Seb Breitenbach
@speleoseb.bsky.social
Stable & clumped isotopes, caves, karst, past climate, permafrost, continental climate change & society, Asia, Siberia, environmental monitoring, head of the NICEST lab, Berliner at heart - Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦💙💛
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Currently at 85,000 signatures here's another #petition to sign if you're sick of seeing your #animals & #pets traumatised by weeks on end of #fireworks
Its no longer just Bonfire Night & Vets now call #Autumn 'fireworks season' 😩
#Dogs #Cats #Horses #Sheep
Currently at 85,000 signatures here's another #petition to sign if you're sick of seeing your #animals & #pets traumatised by weeks on end of #fireworks
Its no longer just Bonfire Night & Vets now call #Autumn 'fireworks season' 😩
#Dogs #Cats #Horses #Sheep
Petition: Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only
Ban the sale of fireworks to the general public to minimise the harm caused to vulnerable people and animals. Defenceless animals can die from the distress caused by fireworks.
I believe that permitt...
petition.parliament.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Currently at 85,000 signatures here's another #petition to sign if you're sick of seeing your #animals & #pets traumatised by weeks on end of #fireworks
Its no longer just Bonfire Night & Vets now call #Autumn 'fireworks season' 😩
#Dogs #Cats #Horses #Sheep
Currently at 85,000 signatures here's another #petition to sign if you're sick of seeing your #animals & #pets traumatised by weeks on end of #fireworks
Its no longer just Bonfire Night & Vets now call #Autumn 'fireworks season' 😩
#Dogs #Cats #Horses #Sheep
No words indeed 🤮👇
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
No words indeed 🤮👇
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Science academies across the Americas and beyond call on world leaders ahead of COP30 to take urgent, evidence-based action on climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality. 🌎
Science Academies United for Climate Action: A Scientific Call for COP30
InterAcademyPartnership (IAP) harnesses the expertise of the world's leading scientific minds to advance sound policies, improve public health, promote excellence in science education, and achieve other critical development goals.
www.interacademies.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Science academies across the Americas and beyond call on world leaders ahead of COP30 to take urgent, evidence-based action on climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality. 🌎
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⏰ At 1PM!
Don’t miss the session on defending academic freedom.
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Livestream - register here (free of charge):
falling-walls.com/livestream-2...
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Don’t miss the session on defending academic freedom.
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Livestream - register here (free of charge):
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November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
⏰ At 1PM!
Don’t miss the session on defending academic freedom.
🎥
Livestream - register here (free of charge):
falling-walls.com/livestream-2...
🇪🇺
Don’t miss the session on defending academic freedom.
🎥
Livestream - register here (free of charge):
falling-walls.com/livestream-2...
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Awesome! 🤩 the caves in Yucatan with their rich ecosystems and archaeological significance must be protected from disastrous developments like the infamous #trenmaya! @pucicu.de @olakwiecien3.bsky.social
Although Sistema Sac Aktun has been surpassed by Sistema Ox Bel Ha as the world’s longest underwater cave, it remains one of the most scientifically fascinating and culturally rich submerged cave systems on Earth.
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sites.northwestern.edu/monroyrios/s...
#Karst #Yucatán #CaveDiving
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sites.northwestern.edu/monroyrios/s...
#Karst #Yucatán #CaveDiving
Sistema Sac Aktun – longest underwater cave
Image: Archivo Gran Acuífero Maya (GAM)/INAH. Leer en Español Follow @mantarayo Sistema Sac Aktun (white cave) is one of the cave systems that discharge fresh water into the Caribbean Sea. Differen…
sites.northwestern.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Awesome! 🤩 the caves in Yucatan with their rich ecosystems and archaeological significance must be protected from disastrous developments like the infamous #trenmaya! @pucicu.de @olakwiecien3.bsky.social
Good morning folks! Pebble here - enjoy the run up to a nice weekend full of adventures! 😜 @bemorebob.bsky.social @olakwiecien3.bsky.social @rmpk-flora-foxie.bsky.social @pucicu.de @bobbyairedale.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Good morning folks! Pebble here - enjoy the run up to a nice weekend full of adventures! 😜 @bemorebob.bsky.social @olakwiecien3.bsky.social @rmpk-flora-foxie.bsky.social @pucicu.de @bobbyairedale.bsky.social
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🌊 The Arctic is losing its ice and gaining too much light.
A new study finds ocean brightness could double by 2100, reshaping marine life, turning it less polar and more Atlantic
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new study finds ocean brightness could double by 2100, reshaping marine life, turning it less polar and more Atlantic
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
🌊 The Arctic is losing its ice and gaining too much light.
A new study finds ocean brightness could double by 2100, reshaping marine life, turning it less polar and more Atlantic
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new study finds ocean brightness could double by 2100, reshaping marine life, turning it less polar and more Atlantic
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Today the 2025 State of the Cryosphere report was published by over 50 leading cryosphere scientists.
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Today the 2025 State of the Cryosphere report was published by over 50 leading cryosphere scientists.
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Very interesting study on glacial CO2 dynamics in N America (and likely elsewhere to)! 🤩 using #clumped #isotopes 👇😍
⚒️ Article: Low carbon dioxide during the last glacial period enhanced photorespiration in trees across North America, indicating a decline in land plant productivity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Isotopic evidence for elevated photorespiration during the last glacial period - Nature Geoscience
Low carbon dioxide levels during the last glacial period enhanced photorespiration in trees across North America, indicating a decline in land plant productivity, according to measurements of clumped ...
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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A great article by the @washingtonpost.com which I’m excited to have contributed to!💦💨
It has really powerful interactive visualisations of how a warming planet is also a moistening planet on which more precipitation-induced disasters strike regions all around the globe🌎
wapo.st/4oklfvh
It has really powerful interactive visualisations of how a warming planet is also a moistening planet on which more precipitation-induced disasters strike regions all around the globe🌎
wapo.st/4oklfvh
Deadly rivers in the sky
A new Washington Post investigation reveals where climate change has supercharged the movement of moisture through the skies.
wapo.st
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A great article by the @washingtonpost.com which I’m excited to have contributed to!💦💨
It has really powerful interactive visualisations of how a warming planet is also a moistening planet on which more precipitation-induced disasters strike regions all around the globe🌎
wapo.st/4oklfvh
It has really powerful interactive visualisations of how a warming planet is also a moistening planet on which more precipitation-induced disasters strike regions all around the globe🌎
wapo.st/4oklfvh
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🌊 New commentary explains how the ocean’s CO2 buffering is weakening as the carbonate saturation horizon shoals.
…a super clear explanation of a complex problem.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
…a super clear explanation of a complex problem.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Extinguishing the saturation horizon - Nature Chemistry
The buffering capacity of the world’s oceans has helped offset the effects of CO2 emissions on climate; however, it is not without cost. Bruce Gibb discusses the causes, the chemistry and the conseque...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
🌊 New commentary explains how the ocean’s CO2 buffering is weakening as the carbonate saturation horizon shoals.
…a super clear explanation of a complex problem.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
…a super clear explanation of a complex problem.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What a surprise (not)
The moisture emitted by forests travels across national borders to provide precipitation to far-away fields
go.nature.com/47RAMgg
go.nature.com/47RAMgg
Forests’ misty breath sustains crops in distant lands
The moisture emitted by forests travels across national borders to provide precipitation to far-away fields.
go.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What a surprise (not)
And right they are! 👇
Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
apache.be
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
And right they are! 👇
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The #EGU’s #Education Committee is expanding its Geoscience Education Field Officers initiative to even more European countries🌍!
🗓️Applications are open until 31 October 2025.
👀Application details: egu.eu/5BXBFW
🔗Apply here: egu.eu/6YN5A8
📸: Sebastian Breitenbach on imaggeo.egu.eu
🗓️Applications are open until 31 October 2025.
👀Application details: egu.eu/5BXBFW
🔗Apply here: egu.eu/6YN5A8
📸: Sebastian Breitenbach on imaggeo.egu.eu
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The #EGU’s #Education Committee is expanding its Geoscience Education Field Officers initiative to even more European countries🌍!
🗓️Applications are open until 31 October 2025.
👀Application details: egu.eu/5BXBFW
🔗Apply here: egu.eu/6YN5A8
📸: Sebastian Breitenbach on imaggeo.egu.eu
🗓️Applications are open until 31 October 2025.
