Brad Reed

Just arriving here. Let the adventure begin.

Expect: ice, climate science, quirky notes and insights.

Today seems like a good day to remember that climate action is far cheaper than inaction, according to those lentil weavers at the OBR

still looking for an iceberg researcher! is that you or someone you know? 🧪

Great to see CPOM PhD Researcher @icewicks.bsky.social at the @igsoc.bsky.social British Branch meeting this week, displaying her poster on modelling the impact of surface melt on Amery Ice Shelf 👇

Image credit: @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social

A Python library for solving ice sheet modeling problems using physics-informed neural networks, PINNICLE v1.0 Abstract. Predicting the future contributions of the ice sheets to sea-level rise remains a significant challenge due to our limited understanding of key physical processes (e.g., basal friction, ice ...

Cool new library for physics-informed neural networks for glaciology problems, led by Gong Cheng @dartmouthears.bsky.social gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.

“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

High-tech plans to save polar ice will fail, new research finds The plans could also unintentionally harm fragile polar ecosystems.

🪩 Stratospheric aerosol injections
🌊 Sea curtains
🧊 Ice management
💦 Water removal
🦠 Ocean fertilisation

None of these geoengineering fixes will mitigate effects of global warming in polar regions - instead they'll likely have serious unintended consequences
theconversation.com/high-tech-pl...

Antarctic glacier melt reveals remains of Briton who died in 1959 accident Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell fell into a crevasse at the age of 25 while working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The remains of a British man who died in an accident in Antarctica 66 years ago have been discovered in a melting glacier alongside ski poles, a pipe and a watch. Dennis “Tink” Bell fell into a crevasse in 1959 while working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (Fids), now the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a few weeks after his 25th birthday. His body was not found until January, when a Polish expedition encountered bones near their base. Continue reading...

Antarctic glacier melt reveals remains of Briton who died in 1959 accident

Claim: "Water vapor is a greenhouse gas!"
Reality: Yes, and there's more of it in a warmer atmosphere

-"CO2 is plant food!"
-pretty hard to eat when you're on fire

-"Climate has changed before!"
-We know, we told you that

-"Scientists don't know everything!"
- doesn't mean we know *nothing*

🇦🇶 Antarctica’s coastal zone is changing fast & it matters globally. A new #AntarcticRINGS review paper maps what we know, what we don’t & why it matters for sea-level rise. 🌊

Explore fresh insights, a Quantarctica-friendly data package & all figures as downloadable slides: scar.org/scar-news/cr...

A plot of the maximum temperature (as red dots) reached in the UK each year from 1950 showing a large scatter but strong upward trend

Just one chart from the @metoffice.gov.uk State of the UK climate report published today. We get used to focusing on the record highs and how 35C has gone from being rare to routine. But just look at all those summers which never got to 30C even in my lifetime. It’s a different UK now.

NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR

Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction

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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Meltwater ponding in in Antarctica raises concerns over ice sheet stability, according to new study A team of researchers, led by the University of York, has discovered a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica.

Researchers led by @uoyenvironment.bsky.social and @sheffielduni.bsky.social have produced the first Antarctic-wide, high-resolution monthly dataset of surface meltwater using satellite images 🧊 💧

Open access article with data availability links in @natclimate.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🔓 📃

Continent-wide mapping shows increasing sensitivity of East Antarctica to meltwater ponding - Nature Climate Change This study provides a continent-wide assessment of surface meltwater area in Antarctica between 2006 and 2021, highlighting recent increases in magnitude and variability in East Antarctica, with indic...

I’m delighted to share that our new paper is now out in @natclimate.nature.com! Our long-term, monthly Antarctic-wide dataset of surface meltwater shows that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is becoming increasingly prone to surface meltwater ponding.

1️⃣ Like a heartbeat driving one of the largest seasonal cycles on Earth, Antarctic sea ice is central to the global climate system and vital for unique ecosystems.

We know you’re still enjoying Monday’s packed #LPS25 schedule, but we wanted to prepare you for what’s on the agenda for tomorrow 👇

Coming up on Tuesday at the @esa.int Living Planet Symposium 2025 #LPS25...

And now visualizing the June solstice from the polar regions...

Animation looks downward at the North Pole (left; ☀️) and South Pole (right; 🌙) over a 24-hour period. Graphic from zacklabe.com/arctic-clima....

All participants of the FRISP 2025 conference standing on the steps inside the Arktikum museum

Photograph of a reflective lake, lush green gardens and bright blue sky dotted with clouds

Photo from Santa Claus Village with the Arctic Circle line down the centre of the image.

Outside of the Helsinki Central Library Oodi

On the way home now after another successful FRISP meeting (Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes) this time in Rovaniemi, Finland. Great to connect with this community again and see friends, old and new! 🌊❄️

This paper is an incredible resource for those teaching climate change courses. Thanks for putting this together - it saves me *so* much time updating all my numbers each year.

Happy #WorldOceanDay !!

Down here in Antarctica, we will spend it measuring the ocean and sampling the sea floor, to understand better how ice loss is impacting climate and ecosystems.

The views continue to amaze…!

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This is not the actual cover of Nature, just shown here for illustrative purposes. We did submit this figure for consideration for their cover. Print run in two weeks, we'll know by then if it gets used.

Out today in Nature, our paper on the drivers of the record 2023 summer heating of the North Atlantic. Temperatures warmed to record levels in just a few months. The impacts on climate & ecosystems were severe. A thread on how this work came about and what we found.👇👇🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A figure in jeans and a black jacket with a white t-shirt holding a bicycle with a basket. More bikes can be seen nearby and in the background green trees, hedges and a wooden fence.

Good morning from Copenhagen. I'm off to Brussels to represent @oceaniceeu.bsky.social talking impacts of #ClimateChange in the Polar Regions with @eupolarcluster.bsky.social friends @polarres.bsky.social @crices-h2020.bsky.social + @h2020protect.bsky.social First stop the metro!
#WorldBicycleDay

Great graph by @carbonbrief.org telling the story of why UK energy prices have risen in recent years

It makes clear that it's largely due to wholesale gas prices. Which isn't news, and shouldn't need reiterating, but sadly does because of misinformation...

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

This viral climate graphic just got a troubling update The updated 'climate stripes' graph now visualizes the impact of climate change on oceans and the atmosphere. Some parts may surprise you.

The warming stripes have been updated to show the atmosphere and the ocean!

www.fastcompany.com/91339154/thi...

Paper: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

📌 Save the date for two upcoming @oceaniceeu.bsky.social / @europeanpolarboard.bsky.social ‬ webinars this week!

🌊 22 May - Subpolar circulation, heat delivery and water mass export
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🧊 23 May – Cryosphere-Ocean Processes
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hopefully see you there Will 👍

Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high – and what can be done about it From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackled

This is *really* important: the reason electricity prices are high is the high cost of gas & that market rate is set by gas prices. One of the loudest calls at Everything Electric last week was to decouple from gas prices, so we benefit from cheaper renewables.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

On March 1, Antarctic sea ice reached its smallest coverage of the year. This year’s minimum extent tied 2022 and 2024 for the second-lowest summer sea ice area observed since satellite records began in 1979. Learn more: www.climate.gov/news-feature...