Maya Fields

Thank you!!

Extremely excited to share that my first paper “Evaluating CMIP6 models for near-surface air temperature over Antarctic Ice Shelves” is published in the Journal of Glaciology! The first paper is always the hardest. Excited to continue investigating Antarctic ice shelf vulnerability!

Extra grateful for pottery as a way to decompress from PhD life. I’m designing a piece for my dissertation inspired by the changing polar environment—to bring a little calm to a stressful moment. An homage to an ice shelf that (hopefully) doesn’t collapse. #Pottery #ArtandScience #cryosphere

Unraveling the mysteries of Antarctic ice-shelf melting Beneath the ice shelves of the frozen continent, a hidden boundary layer of turbulent ocean is determining Antarctica’s fate.

🧊 A great new feature piece in @physicstoday.bsky.social by ACEAS CIs Dr Catherine Vreugdenhil and Dr Bishakhdatta Gayen from @unimelb.bsky.social that unravels the mysteries of Antarctic ice‑shelf melting.

Read it now: physicstoday.aip.org/features/unr...

Nice summary of the importance of Antarctica's ice shelves and how little we know about them. Major differences between models of present day ice shelf melt need to be resolved.

Paper here tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...

Such a breathtaking photo, @diatomdiatribes.bsky.social !

Is Thwaites Still the ‘Doomsday Glacier’?

@zhonggg.bsky.social is currently on a South Korean icebreaker in Antarctica because the US is no longer a serious country. The Trump regime got rid of our Antarctic icebreaker, Nathaniel B. Palmer, so for the first time in six decades we are without a dedicated Antarctic research vessel.

​​Antarctica’s melting ice is raising global sea levels, worsening damage from floods and storm surges. Our reporter explains why the Thwaites Glacier is crucial for scientists who are trying to pin down how much extra water to expect, and how soon.

Learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...

Climate content for purpose, courage, and hope Books, podcasts, and newsletters that inspire and renew

I’m increasingly convinced that self care is climate action. After all, if we want a sustainable world, don’t we have to be sustainable too?

For me, that means time with friends & fam, nature, knitting, chocolate, tea, and a stack of good books.

What’s your favourite way to recharge?

Repeated major inland retreat of Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers (West Antarctica) during the Pliocene | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Save NCAR from being dismantled today! The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.

I wrote to my representatives @hirono.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social, and Ed Case to tell them to stop the dismantlement of NCAR. You can do the same with your representatives at this link.

Interested in one approach to ice-shelf vulnerability to melt-driven hydrofracture? Join me tomorrow in Session C31A as I explore whether Antarctic ice shelves may become vulnerable to this process in the 21st century. Would love to chat and hear your thoughts on the work! #AGU25 #cryosphere

Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica!

If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc

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We're marching to the Capitol on 11/5 to deliver thousands of petitions demanding Congress impeach and remove RFK Jr! Will you add your signature to the list?

LINK in Bio! zurl.co/jl1oo

911 March for Health and Science!
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Made ice-themed mugs for my research group! Love how the glaze crackles like ice-shelf fractures. Question is: how would it calve? Working theory — accidentally (or intentionally) thrown thanks to buggy code. 🧊

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change A review of the five main methods proposed for cooling down the poles or slowing the loss of ice concludes they are all wildly impractical, wouldn't work, or both

Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change — @newscientist.com

This is such important data to document… But not good news at all.

I recognize *things* are happening, but we seriously have to do better.

Support your trusted climate communicators!

@ericawhiting.bsky.social and I are close behind—Erica at 1700 XP, me at 1900 XP. We’ve spaced our quests to hit 20,000 XP by the time we defend. It’s a long road, but we’ve got donuts, a pink pony, and each other. We can do this!

We'll be posting updates on point standings, remaining quests, and celebrations as we level up! Maybe this is the perfect dose of dopamine to survive the final PhD push. Happy to share our system if you're curious or want to join in on the fun.

Gopal is in the lead with 1980 XP !

We informed our advisors and department friends — so now it’s not just us holding each other accountable. Everyone gets to witness the full show: tall princess hats, a pink hobby horse, and all the dissertation quest chaos. And now you can hold us accountable too!

In our final PhD year, we (@gsundaram98.bsky.social @ericawhiting.bsky.social) built a dissertation quest system: track goals, earn rewards (donuts, craft nights, etc.), face punishments (yes, a princess hat). It’s silly, it’s motivating, and it might actually get us to the finish line.

Screenshot from NSIDC that says: "Dear Colleague: The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing and delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025. The SSMIS data are used as input for the following NSIDC DAAC-produced data sets, which will therefore stop processing no later than 30 June 2025:"

Awful. More horrible science news

"The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."

So far this week:

❌ SSMIS data halted (think sea ice, snow, hurricane, ice sheet monitoring, etc)
❌ climate[dot]gov removed and redirected to...
❌ NOAA Climate homepage, which was modified (e.g., removed Climate Stripes and Climate Ready Nation references)
❌ false bills to ex-probationary employees

Horrified by the sickening act of political violence in Minnesota. I pray for the family of Melissa Hortman and her husband, who were murdered in cold blood, and for the recovery of John Hoffman and his wife.

The killer must be held accountable. This has no place in America.

Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town

Thankfully, the village was evacuated already, but one person is missing and everyone else’s homes are destroyed.

Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.

(you + me + all our science friends)yelling about science = flood the zone

@standupforscience.bsky.social
#SummerfightforScience

Who We Are, What We Fight For: AGU and the Administration's First 100 Days - From The Prow Today is Day 100 of the U.S. Administration. Media pundits, policymakers, and legal scholars are all marking this with a..

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