Allen Pope
@allenpope.bsky.social
Polar scientist & glaciologist. Sec Gen for @igsoc.bsky.social. Trail running. Still new to this platform & figuring things out!
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CliC OSC ALERT: We're extending Early Bird Registration! 🚨
You now have until November 18th at 11:59 pm to secure your spot in Wellington at reduced rates.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
CliC OSC ALERT: We're extending Early Bird Registration! 🚨
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You now have until November 18th at 11:59 pm to secure your spot in Wellington at reduced rates.
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Happy Veterans Day! We don’t get Antarctic ice cores w/o skillful military air- & sea-lift. Operation Deep Freeze is important for US science & national security, world-leading in polar ops for 70 years.
📸 Ice cores loaded into an LC-130H at WAIS Divide, West Antarctica, 2009-10 season.
📸 Ice cores loaded into an LC-130H at WAIS Divide, West Antarctica, 2009-10 season.
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Happy Veterans Day! We don’t get Antarctic ice cores w/o skillful military air- & sea-lift. Operation Deep Freeze is important for US science & national security, world-leading in polar ops for 70 years.
📸 Ice cores loaded into an LC-130H at WAIS Divide, West Antarctica, 2009-10 season.
📸 Ice cores loaded into an LC-130H at WAIS Divide, West Antarctica, 2009-10 season.
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Hey ice sheet types! 👋
The memes about the insane number of starter packs on this thing motivated me to create one more.
Please let me know who I am missing from the ice sheet world. 👇
go.bsky.app/4SxszWw
November 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Hey ice sheet types! 👋
The memes about the insane number of starter packs on this thing motivated me to create one more.
Please let me know who I am missing from the ice sheet world. 👇
go.bsky.app/4SxszWw
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A new analysis of #CryoSat-2 data revealed that subglacial lake levels in Antarctica are changing not by centimeters but by *meters*.
New research from Sally Wilson @universityofleeds.bsky.social, comments from @leighstearns.bsky.social @upenn.edu. eos.org/articles/sat...
New research from Sally Wilson @universityofleeds.bsky.social, comments from @leighstearns.bsky.social @upenn.edu. eos.org/articles/sat...
Satellite Data Reveal Changing Lakes Under Antarctic Ice - Eos
Radar altimetry observations have pinpointed 85 active subglacial lakes, shedding light on how water moves beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
eos.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A new analysis of #CryoSat-2 data revealed that subglacial lake levels in Antarctica are changing not by centimeters but by *meters*.
New research from Sally Wilson @universityofleeds.bsky.social, comments from @leighstearns.bsky.social @upenn.edu. eos.org/articles/sat...
New research from Sally Wilson @universityofleeds.bsky.social, comments from @leighstearns.bsky.social @upenn.edu. eos.org/articles/sat...
I love how much this piece lets the readers nerd out (along with the journalist) about what processes may be at play with this retreat!
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I love how much this piece lets the readers nerd out (along with the journalist) about what processes may be at play with this retreat!
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❄️ Calling all glaciology PhD students! ❄️
Applications are now open for next year’s Karthaus Summer School. It’s a great experience and you will be very well fed. Apply here: www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
Applications are now open for next year’s Karthaus Summer School. It’s a great experience and you will be very well fed. Apply here: www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
Ice and Climate : Karthaus summerschool
www.projects.science.uu.nl
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
❄️ Calling all glaciology PhD students! ❄️
Applications are now open for next year’s Karthaus Summer School. It’s a great experience and you will be very well fed. Apply here: www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
Applications are now open for next year’s Karthaus Summer School. It’s a great experience and you will be very well fed. Apply here: www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/k...
Trying to get more connected on here - any (other) glaciologists / snow scientists / sea-ice scientists / cryo-neds on this app that I should be following? Tag your cool friends! (Yes, that pun was intentional.)
October 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Trying to get more connected on here - any (other) glaciologists / snow scientists / sea-ice scientists / cryo-neds on this app that I should be following? Tag your cool friends! (Yes, that pun was intentional.)
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Amazing COLDEX.org results - 6Million year old ice, with bubbles of old atmosphere. Thank you ice, for the stories you share about our planet and its climate. Led by Sarah Shakleton #glaciology #womeninstem #cryosphere #Antarctica
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
news.oregonstate.edu/news/six-mil...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
news.oregonstate.edu/news/six-mil...
Miocene and Pliocene ice and air from the Allan Hills blue ice area, East Antarctica | PNAS
Antarctic ice cores provide a unique archive of Earth’s atmosphere and its largest
extant ice sheet. The oldest continuous ice core extends back 80...
www.pnas.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Amazing COLDEX.org results - 6Million year old ice, with bubbles of old atmosphere. Thank you ice, for the stories you share about our planet and its climate. Led by Sarah Shakleton #glaciology #womeninstem #cryosphere #Antarctica
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
news.oregonstate.edu/news/six-mil...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
news.oregonstate.edu/news/six-mil...
