Neil Glasser
@NeilNfg
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Professor of Physical Geography at Aberystwyth Uni. Ice sheets, glaciers, geomorphology and climate change in Patagonia, Antarctica and Himalayas
Aberystwyth, Wales
Joined March 2012
Our new cloud-based multihazard tool, MiMapper, is now live. You can read about it here: https://t.co/6hYJVs2g4h
mdpi.com
Nepal is highly susceptible to natural hazards, including earthquakes, flooding, and landslides, all of which may occur independently or in combination. Climate change is projected to increase the...
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How did glaciers in the Tropics react to changes in the ITCZ? We discuss here: https://t.co/VQmgXL82aJ
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Scientific Reports - Younger Dryas glacier advances in the tropical Andes driven by increased precipitation
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Our latest new work, the result of a nice collaboration with @NeilNfg and the Aberystwith University is now on-line! With @CostanzaDel & @Segu_sec
https://t.co/KnGnxFfgeJ
nature.com
Scientific Reports - Younger Dryas glacier advances in the tropical Andes driven by increased precipitation
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40°C is the new 30°C in France...! 🔥🥵 Mostly unknown before 1980 (5 occurrences) 📉 Skyrocketing since 2019 (180 occurrences) 📈
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Did you know that already more than 1000 glaciers have disappeared in Switzerland over the last 50 years as a consequence of human-caused climate change? One of those is Pizolgletscher which I visited today. Always a saddening yet impressive sight...
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Today marks my last day as one of the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellors. This has been a great role and I have enjoyed it immensely; full of challenges and surprises. But to be clear this is not retirement! Now it is time to get back to teaching and research!
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Finally some precise numbers for the Blatten deposit! 👇 11 Mio m3 and up to 32 m thick ! 😱 Analysis: Simeon Schmauß
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MiMapper is now live! https://t.co/Solb77cm02 Department of Geography and Earth Sciences: https://t.co/IKysepib5N Department of Research, Business & Innovation: https://t.co/nPWr2FBuXK
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🌍During #WalesClimateWeek #COP29, we’re talking a closer look at how our scientists are helping to tackle global warming. 🌱Breeding #miscanthus plants that remove CO2 from the atmosphere is the focus of Prof Iain Donnison’s research @ibers_aber More: https://t.co/Zgz004Asg5
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Another fine @AberUni open day and another chance to welcome prospective @AberDLSAGB students & guests - such a buzz on campus and great to see so many enjoying our taster sessions studying dolphin diets, hermit crab behaviour and taking part in the legendary parasite pub quiz!
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Aiguille du Midi this afternoon, emerging after 20 hrs of continuons rain ! 😍
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⚠️ Check out this breathtaking photo of a proglacial lake at ~5400 m asl in trans-Himalayan Ladakh that we recently surveyed for bathymetry using robotic echosounbding boat funded under the @moesgoi sponsored project. +
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On the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction, I take this opportunity to highlight one of the most critical and growing risks in the Himalaya, Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs). These instantaneous floods occur when the damming moraine of proglacial lake fails. +
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Met with the students and lecturers curating green spaces to combat community social isolation, support community cohesion and encourage a space for student well being!
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Travelled to @AberUni yesterday to meet with @amandajayne1975 and her brilliant team- nurturing the education of nursing students with life skills to be both excellent nurses and citizens- impressive👏🏽
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What a week! Fabulous fieldwork in Chamonix with the best team, “They came in search of buried ice”!
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Digefonna Ice Cap, Svalbard is snow free as August 2024 ends. This further reduces the crucial firn covered area on the ice cap, leading to thinning and bedrock emerging in @ESA_EO image. @NeilNfg @will_harcourt @arwynedwards @HeidiSevestre
https://t.co/Nco4pEgGYD…
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