Cryosphere Research Group

 

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How the Greenland ice sheet responds to shrinking top layer “sponge”

The ice sheet in Greenland faces many changes and one of them is hiding in plain sight - the snowy layer covering most of its surface. Normally acting as a sponge for refreezing meltwater, this layer is…

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GLACIOLOGY

Scientific feat at 5800 m above sea level

An international team that includes scientists from the University of Fribourg has succeeded in drilling and retrieving two ice cores measuring over 100 m from a glacier in Tajikistan. This genuine technical…

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Worse than 2003: Swiss glaciers are melting more than ever before

2022 was a disastrous year for Swiss glaciers: all ice melt records were smashed by the great dearth of snow in winter and continuous heatwaves in summer. More than 6 percent of the ice volume was lost,…

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