Arbma Cip
@arbmacip.bsky.social
Environment, water, climate change, microbio, food and energy
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· #AcademicSky · from UWN @uniworldnews.bsky.social
“Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we cannot have high-quality learning, teaching and research. Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we also cannot have a fully functional democracy.” —Sjur Bergan
“Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we cannot have high-quality learning, teaching and research. Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we also cannot have a fully functional democracy.” —Sjur Bergan
Magna Charta signatories top 1,000 amid growing threats
A Swedish university became the 1,000th signatory to the Magna Charta Universitatum on 13 November at a global convening of university leaders in Lond...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
· #AcademicSky · from UWN @uniworldnews.bsky.social
“Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we cannot have high-quality learning, teaching and research. Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we also cannot have a fully functional democracy.” —Sjur Bergan
“Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we cannot have high-quality learning, teaching and research. Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we also cannot have a fully functional democracy.” —Sjur Bergan
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LB: The Alcohol industry sponsored the Brussels Declaration - a document often used by research integrity
How to spot industry influence on science?
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
Our papers have been flagged to be retracted, e.g. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#IRICSydney
How to spot industry influence on science?
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
Our papers have been flagged to be retracted, e.g. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#IRICSydney
How to spot industry influence in science
Keen to know if vested interests have influenced research methods or policies? Professor Lisa Bero outlines the signs to help scientists, journalists and the public assess scientific communications fo...
www.sydney.edu.au
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
LB: The Alcohol industry sponsored the Brussels Declaration - a document often used by research integrity
How to spot industry influence on science?
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
Our papers have been flagged to be retracted, e.g. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#IRICSydney
How to spot industry influence on science?
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
Our papers have been flagged to be retracted, e.g. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#IRICSydney
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Hey er - has the Petra Nova CCS plant in Texas stopped capturing CO2 again? Or did they just stop reporting data from 2025 onwards?
www.eia.gov/electricity/...
www.eia.gov/electricity/...
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hey er - has the Petra Nova CCS plant in Texas stopped capturing CO2 again? Or did they just stop reporting data from 2025 onwards?
www.eia.gov/electricity/...
www.eia.gov/electricity/...
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Ecco il fronte che divide un autunno simil-tropicale da masse d'aria simil-invernali.
Una volta transitato, col suo carico di rovesci e temporali (anche forti), sarà il turno di correnti fredde di origine artica marittima. Speriamo che almeno queste riescano a far cadere le foglie dagli alberi..1/3
Una volta transitato, col suo carico di rovesci e temporali (anche forti), sarà il turno di correnti fredde di origine artica marittima. Speriamo che almeno queste riescano a far cadere le foglie dagli alberi..1/3
November 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Ecco il fronte che divide un autunno simil-tropicale da masse d'aria simil-invernali.
Una volta transitato, col suo carico di rovesci e temporali (anche forti), sarà il turno di correnti fredde di origine artica marittima. Speriamo che almeno queste riescano a far cadere le foglie dagli alberi..1/3
Una volta transitato, col suo carico di rovesci e temporali (anche forti), sarà il turno di correnti fredde di origine artica marittima. Speriamo che almeno queste riescano a far cadere le foglie dagli alberi..1/3
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Curious how we're working with farmers to boost biodiversity in the countryside? 🌾🐝
I just wrote a blog post for @gwct.org.uk about my research on pollinators & wild plants in farmland this summer
Read it here 🌱👇
www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2... #conservation #ecology
I just wrote a blog post for @gwct.org.uk about my research on pollinators & wild plants in farmland this summer
Read it here 🌱👇
www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2... #conservation #ecology
September 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Curious how we're working with farmers to boost biodiversity in the countryside? 🌾🐝
I just wrote a blog post for @gwct.org.uk about my research on pollinators & wild plants in farmland this summer
Read it here 🌱👇
www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2... #conservation #ecology
I just wrote a blog post for @gwct.org.uk about my research on pollinators & wild plants in farmland this summer
Read it here 🌱👇
www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2... #conservation #ecology
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Amid social protests and rising tensions in Ecuador, dozens of bank accounts that belong to Indigenous leaders and organizations, land rights activists and nonprofits have been reportedly frozen for weeks, by order of the state.
Sources told Mongabay their accounts froze suddenly without warning.
Sources told Mongabay their accounts froze suddenly without warning.
