Wow: 104° so far in Boulder ties their hottest day on record (Boulder Airport). Hottest day since July 11, 1954. Also hit 104° in Boulder on June 23, 1954. And still time to break that record... #COwx
Alison Banwell
@alibanwell.bsky.social
Glaciologist | Antarctica and Greenland | Research Scientist, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder 🇺🇸 | Professor, CPOM, Northumbria University 🇬🇧 | Protect Our Winters Science Alliance | National Geographic Explorer
"I won’t say I’m trying to do more with less. I’m trying to do a little less with a lot less," said CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati. Read about how losses in federal funding is impacting CU Boulder research & how the university is pivoting to find new funding opportunities.
CU Boulder’s $60-Million Pivot
Federal money built this research powerhouse. Can private industry sustain it?
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Sign here to ask Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP to stop drilling in the North Sea, or fail the very first test of the UK's new climate leadership: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op... #StopRosebank
Open Letter to the Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP
Our new Secretary of State for Energy faces the first big climate test for Andy Burnham's new government -- whether or not to approve new North Sea oil & gas developments. Sign the open letter asking ...
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Excited to share our new paper that has just been published in GRL. We show that the “SWOT” satellite, designed for surface water and ocean topography studies, can also measure changes in the Antarctic ice shelves. Also grateful for my amazing co-authors that helped get this through to publication.
Earth and Space Research@earthspaceresearch.bsky.social · 2w agoA new paper led by ESR’s @slhowardcryo.bsky.social shows that the NASA/CNES “SWOT” satellite, designed for surface water and ocean topography studies, can also measure changes in the Antarctic ice shelves: doi.org/10.1029/2026... 1/3
📢 New paper, led by CPOM's Qi Huang and Mal McMillan (Lancaster University), showcases an improved 15-year record of ice sheet elevation from @esaearth.esa.int CryoSat-2 radar altimetry🛰️ Read the paper 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Please consider submitting an abstract to our @agu.org 2026 session, “The Cryosphere is for All’! @cires.colorado.edu @ciresceee.bsky.social @cpom-uk.bsky.social #AGU26 #cryosphere 🧊 🧪
AGU Cryosphere Section@agucryo.bsky.social · 4w agoThe Cryosphere Is for All is accepting abstracts for the 2026 AGU Fall Meeting! agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr... It explores broadening participation in cryospheric sciences through inclusive fieldwork, open science, mentorship, engagement with Indigenous communities, and other community efforts.
Please consider submitting an abstract to our @agu.org 2026 session, “The Cryosphere is for All’! @cires.colorado.edu @ciresceee.bsky.social @cpom-uk.bsky.social #AGU26 #cryosphere 🧊 🧪
AGU Cryosphere Section@agucryo.bsky.social · 4w agoThe Cryosphere Is for All is accepting abstracts for the 2026 AGU Fall Meeting! agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr... It explores broadening participation in cryospheric sciences through inclusive fieldwork, open science, mentorship, engagement with Indigenous communities, and other community efforts.
What if the future of weather forecasting isn't about finding one "right" answer? A new CIRES and @noaa.gov forecasting experiment found that explaining why a forecast is uncertain — and when confidence will improve — helps people make better decisions.
CIRES researchers strike forecast gold
New framework helps forecasters provide guardrails rather than guarantees
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"Thwaites is really the biggest player, the biggest wild card in sea level rise in the future." CIRES' Ted Scambos talked about the missing ice in Antarctica’s west coast and Thwaites Glacier with Living on Earth. @colorado.edu www.loe.org/shows/segmen...
Living on Earth: Antarctic Ice Missing
Midsummer in the Northern hemisphere marks the dead of winter in Antarctica, usually a time when temperatures plunge and the surrounding ocean ices over, nearly doubling the continent’s size. But…
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CU Boulder ranked eighth globally in analysis of the most highly cited climate research institutions by @carbonbrief.org. CIRES was also recognized, ranking No. 43. www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...
