Reposted by Owen KingDTU Cryosphere group @dtucryo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you haven't already, check out @nataliahavelund.bsky.social new paper on monthly Greenland Ice Sheet surface elevation changes! 🛰️ 062
Reposted by Owen KingFelix Pfluger @felix-pfl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026#cryohazard #landslide #glacier #Rasuwa #Nepal. The sudden detachment of a glacier-covered rock slope turned into a horrific disaster. Release mechanisms are likely associated with polythermal glacier shift, permafrost loss, and hydrostatic pressure build-up. cf esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/... 253
Reposted by Owen KingZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 28/08/2026It is premature to attribute the Nepal disaster to climate change: we cannot yet say how much warming temperatures and melting glaciers contributed to this specific event. But risks of glacier collapse in a warming Himalaya are clearly growing. My latest at The Climate Brink:theclimatebrink.comWhat we can and cannot say about climate change and the Nepal disasterFormal attribution is premature, but the collapse happened on a rapidly warming mountain in a valley losing its ice 1715555
Reposted by Owen KingProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Mountain glaciers are losing mass increasingly fast world-wide over the past 75 years in response to #globalwarming. This and permafrost thawing can destabilize mountain sides and cause glacial collapse and flash floods. Graph: World Glacier Monitoring Service wgms.ch/global-glaci... 5260108
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Tonga's Sipi Tau coming up against the All Blacks Haka at St James's Park in 2015 remains the coolest sports thing I've witnessed first hand. Ma'a Nonu Vs the Haka would run it bloomin' close though... youtube.com/shorts/iCwj9...youtube.comMa’a Nonu Faces the All Blacks Haka 🔥YouTube video by All Blacks 000
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 06/08/2026In no way does it balance the scales of recent times, but the Central Andes are having an actual winter at last. Local pro skiers (Adrià Millan) are having a lot of fun with it. www.instagram.com/reel/DbqlXNy... 000
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Keo are going to release one hell of an album on 25th September. This is very, very good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQUI...youtube.comKeo - Pistol (Official Lyric Video)YouTube video by Keo 100
Reposted by Owen KingUCU Newcastle University @newcastleucu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Many more people in universities will lose their jobs if nothing changes in the way HE is (under) funded. Even more prospective students will not be able to go to university, especially here in the Norheast. @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social @markfergusonmp.bsky.social @chionwurah.bsky.social 11617
Reposted by Owen KingBethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026It is a delight to launch our Greenland Connection resources! These tell the hidden stories and histories of the UK-led exploration of Greenland. www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and...antarcticglaciers.orgThe Greenland Connection: decolonising UK-Greenland exploration - AntarcticGlaciers.orgThe Greenland Connection is a project funded by the NERC Arctic Office, which aims to illustrate the diversity of people involved in UK-led explorations to Greenland. The Greenland Connection comprise... 184
Reposted by Owen KingConnie Harpur @connieharpur.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Very happy to share the first paper of my PhD, out now in @commsearth.nature.com! Looking across the Greenland Ice Sheet, we found that glaciers flowing into lakes are up to 3.3 times faster than glaciers terminating on land 🧊 www.nature.com/articles/s43...nature.comIce-marginal proglacial lakes enhance outlet glacier velocities across Greenland - Communications Earth & EnvironmentLake-terminating glaciers across Greenland flow more rapidly at their termini, with 44% showing down-ice accelerations, and with greater accelerations associated with larger lakes, according to analys... 293
Reposted by Owen KingHarold Lovell @hazlovell.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I'll be talking about glacier surges online tomorrow (25th March) at 8pm (London time) as part of the @igsoc.bsky.social Global Seminar Series. Please do come along! www.igsoc.org/event/igs-gl...igsoc.orgIGS Global Seminar: Harold Lovell | March 25Topic: Glacier surges and surge hazards in a changing climate Speaker: Harold Lovell Institution: University of Portsmouth Zoom link to join. 076
Reposted by Owen KingBen Dolphin 🏴❄️⛰🌲 @countrysideben.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Today's coffee stop, on The Stuic, looking to Lochnagar. It's bonkers how much snow is bulging in the distance, above the coire. Difficult to gauge scale but that drooping tongue of snow is still more than 1.5km away! There were two walkers passing above it but you can't see them, they're so small. 1403
Reposted by Owen KingHarold Lovell @hazlovell.bsky.social · 12/02/2026A new global synthesis of glacier surging is out now in @natrevearthenviron.nature.com rdcu.be/e3BIH We explore: - the diversity in surge behaviour - mechanisms responsible for surging - controls on surge-type glacier distribution - surge hazards - climate change impacts on surgingrdcu.beGlacier surging and surge-related hazards in a changing climateNature Reviews Earth & Environment - Glacier surges are rapid ice flow acceleration and mass transport events, which can threaten nearby communities, infrastructure and habitats. This Review... 121
