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Geophysicist and antifascist. Also at: @
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Amanda Litman
1 day ago
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
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Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
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The Fly / A Légy
YouTube video by Miklós Kovács
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Krista Koeller
4 days ago
I just stumbled upon featherbase, a database of feather pictures from a bunch of bird species.🪶 So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
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Erin Pettit
8 days ago
Do you wonder what a glacier fjord sounds like underwater? Calving icebergs melting ice, melange, and more. Check out our new paper!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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The Influence of Ice Coverage, Calving, and Melt on Underwater Ambient Sound in a Glacierized Fjord
K-means clustering, a machine-learning tool, can categorize ambient sound in glacier fjords into five prototypes linked to glacier activity An 8-month acoustic data set shows glacier and ice-méla...
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JF008435
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Very neat oven design (at my friends place, inherited from previous owners).
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Alessandro Rigolon
21 days ago
Really interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more
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Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt7790
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Mr. Spock 🖖
25 days ago
You can’t hear the sound in space because it’s a vacuum, but they were able to convert the electromagnetic waves into sound using sonification.
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Dr. Peter Neff
27 days ago
Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in
#Antarctica
! If you’re at
#AGU25
stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF!
@agu.org
Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
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Jan Rosenow
about 1 month ago
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy. Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
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David Brax
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Jan Rosenow
about 1 month ago
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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Fia Ewald
about 2 months ago
Istället för att fuska med AI, unna dig att läsa filosofi.
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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
https://theconversation.com/studying-philosophy-does-make-people-better-thinkers-according-to-new-research-on-more-than-600-000-college-grads-262681?utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com
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Michael Mazengarb
about 2 months ago
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years. "Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third." This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
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CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/csiro-to-slash-hundreds-of-jobs-in-cost-saving-drive-20251118-p5nga7.html
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Nick Evershed!?
about 2 months ago
Politicians in Australia keep saying that the net zero target will cost too much, but multiple analyses, including from Treasury, show that it is actually *much cheaper* for the economy than not doing more
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Brilliant Maps
about 2 months ago
Countries That Currently Fully Meet Their Own Contribution Requirements For The 2016 Paris Agreement (As Of 2025) How do you feel about the US pulling out the 2016 Paris Agreement for the second time? More about how countries are actually doing here:
brilliantmaps.com/meet-pari...
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David Ho
2 months ago
NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
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This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/11/tsunami-warning-center-trump-funding-cuts/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzYyODM3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY0MjE5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjI4MzcyMDAsImp0aSI6Ijk4NzdjN2ExLTRhMmUtNDdjYi04M2Q2LTUwNGI4Zjk1ZTZiNSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjUvMTEvMTEvdHN1bmFtaS13YXJuaW5nLWNlbnRlci10cnVtcC1mdW5kaW5nLWN1dHMvIn0.AdH-y4BLvreuNv6kGWNjdo7-Jj2X4CSudIObguYdRIY
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Ken Parille
2 months ago
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Project 2025 Expert
2 months ago
If white people wanted to end racism, they would.
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Roxane Gay
2 months ago
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
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Lars Gamfeldt
2 months ago
Opportunity! Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
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Dana Bergstrom
2 months ago
There’s much discussion here today regarding James Watson being a dick in
#science
, regardless of his DNA success. If you don’t want to emulate him, colleague & I developed the Collaborative Charter for Scientific Endeavours to enhance collaborations Link here
pureantarctic.org/a-collaborat...
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A Collaborative Charter for Scientific Endeavours
This is a charter to use when scientific collaborations are being initiated . Use the logo to signal that you support the charter. Work with IntegrityI seek to be trustworthy, honest, and reliableI…
https://pureantarctic.org/a-collaborative-charter-for-scientific-endeavours/
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Daniel Ekman
2 months ago
Nån gång är det dags för nån myndighet att sätta ner foten och bestämma vad som egentligen är en Gustav Adolf-bakelse.
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Roger Freedman
2 months ago
The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
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Svenska högtider och vanor
2 months ago
Äter man djur från vatten?❌ Fågel? ❌ Särskild fika? ❌ Importerat från USA? ❌ Är man bakfull? ❌ Något med Jesus? ❌ Något brinner? ✅ Vad brinner? 🕯️ Då är det alla helgons dag!
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Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) due to funding terms forcing a compromise on its commitment to diversit...
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/python-rejects-15m-grant-from-us-govt-fearing-ethical-compromise/
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Rob Larter
2 months ago
Yes, we've been watching the changes for several years, and predicted the break-up. This follows similar disintegration of the Thwaites Glacier Tongue to the west of the TEIS.
tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
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Rapid fragmentation of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf
Abstract. Ice shelves play a key role in the dynamics of marine ice sheets by buttressing grounded ice and limiting rates of ice flux to the oceans. In response to recent climatic and oceanic change, ...
https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/2545/2022/
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William Colgan
3 months ago
Hey ice-sheet modellers! 👋 It’s time to register for the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP) protocol workshop being hosting here in Copenhagen (at GEUS) 23-25 March 2026. Register:
www.tilmeld.dk/ismip7worksh...
