Our paper is out, providing alternative viewpoints to some polar geoengineering ideas covered in the media recently. Lots still to talk about but let's focus on decarbonising instead of drilling Antarctica for now? 🇦🇶 Thanks @newscientist.com @mjflepage.bsky.social for covering this important issue!

"It is impossible to overstate how critical this region is to our shared future." - @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social, Chair Read our report on the UK and the Antarctic environment: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...

⏰ New study shows ambitious mitigation (1.5°C) saves 2X as much ice globally (53% left) than our current pathway, which will destroy >75% glacier ice once it fully adjusts to a warmer climate Every fraction of °C counts! +0.1°C warmer = 2% more glacier mass lost www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌊🧪

Really nice to see this paper on first sea ice observations from the SWOT mission. Very promising results🛰️ agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

"Thanks largely to Copernicus Sentinel-1, scientists have discovered that a glacier in Antarctica is rapidly siphoning ice from neighbouring flows – at a pace never before seen." @esaearth.esa.int @esa.int www.esa.int/Applications...

🌍🛰️How cool is this⬇️ ☂️Watch as our Biomass's antenna deploys in space! Following liftoff, orbital injection acquisition of its first signal and satellite in-orbit checks, the successful deployment of Biomass’ mesh antenna reflector marks the final key step in the launch and early operations phase.

Potentially no updates to sea ice indices coming from the US for a while... this is horribly damaging to global climate science. Yes, there are EU and Japanese alternatives to some of these, but multi-dataset inter-comparisons are a critical part of assessing reliability and confidence in the data.

This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data. "As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported." nsidc.org/data/user-re...

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

#OTD 8 April 2010, launch of #Cryosat2, Europe's first mission dedicated to studying Earth’s ice ❄️ and water 💦 Still operational 15 years later! 👏 Happy launch anniversary #CryoSat2! 🎉 🔗 earth.esa.int/eogateway/su... @esaearth.esa.int

The paper I finalised this evening looks at sea ice + glacier melange around Greenland. The sea ice often reaches around a metre thick in NW Greenland. Wild to think that we once had that round Denmark. We still occasionally get sea ice. But never that thick and only very rarely in a few spots.

Stunning view of a #humpback #whale in the sunshine! #BIOPOLE2 has been blessed with #wildlife encounters! @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

Psst…You want to know about the NASA website that spells out your name in Landsat imagery. 🧪 landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/apps/YourNam...

"A critical lens into how, when, and why changes are occurring in the Arctic and Antarctic..." EOCIS led by @nceoscience.bsky.social have published this blog on the EOCIS Land Ice and Sea Ice Datasets, by CPOM's Jennifer Maddalena, @amyswiggs.bsky.social and Kate Briggs 👇 eocis.org/2025/02/06/a...

Today is the 10th UN International celebration of #WomenandGirlsinScienceDay. To mark the day we've written this blog about some of our women scientists leading on, and taking part in, field campaigns across the #Arctic and #Antarctic. cpom.org.uk/women-scient...

This is truly astonishing, especially considering that the last few years represent the so-called new #Arctic. 🌊⚒️🧪🥼❄️

Today’s biggest visitor so far is a wandering albatross! #BIOPOLE2 @biopole.bsky.social

A new special issue of Science highlights research on Earth’s frozen places—from the Arctic to the Antarctic—and how it’s changing due to climate change and the geopolitical challenges this important work faces. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4jPYRID

My favourite #penguin video for #PenguinAwarenessDay!

We had the first sunset at Rothera in weeks a few days back, meaning the evening/night light is perfect for stunning Antarctic photos! @bas.ac.uk

Had a particularly lovely walk at the weekend because of a friendly robin warming its feet on my shoes🐥 With all the cold weather recently this friendly guy was following us as our footsteps broke up some of the frosty top soil, & seemed to take a particular liking to my boots before flying off❄️

It was a pleasure discussing my recent paper with @jugglingdoctor.bsky.social❄️ We discuss how the narrow channels of the Arctic’s Northwest Passage make it the perfect home for hazardous sea ice, & despite the challenges for satellite observations here, CryoSat-2 can help 🛰️

Hello @bsky.app, here's to looking into more #bluesky and beyond... 😉

New #Arctic & #ClimateChange sea-ice paper While thinner and less frequent ridges of Arctic sea ice will benefit industries such as shipping, these changes are likely to have profound impacts on the energy & mass balance & the ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean open access www.nature.com/articles/s41...

