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Corey Port

@coreyport.bsky.social
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Playing with rocks 🪨 while thinking about glaciers 🧊. Glacial geology; Palaeoclimate; Antarctica 🇦🇶 | PhD candidate at Monash Uni and SAEF | Sometimes on a bike 🚲.

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Emma Cooper @emlcpeer.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Super excited to see our new paper published today, led by @shahidyounis.bsky.social as part of his MSc work. We present the glacial and periglacial geomorphology of the Drang Drung, Haskira, and Pensilungpa glaciers in the Indian Himalayas. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Glacial and periglacial geomorphology of the Drang Drung, Haskira, and Pensilungpa glaciers, Trans-Himalayan Ladakh, India
Glacial geomorphological mapping is vital for understanding the role of glaciers in shaping landscapes, as well as glacier response to climate change. We present a glacial geomorphological map of t...
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Levan Tielidze @levantielidze.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
❄️ A landmark new study has revealed that glaciers on Australia’s remote sub-Antarctic Heard Island are shrinking at an accelerating rate due to rising temperatures and climate change. tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/... @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social @heardislandgov.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
These two positions are closing in 5 days!
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Levan Tielidze @levantielidze.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Want to know about our latest Antarctic expedition to the Dronning Maud Land? Then check out my recent blog at blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr... Many thanks @emmapearce.bsky.social for your help in writing this nice piece ❄️😊 @arcsaef.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social
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A Scientific Quest from Australia to Antarctica
In this week’s blog, Levan Tielidze tells us about his participation in a scientific expedition to Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, during the 2024–2025 field season. The journey, commencing in Austral...
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
🌏 Rare opportunity to join us! We’re hiring two new Lecturer/Senior Lecturers in the School of Earth Atmosphere & Environment #MonashUni, a top 50 global university 🔬 Isotope Geochemistry 🛰️ Remote Sensing/Geospatial careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Wilson’s Promontory or Yiruk Wamoon, 3 hours drive from Melbourne, Australia, is National Park with magnificent peaks, beaches, rainforest, and the world’s southernmost mangroves. A hiking and boating paradise, the promontory and surrounding islands are the exposed portions of a Devonian granite batholith.
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Jess Macha @jessmacha.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
New Paper out today! How do extreme ENSO events impact Antarctic snow accumulation❄️🧊🌨️? with @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social @fsmccormack.bsky.social @benhenley.bsky.social @helenmcgregor @ariaan.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/... 1/5 🧵
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How do extreme ENSO events affect Antarctic surface mass balance?
Abstract. Extreme El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events have far-reaching impacts globally, yet their impacts on Antarctica are poorly understood. In particular, how extreme ENSO events influence...
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today we were privileged to be visited by Kirrae Wurrung/ Bundjalung Elder Uncle Lionel Lauch, who carried out an Acknowledgment of Country and Smoking Ceremony in the @monashuniversity.bsky.social Earth Science Garden. We are grateful for his generosity to share knowledge so central to our School.
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
A reminder about this rare opportunity- closing 2nd May!
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Levan Tielidze @levantielidze.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I am very happy to be traveling for #EGU2025 check out our posters here: 👉 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-... 👉 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-... 👉 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-... @egu.eu @monashuniversity.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social
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Levan Tielidze @levantielidze.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
❄️I am pleased to announce that our new study titled "Post-Little Ice Age Equilibrium-Line Altitude and Temperature Changes in the Greater Caucasus Based on Small Glaciers" has been published in Remote Sensing www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17... @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A chance to join our amazing School of 🌍 💨 🔥 @monashuniversity.bsky.social as a continuing Lecturer or Senior Lecturer Atmospheric dynamics, modelling, physical meteorology… Reduced teaching load due to @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social Pls repost careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Emma Cooper @emlcpeer.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We (@andrewmackintosh.bsky.social, Rachael Lappan and I) were lucky to spend part of this week at Brewster Glacier, New Zealand. This trip was spent sampling recently exposed bedrock from surrounding & within a few hundred metres of the modern glacier. 1/2
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Fighting the Monday blues with some lab work 🥼 Kicking off the week etching some quartz samples in HF 🪨🧪
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📢 New paper alert 📢 Amazing interdisciplinary effort by Emma bringing together Antarctic ice sheet and biological evidence. But what does it tell us? 👇
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Emma Cooper @emlcpeer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Our new paper, published today in Quaternary Science Reviews: Can we use springtails to improve our understanding of Antarctic Ice Sheet history? — A case study from Dronning Maud Land www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... with: Mark Stevens @rsjones.bsky.social @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social 1/4
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Three staff members in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment @monashuniversity.bsky.social were promoted to Senior Lecturer this week. All inspiring scientists and educators. Let’s walk through them one by one. 🥳🥳🥳
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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Accessing the vast and remote Denman Glacier system in Australian territory in East Antarctica by ocean is a monumental task, and after many years of planning and collaboration it’s a reality ⬇️ @antarctic.bsky.social | @arcsaef.bsky.social | AAD antarctic.org.au/denman-marin...
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Denman Marine Voyage: long-term vision now a reality - ACEAS
Denman Marine Voyage: long-term vision now a reality Accessing the vast and remote Denman Glacier system in Australian territory in East Antarctica by ocean is a monumental task, and after many years ...
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The work is mysterious and important.
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
28 people have added their names already. If you'd like to join us in solidarity and to emphasise the importance of EDI in polar science, then let me know. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/02/pola...
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Polar science needs diversity - AntarcticGlaciers.org
We write in solidarity with our colleagues in the USA and internationally, who are suffering as efforts to increase equality, diversity and inclusion are systematically eroded and destroyed. It is imp...
