Dr. Hannah Aird 🔬⚒️🇬🇧🇺🇸
@hannahaird.bsky.social
Economic Geologist and Igneous Petrologist at Chico State. Mum of two. Dancer, reader, traveller, coffee drinker, chocolate aficionado, beach lover.
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This is shocking. Before anyone says it's the biggest failure ever seen in science communication, it's not (all) our fault! It's politically driven disinformation
Wild that 28% of Tory voters don't believe humans are causing climate change.
The figure is quite high for UK population as a whole, at 17%.
Yet it's 4yrs since the IPCC upgraded its certainty on our role in causing climate change, calling it "unequivocal". Lotta people didn't get the message.
The figure is quite high for UK population as a whole, at 17%.
Yet it's 4yrs since the IPCC upgraded its certainty on our role in causing climate change, calling it "unequivocal". Lotta people didn't get the message.
April 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is shocking. Before anyone says it's the biggest failure ever seen in science communication, it's not (all) our fault! It's politically driven disinformation
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The Isle of Arran has officially been announced as a UNESCO Global Geopark! 🎉
UNESCO’s Global Geoparks are areas with internationally important landscapes & bring together other aspects of heritage such as archaeology, history, culture and biodiversity.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/isle-of...
UNESCO’s Global Geoparks are areas with internationally important landscapes & bring together other aspects of heritage such as archaeology, history, culture and biodiversity.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/isle-of...
April 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Isle of Arran has officially been announced as a UNESCO Global Geopark! 🎉
UNESCO’s Global Geoparks are areas with internationally important landscapes & bring together other aspects of heritage such as archaeology, history, culture and biodiversity.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/isle-of...
UNESCO’s Global Geoparks are areas with internationally important landscapes & bring together other aspects of heritage such as archaeology, history, culture and biodiversity.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/isle-of...
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Please read this gutting story about a promising Harvard scientist caught up in our current national nightmare. She makes some astute observations about what's happening in America.
“I think in each country, scientists are opposed to autocratic government." - Kseniia Petrova. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her
President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Please read this gutting story about a promising Harvard scientist caught up in our current national nightmare. She makes some astute observations about what's happening in America.
Getting to play with the NASA lunar and meteorite teaching site is always fun. The students were beyond excited (their doodles, not mine)
April 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Getting to play with the NASA lunar and meteorite teaching site is always fun. The students were beyond excited (their doodles, not mine)
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Because it's been a shit week, here's some good news to cheer you up. A thread with 10 cool stories from around the world:
1. China now has more #wind and #solar than thermal generating capacity and is installing 1 million solar panels EVERY SINGLE DAY.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/25/i...
1. China now has more #wind and #solar than thermal generating capacity and is installing 1 million solar panels EVERY SINGLE DAY.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/25/i...
In numbers: China hits fresh milestones in its energy transition
Wind and solar have overtaken thermal plants (coal, gas, oil, and bioenergy) in terms of generating capacity.
theprogressplaybook.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Because it's been a shit week, here's some good news to cheer you up. A thread with 10 cool stories from around the world:
1. China now has more #wind and #solar than thermal generating capacity and is installing 1 million solar panels EVERY SINGLE DAY.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/25/i...
1. China now has more #wind and #solar than thermal generating capacity and is installing 1 million solar panels EVERY SINGLE DAY.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/25/i...
Another day, another chlorite analysis
April 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Another day, another chlorite analysis
Chico State ERTH SHOWED UP at the Cordilleran GSA conference today!!! So much amazing science happening in our community. @geosociety.bsky.social @chicostate.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Chico State ERTH SHOWED UP at the Cordilleran GSA conference today!!! So much amazing science happening in our community. @geosociety.bsky.social @chicostate.bsky.social
Chico State ERTH representing at @geosociety.bsky.social in Sacramento today! Two student talks (1 UG, 1 MS) and five posters (2 MS, 3 UG)! Proud of all my students today!
April 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Chico State ERTH representing at @geosociety.bsky.social in Sacramento today! Two student talks (1 UG, 1 MS) and five posters (2 MS, 3 UG)! Proud of all my students today!