Kate Hendry

In a new review led by Prof @iceybethan.bsky.social we outline three possible futures for the Antarctic Peninsula.

The bottom line? Decisions we make in this decade will shape the region’s climate trajectory for decades and centuries to come. 🇦🇶❄️🧪

@cires.colorado.edu @colorado.edu

An Ice Sheet‐to‐Ocean Analysis of Carbon Stores and Fluxes in Earth's Polar Regions (RECCAP2, Polar Ice Sheets) Polar ice sheets, land fringes and oceans host vast carbon reserves (>10,000 billion tonnes, Gt) but with high uncertainty Polar ice sheets and their surrounding oceans are likely net sinks for C...

New paper! Led by Jemma Wadham on “An #Ice Sheet-to-Ocean Analysis of #Carbon Stores and Fluxes in Earth's Polar Regions (#RECCAP2, Polar Ice Sheets)” ❄️🧪🥼

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Graphic showing changes in CO₂, global temperatures and global sea levels over the last 2025 years. Steep increases are visible after the industrial revolution.

Updated climate indicators graphics, now including 2025

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We are seeking a 3+ year postdoc in ocean modelling, to work on an exciting project investigating underwater tsunamis in Antarctica.

More about the project here: www.polomints.ac.uk
Read more about the post here: lnkd.in/eBjndZPv

Please share and help connect us with the best candidates!

🔬 Did you know that today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science? 🔭

What better opportunity to introduce you to some of the amazing scientists bringing their knowledge to Flying Eye!

Advert for an Ocean Sciences townhall entitled 'Broadening the Ocean Sciences Workforce for a More Equitable, Inclusive and Engaged Community' with the OSM tartan as a side banner.

Please join us for an #OSM26 townhall hosted by the Challenger Society, TOS + IMECaN on ‘Broadening the Ocean Science Workforce for a More Equitable, Inclusive, and Engaged Community’ including insights from successful actions + the role of scientific societies.
Thurs 26 Feb, 12:45-13:45, Forth(SEC)

Congratulations!! Wonderful news! Ace MSci researcher, and now... Doctor! 😊

We took Sky News to Rothera Research Station!

From underwater tsunamis to some seriously strange creatures, they've been sharing daily reports from down south.

You can catch up on their Antarctic adventures on YouTube 👇

https://tinyurl.com/4h5k5hvt
https://tinyurl.com/58fy3244

#ScienceNews

You’ve heard of tsunamis before, but we bet you didn’t know they could be underwater and created by calving icebergs? 🌊

Like icebergs, much of a glacier is hidden under water so huge chunks of ice can break off, or calve. And when they do, they send shockwaves throughout the water.

🌊❄️ When Antarctic glaciers collapse into the sea, they can trigger huge underwater tsunamis that mix the ocean, affecting ice loss, climate and ecosystems.

The project I lead on this is now in the field and featured on Sky News:
news.sky.com/story/underw...

#Antarctic #OceanMixing #ClimateScience

The Evolution of Southern Ocean Net Primary Production in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities Net primary production in the Southern Ocean plays a critical role in governing ecosystem production, the biological carbon pump, and global biogeochemical cycles. Recent work has advanced our unders...

The first paper for the IronMan project led by @altagliabue.bsky.social has been published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social

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This January we set sail on the @bas.ac.uk research vessel the Sir David Attenborough to collect a whole suite of new observations 🌊

Thanks for the nice write up of our forthcoming expedition in January! 🌊

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
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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!