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Fred Worrall @fredworrall.bsky.social · 9d

Hanna's (Zihan Yang) first paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
paired data on 317 sewage works and 232 control reaches for 22 years to find out what impact of sewage has. What was getting worse or what was getting better with time and why? @durhamearthsci.bsky.social @jlaknapp.bsky.social

The Impact of Sewage Treatment Plant Discharges on the Water Quality of Receiving Rivers

With increasing human populations, the need for sustainable management of wastewater becomes an ever-increasing issue, yet studies that consider the impact of the final effluent on the receiving rive....

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh reviewer #2, peeing on my bonfire again

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Sanne Moedt @sannemdt.bsky.social · Aug 22

Happy to share our new paper in L&O about autotrophic biofilms in subarctic lakes and streams 🦠 🏔️ @aslo.org aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Environmental controls of autotrophic biofilm biomass and community composition in subarctic lakes and streams in Greenland

Photosynthetic biofilms are key components of Arctic freshwater ecosystems, supporting primary production and forming the base of aquatic food webs. While several environmental factors regulating bio...

aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hi #freshwater scientists! The Aquatic Ecosystems Group at UKCEH are advertising for a senior freshwater ecologist...could this be you?

ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...

@ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco #job #science #ecology

💦🦦🦠🐟🚣‍♂️🚣‍♀️🧪

Senior Freshwater Ecologist

Salary - £48,414 - £51,377 Hybrid working (50/50) Permanent We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early. We are seeking a highly ...

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · Aug 22

No Web of Science, I do not wish to add these quick keywords to my search about a glacier

Screenshot of article search, suggesting to add 'problem of evil' and 'theodicy' quick keywords

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · Aug 17

My turkey baster is right up there with my favourite screwdriver for top tools of the trade

Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · Aug 15

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Thought provoking article to share with your families and friends when they ask what you do, featuring the ever excellent @arwynedwards.bsky.social

Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt

Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems

www.theguardian.com

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Alex Robel @iceclimate.bsky.social · Aug 14

Cool new paper using DAS to observe fracture, calving and mixing in a Greenland fjord www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Calving-driven fjord dynamics resolved by seafloor fibre sensing - Nature

Iceberg calving can act as a submarine melt amplifier through excitation of transient internal waves.

www.nature.com

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · Jul 17

Really disappointing new policy from NERC banning resubmissions of grant applications

Many of us, including me, have won grants on resubmission,

using the reviews to improve the application

This is is neither fair nor productive
www.ukri.org/councils/ner...

NERC policy on resubmissions

This policy only applies to research grant applications.

www.ukri.org

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · Jul 18

Today is the Cryoegg's first operational birthday 🎂 It's been chirping away under the Greenland ice sheet every day since @matt-peacey.bsky.social chucked it down a moulin. Stand by for papers....

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Luke Zoet @lzoet.bsky.social · Jul 16

Check out this time-lapse video of waves eroding an ice front from an experiment conducted in our cryogenic wave tank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The tank is housed in a walk-in freezer, and the waves are precisely controlled. This video captures about an hour of wave erosion.

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Jul 11

Are you a scientist with an interest in #ClimateChange and Antarctica? This September, join a team of leading oceanographers & climate scientists from @bas.ac.uk for a scientific meeting at the Royal Society: royalsociety.org/science-even... @oceanandice.bsky.social @krhendry.bsky.social

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Matthias Huss @matthias-huss.bsky.social · Jul 9

This is the collapsing terminus of Rhone #glacier yesterday - retreating out of its proglacial lake. Impressive changes going on during the heat wave!
We measured almost 3 meters of ice melting over the last 4 weeks... This is 10 cm of ice layer removed every single day!!

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · Jul 2

Two of my favourite things at once: ice + electronic music = excited!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 1

‘Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making an album in Greenland

Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world

www.theguardian.com

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · Jun 25

Probably fair to say this is the start of the overhaul, not the end, some exciting new datasets in the pipeline too. And while you're over there, check out the high melt event currently going on in #Greenland..

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · Jun 20

Lovely to welcome @matt-peacey.bsky.social back to Bristol Glaciology today to update us on his latest adventures

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · Jun 12

Gorgeous Greenland

Lake in the late evening sun surrounded by hills

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · Jun 5

Congratulations to the newest Dr of measuring water in cool ways: Dr Elle Von Benzon! Forgot to take a traditional cheesy viva photo, so here she is in her natural habitat. Very proud.

Elle by the side of a Welsh river with a box of equipment

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · May 19

Gold star to @anglingtrust.bsky.social citizen scientists for their hard work and persistence: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Citizen testing reveals phosphate ‘crisis’ in English and Welsh rivers

Anglers say more than a third of freshwater sites breach phosphate levels for good ecological status

www.theguardian.com

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Lilian Schuster @lilianschuster.bsky.social · May 19

🏔️🌍🌎🌏 New study warns: Even if we only temporarily exceed 1.5 °C, mountain glaciers face irreversible losses lasting centuries. Such an overshoot reduces glacier runoff, specifically in regions where some glaciers regrow.

Further interested? Check out our new publication: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Irreversible glacier change and trough water for centuries after overshooting 1.5 °C - Nature Climate Change

How mountain glaciers will react to temporarily overshooting 1.5 °C of warming is poorly understood. Here the authors show irreversible global glacier loss for centuries after overshoot, implying long...

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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · May 15

A really nice video from my colleagues in the Aquatic Ecosystems Group at UKCEH. Take a look to learn about a citizen science App to enable reporting and analysis of algal blooms in the UK and beyond: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kfK...

#UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social #algae #WaterQuality
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Bloomin' Algae: a citizen science app to share information on algal blooms

YouTube video by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

www.youtube.com

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Bob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · May 15

New Job! Please repost!

We have a NERC funded PDRA position here @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social, 2 yrs, on modelling cryosphere change and hydrochemistry

#models, #carbon, #permafrost, #deglaciation

Come join our friendly team!

Apply by 11/06, any Qs get in touch!

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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VAW Glaciology @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social · May 13

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What happens when Antarctica’s hidden rivers meet the ocean? 🌊
Subglacial water beneath the ice can melt, reshape & destabilize ice shelves. A new @natgeosci.nature.com study by #VAW’s Huw Horgan & team shows how these flows influence West Antarctica. ❄️🧊
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · May 15

Cyano hunting in the sunshine!

Two scientists on a boat on a sunny day, with sampling paraphernalia around them

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · May 9

Not shown: driving sleet and rain on the previous days!

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