Learn more at how ISMIP supports the IPCC process:
www.ismip.org
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Francestuu
3 months ago
Och Degerfors kommun
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David Ho
3 months ago
Russia has kidnapped a 70-year-old Ukrainian marine biologist, Leonid Pshenichnov, for backing a curb on Antarctic krill fishing, saying that it would harm the economic interests of Russia.
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Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing
‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/26/russia-ukrainian-biologist-leonid-pshenichnov-arrest-treason-antarctic-krill-overfishing?CMP=share_btn_url
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Polar Observer
3 months ago
While searching for the world's oldest ice, scientists find sediment sneaking under the
#Antarctic
ice sheet.
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While searching for the world's oldest ice, scientists find sediment sneaking under the Antarctic ice sheet
For decades, researchers seeking to understand global climate change have analyzed ice cores drilled deep within the Antarctic ice sheet. This ice traps chemicals and bubbles of ancient air that tell ...
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-world-oldest-ice-scientists-sediment.html
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William Colgan
3 months ago
Our Center for Ice Sheet & Sea Level Predictions (
cisp.dtu.dk
) is looking for a post-doctoral fellow to integrate satellite observations into ice-flow simulations.
efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
(deadline 24/10/2025) Funded by
@novo-nordisk.bsky.social
Based at
@dtucryo.bsky.social
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#perovskite
add a skeleton here at some point
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PIK_climate
4 months ago
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today.
#PlanetaryBoundaries
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www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Zeke Hausfather
4 months ago
In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong". Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
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Leconte
4 months ago
📙🐧✨ Image from Penguin Books' newsletter for the release date of “The Penguin Book of Penguins” (September 18, 2025)
@ptfretwell.bsky.social
@lisaefretwell.bsky.social
#PenguinBooksUK
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Greg Jericho
4 months ago
Reminder - it’s only a tipping point if the circumstances beforehand were so bad that the worst was already possible.
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Chen Zhao
4 months ago
🌊❄️ We’re hiring a Coupled Ice Sheet–Ocean Modeller at IMAS/UTAS! 🔗
careers.utas.edu.au/ci/en/job/501445/coupled-ice-sheetocean-modeller
Please repost or share with anyone who may be interested 🙏
@utas.edu.au
@imas-utas.bsky.social
@antarctic.bsky.social
@antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
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Current Vacancies
https://careers.utas.edu.au/ci/en/job/501445/coupled-ice-sheetocean-modeller
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esaclimate
4 months ago
📊 Access research-ready global climate data records! On our updated website, you can find a number of code examples & extensive documentation of how to use our Toolbox and get fast access to it via our Jupyter Lab. Check out the free-of-charge environment here:
climate.esa.int/en/data/tool...
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Darryl Mott
4 months ago
Now more than ever.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
4 months ago
We’re filling the atmosphere with CO2 like a bathtub with water. Most of it stays for millennia. That is why the cumulative emissions (the total amount, as pictured here) and not yearly emissions determine the amount of
#globalwarming
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Dana Bergstrom
5 months ago
The most iconic species of them all, Emperor penguins, are under substantial threat. We are on track to lose them. Like so many scientists before, we call for rapid global decarbonisation for lifes’ sake. Like these calls before, its evidenced based & to ignore is at our collective peril.
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Scientists warn of 'abrupt changes' taking place in Antarctica
Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment, heightening the risk of significant sea level rise and the extinction of species.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-21/iconic-antarctic-species-at-risk-amid-antarctic-regime-shift/105676324?utm_source=abc_news_app
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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS)
5 months ago
New today: Critical research published in
@nature.com
on the abrupt and alarming changes being observed in
#Antarctica
and the surrounding Southern Ocean, led by Prof.
@climatenerilie.bsky.social
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@profmattengland.bsky.social
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theconversation.com/from-sea-ice...
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From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them
The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.
https://theconversation.com/from-sea-ice-to-ocean-currents-antarctica-is-now-undergoing-abrupt-changes-and-well-all-feel-them-262615
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Naomi Oreskes
5 months ago
With government science and regulation under attack, I thought I’d reshare this: The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan
www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...
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Opinion | The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan (Published 2023)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/opinion/titanic-titan-oceangate-innovation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Zack Labe
5 months ago
It's time! Join me in tracking this year's
#Arctic
sea ice minimum! Sea ice melt substantially slows every September as solar energy decreases and temperatures drop in the far north. Follow along with the data at
zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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