Delighted to be speaking in Scotland as part of the RSGS season. I’m on in. Mid September

The winter heatwave in Antarctica is continuing for a second month, and presently the heat anomalies have settled over West Antarctica and and the sector of East Antarctica centred on Totten Glacier. 1/2

In which I also plug our past BBC Radio 4 series - *cough* 39 Ways to Save the Planet, with Tom Heap *cough* - both programmes great fun to make bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

#AISspotted the German polar research vessel Polarstern passing its Chinese counterpart Xue Long 2 in sight of each other just a hair under 85° N. They are presently the northernmost ships in the world. (AIS data via VesselFinder)

After blocking access to the MacDonald Ice Rumples for almost three months, the A83 iceberg is finally on the move. But what impact it has had on the emperor penguins in the Halley colony has yet to be assessed.

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Meteorology & Oceanography Delighted to announce we are recruiting for this key role at the University of Lincoln, UK Maritime Studies Centre Britannia Royal Naval College part of Project Selborne Take a 👀 below 👇👇👇 University of Lincoln Commercial Partnerships Julian jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

New air quality stripes! Find your city and see how the air quality has changed over the past 170+ years. airqualitystripes.info Built by: Kirsty Pringle & Jim McQuaid 🇺🇦 🇪🇺

Hello❄️ Next week, I'm travelling to Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean to join British Antarctic Survey 🐧 scientists as they conduct vital climate research!🌍 I'll be host a webinar live from the Arctic next Friday, sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Last week a team of International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration researchers published results of a study from which they concluded that #ThwaitesGlacier may be less vulnerable to Marine Ice Cliff Instability (MICI) than previously thought. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv… 1/7

Absolutely everything in these statements from Donald J. Trump is false, so it's difficult to know where to start, but let me try: 1. Scientists *did not* think the world was going to cool in the 1920s - first predictions of global warming were actually in the late 1800s. (1/3).

We'll be kicking off our 2024-25 Inspiring People talks programme week commencing 16th September, with Polar scientist Mark Brandon and broadcaster George McGavin! Book your tickets now at rsgs.org/events

Equality in access to natural spaces is essential for a more eco-friendly future | British Science Association britishscienceassociation.org/Blog/equality-…

The sea ice extent has been unusually close to South Georgia this year. As a result, the teams on South Georgia have faced colder than average sea temperatures and weather, evident in the freezing conditions of King Edward Cove this month.❄️ 📷Copernicus & Polar View #SGSSI #ice

This is NOT normal...massive shedding of ice from Greenland and Arctic North into the seas. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153113/…

#Iceberg #A23a update. Still spinning on the spot. That's five months now trapped in the Taylor Column above Pirie Bank. Turn rate is much the same: ~15 degrees per day.

Being first UK Parliament Thematic Research Lead (Climate & Environment) has been a huge honour and I've learned so much. As one of my last projects, we've just published a Commons Library Insight "Understanding uncertainty in climate change predictions" commonslibrary.parliament.uk/understanding-…

Join us as we kick off our Inspiring People talks programme on Monday 16th September, with Professor Mark Brandon speaking in Kirkcaldy and Glasgow about the beauty of the poles, why we should save them, and how we can do it. Book now rsgs.org/events

I know there is a lot going on but this is really important. I’m one of 1,176 letter co-signatories calling MPs to back the #CANBill in the private members’ bill ballot. Science-led legislation needed. Ed Miliband Steve Reed MP zerohour.uk/scientist_lett…

A London fox as I was walking home last night

I highly recommend viewing the Mercury images here from BepiColombo Bepi. I've been up since 03:45 to help bring them to you, not to mention the previous 20+ years! Mercury is Lord of the Peak-Rings. Faculty of STEM, The Open University The Open University: School of Physical Sciences BBC Science News BBC The Sky at Night