Alison Banwell

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🆕 New Blog: How a love of physics at school led Alicia to the Arctic Circle.

Stories like Alicia's is a reminder why it's so important to encourage all children and young people to engage with science.

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Image: Alicia on fieldwork in the Arctic Circle

❄️ From equations to ice sheets: how an interest in maths and physics can lead you to Antarctica and Greenland.

Dr Inès Otosaka (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) shared her journey into polar science at @stemlearning.bsky.social's Mars Day 2026 yesterday 👇

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Mars Day Join thousands for this exciting free virtual event adventure for everyone, presented by the UK Space Education Office (ESERO-UK) at STEM Learning and in collaboration with the European Space Agency (...

Great to see CPOM's Inès Otosaka (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) explaining how she went from studying maths at school in France to studying the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, as part of @stemlearning.bsky.social's Mars Day 2026 👇

🔗 www.stem.org.uk/primary/enri...

Earth on Tap. Come learn about the Earth, meet local scientists, and have a good time. At the Rayback Collective. Monday, March 9, 6 - 7:30 pm. Featuring two local atmospheric scientists as speakers: McKenzie Larson and Dr. Nels Bjarked. Graphic shows a tap with an image of Earth pouring into clouds.

Next week — Earth on Tap: the impacts of the low seasonal snowfall and development of downslope windstorms, featuring Nels Bjarke from @wwanews.bsky.social and CIRES.

🗓️: March 9
🕕️: 6 pm
📍: Rayback Collective
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Exciting Research Fellow position at @northumbriauni.bsky.social working on the @esaearth.esa.int -funded CryoTipping project.

Find out more and apply 👇

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Marlena's PhD story YouTube video by Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM)

What can a PhD in polar science look like? 🧊

We followed CPOM PhD researcher Marlena Holloway (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) during the first year of her PhD to find out 👇

youtu.be/m5d7wYl5hRo

NSF Intent to Restructure Critical Weather Infrastructure

The US NSF has put out a "dear colleagues" letter that is essentially a yard sale list for @ncar-ucar.bsky.social

It asks questions such as, who'd like to take over some of NCAR's programs? Is anyone interested in commercial use of the Mesa Lab?

If you have thoughts, send them to NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov

NEW – Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula

✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social
💬 comments from @iceybethan.bsky.social @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social @tridatta.bsky.social @scottdoney.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/wELuQCm

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Great video by Dr Gilbz explaining our new review paper about the future of the Antarctic Peninsula 👏🏻 🇦🇶 ❄️ 🧪

Frontiers | The Antarctic Peninsula under present day climate and future low, medium-high and very high emissions scenarios The Antarctic Peninsula is warming rapidly, with more frequent extreme temperature and precipitation events, reduced sea ice, glacier retreat, ice shelf coll...

📣New article led by @iceybethan.bsky.social on how different future climate scenarios will impact the Antarctic Peninsula.

Co authors include CPOM's @alibanwell.bsky.social (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) and Tamsin Edwards (KCL).

www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

Frontiers | The Antarctic Peninsula under present day climate and future low, medium-high and very high emissions scenarios The Antarctic Peninsula is warming rapidly, with more frequent extreme temperature and precipitation events, reduced sea ice, glacier retreat, ice shelf coll...

Our new paper on the future of the Antarctic Peninsula published today, showing how the various systems across the Peninsula will be impacted by different global warming scenarios.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

Analysis by glaciologists @alibanwell.bsky.social from @cpom-uk.bsky.social, based at Northumbria, and Dr Jan De Rydt from our School of Geography and Natural Sciences features in this important paper.

💡More information here: www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

In a new review led by Prof @iceybethan.bsky.social we outline three possible futures for the Antarctic Peninsula.

The bottom line? Decisions we make in this decade will shape the region’s climate trajectory for decades and centuries to come. 🇦🇶❄️🧪

@cires.colorado.edu @colorado.edu

🎉 International Day of Women and Girls in Science🎉

In this carousel, women from across CPOM share the moments that sparked their journey into STEM - from hiking holidays to university supervisors who helped build their confidence 👇

(Part 2 of 2)

Share your comments on NCAR with NSF Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March

Now is the moment to speak up for NCAR.

