Excited to be part of this team. I’ve collaborated with Prof Saintilan for many years & our work has increasingly focused on understanding the response of coasts to sea level rise. It’s been great to see the collaboration expand as the effects of climate change continue to be realised

Ever wondered by dolphins jump out of the water? Dr Katharina Peters explains in her latest article in the Conversation 🐬 kjpeters.bsky.social theconversation.com/curious-kids...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Annalise Cucchiaro on her first paper published in @theconversation.com showing that giant volcanic eruptions are triggered by mantle plumes up to 3,000 km in length, which originate from moving continent-size 'BLOBS' deep within the Earth. t.co/mAKJV78oPs

@uowenvirofutures.bsky.social members undertake interesting & groundbreaking research and the work of my colleague Dr Eline Schotsman is an excellent example. Her research is focused on funerary practices & burial taphonomy; lying at the interface between archaeo-anthropology & forensic sciences.

Attended Intecol12 this week. Tartu isn’t coastal & not on my radar, but Intecol12 spanned a range of wetland types & disciplines. We often struggle justifying attending conferences, but this meeting will provide returns for years. Thanks to organisers, University of Tartu. See you all at Intecol13!

Happy Saltmarsh Day to all who celebrate! (I do.)

The Environmental Futures Paper of the Month was awarded this morning at the EF member catch up. Congratulations to Prof Bo Li and PhD student Lolita Trenchat 👏 @kerryleerogers.bsky.social

🌏 Rare opportunity to join us! We’re hiring two new Lecturer/Senior Lecturers in the School of Earth Atmosphere & Environment #MonashUni, a top 50 global university 🔬 Isotope Geochemistry 🛰️ Remote Sensing/Geospatial careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Spent the week with fabulous managers of NSW marine estate and the next generation of scientists. Our future is in good hands, providing policy and decision makers get their priorities right

From @uowenvirofutures.bsky.social PhD candidate Chris Laurikainen Gaete and Prof Anthony Dossetto Ancient kangaroo Ed stayed close to home and this made it easier for them to become extinct www.uow.edu.au/media/2025/a...

Giant kangaroos died out when rainforests disappeared ->Earth.com | #Rainforest | More info from EcoSearch

listen up, climate policies have resulted in the avoidance of greenhouse gases and global emissions would be way higher had we done nothing here is a wall of text from the IPCC report with evidence www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w... IPCC AR6 WG3 Chapter 14 Cross Chapter box 10 (14-43, line 39)

We offer a 5-year research position in the #PlanktonEcology lab in Wilhelmshaven. Are you interested in empirically testing ecological concepts? We offer a stimulating scientific environment, experimental facilities & support to establish an independent research profile uol.de/en/job/postd...

Last chance to complete the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists survey. Closing 31 March 2025. www.surveymonkey.com/r/profiling2...

Why is the discovery of Japanese encephalitis virus in mosquitoes collected from suburban Brisbane such a concern? It really upends our understanding of a group of mosquito-borne pathogens with life threatening consequences and how authorities around Australia should respond...

Wholesale gas and electricity prices have TRIPLED since LNG exports began in 2015. Join Konrad from @punterspolitics.bsky.social and @richarddenniss.bsky.social to find out how big gas has managed this heist, and what can be done about it. 6pm Mon 24 March, Newcastle City Hall. Link below ⤵️

The ARC Board has proposed a major shake-up of the National Competitive Grants Program ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/engage-us/co... I've only skimmed so far, but they propose reducing 13 grant schemes to 6, with intent & scope in the table👇 Submissions are being accepted in response until 13 April. Get to it!

Large-scale loss of Mediterranean coastal marshes under rising sea levels by 2100 www.nature.com/articles/s43... "For Egypt, France, and Algeria, we predict (near) total loss of coastal marshes by 2100..." @claudiawolff.bsky.social @avafeidis.bsky.social

Missed this when it came out but super interesting

👇🏽 New scientific analysis indicates a shift in sea ice formation in Antarctica to a new, less sea ice. Why should we care? Antarctica is a far away. It’s about global energy balance & how oceans operate. 🧵

