GlacierHub15
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Asian Mountain Nations to Present Unified Voice at Global Climate Conference
Countries from the Hindu Kush Himalayas seek to present a unified voice at COP26 with their #HKH2Glasgow campaign.
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Glacier Funerals Offer a Way of Coping With Ecological Grief
Public mourning for environmental loss could become a vital tool for promoting climate activism.
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Quantifying the Ecosystem Services of Glaciers Highlights Their Importance to Humankind
Scientists at the University of Iceland seek to measure the ecological and societal benefits of glacial ecosystems.
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Russian Geopolitical Strategies in the Arctic Are Complicated by Rapid Glacier Retreat on Remote Islands
On a remote High Arctic island covered by glaciers, melting ice is a key player in Russian military and political interests.
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Dancers Perform the Ice
A report on the 2021 artists in residence at the Wrangell Mountains Center in McCarthy, Alaska.
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Narrating Landscapes: How Indigenous Storytelling Can Unlock Our Environment’s Past
Blackfoot stories, handed down for hundreds of years, present a narrative portrait of our changing world at the end of the Ice Age.
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Glacial Ice Cores Reveal 15,000 Year Old Microbes
Ancient ice contains a rich microbial record going back thousands of years. Recent advances have provided tools to study their genes and evolution, but climate change threatens to erase this frozen archive.
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New United Nations Report on Climate Change Documents the Grave Condition of the World’s Glaciers
Almost all of the world’s glaciers are in retreat.
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Melting Ice and a High Altitude Dig Reveal Viking Secrets in Norway
A wealth of ancient artifacts stand to be discovered as high altitude ice melts, but the relationship between high altitude archaeology and climate change is a somber one.

Congratulations to our Columbia Climate School Class of 2026 and all of our 2026 Columbia University graduates! Learn more about our May 15 Climate School Class Day celebration. 💙 #Columbia2026 #ColumbiaClimate2026
