Matt King
@deformedearth.bsky.social
Solid-earth deformation, geodesy, ice sheets, and sea level. Director of the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science. Professor at U Tasmania. Comments mine. Host of Geodesy Feed - like and pin for geodesy content. Flawed follower of Jesus.
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Matt King
@deformedearth.bsky.social
· Feb 22
'Sleeping giant' glacier the focus of icebreaker's first science voyage
Australia's icebreaker is about to embark on one of its most important missions since coming into service more than three years ago.
www.abc.net.au
The Denman Glacier has a world of unknowns but we know enough to know it holds risks we need to assess. This voyage is so important. Nice summary here
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Gathering with this brilliant group of researchers was one of the highlights of the year for me.
Some amazing, inspirational work going on, steadily advancing our understanding of Antarctica and how it will affect us in so many ways.
Some amazing, inspirational work going on, steadily advancing our understanding of Antarctica and how it will affect us in so many ways.
🌍 Last week, 140+ Antarctic scientists came together in #Hobart for our ACEAS Research Forum 2025 to share the latest research and insights about the climate risks emerging from #Antarctica and the #SouthernOcean.
Read more: antarctic.org.au/aceas-resear...
Read more: antarctic.org.au/aceas-resear...
ACEAS Research Forum 2025: a national gathering of Antarctic science excellence - ACEAS
More than 140 researchers from across Australia gathered in Hobart last week for the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) Research Forum, held from 5 to 7 November at the Univ...
antarctic.org.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Gathering with this brilliant group of researchers was one of the highlights of the year for me.
Some amazing, inspirational work going on, steadily advancing our understanding of Antarctica and how it will affect us in so many ways.
Some amazing, inspirational work going on, steadily advancing our understanding of Antarctica and how it will affect us in so many ways.
Australia pays special attention to the Indian Ocean bit of the Southern Ocean.
Quite alarming that sea ice there is in entirely unexplored territory (top right panel, also a cropped version, click to see full images)
Quite alarming that sea ice there is in entirely unexplored territory (top right panel, also a cropped version, click to see full images)
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Australia pays special attention to the Indian Ocean bit of the Southern Ocean.
Quite alarming that sea ice there is in entirely unexplored territory (top right panel, also a cropped version, click to see full images)
Quite alarming that sea ice there is in entirely unexplored territory (top right panel, also a cropped version, click to see full images)
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Heading home now, after an awesome week in Hobart! So much great Antarctic science happening here.
Also: lovely people. Shame they’re so darn good at cricket 🏏
Also: lovely people. Shame they’re so darn good at cricket 🏏
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Heading home now, after an awesome week in Hobart! So much great Antarctic science happening here.
Also: lovely people. Shame they’re so darn good at cricket 🏏
Also: lovely people. Shame they’re so darn good at cricket 🏏
About as alarming as it gets. Hard to imagine the current regime surviving
"On July 20, the Tehran Water Authority reported that the capital’s reservoirs had reached their lowest point in a century, and last week, the authority’s head warned that dam reserves could sustain the city for only two more weeks if the dry spell continued."
🚨 "If it doesn’t rain, we will have to start restricting water supplies in #Tehran next month. If the drought continues, we will run out of water and be forced to evacuate the city"
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
About as alarming as it gets. Hard to imagine the current regime surviving
So much to like about what the Vice Chancellor of Western Sydney University has to say here
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Vice Chancellor calls for a reckoning for Australia's universities - ABC listen
"The time has come for a reckoning in Australian higher education." That's according to a newly published essay by George Williams, the Vice Chancellor and President of Western Sydney University.
The...
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So much to like about what the Vice Chancellor of Western Sydney University has to say here
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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📝 Call for all Polar Researchers to take the Science under Pressure survey!
Submissions deadline is 15 November 2025
Read more and take the survey: www.rug.nl/research/arc...
Submissions deadline is 15 November 2025
Read more and take the survey: www.rug.nl/research/arc...
Science under Pressure
Science under pressure: Reflecting on conditions, practices and institutional structures for sustainable polar research
www.rug.nl
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📝 Call for all Polar Researchers to take the Science under Pressure survey!
Submissions deadline is 15 November 2025
Read more and take the survey: www.rug.nl/research/arc...
Submissions deadline is 15 November 2025
Read more and take the survey: www.rug.nl/research/arc...
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Total Bluesky users: 40,037,220
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Total Bluesky users: 40,037,220
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Political Map of Australia in the 1920s showing the very short lived Central Australia territory which only existed from 1927 to 1931
7 more maps in the same series: brilliantmaps.com/new-oxfor...
7 more maps in the same series: brilliantmaps.com/new-oxfor...
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Political Map of Australia in the 1920s showing the very short lived Central Australia territory which only existed from 1927 to 1931
7 more maps in the same series: brilliantmaps.com/new-oxfor...
