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Bethan Davies

@iceybethan.bsky.social
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Professor of Glaciology and glacial geology, Newcastle University, UK. Www.AntarcticGlaciers.org. Editor, Quaternary Science Reviews. IPCC WGI AR7 lead author. Chair, UK Arctic-Antarctic Partnership. She/hers 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 10h
I want to say it was a pleasure, but it was pretty sad to be discussing the massive scale mass loss from Swiss glaciers with DW News today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzt5... @matthias-huss.bsky.social
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Could Switzerland’s glaciers disappear? | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
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VAW Glaciology @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social · 16h
Switzerland's glacier report 2026 is out. Swiss glaciers have lost 5% of their ice volume this year. Only the last 5 years accounted for nearly 20% of the total ice loss across Switzerland. The numbers are devastating. Full report → doi.glamos.ch/pubs/annualr...
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 18h
🚨New article🚨 on AntarcticGlaciers: the last British-Irish Ice Sheet in Northeast Ireland. By Alex Clark. www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacial-geol...
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The Last British-Irish Ice Sheet in Northeast Ireland - AntarcticGlaciers.org
By Dr Alex Clark Why Ireland? Ice sheets provide valuable clues on how they behaved thousands of years in the past through the dramatic landscapes they create. And you may struggle to find a more elab...
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A final plea for teachers and educators: If you have used AntarcticGlaciers.org in your teaching, I would really love it if you could complete this survey. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2026/08/anta... @rgs-ibgschools.bsky.social @gasigict.bsky.social @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social
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AntarcticGlaciers.org feedback survey 2026 - AntarcticGlaciers.org
This short survey (~6 minutes) aims to capture information on who uses AntarcticGlaciers.org and why, and how to improve the offering from AntarcticGlaciers. I am interested in understanding how the w...
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨New post!🚨Exploring glacier extinction with the Global Glacier Extinction Explorer: www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and... When does your favourite glacier go extinct? This fab tool built by @landervt.bsky.social shows just how much every fraction of a degree matters.
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Future global glacier extinction - AntarcticGlaciers.org
Across the world, as the climate warms, mountain glaciers are disappearing. Not only are they rapidly losing mass, with recent assessments indicating that globally, glaciers lost 273 gigatonnes of ice...
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026
The world has made real progress in steering away from some of the darkest climate futures where global emissions doubled (or more) this century. But as David Wallace-Wells and I note in today's NYT, we are not out of the woods yet, and climate uncertainty is not our friend: www.nytimes.com/2026...
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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What are known causal factors behind rock-ice avalanche near Nepal–Tibet border? @wwattribution.bsky.social Vulnerable slope, potentially weakened by 2015 earthquake, definitely destabilised by climate change through glacier retreat & permafrost thaw. www.worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-warmin...
Height of the 0C isotherme in recent years around the rock-failure
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We can't adapt to a changing climate. The best way for a brighter, safer future is rapid and aggressive carbon cutting, now. We can't sequester, engineer or adapt our way out of the climate crisis.
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Nepal floods an ‘unprecedented’ climate disaster beyond scope of warning systems, scientists say" - our @wwattribution.bsky.social study written up in the Independent: www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-a... Full report here: www.worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-warmin...
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Nepal floods an ‘unprecedented’ climate disaster, scientists say
Scientists warn disaster of this kind could not have been predicted with tools currently available
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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rapid Warming in the Himalaya Exacerbates Geohazard Cascades Beyond Adaptation Limits www.worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-warmin...
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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social finds global warming fingerprints all over the deadly Nepal mountain and glacier collapse and subsequent flood and debris flow. insideclimatenews.org/news/1609202...
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The @wwattribution.bsky.social have published the first attribution study into the devastating floods in Nepal. We find that no early warning system could have prevented the tragedy, highlighting the limits of adaptation. www.worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-warmin...
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Rapid Warming in the Himalaya Exacerbates Geohazard Cascades Beyond Adaptation Limits – World Weather Attribution
Figure 1: Climate-sensitive processes potentially contributing to failure. Conceptual representation of the main mechanisms through which climate variability and climate change may have influenced the stability of the Rasuwa rock wall.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first scientific study of the disaster has found” www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in August
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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in August
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 15/09/2026
🌎 Join the USAA-IPCC for a webinar this Friday on how to become an expert reviewer for AR7 First Order Drafts. 🖥️ Dive into the reviewer registration process and practical advice on writing constructive comments. 🔗 Register today: spklr.io/63321ETZ4S
Graphic that reads: Webinar: How to Register as an IPCC Expert Reviewer for the AR7 First Order Drafts.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In case you’re interested…and if you're in the UK, you should be. Carbon Brief factcheck www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...
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Factcheck: Reform UK’s 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy - Carbon Brief
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a major force in UK politics in recent years – pushing…
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Huge kudos to @carbonbrief.org for this in-depth and thorough fact check on Reform's climate lies. www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...
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Factcheck: Reform UK’s 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy - Carbon Brief
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a major force in UK politics in recent years – pushing…
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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · 09/09/2026
NEW - We looked at what can, and can't, be said about climate change and the 2026 Himalayan floods Attribution is difficult, but rising temps, permafrost thaw and glacier melt may have all contributed to the disaster Feat. insights @iceybethan.bsky.social & Jakob Steiner shorturl.at/J66h
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Q&A: What can – and cannot – be said about global warming’s role in the 2026 Himalayan floods - Carbon Brief
On the morning of 26 August, flash floods surged through a Himalayan border region of Nepal and the Chinese region…
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 08/09/2026
NEW – Q&A: What can – and cannot – be said about global warming’s role in the 2026 Himalayan floods | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/XeMOzXR
An aerial view of Devighat Bazaar in Nuwakot, Nepal, following the floods of 26 August 2026. Credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy Stock Photo
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What can we say about the devastating floods in Nepal and climate change? New on @carbonbrief.org with comments from me and others: www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-can-...
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Q&A: What can – and cannot – be said about global warming’s role in the 2026 Himalayan floods - Carbon Brief
On the morning of 26 August, flash floods surged through a Himalayan border region of Nepal and the Chinese region…
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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The position call closes 16 October 2026: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... FirnMelt is funded by @erc.europa.eu #Greenland #glaciology #cryosphere #geophysics
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PhD position in radar glaciology and Greenland Ice Sheet firn hydrology
Would you like to investigate how Greenland's firn has changed over the past 25 years using airborne radar? About the position This PhD project will use airborn
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Tom Weiss looksUP @tom-weiss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
very good explainer on the #glacier-mountain-collapse in #nepal with @iceybethan.bsky.social: mechanics of #erosion, role of #ClimateChange and what is happening recently and during the2026 summer-heatwaves in european alps. highly recommended + 2more links 👇
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The Nepal Disaster: How Climate Change is Reshaping the World
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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
1.9 billion people live downstream of glaciers and rely on them. Me and @pennysarchet.bsky.social discuss ice melt with @iceybethan.bsky.social and @alecluhn.com youtu.be/0LK9budwbAw
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The Nepal Disaster: How Climate Change is Reshaping the World
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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A glacier collapsed in Nepal but this is not the time to talk about climate change | First Dog on the Moon
It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you want to raise your blood pressure this morning, read this. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves
Thousands of heat-related deaths in record-breaking temperatures appeared to only intensify hosts’ climate denials
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Michael Le Page @mjflepage.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Nepal disaster might have been caused by glacial debuttressing - the weakening of a slope as the glacier covering it retreated - says @iceybethan.bsky.social £ 🧪 What's clear is that we can expect more disasters as mountainous regions continue to warm fast www.newscientist.com/article/2587...
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Mountain warming means there will be more disasters like the Nepal flood | New Scientist
Mountainous regions across the planet are warming especially fast, melting the ice that glues rocky slopes and glaciers together
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Michael Le Page @mjflepage.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“If this is something that’s been caused by warming, then this is something that we did, and therefore I wouldn’t call it a natural disaster” @iceybethan.bsky.social told me
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Dominic Manchee @dpmanchee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Really useful story map of the 2026 Nepal Trishuli flood from the Centre for Land Surface Hazards (CLaSH). It is likely that this flood is the largest to hit the valley in 5000 years. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f2b2... @davepetley.bsky.social @iceybethan.bsky.social @watershedlab.bsky.social
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August 2026 Nepal Trishuli Flood
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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#IPCC’s 2019 Ocean & Cryosphere report states that in the context of mountain flood & landslide hazards, exposure, & vulnerability growing in the coming century, significant risk reduction & adaptation strategies will be required to avoid increased impacts. Read our reports here www.ipcc.ch
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I think I will be on BBC news in about 10 minutes
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Updated as the events have gradually become a little clearer through the day. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2026/08/augu... Worst disaster of the year? decade? 50 years? time will tell but the human cost is harrowing.
