Goodbye Glaciers!? – A hiking signpost project to raise glacier loss awareness

Abstract ID: 28.7273
|Review Result Accepted as Poster
|Abstract registered Abstract is registered
| 2025-02-27 13:00 - 14:30
|Presentation Location TBA
Schmitt, P.
Schuster, L. (1); Fischer, A. (1); Juen, I. (1); and Gurgiser, W. (1)
(1) University of Innsbruck, Austria
How to cite: Schmitt, P.; Schuster, L.; Fischer, A.; Juen, I.; and Gurgiser, W.: Goodbye Glaciers!? - A hiking signpost project to raise glacier loss awareness, International Mountain Conference 2025, Innsbruck, Sep 14 - 18 2025, #AGM28-28.7273, 2025.
Categories: Climate Change, Modelling
Keywords: Outreach, Future projections, Regional glacier modelling, Education
Categories: Climate Change, Modelling
Keywords: Outreach, Future projections, Regional glacier modelling, Education
Abstract
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Inspired by the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025, the “Goodbye Glaciers?!” project plans to place signposts across Europe or even beyond — from cities to mountains — pointing to glaciers and showing the year they might be mostly gone if current climate policies continue. Each signpost has a QR code that links to an individual website for each glacier. 3D animations give an impression, how the glaciers might look like in the future under 1.5°C and 2.7°C global warming. While many glaciers in Central Europe may be lost, reducing emissions could still save a large amount of glacier ice worldwide which is a key message we want to spread. The website can be reached at https://goodbye-glaciers.info/ and the first signpost is presented to the public at the AGM. We will share more details and behind-the-scenes information through our poster.