Co-editors-in-chief: Caroline Clason, Chris Derksen, Christian Haas, Christian Hauck, Nanna Bjørnholt Karlsson, Hanna Lee & Thomas Mölg
eISSN: TC 1994-0424, TCD 1994-0440
The Cryosphere (TC) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications, and review papers on all aspects of frozen water and frozen ground on Earth and on other planetary bodies.
The main subject areas are ice sheets and glaciers, permafrost, river and lake ice, seasonal snow cover, and sea ice, including remote sensing, numerical modeling, in situ, and laboratory approaches, and studies of the interaction of the cryosphere with the Earth system. Manuscripts with a focus on cryospheric research that include perspectives from social science, humanities, and other disciplines outside the natural sciences are also welcome.
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07 May 2026
Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues
Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.
07 May 2026
Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues
Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.
30 Apr 2026
Greek mountain snow cover halved in past four decades due to regional warming
The authors' research shows that Greece's highest mountains have lost half of their winter snow over the past four decades. Using a new model that reconstructs daily snow cover from satellite and climate data, they found a rapid and widespread decline driven mainly by rising temperatures. Please read more. 
30 Apr 2026
Greek mountain snow cover halved in past four decades due to regional warming
The authors' research shows that Greece's highest mountains have lost half of their winter snow over the past four decades. Using a new model that reconstructs daily snow cover from satellite and climate data, they found a rapid and widespread decline driven mainly by rising temperatures. Please read more.
11 Jun 2026
Thermal regime and geometry of a hanging glacier and its interaction with permafrost: the Pointes du Mourti, Swiss Alps
Ben Robson, James Irving, Florence Magnin, Ludovic Ravanel, Coline Mollaret, Ludovic Baron, André Revil, Jessy Richard, Jérémie Gentizon, and Christophe Lambiel
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2455,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2455, 2026
Preprint under review for TC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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11 Jun 2026
High Spatial and temporal 3D Sea Ice Thickness Reconstruction Using Seismic Waveform Inversion and Tomography
Hooshmand Zandi, Ludovic Métivier, Romain Brossier, Sebastien Kuchly, Vasco Zanchi, Nicolas Mokus, Véronique Dansereau, Antonin Eddi, Stéphane Perrard, Dany Dumont, and Ludovic Moreau
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2519,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2519, 2026
Preprint under review for TC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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11 Jun 2026
Brief communication: A landslide-induced winter outburst from a frozen glacial lake in the Central Himalaya
Qiao Liu, Yongsheng Yin, Jiawei Yang, Yunyi Luo, Xueyuan Lu, Hao Wang, Yin Fu, Bo Zhang, Qianqian Zheng, Dongyu Lei, Xin Wang, Shiyin Liu, Yong Nie, and Shichang Kang
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2674,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2674, 2026
Preprint under review for TC (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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Highlight articles
09 Jun 2026
The influence of ocean waves on Antarctic sea-ice albedo and seasonal melting, and potential coupled physical and biological feedbacks
Robert A. Massom, Phillip A. Reid, Stephen G. Warren, Bonnie Light, Donald K. Perovich, Luke G. Bennetts, Petteri Uotila, Siobhan P. O'Farrell, Michael H. Meylan, Klaus M. Meiners, Pat Wongpan, Alexander D. Fraser, Alessandro Toffoli, Giulio Passerotti, Peter G. Strutton, Sean M. T. Chua, and Melissa Fedrigo
The Cryosphere, 20, 3271–3298, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-3271-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-3271-2026, 2026
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27 Apr 2026
Review article: 30 years of airborne radar surveys on the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets by the Alfred Wegener Institute
Steven Franke, Daniel Steinhage, Veit Helm, Tobias Binder, Uwe Nixdorf, Heinrich Miller, Angelika Humbert, Daniela Jansen, Graeme Eagles, Hannes Eisermann, Wilfried Jokat, Antonia Ruppel, Reinhard Drews, Alexandra Zuhr, Amelie Driemel, Andreas Walter, Peter Konopatzky, Robin Heß, Antonie Haas, Roland Koppe, Pascal H. Andreas, and Olaf Eisen
The Cryosphere, 20, 2485–2530, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2485-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2485-2026, 2026
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13 Apr 2026
Results of the second Ice Shelf–Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (ISOMIP+)
Claire K. Yung, Xylar S. Asay-Davis, Alistair Adcroft, Christopher Y. S. Bull, Jan De Rydt, Michael S. Dinniman, Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi, Daniel Goldberg, David E. Gwyther, Robert Hallberg, Matthew Harrison, Tore Hattermann, David M. Holland, Denise Holland, Paul R. Holland, James R. Jordan, Nicolas C. Jourdain, Kazuya Kusahara, Gustavo Marques, Pierre Mathiot, Dimitris Menemenlis, Adele K. Morrison, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Olga Sergienko, Robin S. Smith, Alon Stern, Ralph Timmermann, and Qin Zhou
The Cryosphere, 20, 2053–2088, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2053-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2053-2026, 2026
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