Tina Rai
@tir5.bsky.social
👩🔬PhD student @Aberystwyth University
🦠Study microbes in cryoconite holes of Arctic Glaciers
📍Aberystwyth, Wales🏴
🏡Gaindakot, Nepal🇳🇵
🦠Study microbes in cryoconite holes of Arctic Glaciers
📍Aberystwyth, Wales🏴
🏡Gaindakot, Nepal🇳🇵
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Peatlands are one of the world’s biggest carbon sinks. Despite covering just 3-4% of Earth’s land surface, they’re thought to store more carbon per area than the world’s forests combined.
In honor of World Peatland Day on June 2 here's three recent Mongabay stories on this critical ecosystem...
In honor of World Peatland Day on June 2 here's three recent Mongabay stories on this critical ecosystem...
World Peatland Day: Protecting a crucial carbon sink
Peatlands are one of the world’s biggest carbon sinks. These naturally waterlogged boggy swamps can hold thousands of years’ worth of compressed, partially decomposed vegetation matter — despite…
news.mongabay.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Peatlands are one of the world’s biggest carbon sinks. Despite covering just 3-4% of Earth’s land surface, they’re thought to store more carbon per area than the world’s forests combined.
In honor of World Peatland Day on June 2 here's three recent Mongabay stories on this critical ecosystem...
In honor of World Peatland Day on June 2 here's three recent Mongabay stories on this critical ecosystem...
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What do you do when three of your mine water sites are dominated by a pair of cooccurring SOB, while all other sites are dominated by a pair of cooccurring FeOB and the pattern can’t be explained by any of the measured variables? You start digging! doi.org/10.1093/fems...
April 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
What do you do when three of your mine water sites are dominated by a pair of cooccurring SOB, while all other sites are dominated by a pair of cooccurring FeOB and the pattern can’t be explained by any of the measured variables? You start digging! doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Kathleen Drew Baker, Mother of the Sea.
Today is National #Laverbread Day in Wales - how 1949 visit to Rhosneigr coast #Anglesey #Wales was a #Eureka moment for Kathleen Drew-Baker, #seaweed scientist #algae #nori #Japan #womeninscience #envhist #sushi #foodsky #foodscience
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Enjoy sushi? You may have Welsh seaweed to thank for it
Welsh seaweed saw a UK scientist worshipped in Japan after she revived a dying seafood industry.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Kathleen Drew Baker, Mother of the Sea.
Aberystwyth in Spring colours 🌸🌷
April 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Aberystwyth in Spring colours 🌸🌷
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Great to see that Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru | Learned Society of Wales 🏴 has just joined #blusky
Give them a follow at:
@lswalescddcymru.bsky.social
Give them a follow at:
@lswalescddcymru.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Great to see that Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru | Learned Society of Wales 🏴 has just joined #blusky
Give them a follow at:
@lswalescddcymru.bsky.social
Give them a follow at:
@lswalescddcymru.bsky.social
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It's International Year of Glacier Preservation and the inaugural World Glacier Day. But why should we preserve these glaciers? from.ncl.ac.uk/why-should-w....
Why should we preserve glaciers?
Newcastle University experts explain why glaciers are vital and how we can help preserve them, marking World Water Day and the first World Day for Glaciers.
from.ncl.ac.uk
March 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's International Year of Glacier Preservation and the inaugural World Glacier Day. But why should we preserve these glaciers? from.ncl.ac.uk/why-should-w....
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It’s the first-ever #WorldGlaciersDay!
Glaciers are critical to life, yet climate changes causes them to disappear at an alarming rate.
#ClimateAction is key to protecting them & supporting those who rely on glaciers. www.un.org/en/observanc...
Glaciers are critical to life, yet climate changes causes them to disappear at an alarming rate.
#ClimateAction is key to protecting them & supporting those who rely on glaciers. www.un.org/en/observanc...
March 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
It’s the first-ever #WorldGlaciersDay!
