2025 was the warmest year on record for Central England in a dataset that starts in 1659. (Daily data available since 1772.) www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadce...

The 7th Antarctic Gravity Wave Instrument Network meeting has come to an end. @scar-antarctic.bsky.social #AGATA. Thanks to our colleagues at Utah State Uni for hosting us, it was an amazing meeting. Also a chance to say farewell to Mike Taylor, a giant in our field. you will be missed!

A reminder that registration is now open for the Antarctic gravity waves instrument network workshop. Plus we have some support available for Early Career Scientists (thanks to AGATA @scar-antarctic.bsky.social ). Full details can be found on the website: awe.physics.usu.edu/angwin/25/

Registration for the 7th ANtarctic Gravity Wave Instrument Network (ANGWIN) Workshop & 7th Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) Science Team Meeting is now open! awe.physics.usu.edu/angwin/25/

The Warming Stripes have been extended again into the mesosphere to help highlight risks to our climate monitoring capabilities. Like the stratosphere, the mesosphere is cooling due to the greenhouse effect & also shows solar cycle variations. (Thanks to @sosprey.bsky.social for the data.) But...

Happy #JuneSolstice! Have a great weekend! 🙂 Understanding seasons - a look at the hourly incoming sunlight during the two solstices (23.5°N/S). I've added a red marker for ease of viewing. Graphic can be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-clima...

Carbon budget countdown to exceeding 1.5°C ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

Next ANGWIN workshop dates announced :) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social

A greater awareness and scrutiny of the upper atmosphere is a must to inform on impacts and future regulation of satellite reentry. Let’s hope upcoming missions like the European www.cairt.eu and similar US missions go forward.

For those in the UK, tonight you can see my colleague, Jonathan Shanklin, talking about the Ozone Hole over Antarctica.

For the Polar Meteorology crowd: we are organizing a session "Polar weather and climate extremes (M11)" at the BACO-25 assembly this July 20-25 in Busan, South Korea. The abstract deadline was extended to Feb. 25. baco-25.org/new/sub2/sub... Cheers, The ICPM team

The deadline for BACO-25 abstract submissions and travel grant applications has been extended until midnight KST (15:00 UTC) on 25 February!

Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO assembly 2025 (www.baco-25.org/index.asp). Abstract deadline: 15 February 2025 @metpolarintl.bsky.social sessions of interest listed in the image below and alt text:

Upcoming hybrid workshop on "Polar Winter Climate and Processes" Registration deadline 28th February, workshop is in April 23-25 at BAS, Cambridge, UK. www.bas.ac.uk/event/worksh... The workshop is co-funded by IASC and Surface Fluxes in Antarctica (SURFEIT).

Jupiter with 3 moons and a lot of glare! First attempt at using my phone camera and telescope together. Practice practice practice!

Hi Bluesky! We have a paper out today in The Cryosphere: doi.org/10.5194/tc-1... about Antarctic sea ice trends in observations and climate models (+huge thanks to co-authors, not on BlueSky) (thread: 1/6)

Investigating clouds from land, sea and sky! ☁️ The Southern Ocean clouds project looking at how clouds affect climate change in Antarctica starts its second year of field research this month. Read the full story here ⬇️ www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/c...

Research position on Melting of Antarctic ice sheets, based at University of Reading, UK (part of the multi-institution research project Extreme Weather Events in Antarctica (ExtAnt)). Details and application link: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Closing date: 7 January 2025

Had a good few days attending the kick-off meeting for the Extremes in Antarctica (ExtAnt) grant, lots of interesting talks and discussions. ExtAnt is a NERC project assessing present day and future extreme weather events in Antarctica, and associated risks extant.ac.uk 📸 Jessica Richt

The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research is attending COP29. Full list of events they're involved in, and links for livestreams, can be found here: scar.org/scar-news/co...

Are seasons in Antarctica getting more extreme? ❄️ New research, led by scientists at British Antarctic Survey, shows the evolution of extreme seasons in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean during the 20th and 21st centuries. Read more 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ClimateChange #COP29

Interesting new paper, led by a colleague at @antarcticsurvey.bsky.social, about Ireland and the Antarctic Treaty System www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Last night’s aurora in Cambridgeshire

A quick look at different kinds of "data-driven climate model" dougmcneall.com/2024/09/20/c...

UK Antarctic Science Conference 2024 - join other UK-based Antarctic researchers, & explore the latest findings and innovations! All the info is here: ow.ly/sFMz50T1Xeo 📅 9-11 September 2024 📍 BAS, Cambridge @antarcticsurvey.bsky.social

The next ANtarctic Gravity Wave Instrument Network (ANGWIN) meeting will be held jointly with the Vertical Coupling of the Atmosphere-Ionosphere System meeting. It will take place in Fredericton, NB, Canada the first week of June, 2024 (June 2 -7, 2024). Details here: vcais2024.ca

Check out the latest Polar Vortex Blog post on reasons why the minor #SSW wasn't able to quite make it to major status... and chances of that changing in the next couple of weeks! www.climate.gov/news-feature...

Interested in Antarctic extremes? We have two posts open at BAS to work on exciting projects in this area: bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v... and bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v... Closing date for applications is 21st January

Interested in Polar Clouds? We have a 2-year position for a Cloud Scientist available in the Atmosphere, Ice and Climate team at BAS. Further details can be found below. Closing date 17th December. bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...