Reposted by Owen KingHester Jiskoot @glasheologist.bsky.social · 12/02/2026***Our review paper on glacier surging is out!*** Lovell H, Benn DI, Jiskoot H and 12 others (2026) “Glacier surging and surge-related hazards in a changing climate.” Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 7(2). doi.org/10.1038/s430... @hazlovell.bsky.social #cryosphere #glaciology #science #glaciersdoi.orgGlacier surging and surge-related hazards in a changing climate - Nature Reviews Earth & EnvironmentGlacier surges are rapid ice flow acceleration and mass transport events, which can threaten nearby communities, infrastructure and habitats. This Review discusses the global distribution, behaviour a... 22312
Reposted by Owen KingWilliam Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Our new study documents glacier loss in the Himalaya accelerating since 2003. Annual ice losses are consistent with those projected under the high emissions scenario. This is impactful, but not joyful, science led by Javed Hassan (DTU). ⤵️ Open-access article: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113... 063
Reposted by Owen KingJeremy Ely @jeremyely.bsky.social · 04/02/2026onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @iceybethan.bsky.social @owenking.bsky.social @climatom.bsky.socialonlinelibrary.wiley.comPalaeoglacier reconstruction and dynamics of Cordillera Vilcanota in the tropical high Peruvian AndesWe provide a geomorphological analysis of Cordillera Vilcanota and use morphostratigraphic principles to reconstruct palaeo icefield extent and palaeoglacier readvances, likely during the Antarctic ... 073
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 18/12/2025When we first came across Suyuparina Glacier in the field a couple of years ago its potholed surface and irregular margin caught our eye. Some of it's neighbours looked similarly chewed, some didn't. We've had a closer look at what's going on in this new paper: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 0145
Reposted by Owen KingJames Kirkham @jdkirkham.bsky.social · 18/12/2025As scientists 🧪 who regularly attend UN #climate summits, we've noticed efforts to downplay, confuse and dilute the latest scientific findings, especially from the cryosphere ❄️. This is alarming. More details in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/earths-froze... @geogdurham.bsky.socialtheconversation.comEarth’s frozen regions are sending a clear warning about climate change – but politicians are ignoring itThe warning lights from the cryosphere have been flashing red for several years and governments and policymakers ignore this at their peril. 02212
Reposted by Owen KingInternational Cryosphere Climate Initiative @iccinet.org · 13/11/2025⬇️ LAUNCHED TODAY ⬇️ State of the Cryosphere Report 2025 Over 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn that current climate commitments, leading the world to well over 2°C, spell disaster for billions from global ice loss – but that damage can still be prevented. Read here: iccinet.org/statecryo25/ 0118
Reposted by Owen KingNewcastle University Geography @ncl-geography.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Fantastic to see our colleagues Professor Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social and Dr Owen King contributing to UNESCO & WMO’s new volume Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes! www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...ncl.ac.ukNewcastle scientists contribute to UNESCO glacier loss reportScientists from Newcastle University have contributed to a major new international report highlighting accelerating decline of glaciers and ice sheets and the consequences for people and the planet. 063
Reposted by Owen KingNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 28/10/2025Just as an aside: tell EVERYONE you know about this. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study findsReduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand 9482267
Reposted by Owen KingCeleste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I'm delighted to inform you that teens are still playing The Game. Also, since it's likely been a while, you just lost The Game. 4341
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Some amazing information about Andrzej Bargiels O2less ski descent of Everest here. Also talks of big changes in his 13 years on the mountain and increasing risk in a warmer world. Yikes. explorersweb.com/andrzej-barg...explorersweb.comAndrzej Bargiel Describes How He Skied Down Everest » ExplorerswebUntil now, we knew very little about the strategy the Polish skier used to ski down Everest without bottled oxygen. Here's his detailed account. 010
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Fab week in Innsbruck featuring some light International Mountain Conferencing and a bit more ice creaming and exploring. 020
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 11/09/2025My tallest sunflower got too big for its very tiny boots. 6ft 4 me for scale. 040
Reposted by Owen KingMatthias Huss @matthias-huss.bsky.social · 04/07/2025The #Glacier Loss Day is reached in Switzerland! From now on all melt that occurs on glaciers until October is unsustainable. This tipping point has only been reached so early in the record-shattering year 2022. Expect big ice loss due to the prolonged melt season and feedback effects 24826
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 03/07/2025A very pretty satellite image taken over the South Patagonian Icefield in 1973. Apparently I am not allowed to set this as my desktop background for university IT reasons, so here you go Bluesky. 040
Reposted by Owen KingBenjamin J. Wallis @benjaminjwallis.bsky.social · 17/06/2025So NERC have quietly announced this afternoon that they're delaying/cancelling/suspending, whatever 'not launched at this time' means, their 2025 Independent Research Fellowship round. After announcing it 34 days ago. Flip-flopping like this is really detrimental to early career researchers. 2169
