Ice Where It’s Needed Most
Our efforts at Bright Ice are intentionally localized. Working on a small scale, one community at a time, together we determine the areas where applying bright, reflective materials, such as microspheres, could have maximum reflective impact. Our goal is to enhance the resilience of communities under the greatest threat of flooding and other climate-related devastation and ultimately, to make a positive difference in the world.
We work in locations where we are invited and in partnership with local authorities. Following the Oxford Principles, we actively seek to establish collaborations for co-development with Indigenous and local scientific communities who have expertise in the terrains being proposed as sites.
Chhota Shigri Glacier and Beyond

(a) Outline of Chhota Shigri Glacier shown in red on Google Earth image. Blue lines indicate the five transverse sections that were manually digitized on GPR cross sections (1-5). Yellow lines indicate 300 m of de-glaciated valley sidewalls on either end of the glacier transects. The purple line indicates the extent between the current snout position and the assumed previous snout position (∼1400 m from the current snout). (b) The extent between the current snout position and the assumed previous snout position is shown at a higher zoom level by zooming in on the Google Earth image shown in (a).