"The sensitivity of the clouds to the ship exhaust was measured during the summer season, when most ship traffic occurs." "Contaminated clouds can act like a blanket. They warm the surface more than a pristine cloud. In our case, we found that a polluted cloud may lead to accelerated sea ice melt"

Arctic shipping alters cloud formation, study finds

A study led by the EPFL suggests that shipping emissions influence climate-relevant cloud formation and may affect regional climate processes far beyond the polar region.

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🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup project, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) and interested, send me your CV and transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️

To all currently visiting in Vienna at #EGU working in the #Cryosphere? Join the division wide social event 6th of May 19.00-22.30!

Presented my work about Norways Rembesdalskåka ice dammed glacier lake history at the Glacier Lake Outburst Session at #EGU today in Vienna! Something I noticed later is that I was the only women in the oral sessions! 🥲 Hope for more female voices in GLOF research soon!

Reminder: Abstract submissions for the IGS Radioglaciology Symposium (6-11 Sept in Tübingen, Germany) due THIS FRIDAY 1 MAY. Submit your abstracts at ​https://www.abstracts.igsoc.org/ - find out more radioglaciology2026.guz.uni-tuebingen.de (Conference grants via @igsoc-pubs.bsky.social due July 1)

Exciting 🤩 new insights into subglacial hydrology of Grímsvötn jökulhlaups (2021/22, Iceland). 💧 Subglacial Floods switch between channel & sheet flow; water ponding along paths drives major ice dynamics and velocity including lifting of ice, altering 3D motion. Amazing work 🇮🇸 #glaciology #glofs

Subglacial water flow and ice dynamics during glacial lake outburst floods observed from space - Nature Communications

An analysis of satellite data follows ~1 km3 of flood water drain over only 3 weeks from a glacier-covered lake along a 50 km path beneath the ice to the glacier margin, providing important insight fo...

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Key climate shifts in the past 3 million years may have been more heavily influenced by changing ocean temperatures than greenhouse gases, according to analyses of ancient Antarctic ice cores published in two Nature papers. go.nature.com/41cCdBT go.nature.com/3Pkaa0M 🧪 🌊

Ferdinand Glacier 2008 | 2023 Sobering repeat photos of its very sad (and rapid) demise! 🧊🔥 Svalbard last decade glacier retreat is otherworldly! 📈 📷 Jakub Małecki Via @hazlovell.bsky.social

Fantastic radar images 📸and compelling story about radar revealed debris trains 1km up in Northern Greenland ice which seems to be proof of dramatic shrinkage in last interglacial (~120kya), surge-like regrowth lifting basal till and weakening ice in ways models miss. #Glaciology #GlacierDynamics

Nature Geoscience@natgeosci.nature.com · 4mo ago

⚒️ Article: Entrained debris records regrowth of the Greenland Ice Sheet after the last interglacial www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New roundup vid, ft.: quicker-than-expected climate heating, higher-than-estimated sea levels and sooner-than-expected tipping thresholds for Antarctic ice. Oh, and the Greens won Gorton and Denton. FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS. youtu.be/DzXyi6purZY

It’s always “worse than expected” 😩

YouTube video by Dr Gilbz

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Within a glacier drainage channel features invite to play. Creating music with ice on ice. Enjoy

Who doesn’t love seeing a supraglacial channel in winter? The ice shapes are amazing — frozen flows, bright blues, and patterns that show how glaciers move and melt. Nature at its coolest. #Glacier #Science #Glaciology

Exceptional snow accumulation in Svalbard this season, combined with unusually mild temperatures, highlights the shift from a cold–dry to a warm–wet Arctic climate regime. Deep loose snow (>1 m) is extremely difficult for snowmobile travel, especially with heavy sleds. #ClimateChange #ArcticResearch

We also have these features termed "cirular ablation moraines" (till) that is found on top of (old/ancient?) blockfields. Does anyone know of similar features elsewhere?

After a long, hard day, the cabin finally appears. Fire catches, the room slowly wakes with warmth. The body and mind ease, silence settles - a simple meal, nothing fancy. Then outside, the sky unfolds in magic light, and suddenly, every frozen hour feels worth it. ✨ #svalbard #fieldwork #glaciers

Long, freezing days in the Arctic gear acting up, crevasse checks, quick calls in the cold. Fieldwork takes days of prep and recovery Lately, I’ve met quite a few colleagues who don’t see much value in it. What does it say about our times that we prefer models over direct measurements? #glaciology

Join me at the @igsoc.bsky.social Global Seminar ❄️ on Feb 18 (20:00 UTC). I'll be talking about basal sliding laws, flow laws, and how their non-dimensionalization simplifies #Glacier and #IceSheet #Modelling. 📉🧊 👉 Details: www.igsoc.org/event/igs-gl... 👉 Paper: doi.org/10.1017/jog....

