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Sentinel Online @sentinelonline.bsky.social · 8h

#ESA and #CIMR #L2PAD team met at ICM-CSIC, Barcelona, to discuss Level-2 algorithms for the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer mission
Launching in 2029, CIMR will deliver hi-res data on polar sea ice, oceans and land
Led by MET Norway with @esa.int support. 
🔗https://github.com/CIMR-L2PAD

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 2d

We’re on Capitol Hill with 225 Earth & space scientists — including @aas.org and @planetarysociety.bsky.social — urging Congress to reopen the government and protect NASA science. 🚀🌍

Join us: buff.ly/a3YuGgY

#ScienceIsEssential #AGU

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 4d

Which whale species did I see? Leatherwood et al. (1982, p. 10) is hard to beat...

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 12d

One by one
One by one
At first slowly
Then all at once

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING: Dozens of delegates have staged a walk out of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations

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Signe Aaboe @signeaaboe.bsky.social · 12d

Very nice, congratulations 👏 I would love to take a look

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esaclimate @esaclimate.bsky.social · 14d

📅 Today's the day!
Join us for our live satellite data training session, part of the 'Forests in a Changing Climate' visualisation competition.
Learn hands-on techniques to visualise forest data and tell climate stories that matter.
⏰ 16:30 CEST
Still time to register: tinyurl.com/ForestsFromS...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

De Niro: "I gotta go. A couple cases of Tylenol fell off a truck and now I gotta figure out how to put autism in them."

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Steven J. Gibbons @stevenjgibbons.bsky.social · 16d

It’s often when you have the fewest seconds to reach the Metro before it leaves that you find a puddle, a sunrise, and a tree all in the same view. But you have no choice. Freewill is an illusion.
Bergkrystallen, Oslo 2025-09-21

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Richard Davy @davyclimate.bsky.social · 19d

I'll be talking this afternoon about challenges in interpreting and making fair comparisons of sea ice age between climate models and observations, and demonstrating one way to resolve this using a common definition of sea ice age (paper out soon).

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Richard Davy @davyclimate.bsky.social · 19d

@signeaaboe.bsky.social kicking off the Sea ice Age (SAGE) project webinar to discuss current challenges and opportunities in using age to monitor sea ice change.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#ESA #SeaIce

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Signe Aaboe @signeaaboe.bsky.social · 20d

Lucky you - It's not too late to register for tomorrow's daybinar on sea ice 😉

🧪🥼❄️🌊⚒️

Signe Aaboe @signeaaboe.bsky.social · Jul 15

📣 Join our Webinar "Beyond Sea Ice Area" on September 19th.

Sea Ice Age is the focus🔎

Main topics:
1. Review ECV sea ice products
2. Refine sea ice age product
3. Explore polar data issues

For more information and registration, 👉https://forms.gle/Ure5JxiGUZsYyjuf9
Please repost and share

#ESA

Photo showing ice floes in the Arctic. Photo by Olaf Schneider, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway.

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Signe Aaboe @signeaaboe.bsky.social · 22d

So scarry - loss up to 30cm/year water is a lot 😱

Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 22d

Climate change is fast shrinking the world’s largest inland sea - the Caspian Sea

Climate change driving water loss up to 30cm/year

Up to 112,000 km² of seabed could be exposed — >5x size of Wales

A climate disaster in slow motion…

theconversation.com/climate-chan...

Climate change is fast shrinking the world’s largest inland sea

The Caspian Sea is disappearing fast – and it’s pitting people against nature.

theconversation.com

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Meteorologisk institutt @met.no · Sep 4

🌡️ Så langt i år er 2025 det varmeste året registrert, med 2014 og 2002 like bak.
– Gjennomsnittstemperaturen for perioden januar til august har aldri vært høyere fra vi startet å måle i 1901, og fram til i dag, sier klimaforsker på MET, Reidun Gangstø.

Grafen viser akkumulert gjennomsnittstemperatur for 2025 hittil – samt 2014 og 2002 i konteksten av alle år fra 1901. Altså temperaturgjennomsnittet fra januar til og med hver måned. Tallet for august viser gjennomsnittet for perioden fra januar til august.

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Greenpeace Norge @greenpeace.no · Sep 5

Blir du også litt flau over å se denne ærlige reklamen om Norge?

Vi kan gjøre Norge grønnere – husk å stemme på et av de små partiene som tar natur, klima og menneskerettigheter på alvor!

Velgerguiden vår: act.gp/3Hq2dmE

Video av @thejuicemedia.com

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Naturvernforbundet @naturvernforbundet.no · Sep 8

Usikker på hvem du skal stemme på?

Stem på havet
stem på skrei, sild, sei og lodde.
Stem på dem som lever her om hundre år,
stem på din sønnesønns gråt,
stem på din datterdatters første smil.

