Dr. Ronan Connolly
@ronanconnolly.bsky.social
Independent scientist & environmentalist
Center for Environmental Research and Earth Sciences (www.ceres-science.com)
Center for Environmental Research and Earth Sciences (www.ceres-science.com)
🧪Interesting!
Fuentes & Pawlik (2025) ask were humans building boats in SE Asia 44,000 years ago.
They suggest that intentional boat-building (as opposed to bamboo rafts/dugout canoes) for seafaring and fishing then was quite plausible.
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Summary: tinyurl.com/2s3maahh
Fuentes & Pawlik (2025) ask were humans building boats in SE Asia 44,000 years ago.
They suggest that intentional boat-building (as opposed to bamboo rafts/dugout canoes) for seafaring and fishing then was quite plausible.
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Summary: tinyurl.com/2s3maahh
March 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
🧪Interesting!
Fuentes & Pawlik (2025) ask were humans building boats in SE Asia 44,000 years ago.
They suggest that intentional boat-building (as opposed to bamboo rafts/dugout canoes) for seafaring and fishing then was quite plausible.
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Summary: tinyurl.com/2s3maahh
Fuentes & Pawlik (2025) ask were humans building boats in SE Asia 44,000 years ago.
They suggest that intentional boat-building (as opposed to bamboo rafts/dugout canoes) for seafaring and fishing then was quite plausible.
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Summary: tinyurl.com/2s3maahh
🧪In 1956, an ornithologist was tagging some Laysan albatrosses. Many years later, biologists discovered one of them was still alive and kicking. They called her "Wisdom". In November 2024, she returned to lay a new egg. She is at least 74 years old.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/u...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/u...
Wisdom the albatross is 74 years old. She’s found a new partner and just laid another egg | CNN
The world’s oldest known wild bird has sparked “special joy” among scientists after she laid an egg – her first in four years – at the age of 74.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🧪In 1956, an ornithologist was tagging some Laysan albatrosses. Many years later, biologists discovered one of them was still alive and kicking. They called her "Wisdom". In November 2024, she returned to lay a new egg. She is at least 74 years old.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/u...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/u...
It's one of the last weeks of Venus as "the evening star" (first "star" after sunset) before it shifts to being "the morning star" (last "star" before sunrise) for the next few months.
So, I was happy to grab this shot of Venus beside a crescent moon, while out for a jog this weekend. 🧪🔭
So, I was happy to grab this shot of Venus beside a crescent moon, while out for a jog this weekend. 🧪🔭
February 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It's one of the last weeks of Venus as "the evening star" (first "star" after sunset) before it shifts to being "the morning star" (last "star" before sunrise) for the next few months.
So, I was happy to grab this shot of Venus beside a crescent moon, while out for a jog this weekend. 🧪🔭
So, I was happy to grab this shot of Venus beside a crescent moon, while out for a jog this weekend. 🧪🔭
🧪A disturbing trend.
The editor-in-chief of a high profile journal (IF=13.6) was recently offered the opportunity to make up to $250k/year to approve fake papers in his journal ($5k per paper). He declined & reported it. 👍
But, would other editors be tempted? 😬
richardtol.substack.com/p/crime-pays
The editor-in-chief of a high profile journal (IF=13.6) was recently offered the opportunity to make up to $250k/year to approve fake papers in his journal ($5k per paper). He declined & reported it. 👍
But, would other editors be tempted? 😬
richardtol.substack.com/p/crime-pays
Crime pays
A paper mill offered me $250,000 per year
richardtol.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:08 PM
🧪A disturbing trend.
The editor-in-chief of a high profile journal (IF=13.6) was recently offered the opportunity to make up to $250k/year to approve fake papers in his journal ($5k per paper). He declined & reported it. 👍
But, would other editors be tempted? 😬
richardtol.substack.com/p/crime-pays
The editor-in-chief of a high profile journal (IF=13.6) was recently offered the opportunity to make up to $250k/year to approve fake papers in his journal ($5k per paper). He declined & reported it. 👍
But, would other editors be tempted? 😬
richardtol.substack.com/p/crime-pays
December 14, 2024 at 4:24 PM
🧪The 5 stages of grief for trying to finish projects in December:
1. Denial. "I'll finish it all this year!"
2. Anger. "Why's it taking so long?"
3. Bargaining. "Ok, let's just get THIS part finished."
4. Depression. "🙄..."
5. Acceptance. "The rest can wait until January!"
🥳🎉
1. Denial. "I'll finish it all this year!"
2. Anger. "Why's it taking so long?"
3. Bargaining. "Ok, let's just get THIS part finished."
4. Depression. "🙄..."
5. Acceptance. "The rest can wait until January!"
🥳🎉
December 14, 2024 at 4:08 PM
🧪The 5 stages of grief for trying to finish projects in December:
1. Denial. "I'll finish it all this year!"
2. Anger. "Why's it taking so long?"
3. Bargaining. "Ok, let's just get THIS part finished."
4. Depression. "🙄..."
5. Acceptance. "The rest can wait until January!"
🥳🎉
1. Denial. "I'll finish it all this year!"
2. Anger. "Why's it taking so long?"
3. Bargaining. "Ok, let's just get THIS part finished."
4. Depression. "🙄..."
5. Acceptance. "The rest can wait until January!"
🥳🎉
Brenda Ueland (1891-1985) writing in 1941 about the importance of learning to listen to others.
