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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hosting the @igsoc.bsky.social Symposium at @unituebingen.bsky.social was a week to remember: We saw clear advances in the field of radar sounding of ice sheets and experienced yet again a supportive and collaborative community. Thanks to > 110 Participants from all over the world for joining us!
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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🌏 JUST OUT: a major international review paper, involving 80 scientists from 16 countries, has outlined a bold plan to address some of the biggest uncertainties in #Antarctic driven #sea-level rise. Read the paper ▶️ agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Review of Geophysics

Toward an Improved Understanding of the Antarctic Coastal Zone and Its Contribution to Future Global Sea Level.

Kenichi Matsuoka, Geir Moholdt, Jennifer F. Arthur, Julien A. Bodart, Xiangbin Cui, Fausto Ferraccioli, René Forsberg, Vikram Goel, Tom A. Jordan, Felicity S. McCormack, Ruth Mottram, Hamish D. Pritchard, Calvin Shackleton, Kirsty J. Tinto, Fredrik Boberg, Marie G. P. Cavitte, Reinhard Drews, Pierre Dutrieux, Jörg Ebbing, Olaf Eisen, Hannes Eisermann, Alex S. Gardner, Chad A. Greene, Nicholas Holschuh, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, Byeong-Hoon Kim, Naomi Krauzig, Bernd Kulessa, Carlton Leuschen, Jilu Li, Lu Li, Jonas Liebsch, Joseph A. MacGregor, Emma MacKie, Anirudha Mahagaonkar, Joséphine Maton, Mathieu Morlighem, Francisco Navarro, Peter D. Neff, Inès N. Otosaka, Frank Pattyn, Antonia Ruppel, Rebecca J. Sanderson, Hélène Seroussi, Andrew Shepherd, Matthew R. Siegfried, Thomas Slater, Arjen P. Stroeven, Michael Studinger, Thomas Teisberg, Ryan A. Venturelli, Jeremy P. Winberry, Chen Zhao, Lu An, Jonathan L. Bamber, Robin E. Bell, Robert G. Bingham, Johanna Brehmer-Moltmann, Graeme Eagles, Jamin Greenbaum, Jorn Gronset, Won Sang Lee, Emmanuel Le Meur, Lenneke M. Jong, Katrin Lindbäck, Sven Lidström, Mareen Lösing, Masahiro Minowa, Mayuri Pandey, Yogesh Ray, Mirko Scheinert, Dustin M. Schroeder, Thorsten Seehaus, Kaian Shahateet, Daniel Steinhage, Xueyuan Tang, Drew Taylor, Hannah Verboncoeur, Junjun Yang, Duncan A. Young.

Link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022RG000803
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This summer we had our first summer school "Computational Geophysics in the Field" in the Austrian Alps. This is one area where @terra-cluster.org is active and enables a nice combination of applied measurements and theory pertaining to probabilistic inversion.
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Anything that you ever wanted to know about the coastal zone of Antarctica summarized in a huge review by the RINGS consortium with contributions from the @unituebingen.bsky.social agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Toward an Improved Understanding of the Antarctic Coastal Zone and Its Contribution to Future Global Sea Level
Antarctic sea-level contribution is largely controlled by coastal ice-sheet processes, emphasizing the need for detailed observations in this region Data gaps in the ice sheet's coastal zone are ...
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Sustainable Pathways under Climate Variability @past2futureclimate.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Mysterious detective activity at the GUZ building today, overheard sth about an "Agent" and "pyrolysis" 👆 involving the @terra-cluster.org FutureLab and Campus TV! Exciting & we are staying tuned.... 🤩 @unituebingen.bsky.social
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ML for Science @ml4science.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We are recruiting several Early Career Research Group Leaders for Machine Learning in Science (m/f/d; E14 TV-L, 100%) in Tübingen! Open to researchers directly after their PhD or with postdoctoral experience. Application deadline: July 15, 2026. More info: uni-tuebingen.de/en/128980#c2... 1/2
Image with the text: Open Positions: Early Career Research Group Leaders for Machine Learning in Science (m/f/d, E14 TV-L, 100%). Application Deadline: July 15, 2026.
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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
IGS is excited to announce an upcoming special collection of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme Radioglaciology. Full information is available here: www.igsoc.org/radioglaciol...
