Sandra Passchier
@passchier.bsky.social
Geoscience professor at Montclair | Sedimentologist | Glacial-Marine-Polar | Paleoclimate | Scientific Ocean Drilling | Views my Own
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Proud to see this work out - field and modeling combination by former graduate student Ethan Pierce, Danish collaborator Bent Hasholt and I. @cubouldearth.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sediment transport by Greenland’s icebergs - Nature Communications
Greenland’s icebergs transport 450 megatonnes of sediment to its fjords each year, representing one-third of the ice sheet’s total sediment export. This ice-rafted debris builds shoals at tidewater gl...
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Proud to see this work out - field and modeling combination by former graduate student Ethan Pierce, Danish collaborator Bent Hasholt and I. @cubouldearth.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees
The cuts impacted staffers engaged in both research and operations at the lab.
www.cpr.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
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Become our colleague!
The University of Lethbridge is hiring a Canada Impact+ Research Chair (Professor/Associate Professor) in Remote Sensing!
Only candidates who are both working and residing outside of Canada, incl. Canadian expats, are eligible to apply.
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8951
The University of Lethbridge is hiring a Canada Impact+ Research Chair (Professor/Associate Professor) in Remote Sensing!
Only candidates who are both working and residing outside of Canada, incl. Canadian expats, are eligible to apply.
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8951
Canada Impact+ Research Chair – Professor (Or Associate Professor)
The University of Lethbridge invites applications from world-renowned researchers for the prestigious Canada Impact+ Research Chair competition. The Impact+ program is a one-time initiative designed t...
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February 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Become our colleague!
The University of Lethbridge is hiring a Canada Impact+ Research Chair (Professor/Associate Professor) in Remote Sensing!
Only candidates who are both working and residing outside of Canada, incl. Canadian expats, are eligible to apply.
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8951
The University of Lethbridge is hiring a Canada Impact+ Research Chair (Professor/Associate Professor) in Remote Sensing!
Only candidates who are both working and residing outside of Canada, incl. Canadian expats, are eligible to apply.
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8951
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📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Late Quaternary Paleoceanography 🌊 🐚 ⚒️
Patrick Grunert’s working group is inviting applications for a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral position (20 months).
🗓️ Application deadline: 15 February 2026
More info here - jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/247...
Patrick Grunert’s working group is inviting applications for a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral position (20 months).
🗓️ Application deadline: 15 February 2026
More info here - jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/247...
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Late Quaternary Paleoceanography 🌊 🐚 ⚒️
Patrick Grunert’s working group is inviting applications for a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral position (20 months).
🗓️ Application deadline: 15 February 2026
More info here - jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/247...
Patrick Grunert’s working group is inviting applications for a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral position (20 months).
🗓️ Application deadline: 15 February 2026
More info here - jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/247...
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Good write-up in Science on our recent paper: www.science.org/content/arti...
Space dust reveals rapid evolution after dino-killing asteroid
New data detail how tiny forms of life rebounded much more quickly than previously believed
www.science.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Good write-up in Science on our recent paper: www.science.org/content/arti...
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Antarctic ice sheet folk, I'm looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Ice Sheet Reconstruction [readvertised] for a 3.5yr appointment in Tasmania. Very flexible start date!
Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4
❄️
Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4
❄️
February 6, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Antarctic ice sheet folk, I'm looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Ice Sheet Reconstruction [readvertised] for a 3.5yr appointment in Tasmania. Very flexible start date!
Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4
❄️
Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4
❄️
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🚨Job alert🚨
Want to work as a Chem Tech for @us-sciod.bsky.social at Texas A&M University? Then apply below!
Responsibilities include prep lab containers for seagoing expeditions, mobilization/demobilization, sailing to operate instruments at sea...
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...
Want to work as a Chem Tech for @us-sciod.bsky.social at Texas A&M University? Then apply below!
Responsibilities include prep lab containers for seagoing expeditions, mobilization/demobilization, sailing to operate instruments at sea...
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...
February 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
🚨Job alert🚨
Want to work as a Chem Tech for @us-sciod.bsky.social at Texas A&M University? Then apply below!
Responsibilities include prep lab containers for seagoing expeditions, mobilization/demobilization, sailing to operate instruments at sea...
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...
Want to work as a Chem Tech for @us-sciod.bsky.social at Texas A&M University? Then apply below!
Responsibilities include prep lab containers for seagoing expeditions, mobilization/demobilization, sailing to operate instruments at sea...
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...
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I think we've all been victim of unscrupulous reviewers at some time or other - you can flag this to the editor if you feel you've been unfairly treated!
February 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I think we've all been victim of unscrupulous reviewers at some time or other - you can flag this to the editor if you feel you've been unfairly treated!
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Anyone interested in buying a research vessel together? Germany is selling R/V Meteor III. Happy to chip in a few $/€
www.vebeg.de/de/aktuelles...
www.vebeg.de/de/aktuelles...
