Liane G Benning

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Linking extreme light availability to cellular function in algae-dominated communities on the Greenland Ice Sheet Transcriptomic and proteomic responses of glacier ice algae to extreme changes in light availability on the Greenland Ice Sheet, linked, for example, to ox

So great to see new research on microbial adaptations to the extreme light regimes in the Arctic! 'Linking extreme light availability to cellular function in algae-dominated communities on the Greenland Ice Sheet' academic.oup.com/femsec/artic... @lianegbenning.bsky.social

The perfect rainbow 🌈 hill seen from Langjokull
#fieldwork joys

Hitchhiking Iceland style

Rainy and windy Iceland is not great for sampling - but that is fieldwork joy 🥹

Bye bye Greenland 🇬🇱
Hello Iceland 🇮🇸

Bye bye Greenland 🇬🇱

Hello Iceland 🇮🇸

A marvellous day sampling on the Greenland ice sheet wt a top rate all female science team and on top of that flown by the sole female helicopter pilot in Greenland 🇬🇱- thanks Tina from Sermeq for the fantastic day

Screenshot from polarportal.dk, a website that makes research on the Arctic research conducted by Danish institutions available to the public and researchers. The image shows Greenland in tan and the Greenland Ice Sheet in red and white. The red part indicates melting and covers all except about 20% in the northeast, which is roughly the area higher than 2500 m above Se level. Below the map is a chart that compares 2025 melting to the 1981-2010 average. The average melting peaks in mid-July at about 35%. For the last few days, melting has occurred over roughly 80% of the area of Greenland, with a maximum melt area of 80.6% on 24 July 2025. This is the highest value in our dataset, which starts in 1981.

Melting over 80.6% of the area of the Greenland Ice Sheet. This is the highest value in our data set, which starts in 1981.

@polarportal.bsky.social

These floaty algae are really cool Mirjam im her element Greenland 2025

Emily and Mirjam ready for PAM and DinoLight measurements #algae galore on the Greenland ice sheet 💪

Scientist in Greenland 🇬🇱 Cool But happy after a long day at work

Scientist at work 😃 #fieldwork

Start of 2025 summer polar fieldwork travel - stage 1 ✅

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See a a e sass’siiI🚑🚕🚕🚑🚙🚕🚓🚓xi🩴
🛞🚓🦁👢🐼😟👢

Great @eos.org piece by @profmoldwin.bsky.social

Senior Scientists Must Stand Up Against Attacks on Research and Education - Eos They can use their position and collective power to influence institutional actions and mobilize to support more vulnerable colleagues.

Senior Scientists Must Stand Up Against Attacks on Research and Education

eos.org/opinions/sen...

Microscopy Training Grants Supporting microscopy training for early-career researchers in cell biology Apply for a grant of up to £1,000 Application dates: 6 June 2025 5 September 2025 7 November 2025

If you would like to attend a #microscopy or #bioimageanalysis training course in the next 6 months but don’t have funding, check out our Microscopy Training Grant from @jcellsci.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social.

Next deadline: 6 June 2025

www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...

#Training

This is bleak reading

Come join the Interface geochemistry team @gfz.bsky.social

We play with minerals, microbes and microscopes and study earth surface processes at interfaces between them- and we have fun 😀

AVCEI In agreement with the Cities and Volcanoes Commission and the IAVCEI Executive Committee, the Local Organizing Committee for the 13th Cities on Volcanoes (COV13) conference, originally planned for July 2026 in Bend, Oregon (U.S.A.), has made the difficult decision to postpone the event to a future date. Recent developments have created uncertainty around our ability to confidently and effectively host the conference in 2026 and to welcome attendees without concern. This decision follows many months of collaboration with more than 70 local, regional, and international partners to shape an engaging and meaningful program. We recognize this news will be disappointing, but we believe it is the most responsible choice under the current circumstances, grounded in care for our colleagues and partners. With continued support from the Cities and Volcanoes Commission and IAVCEl, we are already exploring the possibility of hosting COV in Bend in 2030 or 2032, and we remain hopeful for opportunities to gather in the future. The COV13 Local Organizing Committee The Cities and Volcanoes Commission The International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior

IAVCEI cancel one of their meetings due to the ongoing situation in the US 🌋

YES ! Well done Europe !

A tardigrade just got the world's tiniest tattoo.
This, and so much more, in Nature's roundup of the best #science images from April. 🧪

And yes, you should take 20 seconds to play the aurora video. 😍

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

#SciencePhotography #Microscopy

Congrats Arwyn 👍💪

OMG 😱 - naturally I meant “his”

And Christoph is also one of the @egubg.bsky.social team promoting through various activities Biogeoscience research @egu.eu and beyond

Christoph Keuschnig gave her @MSCA project on fungal highways and their role in soil development
@egubg.bsky.social @gfz.bsky.social @egu.eu

Musikverein Vienna for a classical concert - a must @egu

What is @egu.eu without a classical concert in the Musikverein - not an option but a sin.

Very happy about this science art collaboration wt Michael Najjar - have. Look also at his Arctic Stream installation www.michaelnajjar.com/news/new-art... that is based on our work funded by the @ERC synergy grant DeepPurple

Can graphic imagination wake audiences up to the climate emergency? This multimedia artist believes so Berlin-based Michael Najjar has been working with scientists in Greenland to tell stories with images designed to replace familiar memes of environmental journalism

One of the leading publications in the art world, @theartnewspaper.bsky.social, is running a feature on the work of Michael Najjar, an artist who accompanied our @lianegbenning.bsky.social & her team to Greenland. His work is so impressive! See for yourself 👇
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/25/c...