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ruthmottram.bsky.social
Climate scientist at DMI, Greenland, Antarctica, polar regions in general. Dipping a toe in yet another social media site. Mostly on mastodon though @[email protected] Blogging at sternaparadisaea.net
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Happy Constitution Day Denmark! A short history of Greenland, in six maps www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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What is SMB? @polarres.bsky.social has these fantastic storyboards explaining key parts of the project. I suppose more wil be added later too. polarres.github.io/Storyboards/...

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"Iron fertilization is notably 'much less effective than initially imagined,' warns @bopplaurent.bsky.social. It is not as sustainable as hoped and can lead to a decrease in the amount of oxygen below the surface, which is harmful to species." 🌊

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“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By Ruben Bolling Genius. Click in.

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Seen in Brussels window last night, guess that the answer is yes then....

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It's crunch time for Europe: on.ft.com/43ZcwqD

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With Kagi, you can get rid of sites you can't stand from your search results forever and promote the ones you want👇

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If you went to a city and had stuff to do you essentially had to buy an A-Z in a petrol station... or gather detailed instructions over the phone the night before. The rest of the time you used a road map and if you got lost asked locals. For my own part - I used to navigate using the sun.

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on.ft.com/458Z5FI "The places that need to worry are those that look vulnerable or unlikely to fight back. Greenland may fall into that category — which suggests that Denmark and the EU need to find ways of letting Trump know that there will be a price to pay if he makes a move on the island."

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Some people asked me why I wanted to work in Antarctica in winter.... 🧪🥼❄️

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🐋 New Research Alert! Whales are majestic sentinels of ocean health. Here we uncover fin whale's exposure & response to legacy & emerging chemical contaminants 🤿 Dive into the full story: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #ChemicalExposomics #MarinePollution @scilifelab.se @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

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Today PROTECT will present its policy recommendations to @ec.europa.eu, here are our 5 take-away messages 👉Read more here: protect-slr.eu/policy-briefs/ With @oceaniceeu.bsky.social @crices-h2020.bsky.social @polarres.bsky.social

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I wonder if the skills even still exist to make something like this today?

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BZZZ!!! Spring brings pollinators back! You can help wild solitary #bees & #wasps with #beehotels. Also rotten tree trunks & open sandy patches are good for them. But #pollinators also need food. So mowe less grass & let wild flowers bloom in the garden too, please!

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Good morning from Copenhagen. I'm off to Brussels to represent @oceaniceeu.bsky.social talking impacts of #ClimateChange in the Polar Regions with @eupolarcluster.bsky.social friends @polarres.bsky.social @crices-h2020.bsky.social + @h2020protect.bsky.social First stop the metro! #WorldBicycleDay

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Last call for this now; Back in the office, and tomorrow off to Brussels to talk Antarctica, Southern Ocean and Climate change for @oceaniceeu.bsky.social with the EU commission. Only slightly wishing I was back in Greenland.. sternaparadisaea.net/2025/05/24/f...

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Final Reminder: @precise-project.bsky.social PhD fellowship in computational and mathematical modelling of flow and fracture in ice sheets jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16... DEADLINE 3rd JUNE

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If anyone is looking for a podcast guest to explain how science funding works, hit me up

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It's Monday. You might hate your job but at least you're not a Russian general about to explain to me how 1/3 of my strategic aviation got blown up in a morning by some cheap Alibaba drones.

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I honestly forgot George Galloway existed for a while, but this old gem made me recall that he is in fact real

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"Forsvaret har ikke vedligeholdt sine bygninger tilstrækkeligt. Forsvarsministeret har ikke overblik over bygningernes tilstand, har ikke en langsigtet plan for vedligeholdelsen af bygningerne og har ikke brugt de penge, der var til rådighed til at vedligeholde dem"😑 #dkpol www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...

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⛰️ In a new study in @science.org, we project that 39% of the global glacier mass is committed to be lost irrespective of future warming. However, a lot can still be saved - see title: “Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7°C” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... [1/n]

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It's on days like today that @dmidk.bsky.social rain radar really comes into its own - I've been trying to clear some admin from home, but I need to bike to the office to print a poster for this week's @PolarRES meeting in Brussels - guess I'm going to wait an hour or so then.. www.dmi.dk#radar

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Ah the monsoon season has started in Denmark I see... #skybrud

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