What are you looking for?
© Joel Fiddes

News

18. August, 2022

Closing event of the ‘Adventure of Science’ expedition on 25 August in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

‘Adventure of Science: Women and glaciers in Central Asia’ and ‘UNESCO Almaty cluster’ are inviting to the closing event of their expedition in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 25 August 2022. The 10-day…

LEARN MORE Closing event of the ‘Adventure of Science’ expedition on 25 August in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
03. August, 2022

Revisiting the Kyzylsu catchment

Another team of Cluster 3, ‘Glacier, Snow, and Hydrology’, revisited the Kyzylsu catchment in the Jirgatol district of Tajikistan. Despite weather particularly unfriendly for the region, they collected the first complete…

LEARN MORE Revisiting the Kyzylsu catchment
28. July, 2022

Visit to the Gorbunov research station

The team of Cluster 3, ‘Glaciers, Snow and Hydrology’, visited the abandoned Gorbunov research station, next to Fedchenko Glacier (one of the largest non-polar glaciers in the world!) and assessed the…

LEARN MORE Visit to the Gorbunov research station
19. July, 2022

Exciting article about PAMIR on swissinfo.ch:

Exciting article about PAMIR with impressions directly from the field on swissinfo.ch: ‘Swiss researchers aim to unravel the mystery of the Pamir glaciers‘. Read the full German article here.

LEARN MORE Exciting article about PAMIR on swissinfo.ch:
09. June, 2022

Ready for fieldwork!

On 3 and 7-8 June, the Health and Safety Training and the Glacier Safety Training for fieldwork were completed in Sion and on the Steingletscher above Sustenpass. Basic first aid practices…

LEARN MORE Ready for fieldwork!