Take a minute in your own travels to #EGU26 to join PhD student Maiju Ylönen (University of Oulu, Finland) as she navigates eco-friendly travel as a researcher with her dog Mervi 🐶 🚐 #EGU26 #Train2EGU #SciComm blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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From Finland to Switzerland: A Campervan Journey for Snow Research
Traveling by land within Europe is relatively easy, and for me it’s also a conscious choice to push back against the fast pace of modern travel and the normalization of flying. Mervi the dog enjoying ...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
In this blog post, we journey to the Patagonian Icefield with Javier Norambuena, José Zambrano, Paula Silva, Andres Cruz and Christina Draeger "Bernal Glacier was more than a research site: it became a temporary home..." blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Classroom on Ice: The Patagonian Icefield Research Program
An isolated fjord at the edge of the Southern Patagonia Icefield. A small cluster of tents pitched beside Bernal Glacier. Fourteen days without roads, cell reception, or routine – only creaking ice fr...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🌱❄️ As winter turns to spring, many cryospheric scientists are getting ready for the start of summer field work campaigns. 🧪 Check out this memory from the field, from PhD student Mirjam Paasch #fieldwork #phd #cryosphere #greenland blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Memories from the Field – The Vastness of the Greenland Ice Sheet
I remember the day very well. It was the first time we drove up to the glacial ice from our base station in Kangerlussuaq (Western Greenland), where we had patiently been waiting for two days for the ...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Feeling lost in the maze of cryospheric research networks? In today’s post, @allenpope.bsky.social, new Secretary General of IGS (@igsoc.bsky.social), provides some orientation and explains the role of IGS and how it complements our work at EGU. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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IGS: A Home for the Global Cryosphere
Like many glaciologists (in the broad sense – as in, cryospheric researchers, not just those who study glaciers!), my professional “home” has been the International Glaciological Society (IGS) ever si...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
For our new post, @landervt.bsky.social wrote about simulating the future of glaciers and predicting when each will disappear 🏔️ blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century
Have you ever wondered how many glaciers will still exist in the future? Or how many glaciers we might lose each year in the coming decades? In our new study ( Van Tricht et al., 2025 ), we shift the ...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
❄️🧪!! New Blog Alert !! 🧪❄️ In this blog posts, researchers from the @heigit.org explain how mapping permafrost can become a community effort blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr... #scicomm #permafrost #arctic
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How Citizen Scientists mapped Arctic Permafrost
Cryosphere scientists know it well; the Arctic doesn’t give up its secrets easily. This is especially true when it comes to exploring permafrost -– frozen soils that store centuries of history undergr...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
New year - new team! Today we would like to introduce you to the new chief editor team of our #cryoblog: please say hi to Mack and Leah! 🥳❄️ @mack-baysinger.bsky.social @leahsmuhle.bsky.social We would also like to say thanks to our outgoing chief-editor team! 💙 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Introducing the new chief editors of the cryo blog
New year, new team! We have some changes in our editorial team and would like to introduce our new chief editors to you today – please say hi to Mack and Leah! Mack and Leah will be taking over the ro...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
“We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice.” Our latest blog post by Fabian Seemann gives a summary of attending COP30 as an Early Career Scientist with the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI). blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Speaking Up for the Cryosphere at COP30
During the climate negotiations at COP30, the global importance of a warming cryosphere was stressed in various formats. The UNFCCC Conference of Parties (this year’s COP30) marks the yearly global cl...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We are back from our summer break with an icy winter story. On today's #cryoblog you can follow Mirjam Paasch on her field work trip to Svalbard on the hunt for tiny colourful ice algae living in glaciers. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Cryo Adventures – Discovering the beauty of polar winter
Only one month after starting my PhD, I found myself in a tiny plane flying over one of the most beautiful and breathtaking landscapes I’ve ever seen. I was on the way to the northernmost settlement i...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Today, instead of a new icy post, we are wishing all of you a nice summer (break). The blog-team will enjoy some time off. We will be back with a new #cryopost on 05 September. Stay tuned and see you in September.
