Sandra Passchier
@passchier.bsky.social
Geoscience professor at Montclair | Sedimentologist | Glacial-Marine-Polar | Paleoclimate | Scientific Ocean Drilling | Views my Own
Record-breaking Antarctic drill reveals 23 million years of climate history swais2c.aq/media/record...
February 18, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Record-breaking Antarctic drill reveals 23 million years of climate history swais2c.aq/media/record...
Enjoyed watching the speedskating live today, and even watched it again. Femke Kok is just amazing!
Source: YouTube share.google/rEp4RvvAHR6a...
Source: YouTube share.google/rEp4RvvAHR6a...
Netherlands' Femke Kok breaks OLYMPIC RECORD in 500m speed skate | Winter Olympics 2026 | NBC Sports
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February 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Enjoyed watching the speedskating live today, and even watched it again. Femke Kok is just amazing!
Source: YouTube share.google/rEp4RvvAHR6a...
Source: YouTube share.google/rEp4RvvAHR6a...
February 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Deglacial stratification of the polar Southern Ocean | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
February 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Deglacial stratification of the polar Southern Ocean | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
These two made my day twice this week. Speedskating is just so exciting to watch! Can't wait until the 1500 m. Photo AP.
February 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
These two made my day twice this week. Speedskating is just so exciting to watch! Can't wait until the 1500 m. Photo AP.
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Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where The Sun Goes At Night
Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night
After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where The Sun Goes At Night
Found this awesome photo of Pine Island Glacier taken by Michael Studinger during operation Ice Bridge in 2014.
assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage...
assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage...
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Found this awesome photo of Pine Island Glacier taken by Michael Studinger during operation Ice Bridge in 2014.
assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage...
assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage...
Surveillance is a tool of weak leadership in my humble opinion.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Surveillance is a tool of weak leadership in my humble opinion.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Documents that lay out a research group’s ethos and practical guidelines are becoming increasingly popular in the academic community
go.nature.com/3OzPt0h
go.nature.com/3OzPt0h
Lab morale got you down? Try a handbook
Documents that lay out a research group’s ethos and practical guidelines are becoming increasingly popular in the academic community.
go.nature.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Documents that lay out a research group’s ethos and practical guidelines are becoming increasingly popular in the academic community
go.nature.com/3OzPt0h
go.nature.com/3OzPt0h
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Proud to see this work out - field and modeling combination by former graduate student Ethan Pierce, Danish collaborator Bent Hasholt and I. @cubouldearth.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sediment transport by Greenland’s icebergs - Nature Communications
Greenland’s icebergs transport 450 megatonnes of sediment to its fjords each year, representing one-third of the ice sheet’s total sediment export. This ice-rafted debris builds shoals at tidewater gl...
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Proud to see this work out - field and modeling combination by former graduate student Ethan Pierce, Danish collaborator Bent Hasholt and I. @cubouldearth.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees
The cuts impacted staffers engaged in both research and operations at the lab.
www.cpr.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
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Become our colleague!
The University of Lethbridge is hiring a Canada Impact+ Research Chair (Professor/Associate Professor) in Remote Sensing!
Only candidates who are both working and residing outside of Canada, incl. Canadian expats, are eligible to apply.
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8951
The University of Lethbridge is hiring a Canada Impact+ Research Chair (Professor/Associate Professor) in Remote Sensing!
Only candidates who are both working and residing outside of Canada, incl. Canadian expats, are eligible to apply.
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8951
Canada Impact+ Research Chair – Professor (Or Associate Professor)
The University of Lethbridge invites applications from world-renowned researchers for the prestigious Canada Impact+ Research Chair competition. The Impact+ program is a one-time initiative designed t...
uleth.peopleadmin.ca
February 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Become our colleague!
The University of Lethbridge is hiring a Canada Impact+ Research Chair (Professor/Associate Professor) in Remote Sensing!
Only candidates who are both working and residing outside of Canada, incl. Canadian expats, are eligible to apply.
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8951
The University of Lethbridge is hiring a Canada Impact+ Research Chair (Professor/Associate Professor) in Remote Sensing!
Only candidates who are both working and residing outside of Canada, incl. Canadian expats, are eligible to apply.
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8951
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📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Late Quaternary Paleoceanography 🌊 🐚 ⚒️
Patrick Grunert’s working group is inviting applications for a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral position (20 months).
🗓️ Application deadline: 15 February 2026
More info here - jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/247...
Patrick Grunert’s working group is inviting applications for a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral position (20 months).
🗓️ Application deadline: 15 February 2026
More info here - jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/247...