Reposted by Owen KingHarold Lovell @hazlovell.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Inspired by many, many viewings with my kids, I wrote something for @uk.theconversation.com that imagines how the Arendelle glacier in Disney's Frozen might look after 200 years of climate change: theconversation.com/frozen-thawe...theconversation.comFrozen, thawed: how Arendelle’s glacier would fare under modern climate changeA glaciologist investigates a Disney classic. 086
Reposted by Owen KingBethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Please sign this petition to argue against compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University. chng.it/GxZdqW8xKvchng.itSign the PetitionEnd unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University 069
Reposted by Owen KingEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 30/05/2025Is it hot right now in the UK? New interactive website allowing anyone to explore live temperatures hour-by-hour across the UK, and whether they are cool, warm or hot relative to normal. istheukhotrightnow.com Built by @roostweather.bsky.social. 1224095
Reposted by Owen KingBilly Armstrong @app-glaciers.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Excited that Noah Caldwell's work is officially out in @igsoc.bsky.social Journal of Glaciology! Noah used satellite remote sensing to estimate how much ice is being lost to iceberg calving and subaqueous melt on 55 Alaska lake-terminating glaciers. Read more: doi.org/10.1017/jog.... 5123
Reposted by Owen KingBilly Armstrong @app-glaciers.bsky.social · 23/05/2025We estimate the average Alaska lake-terminating glacier has 9 km of lake expansion potential and will remain in contact with its proglacial lake for the next 74 years. This makes process understanding of glacier-lake interactions important for projecting glacier response to #climatechange 011
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Elevation change maps to compare with Mauri's snowcover obs. Thinning throughout the elevation range of the ice cap now, although it has been an unhappy ice cap for a while. Moraines flanking the recently formed ice marginal lakes certainly not stable on the eastern side of the ice cap either. ❄️🧪 110
Reposted by Owen KingMauri Pelto @mauri-pelto.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Quelcaya Ice Cap, Peru snowline in 2024 was 5600 m, leaving less than 25% snowcovered. The retreat since 2013 of several marginal lakes is evident in the Landsat comparison. The limited snowcover persisted from Augutst-October 2024 Sentinel images #glaciology. 0131
Reposted by Owen KingBethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025To celebrate this first ever World Day of the Glacier, and to highlight the role of climate change in shrinking the glaciers of the Andes, we are delighted to produce a first Deplete and Retreat Policy Brief on the future of the Andean water towers. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/03/poli...antarcticglaciers.orgPolicy brief: The future of the Andes Water Towers - AntarcticGlaciers.orgThe Deplete and Retreat team are delighted to be attending the first ever celebration for International Day of the Glacier in Paris, at the UNESCO HQ, in March 2025. We will be hosting a side event, e... 2169
Reposted by Owen KingJeremy Ely @jeremyely.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I'm at UNESCO tomorrow. On a panel for about glacier preservation. Isn't that how everyone celebrates their birthday? You can witness the rare event of me wearing a suit by registering here: unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...unesco-org.zoom.usVideo Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen SharingZoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ... 2102
Reposted by Owen KingSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 12/03/2025📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872 🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London 🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn 🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power 📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84% www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/9 431710602
Reposted by Owen KingZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 23/02/2025My graphic showing cumulative change in the mass of reference glaciers around the world has now been updated with 2024's data. We are losing ice. Graphic available at: zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... More info: wgms.ch/global-glaci... 1019174
Reposted by Owen KingDr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Another chapter in the enshittification of US Govt websites: USGS Earth Explorer no longer has a satellite data basemap (which for a geospatial search tool is kinda useful) and also outside of the US, you can't even zoom very far. How is this saving money or making things more efficient? 🧪⚒️ 1110235
Reposted by Owen KingWilliam Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025The Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise is out! Herculean effort bringing together >200 estimates of glacier loss outside the ice sheets. Bottom line is 273 gigatonnes per year of ice loss since the year 2000! 😲 Open-access article: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🥼❄️ @natureportfolio.nature.com 58049
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Recharging before another relentless week of doing exactly this. 000
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 21/01/2025As it is strictly forbidden to make a presentation about glaciers without including any nice pictures of glaciers, here's a nice picture of Upsala Glacier from April 1973 which will be included in the presentation I'm making about glaciers. It's retreated 11.5 km since then. 000
Owen King @owenking.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I did not have skiing 10 miles from Edinburgh city centre on my bingo card for the year! A grand day out with @lawrenceeagle.bsky.social in the Pentland Hills. 140
