On this day 10 years ago I ran in the White Continent marathon on King George Island, Antarctica. This was just before the team and I completed fieldwork in the area.

#AntarcticaDay #research publication 🥳 Today in GEB, fine-scale data and ultra-high res modelling show that tiny hills and valleys in moss beds create as much thermal variation as a mountain range, with implications for long term health, survival and heatwave impacts. doi.org/10.1111/geb....

More interesting presentations from UOW climate research experts at our Pint of Climate Change Science event yesterday for Global Climate Change Week 🌱🌏 Thank you Dr. Melinda Waterman, Dr. Jeff Kelleway, and Dr. Steven Beltrame #ClimateWeek2025 @drmelwaterman.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Nathan Jankowski and Dr Melinda Waterman who were awarded the Environmental Futures Publication of the Month Award this morning 👏 Come along to the EF member catch up held monthly at the White Cedar Courtyard @inthedarklab.bsky.social @drmelwaterman.bsky.social

Antarctica is under pressure from environmental changes and human activity, but how well is its coastal wildlife being monitored? The team incl. @antarcticmoss.bsky.social & I sifted through the literature to find out. Here is what we found (out now) doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... @arcsaef.bsky.social

@drmelwaterman.bsky.social has started a blog about our current research trip to the Antarctic peninsula. We have had a really successful time on ships, the Betanzos and the Karpuj and @Escudero station where we are are being hosted by the instituto Antartico Chileno. #SAEFgoSouth

Ronny Chieng explained climate change on the Daily Show a year ago and it remains as relevant as ever!

Bon voyage Martina Sanderson-Smith and @ecologee.bsky.social I hope the Drake is kind to you! If you pass King George Island let @drmelwaterman.bsky.social & I know and we can wave from Escudero!

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Having a 'mossome' field trip sampling moss in the #Antarctica peninsula region with @antarcticmoss.bsky.social, Gustavo Zuñiga & Diego Salinas. Thanks to INACH and @arcsaef.bsky.social Summaries of our daily reports to come! #SAEFGoesSouth 📸 Pablo Espinoza (INACH)

Abstract Art **Hey, get a signed print of one of my comics: bit.ly/mind-print

In Punta Arenas about to board a DAP flight for Antarctica with @drmelwaterman.bsky.social Gustavo Zuniga, Diego Salinas to join the Betanzos & sail to the Peninsula. Thanks to INACH and @arcsaef.bsky.social #SAEFGoesSouth

@antarcticmoss.bsky.social and I had a very long NYE as we flew from Sydney to Santiago on our way to #Antarctica #SAEFGoesSouth

The usual prep for #Antarctic fieldwork (day before NYE): baking #ANZAC biscuits

#Merry Christmoss everyone! Who needs a #Christmas tree🎄 when you have a #moss shoot?

Just watched the doco The Forest on Australian ABC. Maybe I’m biased but a bunch of excited, articulate, passionate ecologists talking about life’s complexity and values of not cutting down old growth forest, plus stunning point cloud imagery was pretty cool. 🌳🌳🌳🌳

Looks like the next week will be very warm across nearly the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet with widespread 5-15 C temperature anomalies. Multiple atmospheric rivers in West and East Antarctica will contribute to the heat. Definitely concerning as well are within the melt season

I'm an #Antarctic moss scientist working at UOW and with #SAEF. I enjoy discovering how #moss live in extreme environments, how old they are and what they can tell us about their climate.