Felicity McCormack
@fsmccormack.bsky.social
Antarctica and all things ice sheets ❄️ sea level rise; Earth systems science; bushwalking, birds, bikes and adventures. Senior Lecturer at Monash University. CI on ARC SAEF 🇦🇶 Views my own
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The National Climate Risk Assessment reveals the devastating consequences facing Australia from climate change. Approving new fossil fuel exports is destroying our future.
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australiainstitute.org.au/post/devasta...
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Devastating climate risk assessment shows fossil fuel exports must end
Just three days after approving an extension of one of the largest fossil fuel export projects in the world, the North West Shelf, the National Climate Risk Assessment reveals the devastating conseque...
australiainstitute.org.au
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The National Climate Risk Assessment reveals the devastating consequences facing Australia from climate change. Approving new fossil fuel exports is destroying our future.
Read more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/devasta...
Read more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/devasta...
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➡️ Full Professorship (W3) in Physics of the Oceans
➡️Apply until October 8th
➡️ Joint professorship with PIK & University of Potsdam
➡️ Research focus: Ocean circulation, non-linear dynamics, and Earth system interactions studied with advanced modeling
➡️ Apply: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
➡️Apply until October 8th
➡️ Joint professorship with PIK & University of Potsdam
➡️ Research focus: Ocean circulation, non-linear dynamics, and Earth system interactions studied with advanced modeling
➡️ Apply: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Full Professorship (W3) for Physics of the Oceans - Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg (DE) job with Universität Potsdam | 12844582
Founded in 1991, the University of Potsdam has firmly established itself in the scientific landscape and has become an outstanding economic factor ...
www.nature.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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The final approval of the 45-year expansion of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export terminal is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
It will undermine the nation's energy security, drive up energy prices & is the greatest giveaway of Australian natural resources ever.
Media release
It will undermine the nation's energy security, drive up energy prices & is the greatest giveaway of Australian natural resources ever.
Media release
North West Shelf final approval a climate, economic and energy security disaster
Australia Institute analysis shows today's final approval of the 45-year expansion of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export terminal is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
australiainstitute.org.au
September 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The final approval of the 45-year expansion of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export terminal is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
It will undermine the nation's energy security, drive up energy prices & is the greatest giveaway of Australian natural resources ever.
Media release
It will undermine the nation's energy security, drive up energy prices & is the greatest giveaway of Australian natural resources ever.
Media release
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Australia's only glaciers are shrinking fast.
Important work led by @levantielidze.bsky.social @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social
paper here: tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
news here:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Important work led by @levantielidze.bsky.social @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social
paper here: tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
news here:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Melting glaciers on remote Australian island spark concern
Glaciers on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island have lost almost a quarter of their size over the past seven decades amid rising temperatures in the sub-Antarctic region, new research show...
www.abc.net.au
August 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Australia's only glaciers are shrinking fast.
Important work led by @levantielidze.bsky.social @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social
paper here: tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
news here:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Important work led by @levantielidze.bsky.social @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social
paper here: tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
news here:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
📣 Job opportunity 📣
Come work with us at Monash as a 3yr Research Fellow on ice sheet-atmosphere coupling!
You'll sit within @arcsaef.bsky.social and be part of the @access-nri.bsky.social ice sheets team, pushing frontiers in Earth System Modelling ❄️🇦🇶
👉 careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Come work with us at Monash as a 3yr Research Fellow on ice sheet-atmosphere coupling!
You'll sit within @arcsaef.bsky.social and be part of the @access-nri.bsky.social ice sheets team, pushing frontiers in Earth System Modelling ❄️🇦🇶
👉 careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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July 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
📣 Job opportunity 📣
Come work with us at Monash as a 3yr Research Fellow on ice sheet-atmosphere coupling!
You'll sit within @arcsaef.bsky.social and be part of the @access-nri.bsky.social ice sheets team, pushing frontiers in Earth System Modelling ❄️🇦🇶
👉 careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Come work with us at Monash as a 3yr Research Fellow on ice sheet-atmosphere coupling!
You'll sit within @arcsaef.bsky.social and be part of the @access-nri.bsky.social ice sheets team, pushing frontiers in Earth System Modelling ❄️🇦🇶
👉 careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Wherever I think about all we could have done to prevent where we are in the climate crisis I think about this steamroller scene..
a man and a woman are sitting in a vehicle with the man holding a steering wheel
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting in a vehicle with the man holding a steering wheel
media.tenor.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Wherever I think about all we could have done to prevent where we are in the climate crisis I think about this steamroller scene..
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⛰️ In a new study in @science.org, we project that 39% of the global glacier mass is committed to be lost irrespective of future warming.
However, a lot can still be saved - see title:
“Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7°C”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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However, a lot can still be saved - see title:
“Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7°C”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
[1/n]
June 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
⛰️ In a new study in @science.org, we project that 39% of the global glacier mass is committed to be lost irrespective of future warming.
