Dear Cryolisters
The post by Wilfried Haeberli is most interesting because it relates to the updating of an already published book, while Phil Porter proposed yesterday to edit a new book with an apparently similar title. Snow and ice studies are now so widely distributed and published that we should expect this kind of (apparent) overlap.
The website for Wilfried's book allows interested parties to download individual chapters (this is very good!). Any candidates for Phil's new book should carefully study Wilfried's chapters to see if there is any possible gap into which they can fit a new proposal. More recent information? Higher or lower level of treatment? Better use of graphics or supplementary material? Cheaper or dearer book?
It is good that things are happening in our profession!
Roger J. Braithwaite - Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) December 2019
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
See my D.Sc. thesis at: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/geography-of-glacier-mass-balance(7c92e0d0-9025-421f-b5ef-4e7a1d84492e).html
From: CRYOLIST <cryolist-bounces@lists.cryolist.org> On Behalf Of Wilfried Haeberli
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Subject: [CRYOLIST] Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
Dear colleagues,
I just learned about the plans for a book on snow and ice hazards. You may also be interested in our Elsevier book on Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters:
We are presently preparing an updated second edition which should become available during the second part of 2020. Right now, the external review procedure for the submitted updated chapters is well underway.
Wilfried Haeberli
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Wilfried Haeberli
Department of Geography / University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190 / CH - 8057 Zurich
Phone: +41/(0)44/635 51 20 / Fax: +41/(0)44/635 68 41
e-mail: wilfried.haeberli@geo.uzh.ch
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to remind all that the Chilean Cryosphere Society (SOCHICRI) invites researchers, professionals and students from Chile and abroad to participate in the annual meeting for 2020. This will be held in Concepción from 13 – 15 May 2020 and will be organised by the Departments of Geography and Geophysics, University of Concepción.
To participate as a presenter, we invite you to send your abstract via the online form: https://forms.gle/9NLTW4kJGnDt5KM56. Your contribution can focus on any part of the cryosphere, and can include field- or theory-based studies, remote sensing, simulations, legal frameworks, impact and/or risk analyses, water resource assessments and others. Please follow the instructions on the online form to register for the conference and to signal your preferred presentation format (oral or poster). The closing date for abstracts is 15 march 2020.
At this meeting we will offer practical workshops during the afternoon of Thursday 14 May. We invite all those interested in leading a workshop focused on methods or themes related to the cryosphere to send us your general idea as soon as possible (sochcri@gmail.com). In addition, we will hold a round-table conversation entitled 'Cryo-ciencia, cryo-activism and social transformation' where researchers, NGO representatives and other interested parties will meet to discuss and design new research strategies to more closely associate cryosphere science with societal needs. Those interested in taking part can also register in the online form.
The registration period will be open from 1 January to 10 April with the early bird rates of $22.000 (students) and $32.000 (professionals). After 10 April, the rates will increase to $32.000 (students) and $42.000 (professionals).
Finally, at the end of the main conference programme, on Friday 15 May there will be a field trip to visit the Chillán Volcano. This activity will be charged independently from the main conference, and will be $30.000 for all participants. This trip will only go ahead if more than 25 people register.
Further details regarding the event, for example the location in the university campus and the detailed programme will be communicated in future circulars.
We're waiting for you!
Chilean Cryosphere Society, SOCHICRI
2020 Local Committee – Universidad de Concepcion
Alfonso Fernández, Department of Geography
Benedita Santos, Department of Geography
Rodrigo Abarca del Río, Department of GeophysicsEstimados y estimadas colegas,
Les recordamos que la Sociedad Chilena de la Criósfera (SOCHICRI) invita a investigadores, profesionales y estudiantes de Chile y del extranjero a participar en su reunión anual 2020. Ésta se realizará en la ciudad de Concepción, los días 13 al 15 de mayo, y será organizada por los Departamentos de Geografía y Geofísica de la Universidad de Concepción.
Para participar como expositores, los invitamos a enviar sus resúmenes a través del formulario accesible en el siguiente url: https://forms.gle/9NLTW4kJGnDt5KM56. Sus contribuciones pueden estar enfocadas en cualquier componente de la criósfera e incluir estudios de campo, teóricos, percepción remota, simulaciones, marcos legales, impactos, riesgos, recursos hídricos asociados y otros. Por favor, seguir las instrucciones del formulario en línea para registrarse en el congreso y para señalar en el resumen si prefiere presentación oral o póster. La fecha límite para el envío de resúmenes es el 15 de marzo de 2020.
