Emma Boland

Are you an early-career researcher who would like to work with me at MIT? The MIT Distinguished Postdoctoral Program is still open (Nov. 30 deadline, so hurry!) Details are here:
eaps.mit.edu/research/pos...

Undersea "Storms" Are Melting Antarctic Glaciers from Below A team of researchers including oceanographer Lia Siegelman of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography co-authored a new study that describes storm-like ocean circulation patterns beneath A...

🏔️ Research from Scripps Oceanography scientist Lia Siegelman finds undersea "storms" are melting Antarctic glaciers from below. Researchers also identified a positive feedback loop in which ice shelf melting caused more ocean turbulence, which in turn caused more ice shelf melting.

We’re hiring! Permanent position for an assistant research scientist in marine autonomous systems at NOC Southampton. Do you enjoy developing python tools and data workflows? And have an interest in marine science? Apply before 10 December! careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/assi...

We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.

Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS!

Solution-Based #DataScience for #Environmental #Biology Challenges

A special collection with @cu-esiil.bsky.social  to advance data-intensive approaches to better understand today's environmental challenges 

🗓️1 March-31 May 2026
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#TippingPoints

Cartoon of a large conference theatre with a 'Climate Summit's banner. A speaker points to a slide with a bullet list: 'energy independence; preserve rainforests; sustainability; green jobs; livable cities; renewables; clean water, air; healthy children; etc. etc.' A man in the audience stands and asks: 'what if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?'. Credit Joel Pett 12/7/9 USAtoday

Credit Joel Pett @usatodaynews.bsky.social

World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.

10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C

20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C

So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.

Welcome 🤗 🇦🇶

This week I started a new chapter @bas.ac.uk 🎉

As part of the GIANT project I will be modelling how Greenland’s glaciers are melting 🧊🌊 I am excited to see how this multi-disciplinary approach will improve our understanding of such an important topic!

www.bas.ac.uk/project/gian...

🌊 Important new report alert🚨

A slide showing a blue surface with waves and superposed 0s and 1s on the left, and text describing the session and details for submission: ITS1.9/OS4.1 Machine Learning for Ocean Science https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessionprogramme/5869# Session abstract: Machine learning (ML) methods have emerged as powerful tools to tackle various challenges in ocean science, encompassing physical oceanography, biogeochemistry, and sea ice research. This session aims to explore the application of ML methods in ocean science, with a focus on advancing our understanding and addressing key challenges in the field. Our objective is to foster discussions, share recent advancements, and explore future directions in the field of ML methods for ocean science. A wide range of machine learning techniques can be considered including supervised learning, unsupervised learning, interpretable techniques, and physics-informed and generative models. The applications to be addressed span both observational and modeling approaches. Observational approaches include for example: - Identifying patterns and features in oceanic fields - Filling observational gaps of in-situ or satellite observations - Inferring unobserved variables or unobserved scales - Automating quality control of data - Modeling approaches can address (but are not restricted to): - Designing new parameterization schemes in ocean models - Emulating partially or completely ocean models - Parameter tuning and model uncertainty The session also welcomes submissions at the interface between modeling and observations, such as data assimilation, data-model fusion, or bias correction. Researchers and practitioners working in the domain of ocean science, as well as those interested in the application of ML methods, are encouraged to attend and participate in this session.

📣 🌊 Call for abstracts #EGU26 !!! Please consider our session:

ITS1.9/OS4.1
Machine Learning for Ocean Science
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/abstra...

Deadline 15 January 2026 (1 December for travel grant applications) @brajard.bsky.social @rachelfurner.bsky.social @redouanelg.bsky.social

Ocean burp! Love it! We do like to call the Southern Ocean the 'lungs of the earth' so maybe a hiccup is more consistent? 🌊🫧😆

An advertisement for an AGU article describing Southern Ocean outgassing as a "burp" and the button linking to the article says "EXCUSE YOU"

Someone at @agu.org comms has a good sense of humor
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Line graph time series of 2025's daily 2-m temperature in the Arctic compared to each year from 1958 through 2024. There is a long-term warming trend for every day of the year. There is also large interannual variability and a clear seasonal cycle.

