Glaciology Group at the University of Washington, Seattle

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!
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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