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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · 1d

The 7th Antarctic Gravity Wave Instrument Network meeting has come to an end. @scar-antarctic.bsky.social #AGATA. Thanks to our colleagues at Utah State Uni for hosting us, it was an amazing meeting.
Also a chance to say farewell to Mike Taylor, a giant in our field. you will be missed!

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Aug 7

A reminder that registration is now open for the Antarctic gravity waves instrument network workshop. Plus we have some support available for Early Career Scientists (thanks to AGATA @scar-antarctic.bsky.social ). Full details can be found on the website: awe.physics.usu.edu/angwin/25/

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Jul 22

Registration for the 7th ANtarctic Gravity Wave Instrument Network (ANGWIN) Workshop & 7th Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) Science Team Meeting is now open!

awe.physics.usu.edu/angwin/25/

angwin

awe.physics.usu.edu

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · Jul 7

The Warming Stripes have been extended again into the mesosphere to help highlight risks to our climate monitoring capabilities.

Like the stratosphere, the mesosphere is cooling due to the greenhouse effect & also shows solar cycle variations. (Thanks to @sosprey.bsky.social for the data.)

But...

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jun 20

Happy #JuneSolstice! Have a great weekend! 🙂

Understanding seasons - a look at the hourly incoming sunlight during the two solstices (23.5°N/S). I've added a red marker for ease of viewing. Graphic can be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-clima...

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · Jun 19

Carbon budget countdown to exceeding 1.5°C

ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Jun 9

www.itv.com/news/2025-06...

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Jun 3

Next ANGWIN workshop dates announced :) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social

Announcement that the next Antarctic Gravity waves workshop will be in Utah 6th -10th October 2025. It will be joint with the Antarctic Waves Experiment Science meeting

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Scott Osprey @sosprey.bsky.social · Apr 29

A greater awareness and scrutiny of the upper atmosphere is a must to inform on impacts and future regulation of satellite reentry. Let’s hope upcoming missions like the European www.cairt.eu and similar US missions go forward.

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Apr 9

For those in the UK, tonight you can see my colleague, Jonathan Shanklin, talking about the Ozone Hole over Antarctica.

British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Apr 9

Do you love Professor Hannah Fry?
Do you use fridges?
Do you hate having a hole in Earth's ozone layer?

📣 Well, huge news:
Tonight's episode of The Secret Genius of Modern Life (about fridges) on BBC Two features BAS scientist Jonathan Shanklin, who discovered the Ozone Hole above Antarctica.

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Jonathan Wille @jonathanwille.bsky.social · Feb 21

For the Polar Meteorology crowd: we are organizing a session "Polar weather and climate extremes (M11)" at the BACO-25 assembly this July 20-25 in Busan, South Korea. The abstract deadline was extended to Feb. 25.
baco-25.org/new/sub2/sub...
Cheers,
The ICPM team

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Feb 14

The deadline for BACO-25 abstract submissions and travel grant applications has been extended until midnight KST (15:00 UTC) on 25 February!

Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Feb 3

Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO assembly 2025 (www.baco-25.org/index.asp). Abstract deadline: 15 February 2025
@metpolarintl.bsky.social sessions of interest listed in the image below and alt text:

M11 Polar weather and climate extremes
JMC14 Climate Change in the Polar Regions: Observing, Modelling and Predicting High Impact Transitions
JMC15 High latitude field campaigns
JMCP17 Natural Hazards
M04 Cloud-Precipitation-Aerosol Studies
M20 High resolution modelling of regional and local climate
JCM01 Coupling between the atmosphere and snow/ice surfaces: Observations and modelling
JMC13 Tropical-polar interactions under rapid climate change: Processes and influences

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Feb 3

Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO assembly 2025 (www.baco-25.org/index.asp). Abstract deadline: 15 February 2025
@metpolarintl.bsky.social sessions of interest listed in the image below and alt text:

Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Jan 10

Upcoming hybrid workshop on "Polar Winter Climate and Processes" Registration deadline 28th February, workshop is in April 23-25 at BAS, Cambridge, UK.
www.bas.ac.uk/event/worksh...

The workshop is co-funded by IASC and Surface Fluxes in Antarctica (SURFEIT).

Workshop on Polar Winter Climate and Processes - British Antarctic Survey

Polar Winter Climate and Processes: Towards Filling Knowledge Gaps in the Understanding of the Coupled Climate System Polar winter plays a critical role in various processes, including …

www.bas.ac.uk

Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Jan 2

Jupiter with 3 moons and a lot of glare! First attempt at using my phone camera and telescope together. Practice practice practice!

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Caroline Holmes @climatecaroline.bsky.social · Dec 5

Hi Bluesky! We have a paper out today in The Cryosphere: doi.org/10.5194/tc-1... about Antarctic sea ice trends in observations and climate models (+huge thanks to co-authors, not on BlueSky) (thread: 1/6)

Brief communication: New perspectives on the skill of modelled sea ice trends in light of recent Antarctic sea ice loss

Abstract. Most climate models do not reproduce the 1979–2014 increase in Antarctic sea ice cover. This was a contributing factor in successive Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports allocat...

doi.org

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Nov 26

Investigating clouds from land, sea and sky! ☁️

The Southern Ocean clouds project looking at how clouds affect climate change in Antarctica starts its second year of field research this month.

Read the full story here ⬇️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/c...

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Nov 22

Research position on Melting of Antarctic ice sheets, based at University of Reading, UK (part of the multi-institution research project Extreme Weather Events in Antarctica (ExtAnt)).
Details and application link: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Closing date: 7 January 2025

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Nov 14

Had a good few days attending the kick-off meeting for the Extremes in Antarctica (ExtAnt) grant, lots of interesting talks and discussions.
ExtAnt is a NERC project assessing present day and future extreme weather events in Antarctica, and associated risks
extant.ac.uk
📸 Jessica Richt

A group of scientists involved in the ExtAnt project standing on a balcony outside the Aurora building at BAS

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Nov 12

The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research is attending COP29. Full list of events they're involved in, and links for livestreams, can be found here: scar.org/scar-news/co...

SCAR at COP29, 11-22 November 2024 | SCAR

scar.org

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Nov 11

Are seasons in Antarctica getting more extreme? ❄️

New research, led by scientists at British Antarctic Survey, shows the evolution of extreme seasons in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean during the 20th and 21st centuries.

Read more 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#ClimateChange #COP29

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Nov 8

Interesting new paper, led by a colleague at @antarcticsurvey.bsky.social, about Ireland and the Antarctic Treaty System www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Ireland and the Antarctic Treaty System | Antarctic Science | Cambridge Core

Ireland and the Antarctic Treaty System

www.cambridge.org

Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Oct 11

Last night’s aurora in Cambridgeshire

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · Sep 24

A quick look at different kinds of "data-driven climate model" dougmcneall.com/2024/09/20/c...

Climate modelling, deep learning and AI

Earth system modelling - and particularly weather forecasting, is in the middle of a disruptive event. The last two years have seen deep learning forecasting methods go from being a promising idea, to...

dougmcneall.com

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Dr Tracy Moffat-Griffin @banrionsneachta.bsky.social · Aug 20

UK Antarctic Science Conference 2024 - join other UK-based Antarctic researchers, & explore the latest findings and innovations!
All the info is here: ow.ly/sFMz50T1Xeo
📅 9-11 September 2024
📍 BAS, Cambridge
@antarcticsurvey.bsky.social

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