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IASC_Arctic @iasc-arctic.bsky.social · 4d

Call for IASC Cross-Cutting and Working Group Proposals 2026!

Proposals can be submitted for:

- Cross-cutting Projects (relevant for two or more IASC Working Groups); or

- WG-specific Projects (relevant for only one IASC Working Group)

Learn more & apply: iasc.info/our-work/wor...

Call for Proposals - International Arctic Science Committee

The International Arctic Science Committee, is a non governmental organisation that aims to encourage, facilitate and promote cooperation in all aspects of arctic research in all countries engaged in ...

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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to advertise a new interdisciplinary PhD opportunity at @geogdurham.bsky.social - "From ice to ecosystem: assessing the risk of glacier melt and legacy contamination for reindeer in Sápmi (Lapland)" ❄️ 🦌

To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Reindeer in Ljungris, Berg Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden. Arild Vågen.

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 19d

📣 Want to deepen your skills in luminescence research? Join the Short Course in Luminescence Dating: Theory, Methods & Application — taught by world-leading experts Prof Helen Roberts & Prof Geoff Duller.

📅 17–21 Nov 2025
📍 Aberystwyth University

Book Now: tinyurl.com/hc4x434s

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Stephen Roberts @stever60.bsky.social · 6d

Applications are now open for this years’ BAS Iapetus PhD projects … including one working on our Big Thaw project investigating extreme precipitation in Nepal from sediment core and climate data - more details in this link @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Photo of Lake Tilicio in Nepal with an inset core showing our team collecting sediment cores from the lake

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Keir Nichols @cosmokeir.bsky.social · 6d

Applications are now open for a Glasgow-based Iapetus DTP project centred on using in situ 14C to study glacier histories in East Antarctica! tinyurl.com/3ddvynn2 @stever60.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

A person standing on a moraine which is in front of a mountain. The mountain is in East Antarctica, with a small glacier between the mountain and moraine. The person is using a saw to collect a rock sample from the surface of a boulder on top of the moraine.

A photo taken from a mountain in East Antarctica, with moraines and blue ice in the foreground, and the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet extending to the horizon. Some small mountains (nunataks) are poking out above the surface of the ice sheet at varying distances.

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PAGES ECN (PAGES Early-Career Network) @pages-ecn.bsky.social · 7d

✨ December Writing Retreat ✨

Join the PAGES ECN Writing Club for our cosy end-of-year writing retreat! 🕯️☕

A relaxed online space to write, connect, and wrap up 2025 on a productive note 🎄

📝 Sign up via our form forms.gle/Re4DrKeGj79a...

@pages-ipo.bsky.social

#pagesecn #pages_ecn

✨ December Writing Retreat ✨

Join us for the PAGES ECN Writing Club December Retreat! 💻🎄 It’s that cosy, end-of-year moment – perfect for wrapping up chapters, polishing drafts, or simply writing with a cup of tea in hand ☕❄️ S...

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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 19d

📣 Deadline extended until 30th November!

We welcome submissions from studies offering both modern and palaeo perspectives of ice streams and outlet glaciers and hope this special collection will help to cross-pollinate ideas and theoretical insights into one of glaciology's most important topics! ❄️

Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · Sep 8

A reminder that submissions are now open for the @igsoc.bsky.social special collection of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers’. Accepted papers will be published continuously and will be brought together in an online thematic collection in 2026: www.igsoc.org/ice-streams-...

Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers - call for papers | IGS

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will prepare a special collection of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme ‘Ice Streams and Outlet

www.igsoc.org

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 11d

🚨FOUR tenure track positions in my dept @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social in applied & computational geophysics, subsurface geochemistry, sedimentary geology, and sustainable soil science. careers.ucalgary.ca/search/jobs?...