CU Boulder ranks among world's top institutions for climate science research
CU Boulder has been ranked eighth globally in the latest analysis of the most highly cited climate research institutions by Carbon Brief.
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📽️CPOM PhD Researcher Alicia (@ucl.ac.uk) spent ten days at the @esa.int CEMSIE campaign - digging snow pits, running experiments, and collecting data to improve future satellite retrievals. Read the full article and watch the day-in-the-life film 👇 www.youtube.com/shorts/OKzRs...
A day in the life at CEMSIE camp
YouTube video by Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM)
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In May 2026, Europe experienced a rapid climate transition from cooler-than-average conditions to an unusually early & intense heatwave. France, UK, Ireland, Portugal saw their highest May temperatures on record, according to Copernicus Climate Change Service’s latest bulletin: http://bit.ly/4ek0T1L
Today is now the hottest day in May on record for both England and Wales with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35.1°C and Cardiff Bute Park reaching 32.9°C 🌡️
✨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...
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
Izzy's PhD story
YouTube video by Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM)
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New CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all. The work also shows that some news networks are polarized in their coverage. 📖 Read the story: cires.colorado.edu/news/televis...
Television news coverage of climate policy is limited and polarized in the US
CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all
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CIRES is excited to announce our new Associate Director for Science, Eric Anderson! Anderson comes to CIRES with more than 20 years of experience studying where large bodies of water meet the atmosphere and working where federal science meets academic research.
Trump may not be a fan of clean energy but Iran war is accelerating global shift from oil and gas. Unintended consequence of US president’s actions will be boon for China, the leading renewables manufacturer. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Trump may not be a fan of clean energy but Iran war is accelerating global shift from oil and gas | Heather Stewart
Unintended consequence of US president’s actions will be boon for China, the leading renewables manufacturer
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🧊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...
The 11th annual Stand Up for Climate Comedy event is TOMORROW NIGHT! Celebrate the power of comedy to ignite climate awareness and action. calendar.colorado.edu/event/earth-... 🗓️: April 21, 2026 🕕️: Doors 6 pm, Show 7 pm 📍: Boulder Theater
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
CIRES' @maxboykoff.bsky.social discusses the drop-off in climate change media coverage, including the potential impact of climate fatigue, on the Living on Earth radio program www.loe.org/shows/segmen...
Living on Earth: Climate Coverage Dropoff
News media outlets are retreating from covering climate change, according to the Media and Climate Change Observatory at the University of Colorado Boulder, which has been tracking this trend for…
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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
An introduction to the GLOBE project
YouTube video by Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM)
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“In the longer term, it’s the loss of capability, the ability to make these observations, because, like many things, it’s much easier to break than it is to reconstitute." CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati shares the impacts of the NOAA funding pause in @thehill.com ⬇️ thehill.com/policy/energ...
Trump administration holds up NOAA grant funding
The Trump administration is holding up some National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant funding. Earlier this month, the University of Colorado released a statement sayin…
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“Typically, snow at Niwot melts out by late May or early June. But this year, we're seeing near complete melt-off in mid April..." CIRES Fellow Jennifer Kay took students up to the Mountain Research Station to measure snow — there wasn't much there. @colorado.edu www.colorado.edu/today/colora...
Colorado snowpack tells a troubling story for water and wildfire in the West
CU scientists and students just headed to the Mountain Research Station at 9,500 feet to measure snowpack. What they found has them worried about water and
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🛰️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
🌍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
Colorado showed UP to help name our future passenger rail — and the results are in! Meet CoCo 🚆 25,000+ Coloradans voted, shared ideas, and helped shape what’s next for the Front Range Passenger Rail. This is our train, Colorado — and we’re just getting started.
Falljökull Glacier, or “Falling Glacier” in southeast Iceland, is known for its glacier hikes and ice caves. This photo is part of one of the largest organized (25,000+), publicly accessible glacier collections: NOAA@NSIDC’s Glacier Photograph Collection. https://nsidc.org/data/glacier_photo/