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Did you know the similarities between Tibetan and Peruvian glaciers? Follow Wilmer Sánchez Rodríguez on his expeditions to both places and find out. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Did you know: Soot is a melting agent for glaciers in Peru and China
Mountain glaciers are melting rapidly due to global warming. This process is being intensified by increasingly extreme natural events, such as forest fires and air pollution from human activities. One...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Would you like to know what you can find on the bottom of frozen proglacial lakes? In today's #cryoblog we follow Joost van Genuchten and his colleagues on their spring field campaign to Southwest #Greenland. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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The Proglacial Puzzle: Sampling of Glacier-fed Lakes in Greenland
Would you like to follow the endeavours of a small team working in the ice-marginal terrain in South-West Greenland? They set out to investigate proglacial lakes using sediment coring, water sampling ...
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❄️ Emma Pearce ❄️ @emmapearce.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Want to find out more about the amazing female director behind National Geographic's hit documentary 'ENDURANCE' - have a look at our latest blog? @egu.eu @egu-cr.bsky.social blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Women Of Cryo VIII: Natalie Hewit – Documenting Antarctica’s Frozen Voices
Antarctica is a unique place where history, adventure, and science collide. It’s a continent that has fascinated explorers for centuries, but much of its story has been told through the lens of men wh...
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Levan Tielidze @levantielidze.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Are you interested in the post Little Ice Age glacier-climate changes in the Greater Caucasus? ❄️ ⛰️ Check out my latest @egu-cr.bsky.social blog blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Tracking the Footprints of a Vanishing Glaciers in the Greater Caucasus
In this week’s blog, Levan Tielidze tells us about his recent glacier study from the Greater Caucasus. By combining geomorphology, remote sensing, and historical cartography, the team reconstructed ne...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Today's #cryoblog is another episode of our #cryocaps miniseries, where @mack-baysinger.bsky.social chats with researchers about their PhD hats. In episode 4 Mack meets @heartmeltingice.bsky.social who tells us all about ice core melt. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Cryosphere Caps: PhD hats and the researchers that wear them – Episode 4
This miniseries features the tradition of ‘PhD hat’ making in German research institutes and universities. For those of you unfamiliar with this idea (as I once was), this is one of the final mileston...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Today we share another episode of our #cryocaps miniseries with you. This time @mack-baysinger.bsky.social chats with two researchers, Izabella Baisheva & @rglueckler.bsky.social, who take us to Siberia on a journey about permafrost, lakes, fire, culture and a dog. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Cryosphere Caps: PhD hats and the researchers that wear them – Episode 3
This miniseries features the tradition of ‘PhD hat’ making in German research institutes and universities. For those of you unfamiliar with this idea (as I once was), this is one of the final mileston...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Are you an ECS interested in publishing your geoscience communication activities, but are unsure whether they are “worth it”? Join our “Meet the Editors” session with editors of EGU’s journal Geoscience Communication. No pressure, no wrong questions! Tue, 29 Apr, 14:00–15:00 CEST, EGU booth Hall X2
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Mike Prior-Jones @drmikepj.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Hello #EGU25 folks! A team of us from Cardiff will be presenting in Vienna next week: - Monday at 1400 in Hall A (HS1.2.2) - @rolfhut.bsky.social 's MacGyver session. I'll be presenting Cryoegg, Cryowurst and Hydrobean, three wireless instruments for studying glacier and river hydrology.
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Monday #EGU25 cryo highlight: Meet the blog team and learn how to become part of it! Bring your own lunch and join us at the Cryosphere blog lunch: Today, Mon, 28 April, 12:45 – 13:30 | EGU networking zone, terrace G (Purple Level).
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Who's attending #EGU25? Please say Hello during one of our cryo events. We would love to meet you. As every year, we summarised our cryo highlights and general tips and tricks in a #cryoblog. Check it out! ⬇️ blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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EGU 25 – we’ve got you covered
Are you attending this year’s EGU General Assembly virtual or in person? No matter the way you attend or if it’s your first time or you are coming to Vienna for the GA for years, today we share with y...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
As scientists, we study predict and inform about rates of thaw and melt. But what do we feel seeing too early ice-free sea and ecological cascades? In today's post, @leahsmuhle.bsky.social interviewed @inkerimarkkula.bsky.social about her #ecologicalgrief work. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Feeling (un)frozen lands: What we can learn from research on ecological grief
Retreating glaciers, shrinking sea ice or thawing permafrost – many of you might have witnessed formerly familiar landscapes being transformed by climate change over the last years, maybe even beyond ...
