Mike Bentley
@mikebentley.bsky.social
Antarctic Professor at Durham University. Working out how ice sheets respond to climate change, past and present. Views my own.
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I both love this chart, from @gelliottmorris.com's excellent Substack, and hope Trump never sees it
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
September 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I both love this chart, from @gelliottmorris.com's excellent Substack, and hope Trump never sees it
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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Now is not the time to put funding on ice: Australian Antarctic field programs should be ambitious as the rule not the exception
- @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social in today's Mercury newspaper ⬇️
www.themercury.com.au | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
- @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social in today's Mercury newspaper ⬇️
www.themercury.com.au | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Now is not the time to put funding on ice: Australian Antarctic field programs should be ambitious as the rule not the exception
- @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social in today's Mercury newspaper ⬇️
www.themercury.com.au | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
- @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social in today's Mercury newspaper ⬇️
www.themercury.com.au | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
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"Research has shown that the North of England has missed out on so much transport funding, in what was described as a ‘decade of deceit’, that we could have built the equivalent of seven Elizabeth lines."
Study claims North of England lost out on £140bn for transport in ‘decade of deceit’
The North is short-changed: £140bn transport funding gap leaves region decades behind, IPPR calls for urgent investment.
northeastbylines.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
"Research has shown that the North of England has missed out on so much transport funding, in what was described as a ‘decade of deceit’, that we could have built the equivalent of seven Elizabeth lines."
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The spring 2025 edition of the geography department alumni newsletter is now available to view and download on the geography alumni website. You can also find interviews with alumni and a history of the geography department on the website. www.dur.ac.uk/departments/...
April 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The spring 2025 edition of the geography department alumni newsletter is now available to view and download on the geography alumni website. You can also find interviews with alumni and a history of the geography department on the website. www.dur.ac.uk/departments/...
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A high-profile 'carbon capture' project doesn't even capture enough co2 to cover it's own pollution, making it a net emitter
Projects like this get plenty of soft media coverage of their promises, none have delivered
There is no silver bullet, climate pollution must be stopped at the source
Projects like this get plenty of soft media coverage of their promises, none have delivered
There is no silver bullet, climate pollution must be stopped at the source
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
May 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A high-profile 'carbon capture' project doesn't even capture enough co2 to cover it's own pollution, making it a net emitter
Projects like this get plenty of soft media coverage of their promises, none have delivered
There is no silver bullet, climate pollution must be stopped at the source
Projects like this get plenty of soft media coverage of their promises, none have delivered
There is no silver bullet, climate pollution must be stopped at the source
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This was a collaboration between Guy Paxman & Edmund Lea @geogdurham.bsky.social and myself! There's plenty here for #GeographyTeachers to support their GIS and cold environments teaching. @rgs-ibgschools.bsky.social @gasigict.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This was a collaboration between Guy Paxman & Edmund Lea @geogdurham.bsky.social and myself! There's plenty here for #GeographyTeachers to support their GIS and cold environments teaching. @rgs-ibgschools.bsky.social @gasigict.bsky.social
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I'm really pleased to highlight our Hidden Landscapes of Greenland Storymap Series, which was awarded a 2025 Silver Publisher's Award by the Geographical Association! You can find out more details here, inc. storymaps, a video, teacher resources and more: www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and...
Hidden Landscapes of Greenland StoryMap Collection - AntarcticGlaciers.org
Introducing the Hidden Landscapes of Greenland StoryMap Collection Here is a collection of four Greenland StoryMaps covering the landscape beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet, launched as a collection in ...
www.antarcticglaciers.org
April 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I'm really pleased to highlight our Hidden Landscapes of Greenland Storymap Series, which was awarded a 2025 Silver Publisher's Award by the Geographical Association! You can find out more details here, inc. storymaps, a video, teacher resources and more: www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and...
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Did you know how much of the power generation capacity added each year world-wide was in renewables?
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
April 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Did you know how much of the power generation capacity added each year world-wide was in renewables?
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
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A reminder that abstract submission for the @igsoc.bsky.social Symposium on Ice Streams & Outlet glaciers @geogdurham.bsky.social closes 24th March. We're looking forward to presentations from both contemporary & palaeo perspectives to encourage cross-pollination of ideas & research approaches! ❄️⚒️🧪
⚒️🧪 Registration & abstract submission for the
@igsoc.bsky.social Symposium on Ice Streams & Outlet Glaciers, hosted at @geogdurham.bsky.social from 21st-25th July 2025, is now open! ❄️ Abstracts can be submitted until 24th March & registration is open until 5th May: pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham...
@igsoc.bsky.social Symposium on Ice Streams & Outlet Glaciers, hosted at @geogdurham.bsky.social from 21st-25th July 2025, is now open! ❄️ Abstracts can be submitted until 24th March & registration is open until 5th May: pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham...
March 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A reminder that abstract submission for the @igsoc.bsky.social Symposium on Ice Streams & Outlet glaciers @geogdurham.bsky.social closes 24th March. We're looking forward to presentations from both contemporary & palaeo perspectives to encourage cross-pollination of ideas & research approaches! ❄️⚒️🧪
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
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Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic.
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…
voice.cymru
February 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic.
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
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This was posted by the King Family. They know a lot about nonviolent resistance. Keep sharing.
February 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This was posted by the King Family. They know a lot about nonviolent resistance. Keep sharing.
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Global sales of combustion engine cars have passed the peak.
Sales peaked in 2017 or 2018 (depending on the source...).
From our Daily Data Insights:
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
Sales peaked in 2017 or 2018 (depending on the source...).
