Patrick Blaser
@paddylaser.bsky.social
climate science, geochemistry, paleoceanography, rare earth elements
Marie Curie Fellow @ GEOMAR & Uni Lausanne
http://patrick-blaser.github.io
Marie Curie Fellow @ GEOMAR & Uni Lausanne
http://patrick-blaser.github.io
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It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
The Government of Canada introduces new programs for international researchers - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
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Swedish police wants to deport climate scientist Davie Alcer for his legal and peaceful climate activism. This is a new level of repression.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/k0...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/k0...
Polisen uppmanar: Utvisa forskaren David – ”Utgör hot”
Forskaren David Alcer frihetsberövades av polisen – eftersom han även är klimataktivist. Nu har polisen skickat en uppmaning till Migrationsverket: ”Rekommendat
www.aftonbladet.se
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Swedish police wants to deport climate scientist Davie Alcer for his legal and peaceful climate activism. This is a new level of repression.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/k0...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/k0...
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I think I have this flu, and it really really sucks! Be careful out there. I procrastinated getting my flu shot — I strongly encourage you to learn from my dumb mistake and get yours if you haven’t yet.
Masks to be worn in UK hospitals as flu cases surge www.bbc.com/news/article...
Masks to be worn as flu hits Berkshire and Surrey hospitals
Frimley Health NHS Trust is the latest to reintroduce masks as UK hospitals come under strain.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I think I have this flu, and it really really sucks! Be careful out there. I procrastinated getting my flu shot — I strongly encourage you to learn from my dumb mistake and get yours if you haven’t yet.
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🌊 A recent study on freshwater sources in the global ocean.
🧪 @xabidavila.bsky.social and colleagues used a machine learning method to better understand how freshwater from rain and river runoff and from melting sea ice spreads through the ocean.
Full story👇
bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/look...
🧪 @xabidavila.bsky.social and colleagues used a machine learning method to better understand how freshwater from rain and river runoff and from melting sea ice spreads through the ocean.
Full story👇
bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/look...
Looking at freshwater in a new way
Freshwater is quietly reshaping the oceans — and with it, the climate. A new study has looked at how rain, river runoff, and melting sea ice spread…
bjerknes.uib.no
December 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🌊 A recent study on freshwater sources in the global ocean.
🧪 @xabidavila.bsky.social and colleagues used a machine learning method to better understand how freshwater from rain and river runoff and from melting sea ice spreads through the ocean.
Full story👇
bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/look...
🧪 @xabidavila.bsky.social and colleagues used a machine learning method to better understand how freshwater from rain and river runoff and from melting sea ice spreads through the ocean.
Full story👇
bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/look...
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Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view.
Not even sure where to start. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Not even sure where to start. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view
It was the first time that Moscow has so fulsomely praised such a document from its former Cold War foe.
www.reuters.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view.
Not even sure where to start. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Not even sure where to start. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Our new 🌊 paper “Progressive oxygenation of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre” is out @jgroceans.bsky.social (open access): agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
We examined the breathing of one of the ocean’s lungs 🩺 and found some surprises
Paper summary in schematic, more info ⬇️
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We examined the breathing of one of the ocean’s lungs 🩺 and found some surprises
Paper summary in schematic, more info ⬇️
1/🧵
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Our new 🌊 paper “Progressive oxygenation of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre” is out @jgroceans.bsky.social (open access): agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
We examined the breathing of one of the ocean’s lungs 🩺 and found some surprises
Paper summary in schematic, more info ⬇️
1/🧵
We examined the breathing of one of the ocean’s lungs 🩺 and found some surprises
Paper summary in schematic, more info ⬇️
1/🧵
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The Schelde (Scheldt river) east of Gent (Ghent), Belgium, once meandered widely and is now a relatively narrow river, a change that likely occurred in the Late Weichselian.
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The Schelde (Scheldt river) east of Gent (Ghent), Belgium, once meandered widely and is now a relatively narrow river, a change that likely occurred in the Late Weichselian.
