Glaciology at the University of Washington

Glaciology is the study of ice in the environment. Important components are seasonal snow, sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets and frozen ground. Glaciology at the University of Washington includes course curriculum and research related to all of these components of ice in the environment. Glaciological research at the University of Washington is carried out by faculty and graduate students in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Quaternary Research Center and Applied Physics Laboratory. More on What is Glaciology?

  News and Links

Steve Warren, Rich Brandt and Regina Carns recently completed fieldwork in Antarctica. Check out Regina's blog from the ice.

The 2009 Northwest Glaciologists' Meeting will be hosted in Vancouver, British Columbia. Find out more about NWG 2009.

Recent dissertations by UW glaciologists can be found here.

Check out the UW PCC Climate Calendar and keep up on climate-related events at the UW.

For K-12 girls: Girls on Ice 2010, a program founded at the University of Washington, now based out of UAF.

The Blue Glacier webpage for the UW monitoring project.

Glaciology Lunch
Tue 12:30 in QRC library until mid-Sept or later, stay tuned!
Join glaciology mailing list

  Recent/Current/Upcoming Courses

Continuum Mechanics
ESS411/511: Fall 2009

Scientific Writing and Graphics
ESS595B: Fall 2009

Principles of Glaciology
ESS431: Fall 2009

Keeping Up with Glaciers: The Mainstream Scientific Press on the Cryosphere
ESS595B: Spring 2009

Snow and Ice Dynamics
ESS533: Spring 2009

Glaciers and Global Change
ESS203: Winter 2009

Polar Firn: Thermal, Mechanical and Chemical Properties
ESS595B: Fall 2008

Heat and Mass Flow Modeling in Earth Sciences
ESS590B: Spring 2008

Changes in Antarctica since the Last Glacial Maximum
ESS595A: Spring 2008



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