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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Hendry, space cadet! 😡

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Didn’t know that. Just one automated vicious circle.

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sure I read an article not that long ago that compared performance of SLM’s and LLM’s across a load of tasks. Difference in most wasn’t huge and it suggested it was shrinking.

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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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UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨Take a look at this job post currently open for applications at @ucl.ac.uk 👇 The role: Lecturer in Climate Science, with particular interest in polar and cryosphere research 🧊 Apply 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 02/09/2026

@geogdurham.bsky.social researchers have used freely available satellite radar images to track emperor penguins in polar winter – giving a year-round view of their movements that could support conservation efforts 🐧 Discover more about this amazing work 👉 tinyurl.com/2zv9zdj9

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Grant Macdonald❄️ @geogeordie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A nice article on the NASA site about emperor penguins that discusses our first paper from the EPIC -penguin🐧❄️- project (as well as another really cool paper). science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...

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A Changing World for Emperor Penguins - NASA Science

Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea ice disruptions in the past.

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Imagine being able to say your team contains the ballon d’or winner AND Mbappe? Ludicrous frontline. 🇫🇷

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We are pleased to announce that the Dept of Earth & Environmental Geosciences @colgate.edu is hiring a tenure-stream asst professor in paleoclimate! For additional info regarding the position & to apply: apply.interfolio.com/188708 . Please share broadly & contact us with your questions. Thank you!

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It’s a mystery how she lasted six weeks.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) & interested email CV & transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️ @igs-egg.bsky.social

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Europe, we're on. 🥳 No longer can you only wonder "why is Australia in Eurovision?" Get in touch about proposals from 2027

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Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk · 02/06/2026

It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

Two bird pins. A series if birds sitting on a branch. Each bird is the colour of a stripe on the rainbow flag.

Pronoun pins with rainbow motif:
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He him
She they
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An array of pride themed science and sci fi pins.

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Edmund Lea @mappermundle.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

📃 The first paper from my PhD has just been published in JGR: Earth Surface, detailing insights into Arctic glacial history from morphometry and machine learning.❄️ 🛰️ doi.org/10.1029/2025... Co-authors @polarguy.bsky.social, @drfionaclubb.bsky.social and Neil Ross. @iapetusdtp.bsky.social

A map of Arctic Canada and Greenland showing predicted glacial landscape classes.

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Keen to do so, might spur people on if the programme was released.

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Finally we are recruiting a physical geographer in the school of the environment at the university of Queensland, Australia. Looking for researchers who are passionate about teaching. Keen for people working in hydrology, geomorphology, climate modelling. uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...

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Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography

Faculty of Science | School of the Environment Full-time permanent position Base salary will be in the range $117,120.53 – $138,769.70 plus 17% super (Academic Level B) or $143,099.52 – $164,748.70 pl...

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 06/05/2026

Are you an MSc student looking for a thesis topic? Interested in Greenland, Antarctica atmosphere and ice sheet processes? Background in meteorology, geography, earth science or physics (or other quantitative discipline? Then do I have the project for you...

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Open Research Projects

I often have MSc and BSc students working with me on their thesis research, and also sometimes as summer interns. I enjoy working with students and hope they also learn some useful things. I and co…

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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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Geography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We are looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Physical Geography who who has expertise in the field of Earth Observation. Application deadline 10th May, with a possible start date of 1st October. Further details can be found here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Assistant Professor in Physical Geography

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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Geography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Durham Geography has reached its highest-ever position in the QS World University Rankings 2026—rising to 6th globally (from 11th in 2025). Thank you to our staff, students, alumni, and partners worldwide who have helped make this possible.

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The exciting news of the day is Australia is likely to join the EU Horizon program, providing a major boost to our research and internationally connectivity in it. European colleagues - think of us for the 2027 rounds! www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/ti...

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Antarctic Science Ltd @antarcticscience.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hi all, the ❄️ Antarctic Science International Bursary ❄️ is open until 20 March! £6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work www.antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an... Apply here! 👇👇 please share/repost

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Antarctic Science Bursaries | Apply for an ASI Bursary

Information and minimum criteria on applying for an Antarctic science bursary

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Probably the nicest thing anyone has ever said about him.

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The Paul of the House of Usher @katamaridumassy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

My mind has been returning to this video all weekend

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Was equally silly when they played at Hampden tbf

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Yes that’s the one. We speculated that the ones we saw might be related to sediment washing into supra-glacial ponds, like mini ice walled lake plains without the topography.

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Yes, mapped similar things in some dry valleys in Antarctica (2021 paper in Antarctic Science). There is a reference in there to Circular Moraine Features (can’t recall authors) observed in Scandinavia as well which you might find useful.

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Armand van Helden brightening up half time at West Ham v Man Utd m.youtube.com/watch?v=4V5x...

