Rebekka Frøystad
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Rebekka Frøystad
@bekkz.bsky.social
Climate scientist -- researching future glacier changes and their impact on energy politics
PhD Candidate at the University of Bergen & the Bjerknes Center for Climate Research
In February, J.D. Vance had the audacity to warn Europe that "free speech, I fear, is in retreat". What has his government been up to since? Censorship.

A reminder of the "banned words list" that will e.g. dictate which research is not funded: pen.org/banned-words...
Federal Government's Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship
Banned words list 2025: The federal government is banning a growing number of words to comply with executive orders from President Trump.
pen.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Glem NRKs supermåling: I følge årets partiludo vil Høyre vinne valget og FrP gjøre det elendig.

Godt valg! #valg2025
September 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Reposted by Rebekka Frøystad
Here is the starter pack you have all been waiting for:

IPCC AR7 Scientists

(the scientists that will write the next assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the next few years)

Thanks @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social

bsky.app/starter-pack...
September 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Når vi ikke klarer å holde fingrene av fatene, blir vi et argument for økt oljeleting i andre land.
Britain urged to follow Norway as it restarts North Sea drilling licences
The Scandinavian nation aims to be ‘a long-term supplier of oil and gas to Europe’
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Reposted by Rebekka Frøystad
VI VANT!

Vi og @naturogungdom.bsky.social vant over staten i Fjordsøksmålet - og tillatelsene til dumping av gruveavfall er kjent ugyldig!

naturvernforbundet.no/vant-mot-sta...
Vant mot staten
Naturvernforbundet og Natur og Ungdom har vunnet mot staten. Tillatelsen til dumping av gruveavfall i Førdefjorden er kjent ugyldig.
naturvernforbundet.no
August 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
During this summer's heatwaves, I have been reading "Uncanny and Improbable Events" by @amitav.bsky.social. He describes so well the discomfort I feel.
July 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
More than 1/3 of Tuvalu's population have applied for Australia's climate visas as their islands will become inhabitable due to sea level rise.

Our greed is paid for by their homes and culture.

www.nbcnews.com/world/austra...
Over a third of people on sinking Tuvalu seek Australia's climate visas
Tuvalu, one of the countries at greatest risk from climate change, which experts say is boosting sea levels, has a population of 11,000 on its nine atolls scattered across the Pacific.
www.nbcnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Reposted by Rebekka Frøystad
📣 New paper: Where do we want the glaciological
community to be in 2073?
Some context: The Karthaus summer school is an occasion where parts of our research community comes together — In 2023, I was lucky to participate myself and it was the year in which a new workshop was included in the program.
June 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM