Bene
@mxbenedix.bsky.social
Scientist in training, learning what higher sea levels do to coastlines.
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 they/them
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This is Aki. He just realized how to unify Einstein's general relativity theory with quantum mechanics to solve the black hole information paradox, but then remembered he's supposed to be a dog. 13/10 (TT: katelyvxxn)
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This is Aki. He just realized how to unify Einstein's general relativity theory with quantum mechanics to solve the black hole information paradox, but then remembered he's supposed to be a dog. 13/10 (TT: katelyvxxn)
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Hello everyone!
Sorry, been quiet for a while!
But, end of Feb I'm co-organising a conference for trans, NB, intersex, etc for researchers and students in STEM.
We have some great speakers lined up (more dets l8r)!
It'd be awesome to see folx there
lnkd.in/eAFtbxUV or transstemuk.substack.com
Sorry, been quiet for a while!
But, end of Feb I'm co-organising a conference for trans, NB, intersex, etc for researchers and students in STEM.
We have some great speakers lined up (more dets l8r)!
It'd be awesome to see folx there
lnkd.in/eAFtbxUV or transstemuk.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Hello everyone!
Sorry, been quiet for a while!
But, end of Feb I'm co-organising a conference for trans, NB, intersex, etc for researchers and students in STEM.
We have some great speakers lined up (more dets l8r)!
It'd be awesome to see folx there
lnkd.in/eAFtbxUV or transstemuk.substack.com
Sorry, been quiet for a while!
But, end of Feb I'm co-organising a conference for trans, NB, intersex, etc for researchers and students in STEM.
We have some great speakers lined up (more dets l8r)!
It'd be awesome to see folx there
lnkd.in/eAFtbxUV or transstemuk.substack.com
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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It’s that time of year when we celebrate the celebrated, reward the rewarded, and cite the cited in a game everyone knows is meaningless and rigged.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2021/11/17/t...
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2021/11/17/t...
The 7590 most puissant researchers of the year
Our biannual list recognises the most influential researchers, the true pioneers of science, the giants on whose shoulders the rest of us stand like so many flakes of dandruff, the ones who made th…
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It’s that time of year when we celebrate the celebrated, reward the rewarded, and cite the cited in a game everyone knows is meaningless and rigged.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2021/11/17/t...
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2021/11/17/t...
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🔊 We have contact! Communication has been established with Copernicus Sentinel-6B. 👋
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🔊 We have contact! Communication has been established with Copernicus Sentinel-6B. 👋
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
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What does a geodesist look like, and what happens if you don’t “look the part”? @franckghomsi.bsky.social, a Black African scientist, takes us on his journey across South Africa, Canada & Cameroon, researching coastal climate change while battling racism and visa struggles. #Geodesy
Expanding the picture: Franck Ghomsi
What does a geodesist look like? And what happens if you don’t “look the part”? Today, Franck Ghomsi, a Black African scientist, takes us along on his journey between South Africa, Canada and…
blogs.egu.eu
November 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
What does a geodesist look like, and what happens if you don’t “look the part”? @franckghomsi.bsky.social, a Black African scientist, takes us on his journey across South Africa, Canada & Cameroon, researching coastal climate change while battling racism and visa struggles. #Geodesy
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🧠 How are you, really?
Today is World Mental Health Day - a reminder that caring for your mind is important.
Kristin Vielberg and Hanna Sänger from PhDpositive reflect on the mental health challenges of doing a PhD and share ways to make the journey more sustainable, fulfilling, and balanced. 🌱
Today is World Mental Health Day - a reminder that caring for your mind is important.
Kristin Vielberg and Hanna Sänger from PhDpositive reflect on the mental health challenges of doing a PhD and share ways to make the journey more sustainable, fulfilling, and balanced. 🌱
Climbing Through a PhD – Mental Health on the Way to the Summit
Imagine you are going on a long mountain tour. Your backpack is heavy, the path is steep, and although you have been walking for hours, all you can see ahead of you is the next climb. Doing a PhD is l...
blogs.egu.eu
October 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🧠 How are you, really?
Today is World Mental Health Day - a reminder that caring for your mind is important.
Kristin Vielberg and Hanna Sänger from PhDpositive reflect on the mental health challenges of doing a PhD and share ways to make the journey more sustainable, fulfilling, and balanced. 🌱
Today is World Mental Health Day - a reminder that caring for your mind is important.
Kristin Vielberg and Hanna Sänger from PhDpositive reflect on the mental health challenges of doing a PhD and share ways to make the journey more sustainable, fulfilling, and balanced. 🌱
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Terrible headline on a good article. It’s the world’s taste for MEAT that’s fuelling Amazon destruction. The soya is cattle feed.
How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon
Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Terrible headline on a good article. It’s the world’s taste for MEAT that’s fuelling Amazon destruction. The soya is cattle feed.
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Ace paper here on #autism, the impact it can have on #academic attainment, and ways in which #geoscience educators can be more inclusive. #EDI
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Autistic voices in higher education: lessons from U.K. geoscience students to inform inclusive practices for neurodiverse learners - Discover Education
Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition which can affect communication, attention, perception, and cognitive processing, and thus has an impact on learning in higher education. This study inv...
link.springer.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Ace paper here on #autism, the impact it can have on #academic attainment, and ways in which #geoscience educators can be more inclusive. #EDI
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
September 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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“The lesson of 1933 is you get out sooner rather than later.”
Opinion | We Study Fascism. And We’re Leaving the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“The lesson of 1933 is you get out sooner rather than later.”
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Last month was the 2nd hottest April on record globally...
It was also separately the *warmest* April for global land areas and the 2nd warmest for global ocean areas.
Data provided by @noaa.gov NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
It was also separately the *warmest* April for global land areas and the 2nd warmest for global ocean areas.
Data provided by @noaa.gov NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
May 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Last month was the 2nd hottest April on record globally...
It was also separately the *warmest* April for global land areas and the 2nd warmest for global ocean areas.
Data provided by @noaa.gov NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
It was also separately the *warmest* April for global land areas and the 2nd warmest for global ocean areas.
Data provided by @noaa.gov NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
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🌊 Just how much of the deep seafloor have we seen?
A new study estimates that only 0.001% of Earth's deep ocean floor has been visually explored – an area smaller than Rhode Island.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
🧪 #DeepSea #SciComm 🐙
A new study estimates that only 0.001% of Earth's deep ocean floor has been visually explored – an area smaller than Rhode Island.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
🧪 #DeepSea #SciComm 🐙
How little we’ve seen: A visual coverage estimate of the deep seafloor
In decades of deep-sea exploration, humans have observed only 0.001% of the deep seafloor, leaving 66% of planet Earth unseen.
doi.org
May 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🌊 Just how much of the deep seafloor have we seen?
A new study estimates that only 0.001% of Earth's deep ocean floor has been visually explored – an area smaller than Rhode Island.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
🧪 #DeepSea #SciComm 🐙
A new study estimates that only 0.001% of Earth's deep ocean floor has been visually explored – an area smaller than Rhode Island.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
🧪 #DeepSea #SciComm 🐙
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Aa the ice sheets melt, it slightly impacts the Earth's rotation:
More ice at the poles? The Earth spins faster
More water near the equator? The Earth spins slower
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/g/...
More ice at the poles? The Earth spins faster
More water near the equator? The Earth spins slower
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/g/...
May 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Aa the ice sheets melt, it slightly impacts the Earth's rotation:
More ice at the poles? The Earth spins faster
More water near the equator? The Earth spins slower
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/g/...
More ice at the poles? The Earth spins faster
More water near the equator? The Earth spins slower
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/g/...
