Kate Hendry

The BioGeoSCAPES Science Plan is finally published 63 authors have created a must read for anybody interested in all aspects of marine microbiology & biogeochemical cycles in our changing oceans - a great teaching resource too Free download: zenodo.org/records/2346... @biogeoscapes.bsky.social

🌐 SCAR Fellowship spotlight: Elizabeth Connors ❄ Elizabeth’s project explored how AI and mechanistic modelling can be combined to understand biogeochemical change across WAP bringing together more than 20 years of data from Palmer and Rothera research stations. 👉 scar.org/scar-news/el...

Norway will host the Fifth International Polar Year (IPY-5) International Coordination Office (ICO), in partnership with the Republic of Korea and Chile. Full press release: scar.org/scar-news/ip...

Read on to find out about how we can understand the AMOC through boundary pressures. Part of the OceanBound project I've been working on with @andrewfstyles.bsky.social for the past few years, along with colleagues @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🌊

In April the Liverpool University, UK and wider global oceanography community lost a dear colleague and friend, Louisa Norman. A tribute has just been published in the July Newsletter of @challengersoc.bsky.social Link: challenger-society.org.uk/publications...

Goldschmidt 2026 is underway in Montréal. Great to be here with thousands of our closest friends. #goldschmidt2026

Nearly 50 years of observations at Rothera Research Station tell a clear story: 📈 June 2025 was the warmest since records began 🌡️ June 2026 could rank among the warmest too 💧 This is the third midwinter in four years with no sea ice at Rothera Here's our write up: www.bas.ac.uk/news/think-i...

The ocean is running a fever... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Professor Kate Hendry, Climate Scientist at British Antarctic Survey (@krhendry.bsky.social), has written about what this all means – for the planet, polar ecosystems, and the future of Antarctic science. 🔗 Read Kate's full commentary: bit.ly/4vdC2nu 🧵5/5

New perspectives piece to accompany our new paper on the impacts of extreme events in Antarctica on researchers theconversation.com/extreme-weat...

New article out: Antarctic science operations must account for climate change and extreme environmental events @bas.ac.uk www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03629-2

🌊 Don't forgot that the @challengersoc.bsky.social conference abstract deadline is the 29th May aka this Friday! The conference is in Bangor, North Wales 7th-11th September and brings together 100s of marine scientists. More info can be found here: challenger-society.org.uk/meetings-and...

📢 4-year postdoc opportunity!! Magda Carr (Newcastle University) is recruiting a Leverhulme-funded postdoc to experimentally investigate the generation of internal tsunamis by glacial calving. The award is linked to the POLOMINTS project (www.polomints.ac.uk). Please share! lnkd.in/ePHmPxbD

Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough - from your namesake, RRS Sir David Attenborough! 🚢 The link between Sir David and this ship is very special to all who work on it. True to his legacy, it's where we do world leading polar science to understand these precious regions of our planet.

I did achieve a life/career goal today... listen to the podcast to learn about silica and also find out whether I chose tea or coffee...

Hi all, the ❄️ Antarctic Science International Bursary ❄️ is open until 20 March! £6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work www.antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an... Apply here! 👇👇 please share/repost

Lovely story on the BBC about iceberg a23a, which has given us decades of fun but is now nearing its end… Really enjoyed talking with Mark Poynting about this one-time behemoth. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Pleased to see this finally out, involving a brilliant team @emawbey.bsky.social, @erinmcclimate.bsky.social, @krhendry.bsky.social, @polarrobs.bsky.social, @wellner.bsky.social, supported by @bas.ac.uk, @awi.de , @geogdurham.bsky.social and #Thwaites🧵⤵️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

theconversation.com/rain-is-comi...

In a new review led by Prof @iceybethan.bsky.social we outline three possible futures for the Antarctic Peninsula. The bottom line? Decisions we make in this decade will shape the region’s climate trajectory for decades and centuries to come. 🇦🇶❄️🧪 @cires.colorado.edu @colorado.edu

New paper! Led by Jemma Wadham on “An #Ice Sheet-to-Ocean Analysis of #Carbon Stores and Fluxes in Earth's Polar Regions (#RECCAP2, Polar Ice Sheets)” ❄️🧪🥼 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Updated climate indicators graphics, now including 2025 ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

We are seeking a 3+ year postdoc in ocean modelling, to work on an exciting project investigating underwater tsunamis in Antarctica. More about the project here: www.polomints.ac.uk Read more about the post here: lnkd.in/eBjndZPv Please share and help connect us with the best candidates!

🔬 Did you know that today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science? 🔭 What better opportunity to introduce you to some of the amazing scientists bringing their knowledge to Flying Eye!

Please join us for an #OSM26 townhall hosted by the Challenger Society, TOS + IMECaN on ‘Broadening the Ocean Science Workforce for a More Equitable, Inclusive, and Engaged Community’ including insights from successful actions + the role of scientific societies. Thurs 26 Feb, 12:45-13:45, Forth(SEC)

We took Sky News to Rothera Research Station! From underwater tsunamis to some seriously strange creatures, they've been sharing daily reports from down south. You can catch up on their Antarctic adventures on YouTube 👇 https://tinyurl.com/4h5k5hvt https://tinyurl.com/58fy3244 #ScienceNews

You’ve heard of tsunamis before, but we bet you didn’t know they could be underwater and created by calving icebergs? 🌊 Like icebergs, much of a glacier is hidden under water so huge chunks of ice can break off, or calve. And when they do, they send shockwaves throughout the water.

🌊❄️ When Antarctic glaciers collapse into the sea, they can trigger huge underwater tsunamis that mix the ocean, affecting ice loss, climate and ecosystems. The project I lead on this is now in the field and featured on Sky News: news.sky.com/story/underw... #Antarctic #OceanMixing #ClimateScience

The first paper for the IronMan project led by @altagliabue.bsky.social has been published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... This January we set sail on the @bas.ac.uk research vessel the Sir David Attenborough to collect a whole suite of new observations 🌊

Congratulations Dr Kaitlin Naughten on receiving the EGU Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists! Her work has transformed understanding of Antarctic ice-shelf melt and future sea-level rise. She says, “It was a lovely surprise to hear that I'd won this prestigious award."

Such sad news, there's a tribute page linked below

New report that outlines UK's vision for Arctic science is a UK-wide collaboration co-led by NOC. The report which highlights knowledge gaps, ambitions and capabilities for Arctic science will be presented this week at the Arctic Circle #Assembly2025. Read here👉 lnkd.in/gEjxhurR #IPY5

UK spearheads polar climate change research as US draws back - Joe JACKSON @en.afp.com via Andrew ZININ @sciencex.bsky.social phys.org/news/2025-10...

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean warming.

This month we’re featuring Dr Sian Henley, a marine scientist studying how climate change reshapes polar oceans and ecosystems, and how science can guide global action on ocean and climate change. #WomenInScience #IDWGS2025

Some people steal paper clips from the stationary cupboard… others think bigger… 😉

So proud to stand alongside my amazing sister @krhendry.bsky.social at the Week Junior book awards Our book Scientists in the Wild, Antarctica, illustrated by fabulous Rômolo D’Hipólito, was shortlisted for STEM book of the year Huge thanks to @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social for cheering us on! 🐟🐧🦈🦭🐋

🌊❄️ Join us 14–16 Oct 2025 for the Virtual Workshop: Ocean Connectivity & Exchange Across the Antarctic Peninsula free | 3 sessions | global time zones | talks + discussions 👉 Sponsored by SOOS WAPSA RWG 🔗 More info & program: airtable.com/appoukWG95eu...

Kaitlin Naughten giving presentation at the Royal Society this morning on how ice shelf melting will respond to a warming climate emphasises conclusion from her 2023 paper in Nature Climate Climate Change 🧵🧪🌊 -

The observational record is too short, regionality too high to unequivocally attribute change across the ocean-ice-atmosphere & ecosystem. #RoyalSociety "Global impacts of climate extremes in polar regions: is Antarctica reaching a TP?" @krhendry.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk @kaitlinnaughten.bsky.social

Polar scientists meeting at @royalsociety.org in London this week are issuing a stark warning: dramatic and extreme changes in Antarctica are happening faster than expected, with consequences that will affect everyone on the planet. www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a...

Why does Antarctica matter? Learn about its global importance. Opening of the Royal Society workshop "Global impacts of climate extremes in the polar regions: is Antarctica reaching a tipping point?" Prof Jane Francis @bas.ac.uk @krhendry.bsky.social @oceanandice.bsky.social

What’s next for UK marine science? ⬇️ Download a 6 page Summary Report: ‘A UK Science Requirements Framework for Future Marine Research Infrastructure’ fmri.ac.uk/news/fmri-pu... ⬆️ Register for a Webinar with Lead Author Prof Alex David Rogers from @noc.ac.uk on Monday 22 September @ 10:00 #FMRI

The UK Government has clarified that it is opposed to polar #geoengineering "This week a group of 42 polar scientists published analysis which found that proposed geoengineering techniques were not feasible and could even be “environmentally dangerous”. committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...

Some good news. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Our paper is out, providing alternative viewpoints to some polar geoengineering ideas covered in the media recently. Lots still to talk about but let's focus on decarbonising instead of drilling Antarctica for now? 🇦🇶 Thanks @newscientist.com @mjflepage.bsky.social for covering this important issue!

If anyone would like an easy lunchtime read (or has a swotty kid), there is a children’s version of this paper: kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Underwater curtains and reflective beads are ‘unrealistic and dangerous polar geoengineering ideas’