On this day 10 years ago I ran in the White Continent marathon on King George Island, Antarctica. This was just before the team and I completed fieldwork in the area.
Melinda Waterman
@drmelwaterman.bsky.social
Biotechnologist, moss hunter and gatherer, interested in #Antarctic #moss research and how climate change is affecting living things. a.k.a. @mel_waterman Opinions my own.
#AntarcticaDay #research publication 🥳 Today in GEB, fine-scale data and ultra-high res modelling show that tiny hills and valleys in moss beds create as much thermal variation as a mountain range, with implications for long term health, survival and heatwave impacts. doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Centimetre‐Scale Micro‐Topography Structures Biologically Relevant Microclimates in Antarctic Moss Beds
Aim Polar and alpine plants live at the edge of their physiological limits. Thus, relatively small changes in climate can have disproportionate effects on biological and ecological processes. Antarc...
doi.org
More interesting presentations from UOW climate research experts at our Pint of Climate Change Science event yesterday for Global Climate Change Week 🌱🌏 Thank you Dr. Melinda Waterman, Dr. Jeff Kelleway, and Dr. Steven Beltrame #ClimateWeek2025 @drmelwaterman.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr Nathan Jankowski and Dr Melinda Waterman who were awarded the Environmental Futures Publication of the Month Award this morning 👏 Come along to the EF member catch up held monthly at the White Cedar Courtyard @inthedarklab.bsky.social @drmelwaterman.bsky.social
Antarctica is under pressure from environmental changes and human activity, but how well is its coastal wildlife being monitored? The team incl. @antarcticmoss.bsky.social & I sifted through the literature to find out. Here is what we found (out now) doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... @arcsaef.bsky.social
Research Bias in Long‐Term Monitoring of Antarctic Nearshore Marine and Terrestrial Biota
Antarctic wildlife is under pressure from environmental changes and human activity, but how well is Antarctica's coastal biota being monitored? While over half of the long-term monitoring studies spa....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
@drmelwaterman.bsky.social has started a blog about our current research trip to the Antarctic peninsula. We have had a really successful time on ships, the Betanzos and the Karpuj and @Escudero station where we are are being hosted by the instituto Antartico Chileno. #SAEFgoSouth
Melinda Waterman@drmelwaterman.bsky.social · 2y agoDay 9 #SAEFgoesSouth 09-01-2025 Carvajal Station, SW tip of Adelaide Island, #Antarctica Spent a sunny morning ashore at the Chilean Carvajal station - collected #moss samples, watched Elephant #seals and gazed at the #iceberg scattered coastline.
Ronny Chieng explained climate change on the Daily Show a year ago and it remains as relevant as ever!
Bon voyage Martina Sanderson-Smith and @ecologee.bsky.social I hope the Drake is kind to you! If you pass King George Island let @drmelwaterman.bsky.social & I know and we can wave from Escudero!
Having a 'mossome' field trip sampling moss in the #Antarctica peninsula region with @antarcticmoss.bsky.social, Gustavo Zuñiga & Diego Salinas. Thanks to INACH and @arcsaef.bsky.social Summaries of our daily reports to come! #SAEFGoesSouth 📸 Pablo Espinoza (INACH)
In Punta Arenas about to board a DAP flight for Antarctica with @drmelwaterman.bsky.social Gustavo Zuniga, Diego Salinas to join the Betanzos & sail to the Peninsula. Thanks to INACH and @arcsaef.bsky.social #SAEFGoesSouth
@antarcticmoss.bsky.social and I had a very long NYE as we flew from Sydney to Santiago on our way to #Antarctica #SAEFGoesSouth
Just watched the doco The Forest on Australian ABC. Maybe I’m biased but a bunch of excited, articulate, passionate ecologists talking about life’s complexity and values of not cutting down old growth forest, plus stunning point cloud imagery was pretty cool. 🌳🌳🌳🌳
The Forest
The story of a brilliant ecologist with a plan to save the world by restoring the planet's forests. His original work was hijacked by corporations and politicians with disastrous effect. Now he's usin...
iview.abc.net.au
Looks like the next week will be very warm across nearly the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet with widespread 5-15 C temperature anomalies. Multiple atmospheric rivers in West and East Antarctica will contribute to the heat. Definitely concerning as well are within the melt season
I'm an #Antarctic moss scientist working at UOW and with #SAEF. I enjoy discovering how #moss live in extreme environments, how old they are and what they can tell us about their climate.
