The ice Izzy models is thousands of miles away. Her CPOM / @northumbriauni.bsky.social PhD has got her closer to it than most. 🧊 2 minutes on what a CPOM polar science PhD can really involve - from running MONARCHS simulations to fieldwork in Ny-Ålesund with @bas.ac.uk 👇 📹 youtu.be/VGX_kwPb_8Q

✨We are proud to share that Professor Daniel Feltham (University of Reading) and CPOM Principal Investigator for Sea Ice Modelling, has been awarded the Seligman Crystal by the International Glaciological Society - one of the society's highest honours! 🔗 www.igsoc.org/about/awards...

And on Friday afternoon at #EGU26 we have this series of posters from colleagues from the University of Reading and @ucl.ac.uk We hope you have all had a fantastic week in Vienna and wish you a safe journey home! 🙂

Tomorrow afternoon (Friday) at #EGU26 🛰️ Dr Karla Boxall (Lancaster University) will present on a framework for evaluating altimetry uncertainty estimates. 🖥️ Dr Joe Phillips (Lancaster University) on extracting swath elevation information using probabilistic deep learning. Links in comments 👇

Coming up tomorrow (Thursday) at #EGU26 CPOM science highlights for Thursday include posters from Emily Glen and Diego Moral Pombo (Lancaster University), and Luca Bianchi (Cardiff University) ⭐ CPOM highlights for the week listed here 👇 🔗 cpom.org.uk/cpom-egu-2026/

Coming up tomorrow (Thursday) at #EGU26 CPOM science highlights for Thursday include posters from Emily Glen and Diego Moral Pombo (Lancaster University), and Luca Bianchi (Cardiff University) ⭐ CPOM highlights for the week listed here 👇 🔗 cpom.org.uk/cpom-egu-2026/

🛰️ Coming up on Friday morning at #EGU26, CPOM's Dr Rosemary Willatt will present on progress of the PoSARA concept - a novel satellite instrument concept using polarimetric capability to estimate snow depth on sea ice, land ice and land from space. Read more 👇 🔗 cpom.org.uk/cpom-egu26-b...

Coming up tomorrow (Wednesday) at #EGU26 We have a CPOM poster presented by Karla Boxall (Lancaster University) on Cryo-TEMPO, an @esaearth.esa.int CryoSat-2 thematic product over land ice! If you're at the conference, do have a chat with Karla and find out more about Cryo-TEMPO🛰️

We hope everyone is enjoying the first day of #EGU26! We are really enjoying all the great photos 😃 🔬A heads up for tomorrow we have CPOM PhD Researcher Ben Graves (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) presenting on isotopic analysis of Himalayan meltwater 👇 🔗 cpom.org.uk/cpomegu26-bl...

We hope everyone is enjoying the first day of #EGU26! We are really enjoying all the great photos 😃 🔬A heads up for tomorrow we have CPOM PhD Researcher Ben Graves (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) presenting on isotopic analysis of Himalayan meltwater 👇 🔗 cpom.org.uk/cpomegu26-bl...

Today is the day🥳. Welcome to #EGU26! We are thrilled to have you all here. Enjoy it to the fullest🙌. And let the journey begin ✨!

Starting soon! Join us for: From Honest Brokers to Lobbyists: What Could Be the Role of Scientists in Different Contexts and Countries? 📍 Room: E1 👉 See you there: https://www.egu26.eu/session/58588 #EGU26

Tomorrow @ #EGU26 👇 CPOM Doctoral Researcher Yiliang Ma (SCENARIO DTP/University of Reading), will be presenting her study running two multi-century climate simulations under high-emissions forcing, comparing an evolving Greenland ice sheet against a static one. 🔗 cpom.org.uk/cpomegu26-uk...

Tomorrow @ #EGU26 👇 Dr Lauren Gregoire @universityofleeds.bsky.social will be presenting on using state-of-the-art coupled model FAMOUS–BISICLES, to examine ice sheet changes in the Northern Hemisphere during the two most recent deglaciations. Read our intro 🔗 cpom.org.uk/cpomegu26-bl...

