mjsandells.bsky.social
@mjsandells.bsky.social
Snow, microwave remote sensing, snow modelling, SMRT, Arctic, dogs, snow.
At #BACO2025. Lots of good, exciting research. Super happy a former student from the #ESADragon 2023 training programme in Xining came to say hi
July 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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delighted to announce Geolitix - cloud based platform for GPR processing - are our first platinum sponsor for #GPR2026, thanks to Jan Francke.

➡️ 21st International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR2026)
📅 23-26 June 2026 Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
🔗 gpr2026.org
June 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Today my PhD student Caitlin and I were going through models (agent based and continuum) of the physics of swimming microalgae 🦠. Caitlin's investigating the movement of motile microalgae in snow ❄️ in collaboration with Mel Sandells, Matt Davey and Xanthella. #microswimmers #cryosphere #OnePlanetDTP
May 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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🐇 Today’s #haiku:

Tiny marks unfold,
veiled trails through white stillness curve -
paths where none have been

Inspired by rabbit footprints left in the morning's snow - each step a story, each pause a mystery.

(Image: Pine Trees in the Snow with Rabbit Tracks by George Hawley Hallowell, c. 1925)
November 24, 2024 at 8:08 AM
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Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.

doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
November 22, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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Small differences that make a really big difference.

We have a new paper just out this week on Greenland ice sheet projections of melt and runoff. "With identical forcing, Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance from 3 regional climate models shows a two-fold difference by 2100" In this post I go…
Small differences that make a really big difference.
We have a new paper just out this week on Greenland ice sheet projections of melt and runoff. "With identical forcing, Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance from 3 regional climate models shows a two-fold difference by 2100" In this post I go into some of the detail on why we think that is and what we can do about it...
sternaparadisaea.net
November 22, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.

Some favourites this year:

Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry

www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
November 20, 2024 at 11:42 AM
#uksnow in RG1. A few wet flakes. 1/10. #EnoughToMakeAGrownManWhoop
November 19, 2024 at 10:14 AM
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Have you seen the hydrology climate stripes?

If not you might have missed the yearly WMO report on the state of water resources. Take a look: wmo.int/publication-...

For those who already know the report, there now also is a higher resolution version available!
November 18, 2024 at 5:54 AM
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🚨🚨New #HEPEX blog post🚨🚨
A new addition for your hydrological toolbox hepex.org.au/a-new-additi...
A new addition for your hydrological toolbox
by Thibault Hallouin and Maria-Helena Ramos As hydrological modellers, we routinely assess the merits of our model predictions using our favourite metrics. Our taste in metrics is largely shared wi…
hepex.org.au
October 9, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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A quick reminder on how to contribute to uksnowmap.com ahead of any possible #uksnow tomorrow 👀

Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
November 17, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Ah Reading, it’s been a while. Of course, no university travel experience is complete without spending 2 hours negotiating with the travel management company to get into the hotel they’ve booked and supposedly paid for but you still have to fork out twice the price for. #UnexpectedlyWayOutOfPolicy
November 18, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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Happy #PolarPride day!
Celebrating #Polar #Pride with #benthic ( #seafloor) creatures from #Antarctica
#Amphipod #isopod #seastar #seapig
#PolarPrideDay #LGBTSTEMDay #LGBTQSTEMDay
🇦🇶🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐻‍❄️🐧
November 18, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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New science starter pack for PoC science communicators ⏬️

Check it out for some wonderfully talented people, or ask @hanasciart.bsky.social to be added!

#SciComm #SciArt
go.bsky.app/MaDPSzx
November 12, 2024 at 8:21 AM
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The real chemtrail that we’re not talking about.
Microplastics promote cloud formation, with likely effects on weather and climate
Clouds affect Earth’s weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles could alter these processes.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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Hello new, wonderful Blueskyers! In case you're wondering who I am, I spend most of my time thinking about glaciers and ice sheets past, present and future, currently mainly through satellite and field based remote sensing. Also very interested in how to get the science that we do communicated to...
November 14, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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This winter's snow forecast is bleak, but even worse, the last thirty years has seen a major loss of snow throughout the United States compared to the twentieth century. Global warming is wiping out glaciers, ice caps, and snow.
#climatechange
November 14, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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Oh it’s nothing. Just some snow in Saudi Arabia for the first time ever.
November 14, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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Who needs a baby bear catching snow flakes break?
November 13, 2024 at 10:34 PM