🌊🧊 Ice/Ocean Modeller @bas.ac.uk 🎓 @ccrc.bsky.social (UNSW) & @geomarkiel.bsky.social 🌐 https://schmidt-christina.github.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3m52ihlfdik27This week I started a new chapter @bas.ac.uk 🎉 As part of the GIANT project I will be modelling how Greenland’s glaciers are melting 🧊🌊 I am excited to see how this multi-disciplinary approach will improve our understanding of such an important topic! https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/giant/#about07 Nov 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52ihlfdik27https://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lz67magit22cI am thrilled to share this multimedia story highlighting my experience on the #Denman Marine Voyage earlier this year, alongside the inspiring work of 3 other Antarctic scientists: https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/breaking-the-ice-why-study-antarctica ✍️ @melissalyne.bsky.social 🌊🇦🇶 #DMV @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @ccrc.bsky.social19 Sep 2025 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz67magit22chttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lurmygpjgk2yExciting paper answering a question we have been asking for years: Why is the ocean-sea ice model ACCESS-OM2-01 simulating the formation of Dense Shelf Water around Antarctica so well? More in this paper by colleagues from ANU and @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social 🌊🇦🇶 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jul 2025 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lurmygpjgk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3ltvotw6mys27🚨 New paper alert 🚨 We developed the new PanAntarctic model and assessed the sensitivity of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) formation and export to horizontal model resolutions of 1/10°, 1/20° and 1/40°. Open access paper in JAMES: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024MS00462114 Jul 2025 05:47 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltvotw6mys27https://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lppxz4axik2u🎓 Finishing up my time @ccrc.bsky.social with a PhD exit seminar yesterday. It was great meeting you all over the last 4 years, hope to see you again soon 🤞 🌏 🔜 🌍 Now I am getting ready to move to the other side of the world again, stay tuned for updates on what's happening next 🙌22 May 2025 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppxz4axik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lon2zce7ws2sHave a look at this amazing video about the #Denman Marine Voyage! It opens with stunning aerial footage of the Denman Glacier and highlights our scientific achievements. 🇦🇶🌊🧪 youtu.be/tbnl7M4kZTk #DMV @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @antarctic.bsky.social https://youtu.be/tbnl7M4kZTk08 May 2025 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lon2zce7ws2shttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lo5mrm6d7s2eWe are back in Hobart after 2 months at sea on RSV #Nuyina 🌊 It was an incredible voyage to the Denman Glacier and Shakleton Ice Shelf with great people, an impressive range of science, stunning landscapes, and cute wildlife. @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social #Denman Marine Voyage #DMV02 May 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo5mrm6d7s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lnwjdkddmk2dFinishing the #Denman Marine Voyage with more outreach I invited students from my old high school in Northern Germany to come on a virtual tour of RSV Nuyina. Through the @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social school outreach program, 96 year 11 students learned about the science we do on DMV: 🌊🧊🇦🇶🧪🦭🌡️🐙☁️29 Apr 2025 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnwjdkddmk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lnnccrpbwc2nHappy World Penguin Day 🐧 🐧 🐧 A curious Emperor penguin having a quick look at RSV Nuyina while we deployed a mooring near the Shakleton Ice Shelf a few weeks ago. #Denman Marine Voyage #DMV @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social25 Apr 2025 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnccrpbwc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lnet7zc7x22fInspiring the next generation of polar & marine scientists 🧑‍🔬 👨‍🔬 👩‍🔬 Taking students on a virtual tour of RSV Nuyina, explaining marine instruments and showing samples we have gathered in the last weeks has been such a fun and rewarding experience. #DMV #Denman Marine Voyage [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2025 04:19 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnet7zc7x22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lnesgbcv2s2fYesterday was our last day in the sea ice. I was really lucky to have experienced this amazing landscape with its adorable wildlife in the last weeks. We had a very successful science program in areas of East Antarctica never studied before 🌊 🧪 Goodbye Antarctica 👋🇦🇶🐧 #DMV22 Apr 2025 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnesgbcv2s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3llnlnzteks27We have been lucky in the last 2 weeks and observed sea ice formation. Starting with little ice crystals that can form pancakes or thin grey sheets. Older ice flows from last winter can be 1 m thick and covered in snow. And if there is a penguin on an ice floe - even better. #Denman Marine Voyage31 Mar 2025 05:08 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llnlnzteks27https://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3ll4b4napnc2lCan one ever get enough of watching icebergs? I certainly can't: so many different shapes and sizes, amazing shades of white and blue, some are even green or black. A good explainer on how icebergs get their colour on our #DMV blog: https://antarctic.org.au/mysteries-of-colourful-icebergs/ @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social24 Mar 2025 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll4b4napnc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lkudyqe4is25A little poem to celebrate today's World Day for Glaciers and World Poetry Day: I have now seen the Denman Glacier with my own eyes under stunning blue and mystical grey skies. I am still speechless by its beauty and vast extend, and more convinced than ever this is important to defend. 1/421 Mar 2025 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkudyqe4is25https://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lksdhasvh225We had the most amazing time at the Denman Glacier and completed a section of 23 CTDs under close supervision of Adelie and Emperor penguins. 🇦🇶🐧🌊❄️🧪 #DMV @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social20 Mar 2025 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksdhasvh225https://bsky.app/profile/christinaocean.bsky.social/post/3lkdmywuhdk2yI saw my first ever Adelie Penguins only metres away, absolutely incredible 🐧😍🇦🇶 #Denman Marine Voyage #DMV @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social14 Mar 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:c3lrntzxmbjiarnnk654wmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdmywuhdk2y