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August 2026 Nepal-Tibet floods - AntarcticGlaciers.org
On 26th August 2026, devastating floods hit Nepal and Tibet. At time of writing, 1400 people were missing, and 270 bodies had been recovered, but this toll is sadly expected to rise. The flooding hit ...
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Sara Goudarzi @saragoud.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“It is clear that we should expect to continue to experience such catastrophic events as these in coming years. Our climate is set to warm significantly in coming decades, which will only continue to contribute to further destabilisation of such high mountain environments.”
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🚨NEW from me: Whatever the exact trigger of the deadly Nepal flash flood, human-caused climate change is violently reshaping the Himalayas. With testimony from @drgilbz.bsky.social, and others.
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Nepal Flash Flood: Experts Say Climate Change Primed Disaster
A glacier collapse, not rain, triggered Nepal's deadly flash flood. Scientists explain what happened, and climate change's role behind it.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/08/2026
This is really worth your time if you want to understand from an expert the processes involved in yesterday's glacier collapse...
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My initial thoughts on the Langtang-Lirung glacier collapse and devastating floods in Tibet and Nepal. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2026/08/augu...
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August 2026 Nepal-Tibet floods - AntarcticGlaciers.org
On 26th August 2026, devastating floods hit Nepal and Tibet. At time of writing, 1400 people were missing, and 270 bodies had been recovered, but this toll is sadly expected to rise. The flooding hit ...
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I am speaking on LBC news in 2 minutes
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Soar Atlas @soaratlas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A MASSIVE chunk of glacier collapsed, visible on satellite imagery from Aug 26. You can compare it yourself with the slider: 👉 tinyurl.com/4h9x2v44 The section that broke away measures roughly 930 metres long, leaving a huge scar on the mountain. #Nepal #Flood #China
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The devastating events in Nepal & Tibet originated from a glacier collapsing on the N side of Langtang-Lirung mountain. @gunjan87.bsky.social recent paper on Langtang glaciers shows that they are rapidly warming, and that the rate of recession is accelerating. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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Tim Ballisty @irisheagle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Well this article was prescient.
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Folks, if you have a spare couple of minutes while you drink a coffee, I'd really appreciate it if you could complete this feedback survey for AntarcticGlaciers.org. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2026/08/anta...
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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you use Antarctic Glaciers.org, please help out Bethan
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A delight to show off this lovely new paper by @alexmclark.bsky.social on the glacial history of Northern Ireland! Just look at all those landforms! linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169555X26003314
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Andy Emery @andydoggerbank.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Fantastic resource for teaching about the cryosphere and climate change. If you use it, or even if you don't, please feed back!
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Folks, if you have a spare couple of minutes while you drink a coffee, I'd really appreciate it if you could complete this feedback survey for AntarcticGlaciers.org. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2026/08/anta...
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Back to the desk after some annual leave and already overwhelmed by my inbox. Email inbox definitely contributes to academic burnout!
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/08/2026
Sometimes society at large rejects certain ideas because they’ve been thoroughly shown to be wrong and also because they suck and the people who espouse them suck and when someone comes around arguing those ideas should be part of some edgy modern debate we can and should shun them and move on.
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Gavin Foster @thefosterlab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Said like a true oil industry stooge (with second home in Dubai): www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform’s Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat
Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @iceybethan.bsky.social on how the melting of mountain glaciers in Peru affects wetlands in two ranges of the Andes: landscape-based processes and hydrological connectivity; glaciers as buffers for hydrological cycles; seasonality; and models of wetland dynamics.
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Folks please help: Please complete this short (~6 minutes) feedback survey for AntarcticGlaciers. The data will be used in reports for funders, new funding apps, and to evidence impact, and is very important for keeping the site free and running smoothly! www.antarcticglaciers.org/2026/08/anta...
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AntarcticGlaciers.org feedback survey 2026 - AntarcticGlaciers.org
This short survey (~6 minutes) aims to capture information on who uses AntarcticGlaciers.org and why, and how to improve the offering from AntarcticGlaciers. I am interested in understanding how the w...
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