I used to say that we need courage not hope but honestly I think spite is good enough

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

Who else is coming to EGU this year? I think I sort of have to go...

British Antarctic Survey 🐧@bas.ac.uk · 9mo ago

Congratulations Dr Kaitlin Naughten on receiving the EGU Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists! Her work has transformed understanding of Antarctic ice-shelf melt and future sea-level rise. She says, “It was a lovely surprise to hear that I'd won this prestigious award."

your energy bills are rising because they're forcing you to use millions-years-old sunlight instead of today's

This book is so good that it made me cry on a train @drkatemarvel.bsky.social

We are hiring two new postdocs in Greenland ocean and ice sheet modelling to join our team at @bas.ac.uk! Apply by 8 October:

In London, hate will never win.

To mark the 1st day of my 4th year without Alice I have an announcement: I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings. Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️

Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

chng.it

The news this week was upsetting on a personal level, and reading this by @iandunt.bsky.social was just what I needed 🇨🇦🇳🇿🇬🇧 iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...

If you stop observing the sea ice it stops declining, right?

Zack Labe@zacklabe.com · last yr.

This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data. "As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported." nsidc.org/data/user-re...

Here I am - loudly, and clumsily, declaring support!

I've had 3 requests to review journal articles in the last week, which is not that unusual these days. Is this normal for a scientist approaching mid-career stage? Or is it a consequence of editors trying to have gender-balanced review panels in a field where women are underrepresented?

I don't know what to say about NOAA except that my heart goes out to every single one of you who lost a job yesterday. Your work is appreciated all around the world, not just in the US. I hate living in a dystopia.

It took me more than 10 years but today I was in a meeting of entirely female ice-ocean modellers (4) for what I believe is the first time

With all the senseless layoffs happening in the #US #science sector I hope we can try and help a little bit at least. If you're an ECR expert in sea-ice modeling our vacancy is open till 11th March. You will be welcome in NZ! 🧪 #academicsky @climate.noaa.gov

Nick Golledge@nick-golledge.bsky.social · last yr.

Heads-up sea ice modellers, there's a new 4.5 yr vacancy opening here in beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand: ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Spread the word! #glaciology #academicsky #climate

Climate scientist here, I heartily endorse this podcast episode! For a topic so ripe with misinformation, it's refreshing to see a couple of non-experts get it completely right.

Chris Smith@spyhistorian.bsky.social · 2y ago

Relistening to @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social's excellent #OriginStory on Climate Denial. open.spotify.com/episode/4l9J... I have a slight disagreement. Ian rejects the word "denial" due to its association with Holocaust denial and Dorian didn't see the connection.

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

🎉🎉🎉 Woo hoo! 🎉🎉🎉 Amazing feat by the Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice team! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Smashing the 800,000 year record for a continuous ice core by a country mile back to 1.2 million years ago.

Me to my 3 year old:

Hank Green@hankgreen.bsky.social · 2y ago

ASK ME SCIENCE QUESTIONS

Does anyone else remember "global warming stopped in 1998"?!

Climatologist49@climatologist49.bsky.social · 2y ago

The final ERA5 temperature data are now in. 2024 was the warmest year on record. Thanks humans! 🔥

Let the world's largest iceberg inspire you: Even after spending months spinning in the same spot, you too can become unstuck.

CNN@cnn.com · 2y ago

The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists say

It’s interesting that the emojis show the earth from three angles 🌎 🌍 🌏 but not the fourth. Though 🔵 is a fair approximation of what it would look like. People underestimate the Pacific.

declaring a conflict of interest: i hope we continue to not know stuff because otherwise I'd be out of a job

The best-selling motor vehicles in the US and UK for 2024 are both made by Ford, but that's where the similarity ends.

We all like to think that our own niche field is the most important for climate change, but every now and then we get a reminder that the clouds people actually have it

Thomas Rackow 🧊@trackow.bsky.social · 2y ago

We have a new paper out in @science.org today, led by Helge Goessling from #AWI: The recent global temperature surge in 2023 was intensified by a record-low planetary #albedo 👉 doi.org/10.1126/scie... @thomasjung.bsky.social @ecmwf.bsky.social This is what we found (🧵1/8)

Hi Bluesky! We have a paper out today in The Cryosphere: doi.org/10.5194/tc-1... about Antarctic sea ice trends in observations and climate models (+huge thanks to co-authors, not on BlueSky) (thread: 1/6)

Brief communication: New perspectives on the skill of modelled sea ice trends in light of recent Antarctic sea ice loss

Abstract. Most climate models do not reproduce the 1979–2014 increase in Antarctic sea ice cover. This was a contributing factor in successive Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports allocat...

doi.org

Has anyone else noticed that the current rate of political crises has now reached one country per day

My god a platform where the most followed band is The Mountain Goats. I’m home. I’m finally home.

Absolutely. We become immune to the tragedy of our own fields

This is true between fields as well. A few years ago at an interdisciplinary conference the West Antarctica scientists and the AMOC scientists really freaked each other out. But everyone was pretty chilled about their own science.

Bethan Davies@iceybethan.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's important to remember that scientists are often rather desensitised - we are detail-focused, well grounded in the theoretical and well versed in the realities of our research. To those encountering climate change impacts for the first time, it can be shocking and frightening.