From our Daily Data Insights:
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
February 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Global sales of combustion engine cars have passed the peak.
Sales peaked in 2017 or 2018 (depending on the source...).
From our Daily Data Insights:
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
Sales peaked in 2017 or 2018 (depending on the source...).
From our Daily Data Insights:
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
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The government is busy - but the work is not being reported. From banning toxic pesticides to funding green jobs, here are 20 things that happened last week.
Government is busy: but the media are not telling you
Despite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldn’t know it from the press coverage
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The government is busy - but the work is not being reported. From banning toxic pesticides to funding green jobs, here are 20 things that happened last week.
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BURSARY NEWS: On 14th Feb, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists are running two webinars for potential applicants to learn more about the Antarctic bursary & application process. Register here! 👇👇 apecs.is/news/apecs-n... ❄️❄️
January 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BURSARY NEWS: On 14th Feb, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists are running two webinars for potential applicants to learn more about the Antarctic bursary & application process. Register here! 👇👇 apecs.is/news/apecs-n... ❄️❄️
These are fantastic small grants for Early Career Researchers working on Antarctic Science projects. Supervisors - please point your students towards them. A huge range of projects and people have been funded over the years.
❄️It's that time of year again!❄️ The Antarctic Science International Bursary is open for applications!
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...
January 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
These are fantastic small grants for Early Career Researchers working on Antarctic Science projects. Supervisors - please point your students towards them. A huge range of projects and people have been funded over the years.
This fits with obs in the field. George VI Sound ice shelf was exceptionally slushy in late Dec.
Around this time of the year, the peak of the melt season in #Antarctica is usually reached, but this year's spike in the total melt extent is exceptionally impressive! 🥵
(Source: nsidc.org/ice-sheets-t...)
(Source: nsidc.org/ice-sheets-t...)
January 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This fits with obs in the field. George VI Sound ice shelf was exceptionally slushy in late Dec.
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Mitigation costs in perspective
November 27, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Mitigation costs in perspective
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The recently published State of the Cryosphere 2024 warns of catastrophic global impacts from globally accelerating ice loss. VAW members contributed to Ch. 3 (Mountain Glaciers & Snow). A must-read! 🌍❄️
👉 iccinet.org/statecryo24/ [1/2]
👉 iccinet.org/statecryo24/ [1/2]
November 27, 2024 at 9:49 AM
The recently published State of the Cryosphere 2024 warns of catastrophic global impacts from globally accelerating ice loss. VAW members contributed to Ch. 3 (Mountain Glaciers & Snow). A must-read! 🌍❄️
👉 iccinet.org/statecryo24/ [1/2]
👉 iccinet.org/statecryo24/ [1/2]
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1st circular for IGS symposium in Durham, UK, now online.
Symposium theme Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers and is scheduled to take place 20-25 July at the Department of Geography, Durham University.
bit.ly/4dPkViq
Register interest in attending through the same URL.
Symposium theme Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers and is scheduled to take place 20-25 July at the Department of Geography, Durham University.
bit.ly/4dPkViq
Register interest in attending through the same URL.
November 20, 2024 at 1:58 PM
1st circular for IGS symposium in Durham, UK, now online.
Symposium theme Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers and is scheduled to take place 20-25 July at the Department of Geography, Durham University.
bit.ly/4dPkViq
Register interest in attending through the same URL.
Symposium theme Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers and is scheduled to take place 20-25 July at the Department of Geography, Durham University.
bit.ly/4dPkViq
Register interest in attending through the same URL.
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Summer UK temperatures have warmed faster than global average temperature.
But the very hottest days have warmed 4x faster than the global average, especially in south-east England.
Global warming is not "just" 1°C or 2°C. The effects of climate change are non-linear, especially for extremes.
But the very hottest days have warmed 4x faster than the global average, especially in south-east England.
Global warming is not "just" 1°C or 2°C. The effects of climate change are non-linear, especially for extremes.
November 21, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Summer UK temperatures have warmed faster than global average temperature.
But the very hottest days have warmed 4x faster than the global average, especially in south-east England.
Global warming is not "just" 1°C or 2°C. The effects of climate change are non-linear, especially for extremes.
But the very hottest days have warmed 4x faster than the global average, especially in south-east England.
Global warming is not "just" 1°C or 2°C. The effects of climate change are non-linear, especially for extremes.
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Rocking my #PolarPride
badge ahead of an exciting day of science in Copenhagen!
If you want to find out more about why Pride matters for polar research, last year I wrote a blog post about being LGBTQ+ in polar science and the progress that is yet to be made
www.polarregions.co.uk/post/why-pri...
badge ahead of an exciting day of science in Copenhagen!
If you want to find out more about why Pride matters for polar research, last year I wrote a blog post about being LGBTQ+ in polar science and the progress that is yet to be made
www.polarregions.co.uk/post/why-pri...
November 18, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Rocking my #PolarPride
badge ahead of an exciting day of science in Copenhagen!
If you want to find out more about why Pride matters for polar research, last year I wrote a blog post about being LGBTQ+ in polar science and the progress that is yet to be made
www.polarregions.co.uk/post/why-pri...
badge ahead of an exciting day of science in Copenhagen!
If you want to find out more about why Pride matters for polar research, last year I wrote a blog post about being LGBTQ+ in polar science and the progress that is yet to be made
www.polarregions.co.uk/post/why-pri...
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November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #QueerinSTEM
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
November 18, 2024 at 8:55 AM
November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #QueerinSTEM
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/