July/Aug 2025. We were lucky to get numerous boat rides to our research site at Midtre Lovénbreen from Iain Rudkin at the NERC station. Adam Solon and Iain pictured + flight taking off from Ny-Ålesund to Longyearbyen. #Ny-Alesund #meltingglacier #polarcirkel #higharctic

2025 research at Finse Research Station, Norway. The great conservationist Sigmund Hagvar came out of retirement to help us
1. View from station
2. Sigmund at the glacier
3. Early successional beetle
4 Charlie, Rachel and Sigmund

#meltingglaciers #finse #fieldstation #climateaction #glacierbeetles

Some pics of our August 2024 trip to Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard.
1. Rachel working.
2. Rachel and Adam, site 1
3. baby BSCs!!
4. Austre Brøggerbreen.
#glaciermelting #nyålesund #biologicalsoilcrust #soilcrust #nostoc #thermokarst #permafrost #globalwarming #svalbardlife #astrobiology #climateaction

How communal pooping by Vicuñas is enhancing ecosystem succession following glacial retreat in the High-Andes of Peru.
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photo: Kelsey Reider