It’s been a bit of a crazy whirlwind this week as the long-awaited IMAX film Ancient Caves premiered at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Project leader Gina Moseley, who is the main protagonist in the film, was present for two premieres and a media screening. She also spent three afternoons signing autographs and chatting to […]
Read moreWelcome Anika!
We are very happy to welcome Anika Donner to the team. Anika will be undertaking a PhD on Early to Mid-Pleistocene climate change in Greenland using the speleothems we collected during the expedition in 2019.
Read moreGreenland Caves Project features in Greenpeace Magazine (2.20)
We’re delighted with the article ‘In icy holes at the end of the world’ that features in the February, 2020 issue of the German language Greenpeace Magazine.
Read morePh.D. Position available with the Greenland Caves Project
Mid-Pleistocene Climate Change in Greenland: A Speleothem-Based Approach Project Description The Arctic is predicted to experience some of the greatest climate and environmental changes in the next centuries as a result of continued warming, the consequences of which will be felt worldwide, for instance through rising sea-levels or changes to Northern Hemisphere weather systems. Improving […]
Read more2019 Expedition to Northeast Greenland
Note: this post is a repeat of the page ‘2019 Expedition Summary’ Summary: An interdisciplinary team comprising researchers from the Universities of Innsbruck, Akron, Oxford, and Sheffield has recently returned from a successful expedition to a remote area of Northeast Greenland located at 80°N. The expedition, which was funded through an FWF Start Prize to […]
Read moreInaugural Lecture
Gina Moseley gave her inaugural lecture titled ‘Lessons from the Past’ alongside Ivana Stiperski from the Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences during a celebratory evening at the University of Innsbruck. The professorship is funded by CEO and CTO, Ingeborg Hochmair, of the medical device company MED-EL. Gina would like to thank Dr. Hochmair for […]
Read moreNew short documentary film from the University of Innsbruck
Start Project Begins
Today marks the beginning of the 6-year 1.2 million euro funded FWF Start project. We thank everyone who has supported us on this journey so far, without you we certainly wouldn’t be where we are today. The next six years will be challenging but exciting, and we are very much looking forward to unravelling the […]
Read moreFeatured in GEES Bulletin
In 2005, project leader Gina Moseley graduated from the University of Birmingham, School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences, which is where she first developed a love for cave research. Professor Ian Fairchild passed on the good news about Gina’s career since then, culminating to date with the Ingeborg Hochmair Chair at the University of […]
Read moreChapter published in new book
Project leader Dr. Gina Moseley’s creative essay on caves in Greenland has been chosen for publication in a new book Cornerstones, Subterranean writings edited by Mark Smalley. The essay originally featured as a radio program on BBC Radio 3 on Mon 7th August, 2017. To hear the broadcast visit here. Description of the book Stories […]
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