Ecuador freezes bank accounts of Indigenous leaders, land defenders
Since September 2025, dozens of Indigenous leaders and organizations, land rights activists and nonprofits in Ecuador have reportedly been unable to access their funds, after a state institution…
news.mongabay.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Amid social protests and rising tensions in Ecuador, dozens of bank accounts that belong to Indigenous leaders and organizations, land rights activists and nonprofits have been reportedly frozen for weeks, by order of the state.
Sources told Mongabay their accounts froze suddenly without warning.
Sources told Mongabay their accounts froze suddenly without warning.
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One more sad tale of poisoning on these nature-depleted islands, with #biodiversity in a parlous state
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Swans and several thousand fish die amid Kent pollution incident
The affected area is Sarre Penn and the adjacent River Wantsum, near Canterbury, say officials.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
One more sad tale of poisoning on these nature-depleted islands, with #biodiversity in a parlous state
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The CMS published the Report of the Migratory Species & CC in October.
#ClimateChange is disrupting migratory routes and reshaping critical habitats across the 🌏 by altering the environmental conditions, food networks, when/where resources appear, how abundant they are
A🧵
#ClimateChange is disrupting migratory routes and reshaping critical habitats across the 🌏 by altering the environmental conditions, food networks, when/where resources appear, how abundant they are
A🧵
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The CMS published the Report of the Migratory Species & CC in October.
#ClimateChange is disrupting migratory routes and reshaping critical habitats across the 🌏 by altering the environmental conditions, food networks, when/where resources appear, how abundant they are
A🧵
#ClimateChange is disrupting migratory routes and reshaping critical habitats across the 🌏 by altering the environmental conditions, food networks, when/where resources appear, how abundant they are
A🧵
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The most common question I was asked by journalists: "was there anything that surprised you"?
"Well, no, because I work on this everyday".
Now I have found the surprise... Carbonation, the uptake of CO2 in cement, has turned a corner because cement production is dropping!
"Well, no, because I work on this everyday".
Now I have found the surprise... Carbonation, the uptake of CO2 in cement, has turned a corner because cement production is dropping!
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The most common question I was asked by journalists: "was there anything that surprised you"?
"Well, no, because I work on this everyday".
Now I have found the surprise... Carbonation, the uptake of CO2 in cement, has turned a corner because cement production is dropping!
"Well, no, because I work on this everyday".
Now I have found the surprise... Carbonation, the uptake of CO2 in cement, has turned a corner because cement production is dropping!
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Christmas is coming! Order a copy of my book, melt-down.ca, for 40% off from @ualbertapress.bsky.social ualbertapress.ca!
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Christmas is coming! Order a copy of my book, melt-down.ca, for 40% off from @ualbertapress.bsky.social ualbertapress.ca!
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Around 24 million people across California are under flood watches Friday morning as Los Angeles braces for what could be a month's worth of rain in a day.
24 million under flood alerts as Los Angeles braces for month's worth of rain in a day
The area usually receives an average of 0.78 an inch of rain in November.
nbcnews.to
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Around 24 million people across California are under flood watches Friday morning as Los Angeles braces for what could be a month's worth of rain in a day.
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@Quantamagazine article on mixing changes in deep temperate lakes and some ecological impacts (e.g. deoxygenation), today. Why? Sudeep Chandra documented stratification increases (less mixing) in 84% of 189 lakes globally. Some lakes stopped mixing altogether.
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@Quantamagazine article on mixing changes in deep temperate lakes and some ecological impacts (e.g. deoxygenation), today. Why? Sudeep Chandra documented stratification increases (less mixing) in 84% of 189 lakes globally. Some lakes stopped mixing altogether.
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
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NASA's just-launched ESCAPADE mission is trying out a novel trajectory to Mars, one that's slower but allows much more flexible launch dates. The flight path also provides a bonus science session at the L2 equilibrium point near Earth. 🧪🔭
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NASA's just-launched ESCAPADE mission is trying out a novel trajectory to Mars, one that's slower but allows much more flexible launch dates. The flight path also provides a bonus science session at the L2 equilibrium point near Earth. 🧪🔭
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
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I can't even fathom what January will look like, except probably very bad for the Trump regime.
Absent a major black swan event, I don't see a path to power consolidation for them at this point.
For a number of reasons, not just Epstein.
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Absent a major black swan event, I don't see a path to power consolidation for them at this point.
For a number of reasons, not just Epstein.
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The timetable evidently has been accelerated.
What's your new predication for when we get to January?
I'll just throw a random one out there: They do release the Epstein files but only after Trump had time to preemptively pardon himself and he tells his base he had to cause it was a Dem smear job.
What's your new predication for when we get to January?
