Excellent review on the rapidly changing state of Antarctic environments, and what that means for the rest of the globe - a must read! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment - Nature

Abrupt changes are developing across Antarctica’s ice, ocean and biological systems; some of these changes are intensifying faster than equivalent Arctic changes, potentially irreversibly, and their i...

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New today: Critical research published in @nature.com on the abrupt and alarming changes being observed in #Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean, led by Prof. @climatenerilie.bsky.social, with @profmattengland.bsky.social and colleagues ⬇️ theconversation.com/from-sea-ice...

From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them

The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.

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Why would anyone want to be a scientist? There are the pleasures of: 1. Having the initial idea or insight, 2. Watching the idea develop into new experiments or a new model, and 3. Telling others. Martin A. Schwartz Check out also his Night Science podcast episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...

We’ve collected the oldest ice core, now it’s time to analyse it! 🔍 💻 The @newscientist.com have a new icy-cool video, speaking to BAS scientists about the Beyond EPICA project, highlighting why this work is so important in the face of climate change. www.newscientist.com/video/249042...

Excited to share our new paper in #AnimalBiotelemetry @springernature.com! We classified killer whale tracks into five movement modes using movement metrics and absolute space use, revealing finer-scale behaviour and insights into how they use space along the Norwegian coast 🐋🛰️🧪 tinyurl.com/y8a3wdmy

Characterizing movement patterns of killer whales along the Norwegian coast - Animal Biotelemetry

Background There has been ever-growing research fitting movement models to marine mammal satellite tracking data in recent years, yet little focus on methods attempting to go beyond individual restric...

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Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years - Nature Geoscience

Sulfur isotope excursions in skeletal collagen samples from Eurasia suggest rapidly changing biogeochemical processes across the region from about 30,000 to 15,000 years ago, potentially related to ch...

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Prof. Rhiannon Stevens@nannonstevens.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Our new Nature Geoscience paper funded by @Leverhulme.ac.uk is finally out! “Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years” nature.com/articles/s4156… #stableisotopes Don’t forget to delve into the supplementary info!

Great work by our colleagues Stewart Jamieson and Guy Paxman: "We have been using satellite data to map an ancient river landscape beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet:. The landscape has been frozen in time for up to 34 million years." ⚒️🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Extensive fluvial surfaces at the East Antarctic margin have modulated ice-sheet evolution - Nature Geoscience

Extensive flat surfaces observed beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet margin were formed by fluvial erosion and have modulated the ice-sheet response to climate change, according to an analysis of rad...

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Stoked to share our Australian community’s voice on “impacts of #Antarctic #SeaIce extremes“ published in PNASNexus! Massive kudos to Ed for spearheading this epic, super multidisciplinary work👏🥳 And so honoured to be a part of it. doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

Impacts of Antarctic summer sea-ice extremes

Abstract. Antarctic sea ice plays many crucial roles in the physical environments and ecosystems of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. In this study, we sy

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Australian Antarctic Program Partnership@antarctic.bsky.social · last yr.

1️⃣ Like a heartbeat driving one of the largest seasonal cycles on Earth, Antarctic sea ice is central to the global climate system and vital for unique ecosystems.

We look forward to welcoming the @erc.europa.eu Scientific Council to Durham next week and showcasing amazing research, like Professor @erinmcclimate.bsky.social's study on Antarctic snow petrels and sea ice evolution. Read more: bit.ly/4nde2gE @geogdurham.bsky.social ‪@leverhulme.ac.uk @bas.ac.uk

CONGRATULATIONS to our very own @mikebentley.bsky.social who has been awarded an OBE for his services to Antarctic Science! Mike has not only made an outstanding contribution to polar science, he is also a fantastic colleague and we are all delighted for him! ❄️🥳 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

🌊 Happy #WorldOceansDay from SCAR! Today, we celebrate the mighty Southern Ocean—a climate hero that deserves the spotlight. To mark the day, we’re sharing three stunning data visualisations from a past EG-ABI competition, showcasing the impacts of climate change on the Southern Ocean.

🚨 Carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels set a new monthly *record high* in May 2025 - 430.51 ppm (seasonal maximum) This is the second largest May-May increase in this dataset (3.6 ppm higher than 2024). This is not good... 🫣 Data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

What do sea-ice associated seabirds do during a season with little sea ice? Results from GPS tracking on snow petrels is now published, led by @elliehonan.bsky.social funded by @erc.europa.eu @leverhulme.ac.uk details here: www.antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/snow-petrel-tracking/ 🧪🐙

Hot off the press! A new study on snow petrel tracking from coastal Droninng Maud Land, Antarctica, by the wonderful @elliehonan.bsky.social! Read the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... And a summary here(including an epic fieldwork video): antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/s...

The foraging distribution and habitat use of chick-rearing snow petrels from two colonies in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica - Marine Biology

The polar sea-ice zones are highly productive and seasonal habitats that support large populations of vertebrate predators. In the Antarctic, snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) are regarded as highly ice-...

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This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data. "As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported." nsidc.org/data/user-re...

I took this image in Antarctica — a place of harsh beauty, sometimes colorful, and always deeper than expected. Share if you like it. #Photography #Antarctica #Fieldwork #PolarScience #GlacierLife #BlueIce #SciencePhotography #VisualScience #IceStories #Earth #Expedition

Why is Antarctica so important? Antarctica might feel very remote - until you look at the planet from a different perspective. It's actually central to our world's ocean currents. 🎁 Check the alt text to dig into this diagram 🌊 This is from a new book by BAS' @oceanandice.bsky.social (et al.)

British Antarctic Survey 🐧@bas.ac.uk · last yr.

🔗 To find out more and get your copy visit routledge.com/Antarctica-and-the-Earth-System/Meredith-Melbourne-Thomas-NaveiraGarabato-Raphael/p/book/9781032500867

Throwback to spending 3 weeks sampling around Kevo, Finland as part of my 1st field season for SAFE which was very kindly funded by INTERACT TA and helped by the lovely @thale.bsky.social Also learnt that 30’C was possible at 70N! 😱😱

🧪🌊 🧵 As the minimum in Antarctic sea-ice extent has now dipped below 2 million km² for the third year in a row, it is looking increasingly like this is the new normal. In the 10 years up to 2015 the minimum extent averaged more than 3 million km². Graph from @nsidc.bsky.social 1/n

https://buff.ly/4gJqFeF The Explorers Club recognizes SETI Institute Senior Research Scientist Dr. Dale Andersen with its Finn Ronne Memorial Award. Andersen has spent nearly five decades exploring Earth's most extreme environments.

Our new paper is out in Nature Geoscience! In an ice-sheet-wide 3-D inventory of crevasses in 2016 and 2021, we find that crevasses are growing in response to ice acceleration on short timescales. @durham-university.bsky.social @byrdpolar.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social

Increased crevassing across accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet margins - Nature Geoscience

Greenland-wide observations of crevasse volume and distribution suggest substantial increases in crevassing between 2016 and 2021 at marine-terminating sectors with accelerating ice flow.

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New paper out from our team! Satellite observations of subglacial lakes are much needed for improving knowledge of subglacial meltwater dynamics and evolution, and for improving simulating these processes in models. #glaciology #Antarctic #remotesensing #hydrology 🛰 💧

Jenny Arthur@antarcticjenny.bsky.social · 2y ago

*New evidence of active subglacial lakes under the East #Antarctic Ice Sheet!* We use #ICESat2 to show lakes fill and drain beneath slow-moving ice. Modelling likely meltwater routes suggests lakes discharge meltwater under ice shelves. tiny.cc/wsu7001 @npiglaciology.bsky.social