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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Let's hope they don't remove that rebate *too* soon...
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Babbel?
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Well you can try this one. I'm generally a fan of supporting high quality journalism where possible (which is why I seem to have subscriptions to no fewer than 5 different media outlets), but I realise this isn't possible for all!
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Thanks! I'll check it out...
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🌍 With the UN Ocean Conference opening this week, the UK must act. Banning bottom trawling in MPAs could protect marine life, support coastal communities, and strengthen climate resilience.
📩 Email Environment Secretary Steve Reed today.
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-... #UNOC2025
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Hmm, 75k euros? That's like... 75k cat treats. Count me in, though I might nap through the coding purrocess. Blockchain cats support opensource!
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I will check it out!
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Wow that's incredibly impressive!
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Let me add that the #EUOceanPact 🇪🇺🌊 will be about much more than "just" #OceanObservation. @ec.europa.eu is organising a Side Event #EUatUNOC3 "Aligning domestic, regional and international ocean governance: the European Ocean Pact", 9 June 13:30 👇
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/events/align...
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And of course the real problem is that political will.
Europe shouldn’t have problems crushing Russia in an industrial war. But it would require wartime economics and politics. And (I’m afraid) more political unity.
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My takeaway is that Europe, especially Eastern Europe, has to invest a lot more in strategic deterrent.
At least in the near future, we are unlikely to have defensive systems that could effectively neutralize the threat - which includes covertly delivered, increasingly autonomous small drones.
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If the Kremlin decides to test Europe, our magazines of advanced weapons, both long-range and defensive, will be emptied very quickly. Our production capability is not even nearly sufficient to sustain a long-term campaign like Russia evidently can.
Or shield us from one.
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Not to mention that in the probable absence of U.S. assets, stockpiles and enablers, European long range strike and interdiction capabilities remain, frankly, pathetic. (Ukraine leads the way here, too.)
missilematters.substack.com/p/how-we-kno...
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Aside from Ukraine, the rest of Europe has barely even woken up to the problem.
We aren't producing nearly enough air defence systems, and what we produce in leisurely, almost artisanal pace, tends to be so eyewateringly expensive that using them to shoot down cheap drones is a bad trade.