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Ice sheets are so large their gravity raises nearby sea levels, causing a slight bulge as water is drawn to the sheet
May 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ice sheets are so large their gravity raises nearby sea levels, causing a slight bulge as water is drawn to the sheet
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Jaap Nienhuis' talk is now online, learn all about delta morphodynamics!
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Jaap Nienhuis: LL 08.05.2025
YouTube video by Landscapes Live
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May 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Jaap Nienhuis' talk is now online, learn all about delta morphodynamics!
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youtu.be/qpmlqcnkMrs
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Highly recommended read (and watch)! "True inclusivity requires vulnerability. It means being open to correction. It means welcoming the possibility of being wrong, with grace."
Some reflections following the #EGU25 Great Debate on gender in geoscience (if you were an EGU attendee and you missed it, watch it, it was recorded and I can’t recommend it enough)
@drclarabarker.bsky.social @egu.eu blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2025/...
@drclarabarker.bsky.social @egu.eu blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2025/...
Unethical science: On gender, discomfort, and the stories we tell
Reflections following the discussions held in the EGU25 Great Debate “ Gender in Geoscience” (available to watch online if you missed it). “ Fairytales are the fossils of human culture.” […] said Fra...
blogs.egu.eu
May 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Highly recommended read (and watch)! "True inclusivity requires vulnerability. It means being open to correction. It means welcoming the possibility of being wrong, with grace."
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Final review paper of the GROCE team on the atmosphere-land-ice-ocean system around the 79°N glacier by Torsten Kanzow et al. in tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
May 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Final review paper of the GROCE team on the atmosphere-land-ice-ocean system around the 79°N glacier by Torsten Kanzow et al. in tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...
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A woman who thinks “everyone’s a little bit autistic” has no idea she’s the most autistic woman to ever autism, it has been rumoured.
“We’re all a bit autistic” says woman who doesn’t realise she’s a lot autistic
A woman who thinks “everyone’s a little bit autistic” has no idea she’s the most autistic woman to ever autism, it has been rumoured. Beth Hapworth, 45, made the claim after suggesting her autistic f...
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May 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A woman who thinks “everyone’s a little bit autistic” has no idea she’s the most autistic woman to ever autism, it has been rumoured.
The kid of a friend of a friend just came out as trans. So friend 2 is asking friend 1 if friend 1 could ask me if the kid and I could have a call because they don't know any trans people yet 🥹
May 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The kid of a friend of a friend just came out as trans. So friend 2 is asking friend 1 if friend 1 could ask me if the kid and I could have a call because they don't know any trans people yet 🥹
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Hi #SciComm community - I've have week of leave to work on my FloodSkinner work. I want to learn Canva to improve my design work - any tips on where to start or good tutorials? Is it worth subscribing to the paid tier?
May 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hi #SciComm community - I've have week of leave to work on my FloodSkinner work. I want to learn Canva to improve my design work - any tips on where to start or good tutorials? Is it worth subscribing to the paid tier?
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A new David Attenborough documentary is always an event, but I think that Ocean really is something innovative and different. I've seen some clips, and it tells a critical & unseen story (plus spectacular photography, of course). It'll be in cinemas from May 8th. Do go!
www.oceanfilm.net/
www.oceanfilm.net/
May 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A new David Attenborough documentary is always an event, but I think that Ocean really is something innovative and different. I've seen some clips, and it tells a critical & unseen story (plus spectacular photography, of course). It'll be in cinemas from May 8th. Do go!
www.oceanfilm.net/
www.oceanfilm.net/
#EGU25 Today it's finally time for the scientific presentation! How can we use satellites to measure beach elevation changes over time? It's at 10:55 in room -2.92. I'm trying my best not to talk of "flying space boxes", promised.
May 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
#EGU25 Today it's finally time for the scientific presentation! How can we use satellites to measure beach elevation changes over time? It's at 10:55 in room -2.92. I'm trying my best not to talk of "flying space boxes", promised.