susan
@reticulite.bsky.social
geologist, volcanologist, geochemist - floating on glass foam
Fremantle WA
Fremantle WA
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Bourke’s parrot
Platypus
Western quoll / Chuditch
Orangutan
Echidna
Bourke’s parrot
Platypus
Western quoll / Chuditch
Orangutan
Echidna
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Bourke’s parrot
Platypus
Western quoll / Chuditch
Orangutan
Echidna
Bourke’s parrot
Platypus
Western quoll / Chuditch
Orangutan
Echidna
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The window to act on climate is rapidly closing. Our new 2025 State of the Climate report is just out. Read the full report here: doi.org/10.1093/bios... @michaelemann.bsky.social @dwallacewells.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @ecowarriorss.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The window to act on climate is rapidly closing. Our new 2025 State of the Climate report is just out. Read the full report here: doi.org/10.1093/bios... @michaelemann.bsky.social @dwallacewells.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @ecowarriorss.bsky.social
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You’ve heard of ecosystem engineers. Earth system engineers have even larger, longer impacts on the planet. 🌏 🧪 #ExtremeEarthMakeover eos.org/articles/ear...
Earth System Engineers Take Planetary Alterations to Extreme Scales - Eos
A new framework argues Earth scientists should employ the concept of ecosystem engineering across geologic time and space.
eos.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
You’ve heard of ecosystem engineers. Earth system engineers have even larger, longer impacts on the planet. 🌏 🧪 #ExtremeEarthMakeover eos.org/articles/ear...
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New study by Falkena et al. shows that most climate models
don’t capture the established key mechanism that can destabilize the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Those models that get it predict abrupt subpolar gyre changes in coming decades 😳.
@swinda.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
don’t capture the established key mechanism that can destabilize the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Those models that get it predict abrupt subpolar gyre changes in coming decades 😳.
@swinda.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
October 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New study by Falkena et al. shows that most climate models
don’t capture the established key mechanism that can destabilize the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Those models that get it predict abrupt subpolar gyre changes in coming decades 😳.
@swinda.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
don’t capture the established key mechanism that can destabilize the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Those models that get it predict abrupt subpolar gyre changes in coming decades 😳.
@swinda.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
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A new study led by @curtinuniversity.bsky.social geologist Chris Kirkland reveals traces of our planet's journey through the Milky Way galaxy in zircon crystals from Earth's crust. eos.org/articles/zir...
Zircon Crystals Could Reveal Earth’s Path Among the Stars - Eos
Researchers found signs of melting in zircon crystals in the crust that correspond to our planet’s journey through the galaxy’s spiral arms.
eos.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A new study led by @curtinuniversity.bsky.social geologist Chris Kirkland reveals traces of our planet's journey through the Milky Way galaxy in zircon crystals from Earth's crust. eos.org/articles/zir...
Now is your chance for your bird to win
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/oct/06/australian-bird-of-the-year-2025-vote-now
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/oct/06/australian-bird-of-the-year-2025-vote-now
October 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Now is your chance for your bird to win
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/oct/06/australian-bird-of-the-year-2025-vote-now
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/oct/06/australian-bird-of-the-year-2025-vote-now
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
@indyfromspace.bsky.social ‘smooth brain’ exceptional!
September 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
@indyfromspace.bsky.social ‘smooth brain’ exceptional!
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Diese Woche ist noch eine zweite Studie erschienen, die mit anderer Methodik auch zu dem Schluss kommt, dass die #AMOC schon Mitte des Jahrhunderts ihren Kipppunkt überschreiten dürfte: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Diese Gefahr in der Politik zu ignorieren wäre unverantwortlich.
Diese Gefahr in der Politik zu ignorieren wäre unverantwortlich.
Physics‐Based Indicators for the Onset of an AMOC Collapse Under Climate Change
Multiple AMOC collapses are simulated in the CESM under transient climate change scenarios
A physics-based indicator derived from surface buoyancy fluxes is proposed for the onset of an AMOC coll...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Diese Woche ist noch eine zweite Studie erschienen, die mit anderer Methodik auch zu dem Schluss kommt, dass die #AMOC schon Mitte des Jahrhunderts ihren Kipppunkt überschreiten dürfte: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Diese Gefahr in der Politik zu ignorieren wäre unverantwortlich.
Diese Gefahr in der Politik zu ignorieren wäre unverantwortlich.
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New study: AMOC, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, could already start to collapse now (before or around 2025, 25% probability), even under current 'moderate' emission trajectories. For NW-Europe, this would mean much colder winters, stronger storms and less precipitation.
Headlining the Dutch news. In a new study my colleagues in Utrecht show there is a substantial risk that the #AMOC already starts to collapse this century. 🌊
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/co...
Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/co...
Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Gevreesd kantelpunt in de Golfstroom mogelijk al halverwege deze eeuw bereikt
De Golfstroom, het systeem van zeestromingen dat een cruciale rol speelt in het klimaat, stort mogelijk al vanaf halverwege deze eeuw in.
nos.nl
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New study: AMOC, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, could already start to collapse now (before or around 2025, 25% probability), even under current 'moderate' emission trajectories. For NW-Europe, this would mean much colder winters, stronger storms and less precipitation.