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Radioglaciology - Call for papers | IGS
The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will prepare a special collection of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme Radioglaciology. Theme This
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Luke Zoet @lzoet.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New paper on how waves erode ice from both theory and experiments with a new parametrization for use in larger scale models www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Wave erosion of ice cliffs: melt rate due to reflection of non-breaking surface waves | Journal of Fluid Mechanics | Cambridge Core
Wave erosion of ice cliffs: melt rate due to reflection of non-breaking surface waves - Volume 1036
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Dear All, the preparation for the IGS Radioglaciology Conference in Tübingen are in full swing. Looking for travel support? Consider applying for the IGS-EGG Conference Grant www.igsoc.org/about/egg-ea... and join us at @unituebingen.bsky.social
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
❄️🌍 New paper out in GRL! We are excited to share @alexandrazuhr.bsky.social latest work on Antarctic snow accumulation. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Airborne Radar Reveals Area‐Wide Decadal Increase of Surface Mass Balance on the Plateau in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica
New radar data show a 21% surface mass balance (SMB) increase in western Dronning Maud Land over the past five decades versus a mean since 1209 C.E. Much of the spread in past estimates stems fro...
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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 13/03/2026
Do you want to join #TERRA? You're in luck, because the @unituebingen.bsky.social is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) for EXPERIMENTAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH! The complete offer can be found under shorturl.at/0Aju0 We're looking forward to work with you!
Job Offer for a W3-Professorship of Experimental Biodiversity Research

The Faculty of Science at the University of Tübingen invites applications for a tenured
W3-Professorship. 
If you work on soil fauna/fungi/food webs and their relations with environment, plants, ecosystem processes then you should join us and become a member of the TERRA family!
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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Largus Angenent, Professor für Environmental Biotechnology an der Universität Tübingen, erhält den Landesforschungspreis 2026, mit insgesamt 200.000 Euro der höchstdotierte Forschungspreis eines Bundeslandes. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏 sohub.io/oal7 @mwk-bw.bsky.social #Landesforschungspreis
Prof. Dr. Largus Angenent (Universität Tübingen). Foto: CORC Aarhus University
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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 20/02/2026
Cute, isn't it? Now it's clear, the spiny dormouse was also in Europ. The site Hammerschmiede hosts an incredible enigmatic biodiversity amongst them the rodent with the bushy, spiny tale TERRA will fund the ongoing journey with @sgn.one to unravel the geo-drivers for this high vertebrate diversity
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Back from the ice! ❄️✨ Our group member @alexandrazuhr.bsky.social has safely returned from Antarctica after an intense field campaign. She drilled several firn cores that will be key to dating and interpreting airborne radar data collected with Polar6. Excited for the science to come!
Alex standing behind some recently drilled firn cores in AntarcticaAlex on a plane in front of monitors during one of her airborne radar surveys
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IGS EGG @igs-egg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Let us know if you are attending one them!!
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Watch out for TRACEE, a new transdisciplinary MSc programm for climate, energy and the environment with 11 European Universities including @unituebingen.bsky.social @terra-cluster.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMKm...
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Master's programme in Transdisciplinary Studies of Climate, Environment and Energy
YouTube video by CIVIS: Europe's Civic University Alliance
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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Registration is now open for the IGS Symposium on Radioglaciology, to be held at @unituebingen.bsky.social in September! Abstract submission opens on 15 Feb, too! More info/links here: www.igsoc.org/event/intern... -- Aren't sure you can make it? Fill out our pre-reg form!! forms.gle/o8wJ1K8K5r91...
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International Symposium on Radioglaciology | September 6
The International Glaciological Society is pleased to announce the upcoming International Symposium on Radioglaciology, which will take place in the
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Our Penguin was happy to announce a great talk by Josefine Umlauft from @scadsai.bsky.social in our Department Seminar about Environmental Seismology and its surprising applications in ice dynamics and tree health. Thanks for coming!
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Machine Learning in Science @mackelab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Happy 2026 everyone! Two freshly minted PhDs 🧑‍🎓emerged from our lab at the end of last year. We congratulate Dr Julius Vetter (@vetterj.bsky.social) and Dr Guy Moss (@gmoss13.bsky.social)! Here seen celebrating with the lab 🎳. 1/3
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International Glaciological Society @igsoc.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
2nd circular now out for the International Symposium on Radioglaciology! Check it out for info on social events, excursions, accommodation, travel, registration, remote options, side-meetings, and more. See you in Tubingen in September!! www.igsoc.org/wp-content/u...
