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LinkIng and Quantifying the Impacts of climate change on inlanD ICE, snow cover, and permafrost on water resources and society in vulnerable regions
Work Package 2 Earth Observation: 7 partners, 4 tasks, 1 year:
→ ML + camera data for high-res snow monitoring
→ ICESat-2 SWE reference data over Svalbard
→ Albedo records for Greenland & Svalbard extended back to 1986
→ Glacier & ice-sheet mass balance time series reaching into the 20th century
→ ML + camera data for high-res snow monitoring
→ ICESat-2 SWE reference data over Svalbard
→ Albedo records for Greenland & Svalbard extended back to 1986
→ Glacier & ice-sheet mass balance time series reaching into the 20th century
February 14, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Work Package 2 Earth Observation: 7 partners, 4 tasks, 1 year:
→ ML + camera data for high-res snow monitoring
→ ICESat-2 SWE reference data over Svalbard
→ Albedo records for Greenland & Svalbard extended back to 1986
→ Glacier & ice-sheet mass balance time series reaching into the 20th century
→ ML + camera data for high-res snow monitoring
→ ICESat-2 SWE reference data over Svalbard
→ Albedo records for Greenland & Svalbard extended back to 1986
→ Glacier & ice-sheet mass balance time series reaching into the 20th century
✨ International Day of Women and Girls in Science ✨🔬
Since 2016, February marks this UN-proclaimed day promoting participation of women in STEM.
At LIQUIDICE, 34% of our staff are women (25 in total) contributing across research, and innovation.
🎓 To mark the day, we hosted an online lesson!
Since 2016, February marks this UN-proclaimed day promoting participation of women in STEM.
At LIQUIDICE, 34% of our staff are women (25 in total) contributing across research, and innovation.
🎓 To mark the day, we hosted an online lesson!
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 PM
✨ International Day of Women and Girls in Science ✨🔬
Since 2016, February marks this UN-proclaimed day promoting participation of women in STEM.
At LIQUIDICE, 34% of our staff are women (25 in total) contributing across research, and innovation.
🎓 To mark the day, we hosted an online lesson!
Since 2016, February marks this UN-proclaimed day promoting participation of women in STEM.
At LIQUIDICE, 34% of our staff are women (25 in total) contributing across research, and innovation.
🎓 To mark the day, we hosted an online lesson!
🚨 New LIQUIDICE data deliverable now available!
It presents collection of 210 published, available online and unpublished data sets of:
👉 Surface mass balance
👉 Snow cover
👉 Meteorology
👉 Catchment discharge
👉 Subsurface state
Covers sites in the Alps, Norway, Greenland, Svalbard & Ladakh.
It presents collection of 210 published, available online and unpublished data sets of:
👉 Surface mass balance
👉 Snow cover
👉 Meteorology
👉 Catchment discharge
👉 Subsurface state
Covers sites in the Alps, Norway, Greenland, Svalbard & Ladakh.
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 AM
🚨 New LIQUIDICE data deliverable now available!
It presents collection of 210 published, available online and unpublished data sets of:
👉 Surface mass balance
👉 Snow cover
👉 Meteorology
👉 Catchment discharge
👉 Subsurface state
Covers sites in the Alps, Norway, Greenland, Svalbard & Ladakh.
It presents collection of 210 published, available online and unpublished data sets of:
👉 Surface mass balance
👉 Snow cover
👉 Meteorology
👉 Catchment discharge
👉 Subsurface state
Covers sites in the Alps, Norway, Greenland, Svalbard & Ladakh.
One year of LIQUIDICE Diss&Comm 💧
From social media and online lessons to public events and a children’s opera 🎭
Watch our short video summarizing our outreach activities.
#Anniversary
From social media and online lessons to public events and a children’s opera 🎭
Watch our short video summarizing our outreach activities.
#Anniversary
February 7, 2026 at 2:05 PM
One year of LIQUIDICE Diss&Comm 💧
From social media and online lessons to public events and a children’s opera 🎭
Watch our short video summarizing our outreach activities.