I'll just throw a random one out there: They do release the Epstein files but only after Trump had time to preemptively pardon himself and he tells his base he had to cause it was a Dem smear job.
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I can't even fathom what January will look like, except probably very bad for the Trump regime.
Absent a major black swan event, I don't see a path to power consolidation for them at this point.
For a number of reasons, not just Epstein.
(Thread)
Absent a major black swan event, I don't see a path to power consolidation for them at this point.
For a number of reasons, not just Epstein.
(Thread)
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Ok apparently this is actually not widely known: Gov. Shapiro withdrew Pennsylvania from RGGI today as part of a deal to pass a now-4month overdue budget.
So.....did no one else notice that Pennsylvania just dropped RGGI?
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Ok apparently this is actually not widely known: Gov. Shapiro withdrew Pennsylvania from RGGI today as part of a deal to pass a now-4month overdue budget.
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One of the houses in the Gaza Strip
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
One of the houses in the Gaza Strip
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Climate change has major consequences for the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, which in turn have scope to be major challenges for immunity. For example vector borne diseases like malaria, Dengue can extend their reach exposing immune-naive and consequently more vulnerable people
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Climate change has major consequences for the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, which in turn have scope to be major challenges for immunity. For example vector borne diseases like malaria, Dengue can extend their reach exposing immune-naive and consequently more vulnerable people
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Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
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Norway and the UAE - both significant fossil fuel producers - are among the ministerial pairings announced by the #COP30 Presidency, to consult with countries and help negotiations progress
#climatecrisis
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues
As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Norway and the UAE - both significant fossil fuel producers - are among the ministerial pairings announced by the #COP30 Presidency, to consult with countries and help negotiations progress
#climatecrisis
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climatecrisis
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Truly perfect day for a report explaining how the UK remains badly at risk of winter droughts. www.businessgreen.com/news/4521868...
Environment Agency forecasts continued drought in 2026 without 'sustained' winter rainfall
Record dry spring and four summer heatwaves mean hosepipe bans and drought conditions could extend into next year, report warns
www.businessgreen.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Truly perfect day for a report explaining how the UK remains badly at risk of winter droughts. www.businessgreen.com/news/4521868...
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A must-read long form explanation of what to expect if/when antifascism is designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization—leading to "unprecedented expansion of counterterrorism authorities into the domestic political space." Written by the DOJ's former Counsel for Domestic Terrorism. 1/
Designating Antifa as FTO Could Threaten Civil Liberties
Trump's plan to designate Antifa as an FTO has implications extending beyond anti-fascist activists to the architecture of US civil society.
www.justsecurity.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A must-read long form explanation of what to expect if/when antifascism is designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization—leading to "unprecedented expansion of counterterrorism authorities into the domestic political space." Written by the DOJ's former Counsel for Domestic Terrorism. 1/
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Wow - this is a good one. In most regions, power grid system costs are the worst in the fossil-fuel-explosion scenario - in Europe and China, it's cheapest in the 'net zero' scenario
> grid costs are way lower than costs saved on fuel purchasing!!
> grid costs are way lower than costs saved on fuel purchasing!!
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Wow - this is a good one. In most regions, power grid system costs are the worst in the fossil-fuel-explosion scenario - in Europe and China, it's cheapest in the 'net zero' scenario
> grid costs are way lower than costs saved on fuel purchasing!!
> grid costs are way lower than costs saved on fuel purchasing!!
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This is going to be a big old thread where I dump thoughts, reactions, charts etc from the @iea.org World Energy Outlook 2025 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
World Energy Outlook 2025
YouTube video by International Energy Agency
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is going to be a big old thread where I dump thoughts, reactions, charts etc from the @iea.org World Energy Outlook 2025 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
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From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak with Nature about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge, and training opportunities that the country is losing. 🧪
Insiders warn how dismantling federal agencies could put science at risk
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
go.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak with Nature about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge, and training opportunities that the country is losing. 🧪
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From Jay Inslee & Sam Ricketts, a Democratic agenda for lower energy prices:
1. deploy more clean energy;
2. expand the grid;
3. hold utilities accountable.
1. deploy more clean energy;
2. expand the grid;
3. hold utilities accountable.
Trump is raising Americans’ energy bills, but states can fight back
State leadership on clean energy can address rising electricity costs
www.theargumentmag.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
From Jay Inslee & Sam Ricketts, a Democratic agenda for lower energy prices:
1. deploy more clean energy;
2. expand the grid;
3. hold utilities accountable.
1. deploy more clean energy;
2. expand the grid;
3. hold utilities accountable.