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Science never takes a break at Scott Base – not even on Christmas Eve. Ross, our elf near the shelf, has been taking measurements on the @niwa_nz Dobson spectrophotometer. It has been measuring the ozone layer directly above Arrival Heights since the 1980s! #Elfontheshelf

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Andean tropical glaciers have reached their lowest levels in 11,700 years. This also impacts the Amazon Basin, with scientists estimating that ice loss in the Andes could reduce water flow to the Amazon rivers by up to 20%. @mongabay: bit.ly/3ZXXRdk

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Tuktoyaktuk, a hamlet in Canada’s Western Arctic and home to the Inuvialuit, sits atop 1,300 feet to 1,600 feet of thawing permafrost. The residents know they will have to move to more stable ground. But how soon? @nytimes: nytimes.com/2024/12/02/world…

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🦌 Did you know that #caribou & #reindeer are the same species?

In North America, they're called caribou. In Eurasia, their called reindeer.

Globally, reindeer & caribou populations have declined >60% in the last two decades. Climate change is impacting their #Arctic habitat 🌡️

WWF Global Arctic Programme

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Even Santa's helpers need quiet time. Our elf has found a book on the shelf of the Scott Base library to recharge for the big day. #Elfontheshelf

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RT @AnthonyPress: Best wishes to all Antarcticans on the occasion of the Austral Solstice (8:19 pm Eastern Australian Time). A big shout-out to all expeditioners down South. @AusAntarctic @Ant_Partnership @AntarcticSciAus @saef_arc @BOM_Tas

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Contribute to a new collection ft. research conducted at @Toolik Field Station. Editors seek reviews, perspectives, and data papers, with time series or comparisons especially desired. 📅 Submit by January 31, 2025: ow.ly/IjNH50T6yJc

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🌡️ #Arctic temperatures were the second warmest on record during 2024 – an alarming result.

❄️ But there are some important conservation wins that happened during 2024 too. Here's our take on the wins to celebrate this past year: arcticwwf.org/newsroom/featu… arcticwwf.org/newsroom/featu…

WWF Global Arctic Programme

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📬 Check out this year’s final circumpolar news roundup with the #Arctic This Week Take Five! 🗞️

Online now! ❄️

🔗 Link to Take Five below! ⬇️ thearcticinstitute.org/arcti…

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Christmas carols anyone? #Elfontheshelf

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In April, while flying a plane over the Greenland Ice Sheet, NASA scientists made a surprising discovery with radar: an abandoned Cold War-era military base consisting of a network of tunnels carved into the ice. NASA has released a photo from 1950. @CBS: bit.ly/4iLerEE

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We are delighted to announce that Lauren Vargo has been awarded the IGS Early Career Scientist award

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Int. Glaciol. Soc.

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We are delighted to announce that Nanna Karlsson has been awarded the IGS Firn Award

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Int. Glaciol. Soc.

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We are delighted to announce that Helen A. Fricker has been awarded the IGS Seligman

Crystal Click here for further details bit.ly/41Gz0MB

Int. Glaciol. Soc.

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In case you missed it yet, the last issue of #TheCircleWWF looked at pollution in the #Arctic 🥤🏭

It covers the problems, such #microplastics & pollution, as well as the solutions, such as community clean-ups & global action 🔗: arcticwwf.org/magazine-issue… arcticwwf.org/magazine-issue…

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We are delighted to announce that Sridhar Anandakrishnan has been awarded the IGS Seligman Crystal

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Int. Glaciol. Soc.

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We are delighted to announce that Bethan Davies has been awarded the IGS Richardson Medal

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Int. Glaciol. Soc.

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We are delighted to announce that Jon Ove Hagen has been awarded an Honourary IGS Membership

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Int. Glaciol. Soc.

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Our final SCAR newsletter of the year has just been sent out!

It features an interactive End-of-Year Review.
Join us in reflecting on 2024, and we can't wait to reconnect in 2025 for another year of Antarctic science and collaboration.

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Each spring, herds of caribou migrate from the boreal forests of northern Canada to calving grounds hundreds of kilometers away in the Arctic tundra. But what spurs their migration? Scientists think it may be triggered by snowmelt. Learn more @AGU_Eos: eos.org/articles/snowmelt-se…

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