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Welcome – Samuel Nussbaumer's Website

I am a scientist with the World Glacier Monitoring Service and the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich. I finished my PhD thesis in the Climatology and Meteorology Research Group (KLIMET) at the University of Bern in May 2010.

My research has focused on (global) climate change and its impact, particularly on historical / Holocene glacier variations in Europe (Alps, Scandinavia) and southern South America and their connection to climate. I have also been involved and I am interested in international glacier monitoring and sustainable mountain development and global change and related outreach and teaching activities.

Two Alpine glaciers with very rich historical documentation: Mer de Glace (photo H. J. Zumbühl, 1985), Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher (detail painting C. Wolf, 1774–77, photos S. Nussbaumer, 2006, E. Edwards, before 1866).

News:	•	International Mountain Conference 2025 (20.02.2025): Innsbruck, Austria, 14–18 September 2025 Session FS 3.201: Treasures from the past: using archival information to quantify environmental change in mountains
	•	Siebte Schweizerische Geschichtstage (20.02.2025): 8. bis 11. Juli 2025, Universität Luzern (Un-)Sichtbare Gletscher. Gletscherbilder als Fenster zur Vergangenheit und Zukunft für die Klima- und Tourismusgeschichte
	•	GlaMBIE paper published! (19.02.2025): The GlaMBIE Team (2025): Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023. Nature Link to paper
	•	2025 International Year of Glaciers' Preservation (21.01.2025): Information and resources World Day for Glaciers (21 March) UN Decade of Action for Cryospheric Science 2025–2034
	•	More: click here

Header: Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier in mainland Europe (S. Nussbaumer, 2006).