👀Application details: egu.eu/5BXBFW
🔗Apply here: egu.eu/6YN5A8
📸: Sebastian Breitenbach on imaggeo.egu.eu
Interested in #uranium isotopes and their potential use as #redox proxy in karst systems? Looking for a PhD project or know someone who might? DM me for more details! ☢️ @mariabox.bsky.social @pucicu.de @bgs.ac.uk @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social @olakwiecien3.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Interested in #uranium isotopes and their potential use as #redox proxy in karst systems? Looking for a PhD project or know someone who might? DM me for more details! ☢️ @mariabox.bsky.social @pucicu.de @bgs.ac.uk @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social @olakwiecien3.bsky.social
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ERC Postdoc FIELDWORK is another vacancy in the INASIA project. Learn more about the position and apply here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
If you're thinking of applying join us for an online info session on the 14th of November 2025
Register: forms.gle/gPgfWJ1A1SXw...
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
If you're thinking of applying join us for an online info session on the 14th of November 2025
Register: forms.gle/gPgfWJ1A1SXw...
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
ERC Postdoc FIELDWORK is another vacancy in the INASIA project. Learn more about the position and apply here:
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
If you're thinking of applying join us for an online info session on the 14th of November 2025
Register: forms.gle/gPgfWJ1A1SXw...
inasia.uw.edu.pl/we-are-hirin...
If you're thinking of applying join us for an online info session on the 14th of November 2025
Register: forms.gle/gPgfWJ1A1SXw...
Genau! 👇 es sollte selbstverständlich sein, diese Perition zu unterstützen! @pucicu.de @olakwiecien3.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @geohenning.bsky.social
Wissenschaft ist kein Wunschkonzert der Reichen und Mächtigen, die missliebige Forschung - etwa die Klimaforschung - am liebsten abschaffen und unterdrücken wollen. Deshalb habe ich das Hamburger Manifest unterschrieben. Es ist auch ein Appell an Forscherkollegen.
Hier ist es: openpetition.de/!hcbrf
Hier ist es: openpetition.de/!hcbrf
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Genau! 👇 es sollte selbstverständlich sein, diese Perition zu unterstützen! @pucicu.de @olakwiecien3.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @geohenning.bsky.social
Change course NOW! 👇 (and yet we won’t 😡)
October 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Change course NOW! 👇 (and yet we won’t 😡)
Pebble Here! Hoo-mum left very early this moanin, something wif stew dents… so I had a coffee wif special treats and went back the door to wait for her! She will be back! #morningrituals @olakwiecien3.bsky.social @airedaleterrier.bsky.social @bemorebob.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Pebble Here! Hoo-mum left very early this moanin, something wif stew dents… so I had a coffee wif special treats and went back the door to wait for her! She will be back! #morningrituals @olakwiecien3.bsky.social @airedaleterrier.bsky.social @bemorebob.bsky.social
Get on with it! 👇
Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Get on with it! 👇
Hey @mariabox.bsky.social something to read for your Sunday 😝 👇
🌊 Atlantic Ocean temperature swings (AMO) explain ~1/3 of year-to-year glacier changes in NE Tibetan Plateau
A warmer North Atlantic fuels atmospheric waves and local warming, accelerating ice loss this century
Natural variability + human forcing = double trouble
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A warmer North Atlantic fuels atmospheric waves and local warming, accelerating ice loss this century
Natural variability + human forcing = double trouble
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
North Atlantic Ocean natural variability drives glacier mass loss over the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau - Communications Earth & Environment
The North Atlantic warming results in glacier mass loss through Rossby wave trains over the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, according to analysis of teleconnection mechanism between glacier mass and sea...
www.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hey @mariabox.bsky.social something to read for your Sunday 😝 👇
Yes / and this should be self-explanatory 💪
"...researchers who invest time in their students tend to lead more-productive, more-collaborative groups and attract stronger future students than those who do not." "Time spent with the next generation of scientists is an investment."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
www.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Yes / and this should be self-explanatory 💪
Folks - it’s weekend! Let the machines do their thing - take time with family and dogs! 😜 @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social @nielsjdewinter.bsky.social @olakwiecien3.bsky.social @bemorebob.bsky.social @pucicu.de
October 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Folks - it’s weekend! Let the machines do their thing - take time with family and dogs! 😜 @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social @nielsjdewinter.bsky.social @olakwiecien3.bsky.social @bemorebob.bsky.social @pucicu.de