First glaciers formed 26 million years earlier
A team of scientists including those from the University of Aberdeen made the discovery that a 3500 km mountain chain that extends across Antarctica but is largely buried under ice.
Cryosphere and Climate Change Research Group
Fieldtrip to the Peruvian Andes
Two staff members, Matteo and Brice and a PhD student Lucy, from the Cryosphere and Climate Change research group visited the Peruvian Andes in summer of 2022. Read the full story in the link
Ice-stupa initiative of University of Aberdeen
The Cryosphere and Climate Change research group is working with partners to enhance an innovation that is providing vital water in some of the most arid places on the planet.
ENVRI User story competition
One of our external PhD students, Mr. William David Harcourt based in University of ST. Andrews has won the ENVRI user story competition and will receive up to 3000 EUR to support his research.
Ph.D. positions open for application
There are different Ph.D. positions currently open for application under the supervision of CCC staff. Please contact the respective member of staff for further discussion.
The Cryosphere is the component of the Earth's system that contains water in its frozen state. Including the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, continental (including tropical) glaciers, snow, sea ice, river and lake ice, permafrost and seasonally frozen ground, the Cryosphere forms an essential component of the Climate System (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 4th Assessment Report, 2007).
We are a research group interested in the many complex interactions between the Cryosphere and Climate Change, based in the School of Geosciences at the University of Aberdeen. Our grouping spans diverse aspects of Cryosphere and Climate Change research, including, but not limited to: Cryosphere-Climate Interaction; Geomorphology and Geochronology; Palaeoclimate and Palaeoglaciology; Remote Sensing of Cryosphere; and Subglacial Environments.
We encourage you to browse around these pages to learn more about our activities, and please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested in collaborating with us or joining our group here at University of Aberdeen.
Image: An automatic weather station installed near a debris-covered glacier in Western Himalaya