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This chart to me says that opportunities are very unequal in the US. Source: buff.ly/NpnJeWy
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This chart to me says that opportunities are very unequal in the US. Source: buff.ly/NpnJeWy
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⚒️ Article: 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 biomass in the North Sargasso Sea drastically declined since 2015, co-occurring with related reductions in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and an expansion of the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
⚒️ Article: 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 biomass in the North Sargasso Sea drastically declined since 2015, co-occurring with related reductions in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and an expansion of the Great Atlantic 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 Belt
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Forschende haben erstmals live und in sehr hoher Auflösung beobachtet, wie Grippeviren lebende Zellen befallen. Möglich war das dank einer neuen Mikroskopiemethode. Sie könnte nun helfen, antivirale Therapien gezielter zu entwickeln.
ethz.ch/de/news-und-...
ethz.ch/de/news-und-...
Wie Grippeviren in unsere Körperzellen eindringen
Forschende haben erstmals live und in sehr hoher Auflösung beobachtet, wie Grippeviren lebende Zellen befallen. Möglich war das dank einer neuen Mikroskopiemethode. Sie könnte nun helfen, antivirale T...
ethz.ch
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Forschende haben erstmals live und in sehr hoher Auflösung beobachtet, wie Grippeviren lebende Zellen befallen. Möglich war das dank einer neuen Mikroskopiemethode. Sie könnte nun helfen, antivirale Therapien gezielter zu entwickeln.
ethz.ch/de/news-und-...
ethz.ch/de/news-und-...
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One of the greatest challenges in paleoenvironmental research is figuring out "how much of what we know on the modern is actually applicable to this?"
But there are finds, like this Silurian reef, we can say "ho, this is like a modern turbid reef." 🧪⚒️
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
But there are finds, like this Silurian reef, we can say "ho, this is like a modern turbid reef." 🧪⚒️
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
One of the greatest challenges in paleoenvironmental research is figuring out "how much of what we know on the modern is actually applicable to this?"
But there are finds, like this Silurian reef, we can say "ho, this is like a modern turbid reef." 🧪⚒️
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
But there are finds, like this Silurian reef, we can say "ho, this is like a modern turbid reef." 🧪⚒️
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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Dass wir einen anti-feministischen Backlash erleben, ist leider auch die Schuld falsch verstandener Wissenschaft. Als "evolutionäre Psychologie" werden uns seit Jahren Geschlechter-Stereotype als evolutionär entstandene Fakten angedreht. Das ist gefährlich. (Thread)
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Dass wir einen anti-feministischen Backlash erleben, ist leider auch die Schuld falsch verstandener Wissenschaft. Als "evolutionäre Psychologie" werden uns seit Jahren Geschlechter-Stereotype als evolutionär entstandene Fakten angedreht. Das ist gefährlich. (Thread)
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The Dutch traded live eels to London starting in the mid-15th C., & quickly won a monopoly on eel sales in the city.
How do we know?
Well...by the 16th C., English regulations started calling ALL eel sellers in the city "palingmen" from the Dutch word for eel: paling. 1/2
🗃️🧪
How do we know?
Well...by the 16th C., English regulations started calling ALL eel sellers in the city "palingmen" from the Dutch word for eel: paling. 1/2
🗃️🧪
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Dutch traded live eels to London starting in the mid-15th C., & quickly won a monopoly on eel sales in the city.
How do we know?
Well...by the 16th C., English regulations started calling ALL eel sellers in the city "palingmen" from the Dutch word for eel: paling. 1/2
🗃️🧪
How do we know?
Well...by the 16th C., English regulations started calling ALL eel sellers in the city "palingmen" from the Dutch word for eel: paling. 1/2
🗃️🧪
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Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Tetra Pak launches integrated heat pump system to electrify pasteurization and cut energy use by up to 77%
Tetra Pak announces the expansion of its Factory Sustainable Solutions portfolio with its new Tetra Pak Integrated Heat Pump system for pasteurizers, designed t
www.foodtechbiz.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
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Wir wollen keine Oktopus-Farmen in der EU! Sofort Verbot einführen action.eko.org/a/eu-oktopus...
EU: Oktopuszuchten verbieten!
Fischkonzerne wollen Europa zu einem Testgelände für Oktopus-Schlachtereien machen -- Anlagen, in denen diese hochintelligenten Tiere in winzige Becken gesperrt werden, unter Bedingungen so grausam, d
action.eko.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Wir wollen keine Oktopus-Farmen in der EU! Sofort Verbot einführen action.eko.org/a/eu-oktopus...
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I’ve seen several versions of this map before. This version by @maps_interlude is particularly nice.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’ve seen several versions of this map before. This version by @maps_interlude is particularly nice.
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What an amazing way to visualize early human migration. Lovely map by @HarvardCGA. A great colour scheme and an appropriate map projection! Source: buff.ly/3lbxonJ
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What an amazing way to visualize early human migration. Lovely map by @HarvardCGA. A great colour scheme and an appropriate map projection! Source: buff.ly/3lbxonJ
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80% of mangroves are now shrimp farms aka methane factories 🦐
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
80% of mangroves are now shrimp farms aka methane factories 🦐
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The late Miocene possibly had lower athmospheric pCO2 than we have right now (but higher than pre-industrial), but that was enough for there not to be permafrost in North Greenland.
Once a local threshold is reached, that is enough sometimes. 🧪
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Once a local threshold is reached, that is enough sometimes. 🧪
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The late Miocene possibly had lower athmospheric pCO2 than we have right now (but higher than pre-industrial), but that was enough for there not to be permafrost in North Greenland.
Once a local threshold is reached, that is enough sometimes. 🧪
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Once a local threshold is reached, that is enough sometimes. 🧪
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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So what's that to do with silly memes and fun alt-text?
If I can tell a good story, & show our history with eels, then maybe I can get you interested in saving them.
I hope seeing them in our past will make you want to see them in our future. 2/2
time.com/5886487/eels...
If I can tell a good story, & show our history with eels, then maybe I can get you interested in saving them.
I hope seeing them in our past will make you want to see them in our future. 2/2
time.com/5886487/eels...
time.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So what's that to do with silly memes and fun alt-text?
If I can tell a good story, & show our history with eels, then maybe I can get you interested in saving them.
I hope seeing them in our past will make you want to see them in our future. 2/2
time.com/5886487/eels...
If I can tell a good story, & show our history with eels, then maybe I can get you interested in saving them.
I hope seeing them in our past will make you want to see them in our future. 2/2
time.com/5886487/eels...
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⚒️ Article: Antarctic Bottom Water progressively filled more of the deep Southern Ocean through the last deglaciation, potentially contributing to the increase in atmospheric CO2
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Expansion of Antarctic Bottom Water driven by Antarctic warming in the last deglaciation - Nature Geoscience
Antarctic Bottom Water progressively filled more of the deep Southern Ocean through the last deglaciation, potentially contributing to the increase in atmospheric CO2, according to neodymium isotope r...
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Article: Antarctic Bottom Water progressively filled more of the deep Southern Ocean through the last deglaciation, potentially contributing to the increase in atmospheric CO2
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Despite the fact that nearsightedness has a hereditary component, environmental factors play into as well. One of those factors is not exercising looking into the distance at early age.
Send kids to play outside. 🧪
Link: journaljpri.com/index.php/JP...
Send kids to play outside. 🧪
Link: journaljpri.com/index.php/JP...
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Despite the fact that nearsightedness has a hereditary component, environmental factors play into as well. One of those factors is not exercising looking into the distance at early age.
Send kids to play outside. 🧪
Link: journaljpri.com/index.php/JP...
Send kids to play outside. 🧪
Link: journaljpri.com/index.php/JP...
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Hail and farewell to my neighbour Ron. Ex-navy, salt of the earth, would do anything for you. Wouldn’t make a fuss about his own health until he was riddled with untreatable cancer.
Men, take care of yourselves, for everyone’s sake.
Men, take care of yourselves, for everyone’s sake.
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Hail and farewell to my neighbour Ron. Ex-navy, salt of the earth, would do anything for you. Wouldn’t make a fuss about his own health until he was riddled with untreatable cancer.
Men, take care of yourselves, for everyone’s sake.
Men, take care of yourselves, for everyone’s sake.