Liz Bagshaw Glaciology
@lizbagshaw.bsky.social
Glaciologist at University of Bristol, loves ice, meltwater, dirt, microbes and inventing new ways to measure them
What a metaphor
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
What a metaphor
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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.
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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.
PhD project alert: monitoring ice dammed lakes in Iceland, observations, modelling and a dream team of supervisors. Apply now! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
PhD project alert: monitoring ice dammed lakes in Iceland, observations, modelling and a dream team of supervisors. Apply now! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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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)
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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)
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
Will our mountains lose their snow and ice?
And does it matter if they do?
These questions are answered by BAS glaciologist Dr Hamish Pritchard in a major new UNESCO report for the UN International Year of Glaciers' Preservation.
Read the report here: https://ow.ly/TFTH50XptZc
And does it matter if they do?
These questions are answered by BAS glaciologist Dr Hamish Pritchard in a major new UNESCO report for the UN International Year of Glaciers' Preservation.
Read the report here: https://ow.ly/TFTH50XptZc
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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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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/...
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
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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November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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/...
gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
Such sad news, there's a tribute page linked below
Sad to hear of the passing of Joanna Bullard from @lborouniversity.bsky.social 🧪⚒️ www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
Professor Joanna Bullard (1969-2025)
We are incredibly sad to share news of the recent passing of Joanna Bullard, Professor of Physical Geography in the Department of Geography and Environment, School of Social Sciences and Humanities at...
www.lboro.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Such sad news, there's a tribute page linked below
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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...
The glaciers of South Georgia from the 1950s to 2100 CE
iapetus.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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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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
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
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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
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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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
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
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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September 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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
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
Oh reviewer #2, peeing on my bonfire again
September 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Oh reviewer #2, peeing on my bonfire again
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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....
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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August 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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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Hi #freshwater scientists! The Aquatic Ecosystems Group at UKCEH are advertising for a senior freshwater ecologist...could this be you?
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@ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco #job #science #ecology
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@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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August 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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
💦🦦🦠🐟🚣♂️🚣♀️🧪
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
@ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco #job #science #ecology
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No Web of Science, I do not wish to add these quick keywords to my search about a glacier
August 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
No Web of Science, I do not wish to add these quick keywords to my search about a glacier
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
Thought provoking article to share with your families and friends when they ask what you do, featuring the ever excellent @arwynedwards.bsky.social
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
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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
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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Cool new paper using DAS to observe fracture, calving and mixing in a Greenland fjord www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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.
www.nature.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Cool new paper using DAS to observe fracture, calving and mixing in a Greenland fjord www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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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...
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...
NERC policy on resubmissions
This policy only applies to research grant applications.
www.ukri.org
July 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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...
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...
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....
July 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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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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.
July 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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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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
July 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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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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!!
We measured almost 3 meters of ice melting over the last 4 weeks... This is 10 cm of ice layer removed every single day!!
July 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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!!
We measured almost 3 meters of ice melting over the last 4 weeks... This is 10 cm of ice layer removed every single day!!
Two of my favourite things at once: ice + electronic music = excited!
‘Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making an album in Greenland
‘Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making an album in Greenland
Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Two of my favourite things at once: ice + electronic music = excited!
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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..
June 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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..
Lovely to welcome @matt-peacey.bsky.social back to Bristol Glaciology today to update us on his latest adventures
June 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Lovely to welcome @matt-peacey.bsky.social back to Bristol Glaciology today to update us on his latest adventures
Gorgeous Greenland
June 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Gorgeous Greenland