Giulia Faucher
@giuliafaucher.bsky.social
Postdoc & MSCA Fellow @geomar.de 🌊
Ocean scientist | Phytoplankton lover
Dog person 🐶 Sometimes I run, always reading, talking too fast
Ocean scientist | Phytoplankton lover
Dog person 🐶 Sometimes I run, always reading, talking too fast
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Looking at the “bright” side, 35 economies are decarbonizing: reducing their fossil CO₂ emissions while having a growing economy.
Together they account for 27% of global fossil CO₂ emissions.
Together they account for 27% of global fossil CO₂ emissions.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Looking at the “bright” side, 35 economies are decarbonizing: reducing their fossil CO₂ emissions while having a growing economy.
Together they account for 27% of global fossil CO₂ emissions.
Together they account for 27% of global fossil CO₂ emissions.
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1) Fossil fuel
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
1) Fossil fuel
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
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Pure joy on the Bike Bus this morning!
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Pure joy on the Bike Bus this morning!
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We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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I read it literally non-stop. I can’t believe it was written 20 years ago.
On Beauty: art, family drama, and academic chaos. I loved everyone in this book (especially Kiki 🥰).
Zadie Smith shows us that beauty isn’t perfect… it’s awkward, loud, complicated, and hilariously human
#BookSky 💙📚
On Beauty: art, family drama, and academic chaos. I loved everyone in this book (especially Kiki 🥰).
Zadie Smith shows us that beauty isn’t perfect… it’s awkward, loud, complicated, and hilariously human
#BookSky 💙📚
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I read it literally non-stop. I can’t believe it was written 20 years ago.
On Beauty: art, family drama, and academic chaos. I loved everyone in this book (especially Kiki 🥰).
Zadie Smith shows us that beauty isn’t perfect… it’s awkward, loud, complicated, and hilariously human
#BookSky 💙📚
On Beauty: art, family drama, and academic chaos. I loved everyone in this book (especially Kiki 🥰).
Zadie Smith shows us that beauty isn’t perfect… it’s awkward, loud, complicated, and hilariously human
#BookSky 💙📚
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C’è molto pessimismo sui risultati che potrà raggiungere la Cop30, ma l’atteggiamento pragmatico del governo brasiliano potrebbe aiutare a realizzare iniziative concrete. Leggi l'articolo di New Scientist.
Cosa ci si può aspettare dalla conferenza sul clima in Brasile
C’è molto pessimismo sui risultati che potrà raggiungere la Cop30, ma l’atteggiamento pragmatico del governo brasiliano potrebbe aiutare a realizzare iniziative concrete. Leggi
www.internazionale.it
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
C’è molto pessimismo sui risultati che potrà raggiungere la Cop30, ma l’atteggiamento pragmatico del governo brasiliano potrebbe aiutare a realizzare iniziative concrete. Leggi l'articolo di New Scientist.
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When climate scientists say an outcome is “unlikely,” do you hear “it probably won’t happen” or “scientists aren’t sure”?
A new study shows word choice can influence perception of scientific consensus
Does “a small probability” sound more confident to you?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new study shows word choice can influence perception of scientific consensus
Does “a small probability” sound more confident to you?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Negative verbal probabilities undermine communication of climate science - Nature Climate Change
Effective communication of uncertainty is vital for public accurate understanding of climate science. Here the authors find that projections using positive probability terms (for example, a small prob...
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
When climate scientists say an outcome is “unlikely,” do you hear “it probably won’t happen” or “scientists aren’t sure”?
