Henry Patton
@rhewlif.xyz
Glacial scientist & map nerd. Based in Tromsø, Arctic Norway ⛷️
Interested in research questions related to the reconstruction of ice sheets during past ice ages and how they impacted their environment.
Interested in research questions related to the reconstruction of ice sheets during past ice ages and how they impacted their environment.
Northern Norway will feel the consequences - Tromsø's ski season is projected to last only one month by the end of the century, down from 3.5 months currently.
The latest satellite photos of the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, for instance, illustrate the extent to which local glaciers have melted. "We need to dramatically reduce emissions", - a new research emphasises.
Northern Norway feels the consequences of record-high fossil fuel emissions
With 2025 set to be a record year for fossil fuel emissions, experts have concluded that it is no longer plausible to keep global warming below 1.5°C.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Northern Norway will feel the consequences - Tromsø's ski season is projected to last only one month by the end of the century, down from 3.5 months currently.
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This is cool, 6 million year old ice from Antartica with inferred temperature ~12°C warmer than the late Pleistocene. No CO2 level yet! (That will be highly anticipated!)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is cool, 6 million year old ice from Antartica with inferred temperature ~12°C warmer than the late Pleistocene. No CO2 level yet! (That will be highly anticipated!)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Half of the CO₂ released by human activities, such as through burning fossil fuels, enters the atmosphere... This impacts the climate all over the planet, including the Arctic.
Record levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Actions needed now, Greenpeace says
“Our leaders must start doing their job: cutting emissions, fast,” the head of Greenpeace Norway told the Barents Observer.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Half of the CO₂ released by human activities, such as through burning fossil fuels, enters the atmosphere... This impacts the climate all over the planet, including the Arctic.
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🌨🎉 Snow has arrived back in #Tromsø! The last time any snow was recorded was 146 days ago on May 24th.
🌨 Following ~2 cm of fresh snowfall in the last ~24hrs, the snow in #Tromsø is currently 1.1 cm deep. It has snowed once on this date since 2015, with 1 cm falling in 2020.
🌨 Following ~2 cm of fresh snowfall in the last ~24hrs, the snow in #Tromsø is currently 1.1 cm deep. It has snowed once on this date since 2015, with 1 cm falling in 2020.
October 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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While en route to the North Pole on a modern ice-going vessel, glaciologist Henry Patton reveals some of the crazy mapping mistakes and theories of what people used to believe lay hidden in this icy kingdom.
📽️ Editing by @media.elizaveta.no
📽️ Editing by @media.elizaveta.no
Secrets of the North Pole unravelled
YouTube video by Map Myths
youtube.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
While en route to the North Pole on a modern ice-going vessel, glaciologist Henry Patton reveals some of the crazy mapping mistakes and theories of what people used to believe lay hidden in this icy kingdom.
📽️ Editing by @media.elizaveta.no
📽️ Editing by @media.elizaveta.no
How Switzerland's glaciers have shrunk
Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes
They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.
www.bbc.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
How Switzerland's glaciers have shrunk
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Hello BlueSky! 👋
We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform!
Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more.
Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org
We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform!
Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more.
Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org
NORDQUA - The Nordic Union for Quaternary Research
Welcome to Nordqua - The Nordic Union for Quaternary Research - an organization of professional scientists from the Nordic countries.
nordqua.org
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Hello BlueSky! 👋
We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform!
Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more.
Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org
We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform!
Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more.
Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org
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After 35 unforgettable days at sea, the i2B expedition has come to an end. The team retrieved nearly 250 meters of sediment cores from key sites across the #Arctic Ocean — records that will help unravel the story of past warm climates. 🔗 Read chief scientist Jochen Knies’ reflection: arcg.is/0favaf0
i2B Arctic Ocean Expedition 2025
Collecting new geological archives that will reveal past Arctic climate secrets
arcg.is
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
After 35 unforgettable days at sea, the i2B expedition has come to an end. The team retrieved nearly 250 meters of sediment cores from key sites across the #Arctic Ocean — records that will help unravel the story of past warm climates. 🔗 Read chief scientist Jochen Knies’ reflection: arcg.is/0favaf0
On polar geoengineering...⚒️🧊
"None of these geoengineering ideas pass scrutiny regarding their use in the coming decades. Instead, we find that the proposed concepts would be environmentally dangerous."
