Matt King

This is beautiful.

No AI. Just real art and science.

#AGU25 is just around the corner! 🥳

I want to invite you to visit the "Measurements and Modeling of the Earth's Response to Surface Mass Variability and Human-Hydrosphere Interactions" sessions!

@agu.org

Stratified suppression of turbulence in an ice shelf basal melt parameterisation Abstract. Ocean-driven basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves is an important process that affects the Antarctic Ice Sheet, global climate and sea level. Basal melting is controlled by small-scale pro...

Our paper on a new ice shelf basal melt parameterisation is out! tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
Small-scale processes in the ocean drive ice shelf basal melt, and large-scale ocean models can’t resolve these processes. Therefore, models use melt parameterisations, but these can still be improved.

Australia’s supercomputers are falling behind – and it’s hurting our ability to adapt to climate change

When the Gadi supercomputer opened in 2020, it was ranked 24th in the world. It’s now dropped to 179th.

Congratulations to the team behind the ARC Centre of Excellence for Our Future Oceans. Funded!!

Special congratulations to @profmattengland.bsky.social for his leadership of this major bid.

I think he's doing ok. At Newcastle University (UK) and busy with teaching and research

Low rates could be due to ice sheet readvance, earlier deglaciation, centennial ice fluctuations and/or effects of lateral mantle properties 2/2

Six panels showing maps with model estimates of uplift and circles showing gps point estimates of uplift

Pleased to share Achraf Koulali's new paper suggesting low rates of GPS uplift of the Trans Antarctic Mountains

We show previous estimates were pushed high by surface mass balance deficits causing elastic uplift 1/2

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What our missing ocean float revealed about Antartica’s melting glaciers Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us estimate global sea-level rise.

🌊 Serendipity often drives science forward.

A “lost” Argo float drifted under Antarctica’s ice shelves and resurfaced with a warning: warm water is creeping under major glaciers like Denman and Totten.

What’s at risk? Up to 5 m of global sea-level rise.

theconversation.com/what-our-mis...

Paper here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What our missing ocean float revealed about Antartica’s melting glaciers Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us estimate global sea-level rise.

Sometimes we get lucky.

Nice article led by Steve Rintoul on new findings on the ocean melting the front of Denman Glacier

theconversation.com/what-our-mis...

From short-term uncertainties to long-term certainties in the future evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet - Nature Communications Even if net-zero emissions are reached well before 2100, West Antarctic ice-sheet retreat could still drive multi-meter sea-level rise by 2300. Emission reductions in the coming years are critical to ...

Antarctica’s future beyond 2100: high emissions drive major long-term ice loss. New study in Nature Communications by Vio Coulon and Ann Kristin Klose, showing that the fate of the Antarctic ice sheet, will play a decisive role in future sea level rise.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

YouTube video by ACEAS From Data to Decisions: How ACEAS Improves Climate and Ecosystem Projections

Antarctica and the Southern Ocean hold critical clues about our changing climate – understanding this change is essential for communities worldwide.

Watch our latest video to find out how ACEAS is improving physical climate and ecosystem projections.

🎬 Watch now: youtu.be/Us2a4ulf404

Advertising a fully-funded PhD studentship (3.75 years, inc. 3 month internship with S&T Norway) @cpom-uk.bsky.social, Northumbria, UK:

"The Role of Landfast Sea Ice in Antarctic Ice Shelf Stability: Integrating Earth Observation with Low-Carbon AI Modelling"

More details: tinyurl.com/yc7v3t5r 🧪❄️🛰️

👏 Congratulations to ACEAS Deputy Director, Professor Zanna Chase (@utas.edu.au), who has been appointed to the Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts for 2026.

Read more: utas-prod-web.squiz.cloud/utas2020/abo...

Southern Annular Mode dynamics, projections and impacts in a changing climate - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) has shifted towards its positive phase owing to ozone depletion and increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. This Review discusses the dynamics, trends and projections...

New research published today in @nature.com shows the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) – the Southern Hemisphere’s most influential climate driver – has reached its most positive state in more than a millennium.

Read the Nature paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

YouTube video by ACEAS Introduction to ACEAS

🌏 Happy Antarctica Day! ❄️

Today we celebrate global cooperation in protecting and understanding one of Earth’s most unique and fragile environments.

A huge thanks to all our researchers for driving this work forward every day.

🎥 Learn more in our new ACEAS video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGg3...

Led by @climatenerilie.bsky.social with @profmattengland.bsky.social @ariaan.bsky.social @janstrugnell.bsky.social and Barbara Wieneke @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @antarctic.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social 2/2

Policy Briefing: Emerging Evidence of Abrupt Changes in the Antarctic Environment YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative

Want a state-of-the-art explainer on the big changes occurring in the Antarctic?

Check out this recent briefing, delivered to COP30 @iccinet.bsky.social

Very much designed for the non-expert, so don't be afraid to dip in!

www.youtube.com/live/YjYkKvw... 1/2

Another Earth sciences course has been killed off. There's no doubt mining has the wrong image, and is far from exciting for many young people, but it is critical for the renewable transition.

At some point there may need to be market intervention by the government.

New AI model allows drones to plan for themselves Researchers from the Alan Turing Institute have developed a new AI model that allows teams of autonomous drones, submarines and satellites to adapt to unexpe

🛰️ How can autonomous robots stay on track in hazardous and remote environments?

Our new AI model allows teams of autonomous drones, submarines and satellites to adapt to unexpected mission changes by taking charge of their own planning.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/43ZoS1V

🌊 What is the Meridional Overturning Circulation
and why is it important?

The Meridional Overturning Circulation (#MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.

Australia-China: Port visits can manage tensions The Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia all have acute maritime disputes with China, but they continue to welcome naval visits. So why can't Australia?

but my memory looks faulty www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

From memory, yes

Great to welcome (from @imas-utas.bsky.social) Xue Long, one of China's ice breakers, back to Hobart!

Fair winds and following seas as she heads south.

New paper alert ! 🙂
Happy to share our new study published in The Cryosphere !
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
We modelled the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the LGM (24 ka) to the present and learned a lot on its former history and dynamics !
@jeremyely.bsky.social @chrisdclark.bsky.social

This is a great example of Australia's Antarctic researchers working together to deliver globally-important messages to policymakers

Tins of potato crisps below a sign for their price of $54.95

If you can afford to pay $55 for potato crisps, give it to charity instead

The shared vehicle-to-grid fleet that is helping relieve grid congestion in evening peaks A world-leading vehicle to grid trial has released its first results, highlighting benefits of having 50 EVs helping out the grid in one spot at the same time.

Great idea

thedriven.io/2025/11/14/t...

Thanks for the endorsement Ryan!