7 more maps in the same series: brilliantmaps.com/new-oxfor...
Overlooked East Antarctica melting may skew sea level forecasts.
Some important new insights from Fabio Dias @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
❄️
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Some important new insights from Fabio Dias @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
❄️
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Overlooked East Antarctica melting may skew sea level forecasts
A study published today found that while ice shelves in West Antarctica melt year-round, those in East Antarctica experience summer melting spikes, when sea ice retreats and warm ocean water flows ben...
phys.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Overlooked East Antarctica melting may skew sea level forecasts.
Some important new insights from Fabio Dias @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
❄️
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Some important new insights from Fabio Dias @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
❄️
phys.org/news/2025-10...
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🧊 New research reveals an overlooked Antarctic process that may skew sea level rise projections.
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
Overlooked melting in East Antarctica could skew sea level rise projections - ACEAS
New research into how East Antarctica’s ice shelves melt reveals future global sea-level rise predictions could be significantly underestimated.
antarctic.org.au
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🧊 New research reveals an overlooked Antarctic process that may skew sea level rise projections.
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
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Thanks @polarsecco.bsky.social for the chance to present on #WiAA w/ many other wonderful orgs/initiative e.g. @usscar-antarctic.bsky.social @iassa.bsky.social @iasc-arctic.bsky.social and more at the "Overview of Polar Organizations for Early Career Scientists" event. Check out #PSECCO psecco.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Thanks @polarsecco.bsky.social for the chance to present on #WiAA w/ many other wonderful orgs/initiative e.g. @usscar-antarctic.bsky.social @iassa.bsky.social @iasc-arctic.bsky.social and more at the "Overview of Polar Organizations for Early Career Scientists" event. Check out #PSECCO psecco.org
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Antarctic fur seals: tracking the Southern Ocean’s changing climate and ecosystem
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Antarctic fur seals: tracking the Southern Ocean’s changing climate and ecosystem
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
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You can now apply for the 2026 SCAR Ant-ICON/SC-ATS science-policy fellowships!
Application deadline: 23 November 2025.
More information here: scar.org/scar-news/20...
Application deadline: 23 November 2025.
More information here: scar.org/scar-news/20...
2026 Ant-ICON/SC-ATS Fellowship Programme Now Open | SCAR
scar.org
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
You can now apply for the 2026 SCAR Ant-ICON/SC-ATS science-policy fellowships!
Application deadline: 23 November 2025.
More information here: scar.org/scar-news/20...
Application deadline: 23 November 2025.
More information here: scar.org/scar-news/20...
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The EU funded project POLARIN invites the scientific community to submit proposals to access Research Infrastructures (RIs) in both polar regions.
Wonderful opportunity… but I don’t really understand why you cannot apply to an RI led by an institute from your own country?
#fieldwork #Polarin
Wonderful opportunity… but I don’t really understand why you cannot apply to an RI led by an institute from your own country?
#fieldwork #Polarin
Transnational Access Call 2025 – POLARIN
eu-polarin.eu
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The EU funded project POLARIN invites the scientific community to submit proposals to access Research Infrastructures (RIs) in both polar regions.
Wonderful opportunity… but I don’t really understand why you cannot apply to an RI led by an institute from your own country?
#fieldwork #Polarin
Wonderful opportunity… but I don’t really understand why you cannot apply to an RI led by an institute from your own country?
#fieldwork #Polarin
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I highly recommend this fellowship! This is what brought me to Boulder over 7 years ago, and I’m still here… ❄️ 🛰️ 🧪
The CIRES prestigious Visiting Fellows Program invites scientists to join the thriving community of researchers at @colorado.edu and @noaa.gov laboratories. Applications opened TODAY, and will be accepted through January 1, 2026. Learn more here: buff.ly/gg7HNXe
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I highly recommend this fellowship! This is what brought me to Boulder over 7 years ago, and I’m still here… ❄️ 🛰️ 🧪
"commuter vehicles"???
At Dalk Glacier in Antarctica, scientists detected seismic signals they suspect were caused by temperature variations, resonances of fluid-filled subglacial fractures, wind, or commuter vehicles. Find out more in #SRL ⚒️
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...
October 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"commuter vehicles"???
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We're hiring! The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) at the University of Minnesota is seeking a Geospatial and Remote Sensing Data Specialist to join our team.
💼 Hybrid position (based in Minneapolis, MN)
💰 Salary range: $83K–$98K
📅 Apply now through the UMN job portal.
www.pgc.umn.edu/careers/posi...
💼 Hybrid position (based in Minneapolis, MN)
💰 Salary range: $83K–$98K
📅 Apply now through the UMN job portal.
www.pgc.umn.edu/careers/posi...
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We're hiring! The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) at the University of Minnesota is seeking a Geospatial and Remote Sensing Data Specialist to join our team.