December 10, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Brenda Ueland (1891-1985) writing in 1941 about the importance of learning to listen to others.
Reposted by Dr. Ronan Connolly
Neanderthal natural history collections acquisition! www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/7/...
Were Neanderthals the First Collectors? First Evidence Recovered in Level 4 of the Prado Vargas Cave, Cornejo, Burgos and Spain
Collecting is a form of leisure, and even a passion, consisting of collecting, preserving and displaying objects. When we look for its origin in the literature, we are taken back to “the appearance of...
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November 23, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Neanderthal natural history collections acquisition! www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/7/...
🧪 I just read the "science fiction in a science journal" 🤔 article of: Mostofi & Peyravi (2024) "Practice of neurosurgery on Saturn" doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... 👽🚀🛸
Unusual.
Still it reminded me of my recent Substack about Galileo Galilei's discovery of Saturn's rings.
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Unusual.
Still it reminded me of my recent Substack about Galileo Galilei's discovery of Saturn's rings.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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November 23, 2024 at 3:31 PM
🧪 I just read the "science fiction in a science journal" 🤔 article of: Mostofi & Peyravi (2024) "Practice of neurosurgery on Saturn" doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... 👽🚀🛸
Unusual.
Still it reminded me of my recent Substack about Galileo Galilei's discovery of Saturn's rings.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Unusual.
Still it reminded me of my recent Substack about Galileo Galilei's discovery of Saturn's rings.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reposted by Dr. Ronan Connolly
New feature from me in honor of the 50th anniversary of Lucy’s discovery. 🏺🧪
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Lucy's last day: What the iconic fossil reveals about our ancient ancestor's last hours
Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how this iconic species lived and died.
www.livescience.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:12 PM
New feature from me in honor of the 50th anniversary of Lucy’s discovery. 🏺🧪
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Reposted by Dr. Ronan Connolly
And a supplementary piece I wrote on some of the cool discoveries in the middle Pliocene. There were many more hominins in Lucy's time than just A. afarensis! 🏺🧪
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other proto-human species, emerging research suggests
Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only australopithecine species there.
www.livescience.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:22 PM
And a supplementary piece I wrote on some of the cool discoveries in the middle Pliocene. There were many more hominins in Lucy's time than just A. afarensis! 🏺🧪
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
🧪In this video, I summarise our new article where we analysed 45 years of satellite measurements of the Sun's energy reaching the Earth ("TSI").
Has it risen, fallen or stayed the same? And what are the implications?
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evbi...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.3847/1538...
Has it risen, fallen or stayed the same? And what are the implications?
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evbi...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.3847/1538...
November 20, 2024 at 11:19 PM
🧪In this video, I summarise our new article where we analysed 45 years of satellite measurements of the Sun's energy reaching the Earth ("TSI").
Has it risen, fallen or stayed the same? And what are the implications?
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evbi...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.3847/1538...
Has it risen, fallen or stayed the same? And what are the implications?
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evbi...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.3847/1538...
A Buddhist parable tells of a group of blind men describing an elephant by touch. Each seems to be describing a different animal, but they aren't.
In this paper, we describe 5 completely different definitions of "the tropopause" (region of the atmosphere) & find the same:
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
In this paper, we describe 5 completely different definitions of "the tropopause" (region of the atmosphere) & find the same:
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
November 20, 2024 at 3:18 PM
A Buddhist parable tells of a group of blind men describing an elephant by touch. Each seems to be describing a different animal, but they aren't.
In this paper, we describe 5 completely different definitions of "the tropopause" (region of the atmosphere) & find the same:
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
In this paper, we describe 5 completely different definitions of "the tropopause" (region of the atmosphere) & find the same:
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Reposted by Dr. Ronan Connolly
This tweet could have been a sequence of emails
November 17, 2024 at 3:27 PM
This tweet could have been a sequence of emails
I like these random pictures I took of a near full moon in a clear blue sky while out for a run a few evenings ago.
November 16, 2024 at 6:16 PM
I like these random pictures I took of a near full moon in a clear blue sky while out for a run a few evenings ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evbi...
In this video, I talk about our latest paper on the Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) measurements in the satellite era, 1978-present. TSI represents the amount of energy reaching the Earth from the Sun.
In this video, I talk about our latest paper on the Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) measurements in the satellite era, 1978-present. TSI represents the amount of energy reaching the Earth from the Sun.
November 1, 2024 at 12:14 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evbi...
In this video, I talk about our latest paper on the Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) measurements in the satellite era, 1978-present. TSI represents the amount of energy reaching the Earth from the Sun.
In this video, I talk about our latest paper on the Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) measurements in the satellite era, 1978-present. TSI represents the amount of energy reaching the Earth from the Sun.
Delighted our latest paper on TSI changes in the satellite era has just been published in The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ).
