Alison Banwell, Ph.D.
@alibanwell.bsky.social
Glaciologist | Antarctica and Greenland | Research Scientist, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder 🇺🇸 | Professor, CPOM, Northumbria University 🇬🇧 | Protect Our Winters Science Alliance | National Geographic Explorer
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I’m excited to share that I’ve accepted a position as Professor of Glaciology @cpom-uk.bsky.social, @northumbriauni.bsky.social in the UK! I’ll be starting part-time next month and increasing my time from summer 2026, while retaining a part-time position at @cires.colorado.edu, @colorado.edu ❄️🛰️🧪
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Today and every day, we're thankful for all the amazing scientists, students, and admin staff at CIRES and our colleagues at @colorado.edu, @noaa.gov, and beyond.
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today and every day, we're thankful for all the amazing scientists, students, and admin staff at CIRES and our colleagues at @colorado.edu, @noaa.gov, and beyond.
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‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
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Check out this new coloring book featuring @cires.colorado.edu @alibanwell.bsky.social. What an inspiring and fun project. #STEM #womeninscience #superstars
Excited to be featured in this new #STEM Super Stars colouring book: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2YSJ9XW ❄️ 🧪
@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social @protectourwinters.bsky.social
@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social @protectourwinters.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Check out this new coloring book featuring @cires.colorado.edu @alibanwell.bsky.social. What an inspiring and fun project. #STEM #womeninscience #superstars
Excited to be featured in this new #STEM Super Stars colouring book: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2YSJ9XW ❄️ 🧪
@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social @protectourwinters.bsky.social
@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social @protectourwinters.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Excited to be featured in this new #STEM Super Stars colouring book: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2YSJ9XW ❄️ 🧪
@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social @protectourwinters.bsky.social
@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social @protectourwinters.bsky.social
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🎓 Two PhD positions open in #PolarScience & #ClimateScience
1️⃣ AI-Driven Landslide Forecasting
2️⃣ Antarctic Climate Through Time
📅 Both Deadline on 17 Dec 2025
🔗 cpom.org.uk/phds
More details 👇
#PhDPosition #EarthObservation
1️⃣ AI-Driven Landslide Forecasting
2️⃣ Antarctic Climate Through Time
📅 Both Deadline on 17 Dec 2025
🔗 cpom.org.uk/phds
More details 👇
#PhDPosition #EarthObservation
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🎓 Two PhD positions open in #PolarScience & #ClimateScience
1️⃣ AI-Driven Landslide Forecasting
2️⃣ Antarctic Climate Through Time
📅 Both Deadline on 17 Dec 2025
🔗 cpom.org.uk/phds
More details 👇
#PhDPosition #EarthObservation
1️⃣ AI-Driven Landslide Forecasting
2️⃣ Antarctic Climate Through Time
📅 Both Deadline on 17 Dec 2025
🔗 cpom.org.uk/phds
More details 👇
#PhDPosition #EarthObservation
Even SOUTHERN ENGLAND has now had ❄️ before us in Boulder Colorado! 😳 🧪
🏆NEW LATEST FIRST SNOWFALL RECORD SET IN BOULDER ☃️
November 19th & counting...
Prior record was November 17th (2016 & 2021). Based on official daily snowfall data back to 1948.
With the Thu/Fri storm likely to be only rain, our next snow chance won't be until ~Nov 26th! #COWX #Boulderwx
November 19th & counting...
Prior record was November 17th (2016 & 2021). Based on official daily snowfall data back to 1948.
With the Thu/Fri storm likely to be only rain, our next snow chance won't be until ~Nov 26th! #COWX #Boulderwx
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Even SOUTHERN ENGLAND has now had ❄️ before us in Boulder Colorado! 😳 🧪
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Thanks to all of the readers that submitted their #Boulder County northern lights photos www.axios.com/local/boulde...
Stunning northern lights seen over Boulder County
Locals snapped vibrant aurora shots during a rare geomagnetic storm.
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks to all of the readers that submitted their #Boulder County northern lights photos www.axios.com/local/boulde...
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And there it goes!
After separating from its Falcon 9 rocket, #CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now flying solo under the care of @operations.esa.int.
We’re waiting to receive its first signal 📡
@eumetsat.int @euspa.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @climate.noaa.gov @cnes.fr
After separating from its Falcon 9 rocket, #CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now flying solo under the care of @operations.esa.int.
