Kate Hendry
@krhendry.bsky.social
Marine biogeochemist in Polar coasts and oceans
🌐 SCAR Fellowship spotlight: Elizabeth Connors ❄ Elizabeth’s project explored how AI and mechanistic modelling can be combined to understand biogeochemical change across WAP bringing together more than 20 years of data from Palmer and Rothera research stations. 👉 scar.org/scar-news/el...
Norway will host the Fifth International Polar Year (IPY-5) International Coordination Office (ICO), in partnership with the Republic of Korea and Chile. Full press release: scar.org/scar-news/ip...
Read on to find out about how we can understand the AMOC through boundary pressures. Part of the OceanBound project I've been working on with @andrewfstyles.bsky.social for the past few years, along with colleagues @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🌊
British Antarctic Survey 🐧@bas.ac.uk · 2mo agoWhat if the ocean current keeping Britain warm started to slow down? ☔ The AMOC acts like a giant conveyor belt, moving heat from the tropics to our shores. Models predict that the AMOC could slow down or collapse – potentially leading to new extremes in weather. 🧵1/2
In April the Liverpool University, UK and wider global oceanography community lost a dear colleague and friend, Louisa Norman. A tribute has just been published in the July Newsletter of @challengersoc.bsky.social Link: challenger-society.org.uk/publications...
Goldschmidt 2026 is underway in Montréal. Great to be here with thousands of our closest friends. #goldschmidt2026
Nearly 50 years of observations at Rothera Research Station tell a clear story: 📈 June 2025 was the warmest since records began 🌡️ June 2026 could rank among the warmest too 💧 This is the third midwinter in four years with no sea ice at Rothera Here's our write up: www.bas.ac.uk/news/think-i...
Think it’s hot here? The Antarctic Peninsula is unusually warm too - British Antarctic Survey
As extreme summer heat causes disruption across the UK and Europe this week, Midwinter at Antarctica’s Rothera Research Station is becoming increasingly unrecognisable.
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The ocean is running a fever... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ocean has shielded us from the worst of climate change. Now it is running a fever | Karina Von Schuckmann
Nearly every indicator of climate change is flashing red. But we still hold the tools available to bring the planet back into balance
theguardian.com
Professor Kate Hendry, Climate Scientist at British Antarctic Survey (@krhendry.bsky.social), has written about what this all means – for the planet, polar ecosystems, and the future of Antarctic science. 🔗 Read Kate's full commentary: bit.ly/4vdC2nu 🧵5/5
Extreme warm weather is changing Antarctic science - British Antarctic Survey
Antarctica has been experiencing more extreme warm weather. These changes affect global climate systems, and make it harder to carry out our science.
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New perspectives piece to accompany our new paper on the impacts of extreme events in Antarctica on researchers theconversation.com/extreme-weat...
Extreme weather is making Antarctic research harder, but new technology is providing some answers – new study
There’s a greater need than ever to understand how climate change in Antarctica will have global consequences – but research if getting more difficult.
theconversation.com
New article out: Antarctic science operations must account for climate change and extreme environmental events @bas.ac.uk www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03629-2
Antarctic science operations must account for climate change and extreme environmental events - Communications Earth & Environment
As extreme environmental events increase in Antarctica, scientific operations will face mounting challenges, as argued in this Perspective, which assesses potential impacts on research stations and ac...
nature.com
🌊 Don't forgot that the @challengersoc.bsky.social conference abstract deadline is the 29th May aka this Friday! The conference is in Bangor, North Wales 7th-11th September and brings together 100s of marine scientists. More info can be found here: challenger-society.org.uk/meetings-and...
Challenger Society for Marine Science Conference 2026 Bangor UK
Challenger Society for Marine Science Conference 2026 Bangor UK
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📢 4-year postdoc opportunity!! Magda Carr (Newcastle University) is recruiting a Leverhulme-funded postdoc to experimentally investigate the generation of internal tsunamis by glacial calving. The award is linked to the POLOMINTS project (www.polomints.ac.uk). Please share! lnkd.in/ePHmPxbD
Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal Tsunamis
polomints.ac.uk
Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough - from your namesake, RRS Sir David Attenborough! 🚢 The link between Sir David and this ship is very special to all who work on it. True to his legacy, it's where we do world leading polar science to understand these precious regions of our planet.
I did achieve a life/career goal today... listen to the podcast to learn about silica and also find out whether I chose tea or coffee...
