Matt King
@deformedearth.bsky.social
Solid-earth deformation, geodesy, ice sheets, and sea level. Director of the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science. Professor at U Tasmania. Comments mine. Host of Geodesy Feed - like and pin for geodesy content. Flawed follower of Jesus.
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Matt King
@deformedearth.bsky.social
· Feb 22
'Sleeping giant' glacier the focus of icebreaker's first science voyage
Australia's icebreaker is about to embark on one of its most important missions since coming into service more than three years ago.
www.abc.net.au
The Denman Glacier has a world of unknowns but we know enough to know it holds risks we need to assess. This voyage is so important. Nice summary here
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Another Earth sciences course has been killed off. There's no doubt mining has the wrong image, and is far from exciting for many young people, but it is critical for the renewable transition.
At some point there may need to be market intervention by the government.
At some point there may need to be market intervention by the government.
Geoscience students are left feeling "in the dark" and "ripped off" as Federation University becomes the latest university to ditch its geology specialisation.
Federation University scraps one of Australia's oldest geology courses
Geoscience students are left feeling "in the dark" and "ripped off" as Federation University becomes the latest university to ditch its geology specialisation.
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Another Earth sciences course has been killed off. There's no doubt mining has the wrong image, and is far from exciting for many young people, but it is critical for the renewable transition.
At some point there may need to be market intervention by the government.
At some point there may need to be market intervention by the government.
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🛰️ How can autonomous robots stay on track in hazardous and remote environments?
Our new AI model allows teams of autonomous drones, submarines and satellites to adapt to unexpected mission changes by taking charge of their own planning.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/43ZoS1V
Our new AI model allows teams of autonomous drones, submarines and satellites to adapt to unexpected mission changes by taking charge of their own planning.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/43ZoS1V
New AI model allows drones to plan for themselves
Researchers from the Alan Turing Institute have developed a new AI model that allows teams of autonomous drones, submarines and satellites to adapt to unexpe
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November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🛰️ How can autonomous robots stay on track in hazardous and remote environments?
Our new AI model allows teams of autonomous drones, submarines and satellites to adapt to unexpected mission changes by taking charge of their own planning.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/43ZoS1V
Our new AI model allows teams of autonomous drones, submarines and satellites to adapt to unexpected mission changes by taking charge of their own planning.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/43ZoS1V
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🌊 What is the Meridional Overturning Circulation
and why is it important?
The Meridional Overturning Circulation (#MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.
and why is it important?
The Meridional Overturning Circulation (#MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🌊 What is the Meridional Overturning Circulation
and why is it important?
The Meridional Overturning Circulation (#MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.
and why is it important?
The Meridional Overturning Circulation (#MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.
Great to welcome (from @imas-utas.bsky.social) Xue Long, one of China's ice breakers, back to Hobart!
Fair winds and following seas as she heads south.
Fair winds and following seas as she heads south.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Great to welcome (from @imas-utas.bsky.social) Xue Long, one of China's ice breakers, back to Hobart!
Fair winds and following seas as she heads south.
Fair winds and following seas as she heads south.
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New paper alert ! 🙂
Happy to share our new study published in The Cryosphere !
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
We modelled the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the LGM (24 ka) to the present and learned a lot on its former history and dynamics !
@jeremyely.bsky.social @chrisdclark.bsky.social
Happy to share our new study published in The Cryosphere !
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
We modelled the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the LGM (24 ka) to the present and learned a lot on its former history and dynamics !
@jeremyely.bsky.social @chrisdclark.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New paper alert ! 🙂
Happy to share our new study published in The Cryosphere !
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
We modelled the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the LGM (24 ka) to the present and learned a lot on its former history and dynamics !
@jeremyely.bsky.social @chrisdclark.bsky.social
Happy to share our new study published in The Cryosphere !
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
We modelled the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the LGM (24 ka) to the present and learned a lot on its former history and dynamics !
@jeremyely.bsky.social @chrisdclark.bsky.social
This is a great example of Australia's Antarctic researchers working together to deliver globally-important messages to policymakers
Antarctic science at COP30 🌍❄️
A panel of Australian scientists, including ACEAS Deputy Director @profmattengland.bsky.social (UNSW), today shared insights about abrupt changes unfolding across the #Antarctic environment at the #COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/live/YjYkKvw...
