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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Sep 3

Interesting - it also last surged in 2022, so possibly the ice surface lowering contributed to this?

Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Aug 22

We have a new preprint out reviewing the monitoring & detection of Svalbard surging glaciers: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...

We also compiled a new database of Svalbard's surge-type glaciers: zenodo.org/records/1524...

@dannipearce.bsky.social @hazlovell.bsky.social @adrianluckman.bsky.social

Surging glaciers in Svalbard: Observing their distribution, characteristics and evolution

eartharxiv.org

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Aug 18

A challenging field season this year, with some unprecedented issues with the local gasoline supply (lnss.no/oppdatering-...)!

Nonetheless, we still managed to continue our monitoring of Borebreen's surge, which is currently advancing through the fjord and showing no signs of stopping...

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Aug 2

Back in my favourite place, Svalbard!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Jul 16

Ny-Ålesund?

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Jun 30

Very cool!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Jun 20

I’ll come and say hi (and maybe also see you on the Edinburgh flight on Sunday?)

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am extremely happy to see my colleague Brice Rea be appointed as the next director of @scotsages.bsky.social!

I am looking forward to seeing SAGES continue to flourish in the years to come!

SAGES @scotsages.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 Leadership Update from SAGES!🌍

We’re thrilled to announce that Professor Brice Rea from the University of Aberdeen has been appointed as the new Director of SAGES, taking over in July 2025.

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SAGES @scotsages.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 Leadership Update from SAGES!🌍

We’re thrilled to announce that Professor Brice Rea from the University of Aberdeen has been appointed as the new Director of SAGES, taking over in July 2025.

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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · May 29

Shocking scenes following the disintegration and collapse of the Birch Glacier. A stark example of the evolving nature of cryospheric hazards under rapid warming and deglaciation in mountain regions. Monitoring and early evacuation prevented a bigger human impact here.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Swiss glacier collapse buries most of village of Blatten

Many homes in Blatten have been flattened after a large chunk of the Birch glacier fell on to the village.

www.bbc.com

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SAGES @scotsages.bsky.social · May 22

The 2025 SAGES Annual Science Meeting in Stirling has been great!

Thanks so all who came along and presented. It's been a wonderful two days in Stirling.

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · May 23

Another great @scotsages.bsky.social conference - a wonderful community producing great science!

SAGES @scotsages.bsky.social · May 22

The 2025 SAGES Annual Science Meeting in Stirling has been great!

Thanks so all who came along and presented. It's been a wonderful two days in Stirling.

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · May 18

We took friends who didn’t care about Eurovision to a Eurovision party last night - they were so confused!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · May 2

Nice to see you briefly yesterday!

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Apr 25

And another #EGU25 contribution where #3DGeo is involved!

Meet @willharcourt.bsky.social and Hannah at this poster next Thursday to learn and discuss about multi-scale digital twins 🤗

Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

🧊 Linking small- and large-scale Digital Twins: A concept

📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.151

📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

✍ Authors: Aiden Durrant, Me, @bernhardhofle.bsky.social, @hannahwe.bsky.social, @tabernig.bsky.social

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

EGU Contributions!

Next week we will be at EGU in Vienna presenting some of our teams exciting new research! Please come and talk to us: Poster #1 🧊 The distribution of glacier surge behaviour in Svalbard and implications for understanding unstable ice flow📅 Poster | Monday, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30…

EGU Contributions!

Next week we will be at EGU in Vienna presenting some of our teams exciting new research! Please come and talk to us: Poster #1 🧊 The distribution of glacier surge behaviour in Svalbard and implications for understanding unstable ice flow📅 Poster | Monday, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.125📰 Abstract: Authors: William Harcourt, Danni Pearce, Wojciech Gajek, Harold Lovell, Andreas Kääb, Doug Benn, Adrian Luckman, Richard Hann, Jack Kohler, Erik Mannerfelt, Tazio Strozzi, Rebecca McCerery, Bethan Davies…

williamharcourt.co.uk

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

See you there, Bethan! Sorry i didn't include your handle, limited space in the text!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

See you there, let's grab a beer at some point!

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

🧊 Linking small- and large-scale Digital Twins: A concept

📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.151

📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

✍ Authors: Aiden Durrant, Me, @bernhardhofle.bsky.social, @hannahwe.bsky.social, @tabernig.bsky.social

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

🧊 Leveraging Self-Supervised Learning for Sea Ice Segmentation in the Arctic to Reduce on Labelling

📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST), Hall X4, X4.8

📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

✍ Authors: Jacob Seston, Me, et al.

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

🧊 The distribution of glacier surge behaviour in Svalbard and implications for understanding unstable ice flow

📅 Poster | Monday, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.125

📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

Authors: Me, Wojciech Gajek, @dannipearce.bsky.social et al.

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

Next week I will be at EGU in Vienna presenting some of our teams exciting new research - please come and talk to us!

Here's a flavour of what we will be offering this year:

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 24

New paper on using the internal GPS data from seismometers to track ice flow!

Great work by Wojciech Gajek, also inc. @adrianluckman.bsky.social @dannipearce.bsky.social & Richard Hann

First paper on the Borebreen surge, watch this space for more coming soon…

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Utilising seismic station internal GPS for tracking surging glacier sliding velocity | Journal of Glaciology | Cambridge Core

Utilising seismic station internal GPS for tracking surging glacier sliding velocity - Volume 71

www.cambridge.org

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adamplatform.bsky.social @adamplatform.bsky.social · Apr 3

Blue sky over #UnitedKingdom!
The spring almost cloudfree #Copernicus #Sentinel3 images collected on April 2nd shows green field and awesome shades of Ocean colours surrounding the islands.
#Ireland #England #Scotland #Wales #UKweather
@giuliofirenze.bsky.social @eumetsat.int

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Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 1

Nice paper!