Ice Club submits evidence to House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee

In 2024, Ice Club submitted written evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee for their report on The UK and the Antarctic environment. This report has now been published, with their evidence cited widely, particularly in providing recommendations on the support from UKRI to ECRs in glaciology.

Ice Club is a PGR led group comprised of predominantly Early Career Researchers (ECRs) who work in the School of Geography. Its members conduct research across a broad range of scientific disciplines that investigate the response of the cryosphere to climate change.

Lauren Rawlins, Pete Tuckett, Connie Harpur, Joe Mallalieu, Southwest Greenland.

The contributing authors from Ice Club are:

Ms Nicky R Kerr, MSc - PhD student in Polar and Alpine Ecology, and Ice Club Chair

Mr Christopher D Stringer, MESci - PhD student in Antarctic Science

Mr Daniel W Colson, MSc, AFRGS - PhD student in Earth Observation

Ms Connie Harpur, MRes - PhD student in Polar Science

Mr Jamie Izzard, MSc - PhD student in Glaciology and Remote Sensing

Dr Emma C. Smith, MEng, MSc, PhD - Research Fellow in Antarctic Seismology

Dr Liam Taylor, MSc, PhD - Lecturer in Glaciology and Remote Sensing

Fieldwork: Chris Stringer, James Ross Island, Antarctica

Contact Ice Club by emailing Connie Harpur ([email protected])

For more information on the glaciology research at Leeds, visit  GLIMR: Global Impacts of Glacier Retreat | water@leeds.

Header photograph: Pete Tuckett and Josh Abrahams, Southwest Greenland