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Sammie Buzzard

@treacherousbuzz.bsky.social

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Glaciology and climate ❄️🐧🐻‍❄️ @cpom-uk.bsky.social Assistant Prof at Northumbria Uni https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/b/sammie-buzzard/ Chief butler to Pingo the rescue dog 🐕 Trail running 🏃🏼‍♀️ oboist 🎶 Barnet FC 🧡 🍉

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · 2d

I've been working on it for over a decade but the scale of the ice in Antarctica still 🤯
Look for the scale bar in the bottom right, 4km

Doug Johnson 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌦️🏞 @smikooman.bsky.social · 2d

Ice Calving, Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica
Late winter hi-res image of the glacier that flows into the Amundsen Sea, producing this spectacular calving event (ice floes). If Thwaites were to collapse from climate change, it could raise global sea levels by 65 centimetres.

Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-1 imagery acquired on 2 October 2025, reveals the ice tongue of Thwaites Glacier, along with newly calved ice fragments drifting nearby.

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · 13d

Yes! Happy to help 🧊

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · Sep 9

Polar geoengineering dismissed as ‘unimaginably expensive’ and ‘dangerous’

Underwater curtains and artificial ice thickening divert attention from cutting fossil fuel use, says group of climate scientists

www.theguardian.com

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our paper is out, providing alternative viewpoints to some polar geoengineering ideas covered in the media recently. Lots still to talk about but let's focus on decarbonising instead of drilling Antarctica for now? 🇦🇶
Thanks @newscientist.com @mjflepage.bsky.social for covering this important issue!

UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Sep 9

CPOM Director for Knowledge Exchange Sammie Buzzard @northumbriauni.bsky.social (@treacherousbuzz.bsky.social) comments in this article from the New Scientist on research published today on the risks and realities of polar geoengineering 👇

www.newscientist.com/article/2495...

Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change

A review of the five main methods proposed for cooling down the poles or slowing the loss of ice concludes they are all wildly impractical, wouldn't work, or both

www.newscientist.com

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · Aug 28

The book was not a good choice for field camp 😬😬😬

Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · Aug 28

2 weeks internet free in camp. Nothing bad happened in the UK or the world in general while we were away... right? 😬

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · Aug 13

I've got test tubes am I a real scientist now? 👩🏼‍🔬

A rack of test tubes and a set of small scales on which salt is being added to a test tube through a paper funnel

Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · Aug 11

It's a double pole summer, can I even call myself a modeller any more?

The SLIDE team all safely arrived in Kangerlussuaq and ready to science (after sleep)!

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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · Aug 8

CPOM's @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social joined @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk to investigate what lies beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, Antarctica 🌊

Watch the 📽️ - cpom.org.uk/what-lies-be...

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · Jul 10

Back at @bas.ac.uk and the scale model of the Sir David Attenborough is so much more fun when you can spot your own cabin. Wishing I was back south and not in the Cambridge heat though! 🥵

Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · Jun 13

Two days, two school visits, two excellent sets of students, thanks yr 8 @hebburncomp.bsky.social & yr 12 @ St Mary's! Hopefully a few future glaciologists inspired by my adventures on Boaty McBoatface (picture taken by one of the SDA crew in Lemaire Channel 🇦🇶, I'm on the tiny boat by the big berg!)

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · Jun 10

The updated UK government report on Antarctica hits the nail on the head, can we just focus on reducing emissions now?

Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · Jun 10

"Antarctic research is central to global climate strategies. Although geoengineering solutions have been proposed, their high costs and environmental risks make them less viable compared to more effective strategies like reducing global carbon emissions."

publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...

The UK and the Antarctic environmentUK ParliamentDownload iconShare icon

Report of the Environmental Audit Committee

publications.parliament.uk

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Dr Adam Levy @climateadam.bsky.social · Jun 10

reports almost daily of Palestinians being killed while trying desperately to get to supplies.

what a horrific catch 22 Gazans are trapped in.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jun 10

BREAKING: At least 20 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for aid near the Netzarim Corridor, south of Gaza City, report our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic, citing al-Quds Hospital.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0tdlv3

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 21

There were loads! I can get you date and location for this and 2 others from photos. The channel was full of them though so fingers crossed for you 🤞🏻

Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 20

We came looking for chlorophyll and our acoustician found this... At 180m tall I guess we found out where the monster hangs out when not in Loch Ness @biopole.bsky.social?
www.instagram.com/p/DJ4LOnONVg...

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 19

Making new friends in the Lemaire Channel 😍

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 19

The science team currently on the RRS Sir David Attenborough 🚢
We've been finding out more about what's going on in the polar ocean and atmosphere as the southern hemisphere heads into winter ❄️
📷 @drbradbrad.bsky.social

@cpom-uk.bsky.social @biopole.bsky.social

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 16

Some of the @biopole.bsky.social team and our science buddies enjoyed a walk around Rothera this morning, it's definitely getting wintery here! Necessary exercise to burn off all the incredible food on the RRS Sir David Attenborough. Fish and chips Friday tonight 😋

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 13

Yes! (The ship that is, not the autosub 😂)

Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 13

Good morning from Boaty McBoatface 🚢

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 12

Fast forward to today and I'm on the ship for the first time waiting to depart the Falklands for Rothera. Could not be more excited for this totally unexpected chance thanks to @biopole.bsky.social @cpom-uk.bsky.social 🐬
Fingers crossed the Drake Passage is kind to us!

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 12

In 2021 I got to see the finished ship when she docked at Greenwich before her first trip to Antarctica. I got to come and talk polar science with @cosmicshambles.com and @helenczerski.bsky.social but my science was still very firmly on the ice ❄️

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 12

In 2016 @tjy511.bsky.social and I were lucky enough to be invited to the keel laying for the RRS Sir David Attenborough through @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social. Neither of us ever expected to go on the ship but there was a free breakfast and we almost got a selfie with the man himself 🚢

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · May 7

Parents have been clearing out my old school books and turns out I've actually been concerned about Antarctica for quite some time. Promise not to make a fire once I get there 😬

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