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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · 22d

Please email or DM with any questions, and tell all your friends etc 🤗

Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · 22d

The Ice Modeller/Emulation Scientist (supervised by Rosie Williams) will run ice sheet simulations of Greenland glaciers and build an AI emulator to investigate tipping points: bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...

British Antarctic Survey Careers | Ice Modeller/Emulation Scientist

Two post-doctoral research positions in ocean and ice sheet modelling: Greenland Ice/Ocean Modeller and Ice Modeller/Emulation Scientist

bas.ciphr-irecruit.com

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · 22d

The Greenland Ice/Ocean Modeller (supervised by me) will advance the @ukesm.bsky.social's representation of Greenland's meltwater release to the ocean, and study implications for the collapse of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre: bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...

British Antarctic Survey Careers | Greenland Ice/Ocean Modeller

Two post-doctoral research positions in ocean and ice sheet modelling: Greenland Ice/Ocean Modeller and Ice Modeller/Emulation Scientist

bas.ciphr-irecruit.com

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · 22d

We are hiring two new postdocs in Greenland ocean and ice sheet modelling to join our team at @bas.ac.uk! Apply by 8 October:

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 23d

In London, hate will never win.

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · May 27

To mark the 1st day of my 4th year without Alice I have an announcement:
I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings.

Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️

Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

chng.it

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · May 16

The news this week was upsetting on a personal level, and reading this by @iandunt.bsky.social was just what I needed 🇨🇦🇳🇿🇬🇧
iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...

This is one of the reasons why areas with lots of immigrants are more successful than ones without. Partly it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, of course - immigrants go where there's jobs and there are jobs in successful areas. But there is something else. There is a specific kind of energy which comes from a population which aspires, from people who want things badly enough to uproot their life and go somewhere else and damn well try to get it. People who move. People who have the gumption and the conviction and the basic inner disposition to get up and move and get what they want, knowing full well that many of their neighbours back home will resent them and many of the locals at their destination will reject them.

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · May 7

If you stop observing the sea ice it stops declining, right?

Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · May 6

This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data.

"As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."

nsidc.org/data/user-re...

Effective May 5, 2025, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) will decommission its snow and ice data products from the Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics Science Division (COGS). As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported. This includes Sea Ice Index, Snow Data Assimilation System (SNODAS) Data Products, Glacier Photograph Collection, U.S. National Ice Center Arctic Sea Ice Charts and Climatologies in Gridded Format Gridded Monthly Sea Ice Extent and Concentration, 1850 Onward World Glacier Inventory. If you rely on these products in your work, research, education, or planning, we invite you to share your story at nsidc@nsidc.org. Your input can help us demonstrate the importance of these data sets and advocate for future support.

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · Apr 18

Here I am - loudly, and clumsily, declaring support!

Alex @dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social · Apr 17

not to invalidate my trans siblings but, personally, cis allies loudly declaring support for us right now does help keep despair at bay even if it changes nothing. I don’t care how you phrase it, how clumsy. Please be there for/with us, loudly. It fights the voices that scream everyone hates us.

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · Apr 3

Thanks Carlos - do you know why people would review less post-pandemic? More time spent in unnecessary Zoom meetings, maybe?!

Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · Apr 3

I've had 3 requests to review journal articles in the last week, which is not that unusual these days. Is this normal for a scientist approaching mid-career stage? Or is it a consequence of editors trying to have gender-balanced review panels in a field where women are underrepresented?

Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · Feb 28

I am so proud that I understand this

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · Feb 28

I don't know what to say about NOAA except that my heart goes out to every single one of you who lost a job yesterday. Your work is appreciated all around the world, not just in the US. I hate living in a dystopia.

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · Feb 28

In case it needs to be said (and surely everyone reasonable already knows this), YOUR WORK IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · Feb 28

It took me more than 10 years but today I was in a meeting of entirely female ice-ocean modellers (4) for what I believe is the first time

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Nick Golledge @nick-golledge.bsky.social · Feb 28

With all the senseless layoffs happening in the #US #science sector I hope we can try and help a little bit at least. If you're an ECR expert in sea-ice modeling our vacancy is open till 11th March. You will be welcome in NZ! 🧪 #academicsky @climate.noaa.gov

Nick Golledge @nick-golledge.bsky.social · Feb 10

Heads-up sea ice modellers, there's a new 4.5 yr vacancy opening here in beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand:
ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Spread the word!
#glaciology #academicsky #climate

Research Fellow in Sea-Ice Modelling

Join Te Puna Pātiotio - Antarctic Research Centre as a Kairuruku - Research Fellow on a 4.5 year fixed-term contract.

ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · Jan 20

Climate scientist here, I heartily endorse this podcast episode!

For a topic so ripe with misinformation, it's refreshing to see a couple of non-experts get it completely right.

Chris Smith @spyhistorian.bsky.social · Jan 19

Relistening to @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social's excellent #OriginStory on Climate Denial.

open.spotify.com/episode/4l9J...

I have a slight disagreement. Ian rejects the word "denial" due to its association with Holocaust denial and Dorian didn't see the connection.

Climate Change Denial part 1: Science Friction

Origin Story · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · Jan 9

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jan 9

🎉🎉🎉 Woo hoo! 🎉🎉🎉

Amazing feat by the Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice team!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Smashing the 800,000 year record for a continuous ice core by a country mile back to 1.2 million years ago.

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Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · Jan 5

Me to my 3 year old:

Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Jan 5

ASK ME SCIENCE QUESTIONS

Kaitlin Naughten @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social · Jan 2

Does anyone else remember "global warming stopped in 1998"?!

Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · Jan 2

The final ERA5 temperature data are now in. 2024 was the warmest year on record. Thanks humans! 🔥

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Dec 17

Let the world's largest iceberg inspire you: Even after spending months spinning in the same spot, you too can become unstuck.

CNN @cnn.com · Dec 17

The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists say

World’s biggest iceberg, A23a, is on the move again | CNN

The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again, drifting through the Southern Ocean after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said.

www.cnn.com

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Dec 6

It’s interesting that the emojis show the earth from three angles 🌎 🌍 🌏 but not the fourth.

Though 🔵 is a fair approximation of what it would look like.

People underestimate the Pacific.

A picture of the earth showing the pacific ocean. You can see hawaii and New Zealand. Also the edge of antarctica, australia, and north and south america...but barely.

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · Dec 6

declaring a conflict of interest: i hope we continue to not know stuff because otherwise I'd be out of a job

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Dec 6

The best-selling motor vehicles in the US and UK for 2024 are both made by Ford, but that's where the similarity ends.

The image shows a side-by-side comparison of a Ford crossover and a Ford pickup truck, highlighting their height and length dimensions. The crossover is in silver, with specified measurements of 1.537 m in height and 4.186 m in length; the truck is black, and 1.961 m in height, and 5.89 m in length.

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