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Prof Irene C Peden, Electrical engineer Irene C Peden is an electrical engineer who was the first woman scientist to live and work in the interior of the Antarctic, developing techniques for studying deep glacial ice using radio waves.

Irene C Peden is an electrical engineer & was the first woman scientist to live and work in the interior of the Antarctic, developing techniques for studying deep glacial ice using radio waves. Cliffs in Antarctica have been named after her. Find out more: adalovelaceday.subst...

Our quarterly Seasonal Newsletter for Spring has arrived.

Catch up on the latest #Antarctic research, explore our new policy briefing, or watch a video on mapping the Antarctic seafloor 🎥

🔗 Read it now: createsend.com/t/y-B9D206F6...

Illustration from "The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror (1839-1843)" showing four botanical plates featuring detailed drawings of plant specimens. Top left depicts Asterina pelliculosa with green leaves and root structures. Top right shows Asterina darwinii with a large serrated leaf and intricate fungal growths on a network-like structure. Bottom left features Peziza kerguelensis, including orange cup fungi and microscopic spore details. Bottom right illustrates Asterina sutrica with a flowering plant, a green seed pod, and a spherical spore cluster. The plates highlight plant species related to Darwin's Antarctic expedition studies.

🧠 The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843. v.1. plates
London: Reeve Brothers, 1844-60.

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*laugh* So, it turns out there is an Antarctic brittle star, Ophiosteira bullivanti that bears more than a casual resemblance to STARYU! #pokemon #echinoday ha ha! 😂

How Antarctica would look if all the ice melted

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Detection of 85 new active subglacial lakes in Antarctica from a decade of CryoSat-2 data - Nature Communications Wilson and colleagues identify 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological...

🌍 Hidden lakes under Antarctic ice

Using a decade of CryoSat-2 data, scientists found 85 new active subglacial lakes, boosting the total by 58% and revealing vast hidden water networks.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Antarctica 🧪

Polar warming: Abrupt changes in Antarctic call for emissions cuts not geoengineering The polar regions are undergoing alarming climate changes, particularly in Antarctica, where ice loss is accelerating. A study warns that geoengineering solutions are unlikely to be effective, distracting from essential emission reduction efforts. Immediate, evidence-based actions are necessary to combat climate change and achieve net-zero emissions to stabilize global temperatures.

Abrupt and alarming changes in the icy Antarctic region call for urgent measures. We have the means to cut emissions and limit further warming. Geoengineering projects only raise false hopes and divert resources.

A view of the Macquarie Island research station with the ocean and mountains prominently in the view.

Macquarie Island station via https://www.antarctica.gov.au/antarctic-operations/webcams/macquarie-island/ #SouthPole #antarctica #view #webcam

❄️It's that time of year again!❄️ The Antarctic Science International Bursary is open for applications!
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...

Graduate Field Coordinator-Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Field Coordinator-Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology The Opportunity The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Graduate Field Coord...

Hello BlueSky 🦋 I'm the Director of Graduate Studies in Cornell Chemistry. We're hiring a new Graduate Field Coordinator to help support our graduate program. Please apply or repost if you know someone great! tinyurl.com/3znxx4bh

Last month was the 5th lowest #Antarctic sea ice extent on record for the month of May

This was 930,000 km² below the 1981-2010 May average. Data from the @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...

A large, very flat cloud over an ice sheet

📊 Antarctica's future weather forecast is in - and it's looking extreme!

New research reveals atmospheric rivers - massive aerial pathways of water vapour that travel thousands of kilometres - could DOUBLE over Antarctica by 2100!

📸Michelle Maclennan

This wiggling blob may not look very exciting, but I’m telling you, it was the highlight of last week for me! This is a Müller’s larva, and is a life stage of some Turbellarians (flatworms) and I have never seen one before! 1/2 🦑 #plankton

A row of icicles along a building in Antarctica.

The days in Antarctica are shrinking rapidly, and in just a few days the sun won't rise above the horizon at all....

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Iceworld Podcast - British Antarctic Survey Out now, an International Women’s Day special episode ‘Women at the poles – with Jane Francis, Jo Johnson, Katy Rumm, Vicky Auld, Laura Taylor, and Kat Turner’ – a look …

I just discovered myself in this @bas.ac.uk podcast! All about women working in #Antarctica, in my case remote geological fieldwork and leaving family behind. #geology

Some great stories here 👇 🧪❄️🥼 🇦🇶

www.bas.ac.uk/media/icewor...

Deadline 21st March!! Antarctic Science International Bursary 👇👇 £6000 to ECRs for a new or extended Antarctic research project ❄️❄️

Interested in applying for an Antarctic Science bursary? ❄️ At 3pm & 8pm UK time today APECS is running webinars to learn about the bursary & application process. Register here! ❄️👇👇❄️ apecs.is/news/apecs-n...

🧵 Looking for (polar) climate data visualizations? Start here! 📈📉🧪⚒️🌊

+ Polar climate change: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ Global climate change indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ #Arctic sea ice extent: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ #Antarctic sea ice: zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...

This is a map I first started about 4 years ago, and it’s been put down and picked back up about 5 times since then (we’ve all had projects like this!) but I’m so glad to see it finally released! The front cover shows some of the very varied terrain that has been mapped 😍

BURSARY NEWS: On 14th Feb, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists are running two webinars for potential applicants to learn more about the Antarctic bursary & application process. Register here! 👇👇 apecs.is/news/apecs-n... ❄️❄️

BURSARY NEWS: On 14th Feb, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists are running two webinars for potential applicants to learn more about the Antarctic bursary & application process. Register here! 👇👇 apecs.is/news/apecs-n... ❄️❄️

This is by far the best modelling attempt of the Alpine Ice Field during the LGM (35-18 ka)! 🧊⌚

Thinner ice than previous attempts and better fit to the trimlines ❄️

Must read!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Don't miss the YT vids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ5-...
Congrats @legertancrede.bsky.social!

Paleobiology is matter to understand past climatic impact! www.cell.com/current-biol...

❄️It's that time of year again!❄️ The Antarctic Science International Bursary is open for applications!
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...