Glaciology conferences

The meeting examines disputed and unresolved questions about rapidly changing Arctic and Southern oceans. It brings circulation, ecology and biogeochemistry together to consider sea-ice loss, freshwater inputs, deep-water formation, primary production and climate-active aerosols. Sessions emphasize why these processes remain difficult to measure and explain, including feedbacks on planetary reflectivity and atmospheric composition. Comparisons with ancient ice-covered oceans and oceans on other worlds broaden the discussion. Attendance requires a bachelor’s degree in science or engineering, or an accepted equivalent. Applications are subject to selection and available capacity.

EGU 2027 meets in Vienna and online, 4–9 April, covering Earth, planetary and space sciences. Abstract deadline: 12 January 2027. The European Geosciences Union hosts scientific sessions, short courses and geoscience panels at the Austria Center Vienna and online. Abstract submissions, support applications and author invitation-letter requests begin on 28 October 2026. Financial-support applications close on 1 December 2026 at 13:00 CET; abstracts close on 12 January 2027 at 13:00 CET. Reduced early registration ends on 8 March 2027. The session-proposal stage closed on 23 September 2026. The organizer also publishes separate townhall and splinter-meeting milestones.

The symposium investigates how exchanges between land ice and the atmosphere control glacier mass balance and sea-level contributions. Surface energy, albedo, firn hydrology, aquifers and impermeable ice layers are considered alongside atmospheric circulation and boundary-layer processes. Field observations, satellite measurements, numerical models and machine-learning emulators will be used to examine nonlinear feedbacks and improve projections of ice-sheet and glacier change. The International Glaciological Society convenes researchers studying both local surface processes and their representation in climate models.