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Tina van de Flierdt

@vandeflierdt.bsky.social

140 followers 110 following 8 posts

passionate about the ocean, Antarctic ice sheets and climate; now, in the past and into the future; expressing my own views (she/her)

Environmental science 37%

Geology 24%

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Tina van de Flierdt @vandeflierdt.bsky.social · Nov 22

The discovery for our lifetime is just around the corner 🤩. The @swais2c.bsky.social team is heading to Antarctica to learn how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will respond to warming. Here’s a recap of the 2023/24 season and a taste of what’s ahead.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBT6...

Season highlights from the SWAIS2C Antarctic deep field drilling camp

YouTube video by SWAIS2C

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Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Stefan Rahmstorf, Peter Thorne , and 3 more Brigitte Nerlich, Stefan Rahmstorf, Peter Thorne, Tina van de Flierdt, Wim Thiery, Stephen D. Murphy

Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · Dec 30

Looking back to @wwattribution.bsky.social studies in 2025 showed again, in stark terms, how unfairly the consequences of human-induced climate change are distributed. The world does not have to be like this, we have a lot of agency to make it better. www.worldweatherattribution.org/unequal-evid...

a world map with locations of extreme weather event studies by WWA in pink & yellow dots

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · Dec 29

@swais2c.bsky.social drilling project (Antarctica): First core on deck🚨 10 m of core material on deck at end of shift 1 of bedrock drilling. Congratulations🥳
More project info ℹ️ tinyurl.com/489td3z3
SWAIS2C ℹ️ www.swais2c.aq
🎥Ana Tovey-SWAIS2C

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Dec 27

Our science team are preparing for when we have our first core on deck. They’ve dug out a pit for cold storage of microbiology samples. The warm science container has been transformed into a lab, ready to X-ray cores and take sediment samples for microbiological analysis.

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Dec 26

It’s a very Crary Christmas for our on-ice team in Antarctica!
After several weeks of weather delays preventing them getting out to our deep-field camp at Crary Ice Rise, on Christmas Eve the team received the best possible present – a Basler flight to Crary! Crary Christmas from SWAIS2C!

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Dec 22

Drilling a 200m sediment core from the bedrock beneath 500m of Antarctic ice is a complex process, so we've broken it down step-by-step in this explainer. From melting snow in our flubbers through to filling our core barrels, what we're attempting 700km from the nearest base is no mean feat!

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Dec 21

Hot water drilling is underway at Crary Ice Rise! The team have begun to melt a hole through the ice to make our well. They’ll melt the hole to around 100m below the ice surface, widen it to make a well cavity, and install a pump 📷 Luke Murphy / Antarctica New Zealand

Reposted by David N. Thomas, Tina van de Flierdt

Prof Alessandro Tagliabue @altagliabue.bsky.social · Dec 21

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Dec 21

#OnThisDay in 1872, the expedition of HMS Challenger set sail from Portsmouth, travelling nearly 70,00 nautical miles and cataloguing over 4000 unknown species over 4 years. This pioneering expedition, organised by the Royal Society, laid the foundations of oceanography.

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Dec 9

The on-icers are on the ice! The fourth and final group of our on-ice team have arrived in Antarctica for the season.

They’re an international bunch, coming from Germany, US, UK, and NZ.

It’s exciting to have a full SWAIS2C contingent on continent!

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Nov 29

The smiles say it all - they've finally made it to the ice! After an extended stay in Christchurch due to weather delays, followed by an 8hr boomerang back to Christchurch, the first of our science team have landed in Antarctica.

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SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Nov 22

They’ve made it across the Ross Ice Shelf! Huge congrats to the Antarctica NZ traverse crew, for completing a 13-day journey to our drilling site at Crary Ice Rise. They towed sleds with fuel, equipment and supplies, to keep our deep-field camp cranking. Now it's time to set up camp!

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨Sound the sediment siren! Since the last season at KIS3, our engineers have been busy making modifications to our drilling system, and put it to the test in rural NZ. Co-Chief Molly Patterson recorded this update while on site www.swais2c.aq/media/test-o...

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Dec 1

When you gotta get your steps in, but you like napping…We’re celebrating Antarctica Day by sharing this Weddell seal that our science team met today (keeping at least 10m distance!). It’s the anniversary of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, which designated the continent to peace and science.

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Feb 11

Shout-out to the awesome women of our 2024/25 on-ice team this International Day of Women and Girls in Science! From co-chief scientist to medic to hot water driller, these inspiring women played vital roles at our deep-field research camp. Thanks for your contributions to our critical science!

Tina van de Flierdt @vandeflierdt.bsky.social · Jun 22

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The story of the Warming Stripes #ShowYourStripes | Ed Hawkins

The story of the Warming Stripes #ShowYourStripes

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Tina van de Flierdt @vandeflierdt.bsky.social · Jun 22

A day late with this post for the annual #ShowYourStripes. But it is never too late to spark a conversation about the climate crises

Reposted by Joeri Rogelj, Tina van de Flierdt

Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · Jun 19

Is the UK hot right now?

