Very amusing, even if I don't quite recognise what's being described. Of course, maybe the work just hasn't reached my desk yet.
Anne Green@ultrawimp.bsky.social · 2d agoKen Rice
@kenrice.bsky.social
Interested in #scicomm, in particular about astronomy and climate change. Professor of Computational Astrophysics and Head of Institute for Astronomy, Univ. of Edinburgh. Views own, of course.
Anne Green@ultrawimp.bsky.social · 2d ago
Ten years of hide-and-seek! 🫣 Astronomers used our VLT to find a new #exoplanet orbiting the famous star Beta Pictoris — hiding in archival ESO observations spanning over a decade! And it's shyer than any exoplanet we've imaged before. 🔭 🧪 1/3 📷 ESO/B. Sutlieff, M. Bonse et al.
The UK ‘only’ contributes 1% of global emissions – in our new article for @theconversation.com we show why it doesn't make us exempt from climate action. theconversation.com/uk-only-cont... @chlobrim.bsky.social @eciu.net @bas.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
UK ‘only’ contributes 1% global emissions – but alongside many other countries, that all adds up
If many countries take the stance that ‘we’re only contributing 1% of global emissions’, responsibility dwindles and action stalls.
theconversation.com
For 6 months the line from DSIT & UKRI on STFC cuts has been that no final decisions have been taken That is no longer the case, after DSIT approved UKRI's proposal for how to save £162m British research at Cern will be hit, along with UK science facilities Scoop by me & @francesjones.bsky.social
UK research at Cern to shrink as government approves STFC cuts - Research Professional News
Exclusive: Science department approves UKRI’s cost-saving proposal, with major UK facilities also facing cutbacks
researchprofessionalnews.com
While UKRI ponders our fate it was deeply disappointing to see the 🏴Royal Observatory MP responding to our concerns with "funding for STFC has not been cut". True, but flat-cash to cover rising UK facility electricity costs and inflation = cuts to physics and astronomy. #AnswerTheQuestion 😡🔭🧪
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last mo.At today's UKRI board meeting, the fate of UK particle physics and astronomy will likely be decided. Have we done enough to convince the powers-that-be to halt the proposed funding cuts? 🤞 Read Prof. Hiranya Peiris in Nature today eloquently explaining why these cuts are wrong.🧪🔭⚛️ 📖: rdcu.be/friwM
At today's UKRI board meeting, the fate of UK particle physics and astronomy will likely be decided. Have we done enough to convince the powers-that-be to halt the proposed funding cuts? 🤞 Read Prof. Hiranya Peiris in Nature today eloquently explaining why these cuts are wrong.🧪🔭⚛️ 📖: rdcu.be/friwM
Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 2mo agoStars of physics are in Westminster right now to call on the Government to halt funding cuts to astronomy and particle physics research. Professor Brian Cox called them "inexplicable", urging the Government to instead "trust, inspire and continue to invest in the next generation of scientists".
www.nature.com/articles/s42... banger piece in Nature Reviews Physics from Hiranya V. Peiris. 'fewer things better' is a fake idea.
This fact needs to be front and centre in how we report on these ever more frequent and severe weather events, but sadly and despite the overwhelming evidence of #climate impacts, it’s still barely mentioned. www.businessgreen.com/news/4531807...
'Unequivocally to blame': Study confirms heatwave's link to climate change
Attribution study reveals how record temperatures would have previously been 'virtually impossible' without climate impacts, as calls grow for government to strengthen heat stress plans
businessgreen.com
'A senior member of one of STFC’s advisory bodies told RPN that the..exercise represents “a major crisis for the UK"...all of the outcomes modelled are “shocking”....the government would be “committing an act of national self-harm by imposing these cuts”.' 🙏 @francesjones.bsky.social
Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · last mo.Exclusive: STFC evaluation lays bare ‘huge damage’ if cuts go ahead. Advisers warn of “major crisis” for UK research as impact assessment is sent to ministers. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
New on The Climate Brink: How fossil-fuel interests are attacking Extreme Event Attribution science www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-mercha...
Merchants of Doubt and the attacks on Extreme Event Attribution science
Doubt is still their product
theclimatebrink.com
What’s the French for Schadenfreude? Étienne Klein's appropriation of a silly joke was of no consequence, but at the time I couldn't help wondering how someone who would do that might behave with things that actually matter. Now I know the answer, and it's more than worrying. An investigation into…
What’s the French for Schadenfreude?
Étienne Klein's appropriation of a silly joke was of no consequence, but at the time I couldn't help wondering how someone who would do that might behave with things that actually matter. Now I know the answer, and it's more than worrying. An investigation into the PhD thesis of Etienne Klein by Paris Cité University has concluded that there is extensive evidence of plagiarism in it. Who needs AI when you have Etienne Klein? The University has now decided to withdraw Klein's doctorate, which was awarded in 1999.
telescoper.blog
👇Spot in, in my view.
Michael Merrifield@astromikemerri.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis @Wonkhe article rather misses the point: universities don’t just fail to encourage entrepreneurial behaviour by heads of school; they actively suppress it. HoSs know their schools, and come up with local solutions optimised to local issues. 1/2 wonkhe.com/blogs/being-...
This, on the death of Henry Nowak, is an outstanding piece of journalism by @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/aa94...
What Henry Nowak’s murder does — and does not — tell us about policing
Kemi Badenoch says his killing needs to be seen as a ‘Stephen Lawrence moment’ but the failures in both cases differ
ft.com
Good to know that it's not just my university that does this kind of stuff. "Good" in a not "good" way, of course.
Grumpy Philosopher@stevecooke.org · 2mo agoChrist on a bike, our staff newsletter announces a 'major trailblazer collaboration with Microsoft that will enhance our University’s AI capability', placing us 'at the forefront of AI in higher education, becoming one of the first Microsoft Frontier universities.' Get in the bin.
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Dana Nuccitelli@dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 2mo agoTrump posted that scenario RCP8.5 no longer being plausible is an admission that the IPCC was "WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!". That's of course incorrect and also ironic, since RCP8.5 envisioned a very Trumpian future. It's also a bit of good news, as I explore for @climateconnections.bsky.social (🧵 1/7)
"Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why." The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩🔬🧪🔭 ✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I went deep on RCP8.5, and how a climate scenario that's well over a decade old became the subject of a ridiculously bad-faith culture war newrepublic.com/article/2108...
Trump Twisted a Climate Debate Beyond Recognition
Researchers concluded that one future climate scenario is unlikely to happen. Right-wingers went wild.
newrepublic.com
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ClimateBook@climatebook.bsky.social · 2mo agoThomas Crowther, co-author of the debunked Science article claiming planting a trillion trees can be a major solution to the climate crisis, is in The Guardian today, doubling down on his claim that "nature" can be a preferred solution to the climate crisis. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
On the long tail of this week's Discourse about RCP8.5, @michaelemann.bsky.social and I want to say: "as important as it is to acknowledge progress, it is equally important to counter the disinformation that says we no longer need to worry about the climate future."👇 thebulletin.org/2026/05/sorr...
