
Digital Learning Environments
Here you will find access to the virtual learning environment about glaciers and their phenomena.
Download the English booklet on the glacier walk in Norway.
Download the norwegian booklet on the glacier walk in Norway.
References and Publications
Dos Santos, E. C., de Mendonça Silva, J. C., & Duarte, H. A. (2016). Pyrite Oxidation Mechanism by Oxygen in Aqueous Medium. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(5), 2760–2768. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10949
Duit, R., Gropengießer, H., Kattmann, U., Komorek, M., & Parchmann, I. (2012). The Model of Educational Reconstruction – a Framework for Improving Teaching and Learning Science1. In D. Jorde & J. Dillon (Hrsg.), Science Education Research and Practice in Europe (S. 13–37). SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-900-8_2
Feng, L., An, Y., Xu, J., Kellerman, A. M., Chacón Patiño, M. L., & Spencer, R. G. M. (2021). Molecular Insights into Glacial Cryoconite Dissolved Organic Matter Evolution under Dark Conditions during the Ablation Season on the Tibetan Plateau. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 5(4), 870–879. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00361
Gielstra, D., Moorman, L., Kelly, J., Schulze, U., Resler, L. M., Cerveny, N. V., Gielstra, J., Bryant, A., Ramsey, S., & Butler, D. R. (2024). Designing Virtual Pathways for Exploring Glacial Landscapes of Glacier National Park, Montana, USA for Physical Geography Education. Education Sciences, 14(3), 272. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14030272
Hawkings, J. R., Linhoff, B. S., Wadham, J. L., Stibal, M., Lamborg, C. H., Carling, G. T., Lamarche-Gagnon, G., Kohler, T. J., Ward, R., Hendry, K. R., Falteisek, L., Kellerman, A. M., Cameron, K. A., Hatton, J. E., Tingey, S., Holt, A. D., Vinšová, P., Hofer, S., Bulínová, M., … Spencer, R. G. M. (2021). Large subglacial source of mercury from the southwestern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Nature Geoscience, 14(7), 496–502. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00753-w
Kelly, J., Gielstra, D., Moorman, L., Schulze, U., Cerveny, N. V., Gielstra, J., Swihart, R. J., Ramsey, S., Oberding, T. J., Butler, D. R., & Guerrero, K. (2024). Crafting Glacial Narratives: Virtual Exploration of Alpine Glacial and Periglacial Features in Preston Park, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Glacies, 1(1), 57–79. https://doi.org/10.3390/glacies1010005
McKenney, S., & Reeves, T. C. (2019). Conducting educational design research (Second edition). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315105642
Michavila, S., Encina, A., Frey, C., & Álvarez, R. (2022). Histological description of Saxifraga paniculata leaves with special focus on structures that release CaCO3. Plant Biosystems – An International Journal Dealing with All Aspects of Plant Biology, 156(2), 497–505. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2021.1887954
Rozwalak, P., Podkowa, P., Buda, J., Niedzielski, P., Kawecki, S., Ambrosini, R., Azzoni, R. S., Baccolo, G., Ceballos, J. L., Cook, J., Di Mauro, B., Ficetola, G. F., Franzetti, A., Ignatiuk, D., Klimaszyk, P., Łokas, E., Ono, M., Parnikoza, I., Pietryka, M., … Zawierucha, K. (2022). Cryoconite – From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier’s surfaces. Science of The Total Environment, 807, 150874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150874
Snæbjörnsdóttir, S. Ó., Sigfússon, B., Marieni, C., Goldberg, D., Gislason, S. R., & Oelkers, E. H. (2020). Carbon dioxide storage through mineral carbonation. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 1(2), 90–102. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-019-0011-8
St. Pierre, K. A., St. Louis, V. L., Schiff, S. L., Lehnherr, I., Dainard, P. G., Gardner, A. S., Aukes, P. J. K., & Sharp, M. J. (2019). Proglacial freshwaters are significant and previously unrecognized sinks of atmospheric CO2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(36), 17690–17695. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1904241116
Sobel, D. (with Orion Society). (2005). Place-based education: Connecting classrooms & communities (5th printing). Orion Society.
Usher, C. R., Cleveland, C. A., Strongin, D. R., & Schoonen, M. A. (2004). Origin of Oxygen in Sulfate during Pyrite Oxidation with Water and Dissolved Oxygen: An In Situ Horizontal Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy Isotope Study. Environmental Science & Technology, 38(21), 5604–5606. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0494003
Yallop, M. L., Anesio, A. M., Perkins, R. G., Cook, J., Telling, J., Fagan, D., MacFarlane, J., Stibal, M., Barker, G., Bellas, C., Hodson, A., Tranter, M., Wadham, J., & Roberts, N. W. (2012). Photophysiology and albedo-changing potential of the ice algal community on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. The ISME Journal, 6(12), 2302–2313. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2012.107
Publications:
Masterthesis:
Contact:
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Philpp Spitzer
University of Graz
Center for Chemistry Education
Austria
Jan Höper
The Arctic University Tromsø
Department for Science Education
Norway

Future Lab als Teil von GlacierXperience
Here you will find experiments on chemical weathering and carbon capture.