The Sun seems happy too! 🌞
Summary here:
www.ceres-science.com/post/how-has...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.3847/1538...
The Sun seems happy too! 🌞
Summary here:
www.ceres-science.com/post/how-has...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.3847/1538...
How has the Sun’s energy changed over the last 45 years?
What is the relationship between sunspot activity & Total Solar Irradiance (TSI)? A new paper uses 45 years of satellite data to look at this scientific puzzle.
www.ceres-science.com
October 29, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Delighted our latest paper on TSI changes in the satellite era has just been published in The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ).
The Sun seems happy too! 🌞
Summary here:
www.ceres-science.com/post/how-has...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.3847/1538...
The Sun seems happy too! 🌞
Summary here:
www.ceres-science.com/post/how-has...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.3847/1538...
This week, the Sun is smiling on us🌞
The sunspots in the southern hemisphere are arranged in a smile-like crescent. Her "smile" should be facing us directly tomorrow (29th October, 2024).
sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
The sunspots in the southern hemisphere are arranged in a smile-like crescent. Her "smile" should be facing us directly tomorrow (29th October, 2024).
sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
October 28, 2024 at 8:12 PM
This week, the Sun is smiling on us🌞
The sunspots in the southern hemisphere are arranged in a smile-like crescent. Her "smile" should be facing us directly tomorrow (29th October, 2024).
sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
The sunspots in the southern hemisphere are arranged in a smile-like crescent. Her "smile" should be facing us directly tomorrow (29th October, 2024).
sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
There's no such thing as clean energy.
In 2020, we analysed "global climate change expenditure, 2011-2018". We found that most "green energy" projects create environmental harms.
#NetZero vs. #CostOfNetZero
Paper: doi.org/10.3390/en13...
Summary: www.ceres-science.com/post/no-such...
In 2020, we analysed "global climate change expenditure, 2011-2018". We found that most "green energy" projects create environmental harms.
#NetZero vs. #CostOfNetZero
Paper: doi.org/10.3390/en13...
Summary: www.ceres-science.com/post/no-such...
Energy and Climate Policy—An Evaluation of Global Climate Change Expenditure 2011–2018
Concern for climate change is one of the drivers of new, transitional energy policies oriented towards economic growth and energy security, along with reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and preser...
doi.org
October 19, 2024 at 3:56 PM
There's no such thing as clean energy.
In 2020, we analysed "global climate change expenditure, 2011-2018". We found that most "green energy" projects create environmental harms.
#NetZero vs. #CostOfNetZero
Paper: doi.org/10.3390/en13...
Summary: www.ceres-science.com/post/no-such...
In 2020, we analysed "global climate change expenditure, 2011-2018". We found that most "green energy" projects create environmental harms.
#NetZero vs. #CostOfNetZero
Paper: doi.org/10.3390/en13...
Summary: www.ceres-science.com/post/no-such...
These polling results of 1029 Americans from mid-September by Rasmussen Reports make for grim, but fascinating reading.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYqZ...
28% of Americans (21% of Dems, 33% of Rep) personally know someone whose death they think may have been caused by the COVID-19 vaccines.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYqZ...
28% of Americans (21% of Dems, 33% of Rep) personally know someone whose death they think may have been caused by the COVID-19 vaccines.
September 28, 2024 at 2:03 AM
These polling results of 1029 Americans from mid-September by Rasmussen Reports make for grim, but fascinating reading.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYqZ...
28% of Americans (21% of Dems, 33% of Rep) personally know someone whose death they think may have been caused by the COVID-19 vaccines.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYqZ...
28% of Americans (21% of Dems, 33% of Rep) personally know someone whose death they think may have been caused by the COVID-19 vaccines.
On July 4th, I had the chance to briefly (1 hour) visit the Petroglyph National Monument in ABQ, NM. Unfortunately, it was just a quick stop-off on a road-trip (heading to the above DDP conference in TX). I would have loved to have had longer to explore, but it was a spectacular place.
September 28, 2024 at 1:02 AM
On July 4th, I had the chance to briefly (1 hour) visit the Petroglyph National Monument in ABQ, NM. Unfortunately, it was just a quick stop-off on a road-trip (heading to the above DDP conference in TX). I would have loved to have had longer to explore, but it was a spectacular place.
How COVID-19 public health policies neglected "the disease, the patient, and the physician".
On 6th July 2024, I was kindly invited to present this talk at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP)'s 42nd annual conference that was held in El Paso, TX.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQpU...
On 6th July 2024, I was kindly invited to present this talk at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP)'s 42nd annual conference that was held in El Paso, TX.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQpU...
How COVID-19 Public Health Policies Neglected "the Disease, the Patients, and the Physician."
YouTube video by DDPmeetings
www.youtube.com
September 27, 2024 at 11:13 PM
How COVID-19 public health policies neglected "the disease, the patient, and the physician".
On 6th July 2024, I was kindly invited to present this talk at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP)'s 42nd annual conference that was held in El Paso, TX.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQpU...
On 6th July 2024, I was kindly invited to present this talk at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP)'s 42nd annual conference that was held in El Paso, TX.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQpU...