Glaciologist | Antarctica and Greenland | Research Scientist, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder 🇺🇸 | Professor, CPOM, Northumbria University 🇬🇧 | Protect Our Winters Science Alliance | National Geographic Explorer
Alison Banwell
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Alison Banwell
Trump may not be a fan of clean energy but Iran war is accelerating global shift from oil and gas. Unintended consequence of US president’s actions will be boon for China, the leading renewables manufacturer.
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Dr Paul Dorfman
🧊The Greenland Ice Sheet lost 139 billion tonnes of ice in 2025!
New @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #ESOTC report out today.
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2025?u...
CIRES is excited to announce our new Associate Director for Science, Eric Anderson!
Anderson comes to CIRES with more than 20 years of experience studying where large bodies of water meet the atmosphere and working where federal science meets academic research.
✨We are proud to share that Professor Daniel Feltham (University of Reading) and CPOM Principal Investigator for Sea Ice Modelling, has been awarded the Seligman Crystal by the International Glaciological Society - one of the society's highest honours!
🔗 www.igsoc.org/about/awards...
Today is now the hottest day in May on record for both England and Wales with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35.1°C and Cardiff Bute Park reaching 32.9°C 🌡️
The ice Izzy models is thousands of miles away. Her CPOM / @northumbriauni.bsky.social PhD has got her closer to it than most.
🧊 2 minutes on what a CPOM polar science PhD can really involve - from running MONARCHS simulations to fieldwork in Ny-Ålesund with @bas.ac.uk 👇
📹 youtu.be/VGX_kwPb_8Q
New CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all. The work also shows that some news networks are polarized in their coverage.
📖 Read the story: cires.colorado.edu/news/televis...
UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling
UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling
UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling
The 11th annual Stand Up for Climate Comedy event is TOMORROW NIGHT! Celebrate the power of comedy to ignite climate awareness and action. calendar.colorado.edu/event/earth-...
🗓️: April 21, 2026
🕕️: Doors 6 pm, Show 7 pm
📍: Boulder Theater
In May 2026, Europe experienced a rapid climate transition from cooler-than-average conditions to an unusually early & intense heatwave. France, UK, Ireland, Portugal saw their highest May temperatures on record, according to Copernicus Climate Change Service’s latest bulletin: http://bit.ly/4ek0T1L
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Unintended consequence of US president’s actions will be boon for China, the leading renewables manufacturer
The Trump administration's efforts to dismantle #Boulder's NCAR hit a roadblock Monday, as a federal judge halted the transfer of the lab's supercomputing center www.axios.com/local/boulde...
Mitchell Byars
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The ruling keeps Boulder's climate research hub intact for now.