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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We are excited to offer support for 2027 workshops, summer schools, and other events. The deadline application is 1 October 2026. We co-sponsor cryo-related events that further IGS' Objectives, up to a maximum of £3000. News: www.igsoc.org/igs-financia... Info & App: www.igsoc.org/about/suppor...

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IGS Financial Support for 2027 Activities | IGS

IGS is excited to offer support for 2027 workshops, summer schools, and other events. The deadline application is 1 October 2026. IGS co-sponsors

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Congratulations to these @igs-egg.bsky.social Conference Travel Grant winners - including many we'll see this coming week at the #igsoc 2026 Radioglaciology Symposium!

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Honored to have this published in the Journal of Glaciology:

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Exciting cutting-edge talks this afternoon with observations from under Thwaites Glacier taken with Icefin robot (Britney Schmidt & Peter Washam) - what's going on under there?! You'll want to see the recordings!! (Posted soon on YouTube & shared with IGS members - www.igsoc.org/membership) #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Jamin Greenbaum (@scrippsocean.bsky.social) Is subglacial freshwater in the fractured Thwaites Glacier Tongue? Ocean profilers / samples from 🚁. Great int'l coop - USA researchers/tech on Korean icebreaker! The answer: yes! Causing ice shelf breakdown. Very diff than outer ocean. #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Kirsty Tinto (@lamont.columbia.edu) on "Bathymetry of the Ross Ice Shelf at the TransAntarctic Mountains Front" - tectonics + erosion -> improving understanding of sub-ice cavities, to better know what/how melt may happen at critical locations for stability. #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Emma Cameron on "Depth-dependent influence of Greenland’s fjords on predicted submarine melt rates" - when extrapolating offshore thermal forcing into fjords, above 200m use a fjord model or near-glacier obs, but below 200m offshore water properties are more robust (in the absence of sills)! #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Shin Sugiyama on "Subglacial water pressure and its control on the dynamics of Glaciar Pio XI, Southern Patagonia Icefield" multiple boreholes to the bed, speed variations correlated with water pressure - but everywhere, showing variable subglacial conditions related to melt, rain & more #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Duncan Wheeler on "Observations of a Weakly Buoyant Plume at a Tidewater Glacier Suggest Englacial Discharge" - These observations reveal a new type of buoyant plume not accounted for by traditional theories #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Jesse Cusack on "Observed ocean current variability at a marine-terminating glacier" - Locally generated waves can help address melt discrepancies, need to study ice-melt by unsteady processes, calving effects need more study, and there is a continuum of systems with different local forcings #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Ginny Catania sharing some really cool observations of Greenland glacier terminus using Nereid Under Ice submersible - sediments, structures, melt, and more. (Related: her IGS seminar talk from earlier this year www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmK7...) #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Our Ice-Ocean symposium is kicking off in La Jolla, California! Bringing together over 100 scientists to share results and discuss this urgent are for the future of glaciers and ice sheets. We'll try to share some highlights here over the week. igs2026.ucsd.edu #igsoc

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Welcome to IGS 2026

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Thanks to Dartmouth for this interview with @mathieu-ice.bsky.social - lead for the AI in Glaciology Symposium, about the meeting, what it meant for the AI & glaciology research communities, where research is going & why it’s an exciting time to be a student!! home.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/07...

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AI's Growing Role in Glaciology | Dartmouth

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

IGS was proud to co-sponsor the Karthaus 2026 Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System. You can see this year's meeting report - and if you're a student, maybe consider applying in the future! www.igsoc.org/karthaus2026

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Meeting Report: Karthaus 2026 Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System | IGS

Karthaus 2026 participants learning about the Lazaun rock glacier and its environment. On 18 May 2026, 36 students (mainly Ph.D.) and 10 teachers arrived

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Marlena Reil sharing SnowGalileo: A multi-sensor transformer for snow cover mapping in mountainous regions. Successful data fusion method for daily, high-resolution snow cover mapping. Still working on limitations like forest canopy and better validation regionally & temporally. #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

.@colinrmeyer.bsky.social: FirnLearn, a neural network firn model. Trained separately for different regions. In Greenland, especially, it does quite well & better than current model (which works oddly well). Improves with more observations - and could be used to drive future sampling, too? #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Karina Zikan: autoGRITTI - generating Greenland Ice Sheet Land Terminus positions. Object-oriented random forest classifications in GEE, interpreted using physical info. 2022 completed, 2020 in progress. Handles moraines/debris, ice melange & lakes. ML is a starting point. Automated in reach! #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Bryony Freer (@schmidtsciences.bsky.social AI Fellow) looking at Antarctic tidal grounding zone dynamics. Using ICESat-2 to look at inland limit of tidal flexure. Critical boundary condition, trying a bayesian inversion model to scale up to the whole continent, but still work to do. #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Omar Faruque: Causal inference for analyzing drivers of GrIS melt. Air temp & precip > various melt impacts. Large-scale variability (NAO) reduces clouds and increase melt. From 9 causal links, 4 agree with domain knowledge at some time lag, but 5 don't. Need to consider more feedback loops. #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Jonathan Ryan is using a deep learning model with @planet.com data to classify melt features on the Greenland Ice Sheet. 97% accuracy with a lightweight U-Net mode, robust across different imagery processing levels & better than global thresholding esp with lower imagery quality). #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Maya Maciel-Seidman models Greenland runoff using Transfer Learning. Trained on MAR at emulator stage & then fine-tuned using in-situ runoff. Albedo is an important input. TL is most effective in areas where MAR is most biased, but it may be overfit in certain catchments. More tuning data! #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Mashrekur Rahman & Aleah Sommers tag-teamed a presentation on subglacial hydrology & glacier sliding dynamics using machine learning, including for evaluation. Primarily interested in glacier velocity. Eventual goal is to move from expert-only simulations to community-useful knowledge! #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Max Filter presented a generative model for subglacial topography (from GlaMacLes 2025 - glamacles.github.io - you should apply for next year's summer school!!). Wants a realistic & scientifically-useful output. Can condition on known deglaciated / nearby terrain / radar & match flow. #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Niya Shao @gatorglaciology.bsky.social Combining geostatistics and physics-based mass conservation methods to improve bed topography representations using MCMC. #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Mansa Krishna on Taking Physics-Informed Neural-Networks to the Higher-Order, looking at bed topography under Greenland. Does a good job, AND also to include vertical shear rather than SSA to compare closer to BedMachine and get full-depth troughs. #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Machine-learned global glacier ice volume, Niccolò Maffezzoli - lower error than previous, inputs include thickness & 26 different predictors (not all independent). No physics, scary outliers & challenging areas of low quality DEM & inputs (e.g., Asia). But fast & the model learns globally!! #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We are back with a few talks on snow & sea ice this morning: Molly Balkan is connecting sea ice retreat and ice shelf melt, Sai Vikas Amaraneni is Predicting Antarctic Sea Ice with a deep learning model, and Ayush Prasad is emulating snow depth & density on sea ice with reasonable success! #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Save the Date - IGS Symposium on Snow in a Warming Climate: Processes, Extremes, and Disaster Risk (Aomori, 7-12 November 2027) | Share knowledge, foster collaboration & explore the latest developments in snow science! Full info, 1st circular & pre-registration form: www.igsoc.org/event/snow2027

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Doug Brinkerhoff on emulators vs classical methods - a path to creating Glide: GPU-accelerated Ice Dynamics Engine. Reach out to Doug if this might be a useful tool for you! #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

After lunch, we are back! Cheng Gong is sharing PINNICLE (Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Ice and CLimatE) - a flexible framework to test and integrate physics with data. (IMHO: Some cool bedmap comparisons!) #igsoc

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 23/06/2026

Our research group and @precise-project.bsky.social is represented by Clement Cherblanc who will be presenting the first results from our SMB emulator in Antarctica at the poster session. Looks like a very interesting line-up

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Tancrède Leger on using IGM to model past icefields, mainly in the European alps - looking at ice extent & thickness, as well as using particle tracking to understand debris transport with 3D particle transport, too! #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Guillaume Jouvet shared the Instructed Glacier Model (IGM) docs.oggm.org/en/latest/ig... - modeling ice flow with a Neural Network in a GPU framework, x100 speed-up compared to CPU, useful inversion of basal dynamics, and future development includes marine ice sheet dynamics. #igsoc

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Instructed Glacier Model (IGM) — OGGM 0.1.dev50+g68731aa8f.d20260619 documentation

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

First talk by @donglaiyang.bsky.social: calibrating remote sensing observations in a probability space using an ensemble composite. Then discovering anomalies in radar attenuation rate & thus ice temperature. Finding (hypothesized) ~10-100m of temperature ice under parts of Thwaites Glacier. #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Our AI in Glaciology Symposium meeting has started! Hosted by @mathieu-ice.bsky.social & team at Dartmouth. We have been welcomed by local organizers, VPR Dean Madden & heard from NASA Program manager for Cryospheric Science Thorsten Markus -- AI is the future of the cryosphere. #igsoc

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congratulations to Sridhar Anandakrishnan, who formally was presented with the 2024 Seligman Crystal. His development of innovative seismological instrumentation and techniques has enabled groundbreaking discoveries about the dynamics of ice sheets & glaciers. www.igsoc.org/about/awards...