Glaciers are critical to life, yet climate changes causes them to disappear at an alarming rate.
#ClimateAction is key to protecting them & supporting those who rely on glaciers. www.un.org/en/observanc...
Glaciers are critical to life, yet climate changes causes them to disappear at an alarming rate.
#ClimateAction is key to protecting them & supporting those who rely on glaciers. www.un.org/en/observanc...
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On this first-ever World Glacier Day, we are reminded of an undeniable reality: the glaciers of the #HinduKushHimalaya (HKH) region—our planet’s “Third Pole”—are melting at an alarming rate.
#Glacier2025 #IYGP2025
#Glacier2025 #IYGP2025
March 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
On this first-ever World Glacier Day, we are reminded of an undeniable reality: the glaciers of the #HinduKushHimalaya (HKH) region—our planet’s “Third Pole”—are melting at an alarming rate.
#Glacier2025 #IYGP2025
#Glacier2025 #IYGP2025
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Melting glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, UN warns, as current rate of retreat is “unprecedented”
#climatecrisis
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climatecrisis
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2 billion people, says UN
Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis, threatening ecosystems, agriculture and water sources
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Melting glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, UN warns, as current rate of retreat is “unprecedented”
#climatecrisis
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climatecrisis
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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March 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
March 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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February 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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The idea of renaming "Greenland" to "Red, White and Blueland" must have come from our 2020 Science paper where we (Ben Smith and 14 others) used NASA's ICESat and ICESat-2 laser altimetry to show how much the ice sheet surface went up or down in 16 years.
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The idea of renaming "Greenland" to "Red, White and Blueland" must have come from our 2020 Science paper where we (Ben Smith and 14 others) used NASA's ICESat and ICESat-2 laser altimetry to show how much the ice sheet surface went up or down in 16 years.
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The Polar Impact Mentorship Initiative invites you to join us! During this panel, we will consider "successful" collaborations through multiple lenses and embrace the benefits of engaging with interdisciplinary research groups, policy and decision makers, and Indigenous and local community members.
February 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The Polar Impact Mentorship Initiative invites you to join us! During this panel, we will consider "successful" collaborations through multiple lenses and embrace the benefits of engaging with interdisciplinary research groups, policy and decision makers, and Indigenous and local community members.
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Hi everyone! CryoCommunity is now on BlueSky! Please share us around so everyone who has switched over to this app can find us! Thank you! ❄️
#glaciology #cryosphere
#glaciology #cryosphere
January 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hi everyone! CryoCommunity is now on BlueSky! Please share us around so everyone who has switched over to this app can find us! Thank you! ❄️
#glaciology #cryosphere
#glaciology #cryosphere
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Organising an academic conference in 2025? See our reflections here from the @quaternaryra.bsky.social Annual Discussion meeting: www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/01/how-...
How to organise a conference: advice and reflections from the 2025 Quaternary Research Association (QRA) Annual Discussion Meeting - AntarcticGlaciers.org
By Christine Batchelor, Louise Callard, Becky Sanderson and Bethan Davies 1. Introduction Together with other colleagues from Newcastle University, we organised the Quaternary Research Association (QR...
www.antarcticglaciers.org
January 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Organising an academic conference in 2025? See our reflections here from the @quaternaryra.bsky.social Annual Discussion meeting: www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/01/how-...
Tears in Rain is a great podcast with inspiring speakers and I am sure many more in coming days. It's a good feel podcast.
If anyone is interested in being on my podcast, let me know! The folks I've had on have been nothing short of inspiring. Come hang out. :)
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Tears In Rain - YouTube
A candid, honest, and oftentimes vulnerable conversation with scientists detailing their (mis)adventures during the climb towards earning a PhD. An attempt t...
youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Tears in Rain is a great podcast with inspiring speakers and I am sure many more in coming days. It's a good feel podcast.
January 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Hello Bluesky!
