Geochemist using 🧊-o-topes to trace how permafrost thaw/glacial melting affects biogeochemical cycling in the Arctic 🇦🇺 in 🇩🇰 she/her🍷🍩 #permafrostology
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Meet Mel, our Research Lead 🤓 Mel's a geochemist whose research focuses on how physical and chemical weathering processes remove CO2 from the atmosphere. @mel_murphy01 is leading our research program as we test and up-scale enhanced #weathering at our sites at Glenaros.🙌🌏
🧊 ❄️ 🇬🇱Hej permafrostee tweeps (esp those working in Greenland) - anyone interested in doing some research on deep groundwater boreholes drilled under the GrIS?? Seems a shame if they get decommissioned 🧊❄️ 🇬🇱 #glacier #permafrost
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So you want to know what's going on with climate change, but AR6 WGII is a whopping 3,675 pages. How do you read an #ipcc report? Five easy steps:
Another F for the Arctic in the 2021 @NOAA report card.
Rain (yes, wet precipitation!) on the middle of the Greenland ice sheet 🌧 massive wildfires 🔥 permafrost degradation, damage to communities 🏠 dramatic effects to ecosystems and wildlife 🌱 🦠 🐂 🐻❄️ 🐳
2021 @NOAA Arctic Report Card is out! arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/…
❄️ Cascading disruptions
❄️ Intensifying hydrologic cycles 💧
❄️ Extreme events and variability 🌡️
❄️ + Learning from Arctic Native Peoples: community, collaboration, resilience for 💚
youtu.be/_WbWjLUTvZM
Looking forward to the #12GagesOfChristmas
'Tis the season to celebrate #Idaho's @USGS streamgages and hydrologic technicians with the #12GagesOfChristmas. Follow the hashtag and follow the fun as we kick it off tomorrow.
ALT U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician Nick Korzen measures streamflow through ice on the South Fork Clearwater River near Elk City, Idaho, February 2021. (Photo credit: Dan Hess, U.S. Geological Survey. Public domain.)
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Everyday should be #WorldSoilDay with all the incredible abilities such as #carbonstorage they do! 👩🏼🌾
Crazy to think about how much water a single glacial lake outburst flood can release in a single go… #GLOF #jökulhlaup
Water volume released in a jökulhlaup from Grímsvötn volcano over the last few days, with Reykjavik city for comparison. The sphere is 1240 m in diameter and holds 1 billion litres (400,000 Olympic pools). Infographic by @Vedurstofan
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Calling all students & ECRs! Do you have an independent research project you want to conduct at Toolik, but don't have $ for userdays? Apply for our TUNDRA award to request up to 10 days at camp.
Application open now til 15 Feb. DM for more info or go to uaf.edu/toolik/outreach/tund…
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Annual Thanksgiving reminder that just like a frozen turkey, permafrost thaws not melts.
Organic permafrost👇 Mineral permafrost👇
ALT Photograph of a permafrost peat core with tape measure for scale.
ALT Photograph of a mineral permafrost core with tape measure for scale.
Tomorrow’s @NORDBiGS seminar on assessing the ecological impact of extreme weather on coastal biogeochemical functioning using satellite observations is going to be great. See you there? 🛰
You ready for a mouthful of saltwater? 🌊
This week @KMAttard will entertain us with tales from the 7 oceans ⛵️
The oceans are equally or even more important than the terrestrial ecosystems for the Earth system 🌎 Karl speaks it's language. Join!🐳
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COP26 or FLOP26?
Interessant Genstart afsnit med klinajournalist Jørgen Steen Nielsen Men det handler om hvordan det går på COP26. Bliver det endnu én i en lang række af skuffende klimakonferencer, eller er der stadig håb?
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Postdoc Job Alert: We are seeking a independent geoscientist with skills in isotope geochemistry who is keen to apply them to problems involving environmental monitoring and mineral exploration. Deadline to apply is in 1 week...
earthworks-jobs.com/geoscien…
Best PhD fieldwork partner ever #phdchat 🌳🌱🍃🍁
This is dedication...
Ice closing in on last @GEM_Arctic river flow measurements of the season, 29 Sept 2021. #monitoring #Arctic
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🇬🇱⛏🌱 Ever wondered about the impact of mining dust deposition on Greenlandic ecosystems? Come to this weeks seminar (Thurs 12 CET) with Christian Jørgensen who will tell us more about the environmental impacts of the Kvanefjeld REE and U mine 🇬🇱⛏🌱 nordbigs.wordpress.com/
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Did you know that the oldest living organism on Earth might be a microorganism in #permafrost? Actually frozen permafrost is full of life, but what happens to it, when this permafrost thaws? Let's discover it in the latest @EGU_CR post by @Maria_Scheel_!
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/20…
ALT Schematic with frozen (top) and thawed (bottom) permafrost. Some microorganisms live better in one than in the other, but from thawing permafrost, more old carbon is converted by these microbes and released into the atmosphere as CO2 and CH4 greenhouse gases.
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🌳 🪨 Let me introduce Veronica Furey, who is doing her PhD with @phil_renforth and @FutureForestCo to investigate combinations of enhanced weathering, biochar and reforestation as carbon dioxide removal technologies 🌳🪨 Please give her a follow and a 👋
In this interview, I chat with @Flomatildaa and briefly explain what Enhanced Weathering is and how can we use it to combat climate change youtube.com/watch?v=LFnBlXN8…
So excited that the NORDBiGS biogeochemical seminar series is back on from next week. Hope to see you there?!
NORDBiGS IS BACK! 🦌🐛🌎After a very encouraging spring series, another 8 ECR talks on biogeosphere science will kick off on Thursday the 14/10 at 12noon CEST🍄🍂🪱🌳Check out our website for program, Zoom links and more. We look forward to welcome you🔥
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Do you know artificial glaciers? They are glaciers influenced by human interventions to improve their condition and lengthen their existence for economic purposes. Are they sustainable? Surely not! Let's discover them in this @EGU_CR post by @g_baccolo!
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/20…
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Glaciers, there are few places on earth where you can witness such dramatic transformations in the landscape over such a short period of time. Ice caves form in glaciers from running water and overnight can change into an ice bridge that will collapse overnight and leave no trace
