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Mountain Research Initiative
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Global coordination network for #MountainResearch collaboration. We are making connections for #OurChangingMountains.
⛰️ Big #MountainResearch news! 🎉AFRI-CAN, a project exploring #EastAfrican mountain social ecological dynamics, has been awarded an #ERCSynergyGrant!

🌍 Headed by MRI colleague @rob-marchant.bsky.social, it will explore how mountain ecosystems & communities can thrive amid change.

🔗 bit.ly/AFRI-CAN
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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🚀 New from GEO Mountains: Inventory of In Situ Observational Infrastructure — v3 is here!

Now with 100k+ entries, improved network links, & mountain range attribution based on GMBA v2.

Discover who’s measuring what, where, & how across #OurChangingMountains. 🌍🏔️

🔗 Explore: bit.ly/InSituInvent...
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📢 Call for abstracts!

Join our World Biodiversity Forum #WBF2026 session on
'Social Innovation & Collective Action in Socio-Ecological Systems for #TransformativeChange in #Biodiversity Futures in Mountain Regions.'

⏰ Deadline 18 November
🔗 More here: bit.ly/MRIatWBF2026

#OurChangingMountains
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
✨💻 Check out the new GEO Mountains website!
➡️ geomountains.org

🌏 The refreshed platform provides a more modern, intuitive, & functional experience – making it easier for users to explore activities, access resources, & connect with the growing GEO Mountains community.

#OurChangingMountains
We’ve launched our new GEO Mountains website! 🎉

✨💻 Explore our refreshed design, improved project matrix, & new publications & resources sections – all built to make mountain data more accessible & useful.

Check it out 👉 geomountains.org

#OpenData #EarthIntelligenceforAll #OurChangingMountains
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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📢 Vacancy announcements:

ICIMOD is actively hiring for three roles within our Strategic Results, Partnerships and Business Development Unit.

💼Senior MEL Specialist (Project Position)
💼Senior Project Management Specialist (Project Position)
💼Consultant for Project Design and Proposal Development
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
📣 Last chance to register for the @belmontforum.bsky.social's Resilience CRA!

We’re proud to be part of it, supporting #MountainResearch on vulnerability, #resilience, & highland–lowland linkages with up to CHF 20,000 per project.

⏰ Deadline 7 Nov 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4n6Rm04

#OurChangingMountains
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🗞️ In case you missed it in your inbox, here are some highlights from our October newsletter.

⛰️ In it, you'll find new research and upcoming events, plus job, funding, and publication opportunities from across #OurChangingMountains.

🔗 Catch up here: bit.ly/MRINewslette...
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📢 Final call! Join our coordinated efforts to elevate #OurChangingMountains in the #IPCC #AR7.

We welcome all disciplines & areas of expertise. Register your interest now, & help ensure mountains are accurately represented in this key #GlobalAssessment.

🔗 buff.ly/C0S5WNF
⏰ Deadline: 31.10.25
October 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
📣 Call for abstracts! 🏔️

Join us at #EGU26 (3–8 May, Vienna & online) for our session on Global Environmental Change in Mountain Social-Ecological Systems: Advances & New Perspectives.

⏰ Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
🤔 Find out more: bit.ly/4njx183

#GlobalChange #OurChangingMountains #CallForAbstracts
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📣 Reichen Sie Ihren Beitrag zum Schweizer #Landschaftskongress 2026 bis zum 30. November ein!

🌄 Alle Landschaftsthemen und -disziplinen sind willkommen, das Thema «Berg und Tal – Stadt und Land» bildet dabei den Kern. 👇

🔗 landschaftskongress.ch

#OurChangingMountains
📢 #Beiträge für den Schweizer #Landschaftskongress 2026 gesucht! Der Kongress wird von der @wslresearch.bsky.social und dem FoLAP (@scnat.ch) organisiert. Eingabeschluss ist der 30. November 2025 👉 landschaftskongress.ch
October 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
❄️ Glaciers are cooling the air around them – for now.

🧊 A new study published in Nature Climate Change shows this “self-cooling” will peak by the 2030s before melting speeds up.
🌡️ "Every bit of a degree counts."
🔗 bit.ly/4oA1b8e

#IYGP2025 #Glaciers2025 #OurChangingMountains #VanishingGlaciers
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Exciting #JobOpportunity for early-career #climate researchers! 🌍 The #WCRP is offering two Postdoc positions through its Regional Information for Society Project:

1️⃣ Climate Services & Stakeholder Engagement
2️⃣ Robust Climate Info for Adaptation

⏰ Apply by 10 Nov.
🔗 bit.ly/4n68oeP
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🌍 The MRI has joined @belmontforum.bsky.social's Resilience CRA!

