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Dorothea E. Baur

@heartmeltingice.bsky.social
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Fascinated by the fragile beauty of the polar regions. Studying melt features in firn & ice records. Scientist @ BAS.

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Dorothea E. Baur @heartmeltingice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can't wait for our Antarctic fieldwork to start in just a few weeks. See you in Punta Arenas soon! 🙌🇦🇶
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Dorothea E. Baur @heartmeltingice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📣 New paper published! @egu-cr.bsky.social ❄️ Our tracer experiments in #Svalbard show what constrains meltwater flow & how isotope signal alteration stays confined to #melt features. It's also my first paper as Dorothea Baur (formerly Moser). New #married name, same #snow & #ice nerd. 💙 @bas.ac.uk
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In-situ tracer percolation experiments to quantify the influence of near-surface melting on Svalbard snow signatures
Abstract. The Arctic is at the forefront of global warming. More frequent and intense rain-on-snow events during winter are altering the annual snowpack with its environmental proxy records, so that S...
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Dorothea E. Baur @heartmeltingice.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
What a way to start a #postdoc! I spent Aug-Sep as part of the #BeyondEPICA campaign @bas.ac.uk, handling unique a #icecore that likely holds >1.2 million yrs of climate history. 😲 This European collaboration is breaking many records, with an incredible amount of data waiting to tell its story... ✨
Group picture of European ice-core scientists conducting the Beyond EPICA Oldest Ice CFA (Continuous Flow Analysis) campaign at the British Antarctic Survey in 2025. The team is smiling and holding a big custom-made Toblerone to celebrate the successful campaign.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 18/11/2025
It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)
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Dorothea E. Baur @heartmeltingice.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
What hibernates in spring-summer & resurfaces in autumn? A happy ice-core #PhD student, who successfully defended in May & enjoyed a proper break before starting a postdoc @bas.ac.uk. 🎓 That’s #me — now back on track for a new season of #science, with more on my early #postdoc adventures to come.
A collage of images showing (1) a smiling woman holding her PhD thesis next to the British Antarctic Survey sign, (2) a coffee cup and a notebook, (3) a summery view of coastal cliffs.
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EGU Cryospheric Science Division @egu-cr.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Today's #cryoblog is another episode of our #cryocaps miniseries, where @mack-baysinger.bsky.social chats with researchers about their PhD hats. In episode 4 Mack meets @heartmeltingice.bsky.social who tells us all about ice core melt. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr...
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Cryosphere Caps: PhD hats and the researchers that wear them – Episode 4
This miniseries features the tradition of ‘PhD hat’ making in German research institutes and universities. For those of you unfamiliar with this idea (as I once was), this is one of the final mileston...
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Dorothea E. Baur @heartmeltingice.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🎉 Proud to be part of this pioneering research, which has just been published in @agu.org JGR Atmospheres! The team, led by Dieter Tetzner at @bas.ac.uk, ventured to one of the world's most remote ice fields to extract the first #firn core from Chile's Cordillera Darwin. ❄️ 1/2
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The First Firn Core From the Cordillera Darwin Icefield: Implications for Future Ice Core Research
Surface air temperature estimations suggest the Cordillera Darwin Icefield (CDI) has been progressively exposed to surface melt conditions Firn core layers present minor post-depositional disrupt...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 31/05/2025
“Fixing climate change is too expensive.” Um no. What’s really expensive is doing nothing. Climate disasters cost billions—and those costs are rising fast. Climate solutions save money and lives, as well as building a better world for us all 🌏💚
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Matthias Huss @matthias-huss.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Yesterday's devastating #glacier collapse erasing the Swiss village of Blatten still leaves me speechless... The high mountain areas are adapting to ever increasing temperatures. It's time to wake up! When, if not now? This is not far away but right here... pic: Pomona/A. Amherd
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Dorothea E. Baur @heartmeltingice.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
It’s not always easy to work with #icecores affected by #melt, but they still have important climate stories to tell. 💧❄️ I’m grateful I got to share about our work in the #Arctic - and I hope it encourages others that all is not lost. @carbonbrief.org
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 19/05/2025
NEW – Svalbard: How it feels to be a climate scientist in the fastest-warming place on Earth ✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org‬ w/ comment from @heartmeltingice.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk 🎨 Kerry Cleaver @jjgoodman.bsky.social‬ Read here: buff.ly/Wf6pDwP
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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 14/04/2025
"In daily life I meet people who ask me if the Arctic is actually changing," says Iain Rudkin, Arctic Operations Manager for the British Antarctic Survey. "I wish they could see how much it's lost so quickly." www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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Treading gently: The scientists who leave little trace at the world's northernmost lab
Scientists in the high Arctic are lifting their labs into the air to avoid damage from melting permafrost.
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
It's International Year of Glacier Preservation and the inaugural World Glacier Day. But why should we preserve these glaciers? from.ncl.ac.uk/why-should-w....
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Why should we preserve glaciers?
Newcastle University experts explain why glaciers are vital and how we can help preserve them, marking World Water Day and the first World Day for Glaciers.
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Dr Heïdi Sevestre @drheidisevestre.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Rain in the northernmost city on Earth. This month temperatures have been almost always above normal. The Arctic is becoming totally unrecognisable. And in the meantime #BP and #Equinor are doubling down on fossil fuels. Profits over people. Profits over a liveable Earth.
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Dorothea E. Baur @heartmeltingice.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Sometimes, the world feels crazy and overwhelming. That’s when finding grounding spaces matters most. Grabbing a delicious coffee at Pages Coffee House today — a small reminder that calm, kindness, and quiet goodness still exist if we pause and notice. #MindfulMoments #Cambridge
Snowdrops peaking through the winter ground, which is overed in brown autumn leaves.Warmly lit counter of Pages Coffee House in Cambridge, UK, with various cakes and croissants on display, two tote bags hanging on the front, and the barista preparing coffee behind it.A delicately prepared decaf Latte in a white mug placed on a wooden table, with a sugary cinnamon swirl next to it.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
More good news from January 2025.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Climate scientists, it’s your turn. If you rely on data from NOAA, time to start backing it up. Probably not a bad idea for people to do this with NASA, USGS, EPA, etc. Our group is doing our best but there’s a lot of data out there to save from King Control-X here.
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Inspiring Girls* Expeditions @inspiringgirls.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Multi-day, tuition-FREE expeditions for high school girls* blending science, art, and backcountry travel 🏔️ inspiringgirls.org/apply 📅 Deadlines: Girls* on Ice Canada - 2/7 Girls* on Rock & Girls* in Icy Fjords - 2/9 Girls* on Ice Switzerland & Girls* on Ice Austria - 2/14 Girls* on Ice Alaska - 3/2
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APPLY — Inspiring Girls Expeditions
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Dr Joanne Johnson @geologicaljo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
An important paper! Both good and bad news here....I've copied their thread below. #climate #Antarctica @bas.ac.uk 1/4
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Every year, the World Economic Forum at Davos reports on the consensus of risks facing the world. In the short-term, it's DISINFORMATION. Long-term, it's CLIMATE CHANGE. And, guess what, they're linked!
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Dorothea E. Baur @heartmeltingice.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
What a whirlwind of exciting #EarthSciences #AGU24 has been! 🤓🤩 I am still buzzing from all the inspiring talks & conversations. Thanks a lot to the conveners of the #firn surface processes session for inviting me & a big shout out to my #PhD office crew at @bas.ac.uk. You are simply the best! ❤️
Dorothea Moser gives an oral talk as part of a session on firn surface processes at AGU 2024. The photo shows her presenting (left), the panel of three moderators, including Chloe Whicker Park, Jonathan Ryan, and Max Stevens on a podium in the middle, and the cover slide of her talk on the right. The latter shows a snow-covered Arctic landscape.The team of early career researchers from the British Antarctic Survey, including Dorothea Moser, Zelna Weich, Andrew Clelland, Bryony Freer, and Evelyn Workman (from left to right), stands smiling in front of a big Christmas tree, celebrating the successful conclusion of the AGU conference week, December 2024.
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Cambridge Earth Sciences @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The 7 Jan deadline for #PhD applications is fast approaching! Make sure to check our guidance on applying and reach out to prospective supervisors. We’re here to help you with your application! www.esc.cam.ac.uk/news/new-ner...
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Dorothea E. Baur @heartmeltingice.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
👋 This goes out to all the @agucryo.bsky.social folks at #AGU24 & interested in how #melt affects #firn and #icecores. ❄️🧊💧 I'll present key results of my #PhD research at @bas.ac.uk & @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social tomorrow morning, Tuesday 10th at 9:00 am, in Room 101. Just search for C21B-03. 👇
Cover slide of a presentation showing a serene snow-covered landscape in shades of blue and purple lighting. The title of the presentation by Dorothea Moser is: Insights into melt-affected firn Cores through 3D X-ray scans, in-situ experiments, and laser-ablation ICP-MS. It will be on Tuesday 10th December at 9 am EST in Room 101. Presentation ID: C21B-03.
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Dorothea E. Baur @heartmeltingice.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Ready for some fascinating science, including cool #Antarctic stuff from @bas.ac.uk? Then let's get #AGU24 started. 🙌
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Bryony Freer @bryonyfreer.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Excited to be in Washington DC for my first ever #AGU24! It’s been wonderful to catch up with some of my old @bas.ac.uk office mates today exploring the city @andyclelland.bsky.social @heartmeltingice.bsky.social Looking forward to a great week of science ahead 🌎
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