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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · 13d

Really fun to participate in this last week and looking forward to seeing what comes from it!

Scott Polar Research Institute @scottpolar.bsky.social · 13d

Last week, the inaugural Micro Arctic Climates MACS conference at SPRI provided an opportunity to explore how Arctic communities can utilise scientific and cultural data to better understand the changes that may occur in their regions.
Learn more about the conference here: en.uit.no/project/macs...

Micro Arctic Climates Conference 2025 | UiT

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 18d

🌲 Boreal-tundra species drive Arctic plant borealization 🌲

Our new study in #EcologyLetters quantifies tundra plant borealization, assesses its main drivers and identifies the species & traits contributing to borealization.

doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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Illustration of a branch of Betula glandulosa (Resin birch). Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social).

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Gareth Phoenix @garethphoenix.bsky.social · 23d

Job alert 🚨
Technician post in soil carbon at the University of Sheffield @sheffieldpps.bsky.social supporting natural capital assessment in South Yorkshire, UK
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...

Technician: Research

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Jun 26

Will you be the next #NordBorN #postdoc? #NTNU University Museum is looking for an ambitious young researcher to fill this role nordborn.lbhi.is?p=415 #NordForsk Deadline for applications is Aug 31!

NordBorN postdoc position in Trondheim - The Nordic Borealization Network

Deadline: August 31, 2025 The NTNU University Museum is looking for an energetic and ambitious ecologist with excellent organizational and communication skills. The postdoctoral position is part of th...

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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · Jul 2

Few updates from the field!

Found 3/4 original DART (?) OTC plots. No. 4 has been loosely identified so will track that down.

Both supervisors came out to see all the work I’ve been doing in Abisko!

I gave a tundra talk and an outreach talk at Naturum Abisko! I got a lovely book as a thank you.

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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · Jun 17

Had basically all the weather possible in Abisko including the most amount of waterlogged tundra I’ve ever seen but very special to find these trees near the treeline limits.

Photo of two trees in a rocky tundra landscape

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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · Jun 13

After an absolutely heroic 38 hr journey up to Abisko we have finally made it!

Looking a lot cooler than last time I was here! 🌲❄️🌳

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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks!

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SAFE treeline @safe-treeline.bsky.social · Jun 12

Can’t believe it has all come around so quickly!

Big thank you to the Andrew Croft Memorial fund, @rgsibg.bsky.social, and Durham for funding this trip!
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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · Jun 12

And we are headed to Abisko! Excited to be going back up and catching up with people from last year. Also very excited to meet all those new!

I’ll be giving a Tundra talk on the 17th June at ANS and an outreach talk on the 21st at Naturum Abisko!

Two people with 6 duffel bags piled on luggage trolleys

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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · Jun 12

And we are headed to Abisko! Excited to be going back up and catching up with people from last year. Also very excited to meet all those new!

I’ll be giving a Tundra talk on the 17th June at ANS and an outreach talk on the 21st at Naturum Abisko!

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Ellie Honan @elliehonan.bsky.social · Jun 6

The first paper of my PhD (and my first first-author paper!) is out now in Marine Biology 🌊 🎆 We tracked snow petrels in a season of extreme weather and little sea ice in east Antarctica❄️ read more on our #ANTSIE webpage here:
www.antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/snow-petrel-tracking/

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Thale Damm-Johnsen @thale.bsky.social · Jun 6

Hot off the press! A new study on snow petrel tracking from coastal Droninng Maud Land, Antarctica, by the wonderful @elliehonan.bsky.social!

Read the paper here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And a summary here(including an epic fieldwork video): antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/s...

The foraging distribution and habitat use of chick-rearing snow petrels from two colonies in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica - Marine Biology

The polar sea-ice zones are highly productive and seasonal habitats that support large populations of vertebrate predators. In the Antarctic, snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) are regarded as highly ice-...

link.springer.com

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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/ 🧪🐙

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Herbivory Network @herbivoryn.bsky.social · Jun 5

Do you have a background in vegetation mapping from satellite and drone images and you have experience conducting fieldwork in the Arctic? Apply for this amazing position with #GINR by June 9! 🌿🗺️https://herbivory.lbhi.is/2025/06/05/job-opportunities-with-ginr/

Job opportunities with GINR – The Herbivory Network

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Brandon Samuel Whitley @brandonswhitley.bsky.social · Jun 4

Please share widely! We have been running this course for 3 years now, and this is our fourth iteration! We also offer a mini grant program and mentorship opportunities! Check it out and sign up here: evobiocrashcourse.github.io

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SAFE treeline @safe-treeline.bsky.social · May 13

Not thrilled about the mosquitos 🦟🦟 but very excited to be heading back to Abisko this summer to start the field season in a month!

A landscape photo looking towards Abisko village and Lake tornetrask

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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · May 12

Congratulations!

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SAFE treeline @safe-treeline.bsky.social · May 7

This season absolutely wouldn’t be possible without the support of Durham Biosciences, @geogdurham.bsky.social, Pro:NE, @rgsibg.bsky.social, and Millie’s longest term fieldwork funder/supporter (has been funding her fieldwork since her masters!) the wonderful Andrew Croft Memorial Fund

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SAFE treeline @safe-treeline.bsky.social · May 7

Excited to be all confirmed for the 2025 SAFE field season!

We will be spending 6 weeks out and about across the Fennoscandia Arctic treeline looking at all things trees and shrubs 🌲🌳🛰️📏

Our team of three will be going out to Abisko, Sweden first and then departing for Norway and Finland!

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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · May 1

Today between 16:15 - 18:00 I’ll be presenting my poster on climate change impacts on the Fennoscandian treeline! Come along to hear all about the trees and shrubs 🌲🌳🛰️🗾

Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · Apr 27

Excited for my first time at #EGU25 and come see my poster!!

🌲🌳 Climate change impacts on the Arctic forest-tundra ecotone - present and future

📅 Thursday 1st May, 16:15-18:00 (CEST), Hall X1, X1.5

Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

Abstract EGU25-470

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · Apr 30

🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸

Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Illustration of a Greenlandic landscape, showing in the foreground Rhododendron lapponicum on a cliff, with sea ice and icebergs in the background. Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social)

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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · Apr 28

Summer 2024 was the first season of my PhD fieldwork in Kevo/Abisko (@safe-treeline.bsky.social) and it was beyond anything I’d ever experienced in the subarctic or anything my supervisor had any experience of!

Mika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · Apr 28

Excited to share that our new paper

“Summer 2024 in northern Fennoscandia was very likely the warmest in 2000 years”

has been published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science!

See the open-access paper from doi.org/10.1038/s416...

Short thread 👇

Summer 2024 in northern Fennoscandia was very likely the warmest in 2000 years - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Summer 2024 in northern Fennoscandia was very likely the warmest in 2000 years

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Mika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · Apr 28

Excited to share that our new paper

“Summer 2024 in northern Fennoscandia was very likely the warmest in 2000 years”

has been published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science!

See the open-access paper from doi.org/10.1038/s416...

Short thread 👇

Summer 2024 in northern Fennoscandia was very likely the warmest in 2000 years - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Summer 2024 in northern Fennoscandia was very likely the warmest in 2000 years

doi.org

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Millicent Harding @millicentharding.bsky.social · Apr 27

Excited for my first time at #EGU25 and come see my poster!!

🌲🌳 Climate change impacts on the Arctic forest-tundra ecotone - present and future

📅 Thursday 1st May, 16:15-18:00 (CEST), Hall X1, X1.5

Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

Abstract EGU25-470

meetingorganizer.copernicus.org

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