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  Antarctic snows For most of this century, the Antarctic Ice Sheet has been losing mass at a pretty steady rate of around 100 Gigatonnes a year, pushing up global sea levels a small amount (about one third of a millimetre per year in fact, a little less than half the Greenland contribution for example). Antarctica is by far the biggest potential contributor to future sea level rise, so this is the number we all watch rather closely, as we also discussed the other week… http://sternaparadisaea.n...

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  TFW your #Ukraine based colleague apologises for missing a meeting because of transport collapse triggered by Russian attack. But not to worry "because the paper is coming along fine." 😢 F them all to hell. 😡

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  This, from the European Correspondent, is a very good way of showing that even though they fill a lot of the media time, the far right are very far from the majority in any country (possible exceptions are Poland Hungary), the main question then is how to ensure the majority views are better represented. https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/going-far-right

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  Good morning all, for those of you who missed it last week, here's the last call on what wordpress informs me is my 💯 th post... We've been measuring the loss of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets for half a century now, read on for what we have discovered .. http://sternaparadisaea.net/2026/09/17/half-a-century-of-ice-loss-the-new-imbie-dataset/

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  New piece on the blog on the #IMBIE paper that has just come out. How healthy are the ice sheets? What is driving their mass change and what do we know now after a half a century of observations by satellites? #iceSheets #SeaLevelRise #ClimateChange #ClimateImpacts #EO #SatelliteData Half a century of ice loss: the new IMBIE dataset http://sternaparadisaea.net/2026/09/17/half-a-century-of-ice-loss-the-new-imbie-dataset/

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  Love the Irish. Imagine they were inspired by Celtic cousins in Scotland? https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/117264797974236358 Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt - Protesters at the Irish Open 🇮🇪 😂 ⛳ (it's at the Orange one's international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland)

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  Yes! Please make this film.someone. i would watch it! Casting should include Mads Mikkelsen as Deutsche Bahn boss trying to work how to get the crossing through Hamburg to work on time .. https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/117263597189188108 Pepijn@mastodon.online - I would seriously enjoy watching this movie btw. It can become a proper feel good story about two young people on a shared (connected digitally, then physically) adventure. And by traveling by train it can also be a very #european stor...

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  I'm on board with basically all of this but I miss the focus on climate, green transition and biodiversity... https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/117262489741948435 EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu - What can we expect for the year ahead? 🇪🇺   This week, President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver the State of the Union address, laying out the concrete steps that will shape Europe’s future. As we move from promise to progress, our 5 core priorities are:   🛡️ Security...

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  Today! See you later? https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/117245920950114136 Ruth_Mottram - In Brussels and at a loose end tomorrow (Friday 11th September) evening? Come and join us and our Ukrainian colleagues from National Antarctic Scientific Center of #Ukraine to talk Penguins, Floats and Balloons and learn more about our OCEAN ICE work on the #Antarctic peninsula 5pm to 6.30pm at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels. There will also be refreshments on offer and activities for chi...

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  Publication day! Our finalised paper on melange processes at Greenland glacier fronts and what it means for calving glacier stability is finally out... If you want to know what I've been doing in #Greenland the last few years, why it is so important and what conclusions we have drawn, I've written a hopefully easy to follow summary here: http://sternaparadisaea.net/2026/09/09/a-jumble-of-broken-ice-and-what-it-means-for-greenlands-calving-glaciers/

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  This👇 https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/117222990990397690 From @SuneAuken@mastodon.world - If your first reaction to a positive development is to start listing why it's not enough, I'll block you. The development probably came about through the concerted, intelligent efforts of a lot of people. You're telling them their efforts do not matter. More work needs doing. We all know that. Keep you allies standing to do the work. Appreciate what they have done and what they are doing.

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  An improbable mix up appears to be delivering the magazine of the Danish veal producers to members of the Danish meteorological society...

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  An interesting aspect is that for the first 2 weeks, the young people at efterskole have all their screens taken away. And apparently this is a popular choice among the teenagers themselves https://www.efterskolerne.dk/om-efterskoleforeningen/nyheder/skaerm/unge-oensker-en-pause-fra-skaermen-paa-efterskolen/ https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/117064929859511737 Ruth_Mottram - Dropping one of the teenagers off at efterskole today, every 4th car on the motorway has a bike on the back, presumab...

