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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · 24d

44 science talks, bakeoffs, painting, archery, drone radar training, fell running, and a quiz. It can only be the @cpom-uk.bsky.social annual meeting at the magnificent YHA Castleton ! Thanks to all CPOM friends and family for making it such a fun event. Looking forwards to next year already 😊

Castleton Youth Hostel, aka Losehill Hall, a gothic victorian stately home built in 1882

Watercolour postcard paintings of Castleton scenes arranged on a table

A group of fell runners passing through a narrow gap in the hillside

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · 24d

44 science talks, bakeoffs, painting, archery, drone radar training, fell running, and a quiz. It can only be the @cpom-uk.bsky.social annual meeting at the magnificent YHA Castleton ! Thanks to all CPOM friends and family for making it such a fun event. Looking forwards to next year already 😊

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Aug 4

Siberian cave deposits show that the Arctic was permafrost free 8.7 million years ago when the climate was 4.5C warmer with 130 billion tons more C02 in the atmosphere. Nice work @speleoseb.bsky.social

Eos @eos.org · Aug 4

A nearly permafrost-free Arctic? New research from northern Siberian caves holds clues. eos.org/articles/cav...

Cave Deposits Reveal a Permafrost-Free Arctic - Eos

Mineral cave deposits from northern Siberia show that the region was permafrost free during the late Miocene period, when Earth was warmer than today.

eos.org

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Jul 8

Couldn't be more proud of our little (!) boy Gabe and his GB team mates Dean, Filip, and Jack. European Junior Champions for 4 x 100 medley relay 🥇🏊‍♂️ @teamgbofficial.bsky.social

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Jun 13

The @metoffice.gov.uk Hadley Centre is a powerhouse of climate science. If you'd like to help guide their program of work, please consider joining their Science Review and Advisory Group. There has never been a more important time to stand up for science !

🧪🌍🌡️

www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/app...

Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme: Science Review and Advisory Group Members

This advertisement is for the recruitment of up to four new members of the Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme Science Advisory and Review Group. It is posted on behalf of The UK Department for...

www.metoffice.gov.uk

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thankyou Craig Donlon, Juliette Lambin, Rune Floberghagen and Simonetta Cheli for placing your faith in these wonderful students !

Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Jun 6

I joined the last leg of the voyage as they sailed to the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice. We lived and worked together, and I was blown away by their ingenuity, dedication, and collegiality. Ocean science is in safe hands with this team.

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Jun 6

This week I had the immense pleasure and privilege to join 50 young researchers on the @esa.int Advanced Ocean Training Course aboard the magnificent tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl

Check out the reception they gave us as the ship arrived in Mahon !

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · May 30

Fantastic new study in Science brings together a suite of model predictions

Glacier melting will continue for centuries, even if climate warming stops today

Our mountain landscapes will be unrecognisable if we continue to burn fossil fuels as we are today

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Almost 40% of world’s glaciers already doomed due to climate crisis – study

Glacier loss has profound effects worldwide and will soar to 75% on Earth’s heating trajectory, say scientists

www.theguardian.com

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · May 16

Fantastic field week with 100+ First Years in the Lake District! Hills, tills, rocks, land-and soundscapes, and so much more. I fear we used up our 5-year sunshine quota tho 🌞😎

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · May 7

How to build and open a 12 metre antenna in space ! Congratulations @esa.int and the BIOMAS team 👏🛰️🌳

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Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social · Apr 25

Peruvian scientist, conservationist, and National Geographic Explorer, Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, will give a public lecture about her work in the Amazon Rainforest.

📅 13 May 2025
⌚ 5.30pm - 6.30pm
📍 City Campus East, Northumbria University, Newcastle

💡 Discover more and register FREE here:

The Spirit of the Rainforest

www.northumbria.ac.uk

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · Apr 16

My latest for @eos.org about a global comparison of mass change of mountain glaciers #GlaMBIE, which shows that the ice we lose each year amounts to the water intake of the entire global population in 30 years; with @andyshepherd.bsky.social, @drljv.bsky.social et al

Eos @eos.org · Apr 15

A comprehensive assessment of the world’s glaciers shows the ice lost each year amounts to the water intake of the entire global population in 30 years. eos.org/articles/fir...

First Global Comparison of Glacier Mass Change: They’re All Melting, and Fast - Eos

By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its contribution to sea level rise.

eos.org

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Apr 8

Happy 15th birthday to the @esa.int CryoSat mission 🎂

Now 11.5 years beyond its planned lifetime

A phenomenal feat of space engineering !

European Space Agency @esa.int · Apr 8

#OTD 8 April 2010, launch of #Cryosat2, Europe's first mission dedicated to studying Earth’s ice ❄️ and water 💦

Still operational 15 years later! 👏

Happy launch anniversary #CryoSat2! 🎉

🔗 earth.esa.int/eogateway/su... @esaearth.esa.int

ESA's CryoSat mission provides data to determine the precise rate of change in the thickness of the polar ice sheets and floating sea ice. It is capable of detecting changes as little as 1 cm per year. The information from CryoSat is leading to a better understanding of how the volume of ice on Earth is changing and, in turn, a better appreciation of how ice and climate are linked.

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Apr 3

Gosh, quite the evening in Oban

Sun going down over the bay in Oban, reflecting in the ocean

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Apr 3

Excited for the day ahead on Mull 😊

A picture of the harbour in Oban looking out to sea. The headland is on the left and there are islands in the distance. Clear blue sky above

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Apr 3

Sunset in Oban - what a gift !

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Apr 2

A fabulous day exploring the geology and geomorphology of Glenfinnan with our fabulous @northumbriauni.bsky.social students 😎

A picture of 45 students standing on a rock outcrop in Scotland with blue sky and a valley in the background

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Apr 2

Good morning 🌄 !

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Apr 1

What an incredible day we have had today in Oban. Blue skies and happy students. What's not to like 😎

An ice cream with a flowering gauze and seascape in the background

Students gathered and a grass bank beside the beach

A view of the sea taken from a forest with an island in the background

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Apr 1

A glorious day in Oban sampling forest ecology with our @northumbriauni.bsky.social Y2 geography students

Two students marking a survey boundary in woodland

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Mar 31

Perfect weather in Oban for the start of our @northumbriauni.bsky.social Y2 Geography field study visit. I'm morecthan excited for the week ahead!

A picture of the calm sea at Oban with blue sky and an island in the distance

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Mar 21

Good morning 😍

Sunrise over harrogate. Rooftops are in silhoutte, the sky moves through orange to blue

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Mar 14

Another fun interview on the science of penguins, icebergs, and satellites ☺️

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Andrea Slowey @andreaslowey.bsky.social · Mar 14

Excellent interview from @andyshepherd.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social on Sky News just now, discussing the impact of the world’s biggest iceberg. It has drifted away from Antarctica and run aground off the coast of a remote island filled with penguins and birds

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Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Mar 11

Fabulous community dataset ⬇️

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Peter T Fretwell @ptfretwell.bsky.social · Mar 10

Bedmap3 is now out
rdcu.be/ecTmO

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