Snow, hail, rain, sunshine, otters....Mull has delivered on all fronts today!
Interested in protecting the environment? There is a group in the northeast working tirelessly to understand the impacts of industrial pollution in the Tees estuary and along the Durham and Yorkshire coasts. Please help if you can www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect...
Wet rainy day in the NW Highlands today. Lucky to get an hour of sunshine on Mull late afternoon. Hope the L2 trips to Skye and the Lake District have stayed dry @geogdurham.bsky.social @jeffwarburton.bsky.social
Dr Simon Gibbon from the NEMRG on the BBC news tonight. We will continue to explore the impacts of redistributing polluted sediment on the Tees ecosystems www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @geogdurham.bsky.social @bbclooknorth.bsky.social
Interesting news from the Tees....the monitoring and disposal of dredged toxic sediment needs to be managed more effectively to limit impacts on our coastal ecosystems @naturalengland.bsky.social @durhamwildlife.bsky.social @teesrivertrust.bsky.social
www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/high-co...
Down at the APPG Polar Regions meeting at Westminster yesterday to discuss UK research in Greenland. Thanks to Kelly Hogan and George Freeman MP for the invite. @geogdurham.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
A Teesside industrial chemist for 40+ years, I’ve been investigating Tees dredging for 4 years and have uncovered severe contamination. We need the truth to protect our environment and economy.
www.crowdjustice.com
Dr Simon Gibbon believes pollution disturbed by dredging is responsible for seal pup deaths.
Find out more about the UNESCO World Day for Glaciers, and how to join events in-person or online for free at: www.un-glaciers.org/en/world-day... with more about Caroline's side-event at: www.un-glaciers.org/en/articles/...
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UNESCO, WMO and the IYGP Community will celebrate the World Day for Glaciers and the World Water Day at UNESCO's Headquarters in Paris on 18-19 March 2026, closing the International Year of Glaciers' ...
We’re proud to support the STEP programme @durham.ac.uk, helping Year 12 Black-heritage students explore university life, take part in academic taster sessions, develop skills & receive mentoring on applications. Apply by April 10 👉https://www.durham.ac.uk/visit-us/schools/access-engagement/step/
It’s been a busy winter so far for us, with a selection of our activities recently highlighted in Durham University’s Global Research Newsletter: tinyurl.com/bdc88kk4
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Find out more about just some of what we’ve been up to across Arctic, Antarctic and mountain glacier regions! tinyurl.com/mshk3ute
An @theconversation.com article on our recent paper on glacier surges, written with Chris Stokes @durhamglaciology.bsky.social:
theconversation.com/some-glacier...
I'm looking foward to heading to Paris next week to celebrate the World Day for Glaciers and World Water Day 2026, with events taking place online and in-person at UNESCO HQ. I'll be speaking about resource security in a side event on 'Cryosphere in Crisis: Pathways for a Safe and Just Future' (1/3)