A panel of Australian scientists, including ACEAS Deputy Director @profmattengland.bsky.social (UNSW), today shared insights about abrupt changes unfolding across the #Antarctic environment at the #COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/live/YjYkKvw...
Policy Briefing: Emerging Evidence of Abrupt Changes in the Antarctic Environment
YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is a great example of Australia's Antarctic researchers working together to deliver globally-important messages to policymakers
If you can afford to pay $55 for potato crisps, give it to charity instead
November 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
If you can afford to pay $55 for potato crisps, give it to charity instead
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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More than 50 of the world’s leading ocean scientists have gathered in Hobart to explore new ways of using NASA satellite technology to understand how climate change is reshaping the Southern Ocean
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/nasa-sa...
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/nasa-sa...
NASA satellite experts gather in Hobart to study Southern Ocean from space
50 of the world’s leading ocean scientists have gathered in Hobart…
pulsetasmania.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
More than 50 of the world’s leading ocean scientists have gathered in Hobart to explore new ways of using NASA satellite technology to understand how climate change is reshaping the Southern Ocean
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/nasa-sa...
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/nasa-sa...
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Antarctica is in extreme peril | grist.org/climate/anta...
Antarctica is in extreme peril
New research catalogs several “abrupt changes,” like a precipitous loss of sea ice, unfolding in Antarctica with dire implications for us all.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Antarctica is in extreme peril | grist.org/climate/anta...
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Average temperature departures by month in the #Antarctic since the year 1940.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Average temperature departures by month in the #Antarctic since the year 1940.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Gathering with this brilliant group of researchers was one of the highlights of the year for me.
Some amazing, inspirational work going on, steadily advancing our understanding of Antarctica and how it will affect us in so many ways.
Some amazing, inspirational work going on, steadily advancing our understanding of Antarctica and how it will affect us in so many ways.
🌍 Last week, 140+ Antarctic scientists came together in #Hobart for our ACEAS Research Forum 2025 to share the latest research and insights about the climate risks emerging from #Antarctica and the #SouthernOcean.
Read more: antarctic.org.au/aceas-resear...
Read more: antarctic.org.au/aceas-resear...
ACEAS Research Forum 2025: a national gathering of Antarctic science excellence - ACEAS
More than 140 researchers from across Australia gathered in Hobart last week for the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) Research Forum, held from 5 to 7 November at the Univ...
antarctic.org.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Gathering with this brilliant group of researchers was one of the highlights of the year for me.
Some amazing, inspirational work going on, steadily advancing our understanding of Antarctica and how it will affect us in so many ways.
Some amazing, inspirational work going on, steadily advancing our understanding of Antarctica and how it will affect us in so many ways.
Australia pays special attention to the Indian Ocean bit of the Southern Ocean.
Quite alarming that sea ice there is in entirely unexplored territory (top right panel, also a cropped version, click to see full images)
Quite alarming that sea ice there is in entirely unexplored territory (top right panel, also a cropped version, click to see full images)
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Australia pays special attention to the Indian Ocean bit of the Southern Ocean.
Quite alarming that sea ice there is in entirely unexplored territory (top right panel, also a cropped version, click to see full images)
Quite alarming that sea ice there is in entirely unexplored territory (top right panel, also a cropped version, click to see full images)
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Heading home now, after an awesome week in Hobart! So much great Antarctic science happening here.
Also: lovely people. Shame they’re so darn good at cricket 🏏
Also: lovely people. Shame they’re so darn good at cricket 🏏
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Heading home now, after an awesome week in Hobart! So much great Antarctic science happening here.
Also: lovely people. Shame they’re so darn good at cricket 🏏
Also: lovely people. Shame they’re so darn good at cricket 🏏
About as alarming as it gets. Hard to imagine the current regime surviving
"On July 20, the Tehran Water Authority reported that the capital’s reservoirs had reached their lowest point in a century, and last week, the authority’s head warned that dam reserves could sustain the city for only two more weeks if the dry spell continued."