En esta reunión, se ofrecerán talleres prácticos durante la tarde del día jueves, 14 de mayo. Invitamos a las personas que les interese ofrecer un taller propio enfocado en temas de las criósfera, que nos envíen su idea general lo antes posible. Además, se pretende desarrollar una mesa redonda o conversatorio sobre "Criociencia, Crioactivismo y transformación social" donde científicos, representantes de ONGs y otras partes interesados se reunirán para discutir y diseñar nuevas estrategias de investigación para llevar las ciencias de la criósfera a un mayor acercamiento con las necesidades de la población. Los interesados pueden también inscribirse en el formulario en línea.
El periodo de registro estará abierto desde el 1 de enero hasta el 10 de abril con tarifa rebajada de $22.000 (estudiantes) y $32.000 (profesionales). Después del 10 de abril los costos ascienden a $32.000 (estudiantes) y $42.000 (profesionales).
Finalmente, terminado el programa principal de la reunión, el día viernes 15 de mayo se pretende realizar una visita a terreno a la zona del volcán Chillán. Esta actividad será financiada independientemente por los asistentes al terreno ($30.000) y sólo se realizará si se existe un número superior a 25 inscritos.
Otros detalles del evento, tales como ubicación dentro del Campus de la Universidad de Concepción y el programa del evento, serán comunicados en las próximas circulares.
¡Los esperamos!
Sociedad Chilena de la Criosfera, SOCHICRI
Comité local 2020 – Universidad de Concepción
Alfonso Fernández, Departmento de Geografía
Benedita Santos, Departmento de Geografía
Rodrigo Abarca del Río, Departmento de Geofisica
Dear colleagues
I have been invited to edit a textbook on snow and ice hazards which will form part of a wider series of text books commissioned by Bill McGuire from UCL, with a series title of 'Geohazards in a Changing World' (an overview of the series is copied below). The series will be published by World Scientific (https://www.worldscientific.com/).
The book would be aimed at an undergraduate/early postgraduate audience and, rather than being a collection of individual research papers, I am looking to put together a useful and accessible textbook for students, covering a wide range of snow and ice hazards.
At this stage I am gathering expressions of interest from colleagues who may wish to contribute material on a particular topic. Each topic would comprise an individual chapter over which the author/s would have full ownership/authorship.
If this a project you would like to contribute to, do please drop me a line and/or alert any colleagues or students who you feel may be interested; this may, for example, be a useful opportunity for a recently graduated doctoral student to author work and 'gain' a publication relatively rapidly, without some of the more onerous aspects of journal publication.
The detailed contents of the volume have yet to be decided, as this will to some extent, depend on what colleagues may wish to contribute, but obvious candidates from a far-from-exhaustive list include: surging, GLOFs, permafrost thaw/mass movement-related hazards, snow and ice avalanches, lake ice shoves, links between ice loss and volcanicity/seismicity.
With thanks and best wishes, Phil Porter.
GEOHAZARDS IN A CHANGING WORLD
Planet Earth is in the throes of upheaval. The climate is heating fast and the environment suffering unprecedented degradation. At the same time rapid population growth and burgeoning urbanisation, feed the expansion of giant metropolises in some of the world's most hazardous regions. Concentrations of people, wealth and infrastructure exposed to geophysical hazards continues to follow inexorably upward trends, while the very nature of some hazards is changing. This series seeks to examine the causes and consequences of those hazards that are now coming to the fore, and which will increasingly come to define the 21st century. Leading the charge are heatwaves, wildfires, drought, glacier hazards, extreme rainfall and flooding, and more powerful and wetter tropical cyclones. Further down the line coastal erosion and inundation due to rising sea levels, iceberg flotillas released from their polar breeding grounds, and even methane outbursts from Arctic permafrost, all have the potential to make our hazardous planet even more treacherous.
Dr P R Porter
Associate Dean Education
Reader in Geoscience and Geoscience Education
School of Life and Medical Sciences
University of Hertfordshire
College Lane
Hatfield
Hertfordshire AL10 9AB
Tel: 01707 285091
Dear Cryolist Early Career Faculty: (and others, feel free to forward if you know someone who would benefit from this workshop). Thanks!
Join us for a multi-day workshop in a stimulating and resource-rich environment where you will participate in sessions on topics including effective teaching strategies, course design, establishing a research program in a new setting, working with research students, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and time management. Applications due March 23, 2020
https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer2020/index.html
Application deadline: March 23, 2020
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Best wishes,
Joan
The Institute of Geography und Regional Science at Graz University, Austria, is looking for a University Assistant without doctorate (30 hours a week; fixed-term employment for the period of 3 years; position to be filled as of now).
Your duties:
- PhD in the research field "Climate change and glacier reaction in SE-Greenland" (PhD school of Geography, natural sciences, Faculty of Environmental, Regional and Educational Sciences)
- Collaboration in the research group CC-MoRe (Climate Change in Mountain Regions) at the Department of Geography and Regional Research
- Teaching in geography programs
- Cooperation on administrative tasks of the department
Your profile
- Degree at master level in geography or related field with natural sciences focus
- Experience in measurement/modelling of the mass balance of glaciers (desirable)
- Fluent English, written and spoken
- Very good command of German or willingness to learn German
- Ability to work autonomous and at personal responsibility
- Communication, organizational and teamwork skills
- Enjoy teaching and supervising students
- Reliability
- Readiness for research stays abroad
Our offer
Salary scheme of the Universitäten-KV (University Collective Agreement): B1
The minimum salary as stated in the collective agreement is EUR 2148.40 gross/month. This minimum salary may be higher due to previous employment periods eligible for inclusion and other earnings and remunerations.
We offer you a job with a lot of responsibility and variety. You can expect an enjoyable work climate, flexible work hours and numerous possibilities for further education and personal development. Take advantage of the chance to enter into a challenging work environment full of team spirit and enthusiasm for your job.
Application Deadline: February 19th 2020
Reference Number: MB/43/99 ex 2019/20
The University of Graz strives to increase the proportion of women in particular in management and faculty positions and therefore encourages qualified women to apply.
Especially with regard to academic staff, we welcome applications from persons with disabilities who meet the requirements of the advertised position.
Please submit your application documents before the stated deadline, indicate the reference number on your application and send your CV and photo to:
Dear colleagues,
The 9th SCAR Open Science Conference will be held in Hobart, Tasmania from 3-7 August 2020.
The abstract submission deadline is 28th February 2020, so make sure to submit your abstract here: https://www.scarcomnap2020.org/call-for-abstracts/
A list of all sessions as well as abstract submission guidelines and instructions can be found on the SCAR COMNAP2020 website: www.scarcomnap2020.org
We look forward to receiving your abstracts and seeing you in Hobart!
With best wishes,
Johanna
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Johanna Grabow
Communications and Information Officer
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
c/o Scott Polar Research Institute
University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road
Cambridge CB2 1ER
United Kingdom
johanna@scar.org
https://www.scar.org/
Colorado School of Mines
1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401
siegfried@mines.edu | https://www.minesglaciology.com/
Dear colleagues,
following the announcement of the renewed International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) working group on the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) and its role in future glacier monitoring and GLIMS, we are releasing a beta version of the RGI-TOPO dataset. This dataset is a collection of multiple DEM sources reprojected to a local glacier centered map for every individual glacier in the RGI version 6.0.
Our goal is to select and include one suitable DEM and the corresponding hypsometry data for each glacier in the next official RGI release (version 7) by the end of 2020. The RGI glacier outlines are the basis for many regional modelling and remote sensing studies. Including a default DEM map will make this inventory even more valuable and can reduce the amount of processing work for future users. Note that these data are not aimed at glacier change assessment, but provide a baseline for glacier modelling and other data analysis efforts.
The current dataset, documentation, visualized examples and regional statistics can be found here: https://rgitools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dems.html
The purpose of this beta release is to gather feedback from the community. We would like to know about alternative DEM sources and ways to improve the dataset to make it suitable for as many applications as possible. You can find a paragraph on open objectives and our criteria regarding suitable DEMs here: https://rgitools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dems.html#how-to-provide-feedback
Best regards,
Matthias Dusch and Fabien Maussion on behalf of the IACS Randolph Glacier Inventory working group
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Postdoctoral fellowship in polar ocean modelling available at the Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve
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Dear All,
The Open University (UK) Astrobiology group has a Post-Doctoral Research Associate position for a VOC specialist.