Dominic Lash@domlash.bsky.social · 6mo agoessential listening! @krhendry.bsky.social on Radio 4's In Our Time! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Hi all, the ❄️ Antarctic Science International Bursary ❄️ is open until 20 March! £6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work www.antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an... Apply here! 👇👇 please share/repost
Antarctic Science Bursaries | Apply for an ASI Bursary
Information and minimum criteria on applying for an Antarctic science bursary
antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk
Lovely story on the BBC about iceberg a23a, which has given us decades of fun but is now nearing its end… Really enjoyed talking with Mark Poynting about this one-time behemoth. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
This iceberg was once the biggest in the world. Now it has just weeks left - BBC News
A23a was once twice the size of Greater London but now its 40-year journey is coming to an end.
bbc.co.uk
Pleased to see this finally out, involving a brilliant team @emawbey.bsky.social, @erinmcclimate.bsky.social, @krhendry.bsky.social, @polarrobs.bsky.social, @wellner.bsky.social, supported by @bas.ac.uk, @awi.de , @geogdurham.bsky.social and #Thwaites🧵⤵️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ocean heat forced West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat after the Last Glacial Maximum - Nature Communications
Amundsen Sea records show warm Circumpolar Deep Water drove major West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat from 18,000–10,000 years ago. Subsequent cooling stabilized the grounding line, indicating ocean heat...
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In a new review led by Prof @iceybethan.bsky.social we outline three possible futures for the Antarctic Peninsula. The bottom line? Decisions we make in this decade will shape the region’s climate trajectory for decades and centuries to come. 🇦🇶❄️🧪 @cires.colorado.edu @colorado.edu
UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling@cpom-uk.bsky.social · 8mo ago📣New article led by @iceybethan.bsky.social on how different future climate scenarios will impact the Antarctic Peninsula. Co authors include CPOM's @alibanwell.bsky.social (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) and Tamsin Edwards (KCL). www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
New paper! Led by Jemma Wadham on “An #Ice Sheet-to-Ocean Analysis of #Carbon Stores and Fluxes in Earth's Polar Regions (#RECCAP2, Polar Ice Sheets)” ❄️🧪🥼 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
An Ice Sheet‐to‐Ocean Analysis of Carbon Stores and Fluxes in Earth's Polar Regions (RECCAP2, Polar Ice Sheets)
Polar ice sheets, land fringes and oceans host vast carbon reserves (>10,000 billion tonnes, Gt) but with high uncertainty Polar ice sheets and their surrounding oceans are likely net sinks for C...
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We are seeking a 3+ year postdoc in ocean modelling, to work on an exciting project investigating underwater tsunamis in Antarctica. More about the project here: www.polomints.ac.uk Read more about the post here: lnkd.in/eBjndZPv Please share and help connect us with the best candidates!
Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal Tsunamis
polomints.ac.uk
🔬 Did you know that today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science? 🔭 What better opportunity to introduce you to some of the amazing scientists bringing their knowledge to Flying Eye!
Please join us for an #OSM26 townhall hosted by the Challenger Society, TOS + IMECaN on ‘Broadening the Ocean Science Workforce for a More Equitable, Inclusive, and Engaged Community’ including insights from successful actions + the role of scientific societies. Thurs 26 Feb, 12:45-13:45, Forth(SEC)
We took Sky News to Rothera Research Station! From underwater tsunamis to some seriously strange creatures, they've been sharing daily reports from down south. You can catch up on their Antarctic adventures on YouTube 👇 https://tinyurl.com/4h5k5hvt https://tinyurl.com/58fy3244 #ScienceNews
You’ve heard of tsunamis before, but we bet you didn’t know they could be underwater and created by calving icebergs? 🌊 Like icebergs, much of a glacier is hidden under water so huge chunks of ice can break off, or calve. And when they do, they send shockwaves throughout the water.
🌊❄️ When Antarctic glaciers collapse into the sea, they can trigger huge underwater tsunamis that mix the ocean, affecting ice loss, climate and ecosystems. The project I lead on this is now in the field and featured on Sky News: news.sky.com/story/underw... #Antarctic #OceanMixing #ClimateScience
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The first paper for the IronMan project led by @altagliabue.bsky.social has been published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... This January we set sail on the @bas.ac.uk research vessel the Sir David Attenborough to collect a whole suite of new observations 🌊
The Evolution of Southern Ocean Net Primary Production in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities
Net primary production in the Southern Ocean plays a critical role in governing ecosystem production, the biological carbon pump, and global biogeochemical cycles. Recent work has advanced our unders...
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Thanks for the nice write up of our forthcoming expedition in January! 🌊
Andy Extance@andyextance.bsky.social · 10mo agoIn October I got to go on the ship people wanted to call Boaty McBoatface before it headed off to the Antarctic to study its future in our changing climate. Mariana from @chemistryworld.com made the video, and I wrote this article: www.chemistryworld.com/features/the... I hope you enjoy them both!