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Today we extend on @mack-baysinger.bsky.social's PhD hat mini-series with an interview on #nitrogen -cycling organisms in Siberian #permafrost and how they found a place on @nitrogentina.bsky.social ' PhD hat! blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 18/03/2025
EGU's annual photo competition is OPEN! If you are registered for #EGU25, you can submit up to 3 photos & 1 moving image related to Earth, planetary, or space sciences by 31 March. 🏆Winners receive a free registration to EGU26! Submit your photo today: egu.eu/9VTNXM
Photo of a volcanic landscape in blues, white and beige, with a white background a blue text that reads "win free registration to EGU26? Submit your entry to the EGU25 photo competition!" Image credit: Volcano-tectonic interaction by Nicholas Oestreicher.
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Ruth Mottram @ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2025
🚨 New Job alert! 🚨 🚨 Climate and ice sheet modelling at DMI, come and work with me and my colleague Christian Rodehacke on coupled ice sheet - climate models. 3 year position in #HorizonEurope #LiquidIce candidate.hr-manager.net/Applicatio…
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Scientist for Modeling Ice Sheet–Climate Interaction
Are you interested in working with climate and ice sheet models? And motivated by understanding climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic regions? Here is a gr
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EGU Hydrological Sciences Division @hs.egu.eu · 20/03/2025
Did you know 2025 is the UN Year for Glacier Preservation !! Celebrate #WorldWaterDay on March 22, 2025, under the theme of Glacier Preservation! Read the new #blog post by #Bettina_Schaefli, Professor of Hydrology at @unibern, to learn more! #ClimateAction blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...
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World Water Day & World Glacier Day
The this year’s UN World Water Day on 22 March 2025 is under the theme of ‘Glacier Preservation’, a nice opportunity to recall that 2025 is also the UN year on glacier preservation and that this year,...
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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🌍 Wishing all attendees of the Arctic Science Summit Week (#ASSW2025) and the @polarsecco.bsky.social Polar Early Career World Summit 2025 a successful and inspiring conference this week! ❄️
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Did you know about all the different #ArcticShipping routes that exist or could exist? If you would like to know and also what this would mean for the #Arctic as we know it, check out our newest #cryoblog by Lily Thompson. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Navigating the polar frontier: exploring the effects of sea-ice decline on shipping and sea routes in the Arctic
Sea ice is a critical part of the unique Arctic ecosystem, but climate change is becoming a serious threat. Warming in the Arctic has already resulted in the loss of over 4 million km² of sea ice. But...
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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🚨 Applications for the 2025 SCAR Fellowships are now open! 🚨 With up to $15,000 in funding and 4–5 fellowships available, this is your chance to collaborate internationally and advance your research. ➡️ Apply by 31 July 2025 scar.org/scar-news/20...
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WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF @slfdavos.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Last week, the 9th edition of the @egu.eu #SnowScienceWinterSchool took place in Col du Lautaret (France). Of course, digging snow profiles was also on the program, for example to characterize the microstructure of snow using modern techniques. 📷️ B. Walter #SLF #snow #winter
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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 05/03/2025
#JobAlert! EGU is seeking a full time, fixed term (18 months) #ScienceForPolicy Officer (maternity cover) to work with the EGU Policy Programme supporting researchers to engage with European policy, based in Munich, Germany. Apply by 19 March: www.egu.eu/7NT1HP/ #scipol #science4policy
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❄️ Emma Pearce ❄️ @emmapearce.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The @egu-cr.bsky.social Blog needs you! Have you recently published a paper? 📝 Have a story about fieldwork? ⛺ Made something artistic related to cryosphere? ❄️ Come and write a blog for us! ✏️ Zero prior experience needed! Drop a DM if you're interested! (pic of E.T. in a tent for attention)
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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 03/03/2025
EGU's annual photo competition is OPEN! If you are registered for #EGU25, you can submit up to 3 photos & 1 moving image related to Earth, planetary, or space sciences by 31 March. 🏆Winners receive a free registration to EGU26! Submit your photo today: egu.eu/9VTNXM
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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 04/03/2025
Want to bring #geoscience #education to the next level? The #EGU 2025 #EducationFellowship offers €2500 for early career scientists to develop innovative teaching projects. 📆 Apply by 25 March 2025! 👉Learn more here: egu.eu/2V0M2D/ Image credit: Nuno Correia, imaggeo.egu.eu
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
A cool ❄ Hello! ❄ to this new space! We are the European Geosciences Union (EGU) Cryosphere Division Blog and will keep you updated with the cryosphere and biweekly blog posts: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/ Contact us if you feel want to write a post or join our #cryo community, too!
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