AI company Firmus to become Tasmania's biggest power user if three planned sites come to fruition
AI company set to become Tasmania's biggest power user
Artificial intelligence company Firmus Technologies will become Tasmania's biggest power user if its ambitions to establish three "AI factories" in the state come to fruition.
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If you are working on Antarctic science, consider submitting your work to the @scar-antarctic.bsky.social SCAR Open Science Conference in Oslo later this year, abstract deadline is on28th Feb. We are contibuting to several sessions, see more by following the link. #SCAR #OSM #Antarctic #science
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Interested in Antarctic sea ice and ocean science? The deadline for submitting abstracts for the SCAR Open Science Conference to be in Oslo, Norway, in August 2026, is on 28th Feb. Feel encouraged.....
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Are you a UK researcher who wants to carry out a small-scale fieldwork project at our Antarctic research stations or on board our polar research ship? 📅 Deadline for applications is 4pm, 31 March 2026 Find out more on our website: https://ow.ly/aE5Q50Y3P5O 📸 Chris Walton & Nina Kinney
Unbelievable news yesterday: EDGE is one of two Earth System Explorer missions. Led by @helen-amanda.bsky.social (Scripps) ➡️ cryosphere & John Armston from @umdgeogr.bsky.social ➡️ vegetation. I am proud to be part of EDGE. Launch in 2030 at earliest: long wait for much needed data! @bas.ac.uk
Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 6mo ago🛰️BIG NEWS! NASA has selected a @ucsandiego.bsky.social led satellite mission for the Earth System Explorers program. Led by Scripps Oceanography glaciologist @helen-amanda.bsky.social, Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) is one of two next-generation satellite missions selected. 🧵⤵️
Conversations and #ClimateAction. Thank you @edhawkins.org
Ed Hawkins@edhawkins.org · 6mo agoA new all-electric double-decker Climate Stripes bus has started taking passengers around Reading today. The bus shows the warming stripes for Reading back to the 1860s and will hopefully help start climate conversations amongst passengers. #ShowYourStripes
A YouTube link for those looking for it. No words. youtu.be/btqHDhO4h10?...
Mark Carney's full speech at the World Economic Forum
YouTube video by National Post
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Join PSECCO and @cires.colorado.edu for a media training designed for polar early career scientists. Register on the events page of our website: psecco.org/events!
Great reflection of Emma, her outstanding contributions and her potential. Looking forward for those who are inspired by Emma's work and ethos to step up and build on her vision.
Bianca Nogrady@biancanogrady.bsky.social · 7mo agoDevastating news that marine biologist, science communicator, and UniMelb VC Professor Emma Johnston has died after a short illness. She really was an extraordinary and visionary leader, and I have no doubt she would have made a fine Chief Scientist one day. theconversation.com/emma-johnsto...
Using spatio-temporal information fom an ocean-sea ice model to unravel distibution patterns of of cornerstone species in the Southern Ocean. Groundbreaking work by Denisse Fierro-Arcos. ⬇️
Marine Ecology Progress Series@meps-ir.bsky.social · 8mo ago🧪🦤🌐 We overcome the challenge of estimating crabeater seal distribution in the Southern Ocean by combining seal presence data from multiple sources with environmental data from an ecologically-validated high-resolution ocean model bit.ly/meps_772_193 @corneystuart.bsky.social @pxh.bsky.social
The @wcrpclimate.bsky.social - @ipcc.bsky.social co-sponsored workshop on high impact events and tipping points concluded on Friday - and only today for some of us! Really good work from a great number of colleagues. The workshp report will be published soon here www.wcrp-climate.org/wcrp-ipcc-2025
Day #3 of the WCRP/IPCC Workshop on Earth System High Impact Events, and Tipping Points and their Consequences. Tofay we clarify definitions, evidence and methodology to be taken into the #IPCC-AR7 Lead Author Meeting. @wcrpclimate.bsky.social @ipcc.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk @aspectsouth.bsky.social
Day #2 of the WCRP/IPCC Workshop on Earth System High Impact Events, and Tipping Points and their Consequences. @wcrpclimate.bsky.social @ipcc.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk @aspectsouth.bsky.social Our work for today is cut out. ⬇️
How can you manage a dam, a flood, or a hydroelectric plant if you have no information or data? You can’t. Under the Baku Dialogue framework, WMO is responsible for science-based support to advance water for climate action. Find out more here: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4rcaRb0
Opening of the joint WCRP-IPCC workshop on Earth system high impact events, tipping points and their consequences. Placing French context for effect of extreme events on lifes n livelihoods by local ministry n IPCC Focal Point.
🌍 UNSG António Guterres: “Adaptation finance must be prioritised — LDCs have the biggest financial & moral authority to demand it.” He said during a high-level meeting with LDCs Ministers led by Dr. Jean Mathanga (MW) & others - Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, The Gambia #COP30 #AdaptationFinance
Today, the new LDC 1.5 Mission is born! ✅ Endorsed by LDC Ministers in Belém, Brazil ✅ Now, the 4th LDC initiative alongside LUCCC, REEEI, and LIFE‑AR. 💡 Goal: Keep political momentum alive to keep 1.5 °C within reach. 🔋 Focus: Raise resources, tech & capacity‑building.
#COP30 in extra day - Adaptation finance is nowhere near what vulnerable nations need. This is the red line for LDCs. We need strong LDC Fund replenishment & a commitment to triple adaptation finance by 2030. Immediate 1.5 °C action required. #LDCs #ClimateAction
The article follows an open letter to world leaders from leading polar scientists & organisations, stating "the evidence is unequivocal: the cryosphere is destabilising at an alarming pace." @bepsiiseaice.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social @catchscience.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...
"These changes threaten water supply and infrastructure for billions of people" @leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30: www.landclimate.org/...
There is an opportunity for true leadership. Will there be takers? The only way forward is to invest into the future, business as usual will not buy anyone any time.
Climate Tracker@climate.skyfleet.blue · 9mo agoHave courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges #Climate
S6B is about to be launched tomorrow. Stay tuned for more sea-surface height, wave height and wind speed plus other observations. #Freilich 🛰
EUMETSAT@eumetsat.int · 9mo agoIt’s almost time to launch Copernicus #Sentinel6B! 🚀 Teams in Vandenberg are making final preparations for liftoff at 21:21 local time (17 Nov 06:21 CET, 05:21 UTC) 🛰️ Night owls/early birds - follow here for updates from the launch site & EUMETSAT HQ, & watch the excitement live at: bit.ly/47XwPWe
We cannot air condition our way out of the heat crisis. Many cooling methods add planet warming emissions, in-turn increasing cooling demand. But solutions exist to make cooling more sustainable & affordable: www.unep.org/news-and-sto... #COP30
All nations committed under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degC for good reason. Instead many governments are beholden to the fossil fuel lobby and even subsidize fossil fuel use with your money. We’re now at 1.4 degC & emissions are rising not falling. unfccc.int/process-and-...
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Humanity is on path toward 'climate chaos,' scientists warn
Global use of fossil fuels rose to a new record last year, releasing even more greenhouse gases. Humanity is 'hurtling toward climate chaos,' scientists warn.
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Prof William Ripple@williamripple.bsky.social · 9mo agoAnd we warned them with our new 2025 State of the Climate Report which you can check out here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
First, "SBSTA" chair introduced draft conclusions on "research & systematic observation" (RSO = climate science) This is effectively finalised text * supports "integrity of climate info" * welcomes IPCC update * concern over climate system / obs networks But… unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
