Swiss Polar Institute

swisspolar.bsky.social

19 November 2025 07:02

#OpenCall The Polar Access Fund for early-career researchers in polar science is now open! Applications welcome by 20 January 2026, 12:00 (noon, Swiss time) Access the call documents: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-... We look forward to your applications! #fieldwork #Arctic #Antarctica

Lasse Foghsgaard

foghsgaard.bsky.social

19 November 2025 06:57

Congratulations. We followed Matthias Huss during his fieldwork at the Plaine Morte Glacier, which is doomed to disappear due to climate change. You are welcome to share this portrait of Matthias Huss, which is open access for everyone @matthias_huss politiken.dk/edition/news...

Marijn

marijnvandermeer.bsky.social

17 November 2025 19:39

🚨 Introducing the Mass Balance Machine (MBM): a #data-driven glacier MB model using topographic + climate features 🏔️ 👉 "Machine learning improves seasonal mass balance prediction for unmonitored glaciers” (Sjursen et al., 2025) doi.org/10.5194/tc-1... @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social

Swiss Polar Institute

swisspolar.bsky.social

30 September 2025 09:23

[Reminder] The SPI Exploratory Grants & SPI Technogrants calls close on 9 October. We look forward to your proposals! 🔗 chk.me/A2A1lzs 🔗 chk.me/xTpsAke @usyseth.bsky.social @unibe.ch @eth-eaps.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social @fgse-unil.bsky.social @unibas.ch @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social

Chris Baraniuk

chrisbaraniuk.com

19 June 2025 05:58

For what it's worth, this latest (I think) factsheet discusses the possible role of climate change in some detail. "Although dedicated analyses will need to be conducted, it is thus likely that climate change in the Swiss Alps has contributed to key elements of the event"