Those are fireflies (UK). Glowworms don't fly.

Our colleague, Professor Bethan Davies has been invited to serve as a 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 for 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 for the next two years. Congratulations to Bethan (@iceybethan.bsky.social) on this well-deserved recognition!🎉

➡️𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳📝:
www.carbonbrief.org/introducing-...

I am honoured to join such an esteemed organisation as a contributing editor!

A Brief History of People Have Lost Their Sense of Humour

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👇 Job opportunity in Geography at Newcastle University @ncl-geography.bsky.social

🚨 Job alert! Areas of interest include geomorphology, catchment & river science.

NASA is losing one of the world’s best, most human and most visible climate scientists.

Photo of sea ice. Text overload on photos says "Beyond Doom and Gloom: Teaching & Learning about Climate Change as Polar Scientists. Join PSECCO for a discussion on strategies for empowering polar early career scientists to take positive action in the face of climate change on April 22, 2026, 8 am AKT | 10 am MT | 12 pm ET" The logo for PSECCO is on top of the image.

Join PSECCO and CIRES CEEE on April 22 for a webinar on climate mental health. Participants will walk away with ways to educate and empower others in the face of climate change. Register on the events page of the PSECCO website here: psecco.org/index.php/ou...

New review of surging glaciers in Svalbard!

I am pleased to share our new paper in which we review the current distribution of surging glaciers in Svalbard! Published in Earth Science Reviews, you can find the full paper here: The surging Borebreen in 2024. In this review, we analyse the methods…

I often tell little spur-of-the-moment jokes (rarely planned) during teaching, public speaking or conferences. They entertain me, if no one else

Glacier Loss in Alaska

🗣📢 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞: 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮
Our colleague, Professor Bethan Davies (@iceybethan.bsky.social) will be speaking at an upcoming webinar next week on glacier loss in Alaska.

🗓 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟯
🕕 𝟭𝟴:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟵:𝟯𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧
🖥️𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: futureearth.confetti.events/glacier-loss...

Climate change impacts on the Antarctic Peninsula have global consequences. Great write up of our research in EOS.

This is worth fighting for.

eos.org/articles/ant...

Antarctic Peninsula Faces Starkly Different Futures, Depending on Decisions Made Today - Eos A study reveals interconnected changes under three emissions pathways and describes the emerging challenges facing Antarctic fieldwork.

A new study shows how Antarctic Peninsula systems will be affected under different emissions scenarios. 🧪

Research led by @iceybethan.bsky.social from @ncl-geography.bsky.social with colleagues from @bas.ac.uk, @pml.ac.uk, and elsewhere. eos.org/articles/ant...

📣Our colleague, Professor 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀 (@iceybethan.bsky.social) will be speaking at an upcoming webinar on glacier loss in Alaska.

🗓 Monday, March 23
⏰ 18:00–19:30 CET
🔗 futureearth.confetti.events/glacier-loss...

Weatherwatch: how a warmer world and more rain could transform Antarctica Shrinking and faster-moving glaciers, weakened ice shelves and more icebergs would bring fundamental changes to landscape and wildlife

Nice little write up in the @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

the_thinking_great_ape You know what WON'T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz? Sunlight and solar panels. @nickofnz

Net zero is the answer to Middle East energy crisis, says Business Secretary

His comments came after the conflict in the Middle East sent the European gas price up 80pc and oil prices nearly 20pc as Iranian strikes on production facilities in the Gulf spooked markets.
buff.ly/K4XKbIf

Glacier Loss in Alaska

Alaskan glaciers are retreating faster than ever, threatening ecosystems, communities, and ways of life. ❄️

Join me and others for a webinar on glacier loss, tipping points, and cultural consequences in Alaska.

🗓 Monday, March 23
⏰ 18:00–19:30 CET
🔗 futureearth.confetti.events/glacier-loss...

Glacier Loss in Alaska

Please join us for a seminar hosted by the WCRP on tipping points in Alaskan glaciers, March 23rd:

futureearth.confetti.events/glacier-loss...

Two researchers in colorful winter gear work on snow-covered Antarctic terrain next to a red twin-propeller aircraft under a clear blue sky. Footprints lead through the snow toward a small equipment stand in the foreground.

Job alert! @northumbriauni.bsky.social is hiring a researcher to investigate tipping points in Antarctica's ice sheets – funded by ESA's Climate Change Initiative 🧊🌍

📍 Newcastle, UK | 14-month position
📅 Apply by 13 March 2026
🔗 work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...

It was exactly 4 years ago that we completed the work on the @ipcc.bsky.social AR6 WG 2 report. After an extended negotiations process for the Summary for Policy Makers, disrupted by the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the authors could finally exhale: new science for decision making was available.

Oooh look, a juicy new paper to settle down with and read with my morning tea.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The daffodils and crocuses are out. The greens won the by-election. Hope over hate.

Rain is coming to Antarctica – here’s how it will change the frozen continent In the Antarctic Peninsula, precipitation is increasingly falling as rain rather than snow, with consequences for glaciers, penguins and even scientists.

theconversation.com/rain-is-comi...

The hard road back from overshoot - Nature Climate Change As global temperatures move beyond 1.5 °C, overshoot now defines the landscape ahead, sharpening legal claims, exposing economic risks and revealing how far politics still trail the pace of change.

The idea that we can “overshoot now, fix later” is simplistic.

Overshoot relies on massive CDR, but temporary warming can trigger tipping points and long-lived changes: ice sheet loss, permafrost thaw, ecosystem shifts.

Cooling later doesn’t guarantee reversal.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Zambezi river flows under a road bridge

Sunset on the Zambezi

Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria falls)

Applications open for a 3-year Post Doc position in Leeds (UK) on the #UKRI funded Still Waters project. We are looking for #hydrology #geomorphology modelling skills to embed surface hydrology into #malaria models with fieldwork in Zambia. Pls contact me for more details: tinyurl.com/3356rt44

Ice Sheets of North America - AntarcticGlaciers.org During the Quaternary Period, North America was covered by three ice sheets: the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, Laurentide Ice Sheet and Innuitian Ice Sheet. During the last glacial cycle, these ice sheets we...

Delighted to announce a new section on #AntarcticGlaciers devoted to North American glaciation. Read here to find out about the Laurentide Ice Sheet and its Geomorphology, extent at the LGM and deglaciation.
www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacial-geol...

I am interested to know what the community view as the key objectives of IPY-5?

tipping points with global consequences, especially if we push above 2C. With recent attacks and roll backs globally on net zero plans, this next decade will be crucial if we are to achieve net zero by 2075 and have any hope of limiting warming to below 2C (i.e. following SSP1-2.6).

operational environment.

Training opportunities for early career scientists and a commitment to EDI are also likely to feature highly.

But what I would personally really like to see through the IPY-5 is a renewed emphasis on Net Zero, highlighting how the polar regions are vulnerable to ...