Just in... Hottest day on record for Rome, Italy with a staggering 42.9°C Also hottest day on record for Catalonia with a searing 45.3°C. A short thread on some of the most extreme temperatures on the planet right now...

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

No snow left on Longyearbreen, melting all the way to the top of the glacier. Absolute misery here, at 78°N. Lucky we CAN still do something to preserve some ice for future generations. ➡️"Fossil fuels being subsidised at rate of $13m a minute, says IMF" Let's start with that

There are nearly 1.4 million kilometers of submarine cables in service globally. They ensure emails, content, and calls find their way, linking colossal data centers and facilitating worldwide communication. visualcapitalist.com/cp/charting-th… via @visualcap

Important R paper just out: "arcgisbinding: An R package for integrating R and ArcGIS" sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Package at this repo: github.com/R-ArcGIS/r-bri… Software + data: github.com/orhuna/arcgisb… #spatialdatascience

Hot off the press: Multi-isotopic constraints on the impacts of landslides on weathering and erosion in an active mountain range #geomorphology sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to share our latest paper - A glacial chronology for sub-Antarctic Marion Island from MIS 2 and MIS 3 #marionisland #geomorphology sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Great article by Mia Momberg in The Conversation - Albatrosses are threatened with extinction – and climate change could put their nesting sites at risk theconversation.com/albatrosses-ar… via The Conversation Africa

Mouse-free Prince Edward Island, a hidden gem in the sub-Antarctic, is visited for the first time in over a decade blogs.sun.ac.za/antarcticlegac… via [email protected]

📢We need your help! Preserving 🇿🇦heritage! Initiative by Maëlle Connan, David Hedding and Bruce Dyer to 🖊️update list of visitors to Prince Edward Island. #SANAP @dsigovza National Research Foundation of South Africa Environmentza David W. Hedding wp.me/p6ZWWZ-2f0

Ukrainian scientists find new plant in Antarctica pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/…

Cook Ice cap, Kerguelen 2017 | 2024 Amazing and rare cloud-free scenes showing tremendous recent retreat of eastern Cook Ice Cap outlets glaciers! ❄️🌞🥵 Ampere Gl. (most studied, south) has properly dislocated! 😱 2024 scene is from today! ⌚️ Source adrien Copernicus EU

Short Instagram Reel to give you a glimpse into what a voyage to Marion Island is like for a scientist. #marionisland #fieldwork #geomorphology instagram.com/reel/C5ftNJNqc…

Geography students are losing access to nature as fieldwork falls | Letter #geography #fieldwork theguardian.com/environment/20…

Out now in Geophysical Research Letters - Uranium Isotope Constraints on the Pre‐Deposition Time of Asian Dust to the North Pacific Ocean: Implications for Provenance and Iron Supply (Li et al 2024) agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

👏congratulations to Daniela Marques Monsanto, David William Hedding, Sandra Durand, Shilpa Pradeep Parbhu, Matthew Grant Adair, Arsalan Emami-Khoyi, Peter Rodja Teske, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren on publication of "The effect of terrain on the fine-scale genetic diversity of

Out now: Twenty‐thousand‐year gap between deglaciation and peat formation on sub‐Antarctic Marion Island attributed to climate and sea level change - Nel - Journal of Quaternary Science - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jq… #marionisland

📢we are advertising two, 2-year postdocs on our Losing their Cool project! The first is for a firn modeller, based at University of Leeds : bit.ly/3ymlEbX The second is for a field glaciologist, based at Aberystwyth University : bit.ly/4fmI2Tl Please spread the word!

Out now in GCA - Tectonic and erosional controls of sediment residence time in small catchments draining an active mountain range: Evidence from uranium comminution age #geomorphology #landscapedynamics sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Scientists in Antarctica: why they’re there and what they’ve found theconversation.com/scientists-in-… #antarctica #antarcticresearch