💼 Hybrid position (based in Minneapolis, MN)
💰 Salary range: $83K–$98K
📅 Apply now through the UMN job portal.
www.pgc.umn.edu/careers/posi...
💼 Hybrid position (based in Minneapolis, MN)
💰 Salary range: $83K–$98K
📅 Apply now through the UMN job portal.
www.pgc.umn.edu/careers/posi...
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Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars 🫠
Campaigning for cleaner transport in Europe
Europe’s leading advocates for clean transport & energy
www.transportenvironment.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars 🫠
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🌍 New research shows how fossil fuel emissions translate directly into human and ecological impacts – from extreme heat exposure to coral loss.
This is a valuable tool for policy makers and insurers assessing the true costs of fossil fuel developments.
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This is a valuable tool for policy makers and insurers assessing the true costs of fossil fuel developments.
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making
www.nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🌍 New research shows how fossil fuel emissions translate directly into human and ecological impacts – from extreme heat exposure to coral loss.
This is a valuable tool for policy makers and insurers assessing the true costs of fossil fuel developments.
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This is a valuable tool for policy makers and insurers assessing the true costs of fossil fuel developments.
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Recent research shows low sea ice is changing #phytoplankton bloom timing and composition in the Southern Ocean.
“Phytoplankton are the ocean’s version of the Amazon rainforest,” says ACEAS lead author Tamara Schlosser from @utas.edu.au.
🔗 Read the news article: antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
“Phytoplankton are the ocean’s version of the Amazon rainforest,” says ACEAS lead author Tamara Schlosser from @utas.edu.au.
🔗 Read the news article: antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
Microscopic shifts, global stakes – how Antarctic sea ice loss is disrupting ocean ecosystems - ACEAS
Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is shr...
antarctic.org.au
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Recent research shows low sea ice is changing #phytoplankton bloom timing and composition in the Southern Ocean.
“Phytoplankton are the ocean’s version of the Amazon rainforest,” says ACEAS lead author Tamara Schlosser from @utas.edu.au.
🔗 Read the news article: antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
“Phytoplankton are the ocean’s version of the Amazon rainforest,” says ACEAS lead author Tamara Schlosser from @utas.edu.au.
🔗 Read the news article: antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
It's not just sea ice that is changing in Antarctica. There are fascinating and important downstream effects on marine life (amongst other things).
Check out this summary of Tamara Schlosser's new work.
antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
Check out this summary of Tamara Schlosser's new work.
antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
Microscopic shifts, global stakes – how Antarctic sea ice loss is disrupting ocean ecosystems - ACEAS
Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is shr...
antarctic.org.au
October 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It's not just sea ice that is changing in Antarctica. There are fascinating and important downstream effects on marine life (amongst other things).
Check out this summary of Tamara Schlosser's new work.
antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
Check out this summary of Tamara Schlosser's new work.
antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
Or maybe volcanic activity?
Somewhat frightening. Possibly an example of how poorly we know the shape of the sea floor
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Breaking: Australia's Antarctic icebreaker scrapes ocean floor near Heard Island
Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina has headed to deeper waters off remote Heard Island in the Southern Ocean while assessments are undertaken to see if the hull has suffered any damage after scraping the...
www.abc.net.au
October 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Or maybe volcanic activity?
Somewhat frightening. Possibly an example of how poorly we know the shape of the sea floor
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Breaking: Australia's Antarctic icebreaker scrapes ocean floor near Heard Island
Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina has headed to deeper waters off remote Heard Island in the Southern Ocean while assessments are undertaken to see if the hull has suffered any damage after scraping the...
www.abc.net.au
October 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Somewhat frightening. Possibly an example of how poorly we know the shape of the sea floor
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Climate attribution science is destroying the ‘drop in the ocean’ defence fossil fuel companies have relied upon to obfuscate the harms caused by individual coal, gas and oil projects.
It’s also a potential pathway for holding them legally liable for climate damages.
It’s also a potential pathway for holding them legally liable for climate damages.
“it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter.”
theconversation.com/for-the-firs...
theconversation.com/for-the-firs...
For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project
The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.
theconversation.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Climate attribution science is destroying the ‘drop in the ocean’ defence fossil fuel companies have relied upon to obfuscate the harms caused by individual coal, gas and oil projects.
It’s also a potential pathway for holding them legally liable for climate damages.
It’s also a potential pathway for holding them legally liable for climate damages.
Nice story about the value of restoring degraded wetlands with @vprahalad.bsky.social @utas.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Abundance returns to wetland after man-made sheep pasture removed
A sheep farmer has welcomed the restoration of an internationally significant wetland on his property outside of Hobart. The collaboration of a non-profit organisation with landowners, scientists, the...
www.abc.net.au
October 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Nice story about the value of restoring degraded wetlands with @vprahalad.bsky.social @utas.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...