A new study shows word choice can influence perception of scientific consensus
Does “a small probability” sound more confident to you?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new study shows word choice can influence perception of scientific consensus
Does “a small probability” sound more confident to you?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🌊 Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs
Isotope data show >6 µm natural particles fuel zooplankton diets, but mining adds inert particles of the same size, diluting nutrition and triggering bottom-up impacts that reach predators
Just say no
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Isotope data show >6 µm natural particles fuel zooplankton diets, but mining adds inert particles of the same size, diluting nutrition and triggering bottom-up impacts that reach predators
Just say no
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs - Nature Communications
Deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may release waste into midwaters that support diverse marine life. This study finds such discharges could dilute key food particles and disrupt trophic l...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🌊 Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs
Isotope data show >6 µm natural particles fuel zooplankton diets, but mining adds inert particles of the same size, diluting nutrition and triggering bottom-up impacts that reach predators
Just say no
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Isotope data show >6 µm natural particles fuel zooplankton diets, but mining adds inert particles of the same size, diluting nutrition and triggering bottom-up impacts that reach predators
Just say no
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"Natural CO2 removal is increasingly being claimed as anthropogenic climate mitigation. This misrepresentation is already prevalent for forests and coastal ecosystems; there is now the risk of the error reoccurring for open-ocean CO2 uptake via the biological carbon pump."\
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rdcu.be/eOooz
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rdcu.be/eOooz
Natural carbon uptake by ocean biology will not deliver credible carbon credits
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Natural CO2 removal is increasingly being claimed as anthropogenic climate mitigation. This misrepresentation is already prevalent for forests and coastal...
rdcu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"Natural CO2 removal is increasingly being claimed as anthropogenic climate mitigation. This misrepresentation is already prevalent for forests and coastal ecosystems; there is now the risk of the error reoccurring for open-ocean CO2 uptake via the biological carbon pump."\
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rdcu.be/eOooz
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rdcu.be/eOooz
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New funding opportunity! Carbon to Sea and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation invite proposals to study how ocean alkalinity enhancement (#OAE) affects key marine species. Two 24-month projects will be funded. Apply by 16 January 2026. #mCDR
➡️ www.carbontosea.org/rfp-effect-o...
New funding opportunity! Carbon to Sea and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation invite proposals to study how ocean alkalinity enhancement (#OAE) affects key marine species. Two 24-month projects will be funded. Apply by 16 January 2026. #mCDR
➡️ www.carbontosea.org/rfp-effect-o...
Request for Proposals: Effect of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on Commercially and Culturally Important Species - Carbon to Sea Initiative
A non-profit effort advancing ocean-based carbon dioxide removal
www.carbontosea.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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New funding opportunity! Carbon to Sea and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation invite proposals to study how ocean alkalinity enhancement (#OAE) affects key marine species. Two 24-month projects will be funded. Apply by 16 January 2026. #mCDR
➡️ www.carbontosea.org/rfp-effect-o...
New funding opportunity! Carbon to Sea and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation invite proposals to study how ocean alkalinity enhancement (#OAE) affects key marine species. Two 24-month projects will be funded. Apply by 16 January 2026. #mCDR
➡️ www.carbontosea.org/rfp-effect-o...
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Today is the official launch of this year's @unep.org #EmissionsGap report.
It's title says it all
OFF TARGET
that's true for progress, NDCs and implementation
It's title says it all
OFF TARGET
that's true for progress, NDCs and implementation
New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope.
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Today is the official launch of this year's @unep.org #EmissionsGap report.
It's title says it all
OFF TARGET
that's true for progress, NDCs and implementation
It's title says it all
OFF TARGET
that's true for progress, NDCs and implementation
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Nelle maggiori città del mondo stanno aumentando sensibilmente le persone che usano le bici per spostarsi. Nonostante l’insofferenza degli automobilisti e le paure dei pedoni.
Saranno le bici a cambiare le città, non l’auto elettrica
Nelle maggiori città del mondo stanno aumentando sensibilmente le persone che usano le bici per spostarsi. Nonostante l’insofferenza degli automobilisti e le paure dei pedoni. Leggi
www.internazionale.it
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Nelle maggiori città del mondo stanno aumentando sensibilmente le persone che usano le bici per spostarsi. Nonostante l’insofferenza degli automobilisti e le paure dei pedoni.
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In quali città ci si può permettere un appartamento da single in affitto senza spendere più del 30 per cento del proprio reddito? Leggi l'articolo di Donata Columbro.