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Job-alert: 15 PhDs with @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. The application Deadline is coming up in January uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Happy new year to Antarctica @alexandrazuhr.bsky.social from @unituebingen.bsky.social! Work near Kohnen station is progressing well. All 979 (!) stake readings for surface mass balance are done and up next are flights with @awi.de’s UWBm radar. Has snowfall increased in the last decade?
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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 23/12/2025
Great Christmas opportunity if you search for a #PhD position in environmental sciences: #TERRA is searching for 15 doctoral students filling our first 5 Focus Unit (FUN) projects with life. Full post with all links here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/285483. MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR from #TeamTERRA
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 04/12/2025
The global species extinction rate is 10 to 100 times higher than the historical average, accelerating due to human actions, as noted in the @‌ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment. 🏭 Since 1500, at least 680 vertebrate species, like the Pinta Giant Tortoise, have been lost.🐢 Conservation is vital #ForNature.
A Pinta Giant Tortoise, a large and rare species, resting on rocky terrain. Its long neck is extended upward, and its textured shell and scaly limbs are clearly visible in the sunlight.
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Frank Pattyn @fpattyn.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Antarctica’s future beyond 2100: high emissions drive major long-term ice loss. New study in Nature Communications by Vio Coulon and Ann Kristin Klose, showing that the fate of the Antarctic ice sheet, will play a decisive role in future sea level rise. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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From short-term uncertainties to long-term certainties in the future evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet - Nature Communications
Even if net-zero emissions are reached well before 2100, West Antarctic ice-sheet retreat could still drive multi-meter sea-level rise by 2300. Emission reductions in the coming years are critical to ...
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Guy Moss @gmoss13.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I’m super excited to present our new work in #Eurips2025 and #Neurips2025! We developed FNOPE: a new simulation-based inference (SBI) method which excels at inferring function-valued parameters! Paper: openreview.net/forum?id=yB5... Code: github.com/mackelab/fnope (1/9)
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FNOPE: Simulation-based inference on function spaces with Fourier...
Simulation-based inference (SBI) is an established approach for performing Bayesian inference on scientific simulators. SBI so far works best on low-dimensional parametric models. However, it is...
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Our @alexandrazuhr.bsky.social is back in Antarctica! 🐧 Currently, she is maintaining ApRES systems near Neumayer station and preparing for the traverse to Kohnen station in a few days. Stay tuned for more updates from her field season! ❄️
Two people in a snow pit, laughing.A person with computer and more measurement devices kneeling on an ice shelf.
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Dear All, enjoy your coffee in the morning and congratulations to @leahsmuhle.bsky.social from @unituebingen.bsky.social for winning the Outstanding Student and PhD Presentation Award at EGU 2025!
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
A challenging combination of flexure modelling and satellite interferometry to understand the dynamic of shear zones near Antarctic grounding zones led by Christian Wild tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 08/10/2025
Really cooool: our first #TERRA science event - the FUN workhop: With lots of fun we just work out our FUNs (Focus Units) for collabortive PhD projects at the interface of Geo- and Biosciences in Gäufelden. Stay tuned which FUNs will be positively reviewed & will soon start the #PhD hiring process!
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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 05/10/2025
To all potential future #TERRAnauts: keep in mind that our next cluster-call for positions has less than 2 weeks till deadline: We search for dedicaded writer, geoscientific lab rats & researchers, who's heart beats for bioinformatics. Apply, and @unituebingen.bsky.social may become your new home 😀.
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Another successful mapping course in the Italian Apennines with @terra-cluster.org PIs Norton, Glotzbach & Drews from @unituebingen.bsky.social ! An amazing experience with motivated students combining geological mapping and geophysics.
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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 12/08/2025
We are happy to announce that hiring has begun for the Cluster Coordination Office @unituebingen.bsky.social! Would you like to join the team that supports research at the intersection of the geosphere and biosphere? Do you know someone who might be interested? Please share the post!
All positions could also be found on the university webpage: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/108817All positions could also be found on the university webpage: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/108817All positions could also be found on the university webpage: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/108817
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Sustainable Pathways under Climate Variability @past2futureclimate.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The successful candidate from Brazil will be hosted at the Geo- and Environmental Research Center @unituebingen.bsky.social, and will be right there as we start the activities of our Cluster of Excellence @terra-cluster.bsky.social! More information: tinyurl.com/paleomag2025
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CAPES abre nova seleção para Programa Cátedra Tübingen: Geociências
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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 25/07/2025
The #Diversitorium task force @aschweiger.bsky.social, @bossdorf.bsky.social, @michaeladippold.bsky.social, K.Tielboerger & Y.Oelmann visited Ihinger Hof field site @unihohenheim.bsky.social for the first time! SO EXCITED to launch our key #TERRA experiment on #geodiversity manipulation: stay tuned!
