'Early bird' registration now open for the IGS symposium on ‘Verification and Validation of Cryospheric Models’ held 4–9 August 2024, at Northumbria University. igsoc.org/event/northumb…
Second circular and the abstract submission on the same page.

Thank you to everyone who listened to my talk this afternoon at #EGU24 “Irreversible retreat phase of Pine Island Glacier”. The results have been published recently and are available with extra model info open access here: nature.com/articles/s4155…

Rumour has it that NewcastleCityCouncil may remove the successful Heaton LTN trial at the end of the month.

Your regular reminder that solar farms take up less of the UK than golf courses - even on a pathway to net-zero

carbonbrief.org/factcheck-is-s…

Abstract subm. deadline 4 ‘Intl. Symp on Verification and Validation of Cryospheric Models’ is 6 April 2024.
Symposium is at Northumbria University, 4–9 August 2024
bit.ly/3TgiHjD 4 links 2 abstract subm. & 2nd circ & rego interest in attending
#IGSNorthumbria2024

2nd Circular for the International Symposium on Verification and Validation of Cryospheric Models is now online. bit.ly/3TgiHjD
The meeting will be held 4–9 August 2024, at the Northumbria University
Register interest to attend using the same link
#IGSNorthumbria2024

🌟🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨🌟

How can we attribute retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to climate change? Do we even know how to ask the question? We show how you can do this, combining multiple sources of ice sheet model uncertainty. 🧵

British Antarctic Survey 🐧 Communications Earth & Environment
nature.com/articles/s4324…

Some people may wonder why experts who know something about this say it 'won't actually work'. One reason is that a recent analysis concluded further ocean-driven melting and eventual break up of the ice shelf will not make much difference to the ongoing and future ice loss.
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Guys estimate Antarctic seabed curtain will cost $100 billion

Back in the real world, the Thames barrier cost $2billion and is 400,000 times smaller. And in London, not at the bottom of the Southern Ocean

Trees and renewable energy are the solution

news.sky.com/story/scientis…

Great story by Jonathan Amos on Bertie Miles pinning point paper published in nature last week

Climate change: 'Ice bumps' reveal history of Antarctic melting bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

New research shows that Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers both started retreating in the 1940s after thousands of years of relative stability.
eos.org/articles/el-ni…

New nature paper: 'Progressive unanchoring of Antarctic ice shelves since 1973'. nature.com/articles/s4158… School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Glaciology The University of Edinburgh

calling all ocean-ice modelling keen beans for one ocean modelling post-doc to join our fun team! Closes 31st Jan (UK); international applicants welcome! Apply: work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/sites/CX_1… #RASP RonjaReese Northumbria Uni #Antarctica Geog & Env Sciences

We are hiring a 2-year postdoc to join CPOM
at Geog & Env Sciences to work on the DEFIANT-NERC project led by British Antarctic Survey 🐧 and in partnership with the ESA Earth Observation ESA's CryoSat mission mission😀

If you are interested in sea ice🧊, satellite remote sensing📷, or both, then please get in touch!

What can the retreat of the Pine Island glacier tell us about the future climate risks posed to Antarctica?

Dr Brad Reed (@NUGeog) and colleagues discuss glacial retreat and the risks posed by future melting in a new @geogdirections blog post. 👇

blog.geographydirections.com/2024/01/22/ant…