FirnMelt Synergy ❄️💧

@firnmelt.bsky.social

FirnMelt Synergy is funded by the European Research Council to study the Greenland Ice Sheet’s reaction to increasing surface melt across its vast firn plateau. Follow our scientific outputs, position advertisements, and other project updates right here. 👇

We are looking for a PhD student to join our FirnMelt team on the topic of "Radar glaciology and firn hydrology of the Greenland Ice Sheet". This position is based in Copenhagen (GEUS/DTU) and the call closes 14 October 2026. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

PhD position in radar glaciology and Greenland Ice Sheet firn hydrology

Would you like to investigate how Greenland's firn has changed over the past 25 years using airborne radar? About the position This PhD project will use airborn

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William Colgan@glacierbytes.bsky.social · last mo.

Our @firnmelt.bsky.social team is looking for a PhD Student to use airborne radar to assess changes in the near-surface firn of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The position is based in Copenhagen, at GEUS (@anja-ruti.bsky.social) and affiliated with DTU (@louisesandbergs.bsky.social).

Here's the FirnMelt team at our first annual co-location meeting, held in Copenhagen, DK, on March 26-27. It was a great opportunity to meet some new members of the team, as well as start to translate our work packages from ’theory’ into ’practice’.

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FirnMelt Synergy is hiring a four-year project coordinator role with a focus on ice-sheet logistics. The position is based at the Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland (Copenhagen, DK). Position call (closes 8 January 2026): candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

William Colgan@glacierbytes.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Yes! @icymatters.bsky.social and I are seeking a project coordinator for using highly specialized vehicles on the Greenland ice sheet! It's a four-year position across two projects: 'Seis-Sustain' funded by the @novo-nordisk.bsky.social and 'FirnMelt' funded by @erc.europa.eu.

We're very delighted to welcome our ERC Synergy project — "FirnMelt: Greenland’s Melting Firn and Ice Sheet Response" — into the world! Photo: PIs William Colgan (GEUS), Horst Machguth (U. Fribourg), Angelika Humbert (AWI) & Michiel van den Broeke (Utrecht U.) from left to right.

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