(Utdrag fra diktet Stemmeseddel av Harald Sverdrup)

Godt valg!

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Signe Aaboe @signeaaboe.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Moon rise from yesterday and today 🌕
Such a lovely Blood Moon and Lunar eclipse 😍
🧪

Moon rise of a full moon over the mountains and with reflections in the sea.

Moon rise and the lunar eclipse over the mountain ridge

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Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · Sep 6

"There was still sea ice, of course, but our vessel had little trouble navigating through it, thanks to open leads and channels. That’s what struck me most: the ease of access through what used to be a far more ice-covered region,” Knies writes.

www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/i-didnt...

“I didn’t hear the usual grinding of ice”

When a Norwegian vessel reached the North Pole this week, the scientific team made an alarming discovery.

www.thebarentsobserver.com

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · Sep 5

According to ERA5 Reanalysis, this was the warmest summer on record for the United Kingdom. Seems bad. 🔥🔥🔥

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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · Sep 5

The Green Party in Norway is offering a progressive future, with a strong Green voice that will:
❌ Phase out fossil fuels
🌳 Protect nature
🏠 Fight poverty on a local, national and international level.

💚 Good luck to @mdg.no!
🗳️And to our friends in Norway: go and vote on 8 September.

3 pilars for a greener future:

Phase out fossil fuels:
Today, Norway is one of the world’s biggest fossil fuels producer. Transitioning to renewable energies will make Norway’s economy more sustainable.

Protect nature:
With forestand biodiversity disappearing fast, Norway’s immense beauty needs to be protected.

Fight poverty:
The number of people in poverty is rising. We need to tax the rich and ensure a guaranteed minimum income for those with less.

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VG @vg.no · Sep 4

Verdens største isfjell bryter opp etter 40 år

«Megafjellet» A23a kan forsvinne helt om få uker.

www.vg.no

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Signe Aaboe @signeaaboe.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌍 Have you heard of the ESA Climate Change Initiative Toolbox?

The comprehensive Python package gives researchers seamless access to decades of satellite climate data.

Give it a try 👉https://climate.esa.int/en/data/toolbox

Screendump of the new ESA CCI Toolbox showing result of plotting sea-ice concentration on southern hemisphere.

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esaclimate @esaclimate.bsky.social · Sep 1

📊 Access research-ready global climate data records!
On our updated website, you can find a number of code examples & extensive documentation of how to use our Toolbox and get fast access to it via our Jupyter Lab. Check out the free-of-charge environment here: climate.esa.int/en/data/tool...

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EUMETSAT OSI SAF @osi-saf.eumetsat.int · Sep 2

Following #SSMIS impredictable data provision, in order to ensure our users with a reliable service, we are now basing our Sea Ice Index on AMSR-2-based Sea Ice Concentration product.
more information on: osi-saf.eumetsat.int/community/li...

Release of sea ice index product version v2.3 | OSI SAF

We are now releasing version 2.3 of the OSI SAF Sea Ice Index product. As previously announced (service messages #3328 and #3329), the Sea Ice Index product (OSI-420) will in the future be calculated ...

osi-saf.eumetsat.int

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EUMETSAT OSI SAF @osi-saf.eumetsat.int · Sep 2

In August 2025, the #SeaIce global extent was 8.4% below 1991-2020 mean. Since the begining of record (1978):
- #Arctic, 8th lowest monthly mean, with 12% less extent (-823.904km²)
- #Antarctic, 3rd lowest monthly mean, with 7% less exent (-1.264.062km²)

for more: osisaf-hl.met.no/v2p3-sea-ice...

Graph showing the Arctic Sea Ice Extent daily value for each year since 1978 (each year is represented with a curve of a different color)

Graph showing the Antarctic Sea Ice Extent daily value for each year since 1978 (each year is represented with a curve of a different color)

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Meteorologisk institutt @met.no · Aug 20

I 2024 smeltet isen på Svalbard i et tempo vi aldri før har sett.

På seks uker forsvant 61,7 gigatonn med is fra breene på Svalbard. Det er mer enn det forsvant fra Grønland, selv om Grønlandsisen er 50 ganger større 🧊

– Det var helt ekstremt, sier Thomas V. Schuler.

www.met.no/nyhetsarkiv/...

Isebreforsker Thomas V. Schuler måtte bruke en pall for å utføre vedlikehold av instrumenteringen på isbreen på Kongsvegen som ligger ca. 500 moh. Vanligvis er det knapt issmelting på dette punktet, men i fjor hang instrumentboksen 2 meter over isoverflaten på grunn av ekstrem smelting. Foto: Shin Sugiyama/ HU Sapporo.

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