I’m usually away at this time of year, invariably missing the moment when the primroses start blooming at the bottom of the garden. It is difficult to think of a plant that carries the hope and freshness of spring the way a primrose does. Worth staying home for.

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‼️NEW VIDEO‼️ ❄️Atmospheric rivers bring extreme snowfall to West Antarctica. 🌧️But they also bring rain, even when temperatures are sub-zero. Supercool, right? 😎 Watch it here ▶️ youtu.be/0-zLGu2t_e0

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📝NEW paper out today🥳 ❄️We look at extreme snow and rain (yes, rain!) in West Antarctica over the Thwaites and Pine Island ice shelves. In it, we show that atmospheric rivers - long, thin "rivers in the sky" that bring tons of heat & moisture - deliver huge amounts of snow... and even rain 🌧️ 1/8

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Hello! 👋 We're the UK's polar research institute. We do climate and ecosystems science in Earth's frozen places, because changes there affect all of us. As we say at British Antarctic Survey: what happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in Antarctica ⬇️

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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

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