🚨 "If it doesn’t rain, we will have to start restricting water supplies in #Tehran next month. If the drought continues, we will run out of water and be forced to evacuate the city"
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
About as alarming as it gets. Hard to imagine the current regime surviving
So much to like about what the Vice Chancellor of Western Sydney University has to say here
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Vice Chancellor calls for a reckoning for Australia's universities - ABC listen
"The time has come for a reckoning in Australian higher education." That's according to a newly published essay by George Williams, the Vice Chancellor and President of Western Sydney University.
The...
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So much to like about what the Vice Chancellor of Western Sydney University has to say here
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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📝 Call for all Polar Researchers to take the Science under Pressure survey!
Submissions deadline is 15 November 2025
Read more and take the survey: www.rug.nl/research/arc...
Submissions deadline is 15 November 2025
Read more and take the survey: www.rug.nl/research/arc...
Science under Pressure
Science under pressure: Reflecting on conditions, practices and institutional structures for sustainable polar research
www.rug.nl
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📝 Call for all Polar Researchers to take the Science under Pressure survey!
Submissions deadline is 15 November 2025
Read more and take the survey: www.rug.nl/research/arc...
Submissions deadline is 15 November 2025
Read more and take the survey: www.rug.nl/research/arc...
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Total Bluesky users: 40,037,220
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Total Bluesky users: 40,037,220
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Political Map of Australia in the 1920s showing the very short lived Central Australia territory which only existed from 1927 to 1931
7 more maps in the same series: brilliantmaps.com/new-oxfor...
7 more maps in the same series: brilliantmaps.com/new-oxfor...
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Political Map of Australia in the 1920s showing the very short lived Central Australia territory which only existed from 1927 to 1931
7 more maps in the same series: brilliantmaps.com/new-oxfor...
7 more maps in the same series: brilliantmaps.com/new-oxfor...
Overlooked East Antarctica melting may skew sea level forecasts.
Some important new insights from Fabio Dias @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
❄️
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Some important new insights from Fabio Dias @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
❄️
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Overlooked East Antarctica melting may skew sea level forecasts
A study published today found that while ice shelves in West Antarctica melt year-round, those in East Antarctica experience summer melting spikes, when sea ice retreats and warm ocean water flows ben...
phys.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Overlooked East Antarctica melting may skew sea level forecasts.
Some important new insights from Fabio Dias @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
❄️
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Some important new insights from Fabio Dias @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
❄️
phys.org/news/2025-10...
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🧊 New research reveals an overlooked Antarctic process that may skew sea level rise projections.
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
Overlooked melting in East Antarctica could skew sea level rise projections - ACEAS
New research into how East Antarctica’s ice shelves melt reveals future global sea-level rise predictions could be significantly underestimated.
antarctic.org.au
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🧊 New research reveals an overlooked Antarctic process that may skew sea level rise projections.
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
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Thanks @polarsecco.bsky.social for the chance to present on #WiAA w/ many other wonderful orgs/initiative e.g. @usscar-antarctic.bsky.social @iassa.bsky.social @iasc-arctic.bsky.social and more at the "Overview of Polar Organizations for Early Career Scientists" event. Check out #PSECCO psecco.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Thanks @polarsecco.bsky.social for the chance to present on #WiAA w/ many other wonderful orgs/initiative e.g. @usscar-antarctic.bsky.social @iassa.bsky.social @iasc-arctic.bsky.social and more at the "Overview of Polar Organizations for Early Career Scientists" event. Check out #PSECCO psecco.org
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Antarctic fur seals: tracking the Southern Ocean’s changing climate and ecosystem
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Antarctic fur seals: tracking the Southern Ocean’s changing climate and ecosystem
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
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You can now apply for the 2026 SCAR Ant-ICON/SC-ATS science-policy fellowships!
Application deadline: 23 November 2025.
More information here: scar.org/scar-news/20...
Application deadline: 23 November 2025.
More information here: scar.org/scar-news/20...
2026 Ant-ICON/SC-ATS Fellowship Programme Now Open | SCAR
scar.org
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
You can now apply for the 2026 SCAR Ant-ICON/SC-ATS science-policy fellowships!
Application deadline: 23 November 2025.
More information here: scar.org/scar-news/20...
Application deadline: 23 November 2025.
More information here: scar.org/scar-news/20...