The @egu.eu #EGU26 2026 kick starts on Monday, and we have a range of presentations and posters from CPOM scientists to look forward to. Here are our highlights for Monday 👇 Full programme - www.egu26.eu

🧊The Greenland Ice Sheet lost 139 billion tonnes of ice in 2025! New @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #ESOTC report out today. 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2025?u...

📣Out now! We are pleased to release the European State of the Climate 2025 report, published jointly by #CopernicusClimate @ecmwf.int & @wmo-global.bsky.social#CopernicusClimate Explore climate conditions, key events of 2025 in Europe, long-term climate indicators, climate policy and action for biodiversity, more! ⬇️

📣 #EGU seeks proposals for the development of a #ScienceForPolicy workshop! Have some ideas? Why not submit your proposal and get up to €2,000? 📝 Submit your proposal by 24 April 2026. 👀 Learn more here: egu.eu/9RMKKK 📸 Stephan Sprinz on imaggeo.egu.eu

🌍🛰️ CPOM's work on the ESA CCI Ice Sheets Antarctica has been mentioned in this blog from the UK Space Agency on the five ways EO is helping us understand and protect our planet👇 space.blog.gov.uk/2026/04/22/e...

The cryosphere shapes sea levels, drives global weather patterns and supports ecosystems, but few of us get the chance to visit these stunning landscapes. So we're sharing some clips from fieldwork our scientists have undertaken in recent years 👇 #EarthDay #Cryosphere #NetZeroPolarScience

There are lakes buried deep beneath the Greenland ice sheet we can’t see called subglacial lakes. 📽️ In this video CPOM's Professor Mal McMillan @lancasteruni.bsky.social explains how researchers working on the GLOBE project aim to track them 👇 🔗 youtu.be/ECv9FnnQf1k

🛰️Sunday is #HumanSpaceFlightDay - 65 years since humans first reached orbit. Satellite technology has transformed what we know about the cryosphere. Scroll down to read about just some of the CPOM science the space age made possible in recent years 👇 #HumanSpaceFlightDay #PolarScience

To the Moon (and back)🌖 A routine calibration by Copernicus Sentinel‑2 captured this image of the Moon. And now, with Artemis II on its way there, Europe is part of the journey — powering Orion with the European Service Module and supporting the mission from the ground across the continent.

One week to go until the 5th ECMWF-ESA Machine Learning workshop in Bologna, Italy. The workshop takes place from 13-17 April and will explore the opportunities and challenges of using ML for Earth Observation and Prediction (ESOP). ➡️ events.ecmwf.int/event/488/ @esaearth.esa.int #MachineLearning

🌍It's #WorldHealthDay and the WHO is calling on everyone to celebrate the power of scientific collaboration to protect the health of people, animals, plants, and the planet. 🧊Understanding the cryosphere and how it is changing is a vital part of that story. #StandWithScience #WorldHealthDay

🛰️New CPOM research assessing Sentinel-3 radar altimetry over Antarctica from Dr Joe Phillips & Prof Mal McMillan @lancasteruni.bsky.social. Thread on what they found 👇 📽️ Clips from a Sentinel-3 flyover over Mertz Glacier, East Antarctica, showing the echoes recorded by the altimeter.

Michela Savignano’s first PhD paper is now online as a preprint in The Cryosphere: "Temporal evolution of the Petermann Ice Shelf estuary constrained by remote sensing observations" egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20... 🛰️❄️🧪 @cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

🛰️What if we could improve older @esaearth.esa.int heritage satellite measurements with new techniques? Researchers from CPOM @lancasteruni.bsky.social have been doing just that 👇 🔗https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/success-story/esa-heritage-missions-offer-fresh-perspective-on-ice-sheet-change

🛰️ How satellite altimetry is improving projections of Antarctic ice loss New research shows satellite altimetry data confirms high mass loss from Thwaites glacier over next 50 years 👇 🔗 eo4society.esa.int/2026/03/19/s...

For Dr Tom Slater (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) the journey into polar science was far from linear. Always interested in climate science, Tom hadn't got the A-levels needed to pursue it at degree level. But there was another route 👇 📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMMt...

