Chen Zhao
@czhao-ice.bsky.social
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glaciologist, ice sheet modeller, ice-ocean interaction, ice-hydrology interaction, sea-level rise.
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🚨APPLICATION CLOSING SOON [30 September 2025]! 🚨
We welcome both international and domestic applicants to consider this Coupled Ice Sheet-Ocean Modeller position in Hobart, Australia!
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🌊❄️ We’re hiring a Coupled Ice Sheet–Ocean Modeller at IMAS/UTAS!
🔗 careers.utas.edu.au/ci/en/job/501445/coupled-ice-sheetocean-modeller
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deformedearth.bsky.social
So very important that the Australian Government has released its evidence-based climate risk assessment.

It explains so clearly that climate risks are not far off, but right now and very soon.

Risks are not limited, but widespread and, indeed, touch us all.

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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Breaking: First climate risk assessment finds 1.5m Australians at risk from sea level rise by 2050
One and a half million Australians are at risk from sea levels rising by 2050 unless climate change can be limited, Australia’s first national climate risk assessment warns.
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antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
❄️“In a world of misinformation, it’s critical that government has released an evidence-based assessment.” – ACEAS Director, Prof Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @antarctic.bsky.social @utas.edu.au

⬇️Read our story here antarctic.org.au/antarcticsnc...
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antarctic.bsky.social
Great to hear Dr Chen Zhao @imas-utas.bsky.social on ABC Radio National, talking about the #Antarctic ice-sheet research that’s earned her recognition as a ‘Tall Poppy’ by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science @aipscience.bsky.social

🎧 Listen in at www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The science of saving Antarctica - ABC listen
100 word including guest & book
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utas.edu.au
One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica’s deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what’s driving its ice loss writes @czhao-ice.bsky.social in @aunz.theconversation.com: utas.au/gJ
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Our new Nature Communications paper on hidden water beneath Antarctica is making waves — featured by 60news outlets after an interview with AAP. Subglacial water could speed up ice loss and sea-level rise.
Read more: www.mandurahmail.com.au/story/893875...
#ClimateScience #Antarctica #SeaLevelRise
Hidden water study raises Antarctic melting alarm
The rate of ice melting in Antarctica could be underestimated by current scientific models, according to research examining...
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antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
If the role of subglacial water in Antarctic ice loss is not properly accounted for, future sea level rise may be vastly underestimated, researchers warn in this crucial new study in @naturecomms.bsky.social ⬇️
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This week, my 5-year-old daughter at prep came home talking about her class keyword: Earthcare. In a video, she explained it by talking about Antarctic melting.
Perfect timing—our latest study was published in @naturecomms.bsky.social we’ve explained it in plain language @aunz.theconversation.com
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Also, a big shout to #ElmerIce — one of the best ice sheet models on the planet 💪
#Glaciology #SeaLevelRise #Antarctica #ClimateScience
czhao-ice.bsky.social
Water flowing under the Antarctic Ice Sheet lubricates the base, speeding ice flow into the ocean. Most models oversimplify it.
We showed just how much that matters—especially near the grounding line.
Huge thanks to ARC, @antarctic.bsky.social , @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social for support.
czhao-ice.bsky.social
📣 Our new paper is out in Nature Communications!
Subglacial water—often overlooked—can change sea-level rise projections by up to a factor of three. Big implications for how we model Antarctica.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
czhao-ice.bsky.social
Water flowing under the Antarctic Ice Sheet lubricates the base, speeding ice flow into the ocean. Most models oversimplify it.
We showed just how much that matters—especially near the grounding line.
Huge thanks to ARC, @antarctic.bsky.social , @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social for support.
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antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
Our Science, Your Future: Next Generation of Antarctic Scientists Call for Collaborative Action ⬇️ @antarctic.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social @utas.bsky.social
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🌊 "We believe that #Antarctic and Southern Ocean science should be central to informing #climate policy."

Early-career researchers at the Australian Antarctic Research Conference #AARC2024 have much to say ▶️ aappartnership.org.au/next-generat...
Our Science, Your Future: Next Generation of Antarctic Scientists Call for Collaborative Action - AAPP
A statement from early-career researchers at the inaugural Australian Antarctic Research Conference
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antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
And we're off! A full house in the Stanley Burbery Theatre at @utas.bsky.social in Hobart for the opening of the Australian #Antarctic Research Conference 🙌

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