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IUGG Berlin : 11 to 20th July 2023

https://www.iugg2023berlin.org/iacs/

Please note that abstract submission is now open and closes on 14 February 2023.

C05 Tropical Glaciers: Mass Changes, Climate Forcing and Impacts on Indigenous Communities

Convener(s): Nicolas Cullen (New Zealand)

Co-Convener(s): Jean Emmanuel Sicart (France), Thomas Mölg (Germany), Rainer Prinz (Austria), Marion Réveillet (France)

The recent changes to tropical glaciers have been dramatic and, given their importance to ecosystems, agriculture, freshwater, energy production and local communities, it remains critical that we continue to assess their sensitivity to climate change. This symposium will focus on the latest efforts and techniques to detect recent changes to tropical glaciers using observations, atmospheric and glaciological modelling and remote sensing, as well as recognising the importance of local, indigenous knowledge to understand the impact of these changes over different spatial and temporal scales. Topics may include but are not limited to:

• glacier energy and mass balance and their linkages to climate variability and change in the tropics,

• the importance of atmospheric and climate dynamics in controlling tropical glaciers,

• assessment of changes in the area and hypsometry of tropical glaciers using historical archives and/or integrating field-based observations with remote sensing,

• reconstruction of tropical climate from ice cores and other natural archives,

• the effects of mass changes on hazards and water resources and related natural and socio-economic systems in the recent past, present and future, and

• using indigenous knowledge to understand how changes to tropical glaciers are impacting people and the landscape We especially welcome contributions that integrate local, indigenous knowledge with observations, modelling and remote sensing.

Kindly feel free to forward this email to colleagues or other contacts who might be interested in attending, particularly students

"Marion REVEILLET" <marion.reveillet@ird.fr>

"Jean-emmanuel SICART" <jean-emmanuel.sicart@ird.fr>

from 26 to 30-09-2022 - Pre-registration for the postgraduate course "Climate Change, Biodiversity and Interactions in the Andes" is still open for applicants from Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru (pre-registration for applicants from Argentina and Chile is now closed). The course focuses on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Andes, from Patagonia to the Cordillera de Mérida. It is aimed at Masters and PhD students in biology, atmospheric sciences, environmental sciences, social sciences and related disciplines. It will be held at the Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia, from 26 to 30 September 2022. Selected students will receive funding to attend. For more information and to access the pre-registration form, please visit

http://cambia.cima.fcen.uba.ar/curso_2022.php

from 7 to 10-09-2022 -

Convection-Permitting Climate Modelling Workshop, 7-9th September 2022, C. A. Buenos Aires, Argentina (http://www.cima.fcen.uba.ar/cpcmw2022/)

Convection-Permitting Climate Modelling School, 10th September 2022, C. A. Buenos Aires, Argentina

(http://www.cima.fcen.uba.ar/cpCMSchool2022/)

10-06-2022 - PhD defense Philémon AUTIN, UGA, Friday the 10th of June at 2 p.m. in room Lliboutry (IGE, Glaciology building, 54 rue Molière St-Martin-d'Hères)

Thesis is entitled "Analysis of the climate controls of the surface mass balance of Zongo glacier (Bolivia) and Little Ice Age climate reconstruction by application of a distributed surface energy balance model". This thesis was completed under the supervision of Jean Emannuel Sicart and Antoine Rabatel.

The jury is composed of Valentina Radić (University of Vancouver, reviewer), Mathias Vuille (University at Albany, reviewer), Hugues Goosse (FRS-FNRS, examiner),Ben Marzeion (University of Bremen, examiner), Olivier Gagliardini (UGA-IGE, examiner), Jean Emmanuel Sicart (IRD-IGE, thesis director), Antoine Rabatel (UGA-IGE, thesis co-director), Regine Hock (University of Oslo, co-supervisor) and Vincent Jomelli (CEREGE, guest)

The defense will be in English. It will be possible to attend the presentation remotely at the following Zoom link:

https://univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/99930589394?pwd=WDJIdkU0UmwvZHNUYm42SXFoZmVCdz09