Dear GLIMS colleagues,I would like to remind the GLIMS community of the January 16 deadline for abstracts to be submitted to Spring EGU (meeting 27 April-2 May 2014, Vienna). There are many planned glacier sessions. Among these is one that Christian Huggel, David Vaughan, and I will convene, but there are many other GLIMS-relevant sessions, so please consider submitting an abstract if you have not already done so. Please also keep your eyes on the UGS meeting calendar; among many other pertinent global and regional or thematic meetings, there will be an IGS Symposium in March 2015 on Glaciology in High Mountain Asia, which is to be cosponsored by ICIMOD and organized by many GLIMS members; please plan ahead. EGU session CR4.3: Risks from a changing cryosphere: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014/session/14137Submission deadline is 16 January 2014. This session aims at developing an integrative and broad perspective on risks from the cryosphere, such as related to glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice, permafrost and snow. The session invites contributions across all cryosphere components that apply a risk perspective concerning observed or projected physical processes. Contributions considering more than one cryosphere component (e.g. glaciers and permafrost) are particularly encouraged. As such, it particularly addresses complex processes across different components of the cryosphere. Contributions may consider hazards and risks related to changes in the past, present or future. Both new risks and opportunities may be of relevance, as long as a critical analysis is provided. Since risk is also a function of socio-economic aspects, submissions extending the perspective beyond physical aspects are welcome.We particularly encourage contributions from the sea ice and ice sheet community where aspects of risks are often not very specifically addressed (at least at EGU) which is somewhat in disagreement with the dimensions of risk involved there. Hajo Eicken (UAF) will give a keynote on sea ice related risks. Christian Huggel, Jeff Kargel, David Vaughan, session conveners To submit an abstract: http://www.egu2014.eu/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html A full list of cryospheric sessions planned for EGU follows:CR1 – General Topics in Cryospheric SciencesProgramme Committee LoginCR1.1 Open Topics in Cryospheric ResearchConvener: Gudfinna Adalgeirsdottir | Co-Convener: Carmen de Jong Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR1.2 Permafrost Open SessionConvener: Stephan Gruber | Co-Conveners: Jeannette Noetzli , Julia Boike , Hugues Lantuit , Christina Schädel Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR1.3 Rapid changes in sea ice: processes and implicationsConvener: Daniel Feltham | Co-Conveners: Andrew Wells , Daniela Flocco Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR1.4 Subglacial Environments of Ice Sheets and GlaciersConvener: Bryn Hubbard | Co-Conveners: Stefan W. Vogel , Robert Bingham Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR1.5 Biogeochemical processes in glacial environmentsConvener: Elizabeth Bagshaw | Co-Conveners: Marek Stibal , Mark Skidmore Abstract Submission Convener LoginGD6.4/CR1.6/SM6.6 The Arctic connection - plate tectonics and mantle dynamics in the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the High Arctic (co-organized)Convener: Carmen Gaina | Co-Convener: Sergey Drachev Abstract Submission Convener LoginG3.1/CL2.15/CR1.7/GD8.4/GM9.7/TS4.7 Observations and modelling of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and related processes (co-organized)Convener: Holger Steffen | Co-Conveners: Markku Poutanen , Willy Fjeldskaar , Wouter van der Wal Abstract Submission Convener LoginGD6.3/CR1.8/SM6.7 The Antarctic region - Lithosphere structure and geodynamic evolution (co-organized)Convener: Fausto Ferraccioli | Co-Conveners: Douglas Wiens , Joachim Jacobs Abstract Submission Convener LoginGM9.2/HS9.11/NH3.12 Geomorphic and hydrological processes in proglacial areas under conditions of (rapid) deglaciation (co-listed)Convener: Tobias Heckmann | Co-Conveners: Andrew Kos , David Morche , Martin Geilhausen Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR2 – Instrumental Observations of the CryosphereProgramme Committee LoginCR2.1 Remote Sensing of the CryosphereConveners: Andrew Shepherd , Wolfgang Rack | Co-Convener: Oliver Marsh Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR2.2 Glacier Monitoring from In-situ and Remotely Sensed ObservationsConvener: Michael Zemp | Co-Conveners: Tobias Bolch , Richard Armstrong , C. Rolstad Denby Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR2.3/SM4.6 Applied Geophysics in Cryosphere Sciences (co-organized)Convener: Reinhard Drews | Co-Conveners: Olaf Eisen , Michael Krautblatter Abstract Submission Convener LoginGI2.8 Satellite observations from passive microwave and infrared instruments (calibration, intercalibration, and bias correction) (co-listed)Convener: Isaac Moradi | Co-Conveners: Viju Oommen John , Vivienne Payne Abstract Submission Convener LoginGI3.3 Instrumentation for Polar Regions Research (co-listed)Convener: Mike Rose Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR3 – The state of the Cryosphere: Past, Present and FutureProgramme Committee LoginCR3.1 Changing dynamics and environmental services of glacierized low latitude catchmentsConvener: Antoine Rabatel | Co-Conveners: Thomas Condom , Mathias Vuille , Fabien Anthelme Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR3.2/GM9.6 Reconstructing paleo ice dynamics: Comparing and combining field-based evidence and numerical modeling (co-organized)Convener: Irina Rogozhina | Co-Conveners: A.P. Stroeven , Lev Tarasov , Jesse Johnson , Jonathan Harbor Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR3.3 Projections of the cryospheric contribution to sea-level rise over the next century: progress in modelling and related observationsConvener: Tony Payne | Co-Conveners: Jonathan L. Bamber , Frank Pattyn , Sophie Nowicki Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR3.4 State of the Cryosphere: Observations and ModellingConvener: Jonathan L. Bamber | Co-Conveners: Peter Lemke , Frank Pattyn , Stephan Gruber , Michiel van den Broeke Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR3.5 Glaciers and ice caps under climate changeConvener: Jon Ove Hagen | Co-Conveners: Georg Kaser , Matthias Huss , Nicholas Barrand Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR3.7 Ice-sheet and climate interactionsConvener: Philippe Huybrechts | Co-Convener: Andrey Ganopolski Abstract Submission Convener LoginGM9.4/CR3.6 Quaternary Glaciation in the Mediterranean (co-organized)Convener: Philip Hughes | Co-Convener: Jamie Woodward Abstract Submission Convener LoginCL2.18 The deglacial and postglacial record of sea level change (co-listed)Convener: Andrew Cooper | Co-Conveners: A. J. Long , Andrew Green , Joseph Kelley , Ruth Plets Abstract Submission Convener LoginGI2.7 Taking the temperature of the Earth: Temperature Variability and Change across all Domains of Earth's Surface (co-listed)Convener: Stephan Matthiesen | Co-Conveners: John J. Remedios , Jacob Lorentzen Hoyer , CHRISTOPHER MERCHANT , Frank Goettsche , Nick Rayner Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR4 – Cryospheric hazardsProgramme Committee LoginCR4.1 Mountain snow cover and avalanche formationPICO SessionConvener: Alec van Herwijnen | Co-Conveners: Jürg Schweizer , David McClung Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR4.2 Snow avalanche dynamics including interaction with structures, hazard mapping and risk managementPICO SessionConvener: Florence NAAIM | Co-Conveners: Thierry Faug , Emma Surinach , Mohamed NAAIM , Alexander Prokop Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR4.3 Risks from a changing cryosphereConvener: Christian Huggel | Co-Conveners: Jeffrey Kargel , David Vaughan Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR5 – Snow and IceProgramme Committee LoginCR5.1 Mass and energy balance of snow and iceConvener: Willem Jan van de Berg | Co-Convener: Thomas Mölg Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR5.2 Ice microstructures and micro-deformation mechanismsConvener: Martyn Drury | Co-Conveners: Martin Schneebeli , Maurine Montagnat , Peter Sammonds , Paul Bons Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR6 – Permafrost, rock glaciers, debris-covered glaciersProgramme Committee LoginCR6.1 Assessing the effects of global warming on permafrost degradation - contributions from field studies, remote sensing and modellingConvener: Annett Bartsch | Co-Conveners: Reginald Muskett , Guido Grosse , Christina Schädel , Hanna Lee , Birgit Heim , Jens Strauss Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR6.2 Debris covered glaciersConvener: Lindsey Nicholson | Co-Conveners: Benjamin Brock , Christoph Mayer , Adina Racoviteanu Abstract Submission Convener LoginSSS3.4/CR6.3 Soil processes in cold regions under changing climate scenarios” (co-organized)Convener: Marc Oliva | Co-Conveners: Alexandre Nieuwendam , Sebastian Zubrzycki , Yingzhao Ma Abstract Submission Convener LoginGM9.1 Cold Regions Geomorphology (co-listed)Convener: Sven Lukas | Co-Conveners: Isabelle Gärtner-Roer , Matteo Spagnolo Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR7 – Application, Development and Validation of Numerical Models of the CryosphereProgramme Committee LoginCR7.1 Ice-flow model sensitivity and data assimilation studiesConvener: Eric Larour | Co-Conveners: patrick heimbach , Olivier Gagliardini , Rober Arthern Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR7.2 Modelling ice sheets and glaciersConvener: Frank Pattyn | Co-Conveners: Gael Durand , Gudfinna Adalgeirsdottir Abstract Submission Convener LoginCR7.3 Ice shelves - dynamics, interactions, observations, modellingConvener: Angelika Humbert | Co-Conveners: Adrian Jenkins , Andreas Vieli Abstract Submission Convener Login Jeffrey S. KargelDepartment of Hydrology & Water ResourcesUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZ 85742 USAEmail(1) jeffreyskargel@hotmail.comEmail(2) kargel@hwr.arizona.eduMobile phone: 520-780-7759www.glims.org