YES - it's hot!

Live temperature updates hour by hour, every day.

istheukhotrightnow.com

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Tina van de Flierdt, Wim Thiery , and 1 more Sonia I. Seneviratne, Tina van de Flierdt, Wim Thiery, Wolfgang Crämer

Joeri Rogelj @joerirogelj.bsky.social · Jun 19

⚠️Global warming caused by humans is advancing at 0.27°C per decade – the highest rate since records began.

This is one of the indicators updated every year by over 60 international scientists in the annual Indicators of Global Climate Change report – published today. doi.org/10.5194/essd... /1

Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Nicole Boivin, Tina van de Flierdt , and 9 more Oliver L. Phillips, Nicole Boivin, Tina van de Flierdt, William C. Clark, Céline Bessière, Iveta Silova, Cailin O’Connor, Terence Roehrig, Johanna Siméant, Bo Kristian Holm, Ilan H. Meyer, Candida R. Moss

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Apr 15

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Apr 14

The drafters of the Clean Air Act saw CO2 as a pollutant yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/the-...

The drafters of the Clean Air Act saw CO2 as a pollutant » Yale Climate Connections

Climate change and carbon dioxide came up regularly in ‘60s-era Congressional hearings, a team of Harvard historians has found.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · Apr 14

Due to high demand we've added another date for our geology CPD session.

Free spaces now available on June 26:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extra-date...

A graphic promoting the CPD session, with the words 'primary teacher CPD; rocks, fossils and soils with the British Geological Survey. To the right are pictures of a trilobite, Arthur's Seat, an external shot of the Natural History Museum and a thin section.

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt, Lena Näre

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Apr 12

I'm able to make this animation of how the ocean breathes in and out CO₂ because of data collected by NOAA scientists, data served at NOAA websites, and tools provided by NASA. All are under threat of being dismantled by the Trump administration.

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · Mar 23

It may feel as though we live in dark times, but here in the UK there are LOADS of science festivals celebrating ideas, sparking curiosity & sharing the latest research (for both adults & kids). Someone told me recently they didn’t know where to look, so I made a list. Here goes… [deep breath]:
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Tina van de Flierdt @vandeflierdt.bsky.social · Mar 8

@swais2c.bsky.social Women of the 24/25 field season

Tina van de Flierdt @vandeflierdt.bsky.social · Mar 8

Amazing footage from our deep field work in Antarctica to tackle questions vital for humanity. Shout out to all the women of this year’s @swais2c.bsky.social on ice team.

Tina van de Flierdt @vandeflierdt.bsky.social · Mar 7

Must see play in London ! www.timeout.com/london/theat...

Kyoto, @sohoplace review: The RSC’s thrilling show about the 1997 Kyoto Protocol

US actor Stephen Kunken is riveting as a cynical oil lobbyist in this improbably thrilling drama about the 1997 Kyoto climate change summit

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Tina van de Flierdt @vandeflierdt.bsky.social · Feb 11

A truly inspirational group of women who were part of our field season in Antarctica this winter for the @swais2c.bsky.social project. Amazing skills, knowledge, and great vibes. Thank you to Angela Buunk, Ana Tovey, Molly Patterson, Yuri Yamazaki, Linda Armbrecht, Tina van de Flierdt, Jane Chewings

SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · Feb 11

Shout-out to the awesome women of our 2024/25 on-ice team this International Day of Women and Girls in Science! From co-chief scientist to medic to hot water driller, these inspiring women played vital roles at our deep-field research camp. Thanks for your contributions to our critical science!

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jan 23

Daily Briefing | Bloomberg philanthropy to cover US climate dues after Paris withdrawal

🔗 Read today's full briefing here: buff.ly/4hrPkoV

🔗 Sign up to our email briefings: buff.ly/4fRUaL3

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · Jan 23

UK solar deployment poised to increase 50% YoY, following rapid growth in the second half of 2024

Growth exceeding expectations with help of push in ground mounted projects towards end of the year

UK solar deployment poised to increase 50% YoY, following rapid growth in the second half of 2024

Josh Cornes, analyst at Solar Media Market Research, looks at what 2025 might hold for the solar industry.

www.solarpowerportal.co.uk

Reposted by Anthony Herrel, Tina van de Flierdt

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Jan 22

The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships are now open for applications. These fellowships are for non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more, including how to apply: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

Reposted by Tina van de Flierdt

Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation @undaunted-hq.bsky.social · Jan 20

The Greenhouse sits at the heart of Imperial's climate innovation ecosystem. It's a unique accelerator providing up to £20k equity-free grant funding, free office space & expert mentorship. Learn more & meet the team: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

@ri-science.bsky.social @granthamicl.bsky.social

Q&A webinars! Learn more about the programme, meet the team and find out how to make a strong application. Join us online:

Friday 7th February 12:00

Thursday 20th February 09:00

Tuesday 4th March 16:00

Tuesday 11th March 12:00

Monday 17th March 10:00