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Earth Systems Modeller & Geophysicist: play with computers, get outdoors, and an odd wee dram
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PHD THESIS DEFENCE:
Maureen Matthew
Earth and Environmental Sciences

TITLE: A Land to Sea Perspective on Coastal Geohazards in Northeastern Canadian Fjords

Friday, August 8, 9:30 am
Room 3107, Mona Campbell Building, 1459 Lemarchant Street
Virtual Participants: Microsoft Teams
August 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene,“I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity,”

Carbon dioxide anyone.🧪

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Far-right conspiracy theories spread online in aftermath of the Texas floods
Some social media users falsely claimed that the extreme weather was being controlled by the US government
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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A rare carnivorous caterpillar, previously unknown to biologists, stalks spiderwebs for food whilst dressed in the remains of its prey.

This unique new species, dubbed the “bone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian island of Oa’hu. scim.ag/3GBDcV7 #InsectWeek
June 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Outrage doesn’t convey how many of us feel anymore
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Apr 11
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices, according to internal documents obtained by CNN.
Trump’s draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research | CNN
The move would devastate weather and climate research even as weather is becoming more erratic and extreme, and would cripple the US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate ...
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend.

The ultracompetitive, 2-year program, which trains Ph.D. scientists in the intricacies of public health laboratory work. scim.ag/4gPy0te
Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs
Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend
scim.ag
February 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”

Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
February 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM