Welcome to the Ice Climate Group at the University of Washington. We are a group of scientists who are passionate about polar science in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. We use in situ and satellite observations, data assimiliation techniques, and forecasting and climate models to study polar climate, weather, sea ice, and oceans, and the interactions between all parts of the cryosphere.

Group News

  • Autumn Quarter 2021: Zac Espinosa joins the group as a new graduate student. Vince Cooper, submits paper and goes to the Arctic's Beaufort Sea. Cecilia Bitz gives Brittain Lectures at Whitman College. Molly Wieringa, Zac Espinosa, and Robin Clancy gives talks at AGU!


  • Summer Quarter 2021: Nils Hutter joins the group as a new postdoc. Marie McGraw, submits paper.


  • Spring Quarter 2021: Andrew Pauling passes his general exam! Well done Andrew! Andrew Pauling does internship at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence.


  • Winter Quarter 2021: Jun Zhai, Andrew Pauling, Ed BW and Robin Clancy submit papers. Cecilia Bitz gives seminars at Caltech and the University of Hawai'i. Lettie Roach gives seminars at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Hawai'i.


  • Autumn Quarter 2020: We welcome first-year Ph.D. student Ellen Koukel to the group! Robin Clancy passes his general exam! Well done Robin! Many group members present at the online AGU Fall Meeting.


  • Summer Quarter 2020: Maddie Smith participates in Arctic fieldwork on MOSAiC.


  • Spring Quarter 2020: Cecilia Bitz and Ed Blanchard-Wrigglesworth receive an EarthLab Innovation Grant to study hazard planning, food sovereignty and climate adaptation in the Alaskan Arctic. Read more. Vince Cooper receives the Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. Way to go Vince! Lettie Roach leads a publication evaluating Antarctic sea ice in the new generation of coupled climate models. Read more. Katie Brennan is one of two ATMS graduate students recognized for her work on creating a more inclusive graduate school experience. Thanks for your hard work, Katie! Read more.