Climate‐linked evolution and genetics in a warming Arctic - Rivkin - 2026 - Ecological Monographs - Wiley Online Library esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Congrats to our multitalented PhD Student Asia Kasier for her category award in Science’s 2026 ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest! 🐝 🧪 🌎 ... and to a wonderful supporting cast!

How do microbes help build new soils on land freshly uncovered by shrinking glaciers? ❄️🦠🔬🧬🐻‍❄️🌡️ We found tiny colonies of microbes on sediment patches near Svalbard’s retreating glaciers, and studied how they kickstart life in these harsh, fast-changing landscapes doi.org/10.1093/fems...

glad so many of you *like* the 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 having lunch 🙂 but don't miss the recent work of beryl rapaport et al. on another amoeba, 🔥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 🔥dancing at 63°C on STC 👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...

US scientists push back as Trump eyes Greenland An open letter organized by US-based researchers who work in Greenland opposes any takeover of the territory. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A deeper than usual dive into Svalbard's evolving geopolitical landscape, as the power grab in Arctic territories intensifies @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/w...

1000+ students at fuck ICE rally at CU Boulder this afternoon.

Fucking RIP Robert Redford!!!!!!!

Wetlands as water filters A new study shows European wetlands remove over 1 million tonnes of nitrogen each year. Targeted wetland restoration could cut pollution to seas by up to 36% while aiding biodiversity and climate goals. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44... #SciComm 🧪 #Wetlands

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Arctic winter is changing fast. In February 2025, #Svalbard saw rain, thawing tundra, and pooling meltwater. The comment by Bradley and co-authors shows how winter #warming is reshaping #polar ecosystems—and why this is the new #Arctic.

July/Aug 2025. We were lucky to get numerous boat rides to our research site at Midtre Lovénbreen from Iain Rudkin at the NERC station. Adam Solon and Iain pictured + flight taking off from Ny-Ålesund to Longyearbyen. #Ny-Alesund #meltingglacier #polarcirkel #higharctic

2025 research at Finse Research Station, Norway. The great conservationist Sigmund Hagvar came out of retirement to help us 1. View from station 2. Sigmund at the glacier 3. Early successional beetle 4 Charlie, Rachel and Sigmund #meltingglaciers #finse #fieldstation #climateaction #glacierbeetles

With SUN SPEARS team Steve Schmidt @microbemac.bsky.social Adam Solon & others. Grateful always to @ukarcticstation.bsky.social @ukarcticoffice.bsky.social Norwegian Polar Institute & NERC & NSF funding

College student discovers mysterious fungus that eluded LSD’s inventor #fungifriend #fungus www.popsci.com/environment/...

Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis, threatening ecosystems, agriculture and water sources www.theguardian.com/environment/... #FBR #FBPE #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #savetheplanet #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

"In daily life I meet people who ask me if the Arctic is actually changing," says Iain Rudkin, Arctic Operations Manager for the British Antarctic Survey. "I wish they could see how much it's lost so quickly." www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Some pics of our August 2024 trip to Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. 1. Rachel working. 2. Rachel and Adam, site 1 3. baby BSCs!! 4. Austre Brøggerbreen. #glaciermelting #nyålesund #biologicalsoilcrust #soilcrust #nostoc #thermokarst #permafrost #globalwarming #svalbardlife #astrobiology #climateaction

It's International Year of Glacier Preservation and the inaugural World Glacier Day. But why should we preserve these glaciers? from.ncl.ac.uk/why-should-w....

How communal pooping by Vicuñas is enhancing ecosystem succession following glacial retreat in the High-Andes of Peru. rdcu.be/edT9q photo: Kelsey Reider

The idea of renaming "Greenland" to "Red, White and Blueland" must have come from our 2020 Science paper where we (Ben Smith and 14 others) used NASA's ICESat and ICESat-2 laser altimetry to show how much the ice sheet surface went up or down in 16 years.