In the past decade or so, interest in glacier microbiology and "bioalbedo" has intensified, but it is important to remember that these ideas are not new. In fact, the early polar explorers wrote on these topics over 150 years ago and even identified species of algae in cryoconite and the role of ice algae for … Continue reading The old boys: ahead of the curve!
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General science and tech tutorials, reviews and essays
Glacier carbon fluxes on Antarcticglaciers.org
I wrote an article about carbon on glacier ice for Antarcticglaciers.org which went online today. I'm really happy to have contributed to this great website! Check it out here. For any of my students who read this - explore the Antarcticglaciers website, it is a great resource for cryosphere information to supplement the lecture material!
Ice Core Review
The aim of this post is not just general interest, but specifically to provide an informal overview of ice cores for my Earth Surface Processes and Environments students (if you are one of them, the material here complements the lecture on Tuesday 15th October. Further notes and the lecture slides are available on Udo). Ice … Continue reading Ice Core Review
The greatest climate threat – under the ground and under the radar?
Our best predictions of earth's response to anthropogenic warming are continually changing, with famous mechanisms such as the ice-albedo feedback and modification of oceanic circulation patterns dominating the literature and media. The greatest threat, however, might seem less exotic, less dramatic and less striking although it is likely the most ominous, sinister and menacing of … Continue reading The greatest climate threat – under the ground and under the radar?
To The Poles 