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Caroline Clason

@carolineclason.bsky.social
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Glaciologist specialising in glacier and ice sheet hydrology. Associate Professor in Geography at Durham University. ❄ Scottish ultra runner. Sometimes climber. Inconsistent yogi. Cycling fan. Labradoodle mum. 🏃‍♀️🧗‍♀️🧘‍♀️ linktr.ee/carolineclason

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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On the drive back after a great week of field teaching in Iceland - a wonderful but fast-changing environment where our students can really get to grips with glacier processes and associated landforms like nowhere else on Earth. An excellent trip (much improved by the addition of a doggy mascot 🐶)!
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Geography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We’re delighted to be ranked 3rd in the latest Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide! This result continues a series of fantastic results across UK and international league tables. A huge thank you to our staff, students, and alumni, who all contribute to making Durham Geography so special. 🙏
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Geography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🎉 We are delighted that Durham Geography has been ranked 4th in the Guardian University Guide 2027! This reflects the commitment of our students, academic and professional services colleagues, and the outstanding learning environment we create together! 🌍 www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
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Anna Secor @ajsecor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What happens when cultural geographers talk about love? They talk about rocks, mushrooms, glaciers, revolution, landscape, film, literature, deindustrialisation and more! New book open access from @edinburghup.bsky.social !
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Congratulations @hollywytia.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD yesterday (thanks to examiners @mikebentley.bsky.social & @dmrippin.bsky.social)! 🥳 It was a pleasure to supervise Holly's work on "Rivers on ice: the distribution & evolution of supraglacial channels on mountain glaciers"! ❄️
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I first bought my Mantas in 2009. They've been like old friends, keeping my toes toasty on glaciers from Arctic Sweden to Greenland. They're stained with rhodamine, beaten up from miles on ice, rock, and debris, and have earned their retirement after 17 years. Let's hope my new pair last as long! 🙏
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 09/07/2026
Temperatures have exceeded 34°C today for the 8th day this year 🌡️ That makes it a record for the most number of 34°C or higher in a calendar year 👇 The record was previously set in 1976 and 2020 for 7 days
A map of the UK with 34.4C at Wisley
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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
❓Can citizen science do more than generate data? New research led by @carolineclason.bsky.social assesses the value of crowd-sourced mapping of glaciers in the Peruvian Andes, and highlights that it can be a powerful tool for enhancing climate and spatial literacy! 🗺️ doi.org/10.1177/0309...
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Yesterday I had the pleasure of running a workshop alongside skyrunning champion Hillary Gerardi as part of the Mathieu Project which is providing coaching, inspiration, resources, and connection to women and non-binary runners as they prepare to run the Swiss Alps 50km race in August... (1/4)
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
An interesting insight into why UKRI calls often have short timescales. I'm working towards a ridiculously tight deadline now, and wonder whether there is also an element of "demand management" here, where less time = fewer applications for UKRI to handle? Either way, it's not fair on applicants.
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 28/05/2026
Researchers from our Geography Department have uncovered new insights into how meltwater drains through cracks in the Greenland Ice Sheet. Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... #ClimateChange
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Durham researchers reveal new clues about Greenland glacier melting - Durham University
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Great to see our new work in AGU Advances, led by @tomchudley.bsky.social, highlighted in EOS. Read more below! 👇❄️
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Excited to see this one out today! 🥳 It's been great working with @tomchudley.bsky.social during his time at @geogdurham.bsky.social - takes me right back to my roots researching englacial meltwater transfer. More to come on this in the future too!
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We missed you at #SchnitzelClub, @seismatters.bsky.social! But at least @carolineclason.bsky.social @seismo-steve.bsky.social @venditti.bsky.social, Toby Minear, and Chloe Ross could join us. #EGU26
A group of happy people at a table in a restaurantA plate of Wiener schnitzel and French fries
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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Come find out more about research and community work by members of the Durham Glaciology Group at #EGU26! Presentations this year span palaeo reconstructions to glacier hydrology, plus an opportunity to find out more about publishing in The Cryosphere ❄️ @egu-cr.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
"Age at the speed of a glacier"... how can the name of an entire field of science have been trademarked by a skincare brand?! www.boots.com/no7/no7-skin...
