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Mark Higgins
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Mostly listening and learning

Weather & Environment
Facilitation & Change

Enjoing working at EUMETSAT (views own etc.)
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[bridged from https://mastodon.green/@MarkH on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Reposted by Mark Higgins
I have a bazillion new German followers (hello!), and I'm getting interviewed for German public radio in an hour about "sunlight as a service", and I don't speak any German and I've never been to Germany.

The Fediverse is a truly magical place!
October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Reposted by Mark Higgins
We're excited to have a joint job opening in the Citizen Science Lab and Faculty of Governance and Public Affairs at Leiden University. Do you have experience with #citizenscience and #PublicEngagement approaches, and are you passionate about the #energytransition? Then this one could be for […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Reposted by Mark Higgins
My takeaway: Satellite launches are undoing the recovery of the ozone layer that should be happening now that CFCs are banned. And this study doesn't even take into account metal deposition from reentries, which might be even worse!

When I teach climate change in my astro classes, I always give […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
June 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reposted by Mark Higgins
Coincidentally, I'm "giving" a pre-recorded talk at the American Astronomical Society meeting later today about atmospheric pollution from satellites (and I didn't even get to include this excellent paper because I recorded the talk a few days ago).

This talk is short (12 min) and directed at […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
June 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Reposted by Mark Higgins
Well it turns out we have 3 open positions that I should tell you about:
- #Assimilation of #GNSS-R to improve the land surface (in the same team as me)
- Assimilation of #CIMR in the coupled system looking at the ocean (we've already started preparing for the sea ice part; on the #esa #dantex […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Reposted by Mark Higgins
I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click share.

How come?

I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.
April 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM