Bethan Davies
@iceybethan.bsky.social
Professor of Glaciology and glacial geology, Newcastle University, UK. Www.AntarcticGlaciers.org.
Editor, Quaternary Science Reviews.
IPCC WGI AR7 lead author.
Chair, UK Arctic-Antarctic Partnership.
She/hers 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Editor, Quaternary Science Reviews.
IPCC WGI AR7 lead author.
Chair, UK Arctic-Antarctic Partnership.
She/hers 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Mark your diaries - It's Polar Pride on November 18th! Celebrate the achievements of LGQBTIA+ people in STEM and in polar science, and work to make work places more inclusive and supportive, and to challenge barriers and discrimination #polarpride #LGBTQinSTEM
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Mark your diaries - It's Polar Pride on November 18th! Celebrate the achievements of LGQBTIA+ people in STEM and in polar science, and work to make work places more inclusive and supportive, and to challenge barriers and discrimination #polarpride #LGBTQinSTEM
Come and study for a PhD with me @ncl-geography.bsky.social!
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Come and study for a PhD with me @ncl-geography.bsky.social!
Mer de Glace, Chamonix, earlier this week. The sad tarpaulin over the visitor glacier grotto shows how desperate it is to save this glacier. It also shows how hopeless it is. The only way to save the glaciers is to urgently cut carbon emissions.
August 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Mer de Glace, Chamonix, earlier this week. The sad tarpaulin over the visitor glacier grotto shows how desperate it is to save this glacier. It also shows how hopeless it is. The only way to save the glaciers is to urgently cut carbon emissions.
Thrilled to have received the Richardson Medal from the @igsoc.bsky.social at the IGS symposium last night. I’m so touched and thank you to everyone who nominated me ❤️
July 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Thrilled to have received the Richardson Medal from the @igsoc.bsky.social at the IGS symposium last night. I’m so touched and thank you to everyone who nominated me ❤️
It was a pleasure to contribute evidence to the long running Antarctic Inquiry, alongside @klausdodds.bsky.social and @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social. The Antarctic is changing rapidly, and requires urgent and targeted study to understand present and future sea level contributions.
June 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It was a pleasure to contribute evidence to the long running Antarctic Inquiry, alongside @klausdodds.bsky.social and @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social. The Antarctic is changing rapidly, and requires urgent and targeted study to understand present and future sea level contributions.
Glacier shrinkage and eventual disappearance will decrease downstream water availability, and could contribute to extreme droughts in the arid and semi-arid Andes, impacting food and water security to populations along the length of the Andes.
March 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Glacier shrinkage and eventual disappearance will decrease downstream water availability, and could contribute to extreme droughts in the arid and semi-arid Andes, impacting food and water security to populations along the length of the Andes.
Extreme weather events are likely to become more frequent and severe, with heat stress, forest fires, floods and landslides threatening local communities.
March 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Extreme weather events are likely to become more frequent and severe, with heat stress, forest fires, floods and landslides threatening local communities.
The brief is Available in English and Spanish. We show how glaciers are shrinking. Andean glaciers are thinning by an average of 0.7 m per year, ~35% faster than the global average.
March 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The brief is Available in English and Spanish. We show how glaciers are shrinking. Andean glaciers are thinning by an average of 0.7 m per year, ~35% faster than the global average.
The @wmo-global.bsky.social 'State of the Climate 2024' is published, with shocking stats & figures. Global annual temperature of 1.55C, helped by El Nino. The warmest year in 175 years, with accordingly strongly negative glacier mass balance and high sea level rise. library.wmo.int/records/item...
March 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The @wmo-global.bsky.social 'State of the Climate 2024' is published, with shocking stats & figures. Global annual temperature of 1.55C, helped by El Nino. The warmest year in 175 years, with accordingly strongly negative glacier mass balance and high sea level rise. library.wmo.int/records/item...
I was chuffed to be given American scones last time I was in Alaska. In the UK, this is a scone. I was amused by how they were similar but also different. Hadn’t realised there was an American take on what is considered the quintessential English treat.
February 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I was chuffed to be given American scones last time I was in Alaska. In the UK, this is a scone. I was amused by how they were similar but also different. Hadn’t realised there was an American take on what is considered the quintessential English treat.
January 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Important advice from @celiavarves.bsky.social on how and why to consider policy and impact right from the start of a research project. #QRA2025
January 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Important advice from @celiavarves.bsky.social on how and why to consider policy and impact right from the start of a research project. #QRA2025
Full house for our first keynote speaker, Prof. Nina Kirchner, presenting her amazing work leading glaciological research in northern Greenland and Sweden, with interesting insights on co-production of knowledge and collaboration and communication of data results #QRA2025 @quaternaryra.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Full house for our first keynote speaker, Prof. Nina Kirchner, presenting her amazing work leading glaciological research in northern Greenland and Sweden, with interesting insights on co-production of knowledge and collaboration and communication of data results #QRA2025 @quaternaryra.bsky.social
No, there would have been deep ocean between the Greenland and the Fennoscandian ice sheets. See figure below (by @christinebatchelor.bsky.social). Though Arctic sea ice would likely have extended further south, extending the bears' ranges.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 29, 2024 at 12:28 PM
No, there would have been deep ocean between the Greenland and the Fennoscandian ice sheets. See figure below (by @christinebatchelor.bsky.social). Though Arctic sea ice would likely have extended further south, extending the bears' ranges.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited to be on my way to give my first in person Royal Geographical Society lecture to school students today! #londonbound @rgsibg.bsky.social #glaciers #geographyteacher
November 20, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Excited to be on my way to give my first in person Royal Geographical Society lecture to school students today! #londonbound @rgsibg.bsky.social #glaciers #geographyteacher
Happy #PolarPride! Great to celebrate with Newcastle Uni physical geography research group today 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
November 18, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Happy #PolarPride! Great to celebrate with Newcastle Uni physical geography research group today 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Diverse groups do better science. Happy #PolarPride #LGBTQinSTEM day!
November 18, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Diverse groups do better science. Happy #PolarPride #LGBTQinSTEM day!
When in doubt, go visit the #glaciers. Pleased to present the results of last summer's fieldwork with #dreamteam Dan Le Heron, Paulina Mejias Osorio and Marianne on the forefield of the rapidly retreating Taschachferner, Austria
www.escubed.org/journals/ear...
www.escubed.org/journals/ear...
November 11, 2024 at 2:26 PM
When in doubt, go visit the #glaciers. Pleased to present the results of last summer's fieldwork with #dreamteam Dan Le Heron, Paulina Mejias Osorio and Marianne on the forefield of the rapidly retreating Taschachferner, Austria
www.escubed.org/journals/ear...
www.escubed.org/journals/ear...
That was fun! Possibly a career highlight - the chance to advice on BBC Mammals programme on the growth of ice sheets. Amazing opportunity #bbcmammals #scicomm #cold
April 21, 2024 at 7:15 PM
That was fun! Possibly a career highlight - the chance to advice on BBC Mammals programme on the growth of ice sheets. Amazing opportunity #bbcmammals #scicomm #cold
Ice sheets, glaciers, mammals - essential Sunday night viewing! Very excited to watch this and super proud to help as a scientific advisor
April 17, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Ice sheets, glaciers, mammals - essential Sunday night viewing! Very excited to watch this and super proud to help as a scientific advisor