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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology

@lizbagshaw.bsky.social
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Glaciologist at University of Bristol, loves ice, meltwater, dirt, microbes and inventing new ways to measure them

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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
After years of testing and perfecting, team #Cryoegg did some super cool science! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... In this paper, @ryan-ing.bsky.social shows that subglacial drainage systems in west Greenland periodically fragment and reconnect, even during peak melt
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Connectivity Between Primary and Secondary Subglacial Drainage Subsystems Beneath a Land‐Terminating Outlet Glacier of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Hydraulic connectivity between primary and secondary subglacial drainage subsystems switches hourly over spatial scales of hundreds of meters Large primary subglacial drainage axes, fed by upstre...
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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Hey Folks! 👋 Please share that our Department of Glaciology & Climate is hiring a new technician (full time/permanent) to support our ice-sheet monitoring projects. Application deadline 3 June 2026 ⤵️ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Vil du arbejde med klimastationer på Grønlands Indlandsis?
Afdelingen for Glaciologi og Klima ved GEUS søger en ingeniør/AC-TAP/tekniker til glaciologiske undersøgelser. Ansættelsesstart er 1. septem
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Dr. Kristina Hill ☠️ 🏳️‍🌈 thinks this is a bad timeline @kzhill.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Not a great time to lose info about how the Greenland Ice Sheet is changing.
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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Effects of Meltwater on the Arctic Coastal Microbial Food Web: An Experiment With Isotopic Labeling From Young Sound, NE Greenland
We test how sediment-rich river-runoff carrying glacial meltwater affects the microbial food-web in a Greenlandic fjord Meltwater enriches the marine environment with silicon, and low amounts of ...
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Pretty snazzy radargrams in this paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Entrained debris records regrowth of the Greenland Ice Sheet after the last interglacial - Nature Geoscience
Englacial structures in the Greenland Ice Sheet contain debris lifted hundreds of metres into the ice column, likely forming as the expanding ice sheet overrode its frozen margin following the last in...
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Curiosity: 4844th day of the mission Image captured 6 hours ago. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS #Mars 🧪🔭
An heavily worn out wheel of the Mars rover Curiosity.
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Bob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
New paper! Led by Jemma Wadham on “An #Ice Sheet-to-Ocean Analysis of #Carbon Stores and Fluxes in Earth's Polar Regions (#RECCAP2, Polar Ice Sheets)” ❄️🧪🥼 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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An Ice Sheet‐to‐Ocean Analysis of Carbon Stores and Fluxes in Earth's Polar Regions (RECCAP2, Polar Ice Sheets)
Polar ice sheets, land fringes and oceans host vast carbon reserves (>10,000 billion tonnes, Gt) but with high uncertainty Polar ice sheets and their surrounding oceans are likely net sinks for C...
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... @seismatters.bsky.social's greatest gift to the research community??
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So long, and thanks for all the Researchfish - LSE Impact
Rob Johnson reflects on the demise of a platform that united the UK research community in one thing: complaining about it.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 26/01/2026
Very exciting to share that @climatecentral.org is hiring a Climate Data Scientist to join a new climate services effort focused on advancing predictions of risks and hazards on seasonal-to-decadal timescales. The application closes on February 9, 2026 at 5pm ET, & the description can be found here:
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Climate Data Scientist | Climate Central
Climate Central is seeking a highly-skilled Climate Data Scientist to join our team. Reporting to the Vice President for Science, the scientist will be part of a new initiative in climate services to ...
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We're looking for a postdoctoral research associate to measure Greenland meltwater using Cryoeggs and seismometers. Join our dream team, apply here by 9 Feb: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... Job ID ACAD108442 #glaciologyjobs
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Anneke Vries @annekevries.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Key findings: 🔥 Summer: Most heat flows toward glaciers, concentrated in the upper 150 m thanks to subglacial discharge. 🌀 Winter: Circulation is surprisingly strong but more 3D than in summer. ➡️ Two distinct winter inflow events: one cold & deep, one relatively warm!
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Simon Cook 🏔❄🌊 @glaciocook.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🏔️NEW in @natcomms.nature.com: “High frequency of moraine-dammed lake outburst floods driven by global warming” www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤔There’s been lots of uncertainty about whether the number of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) has increased, decreased or flatlined in recent decades
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James Lea @jamesmlea.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🚨POSTDOC JOB ALERT🚨 We have an exciting opportunity for a 2 year postdoc on remote sensing of icebergs and marine terminating glaciers. See the link below for more info! Please spread widely, and feel free to email me with any Q's :) tinyurl.com/2jjcmea9
Photo of a marine terminating glacier in Greenland with icebergs in front of it
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Rolf Hut @rolfhut.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I love that on the day of the #AGU25 #MacGyver session in Hydrology (today! come to the poster hall!) this work by @drmikepj.bsky.social was published that he presented in a previous MacGyver session gi.copernicus.org/articles/14/... Why night consumption of solar regulators matter for fieldwork!
