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Gavin Foster
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Palaeoclimatologist and isotope geochemist at the University of Southampton. Love/hate relationship with mass spectrometers. Researcher of climate science, coral reefs, biomineralisation, laser ablation, isotopes and geology. Views my own .. more

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Gavin Foster @thefosterlab.bsky.social · Nov 11
Fully funded PhD projects available in my group (Please share with interested parties, details here: www.thefosterlab.org/blog/2025/11...):
PhD Topics - Entry September 2026 — The Foster Lab
This year we are involved in 3 fully funded PhD projects via IGNITE our NERC DLA. The deadline is Thursday Jan 8th 2026 .  1.      Is the world already 1.5 C warmer?...
www.thefosterlab.org

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d
fossil fuel industry propaganda posing as Trump idiocy

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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO @dailyherald.bsky.social · 2d
Nigel Farage would bring back fox hunting…

Britons support trail hunting ban by 50% to 29% (including Reform UK supporters)

t.co/Qk0Zh3PEAN
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53792-britons-support-trail-hunting-ban-by-50-to-29
t.co

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Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social · 2d
For his incredible contribution to tackling climate change, Committee member Professor Piers Forster has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours 2026 🏆

Read our statement:
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/12/30/p...
Professor Piers Forster awarded CBE in New Year Honours - Climate Change Committee
The Committee and secretariat congratulate Professor Piers Forster on being awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list.
www.theccc.org.uk

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 2d
Congratulations to Piers Forster, Stephen Belcher and Gideon Henderson for well deserved CBEs in the New Year’s Honours!

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4d
This is a good primer on the ocean.
What do the oceans do for us? - The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service
YouTube video by BBC World Service
youtu.be

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 4d
Top 10 climate disasters cost planet $122bn in 2025 – with one continent hit hardest (Asia)

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Top 10 climate disasters cost planet $122bn – with one continent hit hardest
Many deaths and full extent of damage in poorer countries go missing from global because they are not insured, report finds
www.independent.co.uk

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 4d
100 years of November temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...

Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...

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Gavin Foster @thefosterlab.bsky.social · 4d
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‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefect
www.theguardian.com

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 5d
Finland's underground data centers heat entire city blocks using server waste heat #Tech #FutureTech #Engineering #SaturdayMotivation

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 5d
December 27, 1831, HMS Beagle with 22-year-old naturalist/geologist Charles Darwin on board departs Plymouth harbor, England, for a survey of South America - it will become a 5-year-long geologizing voyage around the world ⚒️
www.bressan-geoconsult.eu/darwin-the-g...

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 5d
December 27, 1984, the (in)famous Martian meteorite ALH 84001 is discovered in Antarctica ☄️
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 5d
This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 5d
Reform and Tories 'defending cruelty' over support for trail hunting

Who would have guessed
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform and Tories 'defending cruelty' over support for trail hunting
The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was pictured at a hunt on Friday, as was Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake, despite foxes still often being torn to shreds by dogs at the events
www.mirror.co.uk

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 7d
December 25, 1893, birthday of Isabel Clifton Cookson, Australian biologist who specialized in paleobotany and palynology
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exoCean Laboratory @exoceanlab.bsky.social · 8d
#exocean advent calendar day 24!
Today we thought it was a good fit to show an image/talk about “conception”…
One of the thing we (try to) do best at ExoCean is planktonic foraminifera reproduction. Here two immaculate mummies… 😏

We would like to wish you all a beautiful Christmas Eve!

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John Kennedy @micefearboggis.bsky.social · 8d
Look at it this way

Or this way, or this way. Graphing UK temperature data a bunch of different ways and failing to decide which is best or even what best means.

diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/l...
Look at it this way
I saw an interesting discussion about this graph from the BBC on bluesky. I don’t like the graph for a few reasons. The first is that it uses two different elements to show the same thing: th…
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com

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exoCean Laboratory @exoceanlab.bsky.social · 9d
#exoCeanadvent Day 23: at exoCean we also look at some old questions: in the late 1800s, during the HMS Challenger expedition, they discovered that you can have a constant rain of shells from above, and still end up with a seafloor that looks like the carbonate budget never existed. Why? Pressure. 🌊
HMS Challenger

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9d
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.

Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.

Times up.

Merry Christmas!

Join.greenparty.org.uk
A green Christmas would be more awful than you can imagine

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10d
Currently, 2nd most viewed Guardian opinion piece!

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exoCean Laboratory @exoceanlab.bsky.social · 10d
#exoCeanadvent Day 22: Winding down for the holidays often means one thing... more mass spectrometry time is available! With our friends in @cerege.bsky.social's #ENVITOP facility, we're making use! Thanks to their equipment we're working on measuring elemental compositions down to the nano-gramme!
Postdoc Matthieu Buisson loads samples into the rack ready for elemental analysis.

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 10d
December 22, 1872, HMS Challenger set sail from Portsmouth, traveling nearly 70,00 nautical miles & cataloguing over 4,000 unknown species over 4 years.
This pioneering expedition, organized by the Royal Society, laid the foundations of oceanography by creating the first global map of the seafloor.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10d
You want to know about this site that lets you explore data collected by the HMS Challenger from 1872–1876, an expedition that laid the foundation of oceanography. 🌊

challenger-expedition.sams.ac.uk/explore
A map displaying various ocean regions related to the Challenger Expedition, with marked locations for stations across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Each region is labeled, noting the number of stations available for exploration.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10d
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
youtu.be

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exoCean Laboratory @exoceanlab.bsky.social · 12d
12 scientific papers 💻, 11 months of good weather 🌞, 10⁴ foram babies 🐚, 9 visiting scientists 👩🏼‍🔬👨🏾‍🔬, 8 successful boat missions 🛥️, 7 website visits 🙏🏼, 6 new hypotheses 💡...*5 gold rings*...4 defended masters 📜, 3 #ForCry mass spec methods 🔍, 2 #Deep-C reactors 🧿...

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Tiina Roose @tiinaroose.bsky.social · 13d
PhD project on tipping points and natural flood management. Deadline 08/01/2026. Collaboration between @engineering-soton.bsky.social and @ukceh.bsky.social
#phd #funding #flood #research
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Habitat dependence of tipping points in upland soils and implications for natural flood management at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Habitat dependence of tipping points in upland soils and implications for natural flood management at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 15d
"Not since the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge."

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15d
The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.
Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR, drawing rebukes from Colorado officials
Federal lawmakers called the planned NCAR closure “deeply dangerous” and “blatantly retaliatory.” Gov. Jared Polis said: “If true, public safety is at risk and science…
www.denverpost.com

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James Twallin @twallinjames.bsky.social · 15d
If the gas networks still can't contain methane after more than a century of practice, why should we trust them with hydrogen?

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 18d
The man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen has been named:

The hero’s name is Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old father of two, who owns a fruit shop.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 18d
Recommended read: To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, climate scientist Prof Piers Forster explained in @climatechangenews.com “why it worked” and “what it needs to do to survive”.
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