February 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Anyone interested in buying a research vessel together? Germany is selling R/V Meteor III. Happy to chip in a few $/€
www.vebeg.de/de/aktuelles...
www.vebeg.de/de/aktuelles...
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And here is the corresponding global upper ocean heat content (0 to 700 m depth) for 2025 and set a new record too... 🔥
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
And here is the corresponding global upper ocean heat content (0 to 700 m depth) for 2025 and set a new record too... 🔥
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Hearing about restructering at my own university from the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universities
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Hearing about restructering at my own university from the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
PBS Science correspondent Miles O'Brien at Thwaites Glacier www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
On board the voyage to Antarctica to learn why a massive glacier is melting
Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a two-month-long journey underway to conduct research that will better explain what's...
www.pbs.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 AM
PBS Science correspondent Miles O'Brien at Thwaites Glacier www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Most likely you have autistic students and colleagues and don't even know it. Autism has many manifestations - the spectrum.
As this article points out, which always applies: "Don't make assumptions due to levels or types of engagement" and "Assume the best".
rdcu.be/eYT4k
As this article points out, which always applies: "Don't make assumptions due to levels or types of engagement" and "Assume the best".
rdcu.be/eYT4k
Client Challenge
rdcu.be
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Most likely you have autistic students and colleagues and don't even know it. Autism has many manifestations - the spectrum.
As this article points out, which always applies: "Don't make assumptions due to levels or types of engagement" and "Assume the best".
rdcu.be/eYT4k
As this article points out, which always applies: "Don't make assumptions due to levels or types of engagement" and "Assume the best".
rdcu.be/eYT4k
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We’ve wrapped up drilling at Crary Ice Rise with 228m of sediment core. This is an unprecedented record of the history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet stretching back millions of years. Initial observations indicate the core includes periods of environmental change during past times of warming.
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 AM
We’ve wrapped up drilling at Crary Ice Rise with 228m of sediment core. This is an unprecedented record of the history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet stretching back millions of years. Initial observations indicate the core includes periods of environmental change during past times of warming.
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The deadline for graduate student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 (Paleoclimate Training in Climate Archives, Models, and Proxies) summer school is this Friday, January 9th! paleoCAMP is completely free for all students selected to attend paleoclimate.camp/apply
Application — paleoCAMP
paleoclimate.camp
January 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The deadline for graduate student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 (Paleoclimate Training in Climate Archives, Models, and Proxies) summer school is this Friday, January 9th! paleoCAMP is completely free for all students selected to attend paleoclimate.camp/apply
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Modeled reconstruction of December #Arctic sea ice volume since the year 1901 - comparison between PIOMAS-20C and PIOMAS data sets now updated through 2025 (new record low)...
Data information available at doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...
Data information available at doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Modeled reconstruction of December #Arctic sea ice volume since the year 1901 - comparison between PIOMAS-20C and PIOMAS data sets now updated through 2025 (new record low)...
Data information available at doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...
Data information available at doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...
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⚒️ Article: The ~500-meter-thick Prudhoe Dome in northwest Greenland completely deglaciated 7000 years ago, highlighting the sensitivity of the ice sheet to mid-Holocene warming
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deglaciation of the Prudhoe Dome in northwestern Greenland in response to Holocene warming - Nature Geoscience
The ~500-metre-thick Prudhoe Dome in northwestern Greenland completely deglaciated 7,000 years ago, highlighting the sensitivity of the ice sheet to mid-Holocene warming, according to luminescence and...
www.nature.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
⚒️ Article: The ~500-meter-thick Prudhoe Dome in northwest Greenland completely deglaciated 7000 years ago, highlighting the sensitivity of the ice sheet to mid-Holocene warming
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces - gothamist.com/news/nyc-weg...
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
gothamist.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces - gothamist.com/news/nyc-weg...
Scientists and PBS reporter Miles O'Brien on their way to Thwaites Glacier www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Scientists and PBS reporter Miles O'Brien on their way to Thwaites Glacier www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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We’ve hit a century! 100m of core! Our night-shift crew took us past this milestone – we’re now more than halfway towards our target. Reaching this point is testimony to the skill and hard work of our drillers, who are clocking up long runs and cores of up to 3.1m 👉https://bit.ly/4aHvt5e
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 AM
We’ve hit a century! 100m of core! Our night-shift crew took us past this milestone – we’re now more than halfway towards our target. Reaching this point is testimony to the skill and hard work of our drillers, who are clocking up long runs and cores of up to 3.1m 👉https://bit.ly/4aHvt5e
Dec. 21 "The Department of the Interior announced .. that it is pausing—effective immediately—the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports."
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Dec. 21 "The Department of the Interior announced .. that it is pausing—effective immediately—the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports."
Energy Department renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory www.nrel.gov
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Energy Department renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory www.nrel.gov
Repeated major inland retreat of Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers (West Antarctica) during the Pliocene | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Repeated major inland retreat of Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers (West Antarctica) during the Pliocene | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...