Cryosphere
Cold altitudes: knowledge, imagination, and experiences of mountain ice
Get involved with this conference on knowledge, imagination, and experiences of mountain ice at the University of Freibourg!
COP30 – Adapting to a changing cryosphere: Lessons from the Andes on securing water and reducing risks
Join Adaptation at Altitude at COP30 for an event on adapting to a changing cryosphere.
Snow and Ice in the Caucasus Mountains – Adapting to a Critical Resource Decline
Learn about the outcomes of the Regional Adaptation Dialogue in the South Caucasus, which brought experts and stakeholders from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and beyond together to discuss how to monitor and adapt to the region’s changing snow and ice cover.
From monitoring to resilience: Cryosphere information services in Central Asia
Explore how cryosphere data can be transformed into actionable information for decision-making.
International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation – official launch event
The International Year of Glaciers' Preservation 2025 will be kicked off with an official launch event on 21 January 2025, Tuesday.
A@A Knowledge Network ‘Solution Showcase’: the cryosphere edition Summary
Summary https://youtu.be/NT5LrA8Tklg?si=yrAsIuqiAtnDxya6 The Adaptation at Altitude (A@A) Knowledge Network held its learning event on 29th October 2024 focussing on a “Solution Showcase: the...
A@A Knowledge Network ‘Solution Showcase’: the cryosphere edition
Join the Adaptation at Altitude Knowledge Network for a series of speed talks on adaptation technologies, approaches, or processes that are addressing the impacts of climate change on glaciers, snow, ice, and permafrost in mountainous regions.
Mountains in silent thaw: Losses and damages from the disappearing “frozen heartbeat”of Earth
Learn about the losses and damages mountain regions are incurring as a result of climate change in this case study from the 2023 Adaptation Gap Report.
State of the Cryosphere Report 2022
Discover the latest science on the Earth’s snow and ice regions in this report, reviewed and supported by over 60 leading cryosphere scientists. Learn about how a combination of melting polar ice sheets, vanishing glaciers, and thawing permafrost will have rapid, irreversible, and disastrous effects on the Earth’s population.
IPCC WGII Sixth Assessment Report Cross-Chapter Paper 5: Mountains
Explore the new evidence on observed and projected climate change impacts in mountain regions, their associated key risks and adaptation measures in this IPCC cross-chapter paper on mountains.