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Louise Sandberg Sørensen
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Professor at DTU Space. I work with satellite data to learn more about the ice sheets and glaciers.
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esa.int
Our Ministerial Council starts today. Watch the first session live from 12.30 GMT/13.30 CET to know everything about ESA's future roadmap and budget. #CM25

📺 watch.esa.int

More details 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Min...
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Reposted by Louise Sandberg Sørensen
hansonmark.bsky.social
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

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Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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deformedearth.bsky.social
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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Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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ruthmottram.bsky.social
Freshwater Writing

How to handle freshwater fluxes from ice sheets in climate models, where there isn't an ice sheet model component? A new paper just out reveals all...
Freshwater Writing
How to handle freshwater fluxes from ice sheets in climate models, where there isn't an ice sheet model component? A new paper just out reveals all...
sternaparadisaea.net
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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dtucryo.bsky.social
Rasmus and @tabea-rettelbach.bsky.social are in Budapest this week at HungaroMet for the PISCO & @polarres.bsky.social hackathon! 🇭🇺
With 20 other students and instructors, they’re exploring projects that combine climate model outputs with in-situ and EO data to better understand our Polar regions.🌍❄️
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
louisesandbergs.bsky.social
Today I attended DTUs new initiative: an annual #DEI day. The topic for presentations and discussions was neurodiversity. Important topic!
This book goes on my to-read-list 💡📖
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Reposted by Louise Sandberg Sørensen
esaclimate.bsky.social
The satellites Sentinel-1D & Sentinel-6B launch to provide critical climate data. Sentinel-1D will monitor ice sheets & glaciers, Sentinel-6B will track sea level rise. Their data will extend decades of climate observations and support ESA's Climate Change Initiative projects. tinyurl.com/zfj8fmva
ESA Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite being encapsulated inside white Ariane 6 rocket fairing Sentinel-6B ocean monitoring satellite undergoing pre-launch testing in clean room facility
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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ruthmottram.bsky.social
The return of the night train?
Copenhagen Prague via Berlin and Copenhagen -Basel both starting next year! 🎉🚄🚅🛤️🎉
And the EU is pushing for fast trains between all European capitals.
(Though that's definitely going to take longer). 🇪🇺🛤️🎉🇪🇺

www.zetland.dk/historie/s08...
Ny karakterskala og fire timer med toget til Berlin
Dagens morgenoverblik siger farvel til karakteren minus 3, og opdaterer dig på planerne for lynhurtige tog i Europa.
www.zetland.dk
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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videnskab.dk
Danmarks ældste? Mosepige fra Taastrup vækker opsigt #dkvid #dkforsk
Danmarks ældste? Mosepige fra Taastrup vækker opsigt
Et sjældent fund har set dagens lys nær Taastrup på Sjælland, hvor arkæologer fra det lokale Kroppedal Museum under en udgravning har fundet resterne af et menneske, der levede for tusinder år siden. Det skriver Kroppedal Museum i en pressemeddelelse.  Flere medier har spekuleret i, om det kunne være Danmarks ældste skeletfund og dermed vippe...
videnskab.dk
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reposted by Louise Sandberg Sørensen
seaice.de
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) is accepting applications for a three-year postdoctoral researcher position focusing on the synergy of snow models, observations, and remote sensing over Arctic sea ice and lake ice.

valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/post...
Postdoctoral Researcher (synergy of snow models, observations, and remote sensing) - The Finnish Meteorological Institute
Open job: Postdoctoral Researcher (synergy of snow models, observations, and remote sensing), The Finnish Meteorological Institute - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi
valtiolle.fi
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
louisesandbergs.bsky.social
Jeg er ved at lytte mig igennem Tyran podcast serien. Det er nogle helt vilde historier - og jeg skal hele tiden minde mig selv om at det er virkelige hændelser og virkelige tyranner 😳
www.dr.dk/lyd/p3/tyran...
Tyran: Bokassa | Lyt som podcast | DR LYD
Lyt som podcast her på DR LYD. I denne TYRAN-serie fortæller vi den bizarre, blodige og næsten ubegribelige historie om Den Centralafrikanske Republik under Jean-Bédel Bokassa i 1960'erne og 70'erne. ...
www.dr.dk
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reposted by Louise Sandberg Sørensen
cires.colorado.edu
New video: A glacier on Antarctica’s Eastern Peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history—in just two months, nearly 50 percent of the glacier disintegrated. Watch this video to understand what happened. Study by @ciresnews #Antarctica #glaciermelt
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reposted by Louise Sandberg Sørensen
copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
How does the #cryosphere shape our climate, and how do we track its changes? Dr. Erik Loebel from #C3S shares a first-hand account on monitoring glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice and permafrost, and why it matters. 

Read more: climate.copernicus.eu/c3s-behind-s...
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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wxnb.bsky.social
With 40 cm of snow left on the ground last Wednesday, Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, officially experienced its biggest October snowstorm on record. This historic event shattered a 104-year-old record by 25 cm.
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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icelink-project.bsky.social
ICELINK poster is up at IGS @igsoc.bsky.social Nordic Branch (hosted by GEUS)! Glad to see we're beside our friends LIQUIDICE @eu-liquidice.bsky.social. Next stop for the poster: #GreenlandScienceWeek!
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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dtucryo.bsky.social
We’re attending the IGS Nordic Branch Meeting 2025 in Copenhagen, at GEUS. Great to meet colleagues, hear exciting talks, and spark new discussions on ice, climate and modelling ❄️🧊📊
#Cryosphere #Glaciology #ClimateScience #IceSheet #PolarResearch #NordicScience #IGS2025
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Reposted by Louise Sandberg Sørensen
glacierbytes.bsky.social
Hey ice-sheet modellers! 👋

It’s time to register for the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP) protocol workshop being hosting here in Copenhagen (at GEUS) 23-25 March 2026.

Register: www.tilmeld.dk/ismip7worksh...

Learn more at how ISMIP supports the IPCC process: www.ismip.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Reposted by Louise Sandberg Sørensen
adamstandring.bsky.social
I can't remember if the literature discusses awards or funding opportunities specifically but this definitely sounds like its covered by the concept of 'academic housework/housekeeping' that I've found useful for understanding unequal gendered labour in academia.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Invaluable invisibility: academic housekeeping within the IPCC - Climatic Change
This article discusses “academic housekeeping” undertaken within IPCC, understood as the work that is rarely made visible or rewarded, but is nevertheless essential to the success of the organization....
link.springer.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
louisesandbergs.bsky.social
The EU funded project POLARIN invites the scientific community to submit proposals to access Research Infrastructures (RIs) in both polar regions.

Wonderful opportunity… but I don’t really understand why you cannot apply to an RI led by an institute from your own country?

#fieldwork #Polarin
Transnational Access Call 2025 – POLARIN
eu-polarin.eu
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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ruthmottram.bsky.social
2nd day of the #NCKF25 symposium and the plenary is all about the #SeaLevelRise.
This is the downstream part of our job as glaciologists and it's important to understand how the projections will, can and should be used...
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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roberthutton.co.uk
The eternal pressure for a woman: to have hands the size of bears in the textin' and hands the size of pixies in the pocketin'.
sarahoconnorft.ft.com Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · Oct 21
For women, the problem is compounded by stupidly small pockets. Women now live in a world where phone manufacturers think we have hands the size of bears, while jeans manufacturers think we have hands the size of pixies. pudding.cool/2018/08/pock...
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reposted by Louise Sandberg Sørensen
davidho.bsky.social
There’s a pawsity of news when this is in your feed.
Wild bear stealthily enters California zoo, is found visiting the bear exhibit
A wild black bear took a jaunt around a Northern California zoo and was spotted visiting its bear neighbors.
www.latimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
louisesandbergs.bsky.social
Our office is now ready for Halloween 🎃 🎃
October 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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dtucryo.bsky.social
📢 New publication! Ahead of #ESA #CRISTAL, we explore dual-frequency #altimetry for estimating 🧊 snow depth over sea ice.

🛩️ Part 1: Airborne multi-freq altimetry → snow depth 👉 tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...

🛰️ Part 2: Compare w/ CryoSat-2 & ICESat-2 #CRYO2ICE 👉 tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
Multi-frequency altimetry snow depth estimates over heterogeneous snow-covered Antarctic summer sea ice – Part 1: C∕S-, Ku-, and Ka-band airborne observations
Abstract. The recent alignment of CryoSat-2 to maximise orbital coincidence with the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) over the Southern Ocean and Antarctica in July 2022, known as...
tc.copernicus.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Reposted by Louise Sandberg Sørensen
markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Respect to those who got here first.
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM