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oceanhelen.bsky.social
Scientist Interested in all things oceans and climate (esp. carbon cycle). Bike rider, hiker and nature lover. Privileged white feminist. Advocate for diversity.
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The @ecmwf.int AI forecast model is now operational 🙌 🌐 AIFS outperforms physics-based models for many events, including tropical cyclone tracks, with gains of <20% 🆓 AIFS is open and has 24/7 support for our community Congratulations to @fpappenberger.bsky.social and all involved 🌏🛰️🧪⚒️

Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well. secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠

In this world of shrinking research budgets, academic layoffs and failing universities, Elsevier is still making an obscene profit. If anything has radicalised me to green it's these numbers. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

Thinking of doing a PhD or postdoc? #1 Tip: Find a good supervisor. Do some research on your supervisor before you start doing research with your supervisor. This will be the most important decision in your whole PhD or postdoc. #PhDchat #PhDforum #ECRchat #postdoc #MRes

3 lessons here: 1/ fossil asset owners will keep these assets as long as gov'ts will let them. 2/ oil and gas net zero pledges are an elaborate distraction -- both for ESG optimists and consumers 3/ liberals take note: the market won't supply decarbonization. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Good news we have now passed the 100 signature mark. But we should have as many signatures as people that follow @arc-tracker.bsky.social (over 3000!) So please keep sending the link to colleagues, spread the word and encourage others to sign. Thank you.

Fuck AirBnB

Are you an expert in an area of modern climate (including cryosphere) science looking to change to an editorial career? We're hiring (in the USA or China)! *Closing date 10 March* springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

Can Moldova – population 2.4m – show the world how to stand up to Putin?

🤿 HIRING POSTDOC 🤿 🌊 We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/

A very powerful #climate opinion piece by Tim Winton on disastrous global warming driven bleaching of Ningaloo Reef - calling out the support of @walabor.bsky.social govt. for increased greenhouse emissions from Woodside’s LNG Burrup Hub operations through 2070. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

Great to have @hcadd.bsky.social visit GNS this past week! 🧪 We've converted the code we developed for Cadd et al. (2021) into an R package. doi.org/10.1017/qua.... Conduct monte-carlo changepoint analysis on paleoclimate data, with age uncertainty! github.com/h-cadd/MCCPT

Demand the gas industry pays royalties! Add your name demanding the gas industry pays its fair share. nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_...

hey paleopeeps, #ICP15 #ECR #grant deadline is 30th March. Please submit your application and wait to register until you hear from us. Thank you. www.icp15.com

🌊 One week until a crucial science mission departs Hobart: the Denman Marine Voyage to East #Antarctica will investigate the impacts of global warming on the rapidly retreating #Denman glacier and the implications for sea level rise. Follow our journey 🚢 aappartnership.org.au/DMV/ @utas.edu.au

The Denman Glacier has a world of unknowns but we know enough to know it holds risks we need to assess. This voyage is so important. Nice summary here www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

34k signatures. 6 days remaining. #kikorangi

Upper ocean heat content is also soaring off the chart with the latest data update from the Japan Meteorological Agency... 0-700 meter graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... 🌊

Foraminifera are one of the ocean’s most abundant, but overlooked inhabitants. It’s also one of the tiniest creatures I’ve ever shot for the Aliens Collection. The shell size is ~1mm, and the spicules reach ~5mm . . . #foraminifera #foram #microscopy #blackwater #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug

428.02 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 20-Feb-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Anyone looking for a job as physical oceanographer at an amazing ocean science institution? 🌊 www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...

Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures theguardian.com/environment/...

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Shackleton Medal. Awarded to an individual making a significant impact in protecting the polar regions, the prize includes a £10,000 award and a hand-struck silver medal. shackleton.com/pages/shackl...

