Helen Millman
@helenmillman.bsky.social
Glaciologist / Ice Sheet Modeller currently remotely sensing permafrost.
Postdoc at Exeter Uni @gsiexeter.bsky.social
Former UNSW PhD student.
Ageing millennial indie kid.
Postdoc at Exeter Uni @gsiexeter.bsky.social
Former UNSW PhD student.
Ageing millennial indie kid.
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How could I forget, here's the UK version
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
How could I forget, here's the UK version
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I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
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Reflections on COP30 Global Mutirão final decision text:
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reflections on COP30 Global Mutirão final decision text:
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Climate Diplomacy Brief - #COP30 day 12
**ENDGAME - MAKE IT END**
The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people
**ENDGAME - MAKE IT END**
The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people
Climate Diplomacy Brief - COP30 day 12
The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people
climatediplobrief.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Climate Diplomacy Brief - #COP30 day 12
**ENDGAME - MAKE IT END**
The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people
**ENDGAME - MAKE IT END**
The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people
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The script writers of reality are a bit too on the nose today.
A literal fire has erupted in the middle of the United Nations conference devoted to stopping the planet from burning.
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
COP30 Is on Fire
Flames have erupted in the “Blue Zone” at the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The script writers of reality are a bit too on the nose today.
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WHEN WILL COP30 END? The presidency says Friday. The schedule says Friday. Recent history says otherwise…
PLACE YOUR BETS!
Carbon Brief is running its annual sweepstake – enter here:
PLACE YOUR BETS!
Carbon Brief is running its annual sweepstake – enter here:
Carbon Brief's COP30 'gavel-down' sweepstake
When do you think the gavel will come down on COP30?
Please enter your name, organisation, email and time below to enter the Carbon Brief sweepstake.
No prize on offer. Just the bragging rights when we announce the winner(s) on social media.
Entries must be submitted by 23:59, Thursday 20 November 2025 (Belém time).
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
WHEN WILL COP30 END? The presidency says Friday. The schedule says Friday. Recent history says otherwise…
PLACE YOUR BETS!
Carbon Brief is running its annual sweepstake – enter here:
PLACE YOUR BETS!
Carbon Brief is running its annual sweepstake – enter here:
The livestream from the Cryosphere Pavilion at #COP30 is up and running. See the schedule here: iccinet.org/cop30-cryosp...
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The livestream from the Cryosphere Pavilion at #COP30 is up and running. See the schedule here: iccinet.org/cop30-cryosp...
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Antarctica – a land of penguins and polar ice caps!
It's a vast polar desert largely covered in ice, and has been for over 30 million years.
However, it's also one of the fastest changing places on Earth... (1/5)
It's a vast polar desert largely covered in ice, and has been for over 30 million years.
However, it's also one of the fastest changing places on Earth... (1/5)
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Antarctica – a land of penguins and polar ice caps!
It's a vast polar desert largely covered in ice, and has been for over 30 million years.
However, it's also one of the fastest changing places on Earth... (1/5)
It's a vast polar desert largely covered in ice, and has been for over 30 million years.
However, it's also one of the fastest changing places on Earth... (1/5)
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Here is a map view of the record high temperatures in October 2025 across the #Antarctic. Compare this blob of anomalies greater than 5°C with the Arctic from my earlier post. Yikes!
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here is a map view of the record high temperatures in October 2025 across the #Antarctic. Compare this blob of anomalies greater than 5°C with the Arctic from my earlier post. Yikes!
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
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As the United Nations marks the 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and the opening of COP30 in Brazil, I'm happy to have been able to contribute a chapter to a new UK National Commission for UNESCO report on "Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes". (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
As the United Nations marks the 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and the opening of COP30 in Brazil, I'm happy to have been able to contribute a chapter to a new UK National Commission for UNESCO report on "Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes". (1/2)
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Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
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Come and study for a PhD with me @ncl-geography.bsky.social!
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Come and study for a PhD with me @ncl-geography.bsky.social!
Hektoria Glacier in the news: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rapid Antarctic glacier retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit'
A new study suggests that changes to Hektoria Glacier are unprecedented - but not all scientists agree.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Hektoria Glacier in the news: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New study in Nature by Lin et al shows how the sea-level rise from the melting Ice Age ice (a total of 120 meters rise) ended thousands of years ago.
Until our fossil fuel use started a new phase of rising seas.
Graph shows the global mean rate of sea level rise.
🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Until our fossil fuel use started a new phase of rising seas.
Graph shows the global mean rate of sea level rise.
🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New study in Nature by Lin et al shows how the sea-level rise from the melting Ice Age ice (a total of 120 meters rise) ended thousands of years ago.
Until our fossil fuel use started a new phase of rising seas.
Graph shows the global mean rate of sea level rise.
🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Until our fossil fuel use started a new phase of rising seas.
Graph shows the global mean rate of sea level rise.
🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If you need cheering up on this dark, rainy Friday evening, I recommend listening to Jarvis Cocker tell the story about the time he fell out of a window while trying to impress a girl: youtu.be/qK84-2u3t74
Jarvis Cocker on the wheelchair incident
YouTube video by jarvizcocker
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October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you need cheering up on this dark, rainy Friday evening, I recommend listening to Jarvis Cocker tell the story about the time he fell out of a window while trying to impress a girl: youtu.be/qK84-2u3t74
❄️ Calling all glaciology PhD students! ❄️
Applications are now open for next year’s Karthaus Summer School. It’s a great experience and you will be very well fed. Apply here: www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
Applications are now open for next year’s Karthaus Summer School. It’s a great experience and you will be very well fed. Apply here: www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
Ice and Climate : Karthaus summerschool
www.projects.science.uu.nl
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
❄️ Calling all glaciology PhD students! ❄️
Applications are now open for next year’s Karthaus Summer School. It’s a great experience and you will be very well fed. Apply here: www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
Applications are now open for next year’s Karthaus Summer School. It’s a great experience and you will be very well fed. Apply here: www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
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Alright let me tell you a story about a prominent scientist in my field and my first conference. This was in the days when most had adopted PowerPoint, but some of the older folks still showed up with actual physical slides to show on one of those old fashioned overhead projectors.
Nobody makes enemies by finishing their talk early…
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Alright let me tell you a story about a prominent scientist in my field and my first conference. This was in the days when most had adopted PowerPoint, but some of the older folks still showed up with actual physical slides to show on one of those old fashioned overhead projectors.
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📣 We are advertising a range of glaciology/polar PhD projects at @geogdurham.bsky.social funded by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. ❄️ For more information on these projects, and info on eligibility, support for under-represented groups, and how to apply, visit durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/opportunities/
Opportunities
PhD scholarships We are currently advertising a range of glaciology/polar-related projects (listed below) funded by the 2026/27 IAPETUS DTP studentship competition. For information on funding, elig…
durhamglaciology.wordpress.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
📣 We are advertising a range of glaciology/polar PhD projects at @geogdurham.bsky.social funded by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. ❄️ For more information on these projects, and info on eligibility, support for under-represented groups, and how to apply, visit durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/opportunities/
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Ahead of #COP30, a team of climate policy experts including PIK director Johan Rockström warn in a commentary in Nature that low-quality carbon offsets are undermining global decarbonisation efforts, calling for stronger standards, real removals and fewer excuses: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
How offsets are hampering decarbonisation and undermining carbon markets
15.10.2025 - Ahead of COP30 in Brasil, an international team of leading climate policy experts including Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research Director Johan Rockström, warn in a commentary in ...
www.pik-potsdam.de
October 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ahead of #COP30, a team of climate policy experts including PIK director Johan Rockström warn in a commentary in Nature that low-quality carbon offsets are undermining global decarbonisation efforts, calling for stronger standards, real removals and fewer excuses: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Our new Global Tipping Points report is out today: global-tipping-points.org
Read the whole thing here: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...
#GTPR2025 #COP30
@exeter.ac.uk @wwf.org.uk @gsiexeter.bsky.social
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social @wwfbrasil.bsky.social
Read the whole thing here: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...
#GTPR2025 #COP30
@exeter.ac.uk @wwf.org.uk @gsiexeter.bsky.social
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social @wwfbrasil.bsky.social
Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact
Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.
global-tipping-points.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Our new Global Tipping Points report is out today: global-tipping-points.org
Read the whole thing here: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...
#GTPR2025 #COP30
@exeter.ac.uk @wwf.org.uk @gsiexeter.bsky.social
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social @wwfbrasil.bsky.social
Read the whole thing here: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...
#GTPR2025 #COP30
@exeter.ac.uk @wwf.org.uk @gsiexeter.bsky.social
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social @wwfbrasil.bsky.social
It’s a beautiful day to be bog coring on Dartmoor
October 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
It’s a beautiful day to be bog coring on Dartmoor