Fieldwork day 5 in Svalbard. 18 snowpits and 18 ice cores in one day. A new record?

Todays job: sample processing from the six previous field days NERC Arctic Office Natural Environment Research Council Arwyn Edwards Andrew Mitchell

See you all in Edinburgh !

Congratulations to Guglielmo Persiani Geography and Earth Sciences @ Aber Uni from my group for passing his PhD viva on Subsurface biogeochemistry in coal based groundwaters: New insights and implications for mine water heat recovery systems....

See Guglielmo and our work with Gareth Farr and at British Geological Survey the forthcoming #MineWaterEnergy2024 symposium is on Weds 24 April / Thurs 25 April. iea-gia.org/mine-water-geo…

The most significant positive news I've seen for a long time for under 30s in the UK-EU and UK and EU research institutions! theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

We received this amazing footage from Professor Alun Hubbard showing rare meltwater upwelling and moulins on the Western Greenland Ice Sheet yesterday after five days of high temperatures & clear skies. Professor Hubbard commented, “Surface melt, upwelling & moulins kicking off

Back in Svalbard for CRYO-365 fieldwork with Arwyn Edwards Some highlights so far

Today was a bit of a supraglacial stream transport day for CRYO-365….

It’s a dirty job but someone’s got to do it! ….sampling basal ice at the Kongsvegen ice cliff in Svalbard Arwyn Edwards

Polar bear at Summit Station, Greenland - 3,200 meters in elevation and over 200 miles from the nearest coast!

Our mine water heat opportunity maps for Wales are here: Mine water heat opportunity map | GOV.WALES

Funded #PhD project to work with me, Selva Dhandapani, Andrew Mitchell, Arwyn Edwards, & Linda Oyama on zoonotic bacterial pathogens and their mobile genetic elements, available through the OneZoo DTP: findaphd.com/phds/project/m… Please share!

Looking for your next big adventure in science? 🌍🌱 We are offering several exciting PhD projects for 2025 with OneZoo Centre for Doctoral Training and our partners! 🚀 From ecology to molecular biology to agriculture, there's something for every curious mind. 🔗 onezoo.uk/projects/cohor…