There is a lot in the media at the moment about the ‘collapse’ of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. See my previous blog post for more information. But when we talk about ‘ice sheet collapse’, what do we actually mean? When we talk of people ‘collapsing’, they fall down right in front of us in …
As part of GeoWeek, students and staff from Aberystwyth University Department of Geography and Earth Sciences discussed women in Geography and Geoscience. We wanted to know what challenges are faced specifically by women in science and by Geowomen, and how they can be overcome. We discussed our motivations and inspirations, gender balance in different research …
Here is, hopefully, an informative and hopefully entertaining A to Z of all things Antarctic! A – Antarctica. The 5th largest continent in with world, with 26.5 million km3 of ice. B – Beaker [slang]. A scientist who visits Antarctica to undertake research. C – Cold. Antarctica has the coldest average temperature of any continent. …
The top-down navigation structure of AntarcticGlaciers was becoming difficult to use due to the amount of content added to the site, necessitating numerous levels of nested drop-down menus. A top-down navigation scheme works well for up to say, 30 webpages, but once a website grows larger than that, it ceases to be user-friendly.
It’s one year almost exactly since AntarcticGlaciers went live at the start of July 2012. One year since I fumbled my way into this complex world of science communication. When I started out, I had little idea of what I was doing. I had never Tweeted (I viewed it rather as a waste of time), …
I am on Twitter (@AntarcticGlacie). And so are many other field-based scientists. When I started using the hashtag #FieldPhotoFriday, so many people joined in that I had to storify it. We had photographs capturing a whole gamut of field experiences from a range of sciences. The places people go and what they get up to …
AntarcticGlaciers.org is very pleased to say that the Quaternary Research Association has agreed to fund and support our website!
At the SCAR-OSC 2012, the Google World Wonders Project was launched, with panoramic views of Scott’s Hut in Antarctica. You can now explore the hut, and see what it was like when it was abandoned.
We’ve gone live! Please let us know what you think of the website.
Dear everyone, Welcome to my blog. This is where I will write about all things glaciological. I will include updates on my fieldwork plans, conferences, and talk about my up and coming work. I will also write about recently published work that interests me. If you like, you can read my other blog, at Alpkit.com. …
