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Round 1 of the second science seminar for #AntarcticaInSync - an international collaboration aiming at advancing research of all kinds in Antarctica the Southern Ocean. Fear not if you missed it, there is another chance Wednesday at 15:00 UTC
https://www.antarctica-insync.org/2nd-antarctica-insync-international-science-webinar/

"A Saltier Southern Ocean Could Cause More Melting Ice in Antarctica"
#Antarctica #Oceans

A Saltier Southern Ocean Could Cause More Melting Ice in Antarctica
Learn why a surge in the Southern Ocean’s salinity is an alarming sign for the future of Antarctic ice.

The first session of the second #AntarcticaInSync webinar is about to start - an international effort to coordinate research on and around the southern continent. Come and talk to me about land based observations and climate variability ... https://www.antarctica-insync.org/2nd-antarctica-insync-international-science-webinar/

Antarctica’s slow collapse caught on camera—and it’s accelerating #Antarctica

Antarctica’s slow collapse caught on camera—and it’s accelerating
Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By fusing film with satellites, they discovered warm ocean water, not surface ponds, drives the destruction, and mapped “pinning points” that reveal how far a collapse has progressed. The work shows these break-ups unfold more gradually than feared, yet once the ice “brake” fails, land-based glaciers surge, setting up meters of future sea-level rise that will strike nor…

Ever heard of #AntarcticaInSync? It's a very cool initiative to better understand the Southern Ocean and it's icy continent..
Kicking off the second webinar now..
https://www.antarctica-insync.org/

"Rising visitor numbers are leaving a harmful human footprint on Antarctica’s ecosystems"
#Antarctica #Climate #ClimateChange

Surging tourism is polluting Antarctica, scientists warn
Annual visitors numbered fewer than 8,000 in the 1990s. Last year, more than 124,000 visited.

"Penguin Guano in Antarctica May Help Cool the Planet"
#Antarctica #Penguins #Climate #ClimateChange

Penguin Guano in Antarctica May Help Cool the Planet | Happy Eco News
Penguin guano in Antarctica releases ammonia that combines with ocean sulfur to form cloud-seeding particles. These particles help create low clouds that reflect sunlight, possibly cooling the climate. Scientists tracked ammonia spikes near penguin colonies and are exploring how wildlife contributes to weather systems, including long-term impacts on cloud behavior.

Interesting piece in Nature last week about Antarctic research infrastructure. China has just opened it's fifth station, as the US retreats from science in general, and especially polar research. Many countries in Europe are also rather weakly present in the Antarctic, and there is no common EU programme.
In Denmark, we haven't even ratified the Madrid protocols for environmental protection of Antarctica, never mind signed the Antarctic Treaty. In spite of the actually rather strong Danish input to Antarctic research in general - much of which is driven by the fact that our future sea level rise will be largely determined by what happens in the Antarctic.
#Antarctica #PolarREsearch #ArcticScience #PolarScience
Edit: broken link, apologies, try this
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02157-x

"Microplastics and melting ice reveal deepening crisis in Antarctica"
#Antarctica #Microplastics #Plastic #Plastics

Microplastics and melting ice reveal deepening crisis in Antarctica
Glaciers melting rapidly, fields of moss expanding, water streaming off ice shelves once frozen solid: these are just a few of the impacts of climate change observed by a team of 57 researchers during a 70-day voyage around the Antarctic coast on the Russian icebreaker Akademik Tryoshnikov. The expedition also revealed the presence of microplastics […]

Next week our ECR group are starting a #MachineLearning sprint to speed up the development of our new #IceSheet surface mass budget emulation models.
I'm looking for hints, ideas tips and inspiration to help smooth and accelerate the process.
If you're used to working in #Sprint mode, what in your opinion makes it work or otherwise hinders it?
What can I as supervisor do to make it run better?
And how should we celebrate it's conclusion?
Also, should me do an #AMA on the process?
#ClimateScience #IceSheets #Greenland #Antarctica