In December 2017, I was the first person to capture live footage of iceberg A68, which had broken away from the Larsen C ice shelf in July. That footage, shot on a science flight over the peninsula, made it into news items all over the world. Three years on, and the iceberg formerly known as … Continue reading Why is everyone talking about iceberg A68?
New paper alert! The influence of summertime cloud phase on surface melting over Larsen C
Wahoo! My first first-author paper is out, and it's open access. https://twitter.com/BAS_News/status/1223506872759672833 A plain-language summary: Clouds strongly affect the amount of energy that can reach the surface of floating Antarctic ice shelves like Larsen C in summertime. They can reflect incoming solar radiation and trap outgoing radiation emitted by the Earth. However, the composition and … Continue reading New paper alert! The influence of summertime cloud phase on surface melting over Larsen C
Laying the foundations for a hindcast
How do you predict the past? Model it!
Watch now: my KS2 assembly about Antarctic climate research
Watch this video of an assembly I gave to 200 key stage 2 pupils at Granard Primary School in Putney about Antarctic weather and climate change (and clouds!)
Stop being such a melt: the effect of cloud microphysics on the surface energy balance of Larsen C
If you, like most people, will never read my second thesis chapter, then this translates the science into English.
The climate cooking show: How to make a cloud
A(68)nniversary
A year ago, the megaberg, A68, broke away from Larsen C (ok, so it was more than a year ago, but I've been away... allow me). I spoke to the BBC's Jon Amos about it, and they made this snappy little video about it. Check it out: https://twitter.com/BBCScienceNews/status/1016334382636978176 So what's happening to it now? … Continue reading A(68)nniversary
Dispatches from Davos
This week, a huge number of polar scientists across many disciplines have descended on Davos, Switzerland to attend the #Polar 2018 joint SCAR/IASC (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research/International Arctic Science Committee) conference. It's the first time in many years where scientists working on polar science at opposite ends of the earth have been able to … Continue reading Dispatches from Davos
Women in STEM
Getting young women excited about science is key to changing the gender imbalance at senior levels in academia.