We’re waiting to receive its first signal 📡
@eumetsat.int @euspa.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @climate.noaa.gov @cnes.fr
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
And there it goes!
After separating from its Falcon 9 rocket, #CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now flying solo under the care of @operations.esa.int.
We’re waiting to receive its first signal 📡
@eumetsat.int @euspa.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @climate.noaa.gov @cnes.fr
After separating from its Falcon 9 rocket, #CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now flying solo under the care of @operations.esa.int.
We’re waiting to receive its first signal 📡
@eumetsat.int @euspa.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @climate.noaa.gov @cnes.fr
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“We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice” -striking message from @iccinet.bsky.social report
Ice melt leads to the most profound long-term impact of the #climatecrisis - sea level rise
#climatecrisis
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ice melt leads to the most profound long-term impact of the #climatecrisis - sea level rise
#climatecrisis
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues
As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice” -striking message from @iccinet.bsky.social report
Ice melt leads to the most profound long-term impact of the #climatecrisis - sea level rise
#climatecrisis
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ice melt leads to the most profound long-term impact of the #climatecrisis - sea level rise
#climatecrisis
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The efforts of MAGA/GOP to completely destroy American science plows on.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The efforts of MAGA/GOP to completely destroy American science plows on.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Even in total darkness, the Arctic is getting warmer — and clouds are part of the reason why.
A new study analyzed 26 years of winter data from Alaska’s North Slope, and revealed that increasing cloud opacity — clouds becoming thicker and denser — is trapping more heat near the surface.
A new study analyzed 26 years of winter data from Alaska’s North Slope, and revealed that increasing cloud opacity — clouds becoming thicker and denser — is trapping more heat near the surface.
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Even in total darkness, the Arctic is getting warmer — and clouds are part of the reason why.
A new study analyzed 26 years of winter data from Alaska’s North Slope, and revealed that increasing cloud opacity — clouds becoming thicker and denser — is trapping more heat near the surface.
A new study analyzed 26 years of winter data from Alaska’s North Slope, and revealed that increasing cloud opacity — clouds becoming thicker and denser — is trapping more heat near the surface.
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Exciting PhD Opportunity: Antarctic Ice Loss in High Definition: Analysing novel high-resolution satellite data streams for quantifying 21st century change.
Interested in combining computing innovation with climate impact?
🔗 For full details and to apply: www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
Interested in combining computing innovation with climate impact?
🔗 For full details and to apply: www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Exciting PhD Opportunity: Antarctic Ice Loss in High Definition: Analysing novel high-resolution satellite data streams for quantifying 21st century change.
Interested in combining computing innovation with climate impact?
🔗 For full details and to apply: www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
Interested in combining computing innovation with climate impact?
🔗 For full details and to apply: www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
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If the clouds break tonight in #Boulder, we could get another northern lights show www.axios.com/local/boulde...
Boulder skies light up with rare aurora display
Boulder was treated to a light show Wednesday night, as the northern lights were visible across the country.
www.axios.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If the clouds break tonight in #Boulder, we could get another northern lights show www.axios.com/local/boulde...
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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🆕UK scientists, including CPOM’s Noel Gourmelen, author UNESCO UK report on accelerating glacier loss and its impacts.
🧊 Since 2000, glaciers have lost 6,542 billion tonnes of ice – and melting has been 36% faster in the past decade (The GLAMBIE Team, 2025).
🔗 unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
🧊 Since 2000, glaciers have lost 6,542 billion tonnes of ice – and melting has been 36% faster in the past decade (The GLAMBIE Team, 2025).
🔗 unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes | UNESCO in the UK
Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes reveals how British-led research is helping the world understand, and respond to, one of the most visible frontlines of climate change.
unesco.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🆕UK scientists, including CPOM’s Noel Gourmelen, author UNESCO UK report on accelerating glacier loss and its impacts.
🧊 Since 2000, glaciers have lost 6,542 billion tonnes of ice – and melting has been 36% faster in the past decade (The GLAMBIE Team, 2025).
🔗 unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
🧊 Since 2000, glaciers have lost 6,542 billion tonnes of ice – and melting has been 36% faster in the past decade (The GLAMBIE Team, 2025).