The study: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
"None of these geoengineering ideas pass scrutiny regarding their use in the coming decades. Instead, we find that the proposed concepts would be environmentally dangerous."
The study: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Re-freezing the Arctic is costly and dangerous
Researchers warn against geoengineering in the polar regions.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
On polar geoengineering...⚒️🧊
"None of these geoengineering ideas pass scrutiny regarding their use in the coming decades. Instead, we find that the proposed concepts would be environmentally dangerous."
The study: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
"None of these geoengineering ideas pass scrutiny regarding their use in the coming decades. Instead, we find that the proposed concepts would be environmentally dangerous."
The study: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
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Did the midnight ☀️ bleach into the sub-surface of rocks in the Arctic? Following our OSL dating of cobbles from moraines in the Tibetan Plateau (doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...) we are applying this technique to moraines in the Lyngen Alps (Lyngsfjellan / Ittuvárit), Troms, Arctic Norway @rhewlif.xyz
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September 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Did the midnight ☀️ bleach into the sub-surface of rocks in the Arctic? Following our OSL dating of cobbles from moraines in the Tibetan Plateau (doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...) we are applying this technique to moraines in the Lyngen Alps (Lyngsfjellan / Ittuvárit), Troms, Arctic Norway @rhewlif.xyz
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🏔️❄️🌈🌞
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🚢 4 weeks at sea, 6,400 samples, and a record-breaking 22 m core ❄️🌊
The i2B team is piecing together the Arctic’s climate history, sample by sample — day and night.
🔗 Read co-chief scientist Stijn De Schepper’s update: arcg.is/0favaf0
📸 Tim Kalvelage
@bjerknes.uib.no
The i2B team is piecing together the Arctic’s climate history, sample by sample — day and night.
🔗 Read co-chief scientist Stijn De Schepper’s update: arcg.is/0favaf0
📸 Tim Kalvelage
@bjerknes.uib.no
September 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🚢 4 weeks at sea, 6,400 samples, and a record-breaking 22 m core ❄️🌊
The i2B team is piecing together the Arctic’s climate history, sample by sample — day and night.
🔗 Read co-chief scientist Stijn De Schepper’s update: arcg.is/0favaf0
📸 Tim Kalvelage
@bjerknes.uib.no
The i2B team is piecing together the Arctic’s climate history, sample by sample — day and night.
🔗 Read co-chief scientist Stijn De Schepper’s update: arcg.is/0favaf0
📸 Tim Kalvelage
@bjerknes.uib.no
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🚨 A small break from cruise updates to say that: We’re hiring! i2B is looking for a Postdoc in Arctic Marine Geology and Marine Geophysics. Find out more about the position here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Please share with your networks 😊
Please share with your networks 😊
September 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🚨 A small break from cruise updates to say that: We’re hiring! i2B is looking for a Postdoc in Arctic Marine Geology and Marine Geophysics. Find out more about the position here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Please share with your networks 😊
Please share with your networks 😊
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When was that moraine created??
Luminescence ages from the sub-surface of cobbles, collected from moraines in the Konglongluo Valley, Tibetan Plateau, agree with external age control!
Do get in touch if interested in this new moraine-dating technique!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Luminescence ages from the sub-surface of cobbles, collected from moraines in the Konglongluo Valley, Tibetan Plateau, agree with external age control!
Do get in touch if interested in this new moraine-dating technique!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
When was that moraine created??
Luminescence ages from the sub-surface of cobbles, collected from moraines in the Konglongluo Valley, Tibetan Plateau, agree with external age control!
Do get in touch if interested in this new moraine-dating technique!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Luminescence ages from the sub-surface of cobbles, collected from moraines in the Konglongluo Valley, Tibetan Plateau, agree with external age control!
Do get in touch if interested in this new moraine-dating technique!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Henry Patton
🚢🔎 From hidden channels to towering seamounts, the i2B expedition is uncovering the Arctic seafloor in remarkable new detail.
