Giulia Faucher
@giuliafaucher.bsky.social
Ocean scientist @geomarkiel.bsky.social 🌊 Phytoplankton lover | Studying ocean alkalinity enhancement to assess the environmental impact of marine CDR
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton. I wasn’t ready for how much this book would move me: the wish to really listen to the natural world, to slow down, to hold on to what matters and let the rest fall away. WONDERFUL 🐇 @canongate.co.uk what a book ♥️ 📚 💙
I started a marine biogeochemistry podcast, where I ask scientists questions about the cycling of elements through the ocean. This is a place where we can nerd it out, for scientists and marine science students. Listen here, or spotify/apple podcasts applied-marine-biogeochemistry.org/podcast/
Podcast | Applied Marine Biogeochemistry Group
Marine biogeochemistry studies how elements like carbon and phosphorus move through the ocean. In this podcast, we explore the processes that drive this...
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Phytoplankton measurements in full swing this week: an SEM session, then my favourite instrument ever: CytoSense (custom-built). Ezio (yes, he has an Italian name as his temperament) gave me no end of headaches. He’s finally in a good mood, so he’s been dressed again. Not that naked wasn’t glorious…
Yesterday I revisited the event that made me write this post, because another situation reminded me how much work is still needed to explain to men that ‼️ no‼️ a white man is not better than a woman. And a foreign colleague is every bit as good as a local one. Woman and expat? Not that fun sometimes
Giulia Faucher@giuliafaucher.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday's thought: academia has had centuries to figure out that women exist and contribute to science, their presence in leadership is still somehow rare, and the men in the room are often the last to notice (probably because they don't invite women into the room in the first place)
France and Spain race to control wildfires as suburbs of Bordeaux begin evacuation – live
France and Spain race to control wildfires as suburbs of Bordeaux begin evacuation – live
Officials in Spain warn winds could worsen fires on Saturday * Tell us: have you been affected by wildfires in Europe? French authorities evacuated thousands of people from suburbs near Bordeaux on Saturday as wildfires in areas around the city showed no signs of abating, the Reuters news agency reports. Sophie Brocas, who heads the local administration of La Nouvelle-Aquitaine et de la Gironde, which covers the Bordeaux region, said on X that the areas of Le Haillan, Eysines and Merignac were being cleared out. Continue reading...
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In the city where Dick Bruna gave life to Miffy, it’s her, Nijntje, who tells you when to stop and when to cross. A cute bunny, waiting with you at the red and walking beside you on the green. And you cross on a whole rainbow, a quiet symbol of diversity and inclusion 🌈 Utrecht, you are cute
I have some thoughts: Marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) research and development should be carried out by governments, not by startups funded by VCs and philanthropy. These startups will either go belly up soon or sell themselves to a fossil fuel company for greenwashing. carbon-pulse.com/530652
![But not all are convinced that private companies are the best route to scaling mCDR. David Ho, a professor of oceanography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, was part of early mCDR research efforts both within and beyond academia. Ho is an established researcher in ocean science key to the veracity of the field, but he also co-founded a non-profit organisation in 2023 to build software that supports mCDR research.
Ho thinks that the field should be a government-funded or government-run research effort, not driven by companies via venture capital and private funding.
"There's so much that we need to figure out that companies are not going to do. They are there to work on their [own, specific] technology," he said.
Ho pointed to areas of research essential to scaling mCDR - in the realms of environment, geophysics, governance, and social studies - that companies are not necessarily prioritising.
"They're not thinking about that. It's 'How do you develop intellectual property that you can maybe sell to a fossil fuel company?' I bet every single one of them looks at the exit that Carbon Engineering took and says 'Well, we too would like to get $1 bln.' And that's the best exit for any of them right now, because they will never be paid billions of dollars to remove carbon."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e/bafkreihn7uxd7cprm736cwqmyvzweapzas6ezy6vmm5vjo74osu5bcpaau)
Hello Hannover, and goodbye! It’s been a good morning (so far) on @deutschebahn.com 🙌 No matter the (longer) different route due to the neverending construction work in Hamburg 🚊😬 And it’s always a pleasure to #CrossBorderRail Traveling around Europe by train is ridiculously cool 🚂
Blue Monday (aka gray Baltic vibes)? Let’s bike some flowers to my colleague who’s starting a new position (and she happens to be my bf), and let’s send this blue feeling away
…leave it to the Germans to go all in! I love this commentator ♥️
mensrea@mensie.bsky.social · 2w agoGerman broadcast. Nailed it
trump has also debanked Italian citizen Francesca Alabanese for her work at the UN to condemn Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. she is on an international blacklist created for terrorists and it is also illegal for anyone to bank for her — she must live entirely economically isolated and on cash
The complicated life of Francesca Albanese: A rising figure in Italy but barred from every bank by Trump’s sanctions
The UN special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories has become a leading voice in her country, but she is on a US blacklist as if she were a terrorist and can only use cash
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Many major companies have abandoned or scaled back their climate commitments because that’s the way capitalism works.
How Companies Have Abandoned Their Climate Goals and Let Themselves Off the Hook (Gift Article)
Big business made big promises about saving the planet. Following through hasn’t been easy.
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Proof that there are good people in the world 🐦🥹 @davidho.bsky.social it's pigeon content 😅
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w agoWhen firefighters in Oakland, California, saw a pigeon struggling to breathe near the site of a fire they had fought, the crew stopped to help.
By popular demand, here is everyone in the climate and energy portrait series.
I’m all for creative solutions to climate change… but history is littered with “big ideas” that should never have left the drawing board. When it comes to engineering the planet, ambition without foresight is a dangerous combination. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bomb the Arctic, dam the Mediterranean and build a second moon: five outlandish plans to remodel our climate
Humans have long sought to geoengineer the Earth’s environment. Tim Flannery outlines a few of the wildest ideas from the 20th century
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🌊 Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply
Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species Act
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Bergamo, Italy 🇮🇹 A driver going the wrong way hit a cyclist, then fled the scene. The cyclist is okay, this time. I am from Bergamo, I know these roads. Until road culture changes in Italy, no cyclist is truly safe. 📷 La Popolare Ciclistica, grassroots cycling club (IG: @lapopolare) 🚲 🚴♂️
One of the most moving “movies” I’ve watched in a long time. Poetic in every sense. Deeply touching. Good for the heart “When we can't find the words, we can find this poetry that goes beyond the baldly literate or literal” #Poetry #judidench
Michael Warburton@michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 2mo agoSat with his friend & colleague JUDI DENCH, KENNETH BRANAGH becomes visibly moved when talking about the nature of loss & grief and simply not having the words to express these emotions. He then he turns to a line from Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’… TEA WITH JUDI DENCH (2025)
Science funding is shifting and private money will likely play a bigger role in carbon dioxide removal (also marine CDR). Not inherently bad, but tobacco research reminds us funding shapes which questions get asked, not just the answers. Worth thinking about guardrails now, field is still young
Naomi Oreskes@naomioreskes.bsky.social · last mo.My latest. I know a lot of people will strongly disagree. that's okay. I am just trying to get us all thinking about the problem, and potential solutions. | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
France passes watered-down legislation to curb fast fashion
France passes watered-down legislation to curb fast fashion
The law aimed at 'reducing the environmental impact of the textile industry' passed its final reading in the Sénat on June 29. Its content underwent numerous revisions over the past two years, particularly to accommodate domestic players in France, while excluding online giants Shein and Temu from those concessions.
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📢Climate action is not just about cutting carbon emissions; it improves how we live. A new study shows that supply side and demand side strategies can boost health, energy security, jobs, income, environmental quality, and equity across countries👍 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00101-2
The undervalued quality-of-life benefits of demand-side energy and climate strategies - Communications Sustainability
Demand-side strategies consistently rank higher across multiple quality of life dimensions than supply-side options according to a multi-country study combining energy system modelling with public per...
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A protected lagoon. A luxury resort. A community that refused to give up "The Flamingo Revolution" tells how defending biodiversity became a fight for democracy and for local communities' right to shape their own coastline's future oceanographicmagazine.com/features/the-flamingo-revolution/
The Flamingo Revolution: saving Albania's nature rich coastline
A luxury resort supplanted what was once a protected coast in Albania. With the law failing, the people are the only thing left to defend it
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🔴⚠️🌡️🌊The unprecedented #heatwave over #Europe is bringing its effects also to the Mediterranean Sea. In the last few days the #Copernicus Sea Surface Temperature has rapidly increased and the latest anomaly data exceed 8°C ⬇️SST daily anomaly on 27 June 2026 #climateemergency
Quite a catchy video for XMAS2027 (see link) and the abstract deadline is tomorrow, so you still have time (so do I 😆) Looking forward to being there and learning a lot at one of the biggest marine science conferences in China 🌊 See you there? mel-xmas.net/index.html @jiayingabbyguo.bsky.social
The Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS 2027)
XMAS 2027,The Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences
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Giulia Faucher@giuliafaucher.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe organize Session 36 at #XMAS2027 Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Marine CDR #mCDR 🌊 with @jiayingabbyguo.bsky.social, Koji Suzuki and @nadlehmann.bsky.social. OAE, iron fertilization, blue carbon, macroalgae, DOC and more… Abstract deadline: 30 June mel-xmas.net/all_session....
You do not have to reach for cultural explanations for the lack of AC in Europe. It didn't used to be hot and now it is hot!
Imagine if hundreds of people died in hurricane or floods smashing through Europe Heatwaves have already killed that many ppl. They are a silent killer in that they dont generate outrage or fear. Hope this by @economist.com helps save lives as Europeans wake up to danger bsky.app/profile/eate...
Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun@eaterofsun.bsky.social · last mo.My round up of @economist.com's heatwave coverage (gift link) www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
People think Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) is a promising CO₂ removal method because in ocean models, we just magically increase alkalinity with no consequences. In reality, excessive alkalinity addition can lead to calcium carbonate precipitation, drastically reducing OAE efficiency. 🌊🧪
Frontiers | Stability assessment of calcium carbonate dissolution as a marine carbon dioxide removal mechanism
Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) is a promising approach for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by increasing seawater alkalinity. However, the ef...
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Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-...
Found a tick on my dog today, which got me thinking about the increasingly common alpha-gal syndrome. Basically nature’s way of spreading vegetarianism. Just a bit too aggressively for my taste 😅 www.ap.org/news-highlig...
What to know about alpha-gal syndrome, the life-threatening meat allergy caused by tick bites | The Associated Press
It's common knowledge that ticks can spread infections that cause serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. Now health officials are trying to raise
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