Dr. Thomas Ronge
@thomasronge.bsky.social
Marine Geologist and Climate Scientist
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Scientific Ocean Drilling Staff Scientist at TAMU
https://www.thomasronge.eu/
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Scientific Ocean Drilling Staff Scientist at TAMU
https://www.thomasronge.eu/
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Dr. Thomas Ronge
@thomasronge.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Hi I’m Thomas, a marine geologist and climate scientist, working as an Expedition Project Manager and Staff Scientist for Scientific Ocean Drilling at @tamu.bsky.social.
I’ll probably post here about climate, geology, the oceans, urbanism, transit, cycling…
I’ll probably post here about climate, geology, the oceans, urbanism, transit, cycling…
I…agree…with…TxDOT!?!
„the report acknowledges, needs a variety of ways for people to get around the state without a car to help absorb that growth.“
„the report acknowledges, needs a variety of ways for people to get around the state without a car to help absorb that growth.“
A draft of the first-of-its-kind Texas Department of Transportation plan released in October outlines the need for boosted public transportation in rural and smaller urban areas as well as a greater array of travel options, including rail, between the state’s major urban centers.
TxDOT: Car-dominant Texas needs more public transit
As the state’s population grows, more travel options are needed in rural and smaller urban areas and between major cities, according to a draft of the first-of-its-kind plan.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I…agree…with…TxDOT!?!
„the report acknowledges, needs a variety of ways for people to get around the state without a car to help absorb that growth.“
„the report acknowledges, needs a variety of ways for people to get around the state without a car to help absorb that growth.“
Looks like the Gulf Coast Repository @tamu.bsky.social is getting a new "toy" today.
So exciting, can't wait to see it up and running!
So exciting, can't wait to see it up and running!
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Looks like the Gulf Coast Repository @tamu.bsky.social is getting a new "toy" today.
So exciting, can't wait to see it up and running!
So exciting, can't wait to see it up and running!
„Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 people every day“
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
„Climate-related disasters forcibly displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 people every day“
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #STEMSTEAMDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON
Read more on #STEMSTEAMDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #STEMSTEAMDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON
Read more on #STEMSTEAMDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
Yet another record breaking storm supersized by a warming world 😢
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Fung-wong: Super typhoon hits Philippines as nearly a million evacuate
Typhoon Fung-wong, with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph), made landfall on Sunday evening local time.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yet another record breaking storm supersized by a warming world 😢
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
You might not think about the Ocean as much as we marine scientists do, but our modern life is enabled by the deep sea. Whether we're watching TikToks, Bluesky, streaming, video call across the globe or get the latest NYT recipe, most of our data are routed through cables on/in the seafloor.
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You might not think about the Ocean as much as we marine scientists do, but our modern life is enabled by the deep sea. Whether we're watching TikToks, Bluesky, streaming, video call across the globe or get the latest NYT recipe, most of our data are routed through cables on/in the seafloor.
With flights being cancelled all across the country one can only dream how it would be if we would have a decent high speed train network. At times the TSA lines at IAH were twice the time it would take the proposed Shinkansen-style train from Houston to Dallas.
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
With flights being cancelled all across the country one can only dream how it would be if we would have a decent high speed train network. At times the TSA lines at IAH were twice the time it would take the proposed Shinkansen-style train from Houston to Dallas.
The initial SODCO website is now online and will evolve over time. Keep an eye open for Scientific Ocean Drilling events (looking at you @agu.org Annual Meeting) and announcements about proposals, workshops, expeditions, internships, etc…
www.sodco.org
www.sodco.org
SODCO - U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling Coordination Office
SODCO is a collaboration between Texas A&M University and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, providing support for scientific ocean drilling proposals, expeditions, and community engagement.
www.sodco.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The initial SODCO website is now online and will evolve over time. Keep an eye open for Scientific Ocean Drilling events (looking at you @agu.org Annual Meeting) and announcements about proposals, workshops, expeditions, internships, etc…
www.sodco.org
www.sodco.org
Reminds me of the famous (infamous?) weighing club on R/V Polarstern where the pilots always pay close attention that no one who’s scheduled on a helo-flight exceeds the safety weight limit.
