Andy Baker
@andy-baker.bsky.social
Australian Research Council Laureate Professor at UNSW Sydney, investigating groundwater recharge, climate, geochemistry, and stalagmites. Not all at once, at least not most of the time. Posting more often at @andbaker@aus.social
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Andy Baker@andy-baker.bsky.social · 3d agoCome and work at UNSW in Sydney, Australia! Myself and @sub-heterogenty.bsky.social have a 2-year Research Associate position for a groundwater recharge modeller. For details and how to apply: external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/54... @unswbees.bsky.social
Come and work at UNSW in Sydney, Australia! Myself and @sub-heterogenty.bsky.social have a 2-year Research Associate position for a groundwater recharge modeller. For details and how to apply: external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/54... @unswbees.bsky.social
Research Associate
The Research Associate (Level A) is expected to contribute towards the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship project ‘Caves and their stalagmites: linking climate to groundwater recharge’ le...
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It is 40 years since the journal Hydrological Processes started. The editors have a top 40@40 here, and Im delighted that Baker & Inverarity (2004), on fluorescence and water quality, has made the list: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
40@40: 40 Key Papers From the First 40 Years of Hydrological Processes
Click on the article title to read more.
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Eurokarst 2026: Advancing our understanding of groundwater in karst regions Eurokarst is the bi-annual meeting for international research in the hydrogeology of karst and carbonate reservoirs. On 31 August - 4 September 2026, the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland is hosting, and we are…
Eurokarst 2026: Advancing our understanding of groundwater in karst regions
Eurokarst is the bi-annual meeting for international research in the hydrogeology of karst and carbonate reservoirs. On 31 August - 4 September 2026, the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland is hosting, and we are bringing our Australian research to Europe, arguably the home of karst research. Our presentations highlight how underground spaces such as caves, tunnels and mines, can be used to better understand when, where and why groundwater recharge event occur.
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There are dozens of academics signing this open letter to defend the American Eugenicist Nathan Cofnas from the consequences of his own actions. They are calling him a “whistleblower”
As academics, we are concerned that Ghent University's disciplinary proceedings against Dr Cofnas appear to constitute retaliation, at least in part, for publicizing academic misconduct that occurred in British universities.
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Three new papers using caves as hydrological observatories A short post, highlighting three papers published in recent weeks that I have had the fortune of contributing to. All use networks of drip loggers in caves to record water movement from the surface to the water table. First, led by…
Three new papers using caves as hydrological observatories
A short post, highlighting three papers published in recent weeks that I have had the fortune of contributing to. All use networks of drip loggers in caves to record water movement from the surface to the water table. First, led by Akhilesh Kumar at UNSW Sydney, is a satellite remote sensing study. Can we use satellite-derived products, such as rainfall, vegetation characteristics and soil moisture, to understand when recharge events might occur?
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Three new papers using caves as hydrological observatories A short post, highlighting three papers published in recent weeks that I have had the fortune of contributing to. All use networks of drip loggers in caves to record water movement from the surface to the water table. First, led by…
Three new papers using caves as hydrological observatories
A short post, highlighting three papers published in recent weeks that I have had the fortune of contributing to. All use networks of drip loggers in caves to record water movement from the surface to the water table. First, led by Akhilesh Kumar at UNSW Sydney, is a satellite remote sensing study. Can we use satellite-derived products, such as rainfall, vegetation characteristics and soil moisture, to understand when recharge events might occur?
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A cluster hire here at UNSW Science, looking for cross-disciplinary Level B/C academics. Come and work in Sydney! www.unsw.edu.au/science/abou... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Recruitment | Science - UNSW Sydney
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This is the last 10 years of the monthly Southern Oscillation Index (SOI). We're experiencing something new for the last decade. This is the atmospheric signal that El Nino is here in Australia. Data from: www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
A new review article summarizes our knowledge of how microbial lipids archived in marine sediments record ancient ocean temperatures and outlines challenges and next steps for the TEX86 paleothermometer. Learn more in @eos.org: spklr.io/63326Eum2s
The Definitive Guide to the TEX86 Paleothermometer - Eos
A new review article summarizes our knowledge of how microbial lipids archived in marine sediments record ancient ocean temperatures and outlines challenges and next steps for the TEX86 proxy.
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A cluster hire here at UNSW Science, looking for cross-disciplinary Level B/C academics. Come and work in Sydney! www.unsw.edu.au/science/abou... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Recruitment | Science - UNSW Sydney
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Record du mois de juin le plus chaud, record du mois de juillet le plus chaud en France ! À lui seul cet effarant bimestre juin/juillet 2026 est en train d'assurer une 1ère place au classement des étés les plus chauds en France. Graphe Arkus forum infoclimat.fr forums.infoclimat.fr/f/topic/6118...
Mise à jour avec les données du 31 juillet. Le "sur-été" continue, depuis le 15 juin. Aujourd'hui est le 48ème jour consécutif. Le cumul de chaleur "surestivale" dépasse la valeur de toute l'année 2003 depuis le 18 juillet.
Gaétan Heymes@gaetanheymes.bsky.social · 3mo agoMise à jour avec les données jusqu'au 16 juillet, soit la moitié de l'été météo. La courbe 2026 du cumul de degrés jours de sur-été est largement au dessus de toutes les autres. Aucun été antérieur ne peut tenir la comparaison avec cette première moitié d'été infernale.
1. We—@eduede.bsky.social, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, Kevin Gross, and I—have a new preprint on the arXiv today, based on ideas that emerged during an @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in November 2024: The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science.
The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science
As a labor-augmenting technology, large language models (LLMs) have the potential to accelerate scientific activity across the research pipeline. But even if LLMs perform on par with human experts at ...
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Why was a monsoon delayed by weeks during La Niña-like conditions? 👇 2024/25 Australian summer monsoon onset broke records and raised new questions about how “onset” is defined. Read more: doi.org/10.1007/s003... @unimelb.edu.au #AAS #Monsoon #ClimateScience #Weather
New AGU travel grants for post-doctoral to attend Fall Meetinh Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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🚨 New for 2026! 🚨 Postdocs can now apply for the AGU26 Postdoctoral Travel Grant to help cover costs of attending the AGU Annual Meeting in person! 👉 Applications are due 12 August: spklr.io/63328EPNKE #AGU26 #Postdoc #Grant #ScienceFunding
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📢 S4 2027 | Summer School on Speleothem Science | Xi’an, China The 7th edition of the Summer School on Speleothem Science (S4) will be held in Xi’an, China, in 2027. www.speleothemschool.com
The severe 2023 fire season in Canada 'can be attributed to ... early snowmelt, multiannual drought conditions in western Canada, and the rapid transition to drought in eastern Canada ... Anthropogenic climate change enabled sustained extreme fire weather conditions' www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season in Canada - Nature Communications
The record-breaking 2023 wildfire season in Canada ( ~ 15 Mha burned) was enabled by early snowmelt, drought, and extreme weather. It had profound impacts that included evacuation of >200 communiti...
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This weekend I'm supporting the Australasian Quaternary Association by leading 2 fieldtrips for the AQUA2026 conference One to the wonderful Wombeyan Caves And, a geoheritage walking tour in The Rocks, Sydney You can read more here aqua.org.au/conference/a... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
They're saying the quiet part out loud now. Jenny Maxwell, head of education for Grammarly/Superhuman: “We’re doing a huge pedagogical upheaval in education,” she said, calling it a “burn it down moment. We’re just in the early stages.” Burn down higher ed without any plan to rebuilt. Gift link.
Student Cheating Is Becoming Impossible to Detect in an A.I. Era
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"As I sat at my desk wrestling with the grant proposal I was coordinating, I could feel my eyes glaze over. … But just then an unlikely lab member offered a reprieve: my dog, Zazil." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4evO2cN
NSF has cut budgets for hundreds of its basic science programs for the remainder of this fiscal year. Sources say the cuts may be a way to free up funds for a new NSF initiative called X-Labs. eos.org/research-and...
NSF Cuts Hundreds of Science Program Budgets by Up To 30% - Eos
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has slashed budgets for hundreds of its basic science programs for the remainder of this fiscal year, according to an 18 June memo obtained by Science.
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🚨 #JobAlert #EGU is currently seeking a full-time, permanent Editorial Manager, based in the Executive Office in Munich, Germany. 📅 Start date: Summer 2026 👉 Learn more and Apply NOW: egu.eu/1UAC02 📷: Ping Zhao on imaggeo.egu.eu
I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇
Many thanks to the Yarrangobilly Caves team for another successful research fieldtrip. Cave monitoring first established by Pauline Treble now approaches 20 years. Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Many thanks to the Yarrangobilly Caves team for another successful research fieldtrip. Cave monitoring first established by Pauline Treble now approaches 20 years. Crossposted with @openvibe.social
New Global Cave Monitoring Database: Insights into Drip Rates and Isotopes The PAGES-SISAL (Past Global Changes – Speleothem Isotope Synthesis and AnaLysis) team has created a new global database of cave monitoring data consisting of drip rates and drip water isotopes, and the modern carbonate…
New Global Cave Monitoring Database: Insights into Drip Rates and Isotopes
The PAGES-SISAL (Past Global Changes – Speleothem Isotope Synthesis and AnaLysis) team has created a new global database of cave monitoring data consisting of drip rates and drip water isotopes, and the modern carbonate precipitates that form from these drip waters (so called farmed carbonates, grown on artificial substrates). The preprint is now available for community comment at: The preprint is led by Pauline Treble (ANSTO, Australia):
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New Global Cave Monitoring Database: Insights into Drip Rates and Isotopes The PAGES-SISAL (Past Global Changes – Speleothem Isotope Synthesis and AnaLysis) team has created a new global database of cave monitoring data consisting of drip rates and drip water isotopes, and the modern carbonate…
New Global Cave Monitoring Database: Insights into Drip Rates and Isotopes
The PAGES-SISAL (Past Global Changes – Speleothem Isotope Synthesis and AnaLysis) team has created a new global database of cave monitoring data consisting of drip rates and drip water isotopes, and the modern carbonate precipitates that form from these drip waters (so called farmed carbonates, grown on artificial substrates). The preprint is now available for community comment at: The preprint is led by Pauline Treble (ANSTO, Australia):
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Some and join my School at UNSW Sydney, Australia. We are hiring a Marine Science lecturer, would suit an early career researcher. external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/en/job/53984...
Lecturer in Marine Science
The School is seeking to appoint a Lecturer (Level B academic) in the Marine Sciences. The purpose of this role is to conduct high quality research, teaching and research student supervision in the fi...
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