(please reskeet widely!) #academicsky 🧪⚒️🇨🇦

Opportunities matching 'earth'

Search 4 Careers available at University of Calgary.

careers.ucalgary.ca

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Pal(a)eoPERCS @palaeopercs.bsky.social · 9d

This week at #PalaeoPERCS we will be joined by Niklas Bücker from Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Erlangen, Germany.
Sign up here: paleopercs.com/participate/
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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 9d

📢 PhD in #Quaternary & Glacial #Geology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway 🇳🇴
Fully funded | 4 years | Arctic fieldwork
Eligibility: MSc in Geology or related field
Deadline: 2 Nov 2025

🔗 higherjobz.com/phd-quaterna...
#PhDPosition #Quaternary #Geology #Norway #ResearchJobs #ScienceCareer

PhD in Quaternary Geology at UiT Norway – Apply Now | HigherJobz

Apply for a fully funded PhD in Quaternary and Glacial Geology at UiT Norway. Includes Arctic fieldwork—deadline: 2 Nov 2025.

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 12d

Call to Participate in #IODP3 Expedition GLACE-NS: Late Cenozoic Glaciers, Landscapes, Climates, and Ecosystems of the North Sea now open! iodp3.org/glace-ns-lat...

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IASC_Arctic @iasc-arctic.bsky.social · 26d

❄️ Applications Open for the IASC Fellowship Program 2026! ❄️

Applications deadline: 20 October 2025 at 18:00 GMT

iasc.info/news/iasc-ne...

Applications Open for the IASC Fellowship Program 2026 - International Arctic Science Committee

The International Arctic Science Committee, is a non governmental organisation that aims to encourage, facilitate and promote cooperation in all aspects of arctic research in all countries engaged in ...

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Markus Diesing @mdiesing.bsky.social · 15d

Vil du jobbe med havbunnskartlegging i NGU?

Vi har ledige stillinger som forskere i maringeologi ved vårt hovedkontor i Trondheim - 1 fast stilling og ett årsvikariat.

Søknadsfrist: 15.10.2025

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Vil du jobbe med havbunnskartlegging i NGU?

NGU har ledige stillinger som forskere i maringeologi ved vårt hovedkontor i Trondheim - 1 fast stilling og ett årsvikariat.Maringeologi ved NGU arbeider med et bredt spekter av oppgaver innen havbunn...

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Zoé Pochon @zoepochon.bsky.social · 14d

Join us in beautiful Stockholm for the first International Conference on palaeogenomics, 23–26 June 2026! 🥳

Abstracts are now open!

Four full days = plenty of talk slots, so throw your hat in and present your work.
#ICP2026 #ancientDNA #palaeogenomics #ancientmetagenomics

ICP2026 Stockholm @palaeogenomics.bsky.social · 14d

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Abstract submission is now open for the 1st International Conference on Palaeogenomics!

June 23–26 2026, in Stockholm.

Join researchers from across the field for 4 days and >100 talks (+ poster sessions)!

Submit abstracts here 👉
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/

Deadline: Nov 30th

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William Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 16d

Hey ice-sheet modellers! 👋

The next Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP) workshop will be hosted in Copenhagen (at GEUS) 23-25 March 2026. Details to follow!

Learn more about ISMIP at: www.ismip.org

Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project

ISMIP7 is the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project for CMIP7 (pronounced `IZ-mip`) Melt of Earth's ice sheets is already contributing to flooding experienced by coastal communities, globally. ISM...

www.ismip.org

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Heike Zimmermann @heikezimm.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣We seek a talented and enthusiastic postdoc - 3 yrs

Join our team at #GEUS, and use environmental genomics applied to marine sediment cores from the #Arctic to decipher past dynamics of toxic #phytoplankton species. 🌊❄️🧬

#protistsonsky #ancientDNA #PHATE

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Postdoc in marine environmental DNA/sedimentary ancient DNA

The Department of Glaciology and Climate at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) is looking for a talented and enthusiastic postdoctoral resear

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Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · 28d

Open Quaternary is looking for a new Editor in Chief!

openquaternary.com/announcements

If you have any questions about OQ, or the role, I am very happy to answer Qs >> [email protected]

Announcements | Open Quaternary

We are looking to appoint an Editor-in-Chief starting in January 2026 for a period of three years. The new Editor-in-Chief will be working closely with the current Editors-in-Chief during a transition period.

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NORDQUA @nordqua.org · 15d

Hello BlueSky! 👋

We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform!

Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more.

Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org

NORDQUA - The Nordic Union for Quaternary Research

Welcome to Nordqua - The Nordic Union for Quaternary Research - an organization of professional scientists from the Nordic countries.

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