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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 6d

This #webinar, together with Ruza Ivanovic & Quentin Dalaiden, will explore methodological approaches—from embracing ambiguity in #modelling to integrating diverse evidence through data assimilation—to reconstruct the dynamical history of Earth's #climate.

👉Register here: egu.eu/7TNQPP

Image description: A coffee cup, notepad, and pencil. Text reading: 'WEBINAR SERIES Climate of the Past 20th Anniversary: Paleoclimate Modeling and Data Assimilation Wednesday, 22 Oct 2025 17:00 CEST regiter NOW!

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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · Jun 18

We look forward to welcoming the @erc.europa.eu Scientific Council to Durham next week and showcasing amazing research, like Professor @erinmcclimate.bsky.social's study on Antarctic snow petrels and sea ice evolution. Read more: bit.ly/4nde2gE

@geogdurham.bsky.social ‪@leverhulme.ac.uk @bas.ac.uk

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congratulations @climatenerilie.bsky.social !

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jun 11

Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired

Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

www.theguardian.com

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Jun 6

We found that there was still an association with sea ice, but the snow petrels also ventured into waters with little or no sea ice. They reached foraging distances of 400km from the colonies during chick rearing, an amazing feat for small bird!

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Jun 6

What do sea-ice associated seabirds do during a season with little sea ice? Results from GPS tracking on snow petrels is now published, led by @elliehonan.bsky.social funded by @erc.europa.eu @leverhulme.ac.uk details here: www.antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/snow-petrel-tracking/ 🧪🐙

www.antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · May 8

Congratulations! That’s a beautiful photo

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Apr 30

A moment of calm this morning before another busy day at #EGU2025 Looking forward to our session on tipping points and sea ice spanning glacial-interglacial and shorter timescales 😎 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/meetin...

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Claire Rubbelke @clairerubbelke.bsky.social · Apr 16

Very proud to announce that our new paper is out in Nature Communications! rdcu.be/ehvip

Special thank you to my coauthors: @triptychphrases.bsky.social @hl-ford.bsky.social @erinmcclimate.bsky.social Paul Valdes and Alex Farnsworth

Southern Hemisphere subtropical front impacts on Southern African hydroclimate across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition

Nature Communications - Leaf wax isotopes and climate modeling show that Southern African rainfall and vegetation zones shifted in response to a stronger Meridional Temperature Gradient during the...

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Mar 13

This week sees the launch of #Past2Future research project, looking forward to working with climate data and models from a large group of researchers 😎🌍

Helle Astrid Kjær @h-a-kjaer.bsky.social · Mar 11

Excited to be part of the Horizon funded p2F project. Kick off takes place this week and I look forward especially the synergies between the paleo proxy and modelling communities nbi.ku.dk/english/rese... @erinmcclimate.bsky.social #seaice #icecore

Major project launched: improving climate models with historical data

How can climate history help us create a more accurate picture of the future climate? A major European consortium, consisting of 24 partners, will spend the next four years working intensively to answ...

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OGU Bristol @ogu-bristol.bsky.social · Mar 12

The announcement you have all been waiting for... Save the date for BOGS 2025! The 35th meeting of the British Organic Geochemical Society will be held in Bristol on the 1st and 2nd of July 2025. www.bogs2025.com #BOGS2025

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy international womens day! Lots of progress made, lots still to do, but enjoying the opportunity to celebrate many awesome family, friends and colleagues 🥳🙌👏

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Christopher Darvill @chrisdarvill.bsky.social · Feb 21

Job Alert! Permanent Lecturer in Physical Geography (Teaching & Research), specialising in peatland science. Come join our Department of Geography at The University of Manchester! Deadline 27 March 2025 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Lecturer in Physical Geography :Oxford Road

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Feb 22

hey paleopeeps, #ICP15 #ECR #grant deadline is 30th March. Please submit your application and wait to register until you hear from us. Thank you.

www.icp15.com

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Prof Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️ @oceanandice.bsky.social · Feb 4

Tiny animals with a huge impact.... total weight of krill in the world exceeds the total weight of humans or cows... and they play vital roles in ecosystems and climate.

We need to know what fishing and climate change are doing to them! 🌊🧪🥼❄️

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why scientists are counting tiny Antarctic krill from Space

Differences in seawater colour could reveal how tiny Antarctic creatures are faring in a warming world.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · Feb 4

The #Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change.  Research led by @tomchudley.bsky.social from @geogdurham.bsky.social found crevasses had significantly increased in size and depth in just five years 👉 bit.ly/4aKE8l7

@leverhulme.bsky.social #DUresearch

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Dec 20

Can you add me please?😃

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Dec 19

Another announcement and a pre Christmas celebration of newly published #ANTSIE work: Masters student Josie Francis updated the database of snow petrel distributions and analysed potential sea ice and breeding habitat controls link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A circumpolar review of the breeding distribution and habitat use of the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea), the world’s most southerly breeding vertebrate - Polar Biology

Knowledge of the spatial distribution of many polar seabird species is incomplete due to the remoteness of their breeding locations. Here, we compiled a new database of published and unpublished recor...

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · Dec 19

Timing Is Everything

…community call to launch the Time Integrated Matrix for Earth Sciences (TIMES) program with the aim to accurately synchronize age models for critical geological climate records of the last 100 million years

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Timing Is Everything

Timing is important for comprehending Earth's biological and climatic processes shaping evolution, extinction, and recovery Key climate proxy records of the last 100 million years are not suffici...

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Dec 18

We are hiring! Full details at the link below. We are looking for 2 postdocs to work on reconstructing past sea surface temperatures and sea ice distributions as part of the "Past 2 Future" consortium seeking to improve climate models with palaeoclimate data durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Nov 22

Durham university “100 faces of science” project is showcasing a wide range of scientists and science themes including Polar Science. These are just a few of my excellent colleagues 😎❄️🏔🧪💻 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Polar Climate Science - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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Kate Littler @palaeoclimate.bsky.social · Sep 18

🚨 Job alert 🚨

🌊 ⚒️🌎🧪

We’re hiring a Project Coordinator for the Exeter Marine network.

Suitable for a recent graduate with a passion for marine education, research and associated communication.

Deadline 29th Sept. Position is up to 23 months long.

jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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jobs.exeter.ac.uk

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Sep 12

You can find the original paper here, fully open access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Seasonal resource tracking and use of sea-ice foraging habitats by albatrosses and large petrels

The Antarctic seasonal sea-ice zone (SIZ) is one of the most extensive and dynamic habitats on Earth. In summer, increased insolation and ice melt cau…

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Sep 12

Antarctic sea ice is also important for seabirds not usually linked to it - new paper from our #ANTSIE project www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Durham University study finds sea ice melt impacts birds' feed trips

Albatrosses and petrels are being forced to fly further to find food, a study claims.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Erin McClymont @erinmcclimate.bsky.social · Jul 12

Heading home from a fun and stimulating couple of days at #BOGS2024 As always, it did not disappoint, and the Manchester team have definitely raised the bar with their impressive logo this year! U.K. organic geochemistry is going strong!

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