Thomas Holmes

@tracemetaltom.bsky.social

Chemical oceanographer. Studying trace nutrients in the Southern Ocean and their impact on carbon cycling. Postdoc at Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, University of Tasmania.

Join the 2nd GEOTRACES Online Seminar Series to hear about Arctic coastal dynamics of trace elements and important glacial sources to the ocean. The GEOTRACES ECS committee have done a great job of organising these events, with the first a great success! Deets here www.geotraces.org/online-semin...

GEOTRACES Online Seminar Series 2026 – GEOTRACES

An International Study of the Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and Isotopes - Trace Element data available including an on-line Atlas eGEOTRACES

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“This no longer feels like the right place to raise a family and pursue a research career“ We spoke to five US-based researchers who are seeking, or moving to, jobs abroad because of the drastic changes imposed on US science by the Trump administration https://go.nature.com/4mwfevl

US brain drain: the scientists seeking jobs abroad amid Trump’s assault on research

Five US-based researchers tell Nature why they are exploring career opportunities overseas.

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I’m incredibly proud of this - in January, we began a co-reviewing project to encourage established researchers to mentor early-career researchers in carrying out peer review. It adds to diversity of perspectives & helps with gender balance 🧪 @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nature project to encourage early-career researchers in peer review is working

Science stands to benefit from a project in which experienced academics and early-career researchers co-review studies.

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Scientists have linked fossil fuel companies to specific climate harms for the first time, with five Australian oil, gas and coal companies potentially responsible for $900bn in loss and damage from extreme heat alone. Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.

Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds

US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decades

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On Friday, the NSF announced the cancellation of awards that aren’t aligned with the agency’s mission, “including but not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation.” eos.org/research-and...

NSF Cancels Hundreds of DEI and Disinformation Grants - Eos

The National Science Foundation has cancelled hundreds of grants to researchers working on projects related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as misinformation and disinformation.

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The Metals Company's proposal to start seabed mining in the Pacific Ocean by 2027 has faced opposition from countries that are rarely aligned on these issues, such as China, Russia, India, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Indonesia, France, Argentina, Uganda, Mauritius, and Fiji.

Trump-Era Pivot on Seabed Mining Draws Global Rebuke (Gift Article)

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

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We are recruiting for a Research Fellow based at The Australian National University! Undertaking research to investigate small scale atmospheric and oceanic processes and their role in setting the mean state. Applications close on Sunday 20 April. - www.21centuryweather.org.au/about-us/pos...

Job opportunities in climate science & weather change

21st Century Weather is recruiting postdoctoral researchers in climate modelling and weather change research.

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