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Solar regulators for polar instrumentation: why night consumption matters
Abstract. Autonomous instruments, powered using solar panels and batteries, are a vital tool for long-term scientific observation of the polar regions. However, winter conditions, with low temperature...
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Celebrating the end of project #SLIDE the best way we know: getting really wet feet and looking at really long time series.
Scientists hold up a 3m long graphHappy scientists toast the end of the project with sparkling wineHappy scientists in waterproofs gather round a trig point on top of a wet mountain
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Nothing more pleasing than unearthing some ancient chunks of basal ice from the archive for a student experiment. Robyn's rig looks so sciencey!
Chunks of ice melting into funnels in a lab
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
New paper! Dr VB and a crack team of citizen scientists across the #riverwye compared performance of methods to measure phosphate and nitrate: links.email.frontiersin.org/ls/click?upn... TL;DR: Hanna Checkers perform pretty well
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
What a metaphor www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Cop30 climate summit in Brazil disrupted after fire breaks out in venue
Event thrown into confusion and 13 treated for smoke inhalation after conference centre evacuated
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I've got a sensor measuring a titchy stream near Monmouth to support one of our citizen science groups. It's usually 20-30 cm deep, but went up to >2m in just a few hours during Storm Claudia! Thinking of everyone affected.
Graph showing dramatic increase in water level on 16-17 November
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
PhD project alert: monitoring ice dammed lakes in Iceland, observations, modelling and a dream team of supervisors. Apply now! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Glacier terminating in a lake, similar to the one to be measured by this project
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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
As the United Nations marks the 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and the opening of COP30 in Brazil, I'm happy to have been able to contribute a chapter to a new UK National Commission for UNESCO report on "Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes". (1/2)
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Team SLIDE also features in this report. TL;DR: glaciers are changing fast, but they're not gone yet, and UK scientists are helping find out about it
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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Finally out! The outcome of a virtual workshop in Feb 2024 with modelers and observationalists to put together data and protocols to include historical changes in ice sheet/ice shelf discharge in CMIP models. Hopefully not too late for some CMIP7 runs! gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
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Datasets and protocols for including anomalous freshwater from melting ice sheets in climate simulations
Abstract. Anomalous freshwater fluxes from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves are impacting the surrounding oceans, and we need to be able to account for these effects in climate m...
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Such sad news, there's a tribute page linked below
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Delighted to be advertising an exciting PhD opportunity on South Georgia's glaciers through @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. Please get in touch if you want to discuss and forward to any interested parties! iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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The glaciers of South Georgia from the 1950s to 2100 CE
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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Hey ice-sheet modellers! 👋 It’s time to register for the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP) protocol workshop being hosting here in Copenhagen (at GEUS) 23-25 March 2026. Register: www.tilmeld.dk/ismip7worksh... Learn more at how ISMIP supports the IPCC process: www.ismip.org
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Fred Worrall @fredworrall.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Hanna's (Zihan Yang) first paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... paired data on 317 sewage works and 232 control reaches for 22 years to find out what impact of sewage has. What was getting worse or what was getting better with time and why? @durhamearthsci.bsky.social @jlaknapp.bsky.social
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The Impact of Sewage Treatment Plant Discharges on the Water Quality of Receiving Rivers
With increasing human populations, the need for sustainable management of wastewater becomes an ever-increasing issue, yet studies that consider the impact of the final effluent on the receiving rive....
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Oh reviewer #2, peeing on my bonfire again
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Sanne Moedt @sannemdt.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Happy to share our new paper in L&O about autotrophic biofilms in subarctic lakes and streams 🦠 🏔️ @aslo.org aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Environmental controls of autotrophic biofilm biomass and community composition in subarctic lakes and streams in Greenland
Photosynthetic biofilms are key components of Arctic freshwater ecosystems, supporting primary production and forming the base of aquatic food webs. While several environmental factors regulating bio...
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Hi #freshwater scientists! The Aquatic Ecosystems Group at UKCEH are advertising for a senior freshwater ecologist...could this be you? ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco #job #science #ecology 💦🦦🦠🐟🚣‍♂️🚣‍♀️🧪
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Senior Freshwater Ecologist
Salary - £48,414 - £51,377 Hybrid working (50/50) Permanent We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early. We are seeking a highly ...
