Ruth_Mottram

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to animals

Should probably add #dogsOfPixelFed #DogsOfMastodon #DogsOfFedi to this one too..
https://pixelfed.social/p/IceClimate/682757737958876504
@IceClimate - The problem with Polar Day is that I never want to go to sleep. I went for a walk at 10.30pm instead. Much colder than earlier, about -16 C but also clearer and a view (finally) of the mountains on the other side of the fjord. But now I think these two have the right idea. God nat alle...

#Qaanaaq #Greenland #Fieldwork2024 #SledDogs #Qimmeq #GreenlandDog

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

Not so #SilentSunday
It's snowing quite hard and about -10C. Hope it clears up by tomorrow as we are test flying the UAV tomorrow and plan to leave for the long trip Tuesday.

Apparently the sled dogs don't like the church bells.
#Qaanaaq #Greenland #Grønland #KalaallitNunaat🇬🇱

Video of a small village with colourful wooden houses in the middle of a snow storm with poor visibility. The audio is of ringing church bells and dogs howling along with them. Squeaking noises from walking in fresh fallen snow...

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to Black_cats

Kid left a box open on the sofa, resident #BlackPanther went to sit in it.
Happy #Caturday folks...
#BlackCat #Cat #voidcat

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

Anyone else on pixelfed.eu having problems connecting? Or just me?

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

I'm having some issues with my normal pixel fed account so I've set up a new one just for fieldwork pictures @IceClimate - also re-upping the blog post on it. So of you are interested in gratuitous ice, snow and dog photos, head on over there and I'll try to avoid clogging up your mastodon feed...

#Greenland #IceSheet #Fieldwork

http://sternaparadisaea.net/2024/04/03/heading-north-again/

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to 2westerneurope4u

Is this, is this, real?
https://pubeurope.com/@europesays/112214787144708011
europesays@pubeurope.com - https://www.europesays.com/1139216/ LMFAO #2WesternEurope4u #2WesternEurope4u #europe

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

HIlarious thread started by @Loukas of danes, dutch, germans and swedes slagging off the length of words and sounds in each others languages.

But seriously, have you ever seen Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) written down ?

One day I'm going to try and learn some of this language. But not today...

https://mastodon.nu/@Loukas/112206628881884991

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

Hmm, warmer forecast than last year in Qaanaaq.
I hope it works out, would be nice to do #fieldwork in sun and no wind, even at -20C...

http://sternaparadisaea.net/2024/04/03/heading-north-again/

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

I updated my page of useful #OpenScience research tools and resources with some new academic search engines including @OpenAlex + @base - I'm sure there are others out there too..

https://sternaparadisaea.net/research-tools-and-resources/

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

Heading North again…

I'm lifting my head from the semi-organised chaos that is my office, my home office and the office workshop to write a quick post. The reason for the chaos is that NCKF fieldwork season has come round again and on Friday I and my DMI colleague Steffen will be off to Northern Greenland once again. I'll try to post a few photos to pixelfed, but here's a quick view..

http://sternaparadisaea.net/2024/04/03/heading-north-again/

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

If you're an early career scientist working in the polar regions, let me recommend that you join #APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) - I had an illuminating chat with the #APECSdenmark team this morning - we'll be co-organising some activities with @OceanIceEU + perhaps also @PolarRES later this year at the #EuropeanPolarScienceWeek24 in Copenhagen AND at the Nordic Meteorological Meeting in August #NMM24

https://apecsdenmark.com/

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to climate

On the other hand, the area in Northern #Greenland I'm visiting for #Fieldwork from Saturday is also looking pretty god damn beautiful right now too..

#EarthArt #Sentinel2 #SatPic #ice #Glaciers #Climate #Science

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to worldwithoutus

Discussing some work on sea ice and coastal polynyas in #Antarctica with colleague and stumbled on this frankly glorious image from @esaclimate #Sentinel2 on 22nd March this year. So much going on in this picture from #ShackletonIceShelf in East Antarctica.

