Tripti Bhattacharya @triptychphrases@qoto.org

Interesting new #journalarticle out by Leupold and colleagues exploring Indian Ocean warmth during the Mid‐Holocene using coral records from Kenya: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-28017-0.pdf

#Corals #Paleoclimate #IndianOcean #MidHolocene #SrCa

Interested in Cenozoic climate? Check out our latest database for interrogating terrestrial isotope records!

The PATCH Lab v1.0: A database and workspace for Cenozoic terrestrial paleoclimate and environment reconstruction - https://www.ajsonline.org/content/322/10/1124
database: https://geocentroid.shinyapps.io/PATCH-Lab/

#climate #isotopes #paleoclimate

Update: I was fired. I loved working at ORNL's Climate Change Science Institute and am devastated, but am also more determined and hopeful than ever. We have incredible power to affect change together.🌱

I still plan to continue with both research & activism, to the extent possible.

To my wonderful colleagues: My temporary affiliation is LSCE. Please use my personal rather than my work email, which I no longer have access to. Thank you for all of the support so far ♥️

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/scientist-fired-climate-change-activism.html

Oak Ridge National Lab fired #ClimateScientist Dr. Rose Abramoff for this protest at the AGU Fall Meeting in December 2022 because she “misused government resources by engaging in a personal activity on a work trip and because [she] did not adhere to its Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.” Nuts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/scientist-fired-climate-change-activism.html

Here's hoping for the safety of all in harm's way this week out West as #atmosphericrivers keep surging in. But it's important to breath and smile when possible. Here's more imagery as a #SantaBarbara newscaster tried to set up a dramatic #AtmosphericRiver #flashflooding shot by yelling for "canoe guy" to come closer.. "You're the money shot!" https://youtu.be/Hy2DcRcf96k?t=5943 I don't envy anyone this job. #extremeweather #media More seriously here's my latest update:https://revkin.substack.com/p/californias-atmospheric-river-blitz

“White scientists are generally more successful at winning federal research money from the National Science Foundation than #Black, #Latino and other nonwhite scientists, a new study finds.

“Lagging the most are scientists of #Asian descent.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/science/asian-scientists-nsf-funding.html

The world would be better off if every scientist did this

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/