We are delighted to announce that our project leader, Prof. Gina Moseley, has been named as a 2021 Laureate of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise. The Rolex Awards were established 45 years ago to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rolex Oyster, the world’s first waterproof wristwatch. The Awards received so much interest that Rolex […]
Read morePaper in Science Advances!
In 2015 the first Greenland Caves Project expedition to northeast Greenland took place. The caves had been discovered in 1960 as part of US Army Cold War activities in the Arctic. One of these caves was reported to contain a calcite flowstone deposit that could potentially provide important information about how this region responds in […]
Read more2019 Expedition Report Published
We’re really pleased to announce that our 2019 expedition report has been published as a thematic issue of the British Cave Research Association journal Cave and Karst Science (vol. 47 (2)). The report is available as an open-access free download from here and includes the following: Moseley, G.E. Guest Editorial. Cave and Karst Science 47, […]
Read moreThe 2019 Greenland samples are now in preparation
We have cut open the first of the samples and begun polishing them using a Jean Wirtz TG 250 grinding and polishing machine. The increasing grit grades removes cut lines and creates a smooth finish that brings out the internal structure and lamination of the samples. Some of the samples have now also undergone drilling […]
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 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 […]
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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 […]
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