@mjsandells.bsky.social
Snow, microwave remote sensing, snow modelling, SMRT, Arctic, dogs, snow.
Two people standing next to each other in front of a conference poster
At #BACO2025. Lots of good, exciting research. Super happy a former student from the #ESADragon 2023 training programme in Xining came to say hi
24.07.2025 00:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
delighted to announce Geolitix - cloud based platform for GPR processing - are our first platinum sponsor for #GPR2026, thanks to Jan Francke.
➡️ 21st International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR2026)
📅 23-26 June 2026 Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
🔗 gpr2026.org
Whiteboard with equations (the navier stokes equation) on it written in green marker pen
Today my PhD student Caitlin and I were going through models (agent based and continuum) of the physics of swimming microalgae 🦠. Caitlin's investigating the movement of motile microalgae in snow ❄️ in collaboration with Mel Sandells, Matt Davey and Xanthella. #microswimmers #cryosphere #OnePlanetDTP
28.05.2025 18:31 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
This painting, Pine Trees in the Snow with Rabbit Tracks by George Hawley Hallowell (c. 1925), depicts a serene winter scene. Snow-covered pine trees dominate the composition, their drooping branches forming soft, flowing shapes. In the foreground, delicate rabbit tracks cross a blanket of pristine, untouched snow. The muted blues and whites evoke the quiet stillness of a frosty winter's day, with subtle hints of green and yellow adding depth and vibrancy to the scene.
🐇 Today’s #haiku:
Tiny marks unfold,
veiled trails through white stillness curve -
paths where none have been
Inspired by rabbit footprints left in the morning's snow - each step a story, each pause a mystery.
(Image: Pine Trees in the Snow with Rabbit Tracks by George Hawley Hallowell, c. 1925)
Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
Small differences that make a really big difference.
We have a new paper just out this week on Greenland ice sheet projections of melt and runoff. "With identical forcing, Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance from 3 regional climate models shows a two-fold difference by 2100" In this post I go…
It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Depends on my mood 😂
21.11.2024 20:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#uksnow in RG1. A few wet flakes. 1/10. #EnoughToMakeAGrownManWhoop
19.11.2024 10:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Have you seen the hydrology climate stripes?
If not you might have missed the yearly WMO report on the state of water resources. Take a look: wmo.int/publication-...
For those who already know the report, there now also is a higher resolution version available!
🚨🚨New #HEPEX blog post🚨🚨
A new addition for your hydrological toolbox hepex.org.au/a-new-additi...
A quick reminder on how to contribute to uksnowmap.com ahead of any possible #uksnow tomorrow 👀
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
Ah Reading, it’s been a while. Of course, no university travel experience is complete without spending 2 hours negotiating with the travel management company to get into the hotel they’ve booked and supposedly paid for but you still have to fork out twice the price for. #UnexpectedlyWayOutOfPolicy
18.11.2024 18:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a polar pride (pride colours) amphipod
a polar pride (pride colours) isopod
a polar pride (pride colours) star fish or sea star
a polar pride (pride colours) sea pig or sea cucumber
Happy #PolarPride day!
Celebrating #Polar #Pride with #benthic ( #seafloor) creatures from #Antarctica
#Amphipod #isopod #seastar #seapig
#PolarPrideDay #LGBTSTEMDay #LGBTQSTEMDay
🇦🇶🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🐻❄️🐧
New science starter pack for PoC science communicators ⏬️
Check it out for some wonderfully talented people, or ask @hanasciart.bsky.social to be added!
#SciComm #SciArt
go.bsky.app/MaDPSzx
A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
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Picture of me and David Ashmore installing a weather station and time lapse camera next to a marine terminating glacier in Greenland
Hello new, wonderful Blueskyers! In case you're wondering who I am, I spend most of my time thinking about glaciers and ice sheets past, present and future, currently mainly through satellite and field based remote sensing. Also very interested in how to get the science that we do communicated to...
14.11.2024 20:54 — 👍 42 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
This winter's snow forecast is bleak, but even worse, the last thirty years has seen a major loss of snow throughout the United States compared to the twentieth century. Global warming is wiping out glaciers, ice caps, and snow.
#climatechange
Camels in snow in Saudi Arabia
Oh it’s nothing. Just some snow in Saudi Arabia for the first time ever.
14.11.2024 22:28 — 👍 74 🔁 24 💬 8 📌 1Who needs a baby bear catching snow flakes break?
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