The Cryosphere
Scientific journal
The Cryosphere is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on all aspects of frozen water and ground (especially glaciers) on Earth and on other planetary bodies. It was established in 2007 and is published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. The editors-in-chief are Chris Derksen (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Olaf Eisen (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research), Christian Haas (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research), Christian Hauck (University of Fribourg), Nanna Bjørnholt Karlsson (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) and Thomas Mölg (University of Erlangen–Nuremberg). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.4.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2313055. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007 and 2023.
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This entry incorporates text from “The Cryosphere” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.