We’re supporting #MountainResearch on vulnerability, #resilience, and highland–lowland linkages – with funding up to CHF 20,000 per project.

⏰ Register by 7 Nov 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4n6Rm04

#OurChangingMountains #FundingOpportunity
October 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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📢Communicate your #ResearchProject on Social Media!

Use it to inform about your research without spending much money. The European Research Executive Agency published a document containing some valuable tips. 🔗https://t1p.de/ncivk

#HorizonEU #ResearchInnovation @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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ICYMI: We are looking for topic editors to join the team!
Help shape knowledge for sustainable mountain futures and be part of a unique, not-for-profit, community-supported scientific journal aiming for societal impact!

Find out more and apply by 24 Oct: t.ly/PAzBF

#AcademicSky #MountainsMatter
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
💬 "With their clear, cold waters, mountain lakes are exceptionally sensitive to changes in temperature & nutrients.”

🌅 As the #climate warms & nutrient inputs shift, algal communities in lakes in #OurChangingMountains will likely experience seasonal changes, suggests new research.

🔗 bit.ly/4n1qYEV
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Call for abstracts! ❄️ 'Cold Altitudes: Knowledge, Imagination, & Experiences of Mountain Ice' 🏔️

⏰ Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
📍 Univ. of Fribourg, CH.
🔗 bit.ly/42FmkVR

Topics include histories of #mountain #glaciology, Indigenous knowledge practices, mountain ice in art, & more.

#OurChangingMountains
October 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🔍 Research suggests restoring ancestral lands & traditional food systems could tackle malnutrition among Indigenous families in Attappadi, Kerala

🌱 This work highlights the critical role of food sovereignty & ecological restoration in supporting resilient, healthy communities.

🔗 buff.ly/2euMsuD
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📣 ICIMOD is hiring a #Sustainable Settlement Specialist to help shape greener, more resilient #mountain towns across the #HKH region. 🌿

Work at the intersection of science, policy, & practice to support #SustainableUrbanisation in #OurChangingMountains.

🗓️ Hurry! Apply by 12 Oct.
🔗 bit.ly/3VYGK8A
October 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🌡️🌍 Want to contribute to the next #IPCC reports?

💻 Join this Oct 15 webinar (1PM EST / 7PM CEST) to learn how to be an Expert Reviewer! Hosted by @agu.org & presented by USAA-IPCC.

🔗 More here: mountainresearchinitiative.org/events/webin...

#IPCCAR7 #ClimateReport #OurChangingMountains
October 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
⛰️ Last month, the mountain research community came together in Innsbruck for #IMC2025 – & the MRI was there in force.

💡🌍 From #ClimateModels to community voices, our network led & contributed to sessions on data, futures, & the science-policy interface.

🔗 Full recap:
Making Connections for Science and Policy at the International Mountain Conference – Mountain Research Initiative MRI
From 10-14 September, the global mountain research community gathered in Innsbruck, Austria for the International Mountain Conference (IMC) 2025. Representatives from the Mountain Research Initiative…
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October 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📣 Final call! You have until ⏰ 17 October to submit your proposals for @belmontforum.bsky.social Collaborative Research Action on ‘Vulnerability & #Resilience Management for Socio-Environmental Systems in Exposed Territories.’

🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/ydJ3tQa
#OurChangingMountains #MountainsMatter
Call for Proposals: Belmont Forum Resilience Collaborative Research Action – Mountain Research Initiative MRI
The Belmont Forum welcomes proposals for its Collaborative Research Action (CRA) on ‘Vulnerability and Resilience Management for Socio-Environmental Systems in Exposed Territories.’ Registration…
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October 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🌄 Last month, the MRI team met to reflect on progress & plan for the future.

From #GlacierLoss to governance surveys, we shared insights — & looked to our 25th anniversary next year. Our focus: advancing science, supporting policy, & building capacity for #OurChangingMountains.

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The MRI Governing Body Builds Momentum in the Mountains – Mountain Research Initiative MRI
At the beginning of September, in the Swiss mountain village of Curaglia, the MRI Governing Body, Coordination Office, and Working Group Leads gathered for their annual retreat – a chance to reflect...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🗞️ In case you missed it in your inbox, here are some highlights from our September newsletter.

⛰️ In it, you'll find new research and upcoming events, plus job, funding, and publication opportunities from across #OurChangingMountains.

🔗 Catch up here: bit.ly/MRINewslette...
October 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Remember the catastrophic rock-ice avalanche of Blatten 🇨🇭 this May?
This incredible image comparison shows like nothing else the darkening of mountain peaks.
And along with the disappearance of snow, ice and permafrost, new hazards come along
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM