Frances Butcher

Drumlins, flow-sets recording shifting ice flow patterns over Scandinavia, and constraining migration of the ice sheet's main divide. Check out our new paper (Butcher et al 2026) in Boreas. Masses of data downlands available

Flow‐pattern evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet indicated by the subglacial lineation record over Norway, Sweden and Finland We present a 25-stage reconstruction of the ice-flow pattern evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet based on mapping and analysis of ~240 000 subglacial lineations and lineation fields across Norway...

New paper! I took a diversion to Earth and reconstructed the flow evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet.

doi.org/10.1111/bor....

A privilege to work on this epic w/ @annalchughes.bsky.social, Helen Dulfer, @jeremyely.bsky.social, @chrisdclark.bsky.social @bmboyes.bsky.social & all co-authors!

An oblique view of a glaciated landscape on Mars. A lobate valley glacier extends towards the viewer from a small valley, and terminates in a lobe. Flow-related structures are visible on the surface.

5 days left to apply for a postdoc job with me, working on Martian glaciation!

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Relevant for glaciologists, geomorphologists, ice flow modellers, GIS or deep learning folks.

Closes 19th Jan. Queries via email.

📸HiRISE / @theseaning.bsky.social

Potentially of interest to #QRA2026ADM attendees! Sorry I can't be there this year, but please email me if you have queries.

Research Associate in Mars Glaciology at University of Sheffield An academic position as a Research Associate in Mars Glaciology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

I'm hiring!

3-year postdoc on an exciting new @royalsociety.org funded project on Martian glaciers @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Advert: tinyurl.com/6rzzk5d4

Terrestrial folks encouraged to apply (e.g. GIS, glacier modelling, geomorphology, or deep learning)

Closes 19th Jan. Queries via email.

Dr Frances Butcher receives £1.8m Royal Society University Research Fellowship to investigate the glacial and climate history of Mars The eight-year University Research Fellowship from The Royal Society will focus on poorly understood water-ice glaciers on Mars, which contain archives of martian climate information and could inform ...

I have exciting news! This week I began a @royalsociety.org University Research Fellowship @sheffielduni.bsky.social

sheffield.ac.uk/geography-pl...

Watch this space - hiring a PDRA in Mars glaciology soon!

(Image credit @uahirise.bsky.social @theseaning.bsky.social)

Advocacy Action Center The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.

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The Planetary Society: reported cuts to NASA would amount to an… The Planetary Society, the world’s largest independent space interest organization, issued a statement in response to recent reports that the White House…

There are reports The White House is considering a 50% cut to NASA’s science programs, and 25% of its overall budget, which would be catastrophic for both current and planned missions. But, there is still time for the administration to reconsider. Read our full statement ⬇️

**This would end space science as we know it.**

I’d probably be out of a job.

Successful ongoing missions would be turned off.

Future missions would be axed.

Some research centers (NASA & non-NASA) would likely dissolve.

28 people have added their names already. If you'd like to join us in solidarity and to emphasise the importance of EDI in polar science, then let me know.
www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/02/pola...

Stop sending human remains to the Moon The Peregrine lander was due to deposit several people’s ashes on the Moon. The Navajo Nation is calling for broader discussion. The Peregrine lander was due to deposit several people’s ashes on t...

"The Moon is an ancient relative, and we should be careful, diligent and respectful when visiting her." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thanks for coming, Gwyn!