Anna Hughes

@annalchughes.bsky.social

glaciers and ice sheets, past and present ❄️⚒️💻[she/they]

Super-important, comprensive #fieldwork guidance for #trans+ researchers, incuding those who are non-binary & gender non-conforming. I love that the guidance stresses the importance of maintaining one's own agency, and that the guidelines are relevant for disadvantaged groups generally 🧪

Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️@canopyrobin.com · 5d ago

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

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AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

We are looking for a PhD student to join our FirnMelt team on the topic of "Radar glaciology and firn hydrology of the Greenland Ice Sheet". This position is based in Copenhagen (GEUS/DTU) and the call closes 14 October 2026. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

PhD position in radar glaciology and Greenland Ice Sheet firn hydrology

Would you like to investigate how Greenland's firn has changed over the past 25 years using airborne radar? About the position This PhD project will use airborn

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William Colgan@glacierbytes.bsky.social · 4w ago

Our @firnmelt.bsky.social team is looking for a PhD Student to use airborne radar to assess changes in the near-surface firn of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The position is based in Copenhagen, at GEUS (@anja-ruti.bsky.social) and affiliated with DTU (@louisesandbergs.bsky.social).

NEW PhD Research Fellowships in Climate Dynamics! Two 3-year PhD positions available, with possible 4th year including teaching/career development. One position is financed by the GRADIENT-project, and one position is financed by the University of Bergen. @unibergen.bsky.social 🧪🌊

Two PhD Research Fellowships in Climate Dynamics (307296) | University of Bergen

Job title: Two PhD Research Fellowships in Climate Dynamics (307296), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Thursday, September 24, 2026

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📣 Registration is now open for experts to review the First Order Draft of the Working Group I contribution to IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report. Interested experts can register until 25 Sept 2026 👉https://bit.ly/4vi25cq The review starts 10 August until 2 October. Read more 👉 bit.ly/WGI7Fod

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Are you an MSc student looking for a thesis topic? Interested in Greenland, Antarctica atmosphere and ice sheet processes? Background in meteorology, geography, earth science or physics (or other quantitative discipline? Then do I have the project for you...

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I often have MSc and BSc students working with me on their thesis research, and also sometimes as summer interns. I enjoy working with students and hope they also learn some useful things. I and co…

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Interesting piece on the fragmenting of digital identities in the sciences, key point: "keep your ORCID profile up to date... it is controlled by the researcher, portable across institutions and designed to connect to publishers, funders and organizational systems" #AcademicChatter

Researchers: here’s how to audit your fragmented digital identity

Services that track researcher profiles can splinter people’s online identities — but there are ways to keep them consistent.

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