#Anniversary
From social media and online lessons to public events and a children’s opera 🎭
Watch our short video summarizing our outreach activities.
#Anniversary
LIQUIDICE at #SnowHydro ❄️
Our coordinator Bartek Luks presented work on snow depth and melt dynamics in Svalbard:
TLS + in situ data + satellite imagery + A-Melt modeling to study snowpack evolution in the Fuglebekken catchment
SnowHydro 2026 with rich scientific program:
🔗 snowhydro.unirioja.es
Our coordinator Bartek Luks presented work on snow depth and melt dynamics in Svalbard:
TLS + in situ data + satellite imagery + A-Melt modeling to study snowpack evolution in the Fuglebekken catchment
SnowHydro 2026 with rich scientific program:
🔗 snowhydro.unirioja.es
February 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM
LIQUIDICE at #SnowHydro ❄️
Our coordinator Bartek Luks presented work on snow depth and melt dynamics in Svalbard:
TLS + in situ data + satellite imagery + A-Melt modeling to study snowpack evolution in the Fuglebekken catchment
SnowHydro 2026 with rich scientific program:
🔗 snowhydro.unirioja.es
Our coordinator Bartek Luks presented work on snow depth and melt dynamics in Svalbard:
TLS + in situ data + satellite imagery + A-Melt modeling to study snowpack evolution in the Fuglebekken catchment
SnowHydro 2026 with rich scientific program:
🔗 snowhydro.unirioja.es
Any teachers here? 📢 Online lesson for secondary schools – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
On 11 February, 10:00 join us for LIQUIDICE: Unfrozen – Who Gets the Water When the Melt Begins?
The lesson explores glaciers, snow, and why frozen water matters for our future water security
On 11 February, 10:00 join us for LIQUIDICE: Unfrozen – Who Gets the Water When the Melt Begins?
The lesson explores glaciers, snow, and why frozen water matters for our future water security
February 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Any teachers here? 📢 Online lesson for secondary schools – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
On 11 February, 10:00 join us for LIQUIDICE: Unfrozen – Who Gets the Water When the Melt Begins?
The lesson explores glaciers, snow, and why frozen water matters for our future water security
On 11 February, 10:00 join us for LIQUIDICE: Unfrozen – Who Gets the Water When the Melt Begins?
The lesson explores glaciers, snow, and why frozen water matters for our future water security
Welcome to LIQUIDICE, Asta Mønsted! 🎉
Asta joins as a postdoc in WP4, researching the green transition, melting glaciers & climate adaptation in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).
Based at the Arctic House, University of Copenhagen.
We’re thrilled to have you on board, Asta! ❄️🌍
Asta joins as a postdoc in WP4, researching the green transition, melting glaciers & climate adaptation in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).
Based at the Arctic House, University of Copenhagen.
We’re thrilled to have you on board, Asta! ❄️🌍
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Welcome to LIQUIDICE, Asta Mønsted! 🎉
Asta joins as a postdoc in WP4, researching the green transition, melting glaciers & climate adaptation in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).
Based at the Arctic House, University of Copenhagen.
We’re thrilled to have you on board, Asta! ❄️🌍
Asta joins as a postdoc in WP4, researching the green transition, melting glaciers & climate adaptation in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).
Based at the Arctic House, University of Copenhagen.
We’re thrilled to have you on board, Asta! ❄️🌍
❄️🐻 Little Bear and the Ice Mountain - children's opera debuts after two years of work!
A powerful opera where fairy tale meets climate science.
Proud to see CNR ISP and the LIQUIDICE project as scientific partners in this artistic bridge to environmental awareness 🌍🎶
A powerful opera where fairy tale meets climate science.
Proud to see CNR ISP and the LIQUIDICE project as scientific partners in this artistic bridge to environmental awareness 🌍🎶
January 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
❄️🐻 Little Bear and the Ice Mountain - children's opera debuts after two years of work!
A powerful opera where fairy tale meets climate science.
Proud to see CNR ISP and the LIQUIDICE project as scientific partners in this artistic bridge to environmental awareness 🌍🎶
A powerful opera where fairy tale meets climate science.
