Very happy to have been 'Highly Commended' in the @QMUL Research and Innovation awards for our technical contribution to a study on landfill waste with @DrKateSpencer which featured on BBC Panorama. Proud to be part of this team.

Svalbard: Can scientists salvage climate data from rapidly melting glaciers? ✍️ @daisydunnesci w/ comment from @HeartMeltingIce @BAS_News 🎨 @KerryAnnCleaver @joejgoodman Read here: https://t.co/lBd0cFVDmm

One year ago today, the Sun served up the biggest geomagnetic storm in two decades! In May 2024, a back-to-back chain of solar eruptions hit Earth, pushing auroras as far south as Mexico. This new visualization uses NASA data to reveal the storm’s powerful impact on our

"Mountain Rescue put the increase down to the growth in popularity of “honeypot” locations – beauty spots popular on TikTok and Instagram – as well as younger people relying less on paper maps and more on apps that lack detail or do not work offline" https://t.co/JP6mpym9CF

📣 Submissions for nominations of experts for IPCC's data Task-Group  close 17 April! IPCC member govts & accredited observer organizations are invited to nominate experts to serve as Co-Chairs & members of TG Data Support for #ClimateChange Assessments. https://t.co/Xa1rc033Tg

Freshwater landscapes are home to 10% of all known species on Earth but a recent IUCN co-authored study reveals 1/4 of freshwater animals at risk of extinction. It is the largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the @IUCNRedList to date. https://t.co/rfjNJi2Aud

🚨 Become a heritage trainee with @ThamesFestTrust 🌊 Explore maritime histories with mudlark Nicola White & benefit from a tailored training programme. This is a PAID opportunity for anyone looking for a career in heritage, museums, arts or culture. 👉 https://t.co/uJ8dBULTnk

Spectacular: The partially eclipsed Sun rising over the St Lawrence River in Quebec, captured on March 29. Video by Jason Kurth. (I sped up the footage 4x for the impatient...like myself.) https://t.co/KUSX4RFbUW

Wonderful to visit Flatford Mill, the location which inspired Constable's The Hay Wain. @nationaltrust @nationalgallery @GH_Sudbury

Happy #WorldWetlandsDay2025! By conserving the world’s wetlands, we safeguard biodiversity, enhance climate resilience and secure critical ecosystem services that support human health, economic wellbeing and cultural heritage. Because today and every day is #WorldWetlandsDay.

Tune into BBC Alba at 9pm tomorrow night for the second part of this fascinating @SaveOurWildcats documentary 🐯🐾

One day left to submit your tropical peatland abstract to this session at #EGU25. Deadline is 15 January! #tropicalpeat @EuroGeosciences #PeatTwitter

14 January 1742. Sir Edmund Halley died (aged 86). In 1705 he detailed the orbit of a single comet over the Earth and predicted the date of its next appearance. It was named Halley’s Comet upon its predicted return in 1758, which he did not live to see.

Our scientists achieved a milestone by merging two distinct databases on wildfire damage for the first time, comparing California and Portugal. The study revealed that the most critical factors influencing wildfire damage are vent screens and the materials used in exterior

Here's the moment @LettyIngrey found that spear tip. It's a piece of Neaderthal hunting equipment, at least 40,000 years old. And it's where we predicted they were hunting. Not driving game over cliff but ambushing them in rocky gullys. #DiggingForBritain 🏺🦣

This image, acquired by our #Sentinel2 C satellite on 11 December 2024, shows the discharge of sediments into the Adriatic Sea from the Vjosa and Semani rivers on the west coast of Albania. Learn more: https://t.co/L7yUIJ3LNh

Post-doctoral #job on past environmental change in #Madagascar now open for applications https://t.co/TaCmbYrfsK #palaeoecology #palaeoclimate #archaeology #science #PhD #landscape #palynology #pollen #DNA #aDNA #sediments

PhD Studentships available in the School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London. Feel free to contact staff about potential topics or look at some of the advertised ones.

I just had one of the most incredible nature experiences of my life. I got a message that someone had seen an otter near Tesco in Barking. I assumed that it must be a mink, as there couldn’t be otters in such an urban area, swimming amongst supermarkets, motorways & the

We're recruiting for an exciting new #PhD project in #mountain #woodland restoration! "The genetic diversity & adaptive potential of mountain birch in Scotland for high-altitude nature recovery" hosted by @UK_CEH, @StirUni & @Forest_Research Apply here: https://t.co/EkL7yNXlR4

🧵SALT🧵 It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question: Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from? The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised. 1/14