Our community is dedicated to advancing the understanding and research of rock glacier dynamics. This portal serves as a hub for experts, researchers, and enthusiasts to collaborate. Discover our news and events and engage with the community by contributing to the ongoing surveys or by becoming RGIK members. Join us in detailed discussions and contribute your own insights in our members-only forum. Log in now to connect with other members of the RGIK community!
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News & Events
Stay informed and engaged with our News & Events section, one of the many ways to engage with the latest updates, announcements, and events within the RGIK community. You will find insights into groundbreaking research, upcoming seminars, community initiatives, and other key events that drive our mission forward. Check back regularly to never miss an update!
Events
RGIK community events include webinars, General Assembly meetings, information meetings at scientific conferences, or dedicated workshops. Each event offers you the opportunity to engage and connect with members of the community. Stay up-to-date with all of the latest events by following and you can also RSVP directly through our events calendar. Please note that all times are in the CET/CEST timezone and to adjust accordingly.
Upcoming Events
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RGIK Seminar Series
Our seminar series serves as a cornerstone of the RGIK community, offering a valuable platform to share innovative research, foster collaboration, and advance the collective understanding of rock glaciers. These seminars bring together experts, researchers, and community members, creating the space for exchanging ideas, sparking meaningful discussions, and building connections across disciplines and geographical borders. The impact of these sessions extends beyond the presentations and discussions themselves, fueling new ideas, inspiration, and collaborations to drive progress. To see upcoming and previous topics and presentations, refer to the tables below.
Seminar Presentations
Name | Date | Topic/Title |
|---|---|---|
Jakob Abermann | 28 May 2025 at 14:00 | Limited Knowledge of Rock Glaciers in Greenland |
Martín Mendoza | 30 April 2025 | Modeling Thermal and Hydrological Processes in Andean Rock Glaciers: Insights from Shallow Instrumental Data and Climate Trends |
Sebastián Vivero | 26 March 2025 | Insights into the geometric changes of rock glaciers from high-resolution, three dimensional spatial data |
Zhangyu Sun | 26 February 2025 | Inventorying rock glaciers for the Tibetan Plateau using deep learning |
Dominik Amschwand | 27 November 2024 | Seasonal ice storage changes and meltwater generation at Murtèl rock glacier (Engadine, eastern Swiss Alps): Estimates from measurements and energy budgets in the coarse blocky active layer |
Javiera Carraha | 30 October 2024 | Holocene glacial and periglacial dynamics and their paleoclimate implications in the Subtropical Andes of Chile |
Tyler Meng | 25 September 2024 | Effects of Rock Glacier Dynamics on Surface Morphology |
Jan Beutel | 21 August 2024 | Observing Slope Movements Using Continuous GNSS - History, Methods, Data Interpretation |
Sebastian Buchelt | 29 May 2024 | Detecting small-scale patterns of rock glacier surface dynamics in the Central Alps using DInSAR time series |
RGIK Interim ExCom | 24 April 2024 | Information from the Interim RGIK Executive Committee on the transition to an IPA Standing Committee |
Eliseo Flores | 27 March 2024 | Inventory and kinematics of rock glaciers in James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula |
Julie Wee | 28 February 2024 | Understanding the seasonal surface dynamics of a rock glacier through the assessment of ground ice content and origin |
Lea Schmid | 29 November 2023 | From InSAR initial displacement time series to multi-annual velocity products on selected rock glaciers and landslides in the Swiss Alps |
Chantal Del Siro | 25 October 2023 | Investigating the origin of solutes in rock glacier springs. Case Studies in the Swiss Alps |
Cécile Pellet | 30 August 2023 | Operational monitoring of rock glacier velocity: insights from the PERMOS network |
Lea Hartl | 26 April 2023 | Multi-method monitoring of cyclical destabilisation of Äußeres Hochebenkar Rock Glacier |
Benjamin Lehmann | 29 March 2023 | Rock glaciers and long-term geomorphological evolution |
Ben Robson | 22 February 2023 | Glacier and rock glacier changes in the La Laguna catchment |
Sebastián Vivero | 07 December 2022 | RGIK: Status and future directions |
Jan Blöthe | 30 November 2022 | Deriving surface kinematics of Andean rock glaciers from feature tracking in optical imagery |
Alessandro Cicoria | 26 October 2022 | A sensor network for the Swiss periglacial environment and its extension to Disko Island, Greenland |
Mishelle Wehbe | 28 September 2022 | Inventorying rock glaciers and features of interest in Western Canada |
Diego Cusicanqui | 30 June 2022 | Interpretation of Volume and Flux Changes of the Laurichard Rock Glacier Between 1952 and 2019, French Alps |
Yan Hu | 01 June 2022 | Inventorying of rock glaciers in the arid West Kunlun of China by the combined use of SAR interferometry and deep learning |
Fabian Fleischer | 27 April 2022 | Multi-decadal rock glacier kinematics analysed by high-resolution topographic data in two catchments of the Central Eastern Alps |
Line Rouyet | 30 March 2022 | Research on rock glaciers in Norway |
Interested in presenting during the RGIK Seminar Series?
We invite you to share your work with a dynamic, global community of researchers in the Rock Glacier Inventories and Kinematics (RGIK) Seminar Series. This ongoing series offers a platform to showcase innovative methods, fieldwork insights, applications and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding rock glacier systems in a warming climate. If you would like to present during one of the semesters, please contact us at info@rgik.org!
RGIK Community Surveys
RGIK launched two (2) community surveys to compile a record of worldwide overviews of existing/planned Rock Glacier Inventories (RoGI) and Rock Glacier Velocity (RGV) time-series. The purpose of these surveys is to get an estimate of what exists in the community, as well as an overview of planned initiatives, regardless of their format/content. The surveys are on-going initiative and have no deadline for completion. You can also engage with these surveys to help us determine what the current status of rock glacier products.
Please use the links below to access the surveys:
Rock Glacier Inventory (RoGI) Community Survey
Rock Glacier Velocity (RGV) Community Survey