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

IGS is excited to announce an upcoming special collection of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme Radioglaciology. Full information is available here: www.igsoc.org/radioglaciol...

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Radioglaciology - Call for papers | IGS

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will prepare a special collection of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme Radioglaciology. Theme This

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Happy World Oceans Day! It's a great day to remind you that you have one week left to register for the upcoming IGS Symposium on Interactions of Ice Sheets and Glaciers with the Ocean before the late fee kicks in. More info: igs2026.ucsd.edu

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Welcome to IGS 2026

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Virtual options for 2026 IGS Symposia: Streaming free for IGS members for AI in Glaciology & Ice-Ocean meetings. Join / renew your membership: www.igsoc.org/membership A full hybrid option for Radioglaciology is available, which will require a separate registration. Thanks for supporting IGS!!

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Membership | IGS

The purpose of the IGS is to bring scientists in the cryosphere community together. We organise events and produce various publications.

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Deadline Extension: the abstract submission deadline for the Annals of Glaciology special collection on Ice Drilling Technology has been extended to June 30th.! This is a final extension, so gets those papers in!! www.igsoc.org/ice-drilling...

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Ice Drilling Technology - Call for Papers | IGS

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will prepare a special collection of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme ‘Ice Drilling Technology’ in

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The IGS Midwest Glaciology Branch Meeting (MGM) was held on 11 and 12 May at Purdue University. Thank you to Doug MacAyeal for a wonderful meeting report - and thank you to Yue Olivia Meng & her team for a great event!! www.igsoc.org/meeting-repo...

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Meeting Report: 2026 Midwest Glaciology Branch Meeting | IGS

The Midwest Glaciology Branch Meeting (MGM) was held on 11 and 12 May at Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana. The greenery surrounding campus,

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Call for Papers: AI in Glaciology, special collection in Annals of Glaciology @igsoc-pubs.bsky.social The issue welcomes papers and presentations on any timely topic related to Artificial Intelligence in cryospheric science. Open 1 July - 1 Dec. LOTS more info at www.igsoc.org/call-for-pap...

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Call for Papers: AI in Glaciology | IGS

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will prepare a special collection of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme Artificial Intelligence in

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Lilian Schuster @lilianschuster.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I am so happy to share this moment with my PhD supervisor Fabien Maussion @fabclimate, who received the well-deserved IGS Firn Award! By the way: I am also looking for a job in glaciology or the broader field of climate change impacts or adaptation within the greater Alpine region.

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Each year, the cryospheric research community recognizes and celebrates the achievements of outstanding colleagues. Please join IGS in congratulating our 2025 awardees and celebrating their contributions to our community:

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Keep those abstracts coming in - deadline tomorrow!!

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Thanks to Ginny Catania @utgeophysics.bsky.social for her great talk on Understanding Terminus Behavior Using Machine-Learning & In-Situ Observations!! Come for the beautiful drone imagery and fjord data, stay for the discussion about what comes next. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmK7...

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Still working on debugging some issues with these feeds - but a reminder that @igsoc-pubs.bsky.social will be a way to stay up to date on new IGS publications!

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Reminder: Abstract submissions for the IGS Radioglaciology Symposium (6-11 Sept in Tübingen, Germany) due THIS FRIDAY 1 MAY. Submit your abstracts at https://www.abstracts.igsoc.org/ - find out more radioglaciology2026.guz.uni-tuebingen.de (Conference grants via @igsoc-pubs.bsky.social due July 1)

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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Registration is now open for the 2026 IGS Symposium on Interactions of Ice Sheets and Glaciers with the Ocean. Don't wait, the early bird deadline is May 1st! community.igsoc.org/events/69de9... More information via www.igsoc.org/event/intern... & igs2026.ucsd.edu

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