I am now advertising four PhD studentships through the IAPETUS website. IAPETUS will be awarding 13 studentships to start in October 2027. For more information on the application process, please see the IAPETUS website. The glaciers of South Georgia from the 1950s to 2100 CE IAPETUS project IAP-26-109 The glaciers of the Subantarctic island of […]
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By Michael Hambrey and Jürg Alean I am privileged to have received a copy of “Our Frozen Planet” by Mike Hambrey and Jürg Allean to review. This book is a moving love letter to the world’s icy places. It is a large, hard-backed book filled with beautifully printed full-page photographs. It celebrates the life-long love
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On 26th August 2026, devastating floods hit Nepal and Tibet. At time of writing, 1400 people were missing, and 270 bodies had been recovered, but this toll is sadly expected to rise. The flooding hit the Gyirong border crossing and was caught on CCTV, showing people running for their lives before a wall of water
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This short survey (~6 minutes) aims to capture information on who uses AntarcticGlaciers.org and why, and how to improve the offering from AntarcticGlaciers. I am interested in understanding how the website is used, and what difference it makes. Your feedback helps me (Bethan Davies) to understand what is working well, and to identify areas where
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This is an activity report for AntarcticGlaciers.org in the 12 months to July 2026. This information may be useful for those thinking about online science communication websites. See also: Highlights In total, since inception in 2012, I estimate that the website has had over 6.4 million page views. In the year to end of July
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By Bethan Davies (Lead Author, IPCC AR7, Chapter 2) It is a hot and humid day in June 2026 – breaking many records, in fact, for the warmest June day in the UK on record. An apposite day, it seems, to finalise my first draft of my chapter section of the IPCC First Order Draft.
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