L’indice di Carrie Bradshaw
In quali città ci si può permettere un appartamento da single in affitto senza spendere più del 30 per cento del proprio reddito? Leggi
www.internazionale.it
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In quali città ci si può permettere un appartamento da single in affitto senza spendere più del 30 per cento del proprio reddito? Leggi l'articolo di Donata Columbro.
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🌊 A pandemic-era breakthrough has allowed scientists to literally expand our view of plankton. By using ultrastructure expansion microscopy, researchers visualised the inner workings of hundreds of marine species for the first time
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
A new microscopy breakthrough is revealing the oceans’ invisible life
A pandemic-era breakthrough has allowed scientists to literally expand our view of plankton. By using ultrastructure expansion microscopy, researchers visualized the inner workings of hundreds of mari...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🌊 A pandemic-era breakthrough has allowed scientists to literally expand our view of plankton. By using ultrastructure expansion microscopy, researchers visualised the inner workings of hundreds of marine species for the first time
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Penguin poop might help cool Antarctica. A study in @commsearth.nature.com suggests ammonia from Adelie penguin guano boosts cloud formation, which could reduce surface temperatures and slow sea ice loss: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#AnimalBehaviour #ClimateSky 🧪
#AnimalBehaviour #ClimateSky 🧪
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Penguin poop might help cool Antarctica. A study in @commsearth.nature.com suggests ammonia from Adelie penguin guano boosts cloud formation, which could reduce surface temperatures and slow sea ice loss: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#AnimalBehaviour #ClimateSky 🧪
#AnimalBehaviour #ClimateSky 🧪
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I cubani scappano dalla repressione e dalla crisi economica. Ma negli Stati Uniti trovano una comunità che appoggia le politiche di Trump. Leggi l'articolo del New Yorker: intern.az/1Oyc
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I cubani scappano dalla repressione e dalla crisi economica. Ma negli Stati Uniti trovano una comunità che appoggia le politiche di Trump. Leggi l'articolo del New Yorker: intern.az/1Oyc
Among the authors I hold dearest, #ElizabethStrout books feel like a warm blanket on a rainy autumn afternoon. They warm my heart and make reflect on human bonds, friendship, family silences, untold feelings, and the power of sharing our stories. Her latest book is full of beauty
💙📚 #booksky
💙📚 #booksky
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Among the authors I hold dearest, #ElizabethStrout books feel like a warm blanket on a rainy autumn afternoon. They warm my heart and make reflect on human bonds, friendship, family silences, untold feelings, and the power of sharing our stories. Her latest book is full of beauty
💙📚 #booksky
💙📚 #booksky
A very refreshing talk today! A fascinating journey into the seafloor through the stories of ocean mappers, explorers, entrepreneurs, dreamers and Indigenous people. Thanks so much @laura-trethewey.bsky.social
Can’t wait to read your book! 🌊
Can’t wait to read your book! 🌊
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A very refreshing talk today! A fascinating journey into the seafloor through the stories of ocean mappers, explorers, entrepreneurs, dreamers and Indigenous people. Thanks so much @laura-trethewey.bsky.social
Can’t wait to read your book! 🌊
Can’t wait to read your book! 🌊
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Sigfrido Ranucci: “Il Garante contro di noi su input politico. E abbiamo un filmato che lo dimostra”
Il conduttore di Report: «Ghiglia, membro dell’Autorità, nella sede di FdI con Arianna Meloni prima della sanzione»
Il conduttore di Report: «Ghiglia, membro dell’Autorità, nella sede di FdI con Arianna Meloni prima della sanzione»
Sigfrido Ranucci: “Il Garante contro di noi su input politico. E abbiamo un filmato che lo dimostra”
Il conduttore di Report: «Ghiglia, membro dell’Autorità, nella sede di FdI con Arianna Meloni prima della sanzione»
www.lastampa.it
October 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sigfrido Ranucci: “Il Garante contro di noi su input politico. E abbiamo un filmato che lo dimostra”
Il conduttore di Report: «Ghiglia, membro dell’Autorità, nella sede di FdI con Arianna Meloni prima della sanzione»
Il conduttore di Report: «Ghiglia, membro dell’Autorità, nella sede di FdI con Arianna Meloni prima della sanzione»
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L’altra faccia dell’entropia urbana: perché funzionano le città dei 15 minuti
di Gabriella Grasso
www.ilsole24ore.com/art/l-altra-...
di Gabriella Grasso
www.ilsole24ore.com/art/l-altra-...
L’altra faccia dell’entropia urbana: perché funzionano le città dei 15 minuti
Contro la gentrificazione e l’overtourism: dall’intuizione di Carlos Moreno sono nate 130 iniziative, dalla Francia alla Corea del Sud. Con l’obiettivo di rendere gli spazi in cui viviamo più inclusiv...
www.ilsole24ore.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
L’altra faccia dell’entropia urbana: perché funzionano le città dei 15 minuti
di Gabriella Grasso
www.ilsole24ore.com/art/l-altra-...
di Gabriella Grasso
www.ilsole24ore.com/art/l-altra-...
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Last week we hosted the 4th webinar in our GGR Insights series. In 'Making space for "place" in carbon removal: learning from the communities of St Ives Bay', we explored a marine CO2 removal trial in Cornwall & the community response to it. Watch the recording on YouTube: youtu.be/_MgoETf3-Sg?...
Making space for “place” in carbon removal: learning from the communities of St Ives Bay
This is a recording of the fourth webinar in the GGR Insights series, which presents the latest research and debates what is needed to enable the sustainable scale-up of greenhouse gas removal in the…
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last week we hosted the 4th webinar in our GGR Insights series. In 'Making space for "place" in carbon removal: learning from the communities of St Ives Bay', we explored a marine CO2 removal trial in Cornwall & the community response to it. Watch the recording on YouTube: youtu.be/_MgoETf3-Sg?...
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New podcast: Women Leading on Climate, hosted by @cathmckenna.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSud...
#climatecrisis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSud...
Christiana Figueres on keeping 1.5°C Alive | Women Leading on Climate
YouTube video by Women Leading on Climate
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New podcast: Women Leading on Climate, hosted by @cathmckenna.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSud...
#climatecrisis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSud...
Two young people in my group asked why senior researchers with big egos treat them in ways that go beyond basic respect. I don't know.
But I do know that literature is a safe place where we read other stories to understand ourselves, to learn to be decent human beings. Let's read more. This book👇💙📚
But I do know that literature is a safe place where we read other stories to understand ourselves, to learn to be decent human beings. Let's read more. This book👇💙📚
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Two young people in my group asked why senior researchers with big egos treat them in ways that go beyond basic respect. I don't know.
But I do know that literature is a safe place where we read other stories to understand ourselves, to learn to be decent human beings. Let's read more. This book👇💙📚
But I do know that literature is a safe place where we read other stories to understand ourselves, to learn to be decent human beings. Let's read more. This book👇💙📚
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If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New in @science.org: Calcifying plankton #coccolithophores, #foraminifera & #pteropods quietly drive the ocean carbon pump. Their traits (incl. “shallow dissolution”) are missing from many climate models. Time to put CaCO₃ back in the picture. #ClimateScience 🌊 doi.org/10.1126/scie... #protistsonsky
Calcifying plankton: From biomineralization to global change
The cycling of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the ocean is closely linked to seawater alkalinity and the regulation of atmospheric CO2. In the modern pelagic ocean, almost all CaCO3 is produced by three...
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New in @science.org: Calcifying plankton #coccolithophores, #foraminifera & #pteropods quietly drive the ocean carbon pump. Their traits (incl. “shallow dissolution”) are missing from many climate models. Time to put CaCO₃ back in the picture. #ClimateScience 🌊 doi.org/10.1126/scie... #protistsonsky