Hi Australian Researchers. I have a plan. Let's thank the amazing @arc-tracker.bsky.social for a decade of selfless work by nominating them for a Eureka Prize (Leadership in science). Are you with me? If so, repost this. Please also reply and state your support for this quest. We can do this people.

If a PhD looking at mammal nutrition and energetics on an exciting new ecological plot network along an elevational gradient in the Blue Mountains, NSW, sounds appealing, then please get in touch! WSU scholarships for Aus and NZ domestic applicants only, closing March 19 to start by March 30!

These scam ads are getting a bit silly… click through to learn how the PM became a zombie

Great to see at least one uni trying to some new (old) approaches. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

surreal to see my name beside clive palmer's today. for the record: 1. i am not a billionaire. 2. my personal contribution to community indies in 2022 was less than 1% of their fundraising. 3. @climate200.bsky.social is a crowdfunding community: 11,200 people in 2022, now about double…

Sounds fantastic

If you or someone you know are looking for an exciting funded PhD opportunity at Western Sydney University, please share or get in touch - full details here: tinyurl.com/2xfvv6h2

This subheading misses the point that China already has by far the greatest installed renewable capacity, and India is third place

Today’s very friendly garden visitor. The king parrots will often land on my hand or head but more unusual for a rosella to do so at mine. He landed on me before I even had any seed on offer

No mention of the best way to avoid your cat getting paralysis tick… keep it inside

Hello folks, I wrote a response to a Sammy Roth piece in the LA Times that called for critics of large-scale renewable development to "get over it" We are forgetting that clean energy growth must be both fast and **prolonged** over decades. Protecting nature and social cohesion = more staying power

Naively, it seems to me to make sense to use excess solar and wind to make green hydrogen which could be stored and used to run gas power plants later on. I presume there’s good technical or economic reasons why I never hear this proposed but what are they? @danjcass.bsky.social @carbonbrief.org

The scale and speed of the renewables rollout in China is extraordinary. Some cause for optimism I reckon www.smh.com.au/business/the...

Impossible to imagine this in Australia www.theguardian.com/media/2023/n...

Good luck to all the school strikers for climate action today

Grotesque is about right - how can this be allowed to happen - this is MORE emissions intensive than just burning coal for electricity

This looks useful!

Look at these wonderful dead Nothofagus leaf mimics!

It's harder to get funding for basic research projects than ever before in Australia. The @arc_gov_au Discovery Projects scheme now has the lowest “success rate” ever: 16.3%. Only 1 in 6 grants are funded. Why? The funding available has plummeted. Please help, Jason Clare MP❗️

A depressing but worthwhile read

El Niño and a positive Indian Ocean mean a likely warm and dry spring and early summer for much of eastern a Australia. Update from Bureau of Met www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/

Look at this cracking river red gum from Wonga Wetlands at Albury.

Great new publication led by Pip Beale. High temperatures don't just cause animals to eat less, but also alter what they eat - Specifically, warmer temps = lower protein intake. Real implications of global heating for nutrition. doi.org/10.1098/rstb...