Prof Michael Meredith ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฅผโ„๏ธ
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Prof Michael Meredith ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฅผโ„๏ธ
@oceanandice.bsky.social

Joint Director, UK National Climate Science Partnership
Professorial Fellow in Oceanography, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
Science Leader, British Antarctic Survey
Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Ocean & Cryosphere .. more

Environmental science 42%
Geology 28%
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New book!! ๐Ÿ“•

Antarctica is intimately connected to the rest of our planet, affecting climate, ecosystems, cultures and society. Our new book draws together international experts to explore this influence, and to understand what humans are doing to Antarctica (1/n)
www.routledge.com/Antarctica-a...

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Interesting!

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๐ŸŒŠโ„๏ธ When Antarctic glaciers collapse into the sea, they can trigger huge underwater tsunamis that mix the ocean, affecting ice loss, climate and ecosystems.

The project I lead on this is now in the field and featured on Sky News:
news.sky.com/story/underw...

#Antarctic #OceanMixing #ClimateScience
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Le prix #SciencesDeLaTerre et #Climatologie du concours photo #RSPPhotoComp 2025 a รฉtรฉ dรฉcernรฉ ร  Michael Meredith @oceanandice.bsky.social pour sa photo prise lors d'une expรฉdition hivernale dans la baie de Bรถrgen en Antarctique, montrant les projecteurs du navire qui รฉclairent le glacier William.

I like that the hydro one looks like circular ripples on a pond...!

A picture is worth 1000 words...

This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.

Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.

Chapeau!

Thanks! It is from one of the ship's searchlights.

Either would be fine with me!

Genius! ๐Ÿคฃ

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There were lots of seals in the water (whales too) - but I don't recall many hauled out. To be honest, much of the time there wasn't very much sea ice around, which was troubling to see in itself...

Thank you!

Thanks Jan!
Delighted that one of my Antarctic winter photos has won the 2025 Royal Society Photography Competition, Earth Science & Climatology category.

Captured during polar-night surveys of ocean conditions near Antarctic Peninsula glaciers.

royalsociety.org/journals/pub...

Heading home now, after an awesome week in Hobart! So much great Antarctic science happening here.

Also: lovely people. Shame theyโ€™re so darn good at cricket ๐Ÿ

Hello Hobart! Excited to be visiting, to give a talk at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, and a keynote at the @ACEAS annual meeting. Should be a great week (and the weather is amazing!)

@antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @utas.edu.au

... and the watch is a Submariner?

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๐Ÿคฃ Good point!

Some people steal paper clips from the stationary cupboardโ€ฆ others think biggerโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜‰

Two stories juxtaposed on the BBC website... sigh.

Anyone else spot the irony here?

Genius!

It still gets used sometimes, normally in the context of a FID being a person undertaking fieldwork South. Some phrases like "FID stare" have persisted also.
๐ŸŽ‰Congratulations ๐ŸŽ‰ to Prof Kate Hendry @krhendry.bsky.social who has been awarded The Geological Society's Bigsby Medal for eminent services to geology.

We already knew she was a top tier scientist, but now it's official!

Thanks @w8rbler.bsky.social - that's very helpful! Strange that two candidates did not reply....

Yes, I like that we can rank candidates not just vote for one - gives lots of scope to express our opinions clearly!