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CENTA @centa.bsky.social · Jul 23

📣 We have an exciting opportunity within CENTA! We're recruiting for a new Teaching and Training Fellow to develop and deliver our CENTA training programme for our doctoral researchers.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

#PhDjobs #environmentalscience

University of Birmingham hiring CENTA Teaching and Training Fellow - College of Life and Environmental Sciences - 58796 - Grade 7 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn

Posted 12:19:07 AM. Job DescriptionPosition DetailsCollege of Life and Environmental SciencesLocation: University of…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Jul 15

@mudwaterclimate.bsky.social & I started dreaming this project up while sharing a postdoc office many moons ago. Then the excellent @mollytrudgill.bsky.social picked up the torch and ran with it. Thx to our many amazing collaborators for the assist. So glad it is (finally!) seeing the light of day!

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨New open access paper: Pulses of ocean acidification at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary🚨
rdcu.be/ev6XV 🧪🌊⚒️

See James' thread for further details!👇

James Rae @mudwaterclimate.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨New paper just out on environmental upset at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary🚨

Using boron isotopes in fossil oysters, we find a major pulse of ocean acidification and CO2 rise, driving global warming and delaying ecosystem recovery following the end-Triassic mass extinction
rdcu.be/ev6XV

🧪🌊⚒️🐚🧵

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Vicky Blake UCU (she/her) @vickyblake.bsky.social · Apr 3

I hoped #UCU would redouble efforts to resolve the @uniteucu.bsky.social staff dispute

Instead our own union-as-employer has issued management instructions NOT to use tactics #UCU members have routinely been advised to use *by #UCU*

Then this page was deleted: web.archive.org/web/20230218...
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CENTA @centa.bsky.social · Mar 18

This week, CENTA is on our annual first year residential, the CENTA Field TRiPP (Training Residential in Policy and Publishing, FKA 'The Speed PhD'.) We're in sunny Cheltenham and the Cotswolds with some fantastic field projects across various areas of Environmental Science #CENTATRiPP2025

A sign at Royal Agricultural University describing a regenerative farming project called 'GREAT Project Zerodig'

A picture of the river and banks at the upper Thames.

An infographic from Cotswolds Lakes Brewing Co. describing the sequential process of brewing beer

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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · Mar 4

The crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance

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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · Feb 25

The US is not a safe place to conduct sporting events, host academic conferences or conduct business. Those who decide such things have an obligation to act in the safety of their members.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers

Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Jan 23

Universities must defend the right to protest.

That’s why I wrote to @unibirmingham.bsky.social, urging them to drop disciplinary actions against students targeted for peaceful pro-Palestine activism & to review investment policies so they align with international human rights standards.

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CENTA @centa.bsky.social · Nov 13

We are happy to announce that the CENTA3 Doctoral Landscape Award Bid has been successful.
This will allow us to continue on the work done in CENTA1 and CENTA2 to deliver excellence in PhD training within the Environmental and Earth Sciences: #CENTA3
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/ma...

Major investment in doctoral students to support next generation of researchers - University of Birmingham

Two doctoral training programmes supported by the University of Birmingham are to receive fresh funding from UK Research and Innovation.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Nov 12

Our new paper is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Geobiology. The paper describes microbial fabrics that have previously been misinterpreted as ancient sponge fossils. Very sorry to anyone who now has to update their early animal evolution powerpoints! 🧪⚒️
doi.org/10.1111/gbi....

Cover of the Sept/Oct 2024 issue of the journal Geobiology. Subheading: 'Mapping microbial mats on the micrometer scale'. Central image is a high resolution picture of the microbialite described in the linked article, including stromatolitic and dendrolitic features.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Mar 6

Still laughing hours after I read this. So true so true

Image of a tweet reading “I have been at conferences with many tools who will offer real time feedback”

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Mar 5

“I love hiking but can’t find outdoor clothing in my size – why not?”

“Fat, fit but can’t get the kit”

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Feb 29

Thanks very much! And also . . . . ouch. 😢

Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Feb 28

🥱 So unoriginal it reads like ChatGPT wrote this. Prompt was probs something like 'cantankerous old man geologist screed about fieldwork'.

