All well and warm in camp
News from the team is that the first day and night went. They are all warm, happy and comfortable. The mess and science tents have been erected, and the six … Continue Reading All well and warm in camp
Slush puppies camped on snow and ice
Sampling snow last year – compare how bright the white snow surface is with the image below. The first team was successfully deployed on the ice sheet this afternoon, and … Continue Reading Slush puppies camped on snow and ice
First 2017 field team ready to hit the ice!
The first 2017 Black and Bloom field team are heading back to Greenland in just under 2 days time to begin their snow – slush – ice field camp. This … Continue Reading First 2017 field team ready to hit the ice!
JGR Paper: Modelling bioalbedo of snow
Online Early version here (copyedited version soon). The ‘bioalbedo effect’ is the enhanced melting of snow and ice due to living organisms growing on it. Life can change the colour of the … Continue Reading JGR Paper: Modelling bioalbedo of snow
WP3 JPL visit
November saw an exchange visit to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab for Joe, the Work Package 3 post-doc. After joining us in the field in summer 2016, JPL postdoc Johan Nilsson … Continue Reading WP3 JPL visit
Progress since returning from the field
It’s been about six weeks since we returned from the field, and time has flown. Most of us caught up on holiday, and Ewa top trumped all of us by … Continue Reading Progress since returning from the field
First field season is over
The final field team of the season exited the field on Saturday 20th August, challenging the Sikorsky S-61’s pilots to take off with a packed-to-the-rafters helicopter at 100% power. After … Continue Reading First field season is over
Moving house on the Greenland Ice Sheet, part II
It’s not just the large lab and mess tents that we had to shift every few days – our personal tents were also constantly on the move as we tried … Continue Reading Moving house on the Greenland Ice Sheet, part II
Capturing microbes in a whirlwind of clean Greenland Air
One of the main tasks of WP2 team “Particulates” during the 2016 Black and Bloom field season was to collect all possible types of aerosols and surface samples so that … Continue Reading Capturing microbes in a whirlwind of clean Greenland Air
How to move “House” on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Living on the Greenland Ice Sheet has its interesting moments; one of the more interesting ones is moving “house” . All living, lab and mess tents have to be relocated … Continue Reading How to move “House” on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Hard frosts the norm for remaining ice team
News from the front line reveals that all are well and morale is fantastically high as usual, though hard frosts are now the way of life each night. The guys … Continue Reading Hard frosts the norm for remaining ice team
The Mystery Moulin…
It was Johan who first noticed, during a patrol of our Ice Surface Observatory, a tall jet of water bursting from the ice surface several kilometers to the West, punctuating … Continue Reading The Mystery Moulin…
Smithsonian Magazine Article
Black and Bloom science, and several Black and Bloom researchers, feature in this article “The Tiny World of Glacier Microbes Has an Outsized Impact on Global Climate” in Smithsonian Magazine. … Continue Reading Smithsonian Magazine Article
Field crew exchange pics
Friday saw our last major exchange of field crew in/out of the ice camp as well as our second dash above the snow line. It was a sad time for … Continue Reading Field crew exchange pics
All well in camp with new field crew
A brief chat with the new field crew this morning confirmed that all was well on the ice after the crew change. Jenine, now Queen of the camp as the … Continue Reading All well in camp with new field crew
Field crew changed and second dash to the snow completed
All-but-one of the field team members were exchanged on Friday with Martin, Alex A, Andrew and Alex H putting into camp for their first session on the ice this year. They join … Continue Reading Field crew changed and second dash to the snow completed
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