Mediterranean coastal wetlands (saltmarshes) are struggling to keep pace with sea-level rise, with large losses projected under all future scenarios. New study in @commsearth.bsky.social, with @wolfgangcramer.net @wolffclaudi.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Week of #OzSET workshopping commenced with flights over key fieldsites and ended with successful fieldwork on Tweed River. Thanks TERN & organisers Maddie Goddard and Vicki Bennion for the support. Thanks also to the OzSET community - you’re a fab bunch

An interesting paper written by EF members Prof Kerrylee Rogers, Dr Jeff Kelleway and Brooke Conroy 🌏🌳‪ @kerryleerogers.bsky.social

🚨New paper Wetlands in hypersaline environments are especially vulnerable to degradation as increasing urbanization & climate change rapidly exacerbate stressors. This poses unique challenges that you can read about in this paper led by @annaarmitage.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

If you work in the field of ‘Sea-level rise and coastal change through time and space’ please consider submitting an abstract to our AMSA session www.amsa2025.amsa.asn.au/abstract-sub... In Melbourne 13-17 July 2025. It will be great!

Please join us!

Australian governments are failing to conserve biodiversity, meaning their extraordinary values are being lost and global conservation targets will likely fail. The next federal government must do better. My letter with @biodiversityguy.bsky.social in @science.org. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Postdoc opportunity with Sophie Nowicki and me on "Earth System Modeling of Regional Sea Level Rise and Risk"

We've got 80 awesome geo women+ on this list now. I know there are more who should be on here! Please tag them or comment if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/Ay1iTTe #gischat

Folks - I know this is pay walled but Prof David Kennedy & Prof Bruce Thom quoted in Sydney Morning Herald stating the obvious about managed retreat from the coast 👏👏

Before Trump deletes it: NOAA’s bleaching forecast for the northern Great Barrier Reef in March is the most severe since 2016 - when 51% of the corals fried. coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/bl...

🚨🚨 New paper 🚨🚨 UOW PhD candidate Brooke Conroy examined root mass & volume additions across an intertidal gradient in Vic 🇦🇺 to understand how carbon sequestration assists with sea level rise adaptation link.springer.com/article/10.1...

If you’re wondering why ideas are getting harder to find, why more papers are published but there is less innovation; this intriguing thread offers some insights

We're paying more than we know A carbon price not an impediment on the economy The impact of climate change and climate inaction is A cost embedded in everything Ways we already pay carbon taxes thru costs met by govt or directly - fighting more fires - raising sea walls - energy use for cooling

Good piece by @natureportfolio.bsky.social. The erosion of thinking time—driven by admin, bureaucracy, industry agendas, and unrealistic output targets—stifles curiosity-led science. These pressures undermine innovation and the intellectual freedom vital for real progress. 🧪🌱🌍 #ScienceIsNotBusiness

"As we looked more into it, we found nuclear was a Trojan horse for the coal industry, wanting to keep coal going, and it denied transition to an industry that allowed lower bills," said Matt Kean #nuclear #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05...

“The evidence gathered by social epidemiologists, including us, shows that large differences in income are a powerful social stressor that is increasingly rendering societies dysfunctional.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

To finish on my Boxing Day rant re: seawalls (yes, I know the cricket's on, so thanks for reading.) Wrote this last October... point stands. Re-instate the NSW Coastal Panel! @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

You can see the full extent of the land grab here:

Angus Gordon and Brendan Donohoe revealing the absurdity of archaic vertical concrete sea walls. By Marcus Reubenstein michaelwest.com.au/concrete-coa...

Sydney should not be happy with this! Should not be allowed and should not be permitted elsewhere!

First Rule of Blue Sky - Do not feed the Trolls. If you think public education is communism, there's no conversation to be had.

🚨 POST-DOCS, WORK WITH US IN HOBART! 🌊 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 – 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 🛰️ Utilise #SWOT satellite data south of the #Antarctic Circumpolar Current and deepen the understanding of ocean dynamics and processes ✍️ Applications close 16 Feb 2025 ▶️ careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...

One of the coal mines approved yesterday by @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is approved until 2088. 64 years!!!

A timely reminder from the Lethal Humidity Council that, "radical reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, especially from fossil fuel use, remains a vital pathway for blunting the deadly threat posed by rising temperature…" www.nature.com/articles/s41... #auspol #climate

Enabling fossil fuels with offsets is bad!!!

New York Times obituary for Orrin H. Pilkey, author, most recently, of "Escaping Nature":