Proud to see CNR ISP and the LIQUIDICE project as scientific partners in this artistic bridge to environmental awareness 🌍🎶
❄️ Arctic fieldwork prep – level: parking lot ❄️
LIQUIDICE WP5 leader spotted in the parking lot "preparing" for the fieldwork in Svalbard
Training hard for snow measurements in Svalbard by mastering the most dangerous:
👉 icy asphalt
👉 random pedestrians
👉 judgmental coworkers
Arctic, we’re coming!
LIQUIDICE WP5 leader spotted in the parking lot "preparing" for the fieldwork in Svalbard
Training hard for snow measurements in Svalbard by mastering the most dangerous:
👉 icy asphalt
👉 random pedestrians
👉 judgmental coworkers
Arctic, we’re coming!
January 28, 2026 at 4:35 PM
❄️ Arctic fieldwork prep – level: parking lot ❄️
LIQUIDICE WP5 leader spotted in the parking lot "preparing" for the fieldwork in Svalbard
Training hard for snow measurements in Svalbard by mastering the most dangerous:
👉 icy asphalt
👉 random pedestrians
👉 judgmental coworkers
Arctic, we’re coming!
LIQUIDICE WP5 leader spotted in the parking lot "preparing" for the fieldwork in Svalbard
Training hard for snow measurements in Svalbard by mastering the most dangerous:
👉 icy asphalt
👉 random pedestrians
👉 judgmental coworkers
Arctic, we’re coming!
New paper relevant to and supported by #LIQUIDICE published in Journal of Glaciology.
The study by University of Oslo looks at advanced data assimilation of albedo and snow depth for surface mass balance simulations for Kongsvegen glacier in Svalbard.
The study by University of Oslo looks at advanced data assimilation of albedo and snow depth for surface mass balance simulations for Kongsvegen glacier in Svalbard.
January 15, 2026 at 9:40 AM
New paper relevant to and supported by #LIQUIDICE published in Journal of Glaciology.
The study by University of Oslo looks at advanced data assimilation of albedo and snow depth for surface mass balance simulations for Kongsvegen glacier in Svalbard.
The study by University of Oslo looks at advanced data assimilation of albedo and snow depth for surface mass balance simulations for Kongsvegen glacier in Svalbard.
❄️ Dr Bartłomiej Luks, Project Coordinator of LIQUIDICE was a guest in the latest episode of the #LeadersInHorizon #podcast series, produced by #NCBR.
🎧 bit.ly/4qGDN9O
🎧 bit.ly/4qGDN9O
January 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
❄️ Dr Bartłomiej Luks, Project Coordinator of LIQUIDICE was a guest in the latest episode of the #LeadersInHorizon #podcast series, produced by #NCBR.
🎧 bit.ly/4qGDN9O
🎧 bit.ly/4qGDN9O
New paper published in Remote Sensing on glacier albedo modelling!
The study develops elevation-dependent glacier albedo models using machine learning and multi-algorithm satellite validation in Svalbard, advancing tools for Arctic glacier monitoring.
Full paper: www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/18...
The study develops elevation-dependent glacier albedo models using machine learning and multi-algorithm satellite validation in Svalbard, advancing tools for Arctic glacier monitoring.
Full paper: www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/18...
January 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM
New paper published in Remote Sensing on glacier albedo modelling!
The study develops elevation-dependent glacier albedo models using machine learning and multi-algorithm satellite validation in Svalbard, advancing tools for Arctic glacier monitoring.
Full paper: www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/18...
The study develops elevation-dependent glacier albedo models using machine learning and multi-algorithm satellite validation in Svalbard, advancing tools for Arctic glacier monitoring.
Full paper: www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/18...
On 12 Dec 2025 at CNR HQ, scientists and civil society gathered to celebrate the International Year of Glacier Preservation and the UN Decade of Action for Cryospheric Science.
Andrea Spolaor (CNR-ISP) & Silvia Terzago (CNR-ISAC) presented the LIQUIDICE poster, sharing project insights.
