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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:As a result of global atmospheric warming, all components of Earth´s cryosp
 here are now changing at a dramatic pace. More than a quarter of the planet
 ´s land surface receives snow precipitation each year and declining snow co
 ver in many parts of the world is causing concern for the future of wintert
 ime recreation activities. Water stored as snow and ice makes a critical co
 ntribution to the world’s available freshwater supply and is essential to t
 he sustenance of natural ecosystems, agriculture and human societies. Mass 
 loss continues from glaciers and ice fields in all mountainous regions of t
 he world and from Arctic and sub-Arctic ice caps. The two large ice sheets 
 in Greenland and Antarctica are major contributors to rising sea-level and 
 are now beginning to show signs of irreversible mass loss. The areal extent
  and thickness of Arctic sea ice cover continues to decline and the resulti
 ng albedo changes are now believed to affect winter weather patterns in Nor
 th America and Eurasia. Increasing attention is being given to hazards due 
 to thinning of lake and river ice cover and permafrost degradation, includi
 ng slope failure, which calls for increased in situ monitoring and the deve
 lopment of new remote sensing techniques.\nThis symposium will bring togeth
 er scientists, stakeholders and policy makers for a discussion on the lates
 t results from studies of the entire cryosphere, which plays an important r
 ole in the hydrological cycle and the Earth System and is one of the most u
 seful indicators of climate change. The symposium will allow ample time for
  panel discussions on scientific results, new technologies, research gaps a
 nd future perspectives in the light of the Paris Agreement, which calls for
  limiting global warming to 1.5–2°C.\nApril 15 2020: Abstract submission de
 adlineJuly 1 2020: End of early bird registration\nSeptember 1 2020: Regist
 ration deadline\nSeptember 1 2020: Deadline for fieldtrip registrationFurth
 er Information can be found on the conference website: https://www.cryosphe
 re2020.is\n \n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200924T170000
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