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thanks for sharing!

Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Feb 27

This summary written by the paper's lead author Steve Rogers. It was a big team project - huge thanks to co-authors @gilespalaeo.bsky.social @drnatashadowey.bsky.social @rehemat24.bsky.social Katrien Van Landeghem and Chris King

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Feb 27

We suggest geologists need to better align with other disciplines (including social sci and humanities), shout about the relevance of the subject in a modern and inclusive way, and push the narrative of Earth story telling (processes, history/future).

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Feb 27

'Geologists' tend to describe an interdisciplinary subject that changes how you see and interact with the world, with a wide range of job prospects for a wide range of people - but then really struggle to clarify this when describing "what is geology"

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Feb 27

'Non-geologists' describe the subject as being niche, only for outdoors types, focused on describing rocks, and as being overwhelmingly boring... (amongst many other perceptions!)

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Feb 27

New paper: “you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of Geology From the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Analysis From an Online Survey.

We explore perceptions of geology from both 'Non-geologists' and 'Geologists', who describe the subject very differently! ⚒️🧪

doi.org/10.3389/esss...

The illustration is separated into three main sections: perceptions highlighted by the work, themes drawn from the data and conclusions.
Perceptions - many perceptions highlighted that geology was just about describing and cataloguing rock, the poor diversity amongst geologists was highlighted, the discipline was described as being niche, and boring.
Themes - "what is geology" - there is a struggle to define the discipline. "Geology is boring" there was an overwhelming number of instances that the subject was described as boring (mostly byn-geologists). "Employability and destructive practices" - this theme highlights that many only see outdoors, remote and often hydrocarbon linked jobs available for geologists, geologists themselves describe a huge variety of occupations and opportunities. "Diversity and Inclusivity" - the lack of diversity amongst geologists is highlighted as a barrier to entering the field.
Conclusions - highlights storytelling, inclusivity, interdisciplinarity

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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · Feb 25

“There is a cost for success in STEM academia. The few minoritized people who seem to thrive might be doing what psychologists call ‘high-effort coping’”

True words by Jean King, and gosh, do I not feel it.

Why the mental cost of a STEM career can be too high for women and people of colour

Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creating psychological — and physical — effects. The scientific community must ease this burden. Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creatin...

www.nature.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · Jan 31

‘We are dying slowly:’ Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza

www.cnn.com/2024/01/30/m...

Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza | CNN

Hanadi Gamal Saed El Jamara, 38, says sleep is all that can distract her children from the aching hunger gnawing at their bellies.

www.cnn.com

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · Jan 24

Today on Assigned: The bathroom bill resurgence. So far 20 separate bills restricting access for trans people to public bathrooms have been introduced in 12 US states.

One of the worst, a ban in Utah may pass that state's Senate today.

Bathroom Ban Resurgence: 20 Bills in 12 States Attempt to Force Trans People Into the Wrong Bathroom...

In 2024, a resurgence of bathroom bans across the country is testing how far the GOP’s targeting of the trans community will go.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · Jan 19

F*** the taboos. Break the cycle. The field is for everyone and every body.

Features interviews from me and several colleagues about both the challenges and successes of changing the culture of fieldwork in geoscience. 🧪⚒️

undark.org/2024/01/17/f...

The Unseen Barriers Around Bathroom Breaks in the Field

Taboos around toilet care can make fieldwork uncomfortable and even dangerous. Some scientists want that to change.

undark.org

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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social · Jan 18

In my latest column for Teen Vogue I wrote about the latest surge, my disappointment with the Biden administration and Democratic party & how so many high risk people have been abandoned by the state:

www.teenvogue.com/story/covid-...

screenshot from a Tweet by me that reads” My latest column for @TeenVogue on the latest surge, how high risk people have been abandoned by the Biden administration, & why I won’t be voting this election w/ quotes from @/tinu @/AngelaMSWinCA & @/Christine_ScD” Underneath is a photo of an empty shelf at a drugstore with a few COVID-19 text kits. Below is the title of the article, “COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Could Save My Life

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