08.05.2020Insight into the WGMS

Using rubber boots and rain gauge instead of ice axe and down jacket for glacier monitoring? Getting to know the later husband on a glacier? Gain insight into the work of the national correspondents of WGMS in 23 videos!

The World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) compiles and disseminates standardized data on glacier fluctuations for more than a century. To this end, the WGMS annually collects glacier data through its scientific collaboration network that is active in more than 40 countries from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan. The national correspondents coordinate the glacier monitoring in their respective country.

Video messages from the national correspondents

List of national correspondents

Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, on behalf of the WGMS team