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The Ice Memory Foundation aims to collect, save, and manage ice cores from selected glaciers in danger of degradation or disappearance, with a view to preserving the information they contain for decades and centuries to come. Safeguarding these ice cores is key to providing scientific advances: the knowledge on past climate and environment history obtained through the ice cores will continue to guide policy decisions that will ultimately contribute to the well-being of humanity.
- Jeopardized by the ice melting and global warming
- Along with the valuable information they contain by sampling
- A dedicated sanctuary that will allow this raw material to be preserved in the best conditions
- To pass on this heritage of ice cores to future generations
News
- Celebration of the First World Day for Glaciers at UNESCOOn the March 20th & 21st, 2025, the Ice Memory Foundation engages with the glaciers’ community, including colleagues who are standing up for water resources and the human, socio-economics impacts of the melting glaciers....Find out more
- The Ice Memory Foundation takes part and supports the International Year of Glaciers’ PreservationHere we go! The Ice Memory Foundation took part in the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025 Opening Ceremony on January 21st in Geneva. This high-level event was co-organized by the World Meteorological Orga...Find out more
- Storage of the Ice Memory heritage ice cores in Antarctica officially approved by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting ATCMAs the 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) concluded on May 30th, 2024 in Kochi, Kerala (India), a very important milestone has been reached by the Ice Memory Foundation. Indeed, storing heritage ice cores ...Find out more
- [Exhibition] Ice Memory hosted by The Maison Française, Embassy of France in the United StatesMay 2024Dive into Ice Memory Foundation new photo exhibition that was hosted by The Maison Française, Embassy of France in the US and France Science in Washington DC.Find out more
7
founders
9
drilling operations
10
countries involved
18,000
years of climate and environmental history from the Andes
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Testimonial
Claude Lorius, French glaciologist and glacier drilling pioneer
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Founders
The Ice Memory Foundation, under the auspices of the UGA Foundation, has been created on Jan 18th, 2021 by 7 founding partners.