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Late Quaternary Paleoceanography 🌊 🐚 ⚒️
Patrick Grunert’s working group is inviting applications for a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral position (20 months).
🗓️ Application deadline: 15 February 2026
More info here - jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/247...
Patrick Grunert’s working group is inviting applications for a full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral position (20 months).
🗓️ Application deadline: 15 February 2026
More info here - jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/247...
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Good write-up in Science on our recent paper: www.science.org/content/arti...
Space dust reveals rapid evolution after dino-killing asteroid
New data detail how tiny forms of life rebounded much more quickly than previously believed
www.science.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Good write-up in Science on our recent paper: www.science.org/content/arti...
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Antarctic ice sheet folk, I'm looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Ice Sheet Reconstruction [readvertised] for a 3.5yr appointment in Tasmania. Very flexible start date!
Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4
❄️
Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4
❄️
February 6, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Antarctic ice sheet folk, I'm looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Ice Sheet Reconstruction [readvertised] for a 3.5yr appointment in Tasmania. Very flexible start date!
Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4
❄️
Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4
❄️
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🚨Job alert🚨
Want to work as a Chem Tech for @us-sciod.bsky.social at Texas A&M University? Then apply below!
Responsibilities include prep lab containers for seagoing expeditions, mobilization/demobilization, sailing to operate instruments at sea...
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...
Want to work as a Chem Tech for @us-sciod.bsky.social at Texas A&M University? Then apply below!
Responsibilities include prep lab containers for seagoing expeditions, mobilization/demobilization, sailing to operate instruments at sea...
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...
February 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
🚨Job alert🚨
Want to work as a Chem Tech for @us-sciod.bsky.social at Texas A&M University? Then apply below!
Responsibilities include prep lab containers for seagoing expeditions, mobilization/demobilization, sailing to operate instruments at sea...
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...
Want to work as a Chem Tech for @us-sciod.bsky.social at Texas A&M University? Then apply below!
Responsibilities include prep lab containers for seagoing expeditions, mobilization/demobilization, sailing to operate instruments at sea...
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...
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I think we've all been victim of unscrupulous reviewers at some time or other - you can flag this to the editor if you feel you've been unfairly treated!
February 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I think we've all been victim of unscrupulous reviewers at some time or other - you can flag this to the editor if you feel you've been unfairly treated!
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Anyone interested in buying a research vessel together? Germany is selling R/V Meteor III. Happy to chip in a few $/€
www.vebeg.de/de/aktuelles...
www.vebeg.de/de/aktuelles...
February 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Anyone interested in buying a research vessel together? Germany is selling R/V Meteor III. Happy to chip in a few $/€
www.vebeg.de/de/aktuelles...
www.vebeg.de/de/aktuelles...
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And here is the corresponding global upper ocean heat content (0 to 700 m depth) for 2025 and set a new record too... 🔥
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
And here is the corresponding global upper ocean heat content (0 to 700 m depth) for 2025 and set a new record too... 🔥
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Hearing about restructering at my own university from the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universities
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Hearing about restructering at my own university from the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
PBS Science correspondent Miles O'Brien at Thwaites Glacier www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
On board the voyage to Antarctica to learn why a massive glacier is melting
Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a two-month-long journey underway to conduct research that will better explain what's...
www.pbs.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 AM
PBS Science correspondent Miles O'Brien at Thwaites Glacier www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Most likely you have autistic students and colleagues and don't even know it. Autism has many manifestations - the spectrum.
As this article points out, which always applies: "Don't make assumptions due to levels or types of engagement" and "Assume the best".
rdcu.be/eYT4k
As this article points out, which always applies: "Don't make assumptions due to levels or types of engagement" and "Assume the best".
rdcu.be/eYT4k
Client Challenge
rdcu.be
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Most likely you have autistic students and colleagues and don't even know it. Autism has many manifestations - the spectrum.
As this article points out, which always applies: "Don't make assumptions due to levels or types of engagement" and "Assume the best".
rdcu.be/eYT4k
As this article points out, which always applies: "Don't make assumptions due to levels or types of engagement" and "Assume the best".
rdcu.be/eYT4k
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We’ve wrapped up drilling at Crary Ice Rise with 228m of sediment core. This is an unprecedented record of the history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet stretching back millions of years. Initial observations indicate the core includes periods of environmental change during past times of warming.
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 AM
We’ve wrapped up drilling at Crary Ice Rise with 228m of sediment core. This is an unprecedented record of the history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet stretching back millions of years. Initial observations indicate the core includes periods of environmental change during past times of warming.