#EarthArt #SatPic

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to worldwithoutus

"For too long, too few have worried about Earth’s remotest continent and its largest refrigerator, while attention focused on the fires that burned, literally and figuratively, on more populated shores. Antarctica was variously portrayed as an explorer’s playground, a utopian land of scientific co-operation or a poster child for environmental protectionism. The exceptionalism is misguided"

Brilliant and essential reporting on #Antarctica from @TheEconomist

🎁
https://www.economist.com/interactive/science-and-technology/2024/03/27/antarctica-earths-largest-refrigerator-is-defrosting?fsrc=core-app-economist

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

Can't remember who it was on here who recommended #Radiolab podcast to me, but once again, thankyou 🙏!
This piece on the old-new or perhaps new-old fight against antibiotic resistance is awesome.

Highly recommended! #AntiobioticResistance #podcastRecommendation #AntennaPod

Thanks also to @AntennaPod for making such a great podcast app..

Radiolab: Staph Retreat

Episode webpage: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/projects/podcasts

Media file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/chrt.fm/track/53A61E/prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/waaa.wnyc.org/758af4c0-a2c3-47ec-a2d8-05f41bfbde51/episodes/2d10add7-821e-4481-9ff4-88bdd1512732/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=758af4c0-a2c3-47ec-a2d8-05f41bfbde51&awEpisodeId=2d10add7-821e-4481-9ff4-88bdd1512732&feed=EmVW7VGp

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

It's family time. If you want me, I'll be on the hill ...

#SeeYouInAWeek
#FamilyTime #Holiday
#TimeOff #DigitalDetox

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

I wondered why the buses in Copenhagen were flying the Dannebrog and the Nordic flag today, now I know...

https://magnetic-ink.dk/objects/493b5d76-8f73-43c4-a732-84bd246136c8
gmorn@magnetic-ink.dk - 🦢 Nordens dag

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to FF

For these and other gems, you should really be following our #HorizonEurope project @PolarRES #FF!
https://fediscience.org/@PolarRES/112139576745552404
PolarRES - 💧Did you know that due to sea water freezing, #Antarctica almost doubles in size each winter?

📉Sadly, findings from @Dr_Gilbz show that Antarctic sea ice extent fell to record lows in 2023

📃Read the full article here: https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wea.4518
@bas_news #WorldWaterDay #H2020

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to random

Going to start exploring aerial #photogrammetry using a #UAV in the #melange zone of a glacier in #Greenland- probably processing using @OpenDroneMap - would love to hear tutorial, expert help, literature suggestions on this...

Ruth_Mottram, 1 month ago to FF

Hey everyone, here's a cool new #FF: the #FirstDogOnTheMoon is here...

https://aus.social/@firstdogonthemoon/112137857405051273
@firstdogonthemoon - Fish! Everyone loves fish. And everyone loves it when fish get good news. So read this cartoon! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/mar/22/constant-bad-news-doing-your-head-in-why-not-read-about-the-fish-doorbell-instead

Ruth_Mottram, 2 months ago to random

"Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory
Taking into account all known factors, the planet warmed 0.2 °C more last year than climate scientists expected. More and better data are urgently needed."

Good piece in Nature this week by Gavin Schmidt covers the extremely anomalous temperatures in 2023, well before El Nino got started as well as the loss of #Antarctic #SeaIce and aerosols...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00816-z

Ruth_Mottram, 2 months ago to Denmark

There is currently much hand-wringing in #Denmark about how unequal health outcomes are between regions of the country - almost entirely explained by income differences.
#HealthInequalities can always be made better...

https://sciences.social/@alfiekohn/112124097147642722
@alfiekohn - This is...quite a chart.
(It's from a new Nature article by social epidemiologists called "Why the World Cannot Afford the Rich": https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00723-3)

Ruth_Mottram, 2 months ago to Denmark

Gah. #Denmark beaten by #Finland again....

#WorldHappinessReport2024
#HappiestCountryInTheWorld

https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2024/happiness-and-age-summary/

Ruth_Mottram, 2 months ago to random

This is surprisingly gripping.
https://social.coop/@eb/112032151819197592
eb@social.coop - Imagine you have a dam. Fish want to get through the floodgates, but the gates are locked. You want to open the gates when a fish wants to pass through.

If you are a tech bro, you might say “we can use AI to solve this problem”

If you are the municipality of Utrecht, you instead say “what if we put a livestream of the canal on the internet and instructed viewers to push a button when they see one”

https://visdeurbel.nl/

Ruth_Mottram, 2 months ago to Black_cats

Spring is here: lying on a carpet in the sun late #BlackCat #Void #Caturday entry...