Troy Baisden
@troybaisden.bsky.social
Personal views that may help environment, global change, climate, soil, water, isotopes, biogeoscience, math, community, complexity & random facts come together
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Could changes to our nation climate change policy do more to undermine integrity and transparency of our commitments?
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November 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Could changes to our nation climate change policy do more to undermine integrity and transparency of our commitments?
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Could changes to our nation climate change policy do more to undermine integrity and transparency of our commitments?
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November 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Could changes to our nation climate change policy do more to undermine integrity and transparency of our commitments?
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Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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Now also on RNZ! A personal perspect on how the #BatshitBudget for science undermines and drives away the top science talent that helps us build a great nation. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Top scientist calls out woeful funding arrangements
A recent government science funding announcement hasn't impressed one of the country's top scientists, who says the country's best researchers are being driven overseas.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Now also on RNZ! A personal perspect on how the #BatshitBudget for science undermines and drives away the top science talent that helps us build a great nation. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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Quick reminder - the NZAS 2025 conference is happening on 26 November in Pōneke, more information at this link. We will be talking about our 2025 survey of NZ scientists, the Save Science Coalition, priorities for public good science, and more!
New Zealand Association of Scientists - NZAS 2025 Conference
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October 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Quick reminder - the NZAS 2025 conference is happening on 26 November in Pōneke, more information at this link. We will be talking about our 2025 survey of NZ scientists, the Save Science Coalition, priorities for public good science, and more!
NZ's new methane target:
Represents doing nothing if historic efficiency gains continue, and assumes new mitigations won't work.
Worse, our farmers need to realise it cedes the future of the paperwork they complain about to places like Brussels instead of Wellington.
Represents doing nothing if historic efficiency gains continue, and assumes new mitigations won't work.
Worse, our farmers need to realise it cedes the future of the paperwork they complain about to places like Brussels instead of Wellington.
October 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NZ's new methane target:
Represents doing nothing if historic efficiency gains continue, and assumes new mitigations won't work.
Worse, our farmers need to realise it cedes the future of the paperwork they complain about to places like Brussels instead of Wellington.
Represents doing nothing if historic efficiency gains continue, and assumes new mitigations won't work.
Worse, our farmers need to realise it cedes the future of the paperwork they complain about to places like Brussels instead of Wellington.
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14 years ago Paul Callaghan gave this talk. It leaned in to the idea of making Aotearoa New Zealand a place where talented people wanted to live. Our government is hell bent on doing the opposite.
@nzscientists.bsky.social
#NZPOL
@nzscientists.bsky.social
#NZPOL
October 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
14 years ago Paul Callaghan gave this talk. It leaned in to the idea of making Aotearoa New Zealand a place where talented people wanted to live. Our government is hell bent on doing the opposite.
@nzscientists.bsky.social
#NZPOL
@nzscientists.bsky.social
#NZPOL
Embarrassing? The good news is the grand potential for no one to notice NZ.
September 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Embarrassing? The good news is the grand potential for no one to notice NZ.
So, NZ? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...
Britain, Australia and Canada Recognize a Palestinian State
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So, NZ? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...
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Nice work Simon Stewart @troybaisden.bsky.social @icdugg.bsky.social et al. #Lakes are Earth’s eye indeed. 🧪
Read more about this research at @aunz.theconversation.com → theconversation.com/lakeshore-sh... #complexsystems @troybaisden.bsky.social
Lakeshore shallows can be biodiversity hotspots – but warming is changing their complex ecology
Climate change is already affecting lake stratification, the seasonal layering of water into distinct temperature bands, which is crucial for nutrient flows.
theconversation.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Nice work Simon Stewart @troybaisden.bsky.social @icdugg.bsky.social et al. #Lakes are Earth’s eye indeed. 🧪
You know about NZ's cuts to research funding? How bleak is it for climate change research?
Bleak.
Explainer and perspectives now outside Carbon News NZ's paywall. www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35492/s...
Bleak.
Explainer and perspectives now outside Carbon News NZ's paywall. www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35492/s...
Carbon News
Carbon News NZ Climate Policy Carbon Markets
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September 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
You know about NZ's cuts to research funding? How bleak is it for climate change research?
Bleak.
Explainer and perspectives now outside Carbon News NZ's paywall. www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35492/s...
Bleak.
Explainer and perspectives now outside Carbon News NZ's paywall. www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35492/s...
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Read more about this research at @aunz.theconversation.com → theconversation.com/lakeshore-sh... #complexsystems @troybaisden.bsky.social
Lakeshore shallows can be biodiversity hotspots – but warming is changing their complex ecology
Climate change is already affecting lake stratification, the seasonal layering of water into distinct temperature bands, which is crucial for nutrient flows.
theconversation.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Read more about this research at @aunz.theconversation.com → theconversation.com/lakeshore-sh... #complexsystems @troybaisden.bsky.social
This trains announcement is absolutely fabulous news. But I cannot be the only person looking at the pics thinking these things are not going to fare well when they hit a cow or ute? email.jslmedia.com.au/ch/91108/dx9...
Electric trains on board for Lower North Island - Inside Government NZ
The Government’s $802.9 million investment into the Wairarapa and Manawatū rail lines has reached a major milestone, with Greater Wellington Regional Council today signing a contract for a new fleet o...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This trains announcement is absolutely fabulous news. But I cannot be the only person looking at the pics thinking these things are not going to fare well when they hit a cow or ute? email.jslmedia.com.au/ch/91108/dx9...
Did you catch news that the Universities Advisory Group (UAG) reports were released, but the government binned or balked on many of the key recommendations?
The whole process went from shelved to buried yesterday morning.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/09/03/u...
The whole process went from shelved to buried yesterday morning.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/09/03/u...
University sector changes announced - Expert Reaction
The Government will be changing aspects to New Zealand's higher education system, informed by a recently released report by the University Advisory Group.
Changes include a new strategy for all of New...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Did you catch news that the Universities Advisory Group (UAG) reports were released, but the government binned or balked on many of the key recommendations?
The whole process went from shelved to buried yesterday morning.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/09/03/u...
The whole process went from shelved to buried yesterday morning.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/09/03/u...
UAG report and cabinet paper are out. Gluckman: Read the Interim Report’s strategic approach first (before getting lost in the operational details.) Alas, if only more of the strategic recommendations had a clear path to implementation… www.education.govt.nz/our-work/inf...
University Advisory Group
We formed the University Advisory Group (UAG) in March 2024 at the request of the Government.
www.education.govt.nz
September 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
UAG report and cabinet paper are out. Gluckman: Read the Interim Report’s strategic approach first (before getting lost in the operational details.) Alas, if only more of the strategic recommendations had a clear path to implementation… www.education.govt.nz/our-work/inf...
Kākā getting very frisky with the feeling of spring in the air
August 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Kākā getting very frisky with the feeling of spring in the air
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Listening to an HRC webinar about the changes to research funding. It's striking how little input by academics is valued now - final decisions will be made by HRC, with science committees' input downgraded to 'advice'. Commercialisation is valued. Innovation is not. Depressing.
August 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Listening to an HRC webinar about the changes to research funding. It's striking how little input by academics is valued now - final decisions will be made by HRC, with science committees' input downgraded to 'advice'. Commercialisation is valued. Innovation is not. Depressing.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Our parliament might give us confidence in the government's approach to the science if answers were delivered with care and clarity. youtu.be/2Glk1fHNMaU?...
Reuben Davidson (Labour) on Research, Science, Innovation and Technology Oral Q 12 22Aug2025
YouTube video by New Zealand Association of Scientists
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August 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Our parliament might give us confidence in the government's approach to the science if answers were delivered with care and clarity. youtu.be/2Glk1fHNMaU?...
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rnz’s strategy under thompson has essentially been to make the people who actually listen to the station hate it in order to attract an audience that will never listen to it. genius lol
August 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
rnz’s strategy under thompson has essentially been to make the people who actually listen to the station hate it in order to attract an audience that will never listen to it. genius lol
Robust debate in Parliament yesterday, with questions from Scott Willis to Shane Reti MP about cuts, job losses and whether reprioritisation will yield clarity or any benefits. The answers aren't reassuring but it is good to see this getting attention. youtu.be/Vam6UmnvtyY
RSIT in Parliament – Oral Q5 14 Aug 2025
YouTube video by New Zealand Association of Scientists
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August 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Robust debate in Parliament yesterday, with questions from Scott Willis to Shane Reti MP about cuts, job losses and whether reprioritisation will yield clarity or any benefits. The answers aren't reassuring but it is good to see this getting attention. youtu.be/Vam6UmnvtyY
Unsurprisingly shocking news: the Advanced Technology Institute is being funded by mortgaging the future of other science funding.
Had you wondered whether we're rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, or playing musical chairs?
It's both.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...
Had you wondered whether we're rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, or playing musical chairs?
It's both.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...
Further cuts fund new tech institute - Expert Reaction
Details of new changes to research funding under sweeping science sector reforms have been released today.
The briefing confirms that set up of the NZ Institute for Advanced Technology will be paid fo...
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August 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Unsurprisingly shocking news: the Advanced Technology Institute is being funded by mortgaging the future of other science funding.
Had you wondered whether we're rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, or playing musical chairs?
It's both.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...
Had you wondered whether we're rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, or playing musical chairs?
It's both.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...
Today's update to this big story for NZ science. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
July 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Today's update to this big story for NZ science. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Reminder - applications close 1 August. Note the new medal debut this year...
📢 Applications open for the 2025 Science Medals from the New Zealand Association of Scientists. scientists.org.nz/how-to-apply
Check out this thread for the medals available - including one NEW this year.
Check out this thread for the medals available - including one NEW this year.
July 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reminder - applications close 1 August. Note the new medal debut this year...