Atmospheric and cryospheric scientist at the University of Innsbruck. Views my own. she/her
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Emily Potter retweeted
The first country in the Andes to lose all of its glaciers
#ClimateEmergency
#Venezuela has officially lost its last glacier after La Corona glacier on Humboldt peak, 4,900 meters above sea level, became too small to be classed as a #glacier.
This makes Venezuela the first country in the Andes mountain range to lose all its glaciers.
Emily Potter retweeted
Listen to @bbcworldservice The Climate Question now for audience Qs on climate change & everything from war, to roof tops, to pets: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5bl…
I recorded from Chile after installing a weather station for the Andean glacier project I mentioned: antarcticglaciers.org/andes-…
Emily Potter retweeted
Interested in Antarctic extremes? We have two posts open at BAS to work on exciting projects in this area: bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/appli… and bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/appli…
Closing date for applications is 21st January
Emily Potter retweeted
New article on future extremes in precipitation and drought in the Peruvian Andes rdcu.be/dhkAW led by @PottABL @DuncanQuincey from our PEGASUS project.
Emily Potter retweeted
Happy #PrideMonth! 🌈
As we celebrate and #TakePride in our beautiful community this summer, we also acknowledge this is a pivotal time for the 1.5 million LGBTQ+ people living in the UK.
Let's get the UK back on track for LGBTQ+ rights: stonewall.org.uk/our-work/ca…
🧵👇
ALT Rainbow background with sticker logo reading Take Pride in rainbow colours, with rainbow flag heart icon. Subheading: Let's get the UK back on track for LGBTQ+ equality! Stonewall logo in top right
Emily Potter retweeted
Thank you very much @NepaliTimes for this feature. Thank you for the opportunity to share my story..
Young Nepali glaciologist Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa studies his melting Himalayan home to contribute to mitigating climate risks in the coming decades.
Read on, Climactic change:
nepalitimes.com/latest/clima…
Emily Potter retweeted
Very sad to hear that Alejo Cochachin has died. Alejo was a leader in improving understanding of glaciers, lakes, and mountain ecoystems in the tropical Andes, and his passing leaves a huge void in the research community. My condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
Emily Potter retweeted
This #dataviz shows the UK's warmest year on record. It has been relentlessly mild (or hot) all year apart from a 2 week cold spell at the beginning of December (which made it the only cold month). Overall the mean temperature exceeded 10°C for the first time ever!
#globalwarming
A great video at the end about the etymology of cloud names: cirrus, "curl", stratus, "layer" and cumulus, "pile".
Cumulonimbus!
Luke Howard, who named the various cloud types, was born 250 years ago today.
rmets.org/metmatters/metmatt…
Emily Potter retweeted
EVENTO ONLINE | Conoce los resultados del proyecto de investigación PEGASUS #cordillerasGlaciares #Cusco #Urubamba #Vilcanota #Vilcabamba
🗓️ 5 y 6 diciembre
🕘 9 a.m (Perú)
✍️Registro: bit.ly/3TKHISl
@CAREenPeru @pucp @OficialUNSAAC @UniOfHull @NorthumbriaUni @dundeeuni
Emily Potter retweeted
An Antarctic giant for you today: the scale worm Eulagisca gigantea. This awesome worm is covered in scales (not in pic, which is the underside of the worm) and golden chaetae (the chitinous bristles that polychaetes are named for). #NoVERMber
📸Matthew Brown / NIWA
Emily Potter retweeted
A thread on the Cambridge Sustainable Travel Zone (STZ).
With a narrative of ‘you'll be charged £5 a day to move a car in Cambridge’ of course there will be opposition.
ALT London’s Congestion Charge roundel - a white C inside a red circle – painted onto on a grey tarmac background.
Emily Potter retweeted
Yep, I think we as a community need to do better at communicating what tipping elements are, and that they do not (generally) imply runaway warming. As @jrockstrom's own recent Science paper shows we don't know a priori what the balance of global cooling and warming will be:
Emily Potter retweeted
My full news report on Pyramid Lab for @thexylom.
The pyramid’s geometric shape, is almost three-thirds wider on each side (43.4 ft./ 13.2 m) than its height (27.6 ft./ 8.4m).
thexylom.com/post/a-pyramid-…
@NASTNEPAL1 @CNRDTA @WMO @NatGeo @AlexIp718 – at Nepal
Emily Potter retweeted
WATCH: Climate justice activist @KCShreya1 explains the reality of #LossAndDamage from #ClimateChange in Nepal: how rapidly melting glaciers in the high Himalayas cause devastating floods that can sweep away entire villages, while drought puts women at risk of exploitation.
Such a fantastic week at #imc2022 and the @MtnResearchMRI workshop on elevation dependant climate change. Loads of ideas for new research and collaborations, but first time for a nap!