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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🇦🇶 Antarctica’s coastal zone is changing fast & it matters globally. A new #AntarcticRINGS review paper maps what we know, what we don’t & why it matters for sea-level rise. 🌊 Explore fresh insights, a Quantarctica-friendly data package & all figures as downloadable slides: scar.org/scar-news/cr...
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Luke Zoet @lzoet.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Check out this time-lapse video of waves eroding an ice front from an experiment conducted in our cryogenic wave tank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The tank is housed in a walk-in freezer, and the waves are precisely controlled. This video captures about an hour of wave erosion.
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ML for Science @ml4science.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Together with #AIMS, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, we have an exciting position to fill: The AIMS - Tübingen Junior Research Chair in Machine Learning for Science! 1/2
Formulas and numbers from the field of machine learning written in white chalk on a blackboard
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Common-midpoint radar polarimetry by @oraschewski.bsky.social in Geophysical Research Letters. This can be a promising method to observationally constrain the anisotropic ice rheology in the field
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Luke Zoet @lzoet.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
If you're interested in Glacial Geology/Geomorphology consider submitting an abstract to our GSA session "T182. Recent Advances in Glacial Geology, Geomorphology, and Chronology": Deadline for abstract submission is August 5. @geosociety.bsky.social.
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Double progress in ice-rise modeling by @clarahenry.bsky.social. First we are now able to model ice rises and surrounding ice shelves in 3D and link it with radar stratigraphy to obtain area-wide age-depth estimates ( doi.org/10.1029/2024...)
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Clara Henry @clarahenry.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Fabric modelling: doi.org/10.1017/jog....
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Modelling the three-dimensional, diagnostic fabric anisotropy field of an ice rise | Journal of Glaciology | Cambridge Core
Modelling the three-dimensional, diagnostic fabric anisotropy field of an ice rise - Volume 71
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Clara Henry @clarahenry.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Two new publications on 3D models of ice rises with @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social, the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and @bas.ac.uk Stratigraphy modelling: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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Predicting the Three‐Dimensional Stratigraphy of an Ice Rise
We develop a three-dimensional model to simulate the age distribution of an ice rise and the surrounding ice We compare the modeled stratigraphy of an ice rise with the stratigraphy inferred from...
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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Happy to announce that #TERRA was selected as a #ClusterOfExcellence by @dfg.de. K. Rehfeld (@past2futureclimate.bsky.social‬), O. Cirpka & myself express greatest thanks to @unituebingen.bsky.social‬, our mock-reviewers & the entire TERRA-team for the relentless support. Let's start the endevour!
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
From Jan 2026, @unituebingen.bsky.social will host a new @dfg.de cluster of excellence #TERRA to study geosphere-biosphere interactions, together with Uni Hohenheim and Senckenberg. There will be many opportunities, incl. several professorships. Stay tuned, and follow this account!
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Very nice 100 km relay race st @unituebingen.bsky.social with a mixed team of geophysics, geology and climate sciences finishing in the top ten ! Nice to see so many teams including @ml4science.bsky.social
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Philipp Berens @philipp.hertie.ai · 28/06/2025
Stunning 18th place in finish! @ml4science.bsky.social
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Geophysics Tübingen @geophys-tuebingen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
New paper in Geophysical Research Letters led by Vjeran Višnjević mapping out ice shelf areas which are maintained by local precipitation only doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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Mapping the Composition of Antarctic Ice Shelves as a Metric for Their Susceptibility to Future Climate Change
We categorize Antarctic ice shelves into two parts: local meteoric ice and continental meteoric ice Buttressed ice shelves composed primarily of local meteoric ice are identified as being particu...
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Guy Moss @gmoss13.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Have I been to Antarctica? No. But my colleagues have, and we can learn a lot from the data they collected! Really happy to share that our work is now published!
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Falk Oraschewski @oraschewski.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Interdisciplinary collaborations can lead to really cool science. This study led by @gmoss13.bsky.social is a great example. Here, we show how simulation-based inference helps to infer more information from radar stratigraphy than possible before: Both, surface accumulation and basal melt rates.
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