Reposted by Christine BatchelorNewcastle University Geography @ncl-geography.bsky.social · 09/07/2026🚢 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 Newcastle geographers Christine Batchelor, Louise Callard, Andrew Henderson and Bridget Tiller have returned from a research cruise to Norway, where they mapped the seafloor and collected sediment cores with colleagues from Loughborough University, UCL and Aarhus University. 122
Reposted by Christine BatchelorNiall Gandy @niallgandy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Consider submitting an abstract to our AGU26 session: Bridges Between Paleo and Modern Ice Sheet Science. We're looking for contributions across palaeo and modern ice sheet science. Abstract deadline - 5th August. agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr... Image - NASA, 2022 142
Reposted by Christine BatchelorLouise Callard @louisecallard.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Over the moon that this paper is now out! A lot of work and submitted during maternity leave, but really proud of the final version. Thanks goes to all the co-authors on this. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comOcean driven retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream following the Last Glacial Maximum - Nature CommunicationsWarm Atlantic Water was a major driver of both initial NEGIS retreat from 21.6 ka BP and the collapse of its ice shelf ~15.2 ka BP. This study demonstrates the key role of ice-ocean interactions in co... 0167
Christine Batchelor @christinebatchelor.bsky.social · 03/11/2025📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University! 👉"What controls ice flow across Palmer and Ellsworth Lands, Antarctica?" This project will use remote sensing datasets to examine the controls on past, present and future ice flow in Antarctica. More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... 011
Christine Batchelor @christinebatchelor.bsky.social · 03/11/2025📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University! 👉"Reconstructing past ice-sheet retreat and ice-ocean interactions from marine sediment cores". This project will use new marine sediment cores to constrain the timing and drivers of past ice-sheet retreat. More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... 13518
Christine Batchelor @christinebatchelor.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Buried beneath Storegga is an even larger submarine megaslide - the Stad Slide! Bridget Tiller’s new paper (the first of her PhD) reveals the vast extent of this slide, discusses its possible causes, and considers whether it could have caused a tsunami 🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comStad Slide: Preconditioning and failure of one of the world's largest megaslidesSubmarine landslides can generate tsunamis and pose risks to underwater infrastructure, but a lack of direct observations of such slides hinders our understanding of their development and hazard pote... 0197
Christine Batchelor @christinebatchelor.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Sun, sea and Physical Geography! We’re soaking up the rays on our Geography undergrad field trip to County Donegal, Ireland @newcastleuni.bsky.social 070
Christine Batchelor @christinebatchelor.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Here we share advice and reflections on organising an academic conference. The winning formula? Good science + good colleagues + good food! 062
Christine Batchelor @christinebatchelor.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Thank you to everyone who attended the QRA conference this week. Particular thanks to all our panelists and presenters, and to everyone at Newcastle Physical Geography who helped to organise! Pic is the icebreaker in the calm before the storm… @quaternaryra.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social 050
Christine Batchelor @christinebatchelor.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Coming to the QRA conference at Newcastle Uni in January? Early bird reduced registration is only available until Saturday! Register now at: sites.google.com/view/qraadm2... @quaternaryra.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.socialsites.google.comQRA ADM 2025 - RegistrationRegistration is now open Registration for the Annual General Meeting is open. Early Bird reduced registration rates are available until 30th November 2024, with a concessionary rate available (for s... 021