Read more about our findings in our latest blog written by @rhewlif.xyz :
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
Read more about our findings in our latest blog written by @rhewlif.xyz :
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
September 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚢🔎 From hidden channels to towering seamounts, the i2B expedition is uncovering the Arctic seafloor in remarkable new detail.
Read more about our findings in our latest blog written by @rhewlif.xyz :
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
Read more about our findings in our latest blog written by @rhewlif.xyz :
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
We dropped in on Santa Claus at the north pole this week to get our wish lists in early!
To celebrate reaching 90N - the first time unaided for the Kronprins Haakon - we had ourselves a BBQ followed by a football match on the ice.
To celebrate reaching 90N - the first time unaided for the Kronprins Haakon - we had ourselves a BBQ followed by a football match on the ice.
September 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We dropped in on Santa Claus at the north pole this week to get our wish lists in early!
To celebrate reaching 90N - the first time unaided for the Kronprins Haakon - we had ourselves a BBQ followed by a football match on the ice.
To celebrate reaching 90N - the first time unaided for the Kronprins Haakon - we had ourselves a BBQ followed by a football match on the ice.
Reposted by Henry Patton
Straight from the North Pole! See the great pics by @rhewlif.xyz, who is now sailing on board the icebreaker vessel Kronprins Haakon. The story of how researchers grappled with 'unsettling' feelings three decades after their first visit to the northernmost point on Earth. Plus 📷 of a polar bear.
“I didn’t hear the usual grinding of ice”
When a Norwegian vessel reached the North Pole this week, the scientific team made an alarming discovery.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Straight from the North Pole! See the great pics by @rhewlif.xyz, who is now sailing on board the icebreaker vessel Kronprins Haakon. The story of how researchers grappled with 'unsettling' feelings three decades after their first visit to the northernmost point on Earth. Plus 📷 of a polar bear.
'Polhavet 2050' was announced this week by the Norwegian government.
1 billion NOK (€85m) and 18 institutions to focus on Arctic Ocean research over 10 years.
1 billion NOK (€85m) and 18 institutions to focus on Arctic Ocean research over 10 years.
"The Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in the summer by 2050,” the Norwegian government highlights.
"The Arctic is warming at roughly four times the rate of the rest of the globe," marine scientist Philipp Assmy of the Norwegian Polar Institute told the Barents Observer.
"The Arctic is warming at roughly four times the rate of the rest of the globe," marine scientist Philipp Assmy of the Norwegian Polar Institute told the Barents Observer.
Norway steps up Arctic research as sea ice shrinks
As the sea ice slowly disappears, the Norwegian government is allocating an additional one billion kroner (about €85 million) to study the impacts of climate changes in the Arctic Ocean.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
'Polhavet 2050' was announced this week by the Norwegian government.
1 billion NOK (€85m) and 18 institutions to focus on Arctic Ocean research over 10 years.
1 billion NOK (€85m) and 18 institutions to focus on Arctic Ocean research over 10 years.
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❄️ One week at sea, and life aboard R/V Kronprins Haakon has settled into a rhythm of 24/7 science. Six long sediment cores, countless samples — and our first real test in the Arctic sea ice. 🚢
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
@paleodyn.bsky.social
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
@paleodyn.bsky.social
i2B Arctic Ocean Expedition 2025
Collecting new geological archives that will reveal past Arctic climate secrets
arcg.is
August 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
❄️ One week at sea, and life aboard R/V Kronprins Haakon has settled into a rhythm of 24/7 science. Six long sediment cores, countless samples — and our first real test in the Arctic sea ice. 🚢
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
@paleodyn.bsky.social
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
@paleodyn.bsky.social
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🦇 Ping… ping… ping… just like a bat in the night, our ship uses sound to “see” beneath the Arctic seafloor. These echoes guide us to the best coring sites and help us avoid hidden obstacles — each profile a map to sediments laid down during ancient ice ages. ❄️🌊
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
@rhewlif.xyz
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
@rhewlif.xyz
August 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🦇 Ping… ping… ping… just like a bat in the night, our ship uses sound to “see” beneath the Arctic seafloor. These echoes guide us to the best coring sites and help us avoid hidden obstacles — each profile a map to sediments laid down during ancient ice ages. ❄️🌊
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
@rhewlif.xyz
🔗 arcg.is/0favaf0
@rhewlif.xyz
An exciting expedition awaits! Our home for the next 5 weeks as we head into the frozen Arctic Ocean to collect new palaeo archives.
