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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 6h

Updated a classic.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 4d

The Sierra Nevada’s glaciers—now projected to disappear by 2100 CE—have never before vanished throughout human history in the Americas.

Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3KouoUR

Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene

The projected loss of glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada is likely unprecedented in at least the past 30,000 years.

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kosmi.bsky.social @kosmi.bsky.social · 6d

2015-2024

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 8d

Morning commute

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Stuart Umbo @drumbo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Afternoon folks. I'm delighted to announce our manuscript "Speleothem evidence for Late Miicene extreme Arctic amplification" was published online today. Happy reading! @speleoseb.bsky.social @thomasopel.bsky.social cp.copernicus.org/articles/21/...

Speleothem evidence for Late Miocene extreme Arctic amplification – an analogue for near-future anthropogenic climate change?

Abstract. The Miocene provides an excellent climatic analogue for near-future runaway anthropogenic warming, with atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global average temperatures similar to those projec...

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Sep 8

Precession in action: “Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date

Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Sep 3

The Royal Society's Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship scheme is now open for applications. This scheme offers a first step into an independent research career for early career scientists who require a flexible working pattern. Find out more and apply now: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/dorot...

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Sep 2

Gypsum!

Alena Giesche et al., "Stable isotopes constrain the genesis of Thar Desert gypsum playas and reveal Holocene paleoenvironmental variability in Northwest India" , QSR, doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...

Read for free here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Sep 1

Early Warming Over the Southern Ocean During the Last Deglaciation - Zheng, Bauska and Osman - 2025 - GRL agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

I promise to write a serious thread of what (IMHO as Peisong's advisor) is an innovative analysis. This will have to suffice for now.

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · Aug 14

The University of Arizona is hiring a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Physical Geography! Research specialities could include wildfire, climate and water resources, and/or natural hazards, amongst others. Please apply and join us! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Assistant or Associate Professor, Physical Geography (T/TE) (Updated)

Develop and maintain an active research program.Teach undergraduate and graduate courses.Develop advanced courses at the graduate level.Mentor and adv...

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Ray Dolby Centre for Photokeratitis (snow blindness for all you 🐧 and 🐻‍❄️)

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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · Aug 5

@alecluhn.bsky.social missing in Norway

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

Rescuers in Norway resume search for journalist missing in wilderness

Bad weather hampers search for Alec Luhn after he set out for solo hike in remote Folgefonna national park

www.theguardian.com

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Aug 3

As someone who routinely melts ice in vacuum (or rather with tiny amounts of air), I can confirm that this is true.

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jul 31

Spoils from the annual @bas.ac.uk library book giveaway.

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Dr. Peter Neff @icy-pete.bsky.social · Jul 30

Nat Geo would kill for legit science-driven adventure like they found in “For Winter,” over content less credibly grounded in pursuit of knowledge +humans pushing limits. Instead they’ve (Disney?) gotten cold feet & deeply disrespected my colleague Ali & her family. defector.com/why-did-nati...

Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector

If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jul 30

just need to set aside a lifetime. from the caption "Aston spent almost his entire career working on the instrument, which won him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry".

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jul 30

The third mass spectrometer made by Francis Aston on display in the new Cavendish Lab.

Probably should have cleaned the source more often but I’ll let it slide given that the guy basically invented mass spectrometry.

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jul 28

only 439 days, 12 hours, 39 minutes and 27 seconds until...
www.ipics2026.org

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Dan Ibarra @danibarra.bsky.social · Jul 19

Voss Postdoctoral Research Associate call is now open at Brown University in the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (@brown-ibes.bsky.social) - apply.interfolio.com/170172

My group has hosted two amazing postdocs via this program over the past several years, feel free to get in touch!

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jul 16

Awesome. You should ask your ice core folks for some bubbly ice to see if it melts faster. 😜
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Melting of glacier ice enhanced by bursting air bubbles - Nature Geoscience

Laboratory experiments suggest that bursting bubbles enhance ice melt from tidewater glaciers, and consequently, glacier-ice structure needs to be accounted for in projections of ice loss and sea-leve...

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dreaming of a white Christmas in Cambridge?

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jul 14

I really need to update my job description at @bas.ac.uk to include “repair my Lego models after ice fracture scientists break them”.

Alison Banwell @alibanwell.bsky.social · Jul 14

On the way back to the US after 3 weeks in Europe, culminating in an excellent 3-day ‘Ice Shelf Fracture Workshop’ @bas.ac.uk. Thanks to Rob Athern and Rosie Williams for organising (and yes, that is a Lego ice shelf!) ❄️ 🐧 🧪

@cires.colorado.edu @cpom-uk.bsky.social @ciresceee.bsky.social

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jun 23

Lots of Earth System Modelling (🌍ESM) jobs up for grabs at @bas.ac.uk!

🫧 ESM - Past Carbon Cycle (w/ me and Xu Zhang)
🇦🇶 ESM - Antarctic Sea Ice
🌡️ ESM - Past Extremes
🧊 UKESM Sea Ice Model Developer
💧Research Assistant: Palaeoclimate Meltwater Modelling

www.bas.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jun 12

But what we all want to know, did you choose coffee or tea?

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Jun 5

@atthenius.bsky.social et al., 😭

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