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🧊🤖 Call for Papers: Artificial Intelligence in Glaciology

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) is preparing a special collection of the Annals of Glaciology dedicated to exploring how AI and machine learning are transforming cryospheric science.

Topics include:
❄️ Physics-informed machine learning for ice processes
🛰️ Remote sensing and image analysis for glacier monitoring
🗺️ AI for subglacial and bedrock mapping
🌊 Ice-ocean and climate interactions
📈 Probabilistic projections and model acceleration
💬 AI tools, visualization, and custom LLMs for glaciology

The collection welcomes both methodological advances and real-world applications, from operational monitoring to science communication.

📅 Submissions open: 1 July 2026
⏰️ Manuscript deadline: 1 December 2026

🔗 Learn more: https://buff.ly/6qKeL3h

📸 Photo by Tobias Keller.

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🌍📢 Opportunity to contribute to major global biodiversity assessments.

IPBES has opened the external review of the draft Methodological Assessment on Integrated Biodiversity-Inclusive Spatial Planning and Ecological Connectivity.

🗓️ Review period: 1 June – 26 July 2026

A second review process for the Second Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services will open on 15 June.

Expert reviews play a vital role in ensuring the scientific quality, credibility, and policy relevance of these assessments.

🔗 Learn more and register: https://buff.ly/jL15s2j

📸 Photo by Dulcey Lima