Mike Bentley

Presidential approval ratings from W. Bush to Trump II. The former experienced something of a fillip thanks to a certain war

I both love this chart, from @gelliottmorris.com's excellent Substack, and hope Trump never sees it

open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

Now is not the time to put funding on ice: Australian Antarctic field programs should be ambitious as the rule not the exception

- @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social in today's Mercury newspaper ⬇️

www.themercury.com.au | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social

Study claims North of England lost out on £140bn for transport in ‘decade of deceit’ The North is short-changed: £140bn transport funding gap leaves region decades behind, IPPR calls for urgent investment.

"Research has shown that the North of England has missed out on so much transport funding, in what was described as a ‘decade of deceit’, that we could have built the equivalent of seven Elizabeth lines."

The spring 2025 edition of the geography department alumni newsletter is now available to view and download on the geography alumni website. You can also find interviews with alumni and a history of the geography department on the website. www.dur.ac.uk/departments/...

Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...

A high-profile 'carbon capture' project doesn't even capture enough co2 to cover it's own pollution, making it a net emitter

Projects like this get plenty of soft media coverage of their promises, none have delivered

There is no silver bullet, climate pollution must be stopped at the source

This was a collaboration between Guy Paxman & Edmund Lea @geogdurham.bsky.social and myself! There's plenty here for #GeographyTeachers to support their GIS and cold environments teaching. @rgs-ibgschools.bsky.social @gasigict.bsky.social

Hidden Landscapes of Greenland StoryMap Collection - AntarcticGlaciers.org Introducing the Hidden Landscapes of Greenland StoryMap Collection Here is a collection of four Greenland StoryMaps covering the landscape beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet, launched as a collection in ...

I'm really pleased to highlight our Hidden Landscapes of Greenland Storymap Series, which was awarded a 2025 Silver Publisher's Award by the Geographical Association! You can find out more details here, inc. storymaps, a video, teacher resources and more: www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and...

Did you know how much of the power generation capacity added each year world-wide was in renewables?

2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %

Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!

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👋🏻 🙋Thanks for doing this ! Really useful resource

Great to see you, Ryan. Safe travels home and we look forward to continuing all our collaborative work.

A reminder that abstract submission for the @igsoc.bsky.social Symposium on Ice Streams & Outlet glaciers @geogdurham.bsky.social closes 24th March. We're looking forward to presentations from both contemporary & palaeo perspectives to encourage cross-pollination of ideas & research approaches! ❄️⚒️🧪

The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University - Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic.
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

This was posted by the King Family. They know a lot about nonviolent resistance. Keep sharing.

Global sales of combustion engine cars have passed the peak.

Sales peaked in 2017 or 2018 (depending on the source...).

From our Daily Data Insights:
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

Government is busy: but the media are not telling you Despite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldn’t know it from the press coverage

The government is busy - but the work is not being reported. From banning toxic pesticides to funding green jobs, here are 20 things that happened last week.

BURSARY NEWS: On 14th Feb, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists are running two webinars for potential applicants to learn more about the Antarctic bursary & application process. Register here! 👇👇 apecs.is/news/apecs-n... ❄️❄️

Please do. Thanks

These are fantastic small grants for Early Career Researchers working on Antarctic Science projects. Supervisors - please point your students towards them. A huge range of projects and people have been funded over the years.

Impressive Caroline! Especially in these conditions. 👏🏻👏🏻

This fits with obs in the field. George VI Sound ice shelf was exceptionally slushy in late Dec.

Mitigation costs in perspective

The recently published State of the Cryosphere 2024 warns of catastrophic global impacts from globally accelerating ice loss. VAW members contributed to Ch. 3 (Mountain Glaciers & Snow). A must-read! 🌍❄️

👉 iccinet.org/statecryo24/ [1/2]

Yup.

Logo for the IGS Sympoisum at Durham in 2025 entitled "Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers"

1st circular for IGS symposium in Durham, UK, now online.
Symposium theme Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers and is scheduled to take place 20-25 July at the Department of Geography, Durham University.
bit.ly/4dPkViq
Register interest in attending through the same URL.

Maps showing warming for each UK county for typical summer days (left) and hottest days (right), with darker reds and faster warming for the hottest days especially in south-east England.

Summer UK temperatures have warmed faster than global average temperature.

But the very hottest days have warmed 4x faster than the global average, especially in south-east England.

Global warming is not "just" 1°C or 2°C. The effects of climate change are non-linear, especially for extremes.

Selfie of me wearing Polar Pride pin badge

Rocking my #PolarPride
badge ahead of an exciting day of science in Copenhagen!
If you want to find out more about why Pride matters for polar research, last year I wrote a blog post about being LGBTQ+ in polar science and the progress that is yet to be made
www.polarregions.co.uk/post/why-pri...

November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #QueerinSTEM

prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/