August 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
An exciting expedition awaits! Our home for the next 5 weeks as we head into the frozen Arctic Ocean to collect new palaeo archives.
"Maybe they should enjoy nature instead of being confused"
In this short Midnight Sun report by @media.elizaveta.no I contributed drone footage of some amazing North Norwegian landscapes.
First time seeing a brown bear up close too 🐻
In this short Midnight Sun report by @media.elizaveta.no I contributed drone footage of some amazing North Norwegian landscapes.
First time seeing a brown bear up close too 🐻
Midnight sun in the Arctic - love it or hate it?
YouTube video by The Barents Observer
youtu.be
July 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Maybe they should enjoy nature instead of being confused"
In this short Midnight Sun report by @media.elizaveta.no I contributed drone footage of some amazing North Norwegian landscapes.
First time seeing a brown bear up close too 🐻
In this short Midnight Sun report by @media.elizaveta.no I contributed drone footage of some amazing North Norwegian landscapes.
First time seeing a brown bear up close too 🐻
Interesting reading...'Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago'
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago
Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.
www.livescience.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Interesting reading...'Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago'
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Is the #AMOC nearing collapse?
In February, I joined researchers from @bjerknes.uib.no on the icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to the Greenland Sea.
My text and images about their encounters during #Arctic winter and the future of the AMOC:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@frontiersmedia.bsky.social
In February, I joined researchers from @bjerknes.uib.no on the icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to the Greenland Sea.
My text and images about their encounters during #Arctic winter and the future of the AMOC:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@frontiersmedia.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Is the #AMOC nearing collapse?
In February, I joined researchers from @bjerknes.uib.no on the icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to the Greenland Sea.
My text and images about their encounters during #Arctic winter and the future of the AMOC:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@frontiersmedia.bsky.social
In February, I joined researchers from @bjerknes.uib.no on the icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to the Greenland Sea.
My text and images about their encounters during #Arctic winter and the future of the AMOC:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@frontiersmedia.bsky.social
Reposted by Henry Patton
🌍 i2B at the final PalaeoArc Conference ❄️
Last week in Tromsø, i2B team members joined the 6th & final #PalaeoArc — sharing Arctic science through talks and posters, and helping organise too!
Great science + great people = fantastic conference! 👏
More info: site.uit.no/palaeoarc2025/
Last week in Tromsø, i2B team members joined the 6th & final #PalaeoArc — sharing Arctic science through talks and posters, and helping organise too!
Great science + great people = fantastic conference! 👏
More info: site.uit.no/palaeoarc2025/
June 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🌍 i2B at the final PalaeoArc Conference ❄️
Last week in Tromsø, i2B team members joined the 6th & final #PalaeoArc — sharing Arctic science through talks and posters, and helping organise too!
Great science + great people = fantastic conference! 👏
More info: site.uit.no/palaeoarc2025/
Last week in Tromsø, i2B team members joined the 6th & final #PalaeoArc — sharing Arctic science through talks and posters, and helping organise too!
Great science + great people = fantastic conference! 👏
More info: site.uit.no/palaeoarc2025/
Reposted by Henry Patton
Mercator produced the first map solely dedicated to the Arctic regions, posthumously published in 1595.
While a product of its time, the Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio is laden with features now known to be entirely mythical or significantly misrepresented. A 🧵
While a product of its time, the Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio is laden with features now known to be entirely mythical or significantly misrepresented. A 🧵
May 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Mercator produced the first map solely dedicated to the Arctic regions, posthumously published in 1595.
While a product of its time, the Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio is laden with features now known to be entirely mythical or significantly misrepresented. A 🧵
While a product of its time, the Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio is laden with features now known to be entirely mythical or significantly misrepresented. A 🧵