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Keir Nichols @cosmokeir.bsky.social · 1d

Applications are now open for a Glasgow-based Iapetus DTP project centred on using in situ 14C to study glacier histories in East Antarctica! tinyurl.com/3ddvynn2 @stever60.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

A person standing on a moraine which is in front of a mountain. The mountain is in East Antarctica, with a small glacier between the mountain and moraine. The person is using a saw to collect a rock sample from the surface of a boulder on top of the moraine.

A photo taken from a mountain in East Antarctica, with moraines and blue ice in the foreground, and the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet extending to the horizon. Some small mountains (nunataks) are poking out above the surface of the ice sheet at varying distances.

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Sep 3

Interesting - it also last surged in 2022, so possibly the ice surface lowering contributed to this?

Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Aug 22

We have a new preprint out reviewing the monitoring & detection of Svalbard surging glaciers: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...

We also compiled a new database of Svalbard's surge-type glaciers: zenodo.org/records/1524...

@dannipearce.bsky.social @hazlovell.bsky.social @adrianluckman.bsky.social

Surging glaciers in Svalbard: Observing their distribution, characteristics and evolution

eartharxiv.org

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Aug 18

A challenging field season this year, with some unprecedented issues with the local gasoline supply (lnss.no/oppdatering-...)!

Nonetheless, we still managed to continue our monitoring of Borebreen's surge, which is currently advancing through the fjord and showing no signs of stopping...

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Aug 2

Back in my favourite place, Svalbard!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Jul 16

Ny-Ålesund?

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Jun 30

Very cool!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Jun 20

I’ll come and say hi (and maybe also see you on the Edinburgh flight on Sunday?)

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am extremely happy to see my colleague Brice Rea be appointed as the next director of @scotsages.bsky.social!

I am looking forward to seeing SAGES continue to flourish in the years to come!

SAGES @scotsages.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 Leadership Update from SAGES!🌍

We’re thrilled to announce that Professor Brice Rea from the University of Aberdeen has been appointed as the new Director of SAGES, taking over in July 2025.

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SAGES @scotsages.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 Leadership Update from SAGES!🌍

We’re thrilled to announce that Professor Brice Rea from the University of Aberdeen has been appointed as the new Director of SAGES, taking over in July 2025.

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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · May 29

Shocking scenes following the disintegration and collapse of the Birch Glacier. A stark example of the evolving nature of cryospheric hazards under rapid warming and deglaciation in mountain regions. Monitoring and early evacuation prevented a bigger human impact here.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Swiss glacier collapse buries most of village of Blatten

Many homes in Blatten have been flattened after a large chunk of the Birch glacier fell on to the village.

www.bbc.com

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SAGES @scotsages.bsky.social · May 22

The 2025 SAGES Annual Science Meeting in Stirling has been great!

Thanks so all who came along and presented. It's been a wonderful two days in Stirling.

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · May 23

Another great @scotsages.bsky.social conference - a wonderful community producing great science!

SAGES @scotsages.bsky.social · May 22

The 2025 SAGES Annual Science Meeting in Stirling has been great!

Thanks so all who came along and presented. It's been a wonderful two days in Stirling.

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · May 18

We took friends who didn’t care about Eurovision to a Eurovision party last night - they were so confused!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · May 2

Nice to see you briefly yesterday!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

EGU Contributions!

Next week we will be at EGU in Vienna presenting some of our teams exciting new research! Please come and talk to us: Poster #1 🧊 The distribution of glacier surge behaviour in Svalbard and implications for understanding unstable ice flow📅 Poster | Monday, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30…

EGU Contributions!

Next week we will be at EGU in Vienna presenting some of our teams exciting new research! Please come and talk to us: Poster #1 🧊 The distribution of glacier surge behaviour in Svalbard and implications for understanding unstable ice flow📅 Poster | Monday, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.125📰 Abstract: Authors: William Harcourt, Danni Pearce, Wojciech Gajek, Harold Lovell, Andreas Kääb, Doug Benn, Adrian Luckman, Richard Hann, Jack Kohler, Erik Mannerfelt, Tazio Strozzi, Rebecca McCerery, Bethan Davies…

williamharcourt.co.uk

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

See you there, Bethan! Sorry i didn't include your handle, limited space in the text!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

See you there, let's grab a beer at some point!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

🧊 Linking small- and large-scale Digital Twins: A concept

📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.151

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

✍ Authors: Aiden Durrant, Me, @bernhardhofle.bsky.social, @hannahwe.bsky.social, @tabernig.bsky.social

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

🧊 Leveraging Self-Supervised Learning for Sea Ice Segmentation in the Arctic to Reduce on Labelling

📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST), Hall X4, X4.8

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

✍ Authors: Jacob Seston, Me, et al.

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

🧊 The distribution of glacier surge behaviour in Svalbard and implications for understanding unstable ice flow

📅 Poster | Monday, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.125

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

Authors: Me, Wojciech Gajek, @dannipearce.bsky.social et al.

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

Next week I will be at EGU in Vienna presenting some of our teams exciting new research - please come and talk to us!

Here's a flavour of what we will be offering this year:

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 24

New paper on using the internal GPS data from seismometers to track ice flow!

Great work by Wojciech Gajek, also inc. @adrianluckman.bsky.social @dannipearce.bsky.social & Richard Hann

First paper on the Borebreen surge, watch this space for more coming soon…

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Utilising seismic station internal GPS for tracking surging glacier sliding velocity | Journal of Glaciology | Cambridge Core

Utilising seismic station internal GPS for tracking surging glacier sliding velocity - Volume 71

www.cambridge.org

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adamplatform.bsky.social @adamplatform.bsky.social · Apr 3

Blue sky over #UnitedKingdom!
The spring almost cloudfree #Copernicus #Sentinel3 images collected on April 2nd shows green field and awesome shades of Ocean colours surrounding the islands.
#Ireland #England #Scotland #Wales #UKweather
@giuliofirenze.bsky.social @eumetsat.int

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