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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Aug 22

Iconic St Kilda Pier in Melbourne, Australia

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Levan Tielidze @levantielidze.bsky.social · Aug 5

❄️ A landmark new study has revealed that glaciers on Australia’s remote sub-Antarctic Heard Island are shrinking at an accelerating rate due to rising temperatures and climate change.
tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
@andrewmackintosh.bsky.social
@heardislandgov.bsky.social
@arcsaef.bsky.social

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · Aug 4

Australia's only glaciers are shrinking fast.

Important work led by @levantielidze.bsky.social @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social

paper here: tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
news here:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Melting glaciers on remote Australian island spark concern

Glaciers on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island have lost almost a quarter of their size over the past seven decades amid rising temperatures in the sub-Antarctic region, new research show...

www.abc.net.au

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Jun 25

These two positions are closing in 5 days!

Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · May 31

🌏 Rare opportunity to join us!

We’re hiring two new Lecturer/Senior Lecturers in the School of Earth Atmosphere & Environment #MonashUni, a top 50 global university

🔬 Isotope Geochemistry
🛰️ Remote Sensing/Geospatial
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Wilson’s Promontory or Yiruk Wamoon, 3 hours drive from Melbourne, Australia, is National Park with magnificent peaks, beaches, rainforest, and the world’s southernmost mangroves. A hiking and boating paradise, the promontory and surrounding islands are the exposed portions of a Devonian granite batholith.

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Jun 3

Fram and Gjøa in one place is a lot

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · May 31

🌏 Rare opportunity to join us!

We’re hiring two new Lecturer/Senior Lecturers in the School of Earth Atmosphere & Environment #MonashUni, a top 50 global university

🔬 Isotope Geochemistry
🛰️ Remote Sensing/Geospatial
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · May 23

obviously not my field but ppm measurement needs lab. Ice is transported frozen, often in insulated boxes.

Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · May 20

Congratulations Jess. The figures look amazing btw!

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Jess Macha @jessmacha.bsky.social · May 19

New Paper out today! How do extreme ENSO events impact Antarctic snow accumulation❄️🧊🌨️? with @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social @fsmccormack.bsky.social @benhenley.bsky.social @helenmcgregor @ariaan.bsky.social
@arcsaef.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social
tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
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How do extreme ENSO events affect Antarctic surface mass balance?

Abstract. Extreme El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events have far-reaching impacts globally, yet their impacts on Antarctica are poorly understood. In particular, how extreme ENSO events influence...

tc.copernicus.org

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · May 15

Air bubbles trapped in glacier ice recently calved off Brewster Glacier in Aotearoa / New Zealand.

We don’t know the age of this ice but I estimate a few centuries - suggesting the bubbles would record pre-industrial CO2 levels.

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · May 12

Peak Melbourne #ridetowork

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · May 3

Happy to live in a liberal democracy where voting has a calm, polite and almost festive vibe, and people respect one another and the system.

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · May 1

Today we were privileged to be visited by Kirrae Wurrung/ Bundjalung Elder Uncle Lionel Lauch, who carried out an Acknowledgment of Country and Smoking Ceremony in the @monashuniversity.bsky.social Earth Science Garden. We are grateful for his generosity to share knowledge so central to our School.

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Apr 27

A reminder about this rare opportunity- closing 2nd May!

Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Apr 3

A chance to join our amazing School of 🌍 💨 🔥 @monashuniversity.bsky.social as a continuing Lecturer or Senior Lecturer

Atmospheric dynamics, modelling, physical meteorology…

Reduced teaching load due to @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social

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Levan Tielidze @levantielidze.bsky.social · Apr 23

❄️I am pleased to announce that our new study titled "Post-Little Ice Age Equilibrium-Line Altitude and Temperature Changes in the Greater Caucasus Based on Small Glaciers" has been published in Remote Sensing www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17...
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Apr 24

Congratulations Levan. Having seen these glaciers first hand with you, I am very pleased to be part of this study.

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · Apr 22

Australia is looking for someone to lead the Antarctic Division's Antarctic Climate program.

Australian residents only, sorry.

Closes May 12

dcceewjobs.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environm - Program Leader - Antarctic Climate

dcceewjobs.nga.net.au

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Apr 22

Lyrebirds and kookaburras in Nanadhong (Cathedral Ranges), two hours from Melbourne, Australia

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Apr 10

On holiday, and also on an international science planning Zoom call. I can’t fault the setting…

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Apr 3

A chance to join our amazing School of 🌍 💨 🔥 @monashuniversity.bsky.social as a continuing Lecturer or Senior Lecturer

Atmospheric dynamics, modelling, physical meteorology…

Reduced teaching load due to @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social

Pls repost

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Australian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · Apr 3

On the edge of #Antarctica, 60 scientists aboard RSV Nuyina are researching the impact of climate change on the fastest-melting glacier in the eastern part of the icy continent — ABC News with @utas.edu.au, @arcsaef.bsky.social, AAD and @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social

▶️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Scientists collect unique sea creatures during voyage to East Antarctica

From giant sea spiders to "sea pigs" and "sea butterflies" — analysing the rich biodiversity in Antarctica has thrilled researchers studying the impacts of climate change.

www.abc.net.au

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Mar 19

📢 New paper alert 📢
Amazing interdisciplinary effort by Emma bringing together Antarctic ice sheet and biological evidence.

But what does it tell us? 👇

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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · Mar 16

3/ Dr Adam Kessler, an amazing biogeochemist
scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Adam is our chair of education and with @ruthreef.bsky.social (previous chair) Dr Sophia Tsang (new education specialist) and others, they have reimagined the teaching programme in our School into something wonderful.

Adam J Kessler

‪Monash University‬ - ‪‪Cited by 1,473‬‬ - ‪denitrification‬ - ‪permeable sediments‬ - ‪early diagenetic modelling‬ - ‪bioirrigation‬

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