Tripti Bhattacharya @triptychphrases@qoto.org

To peer into Earth's deep time, meet a hardy mineral known as the Time Lord - Geologists rely on tiny crystals of the mineral zircon to understand the timing of key events in Earth's early days, like the rising of continents and the emergence of oceans. #npr

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/29/1139782011/to-peer-into-earths-deep-time-meet-a-hardy-mineral-known-as-the-time-lord

When people say global warming can lead to "worse" winter extremes what do they mean by "worse"?

I-colder cold extreme?
II - more frequent cold extremes?
III - colder AND more frequent cold extremes?

My null hypothesis would be of a mean shift

IV - warmer and less frequent cold extremes

poll below ->

1/n

It's easy to inject sulfur particles to reflect sunlight to cool the Earth.

It's not easy to know whether it can be done safely and effectively.

Definitely not easy to ensure govts & people are ready for it.

A startup has done it anyway 🤦

Read
@jtemple https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/

This bombshell from @jtemple points out so many things that are wrong about Make Sunsets, a startup that claims to have released sulfur particles into the atmosphere for solar geoengineering and is trying to sell “cooling credits” on its website.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/

Our latest #DEI paper in European Science Editing, Pourret et al. "Gender balance and geographical diversity in editorial boards of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Chemical Geology" https://ese.arphahub.com/article/89470/

Academic humor. Or not.
#AcademicChatter

Ocean Conservancy is hiring! Please share. #climatejobs #oceanjobs #marinepolicy #renewableenergy https://oceanconservancy.org/job/2022-045-senior-policy-analyst-renewable-energy/

The internet never forgets.

You on the other hand have to remember if the fleeting idea you had is on google drive or dropbox or in a slack channel or in a text to your friend or did you tweet it a year ago....

I’m fairly new on #Mastodon but one thing I’ve learned is that unlike Twitter, starring ⭐️ a post doesn’t make it more likely to be seen since there’s no algorithm. Reblogging 🔁 is the way to get more people to see the post.

Starring is more like a digital hug and is still welcome.

#TwitterMigration