for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world

The 3rd West Pacific Marine Biology Symposium, 25-28th Nov 2025 co-hosted by CNRS and the University of Queensland, register now westpacificmarinebiology.network/wpmbn/meetin...

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🌍 Climate of the Past 20th Anniversary. In this #webinar, Helle Astrid Kjaer & David Naafs explored past #climate variability and extreme weather events on decadal to millennial scales. Check out the recording now available on YouTube! 🔗: egu.eu/1AGSQ2

🌊 “Co-environing the ocean and climate: The Argo program” 👉 lnkd.in/e5ZvVfUU For 20+ years, Argo has transformed how we see the ocean: 🌊 RT global observations 🌍 data for climate models 🤝 governance & sustainability debates In the Anthropocene, Argo is global knowledge for society and the planet.

Does summer seem to be lasting longer? Check out this recent data analysis from @climatecentral.org: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... Find your town here (United States) and share the result: www.climatecentral.org/graphic/ling...

🚨 New paper in PLOS Biology! 📉 Women publish up to 45% fewer papers than men 📉 Non-native English speakers: –35% 📉 Triple barrier (woman + non-native English + low-income): –70% 🌍 Language & equity matter in science! 👉 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #EquityInScience #LanguageMatters #OpenScience

Another HOT TAKE on Australia's 2035 targets, but also a comment more generally on rise of climate "realism" and "pragmatism", where simply giving up on trying to stop us being killed by fossil fuels is presented as the Very Reasonable and Very Serious thing to do.

🌍 Climate of the Past 20th Anniversary. In this #webinar, James Rae & Jessica Tierney explored how past natural variations in climate and atmospheric #greenhouse #gases can help estimate Earth’s #climate #sensitivity. Check out the recording now available on YouTube! 🔗: egu.eu/9K7418

Independent advice spells out mammoth task ahead for government to reach 2035 target #auspol #netzero www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

More Americans are very worried about climate change than are about crime. @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

"For now, the world isn’t performing an energy transition but an energy addition, where renewables top up oil, gas and coal. ... [T]hat will remain the case for years, if not decades, unless governments impose significant changes." Depressing. www.smh.com.au/business/mar...

🌊 Plastics aren’t just polluting the ocean, they might be messing with the marine carbon cycle too. A new study argues plastics could disrupt how the ocean captures and stores CO₂. A hidden climate risk? 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I would definitely advocate for having a good mentor who understands the system you want to work in - and make a long term plan. In the last few years I’ve been shocked at how many of my colleagues are struggling because they have had bad advice or none at all.

Good opportunity for #aus #antarctic scientists to join @scar-antarctic.bsky.social science groups. @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @antarctic.bsky.social @amosupdates.bsky.social

📰 PAGES September Newsletter is out! Find out what the 2k Network, CRIAS, Human Traces, @pastoxygen.bsky.social, SISAL, and VICS working groups are up to, and much more on the calendar! 🔗 Read it: pastglobalchanges.org/news/138628

What if we taxed the gas industry properly? "We're incredibly generous to the gas industry, most of which is foreign owned. "Norway taxes gas & gives their kids free education. What we do is give the gas away for free & charge our kids a fortune to go to uni." @richarddenniss.bsky.social on ABC ⤵️

"The Pacific has lost patience with Australia," writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social. "This is not new, nor particularly earth-shattering as analysis. But it does pose larger questions for Australia moving forward, as the old ways of doing business with our regional neighbours no longer cut it." #auspol

Bora Aska has led a paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity with co-authors including Laura Sonter, Sophus zu Ermgassen and Tom Lloyd titled “Mining, biodiversity and social conflict in the renewable energy transition”: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Our foreign policy mindset is a function of our dependence on America and fear of China, while we talk down to our ‘Pacific family’ and remain deaf to their global warming concerns, writes @australiainstitute.org.au's Allan Behm www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s not offshore wind that’s killing whales.

Albanese on emission targets of 62 - 70% by 2035: "We think we have a sweet spot." The sweet spot:

Albanese is a man that is simply to weak to lead a country through a time of crisis. We are in such a time now, and thanks to his government's pissweak efforts domestically and on the international stage across a range of issues, things will only get worse.

The Albanese Government’s climate target is absolutely fucked.

A target of 62-70% will lead to well over 2°C of warming. This decision makes it clear that this government does not care about young people. We won’t stand by while they wreck our future.