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
📢 @geogdurham.bsky.social, a world-leading department for geographical research and education at @durham.ac.uk, is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Physical Geography with expertise in Earth Observation... 🛰️ 1/3
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Really enjoyed contributing to this week's UNESCO World Day for Glaciers activities in Paris. ❄️ My colleagues and I hosted a side event on "Cryosphere in Crisis: Pathways for a Safe and Just Future" and introduced our new @iacscryo.bsky.social working group on Cryosphere Stewardship. 🌎💧🫶 (1/2)
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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
New paper out today from Durham Glaciology member Lauren Gill! Lauren's interdisciplinary PhD is exploring how processes and change in glacial environments impact the preservation and analysis of human remains. ❄️🌡️🦴 @geogdurham.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Taphonomic impact on human remains in rapidly changing glacial environments: current insights and future directions - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Glaciers worldwide are undergoing accelerated down-wasting and retreat due to a warming climate, increasingly leading to the melt-out and exposure of...
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🌎 World Water Day 2026: Water and Gender 💧 ONE WEEK TO GO! How does gender shape water access, governance, cooperation and sustainability worldwide? Join us online on Monday 23rd March for this event hosted by @ihrr.bsky.social & @geogdurham.bsky.social at @durham.ac.uk. @un-water.bsky.social 🧵👇
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
30 years since Dunblane - never again ❤️‍🩹
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I'm looking foward to heading to Paris next week to celebrate the World Day for Glaciers and World Water Day 2026, with events taking place online and in-person at UNESCO HQ. I'll be speaking about resource security in a side event on 'Cryosphere in Crisis: Pathways for a Safe and Just Future' (1/3)
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Probably the pinnacle of my many years supporting Scottish rugby. What a game, and a better result than even my wildest dreams! 🥳🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Mark Smith @geomorphmark.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Applications open for a 3-year Post Doc position in Leeds (UK) on the #UKRI funded Still Waters project. We are looking for #hydrology #geomorphology modelling skills to embed surface hydrology into #malaria models with fieldwork in Zambia. Pls contact me for more details: tinyurl.com/3356rt44
The Zambezi river flows under a road bridgeSunset on the ZambeziMosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria falls)
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🌎 World Water Day 2026: Water and Gender 💧 How does gender shape water access, governance, cooperation and sustainability worldwide? Join us online on Monday 23rd March 2026 for this special event hosted by @ihrr.bsky.social & @geogdurham.bsky.social at @durham.ac.uk. 🧵👇 @un-water.bsky.social
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 10/02/2026
We’re a leading centre for research into glaciers and ice sheets. Recently @carolineclason.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social @durhamglaciology.bsky.social co-authored a major report for the UK National Commission for @unesco.org on the effect of melting ice on people and planet 👉 bit.ly/4r51PMl
A blue/green pool of water with a white, icy mountain glacier behind and snow-capped rocks in the background. Text on the image reads "Geographer Dr Caroline Clason has co-authored a UNESCO report on the effect of melting ice on people and planet."
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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
It’s been a busy winter so far for us, with a selection of our activities recently highlighted in Durham University’s Global Research Newsletter: tinyurl.com/bdc88kk4 ❄️ Find out more about just some of what we’ve been up to across Arctic, Antarctic and mountain glacier regions! tinyurl.com/mshk3ute
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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Congratulations to Cameron Powell who won the postgraduate poster prize at last week's @quaternaryra.bsky.social ADM in Brighton! There was lots of Durham palaeoglaciology research on show, including work by @hollyjenk.bsky.social and Molly Gath. 👇❄️ durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/d...
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
With the EGU abstract deadline fast approaching, a reminder to check out our session on "impacts, risks and adaptation to a changing cryosphere" (CR1.3) when choosing where to submit! ❄️🌡️💧
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Funded PhD! Building Resilience to Interactions and Cascades Between Hydrometeorological and Biological Hazards in African Rangelands (Project 2). co-supervisors @carolineclason.bsky.social Jed Stevenson. Funded by Christoper Moyes Memorial Studentship @ihrr.bsky.social Link 👇 Contact if interested
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Christopher Moyes Memorial Foundation Studentship 2026 - Durham University
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
📢 Excited to advertise a PhD opportunity at @geogdurham.bsky.social and @ihrr.bsky.social generously funded by the Christopher Moyes Memorial Foundation. There are ten projects to select from (two highlighted below), and the deadline is 6th February. Learn more at: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
CONGRATULATIONS to @geogdurham.bsky.social's own Dave Roberts and Colm O'Cofaigh who have both been awarded the prestigious Polar Medal by the King in the 2026 New Year's Honours List. Such a well-deserved achievement for two excellent colleagues! ❄️🍾🥂 durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/p...