🔗 unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
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We captured 18 birds today and then we surveyed the colony for bird flu, which we thankfully saw no evidence of.
Cape Crozier remains magical!
🌍🧪🦑🦉
Cape Crozier remains magical!
🌍🧪🦑🦉
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
We captured 18 birds today and then we surveyed the colony for bird flu, which we thankfully saw no evidence of.
Cape Crozier remains magical!
🌍🧪🦑🦉
Cape Crozier remains magical!
🌍🧪🦑🦉
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"One glacier's 'Out of this world' retreat might have set a modern record. Now, scientists pieced together what happened," CIRES research posted by the Smithsonian Magazine. Story: buff.ly/gytQpc1
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"One glacier's 'Out of this world' retreat might have set a modern record. Now, scientists pieced together what happened," CIRES research posted by the Smithsonian Magazine. Story: buff.ly/gytQpc1
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Led by Chris Bézu, with co-authors @bradlipovsky.bsky.social, Daniel Shapero & myself, our @igsoc.bsky.social pre-print presents a new open-source model that couples ice-shelf flow, flexure & fracture 🧊 🧪
@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social #glaciology
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social #glaciology
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ice shelf evolution combining flow, flexure, and fracture | Journal of Glaciology | Cambridge Core
Ice shelf evolution combining flow, flexure, and fracture
www.cambridge.org
September 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Led by Chris Bézu, with co-authors @bradlipovsky.bsky.social, Daniel Shapero & myself, our @igsoc.bsky.social pre-print presents a new open-source model that couples ice-shelf flow, flexure & fracture 🧊 🧪
@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social #glaciology
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social #glaciology
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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In 2024, Amazon forest fires released sevenfold more CO2 than in previous years.
Fire, Not Deforestation, Is Now the Amazon’s Biggest Carbon Emitter - Eos
Forest degradation in the Amazon increased by 400% in 2024. It was largely driven by wildfires during the forest’s worst fire season in more than 20 years.
eos.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In 2024, Amazon forest fires released sevenfold more CO2 than in previous years.
🧪 🛰️
After 13 years as the top federal workplace, NASA is facing an employee exodus and months of turmoil after deep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
If fully implemented, the changes could reshape U.S. science for years.
If fully implemented, the changes could reshape U.S. science for years.
NASA has lost thousands of workers. Here’s what that means for science.
Staffers told The Post about months of turmoil and sweeping changes that, if fully implemented, could transform NASA and American science beyond the Trump years.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🧪 🛰️
Dismantling federal agencies like NASA will be disastrous for science www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Insiders warn how dismantling federal agencies could put science at risk
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Dismantling federal agencies like NASA will be disastrous for science www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
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There are many uncertainties in this article except this one: "Worldwide, some 230 million people live less than a meter above sea level, and 1 billion people are within 10 meters of sea level." www.quantamagazine.org/how-soon-wil...
How Soon Will the Seas Rise? | Quanta Magazine
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen — and how fast — is anything but settled.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There are many uncertainties in this article except this one: "Worldwide, some 230 million people live less than a meter above sea level, and 1 billion people are within 10 meters of sea level." www.quantamagazine.org/how-soon-wil...
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🚁 At the Lit & Phil last week, CPOM's @andyshepherd.bsky.social & @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social showed how drones are transforming fieldwork in polar regions, sharing these highlights from a CPOM PhD research trip to Iceland last year ❄️
#PolarScience #ClimateResearch #Dronetech
#PolarScience #ClimateResearch #Dronetech
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🚁 At the Lit & Phil last week, CPOM's @andyshepherd.bsky.social & @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social showed how drones are transforming fieldwork in polar regions, sharing these highlights from a CPOM PhD research trip to Iceland last year ❄️
#PolarScience #ClimateResearch #Dronetech
#PolarScience #ClimateResearch #Dronetech
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New video: A glacier on Antarctica’s Eastern Peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history—in just two months, nearly 50 percent of the glacier disintegrated. Watch this video to understand what happened. Study by @ciresnews #Antarctica #glaciermelt
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
New video: A glacier on Antarctica’s Eastern Peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history—in just two months, nearly 50 percent of the glacier disintegrated. Watch this video to understand what happened. Study by @ciresnews #Antarctica #glaciermelt