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polarocean.bsky.social
Father of 3, ocean biogeochemical modeller at the University of Bern, interested in high-latitude oceans, carbon cycle, ocean-climate interaction & ecosystem stressors such as ocean acidification and primary production.
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Updated Climate Visuals (1) Warming stripes for atmosphere and ocean (2) Climate indicators (adding land humidity for 2024) (3) UK climate indicators (adding some 2024 data) ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

submitted 35 days ago • 5 comments

Important new article in @nature.com: "...the record-shattering jump in surface ocean temperatures in 2023–2024 was an extreme event after which surface ocean temperatures are expected to revert to the expected long-term warming trend." #TruthIsBadEnough (h/t @flowinguphill.bsky.social)

submitted 43 days ago • 7 comments

One thing that really bothered me about this discussion was the number of speakers who insisted that the gov attacks on US science are "unprecedented". They're not. Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Iran, Turkey & more all purged their academy. Surely learning from that history is essential. #EGU25

submitted 44 days ago • 9 comments

Much of the debate we've seen so far has posed Trump's attacks on science as an American problem - but it's not. It's a global problem. The stark reality is that US research underpins much of the world's science - and it's not just money. /1 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

🧵 There’s been ongoing debate about the AMOC and what models really say about its collapse risk this century and beyond. Here’s a short thread responding to Stefan Rahmstorf’s recent comments on Science in Action (BBC) 🌊

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

#EGU25 🌊 Come have a chat now and before 4pm at X4.37, I have cookies! 🗣Additionally I now have a last-minute talk at 17:43 today in room 1.34 in the same session

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

It appears that there have unfortunately been some misunderstandings about our recent paper about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) at #EGU25. I have tried to clarify these here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment