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

Recent dissertations by UW glaciologists can be found here.

See what we learned in our IPCC and Ice reading seminar this past spring.

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

Check out our Antarctic Meteorology reading seminar this past winter.

Interested in learning more about Glaciers and Global Change? Take ESS 203!

Ben Smith and Jessica Drees went down the new Inland WAIS ice-coring site to do some borehole optical stratigraphy measurements. Check out their project page and blog!

For K-12 girls: Girls on Ice 2007

The Blue Glacier webpage has been updated with historic photos and more.

Glaciology Lunch
Tue 12:30 in ATG 406
Join glaciology mailing list

  Recent/Current/Upcoming Courses

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

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

Glaciers and Global Change
ESS203: Winter 2008

Changes in Greenland since the Last Glacial Maximum
ESS595B: Winter 2008

Principles of Glaciology
ESS431: Fall 2007

Continuum Mechanics
ESS411/511: Fall 2007



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