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Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 20d

This year we've been really swinging for the fences.

Our latest video is our biggest one yet, nearly an hour long and involving half a dozen experts.

Asking "Should lying about climate change be illegal?" and, if so, how do we make it so?

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Should lying about climate change be illegal?

YouTube video by Simon Clark

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Australian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · Sep 10

🪩 Stratospheric aerosol injections
🌊 Sea curtains
🧊 Ice management
💦 Water removal
🦠 Ocean fertilisation

"Our time, money and expertise should be focused on reaching net zero emissions." — Dr Felicity McCormack, @arcsaef.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social

▶️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Polar 'geoengineering' won't fix climate warming, study finds

Proposed "geoengineering" projects designed to reduce the impacts of global warming in polar regions would be ineffective, extremely costly and environmentally dangerous, researchers have warned.

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tryggviu.bsky.social @tryggviu.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy to share that the first paper of my PhD with @quadratdtp.bsky.social is now out in @natcomms.nature.com

The article is freely available for all to read thanks to @openresearchuoa.bsky.social and can be accessed here: rdcu.be/eC5uq

Volcanoes stunt nearby glaciers

Nature Communications - In this study the authors observe that glaciers near volcanoes are confined to higher elevations. These findings suggest that the majority of the world’s glacierised...

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Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission (VIIC) @volc-ice.bsky.social · Jul 3

For those at @iavcei.bsky.social Scientific Assembly: we're having a brief commission meeting today, Thursday in room S030 at 13:30 - 14:00. We aim to discuss previous VIIC activities and future plans with members. Everyone is welcome and we're looking forward to seeing you!

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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · May 29

Some thoughts on the #Blatten landslide, drawing heavily on the vital and excellent updates from @subfossilguy.bsky.social and @davepetley.bsky.social
www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/05/birc...

Birch Glacier Landslide - AntarcticGlaciers.org

The collapse of Birch Glacier and the devastating landslide that impacted the Swiss village of Blatten occurred as a result of supraglacial landslides.

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tryggviu.bsky.social @tryggviu.bsky.social · Mar 21

Sharing the ~2.5 km retreat of Manatee Glacier near my MSc field site at Qw̓elqw̓elústen (Mt Meager) in BC, Canada in light of UN's #WorldGlaciersDay

A set of repeat photos taken of Manatee Glacier in 1932 and 2020, showing the approximate 2.5 kilometre retreat of the glacier.

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Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · Mar 1

It can feel like we have made no progress in the fight against climate change.

That's not the case.

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How much progress have we made on climate change?

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tryggviu.bsky.social @tryggviu.bsky.social · Feb 27

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Tensile strength of glacial ice deduced from observations of the 2015 eastern Skaftá cauldron collapse, Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland | Journal of Glaciology | Cambridge Core

Tensile strength of glacial ice deduced from observations of the 2015 eastern Skaftá cauldron collapse, Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland - Volume 66 Issue 260

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CryoExchange @cryoexchange.bsky.social · Feb 14

Four CryoExchange experts, one sofa, and a stack of books 📚 The @scotsages.bsky.social writing retreat: where ideas flow faster than glaciers 🧊❄️

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Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · Jan 31

The evil people who just arrived in the UK

Let's shine a light on these bastards

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The liars who just arrived in the UK

YouTube video by Simon Clark

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Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission (VIIC) @volc-ice.bsky.social · Dec 20

Are you working on topics related to volcanoes and glaciers or the cryosphere? Then please join us for the IAVCEI Scientific Assembly in June-July 2025!

The abstract submission has been extended to January 10th 2025.
#volcano #glacier #glaciovolcanism

IAVCEI - International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry @iavcei.bsky.social · Dec 6

⚠️We would like to inform all #IAVCEI2025 attendants, that the abstract submission deadline has now been extended to
📅 January 10, 2025.

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tryggviu.bsky.social @tryggviu.bsky.social · Dec 16

Happy to be back home in Aberdeen after a semester-long internship at the Alaska Volcano Observatory - University of Alaska Fairbanks. Got a nice sneak peek behind the scenes of volcano monitoring, but it was also lovely to enjoy the wonders of the north again.
@quadratdtp.bsky.social

The image is split into four quarters.
Up-left: University of Alaska Fairbanks sign with thermometer showing -37°C.
Up-right: auroras above snow covered ground and forest.
Down-left: hot spring beside an icy creek and snow-covered forest.
Down-right: a selfie of me with a very frozen beard.

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Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission (VIIC) @volc-ice.bsky.social · Nov 27

Reminder of our seminar tomorrow!

Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission (VIIC) @volc-ice.bsky.social · Nov 21

Join us for our online #glaciovolcanic seminar series on Thursday 28th of November (5pm GMT): "Using glaciers to inform on volcanic activity" by @tryggviu.bsky.social
Registration here: viic.iavceivolcano.org/seminars/

IAVCEI/IACS Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission Seminars

Registration link and abstract for seminars presented by the IAVCEI/IACS Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission

viic.iavceivolcano.org

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tryggviu.bsky.social @tryggviu.bsky.social · Nov 25

Join us on Thursday for my #glaciovolcanic seminar!

Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission (VIIC) @volc-ice.bsky.social · Nov 21

Join us for our online #glaciovolcanic seminar series on Thursday 28th of November (5pm GMT): "Using glaciers to inform on volcanic activity" by @tryggviu.bsky.social
Registration here: viic.iavceivolcano.org/seminars/

IAVCEI/IACS Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission Seminars

Registration link and abstract for seminars presented by the IAVCEI/IACS Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission

viic.iavceivolcano.org

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Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission (VIIC) @volc-ice.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hello everyone!
We're the joint volcano-ice interactions commission and we're here to get everyone stoked on #glaciovolcanism
We'll be sharing commission updates and upcoming events here! #glaciology #volcanology #glacier #volcano

Sunset behind Snæfellsjökull - a glaciated volcano.

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