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If I could recommend a single article from the past year to all Western journalists, it would be this one by @omerbartov.bsky.social
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
If I could recommend a single article from the past year to all Western journalists, it would be this one by @omerbartov.bsky.social
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Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by 800 million years.
Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater is much younger than previously thought – new study
theconversation.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by 800 million years.
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Solidarity with the brave UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese, as Israel gets the US govt to try to intimidate her for telling the truth to the world, along with the International Criminal Court.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US issues sanctions against UN official investigating abuses in Gaza
Trump administration imposes sanctions on independent investigator in latest action against critics of Israel’s war
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Solidarity with the brave UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese, as Israel gets the US govt to try to intimidate her for telling the truth to the world, along with the International Criminal Court.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Geology always wins...
⚒️🧪
⚒️🧪
Could the M6 be Sydney’s unbuildable motorway due to sinkholes and a reverse fault?
Work is expected to grind to a halt this week after the main contractor claimed twin tunnels couldn’t be completed due to ‘challenging ground conditions’
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Geology always wins...
⚒️🧪
⚒️🧪
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Thelymitra apiculata - Cleopatra’s Needles
This must be one of Western Australia’s most striking native terrestrial orchids. A winter flowering species, the flowers open on sunny winter days
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿
This must be one of Western Australia’s most striking native terrestrial orchids. A winter flowering species, the flowers open on sunny winter days
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿
June 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thelymitra apiculata - Cleopatra’s Needles
This must be one of Western Australia’s most striking native terrestrial orchids. A winter flowering species, the flowers open on sunny winter days
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿
This must be one of Western Australia’s most striking native terrestrial orchids. A winter flowering species, the flowers open on sunny winter days
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿
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A study confirms what we have long argued: the spectacular Atlantic 'cold blob' is the result of a slowing of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC, which transports warm waters into that region. That's the only part of Earth that resisted #globalwarming. 🌊
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
The Atlantic's chilling secret: A century of data reveals ocean current collapse
A century-old mystery of a stubborn cold patch in the North Atlantic is finally being unraveled. A new study links this anomaly to a long-term weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulat...
www.sciencedaily.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A study confirms what we have long argued: the spectacular Atlantic 'cold blob' is the result of a slowing of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC, which transports warm waters into that region. That's the only part of Earth that resisted #globalwarming. 🌊
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Uncertainty in the face of serious danger is of course no reason to ignore it.
Passing that #AMOC tipping point by mid-century looks increasingly likely in light of recent studies.
And there’s also a more imminent, albeit a bit less detrimental risk:
bsky.app/profile/rahm...
Passing that #AMOC tipping point by mid-century looks increasingly likely in light of recent studies.
And there’s also a more imminent, albeit a bit less detrimental risk:
bsky.app/profile/rahm...
One of the most immediate climate tipping point dangers is an abrupt cooling of the subpolar gyre, with major impacts on 🇪🇺 climate possible in the next decades. 🌊
Great how @swinda.bsky.social Falkena et al. use advanced causal inference methods to tease out the mechanisms!
arxiv.org/html/2408.16...
Great how @swinda.bsky.social Falkena et al. use advanced causal inference methods to tease out the mechanisms!
arxiv.org/html/2408.16...
June 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Uncertainty in the face of serious danger is of course no reason to ignore it.
Passing that #AMOC tipping point by mid-century looks increasingly likely in light of recent studies.
And there’s also a more imminent, albeit a bit less detrimental risk:
bsky.app/profile/rahm...
Passing that #AMOC tipping point by mid-century looks increasingly likely in light of recent studies.
And there’s also a more imminent, albeit a bit less detrimental risk:
bsky.app/profile/rahm...
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If starving and bombing children to death doesn’t warrant sanctions what will?
For 19 months children have born the brunt of the war in Gaza. It is a war on children.
There is no excuse for the brutality being inflicted on the innocent lives of Palestinian children & families.
It must end 💔
For 19 months children have born the brunt of the war in Gaza. It is a war on children.
There is no excuse for the brutality being inflicted on the innocent lives of Palestinian children & families.
It must end 💔
May 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If starving and bombing children to death doesn’t warrant sanctions what will?
For 19 months children have born the brunt of the war in Gaza. It is a war on children.
There is no excuse for the brutality being inflicted on the innocent lives of Palestinian children & families.
It must end 💔
For 19 months children have born the brunt of the war in Gaza. It is a war on children.
There is no excuse for the brutality being inflicted on the innocent lives of Palestinian children & families.
It must end 💔
May 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Kudos to author Michelle de Kretser for speaking out for the people of #Gaza & against white supremacist Australian govt complicity with #Israel & its oppression. www.theage.com.au/culture/book... #GazaGenocide #auspol
‘Serious consequences for Australian democracy’: Author uses prize speech to warn against censorship
Australian author Michelle de Kretser described feeling afraid of speaking publicly about the conflict in Gaza as she accepted the 2025 Stella Prize for her book Theory & Practice.
www.theage.com.au
May 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Kudos to author Michelle de Kretser for speaking out for the people of #Gaza & against white supremacist Australian govt complicity with #Israel & its oppression. www.theage.com.au/culture/book... #GazaGenocide #auspol
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This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die.
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
May 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die.
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
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