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About lindsey

Environmental scientist. I am glaciologist specialising in glacier-climate interactions to better understand the climate system. The point of this is to understand how glaciated envionments might change in the future - how the glaciers will respond and what the impact on associated water resources and hazard potential will be.

Pathways to limiting global warming to 1.5°C

A super relevant point related to our climate future emerges from the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C warming that I wrote about before. The report shows that our environment is likely to be much more hospitable for human habitation if … Continue reading

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What of women in science?

On women in science day (11th of February if you don’t know) the UK embassy in Vienna released this video of a discussion with Prof Gina Moseley and myself about women in science: I was grateful of the chance to … Continue reading

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JIRP student presentations at the IGS Global Seminar Series

Amidst the chaos wreaked by COVID-19 some good things came out and one of them is the IGS Global Seminar Series. We at JIRP were particularly chuffed to have a slot set aside for our students presentations from their research … Continue reading

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Engaging Rural and Alaska Native Undergraduates and Youth in Arctic STEM

I just came across this nice summary of the outcomes of the workshop Engaging Rural and Alaska Native Undergraduates and Youth in Arctic STEM on the ARCUS website: https://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2021/2/article/32631 Also included is this nice summary graphic by Sarah Crowley, Raining … Continue reading

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Canadian connections

I loved my time (many years ago now!) living and working in Edmonton Canada, in the ice core lab of the Earth and Atmophperic Science department and the Geological Service of Canada in Ottawa. So I was super happy to … Continue reading

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