Ken Rice
@kenrice.bsky.social
Interested in #scicomm, in particular about astronomy and climate change. Professor of Computational Astrophysics and Head of Institute for Astronomy, Univ. of Edinburgh. Views own, of course.
Down by the river in Roslin Glen.
January 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Down by the river in Roslin Glen.
This figure is being used to suggest that climate policy has had little impact given that the trend has remained roughly constant. This doesn't seem obvious to me. It seems that the trend could remain ~constant even if policy is leading to, for example, increasing implementation of alternatives.
November 15, 2024 at 10:05 AM
This figure is being used to suggest that climate policy has had little impact given that the trend has remained roughly constant. This doesn't seem obvious to me. It seems that the trend could remain ~constant even if policy is leading to, for example, increasing implementation of alternatives.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.
October 14, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.
Aurora picture taken from my back garden.
October 10, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Aurora picture taken from my back garden.
Time to head back to Edinburgh.
August 22, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Time to head back to Edinburgh.
Gave the physics colloquium at Stellenbosch university yesterday and then gate-crashed a conference dinner at a wine farm (I was invited 😁).
August 21, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Gave the physics colloquium at Stellenbosch university yesterday and then gate-crashed a conference dinner at a wine farm (I was invited 😁).
Can finally see Table mountain.
August 14, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Can finally see Table mountain.
Walking down the Konigstuhl on my way to get a train to Frankfurt.
July 12, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Walking down the Konigstuhl on my way to get a train to Frankfurt.
The view today from work. Always looks like this in Edinburgh 😉
January 30, 2024 at 11:37 AM
The view today from work. Always looks like this in Edinburgh 😉
Pictish stones just outside Ballater.
January 3, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Pictish stones just outside Ballater.
Slightly stranger interior design choices in other rooms.
January 2, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Slightly stranger interior design choices in other rooms.
Summit of Craigendarroch. Bit grey and wet.
January 2, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Summit of Craigendarroch. Bit grey and wet.
Staying in Ballater for New Year.
December 30, 2023 at 2:16 PM
Staying in Ballater for New Year.
Amusing figure/image I found in a book on the "Discovery of the Magnetosphere."
October 6, 2023 at 9:16 AM
Amusing figure/image I found in a book on the "Discovery of the Magnetosphere."
Given today's watering down of the net zero targets, this is quite a useful illustration, presented by Roland Pease on Twitter/X (twitter.com/PeaseRoland/...).
September 20, 2023 at 6:18 PM
Given today's watering down of the net zero targets, this is quite a useful illustration, presented by Roland Pease on Twitter/X (twitter.com/PeaseRoland/...).