📻🎙️I’ll be on BBC 5 Live just after 13:30 today talking to Naga Munchetty and Chris Smith about the recent reversal in fortunes of glaciers in the Pamir Mountains as reported in this recent paper: lnkd.in/evhZ3nvj and this New Scientist article: lnkd.in/e6Qk_kJH

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How could you not love geomorphology? 🏔️🧊🤍 Here's a perfect alpine glacier forefield, featuring: - the 1980s moraine (last glacier advance), - the 1920s/1890s doublet-that crosscuts-meaning fairly similar extents - the LIA maxima, with 1850 in violet. (length along flowline ~900 m) 📷 LiDAR HD IGN

Who wants to see how 81 different census variables correlate with this May's local election results? Of course you do: www.datawrapper.de/_/avuui/?v=4

Some useful public speaking tips from Freud here.

You can still join us on Wednesday for our annual Bert Bolin Climate Lecture! It's our pleasure to have Dr. Valérie Masson-Delmotte (@valmasdel.bsky.social) as our lecturer this year — sharing her experience as a paleoclimatologist. Registration is open until the day of! 🔗: bit.ly/BertBolinCli...

Greater Manchester Police has found "no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting" in the Gorton and Denton by-election, after Reform made a complaint over alleged "family voting" The investigation looked at potential offences under the Representation of the People Act

I'll be talking about glacier surges online tomorrow (25th March) at 8pm (London time) as part of the @igsoc.bsky.social Global Seminar Series. Please do come along! www.igsoc.org/event/igs-gl...

Out coring for past sea level and GLOFs! We found this unit of graded gravel and sand with erosive boundaries, between a lacustrine gyttja (top) and a silty suspension sediment (bottom) 🤤 No idea what it is, yet ... Down = down core.

One century of anthropogenic melting of Glacier Blanc, southern French Alps (Ecrins massif)! 🧊🔥 📷 Source: RTM / ONF and Ecrins National Park

Who doesn’t love seeing a supraglacial channel in winter? The ice shapes are amazing — frozen flows, bright blues, and patterns that show how glaciers move and melt. Nature at its coolest. #Glacier #Science #Glaciology

At last...new paper with Kathryn Adamson, @glaciologytim.bsky.social, Phil Hughes, and Derek Fabel and Delia Gheorgiu at @isotopesuk.bsky.social - thanks, everyone! 36Cl dates from the Irish Midlands, plus some geomorphology to complicate things. doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...

As a public service, I thought I'd offer a little constructive criticism of the most popular styles of bike racks, since it appears that the entities that manufacture and install these racks are clueless about the needs of actual bike riders.

Hannah Spencer walking into Westminster, sucking her teeth, tutting, and muttering "tell you what, you've had some cowboys in here."

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...

Our new paper on the future of the Antarctic Peninsula published today, showing how the various systems across the Peninsula will be impacted by different global warming scenarios. www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

Sediment Transport by Greenland Icebergs (ice-rafted debris) contribute about 1/3 of the Greenland's total sediment output. See research by Ethan Pierce, Dartmouth and Irina Overeem, CU, Boulder published in Nature Communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.colorado.edu/instaar/2026...

Like #surgingglaciers or #Svalbard ? Then check out our new review paper in #EarthScienceReviews #Openaccess doi.org/10.1016/j.ea... @willharcourt.bsky.social

..and if you are interested in new mapping of aqueous and terrestrial ice margin positions of the last Scandinavian Ice Sheet then Dulfer et al in 'Geomorphology' has just landed. Again, data galore for comparsion with ice sheet modelling

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @iceybethan.bsky.social @owenking.bsky.social @climatom.bsky.social

Sharing these three-year early career fellowships at Durham University, UK. Open to all nationalities and disciplines. I was lucky to have a senior fellowship here many years ago and had a very positive experience. Details are below: www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...

❄️ 💧 New paper out in @igsoc.bsky.social Journal of Glaciology: "Monitoring glacier evolution and assessing glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) susceptibility in the Bolivian Andes" lnkd.in/e2tWUXeu #glaciers #climatechange #climate #andes #glofs #Bolivia (1/2)

New paper! I took a diversion to Earth and reconstructed the flow evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet. doi.org/10.1111/bor.... A privilege to work on this epic w/ @annalchughes.bsky.social, Helen Dulfer, @jeremyely.bsky.social, @chrisdclark.bsky.social @bmboyes.bsky.social & all co-authors!