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Armand Van Helden - I Want Your Soul (Club mix)

YouTube video by HouseMusicLover

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

It’s been constant down here. Like living in a cloud!

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Antarctic ice sheet folk, I'm looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Ice Sheet Reconstruction [readvertised] for a 3.5yr appointment in Tasmania. Very flexible start date! Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4 ❄️

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🚨job opportunity🚨 Durham is advertising 3-year fellowships (any field). We are very keen to hear from Antarctic/Cryo people who might be interested in joining a great group. The positions come with some travel & research funds. See here for details or get in touch www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

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addison-wheeler-fellowship - Durham University

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Prof Rachel Oliver @profrachelgan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.

Dear Sir Paul,

Re: Royal Society Code of Conduct

I am sure that many scientists have written to you about the specific question of Elon Musk’s Fellowship and whether, under the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct, his retaining that Fellowship is appropriate. I will not rehash these issues. Instead, as a female scientist with extensive experience of activities aiming to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering and physical sciences sector, I am writing to you (in a personal capacity) to ask you to reconsider the statements you have recently made in this context to the UK press about the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct and how it is applied.

A 2018 report from the joint National Academies of the United States of America, concluded that “sexual harassment is common in academic science, engineering, and medicine” and that “greater than 50 percent of women faculty and staff and 20–50 percent of women students encounter or experience sexually harassing conduct in academia”. This report described codes of conduct that make clear that sexual harassment is unethical and will not be tolerated as a “powerful incentive for change”. The authors also noted that sexual harassment can have significant and damaging effects on the integrity of research. In my own praxis, I have found that clear and consistently-implemented codes of conduct that address these issues make female scientists and engineers safer, and allow them to focus more effectively on their research. For codes of conduct to have such a positive effect, it is vital that sanctions for actions which transgress the code are meaningful and substantial.

I was hence aghast to realise that in an interview with the Financial Times published on 9/1/26, you appear to have suggested that the Royal Society “should only expel fellows if their science proved “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective””. Moreover, in a further interview with the Guardian on 11/1/26 you suggested that the code “may need to be looked at again”, with the implication that your aim would be to remove the option of sanctions on Fellows for reasons not strictly related to faults or defects in their research.

I suggest that changing the Royal Society’s code of conduct so that the likelihood of serious sanctions for sexual harassment is reduced, would directly endanger women who interact with the Royal Society at events or otherwise, and would provide a licence to harass to the already powerful people on whom the Society bestows fellowship. The implications of your words - that under your leadership the only infringements of the code which are likely to receive the sanction of the Fellowship being removed are those related to research misconduct - already risk empowering harassers. You stated, in the Financial Times interview, that “there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances”. Given this awareness of the possibility of bad actors in our scientific community, it is wholly irresponsible to suggest that the Royal Society would not act to sanction these people if they harass more vulnerable scientists.

I am hence writing to request that you retract any suggestion that the Society’s Code of Conduct should be changed so that the only reason a Fellow might be sanctioned by the removal of their Fellowship is “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective” research. This action is necessary to safeguard female scientists, a requirement placed on the Society by safeguarding legislation and UK statutory guidance.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Rachel A. Oliver.

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

This is great James!! Got some new modules to think about and can see so many ways to bring this in. Pints owed!

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Frances Butcher @fegbutcher.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc on an exciting new @royalsociety.org funded project on Martian glaciers @sheffielduni.bsky.social Advert: tinyurl.com/6rzzk5d4 Terrestrial folks encouraged to apply (e.g. GIS, glacier modelling, geomorphology, or deep learning) Closes 19th Jan. Queries via email.

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Research Associate in Mars Glaciology at University of Sheffield

An academic position as a Research Associate in Mars Glaciology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Just bamming us up at this point. Soft play beckons…

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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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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I’ve seen metasediments, metagreywackes and turbidites, in Antarctica that look pretty similar.

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Simon Engelhart @sealevelchange.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

22-month postdoctoral position in the Durham Geography department working on Alaska paleogeodesy as part of NERC/NSF funded grant. More details here, application deadline is January 8th: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

An Alaskan coastal environment with vegetated beach ridges and a calm sea

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Ryan Venturelli @radatmines.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Our new glacier biogeochemistry review paper is officially live! Check it out here 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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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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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Congratulations Dr Turner. Fuck the haters.

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania. All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below) 1/n

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Current Vacancies

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Easier to “comb the desert” with that resolution.

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Hey ice sheet types! 👋 The memes about the insane number of starter packs on this thing motivated me to create one more. Please let me know who I am missing from the ice sheet world. 👇 go.bsky.app/4SxszWw

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David Small @davidsmall.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

You say ice shelf, I say ice plain…

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