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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 13h

On Saturday we brought polar science to @scienceatlife.bsky.social for 100+ children using a giant ice cube tent and a range of fun activities!

Watch our video and read more about our outreach activities in this article.

cpom.org.uk/spotlight-on...

#PolarScience #STEM #ClimateScience

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 4d

🛰️We are at the Life Science Centre in Newcastle today sharing our polar and space science through poems, puzzles and our giant ice cube. If you’re in the city today do pop in and see us! You might also meet Tux our resident 🐧 👇

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 9d

Hi, I'm afraid there weren't any recordings taken of the science talks as far as we know, but they did record some of the keynote sessions and they can be found on the ESA website 👇 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

ESA's Living Planet Symposium 2025

www.esa.int

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Alison Banwell @alibanwell.bsky.social · 14d

Led by Chris Bézu, with co-authors @bradlipovsky.bsky.social, Daniel Shapero & myself, our @igsoc.bsky.social pre-print presents a new open-source model that couples ice-shelf flow, flexure & fracture 🧊 🧪

@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social #glaciology

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

Ice shelf evolution combining flow, flexure, and fracture | Journal of Glaciology | Cambridge Core

Ice shelf evolution combining flow, flexure, and fracture

www.cambridge.org

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 19d

🆕New research released today 🆕

Scientists (led by @universityofleeds.bsky.social and including CPOM researchers) reveal previously undetected networks of subglacial lakes deep beneath the Antarctic ice sheet using @esa.int CryoSat-2 data 👇

www.esa.int/Applications...

85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

Hidden beneath the biggest ice mass on Earth, hundreds of subglacial lakes form a crucial part of Antarctica’s icy structure, affecting the movement and stability of glaciers, and consequentially infl...

www.esa.int

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 22d

We have had a beautiful, sunny morning in Newcastle-upon-Tyne!

UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 22d

Great to see CPOM PhD Researcher @icewicks.bsky.social at the @igsoc.bsky.social British Branch meeting this week, displaying her poster on modelling the impact of surface melt on Amery Ice Shelf 👇

Image credit: @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social

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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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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 26d

Highlights included energy budgets, floe physics, mass balance, and machine learning in ensemble modelling with breakout sessions in baking, painting, drone training, and archery.

Video credit: CPOM

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 26d

This year’s CPOM Annual Meeting featured 42 talks spanning subglacial hydrology, sea ice dynamics, satellite altimetry, ice mass balance, deep learning, Earth system modelling and much more...

Thank you to all the speakers for sharing their science with us this year 👏

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 29d

CPOM Director Professor Andrew Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) comments in this article from the Guardian discussing a recent review on polar geoengineering 👇

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Underwater curtains and reflective beads are ‘unrealistic and dangerous polar geoengineering ideas’

Climate research group says such ideas are diverting attention from cutting fossil fuel use

www.theguardian.com

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 29d

CPOM Director for Knowledge Exchange Sammie Buzzard @northumbriauni.bsky.social (@treacherousbuzz.bsky.social) comments in this article from the New Scientist on research published today on the risks and realities of polar geoengineering 👇

www.newscientist.com/article/2495...

Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change

A review of the five main methods proposed for cooling down the poles or slowing the loss of ice concludes they are all wildly impractical, wouldn't work, or both

www.newscientist.com

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Aug 22

🗓️Save the date: Thursday 30th October | 6pm

Join us at the @litandphil.bsky.social for...

🐧'Sustainable Polar Science for a Changing Climate' a free lecture with @andyshepherd.bsky.social and @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social.

www.litandphil.org.uk/event/sustai...

Thursday 30th October | 6pm. Free Lecture in association with Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling. Department of Geography and Environment, Northumbria University. Sustainable Polar Science For A Changing Climate, with Professor Andrew Shepherd and Dr Sammie Buzzard. At the Lit & Phil, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SE.

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Aug 8

CPOM's @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social joined @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk to investigate what lies beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, Antarctica 🌊

Watch the 📽️ - cpom.org.uk/what-lies-be...

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Aug 7

Image credit: Suryawanshi et al, The Cryosphere

UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Aug 7

🛰️🌍New study led by CPOM, @lancasteruni.bsky.social, the Indian Institute of Science and CLS, published today in The Cryosphere revives and refines decades-old satellite altimetry data, offering the potential for a sharper view of how the ice sheets have changed 👇

tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Jul 31

The images reveal elongated hills shaped by erosion under the ice known as drumlin fields. In between these hills are colourful lakes, brown near the glacier, blue farther away, and green where algae thrive, the topic that Natasha explored in her PhD.

UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Jul 31

In this story from NASA Earth Observatory, CPOM's Natasha Lee explains the science behind stunning Landsat 8 images of glacier retreat at Múlajökull, Iceland.

earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15461...

Múlajökull Glacier and Its Palette of Lakes

Glacial retreat in central Iceland has uncovered an undulating topography riddled with colorful bodies of water.

earthobservatory.nasa.gov

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Nature Geoscience @natgeosci.nature.com · Jul 30

⚒️ Article: Outburst of a subglacial flood from the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet

@lancasteruni.bsky.social @cpom-uk.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Satellite image combined with a schematic illustration of a conceptual model of the Harder subglacial lake drainage and surface outburst

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Jul 30

Subglacial flood burst through ice sheet, revealed in new CPOM/ @lancasteruni.bsky.social research published today in Nature Geoscience.

Read more, find links and watch the @esa.int/Planetary Visions animation via our website 👇
cpom.org.uk/subglacial-f...

Image credit: @amyswiggs.bsky.social

Image of Greenland (Not the study area) taken from above. Amy Swiggs / CPOM

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Jul 24

📽️In April, a team of scientists from
@ucl.ac.uk journeyed to Resolute Bay to explore the use of Ku- and Ka-band in understanding snow and ice properties ❄️

Find out more about and watch the case study film on our website 👇

cpom.org.uk/testing-kuka...

Image credit: Rosemary Willatt (UCL)

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Jul 24

📽️In April, a team of scientists from
@ucl.ac.uk journeyed to Resolute Bay to explore the use of Ku- and Ka-band in understanding snow and ice properties ❄️

Find out more about and watch the case study film on our website 👇

cpom.org.uk/testing-kuka...

Image credit: Rosemary Willatt (UCL)

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Jul 17

🌊In this webinar hosted by the UK National Climate Science Partnership (UKNCSP), CPOM's Dr Inès Otosaka and Dr Rosie Williams (@bas.ac.uk) shared insights into the science behind monitoring and modelling the ice sheets, and their impact on sea level rise 🧊

📹🔗- cpom.org.uk/ice-sheets-a...

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Jul 15

As sea levels continue to rise, it is crucial to understand the underlying science and the factors contributing to uncertainty.

Organised by the UKNCSP, the webinar will also feature a presentation by CPOM's Dr Inès Otosaka.

UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Jul 15

Webinar: Sea Level Uncertainties from the Ice Sheets

🕙 10am, 16 July 2025

Sign up at the link below 👇

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sea-level-...

Sea Level Uncertainties From the Ice Sheets

Learn about sea level rise risks, uncertainties, and actions we can take to slow it down in this accessible, expert-led webinar.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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