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
No Web of Science, I do not wish to add these quick keywords to my search about a glacier
Screenshot of article search, suggesting to add 'problem of evil' and 'theodicy' quick keywords
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... Thought provoking article to share with your families and friends when they ask what you do, featuring the ever excellent @arwynedwards.bsky.social
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Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems
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Alex Robel @iceclimate.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Cool new paper using DAS to observe fracture, calving and mixing in a Greenland fjord www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Calving-driven fjord dynamics resolved by seafloor fibre sensing - Nature
Iceberg calving can act as a submarine melt amplifier through excitation of transient internal waves.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Really disappointing new policy from NERC banning resubmissions of grant applications Many of us, including me, have won grants on resubmission, using the reviews to improve the application This is is neither fair nor productive www.ukri.org/councils/ner...
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NERC policy on resubmissions
This policy only applies to research grant applications.
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Today is the Cryoegg's first operational birthday 🎂 It's been chirping away under the Greenland ice sheet every day since @matt-peacey.bsky.social chucked it down a moulin. Stand by for papers....
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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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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 11/07/2025
Are you a scientist with an interest in #ClimateChange and Antarctica? This September, join a team of leading oceanographers & climate scientists from @bas.ac.uk for a scientific meeting at the Royal Society: royalsociety.org/science-even... @oceanandice.bsky.social @krhendry.bsky.social
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Matthias Huss @matthias-huss.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
This is the collapsing terminus of Rhone #glacier yesterday - retreating out of its proglacial lake. Impressive changes going on during the heat wave! We measured almost 3 meters of ice melting over the last 4 weeks... This is 10 cm of ice layer removed every single day!!
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Two of my favourite things at once: ice + electronic music = excited!
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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 25/06/2025
Probably fair to say this is the start of the overhaul, not the end, some exciting new datasets in the pipeline too. And while you're over there, check out the high melt event currently going on in #Greenland..
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Lovely to welcome @matt-peacey.bsky.social back to Bristol Glaciology today to update us on his latest adventures
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Gorgeous Greenland
Lake in the late evening sun surrounded by hills
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Congratulations to the newest Dr of measuring water in cool ways: Dr Elle Von Benzon! Forgot to take a traditional cheesy viva photo, so here she is in her natural habitat. Very proud.
Elle by the side of a Welsh river with a box of equipment
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Gold star to @anglingtrust.bsky.social citizen scientists for their hard work and persistence: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Citizen testing reveals phosphate ‘crisis’ in English and Welsh rivers
Anglers say more than a third of freshwater sites breach phosphate levels for good ecological status
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Lilian Schuster @lilianschuster.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🏔️🌍🌎🌏 New study warns: Even if we only temporarily exceed 1.5 °C, mountain glaciers face irreversible losses lasting centuries. Such an overshoot reduces glacier runoff, specifically in regions where some glaciers regrow. Further interested? Check out our new publication: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Irreversible glacier change and trough water for centuries after overshooting 1.5 °C - Nature Climate Change
How mountain glaciers will react to temporarily overshooting 1.5 °C of warming is poorly understood. Here the authors show irreversible global glacier loss for centuries after overshoot, implying long...
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
A really nice video from my colleagues in the Aquatic Ecosystems Group at UKCEH. Take a look to learn about a citizen science App to enable reporting and analysis of algal blooms in the UK and beyond: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kfK... #UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social #algae #WaterQuality 🧪🌊
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Bloomin' Algae: a citizen science app to share information on algal blooms
YouTube video by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Bob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
New Job! Please repost! We have a NERC funded PDRA position here @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social, 2 yrs, on modelling cryosphere change and hydrochemistry #models, #carbon, #permafrost, #deglaciation Come join our friendly team! Apply by 11/06, any Qs get in touch! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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VAW Glaciology @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
1/2 What happens when Antarctica’s hidden rivers meet the ocean? 🌊 Subglacial water beneath the ice can melt, reshape & destabilize ice shelves. A new @natgeosci.nature.com study by #VAW’s Huw Horgan & team shows how these flows influence West Antarctica. ❄️🧊 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Cyano hunting in the sunshine!
Two scientists on a boat on a sunny day, with sampling paraphernalia around them
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Liz Bagshaw Glaciology @lizbagshaw.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Fieldwork classique
Atmospheric picture of Mt Collon and the clouds
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