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  In desperate search for some good news I turned to theNaked Scientists Podcast and I was not disappointed ... Alzheimer's drug breakthrough, and sugar in space Episode webpage: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-scientists-podcast/alzheimers-drug-breakthrough-and-sugar-space Media file: https://flex.acast.com/downloads.nakeddiscovery.com/downloads/active/Naked_Scientists_Show.26.07.17.mp3

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  Loving your family in 2026 is discovering your female family members using insecure 3rd party apps to track their menstrual cycles and sitting down to write a private and secure one for them to use instead...

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  My famous #vegan sour now comes in an alcohol free version and it's awesome. And again I'm left wondering why it's so hard as a society to persuade people to reduce our use of animal products?

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  Essential thread 👇 https://mastodon.social/@weatherwest/116989729029443214 weatherwest@mastodon.social - In recent weeks, there has been a remarkable surge in large, intense, fast-moving, and unfortunately in many cases destructive/deadly wildfires in multiple Northern Hemisphere regions spanning a wide range of climates & ecologies, but they all share one key commonality. [Thread]

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  I no longer remember who it was but thanks for the electroverse recommendations for #EV driving in Scotland - may be the easiest app I've ever used to charge rental EV cars (and I've tried a lot!) It's also remarkable how many chargers there are now in Scotland - even at remote Ardnamurchan Point #TheTimesTheyAreAChanging

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  🚨new publication alert🚨 Some types of El Niño lead to more melt over the Ross Ice Shelf in #Antarctica. In our paper led by PhD student Sanjiban Dutta, we look at the synoptic relationship where Eastern Pacific El Niños channel warm moist air over the Ross Ice Shelf. One to watch with the current #ElNino building.. #ClimateDiary https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JD045932

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  Never thought I'd say this, but it's actually too hot to hike in Scotland just now. We are suffering from the heat. Not complaining but genuinely surprised. #ClimateDiary

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  Judging by number of Danes on this #dfds passenger ferry, it is surely time for a reopening of the Esbjerg ferry to UK to facilitate #FlyingLess? - especially as people seek cooler climates for summer holidays, rather than warm ones

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  😂 AI Economics for Dummies - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-economics-for-dummies

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  Have just started using Ente for secure, privacy focused photo back up and organisation. So far I am actually pretty impressed. It's lightning fast and very easy to navigate - and I have tens of thousands of photos that it's definitely helping me to organise and search through easily. And share with non-Ente users too. It's miles better than Flickr as a UI experience. This is a test period before I decide if I migrate rest of family too. However, I was under the impression the co...

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  Fantastisk dybt rapportering om Albanien, Trump, Kushner, EU, demokrati og naturbeskyttelseslove Genstart: Ivankas albanske ferieparadis Episode webpage: https://www.dr.dk/lyd/special-radio/genstart-2642056922000 Media file: https://api.dr.dk/podcasts/v1/assets/urn:dr:podcast:item:11802660153/93c072b83648c4d4315901ba9e28c97ae282db64fb6737aa2bef6b71232b19da.mp3

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  Wow. This is bizarrely not good. And what terrible style from the US Ambassador (consciously mimicking the political boss apparently.) https://newsletter-cdn.europeancorrespondent.com/go/ke13kj8tcubr40vq9qd84lufzqttn6rj00vksswk877i/2866

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  And we've done it! The all time Danish heat record of 36.4C broken with 37C, the previous June record (from1947) beaten by a full 1.5C. Also warmest tropical night on record and earliest crossing of 30C (well before midday) also set. The previous all time heat record was set in August 1975* in Holbæk. So, Yay is, I guess? *Not a typo for UK readers, 1976 was record there, 1975 was warmer in Denmark. https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/vejret/37-0-grader-gav-ny-dansk-varmerekord

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  On flow, familiarity, culture and zombie flow. I think I'd argue the Fediverse does not encourage zombie flow, and is maybe "the right kind of hard" as Derek Thompson puts it here. Fascinating stuff. https://www.derekthompson.org/p/how-zombie-flow-took-over-culture

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  The Copenhell Metal Festival is on this week, just in time for the heat wave and whoever thought of this is genius. #Copenhagen #Copenhell #Heatwave #Wx

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  The US special envoy sent to negotiate with Greenland and Denmark, used the occasion of Greenland's National Day to suggest that already next year they will be the 51st state. I cannot express my feelings about this without swearing very very loudly. https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/jeff-landry-maaske-kan-groenland-blive-usa-s-51-stat-allerede-naeste-aar

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  A question for my #FediScot friends: if you were to shortly be driving around Scotland (specifically western Highlands) in an #EV - what apps and maps would you use to find and load up at public chargers? #AskFedi #Scotland