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Polar Medal for two Durham glacial geologists
We are delighted to announce that Professors Colm O’Cofaigh and Dave Roberts have been awarded the prestigious Polar Medal in the King’s New Year Honours list, which recognises outstanding achievem…
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Wishing everyone a very merry festive season and a happy 2026! 🥂 This year, in place of sending cards, I've donated to St Mungo's who provide pet-friendly support to people experiencing homelessness. Best wishes from my furry bestie and I! 🐾🎄♥️
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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
@hollywytia.bsky.social has written a short, public-friendly blog post about her new paper in the Cryosphere about supraglacial (ice-surface) streams on Swiss glaciers. Learn more at the link below 👇 durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/r...
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Rivers on ice: understanding meltwater pathways on mountain glaciers
A new study led by Holly Wytiahlowsky of the Durham Glaciology Group has just been published, providing insight into glacier hydrology by producing the first inventory of supraglacial channels on m…
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Looking forward to co-chairing a new IACS Working Group on Cryosphere Stewardship. It aims to explore frameworks to address the diminishing cryosphere while strengthening coordinated action for its stewardship. We'll shortly be inviting the wider cryosphere community to join! ❄️ lnkd.in/eW4isT55
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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
🚨 Interested in the form and variability of the supraglacial hydrological system? @hollywytia.bsky.social et al. explore the controls on channel distribution and characteristics on Swiss Alpine glaciers in a new paper hot off the press at The Cryosphere! ❄️ tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
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Distribution and characteristics of supraglacial channels on mountain glaciers in Valais, Switzerland
Abstract. Supraglacial channels form a key component of glacier hydrology, transporting surface meltwater to englacial and proglacial positions, which impacts ice flow dynamics, surface mass balance a...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
#Cop30 - Closing plenary now started - proposed final deal does not include a plan for a transition away from fossil fuels #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Cop30 live: rumours of deal as final plenary begins
After a series of all-night meetings, the Brazilian presidency appears optimistic it has persuaded parties to agree to a deal
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Thinking about EGU 2026? Check out our session on "Impacts, risks and adaptation to a changing cryosphere"! We invite abstracts on a range of topics from cascading hazards to social and ecological impacts, resource security to environmental risk... 👇 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 10/11/2025
@carolineclason.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social @durhamglaciology.bsky.social has co-authored a major new report from the UK National Commission for UNESCO looking at the consequences of melting ice on people and planet. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @cop30brazil.bsky.social
A mountain glacier running into a pool of water.
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
As the United Nations marks the 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and the opening of COP30 in Brazil, I'm happy to have been able to contribute a chapter to a new UK National Commission for UNESCO report on "Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes". (1/2)
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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
📣 We are advertising a range of glaciology/polar PhD projects at @geogdurham.bsky.social funded by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. ❄️ For more information on these projects, and info on eligibility, support for under-represented groups, and how to apply, visit durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/opportunities/
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Opportunities
PhD scholarships We are currently advertising a range of glaciology/polar-related projects (listed below) funded by the 2026/27 IAPETUS DTP studentship competition. For information on funding, elig…
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Very happy to announce that I have just started as Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Cryosphere! ❄️ The Cryosphere is an open-access, not-for-profit journal of @egu.eu, providing an inclusive publishing space for the global cryospheric community. I'm really looking forward to contributing in this new role!
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Excited to advertise a new interdisciplinary PhD opportunity at @geogdurham.bsky.social - "From ice to ecosystem: assessing the risk of glacier melt and legacy contamination for reindeer in Sápmi (Lapland)" ❄️ 🦌 To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Reindeer in Ljungris, Berg Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden. Arild Vågen.
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Relieved to have got round the Kielder Marathon in one piece yesterday, and to (miraculously after the last few weeks) have finished a bit faster than last year too. It really is a beautiful but relentlessly hilly race! The joint care supplements in the finishers bag were very apt... 😅
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
📣 Deadline extended until 30th November! We welcome submissions from studies offering both modern and palaeo perspectives of ice streams and outlet glaciers and hope this special collection will help to cross-pollinate ideas and theoretical insights into one of glaciology's most important topics! ❄️
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
A good example of why spatial literacy is an important skill and why geography is as relevant now as ever! #epicfail #studygeography @rgsibg.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Great North Run medals show Sunderland instead of Newcastle
Medals given to participants use an image of Sunderland, which has no connection to the event.
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
A reminder that submissions are now open for the @igsoc.bsky.social special collection of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers’. Accepted papers will be published continuously and will be brought together in an online thematic collection in 2026: www.igsoc.org/ice-streams-...
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Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers - call for papers | IGS
The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will prepare a special collection of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme ‘Ice Streams and Outlet
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Be sure to check out our sessions at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference tomorrow! The sessions are jam-packed with variety and include live performances and displays of creative work. I wasn't able to attend in-person sadly, but @hywelgriffiths.bsky.social will be chairing in the room!
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Israel bombed a hospital. Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded. Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV. Read that again. Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
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