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reminds me of the famous (infamous?) weighing club on R/V Polarstern where the pilots always pay close attention that no one who’s scheduled on a helo-flight exceeds the safety weight limit.
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
The old joke is that you might not believe in climate change but your insurance company does. Time to update that joke to include the stock market
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
You Know Who Believes in Climate Change? The Stock Market
There’s an old climate joke that goes, “You may not believe in climate change, but your insurance company does.” If you’re in the market for new environmental humor — and really, who isn’t? — you can ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The old joke is that you might not believe in climate change but your insurance company does. Time to update that joke to include the stock market
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Nothing to see here, literally! Just 6ft me standing, you read that right, standing upright in front of a truck.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Nothing to see here, literally! Just 6ft me standing, you read that right, standing upright in front of a truck.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
8 km of retreat in just 2 months...! 😱
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
8 km of retreat in just 2 months...! 😱
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
„Global temperatures now predicted to reach 2.3-2.5°C, down from 2.6-2.8°C last year“
The latest @unep.org #EmissionsGap Report 2025 finds that global emissions continue to rise.
WMO’s own most recent Greenhouse Gas Bulletin also reported that carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels in the atmosphere soared by a record amount to new highs in 2024.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LJY7b6
WMO’s own most recent Greenhouse Gas Bulletin also reported that carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels in the atmosphere soared by a record amount to new highs in 2024.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LJY7b6
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
„Global temperatures now predicted to reach 2.3-2.5°C, down from 2.6-2.8°C last year“
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
Extended hurricane category scale, following Wehner&Kossin, Proceedings of the National Academy 2024: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
If that scale didn't stop at Category 5 for historic reasons, we would have had several Category 6 tropical cyclones since year 2000.
If that scale didn't stop at Category 5 for historic reasons, we would have had several Category 6 tropical cyclones since year 2000.
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Extended hurricane category scale, following Wehner&Kossin, Proceedings of the National Academy 2024: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
If that scale didn't stop at Category 5 for historic reasons, we would have had several Category 6 tropical cyclones since year 2000.
If that scale didn't stop at Category 5 for historic reasons, we would have had several Category 6 tropical cyclones since year 2000.
Few yrs ago, approaching the Antarctic Amundsen Sea, we encountered a giant "pumpkin" bobbing in the waves. As we always try to collect trash, we stopped & hauled it aboard. Turned out it was a Chinese buoy that was lost in Prydz Bay, on the other side of the continent, 5yrs before!
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Few yrs ago, approaching the Antarctic Amundsen Sea, we encountered a giant "pumpkin" bobbing in the waves. As we always try to collect trash, we stopped & hauled it aboard. Turned out it was a Chinese buoy that was lost in Prydz Bay, on the other side of the continent, 5yrs before!
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
Up to 59% of Antarctic ice shelves may be at risk of disappearing under high-emission scenarios by 2300, according to an analysis of the effect of ocean warming in Nature. This could result in up to 10 m of global sea-level rise. go.nature.com/47Ag4k1 🌊 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Up to 59% of Antarctic ice shelves may be at risk of disappearing under high-emission scenarios by 2300, according to an analysis of the effect of ocean warming in Nature. This could result in up to 10 m of global sea-level rise. go.nature.com/47Ag4k1 🌊 🧪
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
Just wow! @esaearth.esa.int's Sentinel-2 satellite took this unbelievable image of Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa during landfall. Look at these details!
Melissa is one of only seven sub-900mb Atlantic hurricanes on record, four of which occurred in the past 20 years!
Melissa is one of only seven sub-900mb Atlantic hurricanes on record, four of which occurred in the past 20 years!
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Just wow! @esaearth.esa.int's Sentinel-2 satellite took this unbelievable image of Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa during landfall. Look at these details!
Melissa is one of only seven sub-900mb Atlantic hurricanes on record, four of which occurred in the past 20 years!
Melissa is one of only seven sub-900mb Atlantic hurricanes on record, four of which occurred in the past 20 years!
Just wow! @esaearth.esa.int's Sentinel-2 satellite took this unbelievable image of Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa during landfall. Look at these details!
Melissa is one of only seven sub-900mb Atlantic hurricanes on record, four of which occurred in the past 20 years!
Melissa is one of only seven sub-900mb Atlantic hurricanes on record, four of which occurred in the past 20 years!
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Just wow! @esaearth.esa.int's Sentinel-2 satellite took this unbelievable image of Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa during landfall. Look at these details!
Melissa is one of only seven sub-900mb Atlantic hurricanes on record, four of which occurred in the past 20 years!
Melissa is one of only seven sub-900mb Atlantic hurricanes on record, four of which occurred in the past 20 years!
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
Hurricane #Melissa explosively intensified into a Category 5 storm over exceptionally warm Caribbean waters.
Here's how climate change amplified this dangerous hurricane—from its rapid strengthening to the catastrophic rainfall ahead ⤵️
youtube.com/shorts/VtbZZ...
Here's how climate change amplified this dangerous hurricane—from its rapid strengthening to the catastrophic rainfall ahead ⤵️
youtube.com/shorts/VtbZZ...
Hurricane #Melissa and Climate Change
YouTube video by climatecentral
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Hurricane #Melissa explosively intensified into a Category 5 storm over exceptionally warm Caribbean waters.
Here's how climate change amplified this dangerous hurricane—from its rapid strengthening to the catastrophic rainfall ahead ⤵️
youtube.com/shorts/VtbZZ...
Here's how climate change amplified this dangerous hurricane—from its rapid strengthening to the catastrophic rainfall ahead ⤵️
youtube.com/shorts/VtbZZ...
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
Not only is Hurricane Melissa now a Category 5, it is still strengthening.
Hurricane hunters are finding the central pressure continuing to drop and the eye continuing to warm. Flight level winds are as high as 180mph.
Hurricane hunters are finding the central pressure continuing to drop and the eye continuing to warm. Flight level winds are as high as 180mph.
Waking up to Category 5 monster. Hurricane Melissa begins its move toward Jamaica today.
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Not only is Hurricane Melissa now a Category 5, it is still strengthening.
Hurricane hunters are finding the central pressure continuing to drop and the eye continuing to warm. Flight level winds are as high as 180mph.
Hurricane hunters are finding the central pressure continuing to drop and the eye continuing to warm. Flight level winds are as high as 180mph.
Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.
October 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.
Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane, maximum sustained winds have increased to 140 mph (220 km/h) according to the NHC. Just look at the size of that thing S of Jamaica. Hope people can stay safe.
📸 @noaa.gov
📸 @noaa.gov
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane, maximum sustained winds have increased to 140 mph (220 km/h) according to the NHC. Just look at the size of that thing S of Jamaica. Hope people can stay safe.
📸 @noaa.gov
📸 @noaa.gov
Just began @peterbrannen.bsky.social's new book and already came across this gem 🤌 „If you really wanna have good fun, be a geologist. Geologists often know 2 or 3 languages and they always know the best places to drink.“ followed by a shout-out to IODP, the JR, and Exp399. Promising start!
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October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Just began @peterbrannen.bsky.social's new book and already came across this gem 🤌 „If you really wanna have good fun, be a geologist. Geologists often know 2 or 3 languages and they always know the best places to drink.“ followed by a shout-out to IODP, the JR, and Exp399. Promising start!
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Reposted by Dr. Thomas Ronge
Here is our evening update on Melissa, which looks increasingly likely to be a catastrophic storm for parts of the Caribbean. We explain how it should start to get its act together, where it will go, and how much rain we expect to see (a lot).
Melissa continues to look like a slow-moving disaster for parts of the Caribbean
A slow moving, moisture-loaded major hurricane looks like from Sunday through Tuesday near Jamaica
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Here is our evening update on Melissa, which looks increasingly likely to be a catastrophic storm for parts of the Caribbean. We explain how it should start to get its act together, where it will go, and how much rain we expect to see (a lot).