Andrea Spolaor (CNR-ISP) & Silvia Terzago (CNR-ISAC) presented the LIQUIDICE poster, sharing project insights.
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
On 12 Dec 2025 at CNR HQ, scientists and civil society gathered to celebrate the International Year of Glacier Preservation and the UN Decade of Action for Cryospheric Science.
Andrea Spolaor (CNR-ISP) & Silvia Terzago (CNR-ISAC) presented the LIQUIDICE poster, sharing project insights.
Andrea Spolaor (CNR-ISP) & Silvia Terzago (CNR-ISAC) presented the LIQUIDICE poster, sharing project insights.
🌍 🇬🇧 Dr. Bartłomiej Luks, #LIQUIDICE project coordinator, took part in the III NAWA Internationalisation Congress, discussing #science #diplomacy and the internationalisation of #research in Poland. 🔬🇵🇱
December 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🌍 🇬🇧 Dr. Bartłomiej Luks, #LIQUIDICE project coordinator, took part in the III NAWA Internationalisation Congress, discussing #science #diplomacy and the internationalisation of #research in Poland. 🔬🇵🇱
🌍 Abstract submission is now open for the session CR6.8 at the #EGU2026
📌To reduce uncertainties in future projections, we need stronger integration of observational datasets with numerical models across scales.
👉 We encourage submissions from #HorizonEurope projects
🔗 www.egu26.eu/session/58025
📌To reduce uncertainties in future projections, we need stronger integration of observational datasets with numerical models across scales.
👉 We encourage submissions from #HorizonEurope projects
🔗 www.egu26.eu/session/58025
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🌍 Abstract submission is now open for the session CR6.8 at the #EGU2026
📌To reduce uncertainties in future projections, we need stronger integration of observational datasets with numerical models across scales.
👉 We encourage submissions from #HorizonEurope projects
🔗 www.egu26.eu/session/58025
📌To reduce uncertainties in future projections, we need stronger integration of observational datasets with numerical models across scales.
👉 We encourage submissions from #HorizonEurope projects
🔗 www.egu26.eu/session/58025
💦 Building on 2024 appeal, we issue this renewed call as the signs of cryosphere destabilisation have only grown clearer and more alarming.
❄️ Open Letter "An S.O.S. from the Cryosphere to World Leaders at COP30"
👉 Sign here: forms.gle/Z6UkhSCijF6t... - Only institutional signatures
❄️ Open Letter "An S.O.S. from the Cryosphere to World Leaders at COP30"
👉 Sign here: forms.gle/Z6UkhSCijF6t... - Only institutional signatures
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
💦 Building on 2024 appeal, we issue this renewed call as the signs of cryosphere destabilisation have only grown clearer and more alarming.
❄️ Open Letter "An S.O.S. from the Cryosphere to World Leaders at COP30"
👉 Sign here: forms.gle/Z6UkhSCijF6t... - Only institutional signatures
❄️ Open Letter "An S.O.S. from the Cryosphere to World Leaders at COP30"
👉 Sign here: forms.gle/Z6UkhSCijF6t... - Only institutional signatures
🌍 From 29–32 Oct 2025, #LIQUIDICE researchers joined the IGS Nordic Branch Meeting hosted by GEUS.
🎓 Great exchange for glaciology scientists & students!
❄️ Talks by Lill Bjørst, Andreas Peter Ahlstrøm & Jason Box covered sea ice, climate adaptation & Greenland mass balance.
🎓 Great exchange for glaciology scientists & students!
❄️ Talks by Lill Bjørst, Andreas Peter Ahlstrøm & Jason Box covered sea ice, climate adaptation & Greenland mass balance.
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌍 From 29–32 Oct 2025, #LIQUIDICE researchers joined the IGS Nordic Branch Meeting hosted by GEUS.
🎓 Great exchange for glaciology scientists & students!
❄️ Talks by Lill Bjørst, Andreas Peter Ahlstrøm & Jason Box covered sea ice, climate adaptation & Greenland mass balance.
🎓 Great exchange for glaciology scientists & students!
❄️ Talks by Lill Bjørst, Andreas Peter Ahlstrøm & Jason Box covered sea ice, climate adaptation & Greenland mass balance.
The LIQUIDICE team joined 345 researchers from 15 countries at the Svalbard Science Conference 2025 — a biannual Arctic hotspot for climate research & collaboration.
Talks, posters, art & science — shaping the future of #ArcticResearch. 🌍❄️
#LIQUIDICE #SIOS #ClimateChange
Talks, posters, art & science — shaping the future of #ArcticResearch. 🌍❄️
#LIQUIDICE #SIOS #ClimateChange
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The LIQUIDICE team joined 345 researchers from 15 countries at the Svalbard Science Conference 2025 — a biannual Arctic hotspot for climate research & collaboration.
Talks, posters, art & science — shaping the future of #ArcticResearch. 🌍❄️
#LIQUIDICE #SIOS #ClimateChange
Talks, posters, art & science — shaping the future of #ArcticResearch. 🌍❄️
#LIQUIDICE #SIOS #ClimateChange
🌍❄️ At the Arctic Circle Assembly Prof. Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir & Dr. Timothy James (Univ. of Iceland, ICELINK) and Dr. Bartek Luks (IG PAS, LIQUIDICE) from EU sister projects met to explore common links in observations, models, and community engagement.
#ArcticCircle #LIQUIDICE #ICELINK
#ArcticCircle #LIQUIDICE #ICELINK
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🌍❄️ At the Arctic Circle Assembly Prof. Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir & Dr. Timothy James (Univ. of Iceland, ICELINK) and Dr. Bartek Luks (IG PAS, LIQUIDICE) from EU sister projects met to explore common links in observations, models, and community engagement.
#ArcticCircle #LIQUIDICE #ICELINK
#ArcticCircle #LIQUIDICE #ICELINK
Proud to present LIQUIDICE at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2025 — one of the world’s key fora on the Arctic, climate, and sustainable innovation.
Representatives of 3 LIQUIDICE partners joined global discussions on how science and technology can shape a resilient future of the Arctic. ❄️💧
Representatives of 3 LIQUIDICE partners joined global discussions on how science and technology can shape a resilient future of the Arctic. ❄️💧
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Proud to present LIQUIDICE at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2025 — one of the world’s key fora on the Arctic, climate, and sustainable innovation.
Representatives of 3 LIQUIDICE partners joined global discussions on how science and technology can shape a resilient future of the Arctic. ❄️💧
Representatives of 3 LIQUIDICE partners joined global discussions on how science and technology can shape a resilient future of the Arctic. ❄️💧
❄️The #LIQUIDICE project just released a #Greenland #albedo map (June-Aug 2025) showing how sunlight reflectivity changed through the melt season. ☀️
🛰️ Using #SatelliteData from 1981-today, we track how #snow brightens and #melt darkens the #ice.
#PolarResearch #ClimateChange #EarthObservation
🛰️ Using #SatelliteData from 1981-today, we track how #snow brightens and #melt darkens the #ice.
#PolarResearch #ClimateChange #EarthObservation
October 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
❄️The #LIQUIDICE project just released a #Greenland #albedo map (June-Aug 2025) showing how sunlight reflectivity changed through the melt season. ☀️
🛰️ Using #SatelliteData from 1981-today, we track how #snow brightens and #melt darkens the #ice.
#PolarResearch #ClimateChange #EarthObservation
🛰️ Using #SatelliteData from 1981-today, we track how #snow brightens and #melt darkens the #ice.
#PolarResearch #ClimateChange #EarthObservation
❄️ As part of #LIQUIDICE, an autumn campaign was carried out on #HansGlacier #Spitsbergen.
⚠️ Since the late 1980s, its mass balance has been monitored as clearly negative.
💦 The glacier loses about 1.5 m of #water equivalent yearly.
😍 Stunning views make up for the tough #Arctic #fieldwork
⚠️ Since the late 1980s, its mass balance has been monitored as clearly negative.
💦 The glacier loses about 1.5 m of #water equivalent yearly.
😍 Stunning views make up for the tough #Arctic #fieldwork
September 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
❄️ As part of #LIQUIDICE, an autumn campaign was carried out on #HansGlacier #Spitsbergen.
⚠️ Since the late 1980s, its mass balance has been monitored as clearly negative.
💦 The glacier loses about 1.5 m of #water equivalent yearly.
😍 Stunning views make up for the tough #Arctic #fieldwork
⚠️ Since the late 1980s, its mass balance has been monitored as clearly negative.
💦 The glacier loses about 1.5 m of #water equivalent yearly.
😍 Stunning views make up for the tough #Arctic #fieldwork
🎈 Last weekend, our Project Coordinator, Bartłomiej Luks, together with Agata Goździk and Agnieszka Kowalik, took part in the family Science Picnic “My City” in Warsaw.
❄️ They shared knowledge about polar research and the goals of #LIQUIDICE as part of the project’s #dissemination activities.
💙
❄️ They shared knowledge about polar research and the goals of #LIQUIDICE as part of the project’s #dissemination activities.
💙
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎈 Last weekend, our Project Coordinator, Bartłomiej Luks, together with Agata Goździk and Agnieszka Kowalik, took part in the family Science Picnic “My City” in Warsaw.
❄️ They shared knowledge about polar research and the goals of #LIQUIDICE as part of the project’s #dissemination activities.
💙
❄️ They shared knowledge about polar research and the goals of #LIQUIDICE as part of the project’s #dissemination activities.
💙
📢Record #Arctic melt on #Svalbard in summer 2024
~1% of total #ice mass lost. Comparable to #Greenland.
🚨New scientific publication led by Prof. Thomas Vikhamar Schuler (University of Oslo) confirms the validity of the #glacier monitoring.
🔗 bit.ly/4fZpusY
#ClimateChange #Cryosphere #LIQUIDICE
~1% of total #ice mass lost. Comparable to #Greenland.
🚨New scientific publication led by Prof. Thomas Vikhamar Schuler (University of Oslo) confirms the validity of the #glacier monitoring.
🔗 bit.ly/4fZpusY
#ClimateChange #Cryosphere #LIQUIDICE
August 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢Record #Arctic melt on #Svalbard in summer 2024
~1% of total #ice mass lost. Comparable to #Greenland.
🚨New scientific publication led by Prof. Thomas Vikhamar Schuler (University of Oslo) confirms the validity of the #glacier monitoring.
🔗 bit.ly/4fZpusY
#ClimateChange #Cryosphere #LIQUIDICE
~1% of total #ice mass lost. Comparable to #Greenland.
🚨New scientific publication led by Prof. Thomas Vikhamar Schuler (University of Oslo) confirms the validity of the #glacier monitoring.
🔗 bit.ly/4fZpusY
#ClimateChange #Cryosphere #LIQUIDICE
🤝 Continuing our #MeetUs series in #LIQUIDICE!
9️⃣ University of Silesia in Katowice 🇵🇱
🔬 The UŚ team supports #OpenScience with #FAIR #data & collects key polar field data: #glacier mass balance, #snowcover, #permafrost & #glacial #rivers.
#Glaciology #PolarResearch #ScienceForClimate #Poland
9️⃣ University of Silesia in Katowice 🇵🇱
🔬 The UŚ team supports #OpenScience with #FAIR #data & collects key polar field data: #glacier mass balance, #snowcover, #permafrost & #glacial #rivers.
#Glaciology #PolarResearch #ScienceForClimate #Poland
August 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🤝 Continuing our #MeetUs series in #LIQUIDICE!
9️⃣ University of Silesia in Katowice 🇵🇱
🔬 The UŚ team supports #OpenScience with #FAIR #data & collects key polar field data: #glacier mass balance, #snowcover, #permafrost & #glacial #rivers.
#Glaciology #PolarResearch #ScienceForClimate #Poland
9️⃣ University of Silesia in Katowice 🇵🇱
🔬 The UŚ team supports #OpenScience with #FAIR #data & collects key polar field data: #glacier mass balance, #snowcover, #permafrost & #glacial #rivers.
#Glaciology #PolarResearch #ScienceForClimate #Poland