@aguscipolicy.bsky.social has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on why NCAR matters for science, public safety, and preparedness.

Submit: buff.ly/Q0I8rs0

#SaveNCAR

We ❤️ NCAR - Let's Save It! YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream

#SaveNCAR youtu.be/pT8dCoZgH_M?... 🧪

Can the winter Olympics be saved? | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe Get more from Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe on Patreon

What happens to winter sports in a warming world, and how can those of us who love snow and ice use our voices to catalyze change? Read more in this Winter Olympics edition of Talking Climate.

Nine people, many holding butterfly nets, stand shoulder to shoulder in a grassy summer meadow surrounded by conifer trees. Accompanying text says CU Boulder Mountain Research Station summer field courses

Flyer for the Summer 2026 field courses at the CU Mountain Research Station. Images and illustrations of mountains, students in the field, birds, tundra, forests, and moose. Field courses span a range of topics and emphasize learning through experiential work in a natural setting. Students from ANY institution can register. Natural history of the southern rockies, Field ornithology, Flora of the mountains, Feeding ecology of animals, Lake and stream ecology, Forest and fire ecology

2026 UNDERGRAD SUMMER FIELD COURSES at CU Boulder's Mountain Research Station @colorado.edu
📓 Natural history
🦅 Birds
🌱 Flora
🦌 Animals
🚣‍♀️ Lakes+streams
🌲 Forests+fire
Each ecology focused, ~2 wks, 3 transferable credits, 15 students, lodging&food included w tuition
www.colorado.edu/mrs/2026/01/...

🎉 International Day of Women and Girls in Science🎉

In this carousel, women from across CPOM share the moments that sparked their journey into STEM - from hiking holidays to university supervisors who helped build their confidence 👇

(Part 1 of 2)

ICYMI — "Snow-covered area in January across the western United States was 66 percent below average, at 401,000 square kilometers (155,000 square miles) of snow cover, ranking last in the 26-year satellite record."' #SnowDrought @nsidc.bsky.social @instaar.bsky.social

Read more: buff.ly/NHc4EU5

Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump.

Almost all of the scientists were previously at US institutions

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Communicating the need for climate action - Nature Climate Change It is essential to understand the best way to frame a persuasive message aimed at increasing concern about climate change and support for pro-environmental action. Now a Registered Report presents a l...

The scientific case is won, the Paris Agreement means all the countries of the world agreed to action, yet it still remains a challenge to shift the dial. Some good news here but depressing that climate change action remains political. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lead and Floe Detection From CryoSat‐2 Radar and ICESat‐2 Laser Altimetry The CryoSat-2 and ICESat-2 satellite altimeters provide invaluable data for resolving small-scale sea ice features across the Arctic Because CryoSat-2 and ICESat-2 differ in their geometric and r...

📣 New research by Rachel Tilling examines how different satellites track Arctic sea ice 'leads' and 'floes'. This is crucial for understanding how sea ice is changing seasonally and over the longer-term.

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🔬Verifying GPR data with ice cores and refractometers

📹Here is the final instalment of our 5 part series from @alibanwell.bsky.social @cires.colorado.edu in #Antarctica

👏Thank you Ali Banwell, Ryan Cassotto, Michela Savignano and Allie Berry for sharing this incredible work with CPOM!

NASA Selects Two Earth System Explorers Missions - NASA These two missions were selected for continued development as part of NASA’s Earth System Explorers Program, which conducts principal investigator-led Earth

Excited to see EDGE moving forwards! It’s so critical to keep these datasets going that measure our changing ice/topography! (Led by none other than @helen-amanda.bsky.social, who happens to also be leading in @igsoc.bsky.social Symposium this summer, too!) www.nasa.gov/news-release...

US-Greenland science partnerships are on thin ice CU Boulder researcher Twila Moon shares what is at stake as President Trump bids for Greenland.

“The Greenlanders have been very generous in sharing information with us and providing resources to us. We would like to see this peaceful collaborative relationship continue.”

Read the new CU Boulder Today Q&A with CIRES/NSIDC's Twila Moon about US-Greenland science partnerships. buff.ly/myABMZZ

The applications deadline has been extended to February 12!

Snow Drought in the West Reaches Record Levels

Snow drought in the US west is causing concern for summer water supply www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/s... @nytimes.com