Somewhat off topic but I once worked a renovation in a multigenerational chainsmoking rowhouse. Forget "you could see the outlines of picture frames." This was tar that peeled up under a flathead screwdriver. We had to gut the house. It was incredible. Unbelievable.

I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking. Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals… All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it. We CAN change things.

We don’t stop walking, because we grow old. We grow old, because we stop walking. Walking is the magic pill for depression, anxiety, many cancers, osteoporosis, strokes, heart attack, obesity, diabetes, etc. Cities must make WALKING SAFE & ENJOYABLE, everywhere, to live Healthier & Happier.

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

#WeekendReading: Liu et al. on how the ratio between carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in the oceans has changed over the last fifty years. Redfield seems (as it has been for a while now) an assumption that has to be verified for each case study. 🧪🌊 Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nice to have some good news for a change! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Schau an. Von offizieller Stelle würde so was derzeit wohl kaum veröffentlicht. Dabei haben diese jungen Journalisten nur öffentlich zugängliche Informationen ausgewertet. #Drohnen

So much for hosting any international scholars or events in the US. I guess we’ll all be going to Canada for the foreseeable future 🤦‍♀️

It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers. Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +) Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders. I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up. www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...

Swedish police wants to deport climate scientist Davie Alcer for his legal and peaceful climate activism. This is a new level of repression. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/k0...

I think I have this flu, and it really really sucks! Be careful out there. I procrastinated getting my flu shot — I strongly encourage you to learn from my dumb mistake and get yours if you haven’t yet.

🌊 A recent study on freshwater sources in the global ocean. 🧪 @xabidavila.bsky.social and colleagues used a machine learning method to better understand how freshwater from rain and river runoff and from melting sea ice spreads through the ocean. Full story👇 bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/look...

Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view. Not even sure where to start. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Our new 🌊 paper “Progressive oxygenation of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre” is out @jgroceans.bsky.social (open access): agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... We examined the breathing of one of the ocean’s lungs 🩺 and found some surprises Paper summary in schematic, more info ⬇️ 1/🧵

The Schelde (Scheldt river) east of Gent (Ghent), Belgium, once meandered widely and is now a relatively narrow river, a change that likely occurred in the Late Weichselian.

This chart to me says that opportunities are very unequal in the US. Source: buff.ly/NpnJeWy

⚒️ Article: 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 biomass in the North Sargasso Sea drastically declined since 2015, co-occurring with related reductions in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and an expansion of the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Forschende haben erstmals live und in sehr hoher Auflösung beobachtet, wie Grippeviren lebende Zellen befallen. Möglich war das dank einer neuen Mikroskopiemethode. Sie könnte nun helfen, antivirale Therapien gezielter zu entwickeln. ethz.ch/de/news-und-...

One of the greatest challenges in paleoenvironmental research is figuring out "how much of what we know on the modern is actually applicable to this?" But there are finds, like this Silurian reef, we can say "ho, this is like a modern turbid reef." 🧪⚒️ Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance. @MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury

Dass wir einen anti-feministischen Backlash erleben, ist leider auch die Schuld falsch verstandener Wissenschaft. Als "evolutionäre Psychologie" werden uns seit Jahren Geschlechter-Stereotype als evolutionär entstandene Fakten angedreht. Das ist gefährlich. (Thread)

The Dutch traded live eels to London starting in the mid-15th C., & quickly won a monopoly on eel sales in the city. How do we know? Well...by the 16th C., English regulations started calling ALL eel sellers in the city "palingmen" from the Dutch word for eel: paling. 1/2 🗃️🧪

Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%. Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors. www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...

Wir wollen keine Oktopus-Farmen in der EU! Sofort Verbot einführen action.eko.org/a/eu-oktopus...

I’ve seen several versions of this map before. This version by @maps_interlude is particularly nice.

What an amazing way to visualize early human migration. Lovely map by @HarvardCGA. A great colour scheme and an appropriate map projection! Source: buff.ly/3lbxonJ

80% of mangroves are now shrimp farms aka methane factories 🦐

Mangrove boardwalk

The late Miocene possibly had lower athmospheric pCO2 than we have right now (but higher than pre-industrial), but that was enough for there not to be permafrost in North Greenland. Once a local threshold is reached, that is enough sometimes. 🧪 Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So what's that to do with silly memes and fun alt-text? If I can tell a good story, & show our history with eels, then maybe I can get you interested in saving them. I hope seeing them in our past will make you want to see them in our future. 2/2 time.com/5886487/eels...

⚒️ Article: Antarctic Bottom Water progressively filled more of the deep Southern Ocean through the last deglaciation, potentially contributing to the increase in atmospheric CO2 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Despite the fact that nearsightedness has a hereditary component, environmental factors play into as well. One of those factors is not exercising looking into the distance at early age. Send kids to play outside. 🧪 Link: journaljpri.com/index.php/JP...

Hail and farewell to my neighbour Ron. Ex-navy, salt of the earth, would do anything for you. Wouldn’t make a fuss about his own health until he was riddled with untreatable cancer. Men, take care of yourselves, for everyone’s sake.

🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...

🌊 Observed large-scale and deep-reaching compound ocean state changes over the past 60 years www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Forest tunnel vision. The view from our outdoor shower. #coloraday #redwed #photography #forestfriday #windowsonwednesday #eastcoastkin #foggy #autumn

🌊 Marine researchers find biggest source of microplastics in our ocean is vehicle tyres www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Started the morning off right with a Skype a Scientist session with 2 3rd grade classes who just read a book about giant squid. Getting bombarded with squid questions first thing in the morning is truly the best start to the day, highly recommend.

Ubuntu extended their LTS (paid) support to 15 years, meaning that you could support a Ubuntu version from 2014. Ubuntu 24.04 would have support til 2039. Meanwhile Microsoft is obsessed to phase away computers from 2017.

The disappearance of the winter kingdom! 🧊❄️ Number of days without thaw in Zurich since 1882 🥶 20th century average: ~30 1963: 56 ! 📉 2025: 4 ! 📈 Via Simon Scherrer Data @meteoschweiz.ch

🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Die @bpb.de hat sich von X verabschiedet und wird deswegen massiv von rechts kritisiert. Ich denke, da sollte man mal reinfolgen.

What's interesting as the Thanksgiving Holiday arrives? The first @bgc-argo.bsky.social profiling floats begin to emerge from under Antarctic sea ice each year. Float 5905383 is the first @soccomproject.bsky.social float for 2025/26. It has spent 7.9 years operating under ice. #argofloats #oneargo

The GEOTRACES IDP2025 had a fantastic launch during the Summer School in Cape Town! 🌊 If you missed it, don’t worry—join us tomorrow, 25 November, from 05:00 to 06:30 UTC. 👇👇 www.geotraces.org/launch-of-ge... @scor-int.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social #OceanData #OceanScience #IDP2025

I think at this point we have fairly well established that reefs (like all of us) will do a little bit better if they need to deal with a few less stress factors hitting them at once. This time, if we let them breath (prevent/remove oxygen stress). 🧪🌊 Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This is a fascinating study showing how misaligned venture capital can be when it comes to climate. Instead of chasing high-impact carbon solutions, it tends to chase fads. We need to do a better job aligning our money with a more substantial climate impact. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation: #fossilwarfare www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...

Interesting-looking new study finding lower electric vehicle adoption in areas with higher vote for the far-right AfD in Germany, independently from other factors doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."