Great picture. It doesn't look like a very hospitable place though. Hopefully, photos like this will make people appreciate the importance of being better custodians of our own planet.
Day 10 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: landing on Jougla Point, a location formerly used by Whalers and literally a stone's throw away from the island where the former British base of Port Lockroy is located.
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Minesweeper but it's the Strait of Hormuz. Source: sweepthestrait.com
Didn't they shut down the government just a few months ago to try to limit spending?
Indeed. Look what happened after the "recovery" in 2021. However, some of the articles I'm referring to are by science writers who should know better.
I've seen some reports with headlines highlighting the fact this summer's Antarctic sea ice minimum hasn't been as low as those over the past four years, and describing this as a "recovery". Before anyone gets too excited I suggest looking at the longer term trend.
Graphic by @zacklabe.com
Gentoo penguins climbing the "penguin highway" up the snowbank from the beach to their rookery at Neko Harbour.
Day 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): Gentoo penguins at Neko Harbour, and a penguin egg that had recently been plundered by a skua.
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There was a great line in Dads' Army when corporal Jones taunted some US servicemen by saying "Is it true that the only thing the Americans charged in WW1 was the interest on the money they lent us".
Even with less than a couple of years of sane leadership over the past 15 years, the UK still makes it into this table.
That could be one reason. Another contributing factor will be the lack of a restraining force against the cliffs at the terminus. The shape and composition if the bed could also play a role.
Day 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): second landing of the day on the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula, at Neko Harbour.
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At the Status Conference Research Vessels at Geomar, Kiel today, and view of Kiel this evening.
I see many proposals requesting its use but I never actually saw the ship before.
Pleased to see this finally out, involving a brilliant team @emawbey.bsky.social, @erinmcclimate.bsky.social, @krhendry.bsky.social, @polarrobs.bsky.social, @wellner.bsky.social, supported by @bas.ac.uk, @awi.de , @geogdurham.bsky.social and #Thwaites🧵⤵️
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In Kiel, northern Germany today. Geomar research institute, RV Alkor and a cluster of yachts
About 10,000 years ago the amount of warm water on the shelf decreased and subsequent ice sheet retreat was very slow, until the warm water incursion increased again in the mid 20th century. Excellent work led by emawbey.bsky.social and @shelfyice.bsky.social
🧪🌊🧵 Great to see this published. An 18,000 year record of deep water temperatures on the Amundsen Sea continental shelf, which confirms that incursion of warm water onto the shelf has been the main driver of West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat throughout deglaciation.
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Accelerating the energy transition away from fossil fuels makes sense on multiple levels. Reducing our dependence on supply from the Middle East is one of them.
itself is a couple of degrees warmer than in the mid-20th century. Later on this day the dry air temperature recorded on Bark Europa in neighbouring Andvord Bay was 3.8°C. Average 21st century January temperature at the US Palmer Station on Anvers Island is 2.7°C.
A lot of melting was taking place when we visited Stony Point. Of course, this was summer in Antarctica, so some melting was expected. However, temperatures on this day and through this January on average were 1 to 2°C above the mean over recent decades, which ...
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This is actually brilliant.
Day 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): the varied expressions of a Weddell seal resting on the beach at Stony Point.
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Matt Bad Loser
It suits him better than Good Win
As I was saying. Now add Gorton and Denton to Caerphilly. The real story this morning is that this by-election confirms the overwhelming majority of the British electorate reject Reform's manifesto of hate. Sadly, swathes of the media want to tell a different story.
Major threats to our well being from climate change can be avoided, or hugely reduced, by rapid action.
Our Nature comment calls for a global risk assessment, effectively communicated to governments, the media and the public, to make clear what is at stake.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Day 9 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): a selection of wildlife photos taken at Stony Point.
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