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Ed Hathorne
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New GEOTRACES Science Highlight! 🌊

Lead isotopes reveal that hydrothermal variability is driven by Sea‐Level change and transient magmatism
www.geotraces.org/lead-isotope...

Paper first author: Sayantan De, CSIR-NIO, India
@scor-int.bsky.social #OceanScience #TraceElements
#MarineScience #isotopes
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Amazing at first then all the cities shine brighter
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Nasa astronaut films the Northern Lights from space
Zena Cardman captured the footage of the display from the International Space Station on 17 November.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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New! GEOTRACES Data Product 2025-Now available! 🌊

Hydrographic and marine biogeochemical data from 123 cruises covering the global ocean

*Bulk download
bodc.ac.uk/geotraces/data/dp/
*Data subsetting
geotraces.webodv.awi.de
*Data analysis, visualisation
explore.webodv.awi.de
*Atlas
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November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Not surprised oil producers are blocking a deal but the cruise ships are leaving

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COP30: UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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200 boats. 5,000 people. Indigenous, quilombola, and riverine leaders filled the waters of Belém this week to say: NO to Ferrogrão. No more destruction.
Their message to #COP30: Implementation without justice for Indigenous & frontline communities isn’t climate action.
https://bit.ly/4pbqihP
Major River Mobilization With More Than 5,000 Leaders from the Amazon Arrives at COP30 | Amazon Watch
“The presence of Indigenous Peoples at COP30 is very important, but the struggle doesn’t end here."
amazonwatch.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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170,000 reasons a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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1/3 Participate in the online workshop “Confronting Parachute Science in Ocean Conservation and Research”, led by Dr. Asha de Vos 🌊

🗓️ November 19, 2025 | 14:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register now via the QR code or at tinyurl.com/icrssecc
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Where do I sign up for this?

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'I heat my Essex home with a data centre in the shed'
"It's fantastic because it's eco-friendly...We're not burning any gases," says Terrence Bridges.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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🌍 Reducing scientific travel cuts CO2 emissions but fragments the scientific networks.
With Tommaso Alberti on the @egu.eu Nonlinear Processes blog, we move from carbon accounting to carbon investment: travel less, but travel with purpose to keep science connected.
👉 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/np...
Rethinking the carbon cost of scientific exchange: Nonlinear effects of reducing scientific mobility
The carbon footprint of scientific collaboration has become an increasingly debated topic. Conferences, workshops, and research travel remain central to how science function, yet they also contribute ...
blogs.egu.eu
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Has anyone in the Trump camp ever been to Africa?
South Africa hits back at US plan to favour white Afrikaner 'refugees'
Pretoria rubbishes claims of a white genocide and quotes prominent Afrikaners who dub Trump's plans racist.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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nature.com
A fossil once assumed to be of a young Tyrannosaurus rex is in fact that of a different species altogether

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‘Teenage T. rex’ fossil is actually a different species
The discovery of smaller predator Nanotyrannus could prompt a re-think of tyrannosaur evolution.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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🌊 The Arctic is melting fast. A cargo ship just sailed from China to the UK via the Arctic for the first time, taking half the usual time.

Of course, what looks like a shortcut is really a warning: climate change is redrawing our planet’s map.

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Climate change clears northern route for first container ...
The melting ice sheet has opened up a north-east passage – which brings fresh political and environmental dangers along with it
observer.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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So even if you only use 100% renewable electricity to charge your car or e-bike you are still killing flamingos!
The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis
The world's race to decarbonise has led to the rise of electric cars - and with it, soaring demand for lithium, which is required for the batteries
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October 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Finally some thing to be proud of.
worldwildlife.org World Wildlife Fund @worldwildlife.org · Oct 22
Good news for green sea turtles! They’ve officially been reclassified from “Endangered” to “Least Concern” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. After decades of conservation efforts, these turtles are making a comeback.
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Mosquitoes found in the wild in Iceland for the first time, ending its status as one of only two mosquito-free places on Earth (the other is Antarctica).

Warming climate may open the door to more.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time
Iceland was previously thought to be one of the only places in the world without the insect
www.independent.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
How Chile Embodies A.I.’s No-Win Politics
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October 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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🧪🌋⚒️No current US federal funding (thanks, shutdown), but the cameras are still rolling!🔥Huge gratitude for #USGS_HVO keeping the live feed up:

Early morning spatter & glowing surface flows today from #Kilauea’s Episode 35 in Halemaʻumaʻu crater are putting on a show. Catch it on the V1 & V3 cams.
A near-vent surface lava flow glowing orange in the early AM hours at Kilauea volcano on 17-Oct-25, as captured live on the USGS V1 camera. source: https://www.usgs.gov/media/webcams/v1cam-kilauea-volcano-hawaii-west-halemaumau-crater Glowing hot surface lava flow apron issues from low spattering at the active vent in the early AM hours at Kilauea volcano on 17-Oct-25, as captured live on the USGS V3 camera. source: https://www.usgs.gov/media/webcams/v3cam-kilauea-volcano-hawaii-south-halemaumau-crater
October 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Scientists Warn About the ‘Greenlandification’ of Antarctica - Inside Climate News
Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting increases.
insideclimatenews.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Our first climate tipping point should be our LAST.

We can still stop the damage, but we need immediate, unprecedented climate action from leaders at #COP30, and policymakers worldwide.

Determined action can turn us away from dangerous tipping points, and help bring our world back to life. 💚
The world has reached its first climate tipping point
The milestone signals a stark new climate reality for the planet - and raises the alarm about impending catastrophic events
www.independent.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Welcome to the new ICRS account! The International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) was founded in 1980 and is the principal association to which coral reef scientists, managers and enthusiasts from across the world belong. Swipe to learn a bit more about us, our vision and our mission!
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed

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Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
go.nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Japanese electronics! A new electron microprobe will let us study the chemistry of minerals in micron scale detail.
September 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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📢 Submissions are now open for the U.S. Climate Collection, a joint @theAGU + @ametsoc initiative.

This special collection will publish U.S.-focused climate assessment science that’s free to read, ensuring rigorous, accessible science informs decisions for years to come.

🔗 buff.ly/1tHUSLC
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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www.bbc.com/news/article...

Now we have to choose which 30% to protect.
Key oceans treaty crosses critical threshold to come into force
Sixty states have ratified a global treaty to protect the oceans - it will become law in January.
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September 20, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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The cost of climate change:

Extreme summer weather cost the EU €43bn in 2024 or 0.26% of GDP

Based on observed climate-economy links, losses could hit €126bn by 2029

Climate impacts are now measurable economic shocks

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds
Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM