Ruth Mottram
@ruthmottram.bsky.social
Climate scientist at DMI, Greenland, Antarctica, polar regions in general.
Dipping a toe in yet another social media site. Mostly on mastodon though @ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
Blogging at sternaparadisaea.net
Dipping a toe in yet another social media site. Mostly on mastodon though @ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
Blogging at sternaparadisaea.net
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Ruth Mottram
@ruthmottram.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Heading South
Tomorrow, I’m heading south, though more correctly, I’m first heading north to head south. Fieldwork in Antarctica starts next week..
sternaparadisaea.net
The first step in the ~14,500 km journey (as the crow flies) to Wasa was a taxi to the airport. The second is a flight to Oslo*.
It's masks on time.
*Yes, this #fieldwork involves *a lot* of carbon. Let's hope the data is worth it...
sternaparadisaea.net/2025/12/11/h...
It's masks on time.
*Yes, this #fieldwork involves *a lot* of carbon. Let's hope the data is worth it...
sternaparadisaea.net/2025/12/11/h...
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Europeans shouldn’t panic about Donald Trump’s threats toward Greenland. They should act—fast and visibly—to raise the costs of any annexation attempt. They can play “Arctic hold‘em” – with ten European cards 👇
https://bit.ly/45AQ3kr
https://bit.ly/45AQ3kr
January 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Europeans shouldn’t panic about Donald Trump’s threats toward Greenland. They should act—fast and visibly—to raise the costs of any annexation attempt. They can play “Arctic hold‘em” – with ten European cards 👇
https://bit.ly/45AQ3kr
https://bit.ly/45AQ3kr
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Europe’s first sodium-ion cell made with fully domestic components www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/18/e...
Europe’s first sodium-ion cell made with fully domestic components
Welsh battery breakthrough uses UK-manufactured anode and cathode materials as well as active materials available through local supply chains. Batri plans to scale up material manufacturing and cell b...
www.pv-magazine.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Europe’s first sodium-ion cell made with fully domestic components www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/18/e...
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Coming up: Trump nationaliserer de amerikanske dele af Novo Nordisk som straf for, at Danmark ikke vil give ham Grønland. Samtidig omfavner han vindmøller og gør det samme med Ørsteds ejerandele af USAnske projekter.
Du læste det her først. Og helt ærligt: Du tør ikke bare afvise det forlods, vel?
Du læste det her først. Og helt ærligt: Du tør ikke bare afvise det forlods, vel?
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Coming up: Trump nationaliserer de amerikanske dele af Novo Nordisk som straf for, at Danmark ikke vil give ham Grønland. Samtidig omfavner han vindmøller og gør det samme med Ørsteds ejerandele af USAnske projekter.
Du læste det her først. Og helt ærligt: Du tør ikke bare afvise det forlods, vel?
Du læste det her først. Og helt ærligt: Du tør ikke bare afvise det forlods, vel?
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Looks suspiciously like an El Niño is going to be unleashed in the future. That will have significant consequences on the Pacific climate and global temps. 🌊🥵 could be bad for coral 🪸 reefs.
A crazy amount of heat has accumulated in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean over the past two months.
Hold on to your hats when this reaches the surface with the next El Niño.
Y-axis shows depth, X-axis shows degree longitude (one degree equals 111 km) and colors temp anomalies.
@noaa.gov PMEL data
Hold on to your hats when this reaches the surface with the next El Niño.
Y-axis shows depth, X-axis shows degree longitude (one degree equals 111 km) and colors temp anomalies.
@noaa.gov PMEL data
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Looks suspiciously like an El Niño is going to be unleashed in the future. That will have significant consequences on the Pacific climate and global temps. 🌊🥵 could be bad for coral 🪸 reefs.
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Winter at the Mols Laboratory #rewilding site, recently purchased by the Hempel Foundation. #dknatur #biodiversity
January 17, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Winter at the Mols Laboratory #rewilding site, recently purchased by the Hempel Foundation. #dknatur #biodiversity
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Norge - Kunne I ikke lige være lidt mindre Saudi-Arabien, og lidt mere Europa?
– Jeg stoler på USAs president, og på at USA vil overholde de direkte forpliktelsene til Norge og Nato
Jonas Gahr Støre, i en meget sterk søknad til «Norges dummeste»:
Jonas Gahr Støre, i en meget sterk søknad til «Norges dummeste»:
Støre: – Jeg stoler på USAs president
Jonas Gahr Støre sier at han flere ganger det siste halvåret har forklart Donald Trump hvem som deler ut Nobels fredspris.
www.vg.no
January 17, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Norge - Kunne I ikke lige være lidt mindre Saudi-Arabien, og lidt mere Europa?
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A message from France 🇫🇷
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
A message from France 🇫🇷
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Worth noting that the EU’s reluctant tariff concessions to the US, agreed between VdL and Trump at Turnberry, haven’t yet been approved by the European Parliament.
There’s no realistic prospect of the US deal going through now.
There’s no realistic prospect of the US deal going through now.
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Worth noting that the EU’s reluctant tariff concessions to the US, agreed between VdL and Trump at Turnberry, haven’t yet been approved by the European Parliament.
There’s no realistic prospect of the US deal going through now.
There’s no realistic prospect of the US deal going through now.
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You know European unity is powerful because the moment we display just a bit, all the other 'great powers' go into a panic
January 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
You know European unity is powerful because the moment we display just a bit, all the other 'great powers' go into a panic
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Just in time to send it to Greenland.
Archaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in Denmark
The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast.
arstechnica.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Just in time to send it to Greenland.
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That they’re F35s is kind of a problem in this situation
🇩🇰🇫🇷🇬🇱 Two Danish F-35s and a French tanker completed training mission in Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 7:38 AM
That they’re F35s is kind of a problem in this situation
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Both the Americans and Europeans should learn something of the Greenland crisis.
First: assuming that Trump abandons his territorial ambitions, Americans should realize it was not because he "lost interest", was "just trolling all the time", "tried to divert attention", or so on.
I'll continue.
First: assuming that Trump abandons his territorial ambitions, Americans should realize it was not because he "lost interest", was "just trolling all the time", "tried to divert attention", or so on.
I'll continue.
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Both the Americans and Europeans should learn something of the Greenland crisis.
First: assuming that Trump abandons his territorial ambitions, Americans should realize it was not because he "lost interest", was "just trolling all the time", "tried to divert attention", or so on.
I'll continue.
First: assuming that Trump abandons his territorial ambitions, Americans should realize it was not because he "lost interest", was "just trolling all the time", "tried to divert attention", or so on.
I'll continue.
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I don't know the answer. But, just a reminder that as we face the present, we face the past, and that past poses us with questions of our own responsibility of standing up to tyranny.
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I don't know the answer. But, just a reminder that as we face the present, we face the past, and that past poses us with questions of our own responsibility of standing up to tyranny.
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-15 in Madrid and +6 in Central Finland? I don’t know how these Spaniards will cope. Do they even have long underpants?
January 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM
-15 in Madrid and +6 in Central Finland? I don’t know how these Spaniards will cope. Do they even have long underpants?
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When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
Escaping the trap of US tech dependence
Canada needs real digital sovereignty, not our own digital colonizers
disconnect.blog
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
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Meanwhile in Russia: state TV experts rejoiced about Trump's approach towards Greenland, since they believe it ushers in a cynical new world order, where the U.S. withdraws from NATO, gets control over the Western Hemisphere — and Russia takes the rest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3BF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3BF...
Russian experts discuss Greenland
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Pretty clear trend
Which latitudes saw the largest temperature anomalies in 2025?
While the tropics contributed less to 2025’s global temperature anomaly than in 2024 and 2023, the Antarctic region recorded its warmest year on record and the Arctic its 2nd warmest.
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
While the tropics contributed less to 2025’s global temperature anomaly than in 2024 and 2023, the Antarctic region recorded its warmest year on record and the Arctic its 2nd warmest.
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
January 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Pretty clear trend
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Russia is targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and residential buildings. People are sitting in -20°C without electricity, water, or heating.
Pipes are bursting. Homes are freezing.
Trump: “UKRAINE AND ZELENSKY DON’T WANT PEACE.”
What the actual f*ck.
Pipes are bursting. Homes are freezing.
Trump: “UKRAINE AND ZELENSKY DON’T WANT PEACE.”
What the actual f*ck.
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Russia is targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and residential buildings. People are sitting in -20°C without electricity, water, or heating.
Pipes are bursting. Homes are freezing.
Trump: “UKRAINE AND ZELENSKY DON’T WANT PEACE.”
What the actual f*ck.
Pipes are bursting. Homes are freezing.
Trump: “UKRAINE AND ZELENSKY DON’T WANT PEACE.”
What the actual f*ck.
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Nu ser vi helt konkret faren ved at have gjort os så afhængige af facebook: »Vi er blevet konfronteret med den virkelighed, at vi er i konflikt med et land, der har kontrollen med den infrastruktur, vi bruger til at kommunikere med hinanden." www.information.dk/indland/2026...
Demonstrationer for Grønland skal sende stærkt signal til Trump
USA afviser Løkkes »røde linjer« og fastholder kravet om at erhverve Grønland. Flere demonstrationer i Nuuk og de store byer i Danmark skal lørdag sende et signal om dansk solidaritet med den grønland...
www.information.dk
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Nu ser vi helt konkret faren ved at have gjort os så afhængige af facebook: »Vi er blevet konfronteret med den virkelighed, at vi er i konflikt med et land, der har kontrollen med den infrastruktur, vi bruger til at kommunikere med hinanden." www.information.dk/indland/2026...
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“Halcyon Days” (A24, 2028). Two Norwegian app developers use wealth they earned from selling a music streaming app to launch a daring scheme to steal an ill gained Nobel Peace Prize from a Florida resort. A bitter sweet dramedy about coming to terms with liver cancer via a criminal caper.
January 15, 2026 at 11:45 PM
“Halcyon Days” (A24, 2028). Two Norwegian app developers use wealth they earned from selling a music streaming app to launch a daring scheme to steal an ill gained Nobel Peace Prize from a Florida resort. A bitter sweet dramedy about coming to terms with liver cancer via a criminal caper.
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Why does President Trump want Greenland? Analysis from @ruthmottram.bsky.social, @martinstendel.bsky.social and Greenlander Anne Merrild. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/66gW...
January 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Why does President Trump want Greenland? Analysis from @ruthmottram.bsky.social, @martinstendel.bsky.social and Greenlander Anne Merrild. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/66gW...
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This is something I have been wondering about as well - not only putting NATO to the edge, but also the short attention span and threat of military action across the world (Venezuela, Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, Iran...) must overstretch even US military forces.
“As the US military chases Trump’s ever-changing Sharpie lines across the world’s maps, the West’s enemies will be tempted to take advantage of the fact that the US has obliterated the most powerful alliance in history while scattering American forces around the globe in showpiece operations.”
Trump’s Most Dangerous Obsession
His irrational fixation with Greenland could lead to global conflict.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
This is something I have been wondering about as well - not only putting NATO to the edge, but also the short attention span and threat of military action across the world (Venezuela, Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, Iran...) must overstretch even US military forces.
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@martinsandbu.ft.com on the state of RUS economy
"The picture is clear. The RU economy is under enormous strain, & is running out of resources. ... The message for the west — what remains of it — is that the medicine (sanctions) is working, but the dose should be increased."
100%
#UkrainianView
"The picture is clear. The RU economy is under enormous strain, & is running out of resources. ... The message for the west — what remains of it — is that the medicine (sanctions) is working, but the dose should be increased."
100%
#UkrainianView
Russia is running out of money
Go behind the propaganda, and the intensifying strain is evident
www.ft.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
@martinsandbu.ft.com on the state of RUS economy
"The picture is clear. The RU economy is under enormous strain, & is running out of resources. ... The message for the west — what remains of it — is that the medicine (sanctions) is working, but the dose should be increased."
100%
#UkrainianView
"The picture is clear. The RU economy is under enormous strain, & is running out of resources. ... The message for the west — what remains of it — is that the medicine (sanctions) is working, but the dose should be increased."
100%
#UkrainianView