Mark Brandon • January 8, 2017 Project MIDAS publicised on Friday that a huge iceberg is going to calve from the Larsen C Ice Shelf. This was written up a a great story on the BBC news website Huge Antarctic iceberg poised to break away. I understand a little about this stuff so got drawn into […]
This post is quite long but stay with it. It shows how large some of the heat exchanges going on in the polar oceans can be. The picture above shows an iceberg through mist rising from the sea. It is pretty, but it is also showing is a vast heat flux of hundreds of watts […]
Mark Brandon • May 15, 2017 At this time of the year we should expect the Antarctic sea ice to be growing rapidly, but after the historic lows of last Antarctic summer, we can see that whilst it is rapidly advancing, the sea ice extent (the area of ocean covered by >15% of sea ice) […]
Mark Brandon • January 28, 2015 The South West Atlantic is a very productive part of the global ocean. This MODIS image from the Terra satellite shows the east coast of Argentina and the Falkland Islands. The ocean between is filled with swirls of lighter colour which are a plankton bloom along the continental shelf […]
Mark Brandon • December 14, 2016 Today is 105 years since Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, Oscar Wisting and Olav Bjaaland reached the South Pole. And Google have celebrated that fact with a google Doodle: Amundsen expedition South Pole Google Doodle I love the doodle. It’s beautiful art. But it falls on me to be a […]
Mark Brandon • December 23, 2016 It’s been quite a year in the Arctic. Over the winter 2015/6 we had the strongest and coldest Arctic polar vortex of the last 68 years. This contributed to a low maximum in Arctic sea ice extent. At that stage only the locals and the scientists were looking, and I […]
Mark Brandon • December 21, 2012 On twitter this pm is a not unexpected, but rather interesting looking opportunity for those who are confident about their leadership abilities. [news] NERC seeks new Director for BAS: NERC is looking for a new BAS director; full details are available on th… http://t.co/eCHWDIsv — British Antarctic Survey 🐧 […]
Mark Brandon • January 8, 2013 This post starts with that carboncounter_ fellow. He tweeted last night: https://twitter.com/CarbonCounter_/status/288423035533414400 …continue reading → Posted in twitter. Tags: computer, personal, trivial on January 8, 2013 by Mark Brandon. Mark Brandon • December 13, 2012 So I was at this award ceremony, like I usually am. And….. The Most […]
Mark Brandon • June 14, 2014 Mangé par le chat de l’équipage de la Terror The cod icefish re-discovered and published in 1904 by Louis Dollo. The original caption says “Mangé par le chat de l’équipage de la Terror” or “Eaten by the Terror’s cat”! The famous polar ships HMS Erebus and HMS terror had […]
Mark Brandon • September 17, 2014 British Pathé News was a British institution that produced news reels and documentaries from 1910 to 1970. Their website is full of news clips of polar interest such as Shackleton’s death in 1922. But here is something wonderful and obscure. Gambling with the Gulf Stream made in 1936! © […]
Mark Brandon • November 28, 2014 I do like Google streetview and often use it if I am going somewhere new to see where I am supposed to be heading. So it’s really nice to see it at South Georgia in the South Atlantic. The landing page has links to various locations, but I particularly […]
Mark Brandon • November 28, 2014 I do like Google streetview and often use it if I am going somewhere new to see where I am supposed to be heading. So it’s really nice to see it at South Georgia in the South Atlantic. The landing page has links to various locations, but I particularly […]
With three of my Open University colleagues: Dr Phil Sexton, Dr Pallavi Anand, and Dr Mandy Dyson, I have been working in the background on a new landmark TV series called Blue Planet 2. This incredible series has been made by the BBC Natural History Unit with the Open University as co-producers. It has seven […]
icey_mark • December 11, 2012 This morning I posted my 10,000 tweet. Reduced Sea Ice in the Arctic Spurs Phytoplankton Blooms : satellite pics from summer 2012 http://t.co/amq6zvfi — Mark Brandon (@icey_mark) December 11, 2012 Whilst I am not sure if 10,000 is significant, I pointed to the brilliant NASA Earth Observation www site which […]