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Peter Reiners

@peterreiners.bsky.social

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Geoscientist passionate about wonder, awe, solutions for good, rock ‘n’ roll, and not putting up with BS.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · May 15

I got stoned last night and made this and then forgot to post it anyway I stand by it

Cover of Laura numeroff's if you give a mouse a cookie but the text has been changed to say if you give a fascist anything

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Eos @eos.org · May 2

Drastically reducing CO2 emissions should be humanity’s first priority for mitigating climate change, but at this point, the scale of mitigation needed goes beyond reducing annual emissions, says @peterreiners.bsky.social. eos.org/opinions/rea...

Real Climate Solutions Are Beneath Us - Eos

It’s time to accept that durable subsurface carbon storage, along with emissions reductions, must be part of the plan to mitigate the effects of climate change—and geoscience must play a central role.

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Peter Reiners @peterreiners.bsky.social · Apr 29

My doggo made a friend in the backyard today. Lots of dramatic hissing. I’ve probably met them before but I haven’t memorized the patterns yet. April/May is prime Gila Monster time!

Peter Reiners @peterreiners.bsky.social · Apr 23

West side of Huachuca Mtns. See the relatively modest border fence, one of the last places allowing wildlife crossings between Arizona and Mexico (about 1/3 of way from bottom of pic)? Enjoy because it’s about to be replaced with a massive militarized, idiotic, and environmentally devastating wall.

View to south-southwest on west flank of Huachuca Mtns, showing beautiful valleys, ridges, and wildlife habitat about to be idiotically mangled by an unnecessarily massive and wildlife-impenetrable border wall.

Peter Reiners @peterreiners.bsky.social · Mar 2

Lab archeology: Found this beautifully inscribed ladder from July 1957, belonging to the Institute for Atmospheric Physics (azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/9...), which was devoted to research on cloud seeding. Also happened in July 1957: Paul McCartney meets John Lennon; start of IGY.

Ladder inscribed in 1957 by the Institute for Atmospheric Physics at the University of Arizona, devoted to cloud seeding research (!) and the predecessor to the Department of Atmospheric Sciences.

Peter Reiners @peterreiners.bsky.social · Dec 25

Beautiful dewy desert morning.

Dewy dragonfly on Creosote bush, early morning.

Peter Reiners @peterreiners.bsky.social · Dec 24

For my first Bluesky post: backyard on a nice evening.

Teddybear cholla in the late afternoon sun, a few days past solstice, with the Santa Catalinas in the background.