Robyn Schofield
@robynschofield3.bsky.social
A/Prof Atmospheric Chemistry and A/Dean Environment and Sustainability at The University of Melbourne. All things air and climate and impacts on environmental & human health... Opinions my own (and others that I like).
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Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
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😳 wtf?
Australia's top universities seek changes to key environmental reform
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
😳 wtf?
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We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
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The findings of a study in Nature Climate Change show that artificial light at night disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments. go.nature.com/44cCKWm 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The findings of a study in Nature Climate Change show that artificial light at night disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments. go.nature.com/44cCKWm 🧪
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Three CIRES researchers are listed as 2025 Clarivate "Highly Cited Researchers 2025." The annual list celebrates researchers with significant and broad influence: Jennifer Balch, Noah Fierer, and Jose Jimenez! @cu-esiil.bsky.social @clarivate.com @noahfierer.bsky.social @jljcolorado.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Three CIRES researchers are listed as 2025 Clarivate "Highly Cited Researchers 2025." The annual list celebrates researchers with significant and broad influence: Jennifer Balch, Noah Fierer, and Jose Jimenez! @cu-esiil.bsky.social @clarivate.com @noahfierer.bsky.social @jljcolorado.bsky.social
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Now, instead of imagining the plastic floating out in the ocean for hundreds of years, making a mess and endangering marine life (yuck), imagine more and more CO2 pollution floating up in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, making a mess and endangering all forms of life (super yuck)
It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
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 5:42 PM
Now, instead of imagining the plastic floating out in the ocean for hundreds of years, making a mess and endangering marine life (yuck), imagine more and more CO2 pollution floating up in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, making a mess and endangering all forms of life (super yuck)
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A historic day for Victoria.
Australia will see its first ever treaty with Aboriginal people signed and formalised as law today.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia will see its first ever treaty with Aboriginal people signed and formalised as law today.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people becomes law in Victoria
Victoria's first treaty with Aboriginal people has been signed by members of the Aboriginal community, the premier and state governor.
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A historic day for Victoria.
Australia will see its first ever treaty with Aboriginal people signed and formalised as law today.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia will see its first ever treaty with Aboriginal people signed and formalised as law today.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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“‘E-Trucking is the future’? Nah mate — it’s already here. A 36-tonne Windrose just smashed a 480 km delivery on one charge, ~70 % cheaper than diesel and ~12 % quicker, shaving about 40 minutes off the trip. This is why E-Trucking is NOT the future — it’s TODAY. #EV #LFP #EnergyTransition #Lithium
Record-breaking electric truck delivery beats diesel equivalent
The stakeholders said the electric prime mover was able to reduce the total trip time by 20 minutes each way compared with the diesel equivalent.
bigrigs.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
“‘E-Trucking is the future’? Nah mate — it’s already here. A 36-tonne Windrose just smashed a 480 km delivery on one charge, ~70 % cheaper than diesel and ~12 % quicker, shaving about 40 minutes off the trip. This is why E-Trucking is NOT the future — it’s TODAY. #EV #LFP #EnergyTransition #Lithium
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This is deplorable.
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
‘Horrific’ mass koala starvation hits Victorian island
Distressed locals have told of desperate koalas falling from trees and trying to eat vegetation such as pine needles.
www.theage.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is deplorable.
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
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Finally someone dares to say we need net negative, as I've been saying for some time.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Finally someone dares to say we need net negative, as I've been saying for some time.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Absolute nightmare travel @qantas-official.bsky.social to Canberra today for the @saferairproject.bsky.social to get to Making the invisible visible day in Parliament House.
Missing the wonderful sessions this morning but make it for my panel this afternoon!
www.saferairproject.com/making-the-i...
Missing the wonderful sessions this morning but make it for my panel this afternoon!
www.saferairproject.com/making-the-i...
Making the invisible visible 2025 — The Safer Air Project
www.saferairproject.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Absolute nightmare travel @qantas-official.bsky.social to Canberra today for the @saferairproject.bsky.social to get to Making the invisible visible day in Parliament House.
Missing the wonderful sessions this morning but make it for my panel this afternoon!
www.saferairproject.com/making-the-i...
Missing the wonderful sessions this morning but make it for my panel this afternoon!
www.saferairproject.com/making-the-i...
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The 25% cut "would essentially end America’s longstanding role as the world leader in science and innovation”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
October 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The 25% cut "would essentially end America’s longstanding role as the world leader in science and innovation”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Just popping on to say a miracle has taken place and ffp3 too!
October 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Just popping on to say a miracle has taken place and ffp3 too!
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🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social
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Health care is responsible for up to 7% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing the use of disposable products could reduce this footprint.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/reusing...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/reusing...
October 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Health care is responsible for up to 7% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing the use of disposable products could reduce this footprint.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/reusing...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/reusing...
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Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
September 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
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Let’s hope this is a watershed moment for public health. Feels like it. Congratulations especially @drbronking.bsky.social - but also to Anna-Maria Arabia and all involved. Pls circulate the pledge and get on board. Here is an OpEd we put out yesterday www.burnet.edu.au/news/indoor-...
September 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Let’s hope this is a watershed moment for public health. Feels like it. Congratulations especially @drbronking.bsky.social - but also to Anna-Maria Arabia and all involved. Pls circulate the pledge and get on board. Here is an OpEd we put out yesterday www.burnet.edu.au/news/indoor-...
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#CleanAir saves lives and livelihoods
Let’s hope this is a watershed moment for public health. Feels like it. Congratulations especially @drbronking.bsky.social - but also to Anna-Maria Arabia and all involved. Pls circulate the pledge and get on board. Here is an OpEd we put out yesterday www.burnet.edu.au/news/indoor-...
September 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
#CleanAir saves lives and livelihoods
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“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
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"Es ist Vernachlässigung in höchstem Maße, Kindern in die Augen zu schauen und zu sagen: 'Wir wussten, wie wir euch schützen können, und wir haben es nicht getan", so die 19-Jährige Violet Affleck in ihrer Rede.
www.gala.de/stars/news/b...
www.gala.de/stars/news/b...
September 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Es ist Vernachlässigung in höchstem Maße, Kindern in die Augen zu schauen und zu sagen: 'Wir wussten, wie wir euch schützen können, und wir haben es nicht getan", so die 19-Jährige Violet Affleck in ihrer Rede.
www.gala.de/stars/news/b...
www.gala.de/stars/news/b...
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CVF are proud supporters of the other important event at the UN today highlighting the need for "Clean Indoor Air".
It is of vital importance to *everyone*, but especially for Clinically Vulnerable people.
Thank you @drbronking.bsky.social
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It is of vital importance to *everyone*, but especially for Clinically Vulnerable people.
Thank you @drbronking.bsky.social
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September 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
CVF are proud supporters of the other important event at the UN today highlighting the need for "Clean Indoor Air".
It is of vital importance to *everyone*, but especially for Clinically Vulnerable people.
Thank you @drbronking.bsky.social
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It is of vital importance to *everyone*, but especially for Clinically Vulnerable people.
Thank you @drbronking.bsky.social
💙💜💗
Wonderful Bronwyn King talking clean IAQ at UNGA
"Clean Indoor air is a gap in our public health frameworks. We need to close that gap."
September 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wonderful Bronwyn King talking clean IAQ at UNGA
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"Clean air for every child in every classroom is a right, not a privilege."
"This is why for Montenegro, improving air quality in schools is not a secondary concern. It is a fundamental responsibility. A matter of safeguarding the next generation."
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"This is why for Montenegro, improving air quality in schools is not a secondary concern. It is a fundamental responsibility. A matter of safeguarding the next generation."
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September 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Clean air for every child in every classroom is a right, not a privilege."
"This is why for Montenegro, improving air quality in schools is not a secondary concern. It is a fundamental responsibility. A matter of safeguarding the next generation."
👏👏👏
"This is why for Montenegro, improving air quality in schools is not a secondary concern. It is a fundamental responsibility. A matter of safeguarding the next generation."
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