The AYCC statement is absolutely true But if you think the Albanese govt's 2035 emissions reduction target is fucked, you should absolutely learn about Labor's fossil fuel production & export enabling policy ~80% of 🇦🇺’s contribution to global C emissions is embodied in fossil fuel exports

The Labor govt's 2035 target of 62% reduction in net national GHG emissions below 2005 emissions levels is aligned with >2.4°C of warming (above pre-industrial levels) Not sure how destructive it'll be cos 2.4°C is BEYOND the range of this Climate Council infographic warning of appalling impacts

We are advertising for a 3-year "Senior Research Associate in Volcanic Petrology and Stratigraphy". Part of a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary research grant "Volcanic Histories", focused on research in the Eastern Caribbean. Closing: October 15th www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

A new study led by @clairbarnes.bsky.social shows that human-caused global warming tripled heat wave deaths in European cities this summer to 24,400. These 16,500 people would still be alive if we weren't burning fossil fuels like there's no tomorrow.

Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally. Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially. Via @us.theconversation.com

What humans do to change climate matters much, much more than natural climate variations in determining future ice loss from Greenland 👉 Read about the results of the Greenland Ice Sheet Large Ensemble (GrISLENS) Project in our paper out now in The Cryosphere doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...

Australia has an Everest to climb if it wants to protect itself from climate catastrophe. But do we have the political resolve? | Erwin Jackson #Climate

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

'Make childcare more expensive' The Liberals really never want to return to government, hey? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

In the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, we are hiring an Assistant Professor in Atmosphere and/or Ocean Physics. No deadline stated, but review will begin soon, so please do not delay. apply.interfolio.com/173819

It's that time again! #birdoftheyear poll 🥳 Nominations for the top 50 shortlist are open now. Make sure your favourite bird makes it to this year's poll! Voting starts 6 October www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Some are saying we shouldn’t commit to net zero “at any price”. Fair enough then, what is the price? The NCRA sets out some fairly serious costs for adaptation and is clear that these are less than the costs of inaction. It also is frank in its view that it is likely UNDER-estimating the costs.

Could North Pacific subtropical mode water be the cause of El Niño Oscillations? How will heat waves impact on the future of ENSO? 🌊

Geologists of bluesky, great opportunity at Otago Uni, NZ for a Lecturer in Earth Science! Special shout out to my #biomarker colleagues, the dept has a well set up, near new Org Geochem lab without a PI, with GCMS/FID and HPLC, if anyone wants a change of scene! ⚒🧪🥼🌊 otago.taleo.net/careersectio...

Australian bird of the year 2025: create your own bird art with colouring sheets from Pete Cromer

The OpenCTD can be built for as little as $400 (I know, it used to be $350, tariffs are really hurting the small technology fabricators) and can be built, calibrated, and maintained by the end user. Learn more at Oceanography for Everyone: oceanographyforeveryone.com

At long last, Australia has a national climate adaptation plan to guide public and private responses to intensifying threats.

We’re hiring (again)! 🌊🐟 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (≈ US Assistant Prof) in marine biology/marine ecology @ Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, NZ. NZ lifestyle, fantastic temperate reefs, a marine lab by the sea, & great colleagues 🌊 Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/366jnm5d

Early versions of graphic warnings on smoked tobacco products aimed to arouse fear. But addressing feelings of regret and shame may be more motivating to quit.

Papua New Guinea has played a pivotal role in some key moments in Australian history – including Federation. 👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/papua-n...

PNG’s founding leaders didn’t just inherit Australian institutions – they reimagined how they could best suit the country’s traditional culture. 👉 theconversation.com/50-year...

A reminder that last Friday, late in the day and post media cycle, the government released its approval of the extension of Woodside’s NW Shelf gas extraction to 2070, adding 4.3 billion tonnes of CO2 into the globe atmosphere > ten times Australia’s total annual CO2. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Open Data: 1️⃣ Boosts Citations, Impact & Credibility– Studies show a robust, long-term citation impact 2️⃣ Saves Research Time (& Money!)– No more hunting through scattered repositories 3️⃣ Supports Collaboration 4️⃣ Backbone of Climate Policy–Transparent & enables multi-model comparison #SOOS_DATAMonday

Worth noting the timing: this was released after the North West Shelf and billion-dollar Scarborough project was nicely squared aware, Woodside was given a cosy deal over the rock art, and the Prime Minister has returned from his tour of the Pacific to try and promote regional security partnerships.

The National Climate Risk Report - my life for two years - has just been released. www.acs.gov.au/pages/nation... Minister Bowen press conference at: www.youtube.com/live/GLvd_fu... My specific report on the weather and climate hazards: climateservice.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest...