Kate Hendry

Congratulations Dr Kaitlin Naughten on receiving the EGU Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists!

Her work has transformed understanding of Antarctic ice-shelf melt and future sea-level rise.

She says, “It was a lovely surprise to hear that I'd won this prestigious award."

Such sad news, there's a tribute page linked below

New report that outlines UK's vision for Arctic science is a UK-wide collaboration co-led by NOC.

The report which highlights knowledge gaps, ambitions and capabilities for Arctic science will be presented this week at the Arctic Circle #Assembly2025.

Read here👉 lnkd.in/gEjxhurR
#IPY5

Oh my goodness!!! Me too!! I'm seeing them this Wednesday, and super excited!!

UK spearheads polar climate change research as US draws back Britain's flagship polar research vessel heads to Antarctica next week to help advance dozens of climate change-linked science projects, as Western nations spearhead studies there while the United Sta...

UK spearheads polar climate change research as US draws back - Joe JACKSON @en.afp.com via Andrew ZININ @sciencex.bsky.social

phys.org/news/2025-10...

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean warming.

This month we’re featuring Dr Sian Henley, a marine scientist studying how climate change reshapes polar oceans and ecosystems, and how science can guide global action on ocean and climate change. #WomenInScience #IDWGS2025

Some people steal paper clips from the stationary cupboard… others think bigger… 😉

So proud to stand alongside my amazing sister @krhendry.bsky.social at the Week Junior book awards

Our book Scientists in the Wild, Antarctica, illustrated by fabulous Rômolo D’Hipólito, was shortlisted for STEM book of the year

Huge thanks to @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social for cheering us on!
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🌊❄️ Join us 14–16 Oct 2025 for the Virtual Workshop: Ocean Connectivity & Exchange Across the Antarctic Peninsula

free | 3 sessions | global time zones | talks + discussions

👉 Sponsored by SOOS WAPSA RWG
🔗 More info & program: airtable.com/appoukWG95eu...

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 🧵🧪🌊 -

Dr Kaitlin Naughten from BAS speaking at the Royal Society's workshop "Global impacts of climate extremes in the polar regions: is Antarctica reaching a tipping point?"

The observational record is too short, regionality too high to unequivocally attribute change across the ocean-ice-atmosphere & ecosystem.

#RoyalSociety "Global impacts of climate extremes in polar regions: is Antarctica reaching a TP?"
@krhendry.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social

Polar scientists meeting at @royalsociety.org
in London this week are issuing a stark warning: dramatic and extreme changes in Antarctica are happening faster than expected, with consequences that will affect everyone on the planet.

www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a...

Why does Antarctica matter? Learn about its global importance.

Opening of the Royal Society workshop "Global impacts of climate extremes in the polar regions: is Antarctica reaching a tipping point?"

Prof Jane Francis @bas.ac.uk @krhendry.bsky.social @oceanandice.bsky.social

What’s next for UK marine science?

⬇️ Download a 6 page Summary Report: ‘A UK Science Requirements Framework for Future Marine Research Infrastructure’

fmri.ac.uk/news/fmri-pu...

⬆️ Register for a Webinar with Lead Author Prof Alex David Rogers from @noc.ac.uk on Monday 22 September @ 10:00

#FMRI

Antarctica: Government opposed to polar geoengineering - Committees - UK Parliament The Environmental Audit Committee has published the Government’s response to the Committee’s report on ‘the UK and the Antarctic environment’.

The UK Government has clarified that it is opposed to polar #geoengineering

"This week a group of 42 polar scientists published analysis which found that proposed geoengineering techniques were not feasible and could even be “environmentally dangerous”.

committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...

Government rules out plan to block out the sun after warning of ‘severe’ risks Announcement comes after more than 40 polar scientists warned ideas to slow polar ice loss were unrealistic, unaffordable and dangerous

Some good news.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Our paper is out, providing alternative viewpoints to some polar geoengineering ideas covered in the media recently. Lots still to talk about but let's focus on decarbonising instead of drilling Antarctica for now? 🇦🇶
Thanks @newscientist.com @mjflepage.bsky.social for covering this important issue!

If anyone would like an easy lunchtime read (or has a swotty kid), there is a children’s version of this paper: kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Underwater curtains and reflective beads are ‘unrealistic and dangerous polar geoengineering ideas’ Climate research group says such ideas are diverting attention from cutting fossil fuel use Proposals to fight the impact of the climate crisis at the poles, from giant underwater curtains to scattering glass beads across the ice, have been dismissed by a group of scientists as an “unimaginably expensive” and “dangerous” distraction. Geoengineering, which includes blocking sunlight with airborne particles and thickening ice with pumped seawater, has become highly divisive among scientists. Its proponents argue that, with cuts in carbon emissions going far too slowly, exploring options for “emergency brakes” would be valuable. Continue reading...

Underwater curtains and reflective beads are ‘unrealistic and dangerous polar geoengineering ideas’

🌍 Just launched: This is Geoscience—a global campaign from The Geological Society to celebrate the role of geoscience in society and inspire the next generation.

#ThisIsGeoscience

Two stories juxtaposed on the BBC website... sigh.

Anyone else spot the irony here?

Congratulations! So many awesome data! Thank you to you all! X

🆕BIOPOLE Paper of the Season - 'Insights into silicon cycling from ice sheet to coastal ocean from isotope geochemistry' , Co-authored by Kate Hendry, a WP1 Co-leader📰

Read the article here⬇️
biopole.ac.uk/2025/08/28/b...

Scientists working on ice

Are you a researcher, policymaker or professional working in climate science, environmental policy and sustainability?

📆 Save the date for 29 and 30 September.

📸 Paul Holland, BAS

Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems

A powerful piece by @mountainogre.bsky.social on #microbes and #Arctic change, featuring our work on glacier ecology @aberdlsagb.bsky.social and work on methane cyclers by colleagues at UNIS

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Sponge spicules, composed of silica, in thin section. The ornate end structures are used to attach one spicule to another to form an internal skeleton that is flexible enough to sway and bend in flowing water (from Three Kings Islands seafloor, northernmost NZ).

Sponge spicules, composed of silica, in thin section. The ornate end structures are used to attach one spicule to another to form an internal skeleton that is flexible enough to sway and bend in flowing water (from Three Kings Islands seafloor, northernmost NZ). ⚒️🧪🌊

Feeding the ocean, an icy solution - British Antarctic Survey Glaciers are often considered barren environments. But glaciers are also a source of nutrients to our oceans, “fertilising” polar seas.

Great new Long Read by Sarah Le Besque on our work on glaciers, coastal oceans and biogeochemistry @bas.ac.uk www.bas.ac.uk/blogpost/fee...

I am co-convening a meeting at the Royal Society later this year, with @krhendry.bsky.social and other very excellent polar science colleagues. If you have interests relating to Antarctica and the impacts of climate change, please consider participating!