Record high temperatures are currently being set across the northernmost portions of the #Arctic. In fact, it is effectively ice-free on the Atlantic side of the Arctic all the way up to about 85°N latitude! This includes record low sea ice around Svalbard.

Graphic by zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

Up to 90% of all life on this planet died during the Permian Triassic extinction event when temperatures increased by 8C across 60,000 years.

We’re on track for a rise of 4C+ just in our children’s lifetimes.

It’s impossible to overestimate how much trouble we’re in.

🆕 Check out our latest 'Researcher in the Spotlight' feature on Yixi Zheng, a postdoctoral researcher at the British Antarctic Survey specialising in Antarctic physical oceanography 🧊

Learn more about Yixi here: ocean-ice.eu/?p=9055...

Scholarships Scholarships available to both Masters and undergraduate students in the fields of fisheries science and marine biology.

🚨 phd to research drivers and mechanisms of marine heatwaves in the Pacific 🌊 supervised by by Dr Erik Behrens at NIWA/Earth Science New Zealand to improve the predictability of these extremes.

⏰Applications close 12 October.👇
niwa.co.nz/about-niwa/s...

🧊Our researchers have just finished analysing ancient Antarctic ice spanning 1.2 million years of climate history!

The Beyond EPICA project extends the ice core climate record by 400,000 years, helping us to understand long-term climate patterns and improve future predictions.

In three days, our iconic red planes will take off from Canada to make the epic journey across the world to Antarctica.

These flights mark the start of a new polar science season.

BUT ALSO that means there's three days left to send your name to Antarctica with us! tickettoantarctica.com

Freshwater Sources in the Global Ocean Through Salinity‐δ18O Relationships: A Machine Learning Solution to a Water Mass Problem This study quantifies meteoric water and sea ice meltwater in the ocean freshwater budget by estimating multiple freshwater endmembers δ18O shows that Antarctic bottom water has significantly fre...

New paper alert 🚨 🌊

The Southern Ocean and the Arctic are freshening. In our new paper we link, for the first time, such freshening to sea ice decline through salinity and stable oxygen isotopes observations and machine learning techniques.

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Kaitlin Naughten giving presentation at the Royal Society this morning on how ice shelf melting will respond to a warming climate emphasises conclusion from her 2023 paper in Nature Climate Climate Change 🧵🧪🌊 -

Paracetamol during pregnancy does NOT cause autism. More bollocks non-science shaming pregnant people is JUST what we don't need. We are already told what to do and what not to do so much during pregnancy (much worse in the states of course). This has made me furious tbh.

We are hiring two new postdocs in Greenland ocean and ice sheet modelling to join our team at @bas.ac.uk! Apply by 8 October:

Oceanography MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2026 This is an effort to collect the **contact information of potential advisors** for MS/PhD students in Oceanography. Please note that if you answer **you are agreeing to have your contact information...

🌊With the Fall semester upon us, it's time to start thinking about recruiting/applying to grad school for 2026.

If you are a marine scientist looking for a graduate student, I've created a form where you can add your name and other info:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Swimming against the tide... hoping that we are all pulling in the same direction #climatechange #parenting

I feel seen 😆 two days to go here...

YouTube video by Zoe Gardner ENOUGH of the BBC legitimising anti-asylum protests!

I don't know about you but I've had about enough of mainstream media & politicians legitimising racist anti-asylum protests that terrorise refugees & communities.

I had to push back hard, TWICE on BBC yesterday about supposed "legitimate concerns" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtkA...

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A silly meme questioning the comprehensiveness and independence of the DoE critical review.

Me, @codeandcurrents.bsky.social, and ChatGPT had an excellent time vibe-coding our way to an assessment of the citations in the DOE's "critical review" of climate science.

A wee 🧵 of highlights...

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