Ruth_Mottram

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to random

Still thinking about this article in #SamvirkeDK : it's a bit counter-intuitive but Danes actually cycle 20% less than in 2014. The article is clear that it's not because we're getting lazy but because we don't invest enough in #cycling.

The Netherlands spends 5x per head each year than #Denmark does.
Especially outside + on the edge of the big cities cycling becomes hard. Given #cyclingLife has so many benefits from health to clean air to congestion it's a scandal

https://samvirke.dk/artikler/cykelglaeden-ruster-hvorfor-vaelger-vi-cyklen-fra

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to random

Going to boost this old but still brilliant cartoon by Grant Snider on #Cycling after reading report in #Samvirke magazine (a brilliant free to members product of the Danish #Coop supermarket) that cycling is in fact declining across #Denmark especially (sadly) among young people...

https://mastodon.xyz/@forpeterssake/110278354789068437

rahmstorf, 1 year ago to random German

Happiness is…
a nightingale singing in the garden.

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to random

Denmark is a small, reasonably wealthy North European country that projects it's net 1990 emissions will have been cut by 49.8% in 2025 and by 63.1% in 2030.

A new report suggests all electricity + home heating will be net zero by 2025.

Impressive work.
One small cloud, it's not mentioned in the press release but I wonder how much of the "net" is going to be relying on burning wood pellets?

https://ens.dk/presse/kul-olie-og-naturgas-er-snart-fortid-i-el-og-fjernvarmesektoren

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to climate

How much do #Antarctica #IceShelves melt? And what is driving those melt occurrences? That's the question our latest paper is trying to answer.

Now (finally!) out #OA in Journal of #Climate

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/36/10/JCLI-D-22-0386.1.xml

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4 maps of antarctica showing results from two regional climate models with percentage of melt and intensity of melt indicated by colour scales ont eh right. The continent is grey and the ice shelves around the continent are picked out in bright colours showing how much melt occurs

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to science

For the evening crowd
Is it time for a change..? New positions advertised, full time and permanent, working right at the cutting edge of both basic climate and ice sheet research, and importantly, climate services, including drought, #Attribution + #SeaLevelRise.

#AcademicJobs #Science #NumericalModelling #DataScience #Satatistics #MachineLearning

https://wp.me/p1hixD-uL

sundogplanets, 1 year ago to random

I was reminded of this in a discussion just now with students talking about Rosetta Mission results: ESA commissioned this very impressive short scifi film for publicizing the Rosetta Mission, and it's definitely the most awesome/confusing way I've ever seen to advertise a real space mission!

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/10/Ambition_the_film

rahmstorf, 1 year ago to random German

I'm at the European Geosciences Union #EGU23 conference but watching a session online. Why?
Because it's about climate tipping points, and the room is so overfull that I can't get in.
Hasn't happened at any other session I saw this week so far.

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to random

England is the most expensive place to get a degree in OECD (on average). Students there are now also paying 7% interest on loans.

I have been thinking about this @theeconomist piece after seeing that in the last year the @guardian reports £14billion was added to the #studentDebt burden. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/apr/25/record-48bn-interest-added-to-student-debt-in-britain-last-year

From a financial point of view at least: choose carefully what you study!

🎁Was your degree really worth it? from The Economist
https://econ.st/3VdrqUw

rahmstorf, 1 year ago to random German

I was in physics at that time.
Rain fell. Next morning colleagues reported radiation measurements of the rain. Fellow student immediately pulled off his👖he’d worn in that rain. The physicists organized a meeting to inform the public. The ministry forbade the measurements. 1/2

RT @W_Lucht
April 26: Chernobyl explosion day.

I remember, in the days after we took shelter when rain started to drizzle.

I worked at a nuclear physics institu…
https://twitter.com/W_Lucht/status/1651274837355118601

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to random

This is starting to be very not funny.

Danish TV showing map of route by Russian "research ship" sailing through Danish, Norwegian and British waters, paying particular attention to wind farms, pipelines and other offshore installations. 😬

Guests identifying important vulnerabilities in #energy infrastructure that could cripple Danish, British + European grids.

#Denmark #Norway #UK #Russia #Ukraine #energycrisis

samueljohnson, 1 year ago to random

The endless tedium of Brexiters wanting not just cake, but a discount

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-weighs-value-for-money-of-returning-to-eu-science-after-brexit-hiatus/

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to random

#Ukraine occupies less than 6% of Europe’s land mass but is home to 35% of its #biodiversity. More than 74,000 plant + animal species, many rare, relict, + endemic, inc. European bison, brown bears, lynx, wolves + sturgeon.
Due to #war, 20% of protected natural areas have been damaged, + ~ 80 animal species are at risk of extinction. #Russia has taken control of 10 national parks, 8 reserves + 2 biosphere reserves

@euractiv on the environmental costs
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/understanding-the-environmental-cost-of-the-ukraine-war/

#Ecocide

RARohde, 1 year ago to climate

This is getting ridiculous.

OISST provides a real-time daily index of ocean surface temperature (60 S - 60 N). For the last month it has been continuously reading higher than in any previous year and still shows no sign of settling.

https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/

#Oceans #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #Temperature #GlobalWarming

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to random

I'm currently reading Andri Snær Magnason's "On time and water".

His 94 year old grandmother's great grandchild is 10 in 2008. If that child reaches an age of 94 and has a great grandchild who also reaches 94 then there is a link through time to 2186.

Suddenly the impact of #ClimateChange feels much less distant...

Perhaps this is the answer to helping people to think about future impacts in a more meaningful way?

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to science

Slightly overwhelmed by number of new followers today. Hello everyone!
I'm mainly using account like I did on the birdsite: sharing things I think are fun + interesting, talking about my #science, #ClimateChange, #IceSheets + future #SeaLevelRise, plus #FOSS + #OpenScience

While you're here check out the #PolarPortal http://polarportal.dk/en/greenland/surface-conditions/ to see what's going on in #Arctic #Greenland + keep #FF @OceanIceEU for #Antarctica updates.

I also post an old school blog:
http://sternaparadisaea.net/2023/01/18/rules-of-thumb-about-ice-sheets-and-sea-level-rise/

Ruth_Mottram, 1 year ago to random

@davidho @pauleastwood I swear by Brooks original leather saddles -the most comfy saddle ever.