Research group NG| Glaciology
Glaciology with emphasis on climate
Polar areas
We are studying glacier processes and climate change. Our field sites are in the Swedish mountains, Svalbard, Greenland, Antarctica and in South America. Methods used are; Field surveys of glacier mass balance, glacier front surveys, ground penetrating radar, geophysics, remote sensing, photogrammetry, glacial morphology, deep and shallow ice cores, glacier archaeology and numerical modelling.
Group description
Glaciology refers to a branch of science concerning glaciers and ice sheets. Various thematic approaches can be used, such as chemistry, physics, geophysics, glacial geology, remote sensing etc. Glaciology can also be seen through different lenses, for example, either a terrestrial one, or a marine one. In our group we have representation within most aspects and we are following a more than hundred years long tradition of glaciological work at Stockholm University (and Stockholm collage). Polar expeditions since the late 1800s and the start-up of the Tarfala research programme in 1946 formed the foundation for our present work at the Department of Physical Geography at Stockholm University. Over the year methods and the goals of research have changed and today the concern of our glaciers have become a global issue as a consequence of climate change. Not study not only what is going on today but also past changes and their causes.
Group members
Group managers
Per Holmlund
Professor i glaciologi
Members
Ian Brown
Universitetslektor, docent
Margareta Hansson
Professor i miljövetenskap med inriktning mot naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi
Per Holmlund
Professor i glaciologi
Peter Jansson
Professor i naturgeografi
Nina Kirchner
Föreståndare på Tarfala
Malin Stenberg Soleirol de Serves
Communication Officer