IGS Global Seminar: Ralf Greve | February 18

Topic: Basal sliding laws and flow laws for ice-sheet and glacier modelling, and why their non-dimensionalization can make modellers' lives easier

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In recognition of International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Feb 11), it's a great time to re-share this paper from 2010 - lots of progress and lots more room to grow. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Exciting news - abstract submissions are NOW OPEN for both the AI in Glaciology (June) & Radioglaciology (September) Symposia later this year!! (2nd circular coming soon for the International Symposium on Interactions of Ice Sheets and Glaciers with the Ocean, too!)

New paper out in #TheCryosphere about #Antarctic perennial #firn aquifers in the 21st century. By using a #XGBoost #emulator we use a ensemble of 12, with different scenarios, RCMs and GCMs. tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...

Emulating the expansion of Antarctic perennial firn aquifers in the 21st century

Abstract. Perennial firn aquifers (PFAs) are year-round bodies of liquid water within firns, which modulate meltwater runoff to crevasses, potentially impacting ice-shelf and ice-sheet stability. Rece...

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Meltwater lingered too long in the firn fell in love with staying, Refroze itself into ice. When new meltwater comes, there’s no room left to rest runoff guaranteed, the glacier lost it’s lovely buffer. Observations from an accumulation area at 700m.asl in Svalbard. #climatechange #glaciology #firn

We’re a leading centre for research into glaciers and ice sheets. Recently @carolineclason.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social @durhamglaciology.bsky.social co-authored a major report for the UK National Commission for @unesco.org on the effect of melting ice on people and planet 👉 bit.ly/4r51PMl

New Paper Alert | Georgia Tech researchers developed a mathematical formula to predict the size of lakes that form on melting ice sheets. They discovered that lake depth and span are linked to the topography of the ice sheet. Their findings were published in @natcomms.nature.com.

The Future of Antarctic Ice: New Study Reveals the Mathematics of Meltwater Lakes

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Will be taking some personal time to process scientists not really knowing why ice is slippery. Please respect my privacy unless see me sprawled out on an icy sidewalk yelling, "No one knows why this happened to me!" www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...

Why Is Ice Slippery? A New Hypothesis Slides Into the Chat. | Quanta Magazine

A newly proposed explanation for the slipperiness of ice has revived a centuries-long debate.

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Really interesting new paper showing ice "sliding mechanically destroys the ordered crystal lattice of ice, creating an amorphous layer that thickens as the sliding goes on". Maybe this explains some things related to subtemperate sliding?

CONCABADDIE BRANDI 😾@itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Will be taking some personal time to process scientists not really knowing why ice is slippery. Please respect my privacy unless see me sprawled out on an icy sidewalk yelling, "No one knows why this happened to me!" www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...

Tbt Video out with some of the students doing a summer mass balance survey - or should we call it glacier surface water survey💦? So much water at the glacier surface when redrilling the mass balance stakes… 🙀 #Glaciology #Svalbard #Glaciermelt #Hydrology #ClimateChange #Arctic

New research in #Geology was cited in Daily Mail, highlighting the importance of subglacial geology for predicting sea-level rise. Seismic data reveal that the Greenland ice sheet rests on sediments that make glaciers more mobile and may accelerate ice loss. Read the paper: geosociety.co/Yang_et_al

First Fieldwork 2026 in the books. Little snow so far this year in Svalbard and surprisingly little crusts at the glacier - snow interface suggesting a prompt switch from melt to accumulation this year without gradual cold + warm spells which would create these high density surface crusts. #GPR

TBT Fieldwork, Spring 2025 Arrived at a distant hut — first open the hut, fire and snow clearing. Slowly, warmth returns after a day in minus 20. Svalbard fieldwork blends presence of harshness, long hours with awe. Even with a busy mind, the beauty is hard to be unnoticed.

All is reflection. Every action ripples back. The choices we make — their shine hides a shadow. Consumerism glitters, but the cost is buried deep in soil and sea. One day we will be surprised — surprised because we did not see the reflections, the causes, the links woven through everything.