Dear all, two things:
First, an invitation to submit abstracts to the cryo risk session at EGU 2016, session CR3.7 ‘Risks from a changing cryosphere’:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/20099
we specifically encourage submissions on studies from all components of the cryosphere, from sea ice to ice sheets, glaciers, snow, and mountain as well as lowland permafrost.
Deadline for abstract submission is 13 January as you will know.
Conveners are Katy Barnhart, Jeff Kargel, Christian Huggel
Second, an information about upcoming IPCC Special Reports. The IPCC is currently collecting proposals for thematic special reports. There are a number of proposals for cryo-related special reports on the table, such as from the US and Chinese governments. In addition, Switzerland together with a number of further countries, is submitting a proposal for an IPCC Special Report on Mountains which obviously also includes the mountain cryosphere. If you are interested in seeing one of these cryo related proposals becoming reality you may want to contact your respective national IPCC focal point. Only about 10% of the total number of current proposals will get approved, mergers are possible. The IPCC Bureau is looking over the proposals and a decision is likely to be taken by the IPCC plenary in April.
best,
Christian
-- ------------------------------------------------------ Christian Huggel Environment and Climate: Impacts, Risks and Adaptation (Eclim) Glaciology and Geomorphodynamics Department of Geography University of Zurich tel: +41 44 635 51 75 Winterthurerstrasse 190 fax: +41 44 635 68 41 CH-8057 Zurich email: christian.huggel@geo.uzh.ch http://eclim-research.ch/
