Chris D Clark
@chrisdclark.bsky.social
Geomorphology and palaeo glaciology, ice sheets, mountains and stuff
Quantifying UK coastal flood exposure under future sea-level rise to 2300 - @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Quantifying UK coastal flood exposure under future sea-level rise to 2300 - Nature Communications
1 million extra people will be exposed to coastal flooding in the UK by 2100 due to sea-level rise. Under a plausible worst-case scenario this rises to 13 million by 2300, but most of this risk can be...
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Consider submitting an abstract to our AGU26 session: Bridges Between Paleo and Modern Ice Sheet Science. We're looking for contributions across palaeo and modern ice sheet science. Abstract deadline - 5th August. agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr... Image - NASA, 2022
royalsociety.org/current-topi... If you have (UK) Conservative friends please get them to read this. If we drill oil that would otherwise stay in the ground we simply delay net zero and raise the temperature at which it’s achieved. (And it doesn’t affect the price we pay for energy.)
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Two fab sounding lectures at royal geographical society, London thurs night. mountaineering talk followed by science and practicalities of Himalayan glacial lake outburst floods. All welcome, don’t need to be a member, see you there maybe. @mef-official.bsky.social @rgs.org @alpineclub.bsky.social
Mount Everest Foundation@mef-official.bsky.social · 4mo agoYou abseil down, move to the side and immediately hear the ice above you collapse. This was the experience of James Price and George Ponsonby as they established one of the hardest routes of 2025. Join us tomorrow night at the RGS to hear the full story ➡️ tinyurl.com/9a9s5vmc
There's just 2 weeks left to get your tickets booked for the biggest mountaineering event in London! This year's MEF lecture features talks on the emerging threat of Glacier Lake Outburst Floods and one of the most impressive first ascents of recent years. Reserve Your Spot ➡️ tinyurl.com/9a9s5vmc
Wow check out this lovely paper, ice flow and deglacial reconstruction and -gold dust- new dates on ice retreat in central Ireland, a long term blank on the map
Cathy Delaney@mudswoman.bsky.social · 5mo agoAt last...new paper with Kathryn Adamson, @glaciologytim.bsky.social, Phil Hughes, and Derek Fabel and Delia Gheorgiu at @isotopesuk.bsky.social - thanks, everyone! 36Cl dates from the Irish Midlands, plus some geomorphology to complicate things. doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Time is running out, get those abstracts in now! #GAC-MACis in St. John's this year! Sign up for our short course and submit an abstract to our session focusing on glacial landscapes from "the core to the shore"! and everything in between. Submit abstracts and sign up here: lnkd.in/gMKw6S_a
Antarctic ice sheet folk, I'm looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Ice Sheet Reconstruction [readvertised] for a 3.5yr appointment in Tasmania. Very flexible start date! Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4 ❄️
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Geomorphological characterisation, pattern, and distribution of ice-margin positions of the former Scandinavian Ice Sheet
Retreating ice sheets leave behind rich landform records which can be used to understand glaciological processes and the responses of ice sheets to wa…
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Chris D Clark@chrisdclark.bsky.social · 6mo ago..and if you are interested in new mapping of aqueous and terrestrial ice margin positions of the last Scandinavian Ice Sheet then Dulfer et al in 'Geomorphology' has just landed. Again, data galore for comparsion with ice sheet modelling
..and if you are interested in new mapping of aqueous and terrestrial ice margin positions of the last Scandinavian Ice Sheet then Dulfer et al in 'Geomorphology' has just landed. Again, data galore for comparsion with ice sheet modelling
Drumlins, flow-sets recording shifting ice flow patterns over Scandinavia, and constraining migration of the ice sheet's main divide. Check out our new paper (Butcher et al 2026) in Boreas. Masses of data downlands available
Beautiful (but dangerous?) moraine-dammed lakes. With stories from the mountains of Bhutan & Pakistan, this year’s MEF Lectures brings together alpinists & scientists to talk about their exploits. 📍RGS, London 📆 26 March 🎟️ tinyurl.com/9a9s5vmc @mef-official.bsky.social
I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc on an exciting new @royalsociety.org funded project on Martian glaciers @sheffielduni.bsky.social Advert: tinyurl.com/6rzzk5d4 Terrestrial folks encouraged to apply (e.g. GIS, glacier modelling, geomorphology, or deep learning) Closes 19th Jan. Queries via email.
Research Associate in Mars Glaciology at University of Sheffield
An academic position as a Research Associate in Mars Glaciology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University! 👉"Reconstructing past ice-sheet retreat and ice-ocean interactions from marine sediment cores". This project will use new marine sediment cores to constrain the timing and drivers of past ice-sheet retreat. More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Belotti et al investigate the glacial history of the Chitina Valley in south-central Alaska. They find that there was a retreat of the glaciers/ice caps in that region to present-day extend during parts of MIS 3. doi.org/10.1111/bor....
Stratigraphic evidence for modern‐like glacier extents in south‐central Alaska within the last glacial period (MIS 3)
The last (Wisconsinan) glacial period was punctuated in North America by two glacial maxima, known as the Early and Late Wisconsinan glaciations. In Alaska, these maxima and their subsequent retreats...
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New paper alert ! 🙂 Happy to share our new study published in The Cryosphere ! doi.org/10.5194/tc-1... We modelled the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the LGM (24 ka) to the present and learned a lot on its former history and dynamics ! @jeremyely.bsky.social @chrisdclark.bsky.social
The southernmost glacier in Norway is about to extinct soon! 😰 Breifonn was not exactly a small glacier at the end of the LIA (6 km²). But only scattered patches totalising 0.15 km² remain today, meaning disappearance in the next few years... 😱 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Congratulations Dr Kaitlin Naughten on receiving the EGU Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists! Her work has transformed understanding of Antarctic ice-shelf melt and future sea-level rise. She says, “It was a lovely surprise to hear that I'd won this prestigious award."
As #COP30 heats up, superb visual storytelling in @nytimes.com about climate change & the threat of glacial lake outburst floods in the Himalaya, featuring the work of @cscottwatson.bsky.social and quotes from @kristencook.bsky.social @sonamshp.bsky.social and me. 🧪⚒️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Melting Glaciers in the Himalayas Feed Lakes That Threaten Towns Below (Gift Article)
Melting ice from the Himalayas is creating thousands of unstable lakes, a growing menace to towns and cities below.
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📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University! 👉"Reconstructing past ice-sheet retreat and ice-ocean interactions from marine sediment cores". This project will use new marine sediment cores to constrain the timing and drivers of past ice-sheet retreat. More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
I have exciting news! This week I began a @royalsociety.org University Research Fellowship @sheffielduni.bsky.social sheffield.ac.uk/geography-pl... Watch this space - hiring a PDRA in Mars glaciology soon! (Image credit @uahirise.bsky.social @theseaning.bsky.social)
Dr Frances Butcher receives £1.8m Royal Society University Research Fellowship to investigate the glacial and climate history of Mars
The eight-year University Research Fellowship from The Royal Society will focus on poorly understood water-ice glaciers on Mars, which contain archives of martian climate information and could inform ...
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New paper out today led by Martin Siegert with about 40 others where we argue that some of the proposed Polar #Geoengineering schemes for ice sheets, sea ice and solar radiation are potentially dangerous and unethical. www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Frontiers | Safeguarding the polar regions from dangerous geoengineering: a critical assessment of proposed concepts and future prospects
Fossil-fuel burning is heating the planet with catastrophic consequences for its habitability and for the natural world on which our existence depends. Halti...
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The risk of an #AMOC shutdown - explained in 15 minutes at the Arctic Circle in Reykjavik on Saturday. I had the honor of presenting a letter by 44 experts warning of that underestimated risk to the Icelandic 🇮🇸 climate minister Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson. youtu.be/k0FUZKQhU6U?...
Is the AMOC Shutting Down? - Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
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That was a fab symposium on ice streams, thank you and very well done to the hosts. We also had dinner in a castle and got see Hadrian’s wall and drumlins and sheep and joke about Barnard Castle, oh and some very nice pubs
Caroline Clason@carolineclason.bsky.social · 12mo agoReflecting back on how enjoyable it was to host the @igsoc.bsky.social Symposium here at @geogdurham.bsky.social. A big thank you to everyone who attended, presented and contributed to organisation! It was lovely to see so many friendly faces and to hear about some fantastic glaciological science! ❄️
Aiguiile Verte and (former) Mer de Glace bed from La Flégère this morning! 😍 Here are the biggest glaciers of the rest of your life! 🙃 📷 @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social
In light of high temperatures and recent collapses in the Alps, we're resharing our 2022 piece from geomorphologist Ludovic Ravanel on mountain stability in the Mont Blanc Massif. Despite being 3 years old, it contains evergreen advice on warning signs of collapse and areas to avoid in the heat.
Mountain Stability in the Mont Blanc Massif - Summer 2022
Mountain Stability in the Mont Blanc Massif - Summer 2022 What follows is a summary of a discussion/Q&A that was organised by IFMGA guide Martin Elias on behalf of Chamonix Experience in early August...
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Simms et al present an investigation of a MIS 3 (~50 ka) raised shoreline deposit in northwestern Scotland. Since it is located above present day sea level, if the age is correct, it implies a significant MIS 4 glaciation of Scotland. ⚒️🧪🦣 doi.org/10.1002/jqs....
Was Scotland covered by an ice sheet during Marine Isotope Stage 4? Insights from the pre‐Last Glacial Maximum marine terraces of northwest Scotland
Raised shorelines provide important constraints on past sea levels, glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), and rates and directions of vertical crustal motion. Although most raised shorelines across NW ....
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What ancient ice sheets can tell us about future sea level rise theconversation.com/what-ancient...
What ancient ice sheets can tell us about future sea level rise
When ice gets trapped on land as giant ice sheets, it causes the sea level to change, but it doesn’t change by the same amount all around the planet.
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