Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-97-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-97-2019
Review article
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16 Apr 2019
Review article |  | 16 Apr 2019

IACS: past, present, and future of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences

Ian Allison, Charles Fierz, Regine Hock, Andrew Mackintosh, Georg Kaser, and Samuel U. Nussbaumer

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The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) became the eighth and most recent association of IUGG in July 2007. IACS was launched in recognition of the importance of the cryosphere, particularly at a time of significant global change. The forbears of IACS, however, start with the 1894 Commission Internationale des Glaciers (CIG). This paper traces the transition from CIG to IACS; scientific objectives that drove activities and changes, and key events and individuals involved.