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Announcing the new Secretary General of the International Glaciological Society, ❄Allen Pope❄, and honouring the outgoing Secretary General, ❄Magnús Már Magnússon❄.
-> See details in attached letters <-
#glaciology #ice #snow #openscience #academicassociation #learnedsociety @allenpope.bsky.social
-> See details in attached letters <-
#glaciology #ice #snow #openscience #academicassociation #learnedsociety @allenpope.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Announcing the new Secretary General of the International Glaciological Society, ❄Allen Pope❄, and honouring the outgoing Secretary General, ❄Magnús Már Magnússon❄.
-> See details in attached letters <-
#glaciology #ice #snow #openscience #academicassociation #learnedsociety @allenpope.bsky.social
-> See details in attached letters <-
#glaciology #ice #snow #openscience #academicassociation #learnedsociety @allenpope.bsky.social
Career update: I’m excited & honored to be @igsoc.bsky.social's new Secretary General! I’m particularly excited to return to my roots as a glaciologist in this community-facing role. As I’m getting up to speed, feel free to reach out & see you at IGS meetings and publishing in IGS journals soon?!
October 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Career update: I’m excited & honored to be @igsoc.bsky.social's new Secretary General! I’m particularly excited to return to my roots as a glaciologist in this community-facing role. As I’m getting up to speed, feel free to reach out & see you at IGS meetings and publishing in IGS journals soon?!
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The disappearance of the inspiring science adventure film "For Winter" was crushing. Read the article (shorturl.at/02nDR) and...
➡️ Follow and support the amazing Alison Criscitiello
➡️ Tell National Geographic Society this is not OK and recalibrate your relationship with them.
➡️ Tell others.
➡️ Follow and support the amazing Alison Criscitiello
➡️ Tell National Geographic Society this is not OK and recalibrate your relationship with them.
➡️ Tell others.
Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector
If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...
shorturl.at
October 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The disappearance of the inspiring science adventure film "For Winter" was crushing. Read the article (shorturl.at/02nDR) and...
➡️ Follow and support the amazing Alison Criscitiello
➡️ Tell National Geographic Society this is not OK and recalibrate your relationship with them.
➡️ Tell others.
➡️ Follow and support the amazing Alison Criscitiello
➡️ Tell National Geographic Society this is not OK and recalibrate your relationship with them.
➡️ Tell others.
And with Antarctica on top, no less. (Which is also consistent with Mātauranga Māori that I've seen presented.) I love it!
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
And with Antarctica on top, no less. (Which is also consistent with Mātauranga Māori that I've seen presented.) I love it!
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Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene! 🧊😲
What a surprise! (nope) 🙃
Another evidence we are leaving the climate crucible that saw human societies develop! 🔥📈
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What a surprise! (nope) 🙃
Another evidence we are leaving the climate crucible that saw human societies develop! 🔥📈
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene! 🧊😲
What a surprise! (nope) 🙃
Another evidence we are leaving the climate crucible that saw human societies develop! 🔥📈
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What a surprise! (nope) 🙃
Another evidence we are leaving the climate crucible that saw human societies develop! 🔥📈
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🚨New paper 🚨@natgeosci.nature.com Greenlandification of Antarctica - comment by me + colleagues @dmidk.bsky.social @eo4cryo.bsky.social + @universityofleeds.bsky.social showing how Antarctica increasingly resembles Greenland- drawing on a mass of work from @esaclimate.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eJiqJ
rdcu.be/eJiqJ
The Greenlandification of Antarctica
Nature Geoscience - Climate and ice sheet processes in Antarctica increasingly reflect those observed earlier in Greenland. Applying process insights from Greenland can improve projections of...
rdcu.be
October 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨New paper 🚨@natgeosci.nature.com Greenlandification of Antarctica - comment by me + colleagues @dmidk.bsky.social @eo4cryo.bsky.social + @universityofleeds.bsky.social showing how Antarctica increasingly resembles Greenland- drawing on a mass of work from @esaclimate.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eJiqJ
rdcu.be/eJiqJ
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Will landscape responses reduce glacier sensitivity to climate change in High Mountain Asia? 🧪⚒️❄️⛰️ New paper in @egu-cr.bsky.social The Cryosphere
tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
Will landscape responses reduce glacier sensitivity to climate change in High Mountain Asia?
Abstract. In High Mountain Asia (HMA), ongoing climate change threatens mountain water resources as glaciers melt, and the resulting changes in runoff and water availability are likely to have conside...
tc.copernicus.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Will landscape responses reduce glacier sensitivity to climate change in High Mountain Asia? 🧪⚒️❄️⛰️ New paper in @egu-cr.bsky.social The Cryosphere
tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
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[1/2] Sometimes pictures say more than 1,000 words.
This repeat photography of Birchgletscher (1927–2025) shows a century of change, ending in this year’s tragic collapse that destroyed Blatten and claimed one life.
📷 1927 vs 2025
This repeat photography of Birchgletscher (1927–2025) shows a century of change, ending in this year’s tragic collapse that destroyed Blatten and claimed one life.