We're excited for our new home. We're an inclusive network of racial & ethnic minorities and allies in the polar research community. More about us: www.polarimpactnetwork.org
Please share your recommended feeds related to polar science and folks who live/work in polar regions.
We're excited for our new home. We're an inclusive network of racial & ethnic minorities and allies in the polar research community. More about us: www.polarimpactnetwork.org
Please share your recommended feeds related to polar science and folks who live/work in polar regions.
Polar Impact
Polar Impact is an inclusive network of racial & ethnic minorities and allies in the polar research community.
www.polarimpactnetwork.org
January 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Hello Bluesky!
We're excited for our new home. We're an inclusive network of racial & ethnic minorities and allies in the polar research community. More about us: www.polarimpactnetwork.org
Please share your recommended feeds related to polar science and folks who live/work in polar regions.
We're excited for our new home. We're an inclusive network of racial & ethnic minorities and allies in the polar research community. More about us: www.polarimpactnetwork.org
Please share your recommended feeds related to polar science and folks who live/work in polar regions.
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Delighted that our Juneau Icefield paper made it into the top 10 climate papers featured in the media in 2024, in this @carbonbrief.org analysis. Along with another on how melt in polar ice sheets is changing the Earth's rotation: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the... @iamdonovan.bsky.social
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2024 - Carbon Brief
Thousands of peer-reviewed journal articles were published over 2024, helping shape online discourse around climate change.
www.carbonbrief.org
January 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Delighted that our Juneau Icefield paper made it into the top 10 climate papers featured in the media in 2024, in this @carbonbrief.org analysis. Along with another on how melt in polar ice sheets is changing the Earth's rotation: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the... @iamdonovan.bsky.social
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Two UKRI funded #PhD opportunities to join our lab @aberdlsagb.bsky.social
1. #Dormancy in soil #microbes: findaphd.com/phds/project... (closing 03/02)
2. #Aerosols and #zoonoses: findaphd.com/phds/project... (closing 31/01)
1. #Dormancy in soil #microbes: findaphd.com/phds/project... (closing 03/02)
2. #Aerosols and #zoonoses: findaphd.com/phds/project... (closing 31/01)
January 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Two UKRI funded #PhD opportunities to join our lab @aberdlsagb.bsky.social
1. #Dormancy in soil #microbes: findaphd.com/phds/project... (closing 03/02)
2. #Aerosols and #zoonoses: findaphd.com/phds/project... (closing 31/01)
1. #Dormancy in soil #microbes: findaphd.com/phds/project... (closing 03/02)
2. #Aerosols and #zoonoses: findaphd.com/phds/project... (closing 31/01)
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🚨New post!🚨 Fieldwork in high mountain Nepal. Fieldwork diary by Gunjan Silwal, detailing her recent challenging expedition to chart the loss of glaciers here. Evocative, thoughtful and compelling, and details the challenges of working in these areas. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/01/fiel...
Fieldwork in Nepal diary: Langtang Glaciological expedition - AntarcticGlaciers.org
A diary for glaciological fieldwork in Nepal, Himalaya, in November 2024, detailing the challenges, hurdles and opportunities of remote fieldwork.
www.antarcticglaciers.org
January 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🚨New post!🚨 Fieldwork in high mountain Nepal. Fieldwork diary by Gunjan Silwal, detailing her recent challenging expedition to chart the loss of glaciers here. Evocative, thoughtful and compelling, and details the challenges of working in these areas. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/01/fiel...
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UN International Year of Glaciers' Preservation starting appropriately with this in @nature.com ❄️🦠🏔️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams - Nature
Leveraging metabarcoding and metagenomics, a survey of bacteria in the benthic microbiome across 152 glacier-fed streams (GFSs) provides a global reference for future climate-change microbiology studi...
www.nature.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
UN International Year of Glaciers' Preservation starting appropriately with this in @nature.com ❄️🦠🏔️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...