Buried ice features, including the rock glacier to debris-covered glacier continuum, have been increasingly recognized for their significance in high-mountain ecosystems. Due to their higher resilience to climate change than clean ice, they will be key future water sources. Additionally, some surface ice may be buried and preserved as climate change progresses. As a community, we lack fundamental knowledge about the formation, preservation, mechanics, and impacts on biological systems of these features. The goal of this session is to work towards creating a holistic view of buried ice in cryospheres and its influences on local and downstream environments through an interdisciplinary session. We welcome presentations on scientific results or equipment development targeting buried ice in terrestrial and other planetary environments, such as debris and ice thickness, sub-debris hydrology, water resource management, glacial geochemistry, biology, and buried ice features as planetary analogs and astrobiology studies.

• C - Cryosphere
• NS - Near Surface Geophysics
• P - Planetary Sciences