It’s all kicking off in Brighton for the QRA Annual Discussion Meeting !! #QRA2026ADM ECR and mid career workshops are underway. Main conference starts sharp at 13.45 with our first scientific session @quaternaryra.bsky.social

Shaking off the cobwebs from the festive season, assembling slides and photographs, ready to try to talk some science @quaternaryra.bsky.social in Brighton on Monday @uniofbrighton.bsky.social

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

CONGRATULATIONS to @geogdurham.bsky.social's own Dave Roberts and Colm O'Cofaigh who have both been awarded the prestigious Polar Medal by the King in the 2026 New Year's Honours List. Such a well-deserved achievement for two excellent colleagues! ❄️🍾🥂 durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/p...

Raindrops can bounce and then roll down a slope, picking up sand as they go. The sand-covered balls transport up to 100 times more sediment downhill than drops that don’t roll, a fact that could help make more realistic computer models of soil erosion and land change. https://scim.ag/4p7ghBE

New research from @daveroberts2026.bsky.social reveals how ocean warming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. It offers vital clues for understanding its modern-day vulnerability. Read more: ➡️ brnw.ch/21wYqW6 @newcastleuni.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social

22-month postdoctoral position in the Durham Geography department working on Alaska paleogeodesy as part of NERC/NSF funded grant. More details here, application deadline is January 8th: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Today is 2025-12-14, the sun sets at 16:05:45 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 00 mins and 02 secs. #GrandStretch #TheGrandStretchIsBack

Anyone planning on ICAR XII in Swakopmund in July… abstracts are due on Monday…

Over the moon that this paper is now out! A lot of work and submitted during maternity leave, but really proud of the final version. Thanks goes to all the co-authors on this. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Seeking a strong applicant for Aberystwyth University PhD Funding scheme 'AberDoc', on the topic: 'Novel biogenic carbonates for luminescence dating of the entire Quaternary period'. Our lab also welcomes PhD applications for other luminescence dating projects for the same AberDoc funding round.

Want a job with the best palaeolandscapes team in the world? Seinor/Principal Marine Geoarch job up for grabs! Hit me up, DMs open... www.wessexarch.co.uk/marine-geoar...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Hey! My first post! Dpnt forget to sign up for the QRA ADM hosted by the Universoty of Brighton. Abstract deadline 17th November sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...

From Chamonix to the Mer de Glace (Géant seracs) with raw LiDAR data from IGN viewed with PurpleGeo 😲 🤩 6 Billions of points. Zero textures Raw LiDAR, instantly understandable. Source: Alex Ferrier

Holy moly - this glacier detachment in Tajikistan is WILD. It appears that there was a large piece of glacier ice much farther down the valley from a first detachment which then got pushed by a second soon thereafter. 🧵@planet.com @davepetley.bsky.social 🧪⚒️

I am very happy to advertise this PhD focusing on groundwater flooding, with partners at @bgs.ac.uk and plenty of applied and industry partnerships! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

“Some time after sunrise, maybe 10 a.m., the water receded…we could see the impression in the tundra where the boardwalk used to be — it had floated about eight feet over.” A really important read about the typhoon, Indigenous displacement from climate, & survival 🗃️ www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...

Exciting 24-month Postdoc opportunity for a peatland palaeoecologist, working with Dr Jenna Sutherland at Leeds Beckett U. on the NERC-funded InSPIRE project. Investigating initiation of new peatlands in deglaciating parts of Alaska, including fieldwork vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/ce0984li_web...

First newsletter published! simple.ghost.io/what-seems-t... If you like this sort of thing, sign up for more

Excited to advertise a new interdisciplinary PhD opportunity at @geogdurham.bsky.social - "From ice to ecosystem: assessing the risk of glacier melt and legacy contamination for reindeer in Sápmi (Lapland)" ❄️ 🦌 To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Hello BlueSky! 👋 We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform! Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more. Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org

Not about the archaeology or the former “green corridors”, but for anyone who is interested in the wonderful #NamibSandSea #desert #drylands heres a short 🎦 for you… youtu.be/AFSbln9uN-4?... @uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

Just now: Large slide in sensitive marine clays in Mid-Norway sweeps away the main E6 road and the railway. One person still missing. Image by Johan Arnt Nesgård, Trønder-Avisa.

Gloomy tourism by TikTokers among the fresh GLOF deposits of the Ghizer Valley! 😲 Via Araib Ali Baig

Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet – a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures.

Part of the Point Beach beach ridge complex, at two different scales. Not happy with the color scheme but something like this has potential, if I had the time to work on it. Data from USGS via @opentopography.org