The post-holder will be welcomed into AstrobiologyOU, an interdisciplinary research group investigating the feasibility of life beyond the Earth. In their role they will explore the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced under simulated icy moons conditions and establish analytical capabilities to detect biosignatures that can demonstrate, or negate, the presence of life. The post-holder should have experience in the analysis and characterization of VOCs, preferably within an environmental context.
Applications close 17th Feb (noon GMT).
For any further details about the group and position, contact Karen Olsson-Francis (karen.olsson-francis@open.ac.uk).
Best wishes,
Charlotte
Dear colleagues,
The journal Water (ISSN 2073-4441, IF 2.524) is currently running a Special Issue entitled:
"Transformation of Glacial and Periglacial Environments in Mountain Regions".
We invite you to submit a manuscript that documents and analyzes transformations of alpine glacial and periglacial environments. Papers that deal with the coupling of atmospheric and glacial/periglacial transformation processes are welcome, as well as contributions that are focused on impacts, innovative methodological approaches (such as new remote sensing techniques), monitoring series, and historical reconstructions.
We encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (water@mdpi.com).
The submission deadline is 31 March 2020. For further reading and for instructions please visit the Special Issue website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/transformation_glacial
We look forward to hearing from you
Kind regards,
Dr. Luca Carturan
Prof. Roberto Seppi
Guest Editors.
-- Luca Carturan Department of Geosciences - Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry University of Padova Via Gradenigo, 6 - 35131, Padova Tel. +39 0498279155 Mob.: +39 3282031554 Fax: +39 0498279134 Skype: luca_carturan CRYOSPHERE AND HYDROLOGY GROUP: http://intra.tesaf.unipd.it/CMS/glaciology/default.asp Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luca_Carturan
We are excited to invite abstracts for the following session to be held
at the SCAR Open Science Conference in Hobart, Australia, August 2020:
Session 45: Inclusive Collaborations in Antarctic Research
This session aims to facilitate cross-disciplinary dialogue around
emerging research and best practices related to inclusivity in our
fields. All are encouraged to participate.
Session Details:
https://www.scarcomnap2020.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/SCAR-OSC-Session-List-6Jan20.pdf
Session description:
It is well known that ensuring diversity in experience and skills in a
team enhances the quality of research. Collaborations have always played
a large part in polar research in general, and in Antarctic research in
particular due to its remoteness and the harsh work environment. While a
preconceived image of a polar researcher still exists, the polar
research community has recognised the need for inclusive collaboration,
and the recognition and dismantling of socially and culturally enmeshed
barriers to participation in polar research. Improving awareness and
equity within our own community is an excellent way to prepare
researchers to meet the challenges posed by the complexities of the
much-needed interdisciplinary work, and the paradigmatic shift towards
knowledge co-production in the polar regions.
This is a unique opportunity for cross-disciplinary research and
dialogue bringing together diverse perspectives for forging a more
inclusive and equitable polar research. We are looking for experiences
of integration across disciplinary boundaries and ideas from all
perspectives, broadly including, but not limited to, the following
aspects:
1) Bringing together natural sciences, social sciences, humanities,
governance and arts – experiences in integrating across disciplinary
boundaries
2) Diversity in polar research: Gender, including queer and gender
minority (LGBTQI+), ethnic minorities in polar research, and particular
challenges faced in remote fieldwork conditions, polar stations and
facilities
3) Intersectionality in polar research, and the importance of linkages
between multiple identities of gender, race, ethnicity, class, age,
physical ability, and others
4) Integration of equity and inclusivity dialogues into meetings,
conferences, in particular experiences in developing and implementing
codes of conduct for research teams, fieldwork and for larger
organisations
This session aims to link with the dialogue that will take place in the
"Gender in Polar Research: Gendered field work conditions,
epistemologies and legacies" workshop, to be held in Iceland at ASSW
2020.
Link to submit abstracts:
https://www.scarcomnap2020.org/call-for-abstracts/
Deadline to submit abstracts: 28 February 2020, 5pm AEST
Please share with any colleagues who might be interested. We hope to see
you in Hobart!
Best wishes,
Morgan Seag on behalf of session conveners Renuka Badhe, Alex Thornton,
and Iqra Choudhry
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Morgan Seag
PhD Candidate, Geography/Polar Studies
http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/people/seag/
University of Cambridge
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