+++NEW ANALYSIS+++ UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade Highlights: 🏭end of coal power after 142yrs 🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share 🌄renewables at record-high 45% www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/9

In a new 🧪 study out today in #GRL we show that the Greenland ice sheet lost 2347 km3 of ice since 2010 using CryoSat-2 and ICESat-2. The satellites agree to within 3%, pretty impressive. tinyurl.com/2dtzb558

This will be how I spend my Christmas! Heading South to work on polar biogeochemistry in a changing climate as part of NERC projects BIOPOLE and SiCLING, out of Rothera Research Station @bas.ac.uk www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4zqkqg61xo.amp

Fantastic to see CPOM PhD Researcher @amyswiggs.bsky.social (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) featured in this blog from ESA Earth Observation about her research into Canada's Northwest Passage using CryoSat-2 and NASA Landsat data... earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...

It's time for the penguin weigh-in! 🐧 These three macaroni penguins from the 'Little Mac' colony on Bird Island near Antarctica are off to forage at sea to feed their new chicks. We use an automated weighbridge to monitor their weight and foraging patterns! 🪶 THE SOUND OF THEIR LITTLE FEET 😭

Getting a lot of joy out of seeing these daily posts🦀

🚨📝 Exciting new paper from Richard Parsons et el., the first of his PhD, looking at the impact of buttressing sea ice on the flow and calving of Crane Glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula ❄️ @northumbriauni.bsky.social #glaciology #modelling #icesheet tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/...

There are about 27,000 scientists at #AGU24, and about half of them work on climate one way or another. Whenever I walk into a room like this, I always take a moment to take it all in—all these people dedicated their lives to working on some of our toughest problems. That gives me strength.

📣Thrilled to share that the first paper of my PhD has been published! We use CryoSat-2 to map sea ice leads and floes in the notoriously-challenging Northwest Passage🛰️ 🧵 ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/107...

Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no

Very much this kind of energy

I'm just back from the latest Antarctic field season and want to share some favourite moments. First up: the mighty Drygalski Ice Tongue south of Terra Nova Bay. 80 km long, 15 km wide, and with a fringe of streaky sea caused by the winds whipping straight down its axis.

Great blog from @cpom-uk.bsky.social PhD students @amyswiggs.bsky.social, Natasha Lee, and Nitin Ravinder describing our recent fieldwork in Iceland 🇮🇸❄️🛰 blogs.esa.int/campaigneart...

🌐 We’re officially on Bluesky 🌐 Welcome to @biopole.bsky.social account 👋 Kicking things off, we’re unveiling an exciting animation that dives into what BIOPOLE is all about 👀 Here is the Part 1 🍿 @bas.ac.uk @nocnews.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @cpom-uk.bsky.social @britgeosurvey.bsky.social

I can’t believe I stopped using libraries for a few years. Going to get a little book treat is something I look forward to so much! They also make great places to work (for free!) if you want a change of scene📚

An unexpected highlight from our recent fieldwork in Southern Iceland with @cpom-uk.bsky.social - Jökulsárlón is connected to the sea, so there were plenty of seals in the lake that we caught on camera🦭

There's a lot of talk about Geoengineering at #COP29 and just in time here's a pre-print written by lots of polar scientists on why this is not a good solution for our polar regions❄️ www.researchgate.net/publication/... Let's not get distracted from the main aim and keep focused on cutting CO2? 🧪

Happy #PolarPride day to everyone! #PolarPrideDay #LGBTSTEMDay #LGBTQSTEMDay

The sea ice extent in Antarctica on 13 November 2024 was below the record low year of 2023 at 14.63 million km², an astonishing 1.76 million km² below the 1981-2010 mean. We’re now entering the Antarctic spring and the extent will start to rapidly retreat

It’s also really hard to beat Italian sightseeing🇮🇹

Coming to the end of another fantastic week of my 3-month research visit at ESA ESRIN. I’m working on the next stage of my PhD research, continuing to investigate and (hopefully!) improve on satellite retrievals of Arctic sea ice. Very grateful for this opportunity🛰️

Hi! Starting to make the jump from the ‘other’ place… currently a PhD student at Northumbria Uni researching sea ice from space🛰️ Looking forward to connecting with you all👋