Tao Yuan

@taoyyy.bsky.social

Graduate student, currently working on ice sheet, solid earth deformation, sea level change, interested in many things about geodynamics, earth, and modeling.

I humbly offer for your consideration the foundational, and therefore most important, paper in the history of my scientific field. I specifically wish to draw your attention to the fact that it is FOUR PARAGRAPHS long FOUR as in 4 🧵 #ScienceSky 1/n

JPG image of the one-half page paper entitled "An isotope of carbon, mass 13" written by King, A.S. and Birge, R.T. in 1929 for Nature (volume 124, page 127).
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Ice (or snow?) on the ground near the North Pole from Google Earth: Dec 1930 (left) vs Dec 2020 (right). Are they good representations for the winter of the year, or are daily differences more significant?

Ice coverage in Dec 1930 from Google EarthIce coverage in Dec 2020 from Google Earth