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SUMMARY:Cryosphere 2020: International Symposium on Ice, Snow and Water in a Warming World - postponed to 27 September - 1 October 2021 
LOCATION:Reykjavik\, Iceland
DESCRIPTION:<p>As a result of global atmospheric warming, <strong>all components of Ear
 th´s cryosphere </strong>are now changing at a dramatic pace. More than a q
 uarter of the planet´s land surface receives <strong>snow precipitation </s
 trong>each year and declining snow cover in many parts of the world is caus
 ing concern for the future of wintertime recreation activities. Water store
 d as snow and ice makes a critical contribution to the world’s available fr
 eshwater supply and is essential to the sustenance of natural ecosystems, a
 griculture and human societies. Mass loss continues from <strong>glaciers a
 nd ice fields </strong>in all mountainous regions of the world and from <st
 rong>Arctic and sub-Arctic ice caps</strong>. The two large <strong>ice she
 ets in Greenland and Antarctica </strong>are major contributors to rising s
 ea-level and are now beginning to show signs of irreversible mass loss. The
  areal extent and thickness of <strong>Arctic sea ice </strong>cover contin
 ues to decline and the resulting albedo changes are now believed to affect 
 winter weather patterns in North America and Eurasia. Increasing attention 
 is being given to hazards due to thinning of <strong>lake and river ice cov
 er </strong>and <strong>permafrost </strong>degradation, including slope fa
 ilure, which calls for increased <em>in situ </em>monitoring and the develo
 pment of new remote sensing techniques.</p><p>This symposium will bring tog
 ether scientists, stakeholders and policy makers for a discussion on the la
 test results from studies of the entire cryosphere, which plays an importan
 t role in the hydrological cycle and the Earth System and is one of the mos
 t useful indicators of climate change. The symposium will allow ample time 
 for panel discussions on scientific results, new technologies, research gap
 s and future perspectives in the light of the Paris Agreement, which calls 
 for limiting global warming to 1.5–2°C.</p><div><strong>April 15 2020:&nbsp
 ;</strong>Abstract submission deadline</div><div><strong>July 1 2020:&nbsp;
 </strong>End of early bird registration<br /><strong>September 1 2020:&nbsp
 ;</strong>Registration deadline<br /><strong>September 1 2020:&nbsp;</stron
 g>Deadline for fieldtrip registration</div><p>Further Information can be fo
 und on the conference website:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cryosphere2020.is"
 >https://www.cryosphere2020.is</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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