How could @ourworldindata.org maps be better? Do you experience any annoyances or pain points when you interact with our maps? Is there something you wish you could do that you currently can’t? What’s the next cool thing we could build on top of our maps? Any notes welcome! Thank you 🙏

🌱New Paper Alert!🌊 We compiled a dataset of >17,000 published mangrove observations outlining their root, trunk and canopy geometries so they can be modelled more accurately published in @estuariescoasts.bsky.social Open-acccess here: rdcu.be/d7wRk

1/3] Glacier melt is accelerating, depleting freshwater and driving sea-level rise. A global @nature.com study co-authored by several group members shows glaciers have lost 273 billion tonnes of ice per year since 2000, with a sharp increase in the past decade.🌍 🔗: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Melting glaciers caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century alone, study reveals - "Every centimetre of sea level rise exposes another 2 million people to annual flooding somewhere on our planet.” #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate change will increasingly impact the ocean around Antarctica, and the life within it, as it progresses. Read the new paper by the excellent Ben Fisher and colleagues on how this will happen, what are the implications, and how we can improve our ability to predict the key changes. 🌊❄️🥼🧪

Last month was the *warmest* January on record globally. It was also separately the warmest January for global land areas and the 2nd warmest for global ocean areas. Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...) 🧪⚒️🌊

On January 16, 2025, NOAA Research released an Ocean Carbon Observing Science Plan. Ocean, coastal, and Great Lake carbon observations provide critical information for the development of future climate projections, adaptation and mitigation strategies. www.climate.gov/news-feature...

UNEP’s latest annual report highlights bold actions taken to solve environmental challenges, advance multilateralism, and support countries in meeting their commitments for people and the planet. More info: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Aquatic photosynthesis knowledge would be at a considerably lower level without John Raven. What a life and legacy! 🌊 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“Lab Girl” being censored is baffling. I’ve read this wonderful work; nothing offensive in it whatsoever — unless showing that women can be scientists is no longer “appropriate content” for children?? Everyone go buy a copy in protest. My 2016 review in Nature👇 www.nature.com/articles/532...

Australia is the third-largest fossil fuel exporter in world, making climate change worse, which is driving up our cost of living. Climate & Energy Principal Advisor @markogge.bsky.social went on Triple M Radio this morning to explain the link. #auspol

The University has launched a first-of-its-kind Massive Open Online Course to support millions of people living with Parkinson’s globally. The course includes information on symptoms, risk factors and strategies for living with Parkinson’s, and is open to everyone. Get involved: utas.au/MOOC_

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

"Now is the time for science, not silence." The war on science isn’t just politics, it’s our planet's future & the stakes have never been higher.🦈🪸🌊 As climate scientists, we must advocate & defend evidence-based policy.📄🌏 #ClimateAction #ScienceMatters www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org

The FS Sonne deep sea 🪸 voyage made the front page of the Wellington newspaper in NZ. Proud of my colleague and friend Dr Kareen Schnabel who organised so much behind the scenes and worked closely with German colleagues to make the voyage such a success. 🚢🌊🧪 @sgn.one @marumunibremen.bsky.social

📖The next PAGES Magazine is all about "Early human traces: Landscape openness proxies across space and time". 🙋If you're interested in a free hard copy, fill in the webform by 16 April! ✍️https://pastglobalchanges.org/form/pages-magazine

🧪⚒️ Permanent ice caps have been quite rare in geological history. This new study suggests that's because you need to right combination of paleogeography, exposed lithology, and plate tectonic configuration, all working in the same direction to reduce atmospheric CO2, to get into an icehouse.

🌊 Help bridge the digital gender gap in ocean science! Join the Ingenium Centre and partners for a hybrid Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Sat, 22 Feb (15:00 GMT). Edit, add, or translate entries for women & non-binary ocean scientists. ➡️ womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/edit-a-thon/ #AntarcticaEDI

New paper on the Hikurangi Margin just published by my PHD student Anthony Shortock. Using a combination of seafloor maos, seismic smf sediment core data to look at the evolution of the Hikurangi Trough. With fantastic figures. 🌊🚢🪨🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...