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Jonathan Bamber

@jlbamber.bsky.social

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Professor of Earth Observation and glaciology at University of Bristol and Technical University Munich. Open Access advocate, sports fanatic, European.

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Jonathan Louis Bamber is a British physicist known for his work on satellite remote sensing of the polar regions, and especially the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. He has authored more than 200 refereed scientific publications about the cryosphere and its interaction with the rest of the Earth System, and is recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information as a "highly cited researcher". In 2019, he was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union "for pioneering satellite remote sensing in glaciology and building bridges to other disciplines of the geoscience community." .. more

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Harry Zekollari @harryzeko.bsky.social · 18d

Over the last decade, glaciers in the European Alps have lost more than 15% of their area.

New study by Codruț-Andrei Diaconu, introducing automated tool to map and quantify glacier area changes (+uncertainties)!

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · 25d

New ML hydrology benchmark datasets, code zoos and case studies just published by my colleagues at TUM. Super useful resource for anyone working on hydro-ML. All open source: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
hydropml.github.io
github.com/HydroPML

Physics-aware machine learning revolutionizes scientific paradigm for process-based modeling in hydrology

Accurate hydrological understanding and water cycle prediction are crucial for addressing scientific and societal challenges associated with the manag…

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · 28d

You do realise that even posting about this nonsensical paper is giving it visibility and increasing its altmetric score. It was covered by the Times in the UK as well, despite best attempts of experts to set the record straight

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · 28d

Hey you wonderful EO scientists. Why not nominate your amazing colleague or team or nominate yourself for the next ESA EO excellence award. Nominations have just opened and close 10th Dec. Research cash prize for lucky winners:
www.eoxcellence.com

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Aug 11

Plant Based Universities Summer Camp 2025 chuffed.org/project/1386...

Plant Based Universities Summer Camp 2025

Plant-Based Universities has active campaigns at 70 universities in 9 European countries and we've already won votes for 100% plant-based catering in 23 universities. This camp is crucial to helping u...

chuffed.org

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · May 23

Totally agree. Every 10th of a degree matters and AGW is not binary but almost every country around the world has declared a climate emergency yet none are treating it like one.

Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · May 23

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Warming of +1.5 °C is too high for polar ice sheets - Communications Earth & Environment

Warming of +1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels is too high for the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, and even the current climate forcing of +1.2 °C is likely to lead to several meters of sea-level ...

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · May 23

BTW, just saw the news about GISS. Not great.

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · May 23

not overly encouraging...

Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · May 23

Sure that's 2 degs. I was referring to 1.5. But, honestly, would I bet on staying below 2 degs right now....?

Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · May 23

Yes I know but take a look at the emissions trajectory and it's pretty black and white. It's gone. There is no plausible way to lower emissions sufficiently now...

Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · May 23

Looks like staying below 1.5 degs warming is in the rear view mirror. Let's hope that 2 degs doesn't end up the same.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · May 23

Here's the latest comparison of global surface temperature observations (red) with IPCC climate model simulations (through March 2025, via @hausfath.bsky.social):

plot comparing global surface temperature observations ("Berkeley Earth" project--red) with IPCC ("CMIP6") climate model simulations (black is average over all models; blue shading shows spread among models)

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · May 23

This is sad, scary and deeply depressing at the same time. It takes decades to build the best and most important scientific institutions but just days to destroy them
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Godfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’

Over breakfast at Tom’s Restaurant, right below the historic Giss lab, James Hansen calls Doge’s decision a ‘big mistake’

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · May 23

Brazil activists decry green rollbacks as senate passes ‘devastation bill’

- Legislation would dismantle regulations in farming, mining and energy, increasing risk of widespread destruction

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Brazil activists decry green rollbacks as senate passes ‘devastation bill’

Legislation would dismantle regulations in farming, mining and energy, increasing risk of widespread destruction

www.theguardian.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · May 23

Here's the latest comparison of global surface temperature observations (red) with IPCC climate model simulations (through March 2025, via @hausfath.bsky.social):

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · May 22

Last September, I reported exclusively this analysis by Pesticide Action Network

Revealed: Far higher pesticide residues allowed on food since Brexit

- Unlike the EU, Great Britain has slashed protections for scores of food types

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Revealed: Far higher pesticide residues allowed on food since Brexit

Exclusive: Unlike the EU, Great Britain has slashed protections for scores of food types

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · May 22

Just published, free to read. www.nature.com/articles/s43....

Currently trajectory => dangerous levels of sea level rise from the ice sheets. Will this influence policy? Unlikely, but important to keep banging the drum. As declared by almost all nations: it's an EMERGENCY.

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · May 7

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Apr 30

Nice summary on some recent work we did on ice loss in Svalbard: Scientists use AI to track rapid glacier loss in Arctic Norway yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/scie...

Scientists use AI to track rapid glacier loss in Arctic Norway » Yale Climate Connections

They found that the melt rate has accelerated in the past two decades.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Apr 8

Congrats to the winner individual (Marcello Passaro) and winning team (The Decentralised Damage Mapping Group).

ESA - Earth Observation Excellence Award 2025 winners www.esa.int/Applications...

Earth Observation Excellence Award 2025 winners

In recognition of outstanding contributions to scientific advancement and innovation using Earth observation data, the ESA Earth Observation Excellence Award is presented annually to early-career rese...

www.esa.int

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Feb 24

Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independent, trusted science the agency produces is protected. act.ucsusa.org/4kajJuk

Science at Risk: Protect NOAA

act.ucsusa.org

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Jan 30

A bit naive IMHO. Some of this funding was used for sustainable energy research. Should we boycott BP/Shell/...EV charging stations as that is adding to their profit or should we support their efforts to provide sustainable energy.....

Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Jan 17

Beautiful morning on my bike ride along the river Avon into Bristol centre yesterday morning. #cycling

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Atmospheric Sciences @atmsciences.bsky.social · Jan 16

EarthCARE goes live with data now available to all www.esa.int/Applications...

EarthCARE goes live with data now available to all

With ESA’s EarthCARE satellite and four measuring instruments all working extremely well and fully commissioned, the mission’s ‘first level’ data stream is now freely available.By combining data from ...

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Jan 16

And here's the UoB press release for the paper:

A new study has exposed for the first time the huge loss of glaciers in a global warming hotspot over the past four decades.

It also shows the biggest retreat has occurred in recent years.

Find out more❄️⬇️
t.co/w1tyZ0GfVt

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Jan 15

Really nice paper just published by my post-doc Tian Li, on the controls and processes influencing calving for marine terminating glaciers in Svalbard. A lot of info. in the paper and supplement and a huge team effort. Free to read (of course!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pervasive glacier retreats across Svalbard from 1985 to 2023 - Nature Communications

This study analyses 124,919 glacier calving front positions to reveal widespread retreats and seasonal cycles across Svalbard since 1985, emphasising the crucial role of ice-ocean interaction and glac...

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Oct 14

ESA's Living Planet Symposium in Vienna, June 2025 is now open for abstract submission. Always a fantastic meeting showcasing the latest in EO missions and groundbreaking science from them:
www.esa.int/Applications...

Living Planet Symposium 2025: time for abstracts

ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025 will take place from 23–27 June 2025 at the Austria Center Vienna, Austria. As this prestigious event approaches, now is the time to submit your abstracts for a chan...

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Sep 30

That was my point too. IMHO, that's the wrong q. You can define a TP however you like but defining where the TP is in parameter space is, well difficult to impossible....

Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · Sep 30

Applications now open for the European Space Agency EO excellence awards. Go and nominate your amazing colleagues now at
www.eoxcellence.com

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