We’re a leading centre for research into glaciers and ice sheets. Recently @carolineclason.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social @durhamglaciology.bsky.social co-authored a major report for the UK National Commission for @unesco.org on the effect of melting ice on people and planet 👉 bit.ly/4r51PMl

Our colleague Gavin Bridge has contributed to the UKERC Annual Review of Energy Policy, co-writing the section on ‘Securing Materials for Clean Power: strategy, geopolitics and implementation’ – based on the critical minerals research that he is currently leading.

New paper out 🥳 In "#Urban #resilience in Ancient #Mesopotamia: insights into the socioeconomic system of the Bronze and Iron Age Khabur Valley", we are mapping network metrics of urban dynamics onto #Holling's adaptive cycle. Full open-access paper here: doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Our first paper from the 'EPIC' project- 'How will Emperor Penguins Respond to Changing Ice Conditions?'🐧❄️ - is now out. 🎉 My first first-author penguin paper🐧! w co-authors @changingice.bsky.social, Chris Stokes, Melanie Marochov, @ptfretwell.bsky.social, Stéphanie Jenouvrier tinyurl.com/4635pdwh

@harrietbulkeley.bsky.social of @geogdurham.bsky.social

We are looking forward to welcoming Dr Hashem Abushama (Oxford University) to the Department on February 3rd for an event organised by our Urban Worlds research cluster. Hashem will present on the theme 'Palestine: urban spatial disarticulations, national questions'.

🎓 International students: applications are open for our taught postgraduate scholarships starting September 2026! ✨ Graham Earp Scholarship in Sustainability ✨ Institute of Hazard, Risk & Resilience Scholarship in Risk 💷 £7,000 tuition fee discount 🗓 Deadline: 31 March tinyurl.com/528p8mrh

@geogdurham.bsky.social Durham Geographers undertaking snow sampling in Norway 🙂⛄️

We are looking forward to welcoming Mark Griffiths (GPS, Newcastle University) to the Department on January 13th (2-4pm, room W010) to speak about his book Checkpoint 300: Colonial Space in Palestine (University of Minnesota Press, 2025) in conversation with Dr. Lauren Martin from Durham Geography.

📢 Excited to advertise a PhD opportunity at @geogdurham.bsky.social and @ihrr.bsky.social generously funded by the Christopher Moyes Memorial Foundation. There are ten projects to select from (two highlighted below), and the deadline is 6th February. Learn more at: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

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...

Fantastic that a long interview with @ajsecor.bsky.social and I is the cover story for the January issue of Byline Times - was a pleasure to talk to Hardeep and Peter about the ideas in the The Politics of Feeling! @bylinetimes.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

Check out this contribution to the People's Map of Global China written by our PhD student Sheng Xuan who critically explores the motivations for and impacts of China's growing presence in Mauritius: thepeoplesmap.net/country/maur...

Check out newly published Handbook of Wildlife Crime with starting premise of taking a critical approach to researching/understanding wildlife crime. With most wonderful coeditors @ahubschle.bsky.social R. Wong L. Gutierrez T. Wyatt & contributors @geogdurham.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social

The science is clear on glacier change – and the perils of ignoring it are even clearer. Read more from Prof Chris Stokes @geogdurham.bsky.social and colleagues on how efforts to downplay the latest scientific findings are “alarming” 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...

Join us for the first of a new annual series celebrating and exploring the cultural histories of the North East through the lens of an artist's work. This workshop will focus on the work of Audrey Amiss, in conversation with Dr Robin Finlay, Dr Caroline Mitchell and artist Lyn Killeen.

@geogdurham.bsky.social, @mikebentley.bsky.social @swais2c.bsky.social will examine 23-million-year-old mud and rocks found below 500 metres of ice to investigate the fate of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in our warming world. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Brilliant to see this paper rdcu.be/eUWMI by @NEGIS_Durham team & led by @louisecallard.bsky.social Work offshore with partners @awi.de revealing how ocean warming triggered ice shelf collapse @geogdurham.bsky.social @ncl-geography.bsky.social

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

Climate change, inequality, migration & technological transformation are reshaping cities worldwide. Our new MSc Cities and Sustainable Futures programme explores how urban futures are being made and remade in response: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Job opportunity - Postdoctoral Research Associate working alongside @sealevelchange.bsky.social - Job Description - Postdoctoral Research Associate in Physical Geography (25001689) closing date 11:59pm 8th January 2025

We have a rich and varied programme of Human Geography Research Cluster events scheduled in the Department for the Epiphany term at the start of 2026. Details also available on our website here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

@geogdurham.bsky.social research has shown that rising greenhouse gas emissions could see the size of extreme floods in the Central Himalayas increase by between as much as 73% and 84% by the end of this century. Find out more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

"What's really important is the rate of sea level rise. It's generally viewed that once you get above ~7-10mm per year, so that's something that will happen in the 2nd half of this century, that's when it becomes really very very challenging to adapt to" Prof. Chris Stokes, @geogdurham.bsky.social

A scene from our The Politics of Feeling book launch in London - great discussion on fascist optimisms and nihilism, left structures of feelings, AI and Stranger Things with @ajsecor.bsky.social @jemgilbert.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social

Many congratulations to Imogen Burton who has won joint first place in the 2025 Dissertation Prize awarded by the Gender and Feminist Research Group (GFRG) of the RGS. Imogen’s dissertation was titled ‘Bursting at the seams: a critical feminist geographical account of Michaela Stark's artwork’.