📷 1927 vs 2025
September 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
[1/2] Sometimes pictures say more than 1,000 words.
This repeat photography of Birchgletscher (1927–2025) shows a century of change, ending in this year’s tragic collapse that destroyed Blatten and claimed one life.
📷 1927 vs 2025
This repeat photography of Birchgletscher (1927–2025) shows a century of change, ending in this year’s tragic collapse that destroyed Blatten and claimed one life.
📷 1927 vs 2025
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In three days, our iconic red planes will take off from Canada to make the epic journey across the world to Antarctica.
These flights mark the start of a new polar science season.
BUT ALSO that means there's three days left to send your name to Antarctica with us! tickettoantarctica.com
These flights mark the start of a new polar science season.
BUT ALSO that means there's three days left to send your name to Antarctica with us! tickettoantarctica.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In three days, our iconic red planes will take off from Canada to make the epic journey across the world to Antarctica.
These flights mark the start of a new polar science season.
BUT ALSO that means there's three days left to send your name to Antarctica with us! tickettoantarctica.com
These flights mark the start of a new polar science season.
BUT ALSO that means there's three days left to send your name to Antarctica with us! tickettoantarctica.com
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🧪🧵The deepest part of the three gravity cores collected nearest to Thwaites Glacier.
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🧪🧵The deepest part of the three gravity cores collected nearest to Thwaites Glacier.
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Deadline approaching soon! Submit your application for this special travel grant.
Call for a special IGS-EGG conference grant to attend CliC OSC 2026 (clic2026.com)
Read the eligibility criteria here igsegg.org/egg-events/c...
Deadline: September 30
@igsoc.bsky.social
#Grant #CliC2026 #IGS #ECR
Read the eligibility criteria here igsegg.org/egg-events/c...
Deadline: September 30
@igsoc.bsky.social
#Grant #CliC2026 #IGS #ECR
September 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Deadline approaching soon! Submit your application for this special travel grant.
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📣📣 Call For Donations! 💰💰
I am raising funds to finance the 2025 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign!
Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍
I need your help! 🤍
To learn more:
wemakeit.com/projects/gla...
🙏🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏🙏
I am raising funds to finance the 2025 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign!
Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍
I need your help! 🤍
To learn more:
wemakeit.com/projects/gla...
🙏🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏🙏
September 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
📣📣 Call For Donations! 💰💰
I am raising funds to finance the 2025 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign!
Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍
I need your help! 🤍
To learn more:
wemakeit.com/projects/gla...
🙏🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏🙏
I am raising funds to finance the 2025 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign!
Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍
I need your help! 🤍
To learn more:
wemakeit.com/projects/gla...
🙏🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏🙏
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With emissions still rising 📈 and the catastrophic consequences 🔥 becoming ever clearer, geoengineering is getting ever more tempting 🧪
But a review has concluded that the main methods proposed to save polar ice 🧊 are not doable or won't work
www.newscientist.com/article/2495...
But a review has concluded that the main methods proposed to save polar ice 🧊 are not doable or won't work
www.newscientist.com/article/2495...
Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change
A review of the five main methods proposed for cooling down the poles or slowing the loss of ice concludes they are all wildly impractical, wouldn't work, or both
www.newscientist.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
With emissions still rising 📈 and the catastrophic consequences 🔥 becoming ever clearer, geoengineering is getting ever more tempting 🧪
But a review has concluded that the main methods proposed to save polar ice 🧊 are not doable or won't work
www.newscientist.com/article/2495...
But a review has concluded that the main methods proposed to save polar ice 🧊 are not doable or won't work
www.newscientist.com/article/2495...
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The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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A reminder that submissions are now open for the @igsoc.bsky.social special collection of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers’. Accepted papers will be published continuously and will be brought together in an online thematic collection in 2026: www.igsoc.org/ice-streams-...
Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers - call for papers | IGS
The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will prepare a special collection of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme ‘Ice Streams and Outlet
www.igsoc.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A reminder that submissions are now open for the @igsoc.bsky.social special collection of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers’. Accepted papers will be published continuously and will be brought together in an online thematic collection in 2026: www.igsoc.org/ice-streams-...
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Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
September 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
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Call for a special IGS-EGG conference grant to attend CliC OSC 2026 (clic2026.com)
Read the eligibility criteria here igsegg.org/egg-events/c...
Deadline: September 30
@igsoc.bsky.social
#Grant #CliC2026 #IGS #ECR
Read the eligibility criteria here igsegg.org/egg-events/c...
Deadline: September 30
@igsoc.bsky.social
#Grant #CliC2026 #IGS #ECR
August 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Call for a special IGS-EGG conference grant to attend CliC OSC 2026 (clic2026.com)
Read the eligibility criteria here igsegg.org/egg-events/c...
Deadline: September 30
@igsoc.bsky.social
#Grant #CliC2026 #IGS #ECR
Read the eligibility criteria here igsegg.org/egg-events/c...
Deadline: September 30
@igsoc.bsky.social
#Grant #CliC2026 #IGS #ECR