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
So satisfying when there’s such a stark contrast between the magnetic and non-magnetic grains coming from a single rock 🪨 🧲.
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
For #FieldworkFriday, here’s some footage from one of my favourite field days - collecting samples out by Denman Glacier, East #Antarctica. Wind howling, ice crystals piercing the air, and lovely quartzy rock (which we sampled using an angle grinder). Sound warning for those with headphones!
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Emma Cooper @emlcpeer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Franz Joseph Glacier today on the West coast of South Island, New Zealand. 🧊 If anybody has some old photos please share! Would be keen to see images from 10, 20 years ago.
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Emma Cooper @emlcpeer.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Glaciers big and small around Mt Cook and Mt Sefton, South Island, New Zealand. 🧊 🏔️
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Next step: Feeding the rocks to Boyd (the rock/jaw crusher) 🪨💥🔨
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The gear required to support one Antarctic glaciologiy trip… #SAEF @monashuniversity.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The power of magnets 🧲! Using a roll magnetic separator to divide magnetic and non-magnetic material from crushed up rocks. (I’m looking for quartz!)
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
From boulder to Beryllium. The journey of a glacially deposited #Antarctic rock destined for cosmogenic dating 🧊🪨✨. A whole lot of time in the lab, and no small amount of geochemical wizardry 🧙‍♂️. The past life of a glacier waiting to be uncovered.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. @StreetsblogUSA.bsky.social usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/p...
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We started glaciology @monashuniversity.bsky.social in 2020 - myself, @fsmccormack.bsky.social & @rsjones.bsky.social Look at us now! 📸 from our meeting today, with visiting speakers Tyler Pelle & Fakhra Muneeb. Also 🧁 saying goodbye to Indigo McKinnon & offering best wishes to Johanna Beckmann
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I’m lucky to part of this group, with a project funded for cross-disciplinary (glacier-biodiversity) work with Steven Chown, @justineshaw.bsky.social Regine Hock and @iceybethan.bsky.social My thoughts are also with those who were unsuccessful. www.monash.edu/science/news...
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Monash Science researchers awarded over $12 Million in ARC Discovery Projects Funding
Monash University Science researchers have been awarded an impressive $12,024,280 in Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects (DPs) funding for 2025.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
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Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🌊🇦🇶Corey Port using cosmogenic isotopes to reconstruct ice sheets in Antarctica.
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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🌊🇦🇶Cari Rand presenting cosmo results from East Antarctica - lambert-Amery. Also looking for a postdoc….
Photo of Cari Rand
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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🌊🇦🇶Richard Jones talking about the contribution of Antarctic ice sheet to sea level rise. Poorly known - IPCC. Historical satellite data show it is mostly west Antarctica. need longer and more regional records. Can we use spatial and temporal global sea level changes to model the contribution?
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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🌊🇦🇶Jacinda O’Connor exploring sea level change in coastal sediment records around Shackleton Ice Shelf and Denman, east Antarctica.
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Just like that, #AARC24 has come to an end. It was great hearing all about rocks 🪨, ice 🧊, oceans 🌊, and all things #Antarctic 🇦🇶. A great week learning from a fantastic community of researchers in the Antarctic gateway city of #Hobart!
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Emma Cooper @emlcpeer.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Real versus Lego Nuyina in #Hobart
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Fantastic talk by @rsjones.bsky.social on Antarctica’s historical and prehistorical sea level contributions! Day 3 of #AARC24 off to a great start.
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Almost halfway through #AARC24. Excited to be a part of such a large gathering of #Antarctic researchers. Looking forward to more great talks to come!
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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
And we're off! A full house in the Stanley Burbery Theatre at @utas.bsky.social in Hobart for the opening of the Australian #Antarctic Research Conference 🙌 leishman.eventsair.com/aarc/program
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Jess Macha @jessmacha.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Fantastic experience presenting my PhD work at the plenary session of the Australian Antarctic Research Conference #AARC on ENSO type influence on Antarctic SMB @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social @fsmccormack.bsky.social @benhenley.bsky.social
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Proud of Jess Macha for her brilliant plenary talk at the Australian Antarctic Research Conference. Jess, a PhD candidate with arcsaef.com shows how Antarctic surface mass balance is influenced by ENSO types. More here- agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @fsmccormack.bsky.social
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Emma Cooper @emlcpeer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
How can rocks and bugs be combined to tell you something about Antarctic Ice Sheet history? At the AARC in #Hobart #UTAS #Tasmania discussing this again tomorrow. 😉
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Photos from my recent trip to Georgia with Levan Tielidze and Richard Jones
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Australian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Nearly 500 polar experts from around the country will gather at @utas.bsky.social in Hobart next week for the inaugural 'Australian Antarctic Research Conference'—the first national meeting of Australia’s #Antarctic research community in more than a decade. ▶️ aappartnership.org.au/emergency-su...
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Corey Port @coreyport.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
There’s something immensely satisfying about extracting quartz 💎 from crushed up Antarctic rocks 🪨. See for yourself! This quartz will soon be used for cosmogenic nuclide dating, and will give us insights into the past behaviour of a glacier!
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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
Antarctic folks in Australia, I am looking for speaking engagements for December-early Jan. QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS 🧪
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a blue and white penguin stands next to a flag with a triangle on it
ALT: a blue and white penguin stands next to a flag with a triangle on it
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 19/09/2024
Tectonic Surfing xkcd.com/2987
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Richard Jones @rsjones.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
The sun has set on our Antarctic season. A challenging and rewarding two months researching Denman Glacier. We leave with lots of samples to work on in the lab over the coming year!
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