River Ecosystems Laboratory @EPFL

The RIVER Lab at EPFL hires a postdoc to work on ice algae in Greenland, likely also Antarctica. This is a great opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary team with colleagues at EPFL, Aarhus University and DTU.

Microbial mats promote surface water retention in proglacial streams Abstract. The retreat of glaciers opens up large proglacial areas which become available for colonization and primary succession. Yet, factors that contribute to habitability during early succession i...

Jonas's wonderful paper on benthic biofilms and hydrodynamics out in hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/... now. Congratulations, dear Jonas!!

China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

“High-mountain biogeochemistry and hydrology in a changing world”. Join our session BG1.12 / HS13 at EGU 2026 (3 – 8 May 2026, Vienna, Austria) to share your work in high-mountain systems.

Postdoc vacancy: Microbial dormancy in the cryosphere
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🧬 Single cell microbial activity measurements, flow cytometry, cell sorting, omics, ecological interpretation

☀️ Marseille, France
‼️ Apply ASAP & before 7 Nov
Link: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Great to see this paper being published. The diatoms that grow on Africa's roof. Great work, dear Hristina and Tyler @@depecocu.bsky.social‬!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Glacier influence shapes the genomic architecture of the downstream aquatic microbiome Abstract. The factors and processes that shape microbial genomes and determine the success of microbes in different environments have long attracted scient

@riverepfl.bsky.social‬ New paper on the Vanishing Glaciers Project out in academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a.... Last of an amazing series that @massb23.bsky.social‬ led! Bravo again, dear Massimo!!

Un grand merci à @alpinemag.bsky.social & @zchrf.bsky.social pour avoir mis en lumière les travaux du projet collaboratif Vanishing Glaciers - @riverepfl.bsky.social. Pensées pour nos collaborateurs, porteurs et guides qui ont permis à ces expeditions de voir le jour.

The Glacier Stewardship Program YouTube video by The Glacier Stewardship Program

The #GlacierStewardshipProgram presented at the #WorldGlacierDay. Curious? Get the full story here youtu.be/DCPIclaiMCs.
Still curious? Contact gsp@epfl.ch

So great to see this being published, dear Giulia!! Thanks so much.

Glaciers are not just blocks of ice — plans to save them mustn’t overlook their hidden life As glaciers begin to disappear, technological fixes to slow or halt ice melt are emerging. But regulations are urgently required before these fixes are used widely.

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@arwynedwards.bsky.social Comment on technical interventions to reduce glacier melt published now. Thanks all!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Celebrating World Day of Glaciers and their importance for our freshwater supply 💧

David Touchette explains in this #FEMSmicroBlog how microbes and their biofilms impact water quality while they respond to climate-induced changes. #MicrobiologyEvents

Fonte des glaciers : une diversité biologique invisible menacée Avec la disparition progressive des glaciers sous l’effet du changement climatique, c’est bien plus que de l’eau qui disparaît. Rivières et ruisseaux alimentés par l’eau de fonte nourrissent une diver...

Right in time for the UN International Glacier Day: nice contribution on the latest findings from the Vanishing Glaciers Project by @layeb.bsky.social & @riverepfl.bsky.social in theconversation.com/fonte-des-gl...

‘Europe needs an independent foreign policy’: Professor Jeffrey Sachs at European Parliament YouTube video by ThePrint

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I consider sharing the link to Prof. Sachs brilliant speech at the European Parliament as a moral obligation. Please, listen to it carefully and distribute it further. Thank you.
youtu.be/u4c-YRPXDoM?...

@riverepfl.bsky.social is seeking postdocs performing research on mountain stream biogeochemistry. Please, see advertisement below.

Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome - Nature Communications Little is known about how climate change impacts glacier-fed streams (GFSs) microbiomes. Here, using a modelling framework based on global GFS metagenomic, climatic and environmental data the authors ...

Predicting the future of glacier-fed streams and their microbiome by @riverepfl.bsky.social, @layeb.bsky.social, @susheelbusi.bsky.social and friends in www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Well, well done dear Massimo!!!

...quite some work today 😀. Yet another great piece from the @riverepfl.bsky.social Vanishing Glaciers Project, by Aileen , @susheelbusi.bsky.social @layeb.bsky.social and many others. A fresh look on the BGCs in glacier-fed streams. Well done, Aileen👋!

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Experimental evidence on the impact of climate-induced hydrological and thermal variations on glacier-fed stream biofilms Abstract. Climate change is predicted to alter the hydrological and thermal regimes of high-mountain streams, particularly glacier-fed streams. However, re

...and David's paper on climate change impacts on mountain stream biofilms out in FEMS Microbial Ecology. A unique experiment by a unique @riverepfl.bsky.social team. First findings from our @snsf-ch.bsky.social SENTINEL project. Congrats all!!
academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

Synchrony dynamics of dissolved organic carbon in high‐mountain streams: Insights into scale‐dependent processes In high-mountain landscapes, organic carbon (OC) is often limited and heterogeneously stored in poorly developed soils, snow, ground ice, and glaciers. Climate change influences the dynamics of OC mo....

What a start into the New Year👋! Yet another very cool METALP paper out - by Luis and Nic! New insights into synchronicity of DOC in high-mountain streams. Great conceptual thinking, stats and lots and lots of sensor data.....Enjoy!
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Mapping the metagenomic diversity of the multi-kingdom glacier-fed stream microbiome - Nature Microbiology Thousands of metagenome-assembled genomes from the Vanishing Glaciers project showcase the interactions between prokaryotes, algae, fungi and viruses in glacier-fed stream environments.

...more from the Vanishing Glaciers project, also with @susheelbusi.bsky.social @layeb.bsky.social: Greg's awesome metagenomic insights into the glacier-fed stream microbiome are out now. What a bewildering biofilm mode of life up there☺️! Well done all!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams - Nature Leveraging metabarcoding and metagenomics, a survey of bacteria in the benthic microbiome across 152 glacier-fed streams (GFSs) provides a global reference for future climate-change microbiology studi...

New insights into the microbiome of the world's glacier-fed streams. Amazing work by @layeb.bsky.social and @susheelbusi.bsky.social and many others! Thanks all friends and colleagues around the globe! Also the great Nomis Foundation for continuous support!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...