August 2025 data is now available for both Antarctic sea-ice thickness/volume (zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...) and global sea-ice volume (zacklabe.com/global-sea-i...) from GIOMAS. Another monthly record low (globally)!

#DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData 🧪🌊⚒️

Whilst trace metals influence ocean productivity, there are a paucity of regions where their spatial and temporal variability are well explored. Ortega et al., investigate the drivers of trace metal dynamics in the productive Northern Gulf of Alaska 🌊
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

🌊New paper out using 7Be to constrain global atmospheric deposition.

"aerosol processes are more dynamic than previously estimated, with important implications for...aerosol-driven climate effects and marine biogeochemical processes globally."

In memory of David Kadko.

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🌊 I have a new paper out in L&O Letters! We show that ocean color-based estimates of chlorophyll concentrations within 100 km of the Antarctic coastline are severely underestimated when applying the standard NASA L2gen atmospheric processing. This is caused by adjacency effects from ice and snow.

I also spotted this on my walk today, so if I ever get homesick for South Africa I can treat myself

Excited to start my new position at the @noc.ac.uk today. Feels like coming home to where my academic career began

Researchers from the NOC have begun ground-breaking Arctic fieldwork in the fjords around Greenland to understand glacial meltwater’s impact on the carbon cycle, supported by Augmentum. 🧊🔁🌊

Read more here ➡️https://noc.ac.uk/news/noc-partners-augmentum-support-arctic-mission

🌊 I’m hiring! Last few days to apply!! Research Scientist in Marine Ecology & Machine Learning at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK). Got experience with machine learning techniques applied to marine ecology, biogeochemistry or climate change? careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Phytoplankton are microscopic plants living in the water column. They flourish around Antarctica, where they both remove carbon from the atmosphere and are the base of the food web. Over the last 25 years, they have changed, and it's related to ice lose. 🧪🌊
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today I had my farewell drinks at SOCCO. My 2 year postdoc position that turned into a beautiful 10 year adventure.
From September I will be starting my new position @noc.ac.uk as a Senior Researcher in the Ocean BioGeoSciences group.

🌊PhD Positions Available🌊

If you are interested in studying marine CDR check out the link below. There are 3 positions available at Stellenbosch University in the School of Climate Science. The applications will remain open until all positions are filled.

climate.sun.ac.za/blog/three-p...

🌊 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os...

En route to the final SWINGS/GEOTRACES GS02 post cruise meeting. Prepared for a week of sharing ideas and drafting papers.

En route to the final SWINGS/GEOTRACES GS02 post cruise meeting. Prepared for a week of sharing ideas and drafting papers.

🌊 Registration now open for the GEOTRACES summer school.

📅 17-21 November | Cape Town

🎓Training in marine biogeochemistry of trace elements and isotopes for 36 students

Applications close 30 June 2025

geotraces-2025.sciencesconf.org

🌊 New paper led by @sarahnicholson.bsky.social, myself and others. We generated a multi-year, multi-algorithm data product of global phytoplankton bloom phenology. The data is provided at 3 different spatial resolutions depending upon your study requirements.

essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

10 years ago today I landed in Cape Town for a 2 year postdoc position. Countless memories, 3 job promotions and 1 husband later I would say accepting this position was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

🌊 interesting article on the status of polar research in South Africa. Here’s hoping something will finally be done to fix the many issues.

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

🌊 SOCCO’s brand new website is finally live.

socco.org.za

Check it out to find out more details about the team and the research projects we are involved in.

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Today I presented at #icshmo2025 on some recent work I have been doing with @altagliabue.bsky.social and others. Where we performed a systematic assessment of NPP trends in models and observations, whilst also highlighting critical knowledge gaps that represent future research priorities.

As autumn creeps in another chilli harvest has come to an end. Proud of my green thumb this year in getting ghost chillies to grow.

Spent the long weekend camping in the mountains and disconnecting from the world.

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mg.co.za/the-green-gu...