Research on the cryosphere has a long history of excluding promising scientists and knowledgeable stakeholders. The cryosphere is a key part of the earth system currently undergoing an “all hands on deck” crisis due to climate change, and yet many have not been able to contribute to our efforts to understand or adapt to this crisis, based on gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, disabilities, or other barriers to entry. This lack of diversity decreases the size of the potential workforce and limits the scope of innovative research. This session will focus on barriers to inclusion in the cryospheric sciences that continue to persist, and on recent efforts to attract diverse voices into the discipline and enable them to be heard and empowered. We welcome primary research into diversity and inclusion in the cryospheric sciences, case studies that have demonstrated success in increasing diversity, and commentary on foci for future efforts.

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