Our new study discussing the future of the Antarctic Peninsula, led by @iceybethan.bsky.social, is featured in @agu.org’s Eos magazine today 🇦🇶 ❄️ 🛰️ 🧪 @cpom-uk.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social @cires.colorado.edu @nsidc.bsky.social

🆕 New Blog: How a love of physics at school led Alicia to the Arctic Circle. Stories like Alicia's is a reminder why it's so important to encourage all children and young people to engage with science. 🔗 cpom.org.uk/internationa... Image: Alicia on fieldwork in the Arctic Circle

❄️ From equations to ice sheets: how an interest in maths and physics can lead you to Antarctica and Greenland. Dr Inès Otosaka (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) shared her journey into polar science at @stemlearning.bsky.social's Mars Day 2026 yesterday 👇 cpom.org.uk/from-equatio...

Great to see CPOM's Inès Otosaka (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) explaining how she went from studying maths at school in France to studying the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, as part of @stemlearning.bsky.social's Mars Day 2026 👇 🔗 www.stem.org.uk/primary/enri...

"Polar science at the moment is a great opportunity to use new technologies and new techniques to answer some really interesting questions." 📽️In this video, Dr Tom Mitcham talks about his career and why now is a great time to forge a career in polar science...⏰ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOy3...

Exciting Research Fellow position at @northumbriauni.bsky.social working on the @esaearth.esa.int -funded CryoTipping project. Find out more and apply 👇 work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...

Exciting Research Fellow position at @northumbriauni.bsky.social working on the @esaearth.esa.int -funded CryoTipping project. Find out more and apply 👇 work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...

What can a PhD in polar science look like? 🧊 We followed CPOM PhD researcher Marlena Holloway (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) during the first year of her PhD to find out 👇 youtu.be/m5d7wYl5hRo

In a new review led by Prof @iceybethan.bsky.social we outline three possible futures for the Antarctic Peninsula. The bottom line? Decisions we make in this decade will shape the region’s climate trajectory for decades and centuries to come. 🇦🇶❄️🧪 @cires.colorado.edu @colorado.edu

NEW – Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula ✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social 💬 comments from @iceybethan.bsky.social @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social @tridatta.bsky.social @scottdoney.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/wELuQCm

📣New article led by @iceybethan.bsky.social on how different future climate scenarios will impact the Antarctic Peninsula. Co authors include CPOM's @alibanwell.bsky.social (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) and Tamsin Edwards (KCL). www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

CPOM PhD Researcher Marlena has just arrived in Norway for fieldwork and has already spotted the Northern Lights 👇

Great to see @esaearth.esa.int on Bluesky! 👇

🎉 International Day of Women and Girls in Science🎉 In this carousel, women from across CPOM share the moments that sparked their journey into STEM - from hiking holidays to university supervisors who helped build their confidence 👇 (Part 2 of 2)

🎉 International Day of Women and Girls in Science🎉 In this carousel, women from across CPOM share the moments that sparked their journey into STEM - from hiking holidays to university supervisors who helped build their confidence 👇 (Part 1 of 2)

📣 Submissions for papers for the International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR2026) hosted at @northumbriauni.bsky.social has been extended to 23.2.26. 🔗https://gpr2026.org/index.shtml

🔬Verifying GPR data with ice cores and refractometers 📹Here is the final instalment of our 5 part series from @alibanwell.bsky.social @cires.colorado.edu in #Antarctica 👏Thank you Ali Banwell, Ryan Cassotto, Michela Savignano and Allie Berry for sharing this incredible work with CPOM!

📣 New research by Rachel Tilling examines how different satellites track Arctic sea ice 'leads' and 'floes'. This is crucial for understanding how sea ice is changing seasonally and over the longer-term. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

❄️Part 4 - Ground Penetrating Radar🧊 CPOM's @alibanwell.bsky.social (@cires.colorado.edu / @northumbriauni.bsky.social) recently visited #Antarctica as part of an NSF-funded project studying the Ice Rumple Zone of the McMurdo Ice Shelf. Here is their most recent video update from #Antarctica 👇

🌨️How do scientists use automatic weather stations in polar research and what data to they capture?🌎 @alibanwell.bsky.social (@northumbriauni.bsky.social & @cires.colorado.edu) is part of a research team using a range of observation technique in #Antarctica. Part 4 coming soon!