Looking forward to this tomorrow!

We have some alumni careers talks for students coming up on January 29th. Our graduate prospects are currently the highest of any UK Geography Department and our students are highly employable. This is a great chance to hear from our graduates now working in successful careers across many sectors.

Excited to share a new open access article that provides a critical, policy-relevant & geographically grounded analysis of Mozambique's energy transitions. Written with Lorraine Howe, @joshkirshner.bsky.social & Carlos Shenga, just published in Applied Geography www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Read @jonnydarling.bsky.social's thoughts on the UK's proposed asylum reforms: www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur... #DUresearch @geogdurham.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com

At COP30, Professor Chris Stokes spoke yesterday at an official UNFCCC Side Event on limiting warming to 1.5°C and the perils of ignoring science, which has been covered in the Earth Negotiations Bulletin here: enb.iisd.org/1-5-C-perils...

Our colleague Chris Stokes is currently at COP30 sharing some of the science around ice sheets and sea level rise, including a recent paper from earlier this year: www.nature.com/articles/s43... Here he is with an update and a few words on what he's been up to....

Happening now at the #COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion! Warming of 1.5°C is Too High for Polar Ice Sheets ➡️ Join live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkW... "Ice sheet contributions to sea-level rises have quadrupled since he 1990s, even under 1.2°C of warming," says Dr. Chris Stokes @geogdurham.bsky.social

Happening now! Annual report on 2025 updates in Earth's frozen regions finds concerning losses over the past decade, and much larger preventable losses this century based on decisions made at UN climate summit #COP30 and beyond. @geogdurham.bsky.social @iies.su.se @bolincentre.bsky.social @awi.de

Our article on the politics of AI prompts is out now @econsocjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n

Our colleague Gavin Bridge has recently co-created a short animation called the ‘Future of UK Oil and Gas’. The film draws on insights from the Fraying Ties project on Networks, Territory and Transformation in the UK oil sector, and was produced by Seed Creativity: youtu.be/8MPHZAhzzLY

Research by Prof Chris Stokes @geogdurham.bsky.social @durhamglaciology.bsky.social is part of a new report from the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative on the effect of climate on the world’s ice sheets. The report is presented at @cop30brazil.bsky.social 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Delighted that our paper led by Deborah Priß "The social behind the physical" on connectivity of Bronze and Iron Age societies is now out in Journal of Archaeological Science. It's available Open Access at authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

@carolineclason.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social @durhamglaciology.bsky.social has co-authored a major new report from the UK National Commission for UNESCO looking at the consequences of melting ice on people and planet. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @cop30brazil.bsky.social

Sally Rangecroft and I discuss the rapid decline of Tropical Andean glaciers and the challenges of changing freshwater contribution and water quality in the region. Find out more and download the report here 👇 ❄️ unesco.org.uk/news/british... @geogdurham.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk @exeter.ac.uk (2/2)

Could seabirds hold clues to our changing climate? 🐦 Solidified snow petrel stomach oil, preserved in Antarctic nests for thousands of years, is helping our colleague Erin McClymont trace how life adapted to past climate shifts & what it may mean for our planet’s future erc.europa.eu/projects-sta...

Our colleague @jeffwarburton.bsky.social has, together with Jamie Woodward and Stephen Tooth, co-authored a piece just published in The Conversation entitled 'Dam disasters of the 1920s made reservoirs safer – now the climate crisis is increasing risk again' theconversation.com/dam-disaster...

We have alumni careers talks for students coming up on November 20th. The event begins at 5pm with a drinks & cake reception & poster display from placement year students in the Manley Room (IHRR, W311). The careers talks take place in room W309 from 5.30pm. Book here forms.office.com/e/8K2qQdqpqD

A great few days of outreach activity at the Celebrate Science event at Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham. Pictured here are Lauren Pretorius and @sealevelchange.bsky.social who kindly staffed our augmented reality sand box.

Congratulations to our colleague Marijn Nieuwenhuis on the publication of his co-authored article with @mikkojorge.bsky.social in @natureandspace.bsky.social entitled “Colonial pyrotechniques in Palestine: Arboricide and fiery dispossessions” which is now available at: doi.org/10.1177/2514...

Are you thinking of enrolling on a Masters programme? Look no further! We have two suites (with a choice of three programmes in each) - one on Risk and (all new for 2026) one on Sustainable Futures. For more information please visit our website: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

📣 We are advertising a range of glaciology/polar PhD projects @geogdurham.bsky.social that are funded by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. ❄️ For more information on eligibility, support for under-represented groups, and how to apply, visit durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/opportunities/

Today I co-hosted @geogdurham.bsky.social’s first event for the newly founded Queer and Trans Thematic Group. We shared questions, insights and potential opportunities for using queer and trans theorising within our own research and produced some wonderful collaborative mind maps (as shown below)!

Durham Geography @geogdurham.bsky.social first year BSc field trip (Trip One) to Upper Teesdale complete. Great students and staff in an amazing landscape 🙂 Thanks to the local landowners and Weardale Adventure Centre for a wonderful place to stay 😊

Our colleague @penelopeanthias.bsky.social will be speaking next month @camunigeography.bsky.social on the topic of 'Infrastructural affects and (contested) hydrocarbon futures in Bolivia':