Cryospheric Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)

The Cryospheric Commission (CC) monitoring networks was founded in 1893 as the glacier commission and is integrated within the Swiss Academy of Science (SCNAT) more precise within the Platform Geosciences. In relation to the changes caused by the incipient climate change it is the Commission’s task to observe the changes of the alpine cryosphere*. Furthermore it is in charge of the supervision of all long-term national cryospheric monitoring networks. The commission works in close cooperation with the Swiss Snow, Ice and Permafrost Society (SIP).