However, a lot can still be saved - see title:
“Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7°C”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
[1/n]
However, a lot can still be saved - see title:
“Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7°C”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
[1/n]
Esp northern hemisphere folks please share with your colleagues. It's really great down south and we don't get so many visitors! ❄️🇦🇶
Climate research folks, do consider the Climate and Cryosphere Open Science Conference in Wellington, New Zealand, 9-12 Feb 2026. Southern Summer talking about climate and ice.
Abstract submission closes on 31 July 2025.
With a bonus @scar-antarctic.bsky.social INSTANT meeting alongside it.
Abstract submission closes on 31 July 2025.
With a bonus @scar-antarctic.bsky.social INSTANT meeting alongside it.
May 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Esp northern hemisphere folks please share with your colleagues. It's really great down south and we don't get so many visitors! ❄️🇦🇶
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New co-chairs appointed to the IAPSO / IACS Joint Commission on Ice-Ocean Interactions (JCIOI) sites.google.com/view/jcioi/h.... Yoshihiro Nakayama (Dartmouth College) is new IAPSO co-chair and Lu An (Tongji University) is new IACS co-chair. They replace Isabel Nias & @fsmccormack.bsky.social.
May 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New co-chairs appointed to the IAPSO / IACS Joint Commission on Ice-Ocean Interactions (JCIOI) sites.google.com/view/jcioi/h.... Yoshihiro Nakayama (Dartmouth College) is new IAPSO co-chair and Lu An (Tongji University) is new IACS co-chair. They replace Isabel Nias & @fsmccormack.bsky.social.
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Kia ora tātou! Until the 15th of May, any donation you make to Doctors Without Borders will be tripled.
Help save lives. Your gift matched.
donate.doctorswithoutborders.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Kia ora tātou! Until the 15th of May, any donation you make to Doctors Without Borders will be tripled.
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#egu25 If you're interested in near-future sea level and/or the Antarctic Ice Sheet stop by my poster with @fsmccormack.bsky.social and Yucheng Lin this afternoon.
April 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
#egu25 If you're interested in near-future sea level and/or the Antarctic Ice Sheet stop by my poster with @fsmccormack.bsky.social and Yucheng Lin this afternoon.
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New book!! 📕
Antarctica is intimately connected to the rest of our planet, affecting climate, ecosystems, cultures and society. Our new book draws together international experts to explore this influence, and to understand what humans are doing to Antarctica (1/n)
www.routledge.com/Antarctica-a...
Antarctica is intimately connected to the rest of our planet, affecting climate, ecosystems, cultures and society. Our new book draws together international experts to explore this influence, and to understand what humans are doing to Antarctica (1/n)
www.routledge.com/Antarctica-a...
April 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New book!! 📕
Antarctica is intimately connected to the rest of our planet, affecting climate, ecosystems, cultures and society. Our new book draws together international experts to explore this influence, and to understand what humans are doing to Antarctica (1/n)
www.routledge.com/Antarctica-a...
Antarctica is intimately connected to the rest of our planet, affecting climate, ecosystems, cultures and society. Our new book draws together international experts to explore this influence, and to understand what humans are doing to Antarctica (1/n)
www.routledge.com/Antarctica-a...
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Australia is looking for someone to lead the Antarctic Division's Antarctic Climate program.
Australian residents only, sorry.
Closes May 12
dcceewjobs.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...
Australian residents only, sorry.
Closes May 12
dcceewjobs.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environm - Program Leader - Antarctic Climate
dcceewjobs.nga.net.au
April 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Australia is looking for someone to lead the Antarctic Division's Antarctic Climate program.
Australian residents only, sorry.
Closes May 12
dcceewjobs.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...
Australian residents only, sorry.
Closes May 12
dcceewjobs.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...
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In this moment when science is under attack, Australia offers a model of how we can make progress even in the face of massive opposition.
theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-...
theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-...
Fossil fuel companies ‘poisoned the well’ of public debate with climate disinformation. Here’s how Australia can break free
The US has obstructed climate action for decades – largely due to damaging actions by the powerful fossil fuel industry. But Australia has a chance now to lead.
theconversation.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In this moment when science is under attack, Australia offers a model of how we can make progress even in the face of massive opposition.
theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-...
theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-...
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"This is happening at a much faster rate than ever documented in the past… we are much more likely to underestimate the impact of those changes on human society than to overestimate them."
The article opens with this quote from me; and I mean every word of it. Read more:
The article opens with this quote from me; and I mean every word of it. Read more:
Faster than forecast impacts of heating planet wreaking havoc, with record-breaking new heat, rain and ocean temperature extremes.
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Is scientific reticence hindering climate understanding?
The bulk of climate research has tended to underplay worst-case scenarios, preferring cautious projections and scholarly reticence. This reticence is clearly displayed in the work of the IPCC, which c...
thebulletin.org
April 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"This is happening at a much faster rate than ever documented in the past… we are much more likely to underestimate the impact of those changes on human society than to overestimate them."
The article opens with this quote from me; and I mean every word of it. Read more:
The article opens with this quote from me; and I mean every word of it. Read more:
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April 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So glad to see this is happening and all the very best! May you have gentle seas and good sciencing ❄️🇦🇶🌊
Accessing the vast and remote Denman Glacier system in Australian territory in East Antarctica by ocean is a monumental task, and after many years of planning and collaboration it’s a reality ⬇️
@antarctic.bsky.social | @arcsaef.bsky.social | AAD
antarctic.org.au/denman-marin...
@antarctic.bsky.social | @arcsaef.bsky.social | AAD
antarctic.org.au/denman-marin...
Denman Marine Voyage: long-term vision now a reality - ACEAS
Denman Marine Voyage: long-term vision now a reality Accessing the vast and remote Denman Glacier system in Australian territory in East Antarctica by ocean is a monumental task, and after many years ...
antarctic.org.au
March 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
So glad to see this is happening and all the very best! May you have gentle seas and good sciencing ❄️🇦🇶🌊
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28 people have added their names already. If you'd like to join us in solidarity and to emphasise the importance of EDI in polar science, then let me know.
www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/02/pola...
www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/02/pola...
Polar science needs diversity - AntarcticGlaciers.org
We write in solidarity with our colleagues in the USA and internationally, who are suffering as efforts to increase equality, diversity and inclusion are systematically eroded and destroyed. It is imp...
www.antarcticglaciers.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
28 people have added their names already. If you'd like to join us in solidarity and to emphasise the importance of EDI in polar science, then let me know.
www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/02/pola...
www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/02/pola...
Awesome work team! Looking forward to looking into the data ❄️
First post on BlueSky to mark the end of my Antarctic fieldwork in Queen Maud Land working with @andrewmackintosh.bsky.social and some other wonderful scientists at @arcsaef.bsky.social. Overall, trip was hugely successful, with some exciting science to come. 1/4
January 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Awesome work team! Looking forward to looking into the data ❄️
@antarcticmoss.bsky.social might like this one!
I joined Blue Sky quite awhile ago but haven't yet posted. So let's start things off with a quick animation of this year's ozone hole as seen by the S-NPP OMPS instrument. NASA/NOAA say that it's a relatively small hole this year, evidence of the Montreal Protocol at work.
December 6, 2024 at 10:11 PM
@antarcticmoss.bsky.social might like this one!
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Looks like the next week will be very warm across nearly the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet with widespread 5-15 C temperature anomalies. Multiple atmospheric rivers in West and East Antarctica will contribute to the heat. Definitely concerning as well are within the melt season
December 3, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Looks like the next week will be very warm across nearly the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet with widespread 5-15 C temperature anomalies. Multiple atmospheric rivers in West and East Antarctica will contribute to the heat. Definitely concerning as well are within the melt season
Wowowowww 😍
To celebrate Antarctica Day, here is an image of winds around Antarctica as simulated by a 4 km resolution atmospheric model. 🧪
Model: IFS-FESOM | Shown: U component of wind | Project: nextGEMS #SciArt
Model: IFS-FESOM | Shown: U component of wind | Project: nextGEMS #SciArt
December 2, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Wowowowww 😍
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🆕Deep Learning to predict tipping in complex systems like ice sheets or ocean circulation under rapid #climatechange. The method issues early warnings, even amid noise, advancing the detection of critical transitions. New paper with PIKs Niklas Boers.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Deep learning for predicting rate-induced tipping - Nature Machine Intelligence
Rate- and noise-induced transitions pose key tipping risks for ecosystems and climate subsystems, yet no predictive theory existed before. This study introduces deep learning as an effective predictio...
www.nature.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:45 PM
🆕Deep Learning to predict tipping in complex systems like ice sheets or ocean circulation under rapid #climatechange. The method issues early warnings, even amid noise, advancing the detection of critical transitions. New paper with PIKs Niklas Boers.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Group dinner to celebrate visiting scientist - the incredible Dr Tyler Pelle - made complete by a show of flying foxes 🦇 one of my very favourite things about #Melbourne
November 30, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Group dinner to celebrate visiting scientist - the incredible Dr Tyler Pelle - made complete by a show of flying foxes 🦇 one of my very favourite things about #Melbourne
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Come do a PhD with Channing Prend and myself! The project will use seal data and models to understand Antarctic Slope Current dynamics.
Based in Edinburgh, UK, but with opportunities for time in Australia also.
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super... 🌊
Based in Edinburgh, UK, but with opportunities for time in Australia also.
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super... 🌊
November 29, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Come do a PhD with Channing Prend and myself! The project will use seal data and models to understand Antarctic Slope Current dynamics.
Based in Edinburgh, UK, but with opportunities for time in Australia also.
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super... 🌊
Based in Edinburgh, UK, but with opportunities for time in Australia also.
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super... 🌊