Brent Ward
@geobrentatlarge.bsky.social
SFU Earth Sciences, Quaternary Geologist, Cordilleran Ice Sheet, purveyor of Natural Hazards, Climate Change of the past and the future, Long suffering Canucks fan, loves woolly mammoths (he, him, his)
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Here are the latest monthly-averaged observations of global methane (CH₄)... 🧪⚒️
August 2025 - 1930.95 ppb
August 2024 - 1924.87 ppb
+ Data: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_...
+ Learn more: doi.org/10.5194/essd...
August 2025 - 1930.95 ppb
August 2024 - 1924.87 ppb
+ Data: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_...
+ Learn more: doi.org/10.5194/essd...
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Here are the latest monthly-averaged observations of global methane (CH₄)... 🧪⚒️
August 2025 - 1930.95 ppb
August 2024 - 1924.87 ppb
+ Data: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_...
+ Learn more: doi.org/10.5194/essd...
August 2025 - 1930.95 ppb
August 2024 - 1924.87 ppb
+ Data: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_...
+ Learn more: doi.org/10.5194/essd...
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I have a new update to climate model-observation comparisons over at The Climate Brink, covering CMIP3, CMIP5, and CMIP6. Models perform well globally. The latest generation shows too much long-term warming but better reproduces recent trends: www.theclimatebrink....
December 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I have a new update to climate model-observation comparisons over at The Climate Brink, covering CMIP3, CMIP5, and CMIP6. Models perform well globally. The latest generation shows too much long-term warming but better reproduces recent trends: www.theclimatebrink....
The first of the season! May there be many more!
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The first of the season! May there be many more!
Wow! 6.8 earthquake in Yukon near the border with Alaska! Shallow! Wondering if there is surface rupture? Or possibly landslides?
December 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Wow! 6.8 earthquake in Yukon near the border with Alaska! Shallow! Wondering if there is surface rupture? Or possibly landslides?
So the article says this about the pedestrian collision:
"Police don't believe impairment played a role in the collision but said in a news release that poor lighting conditions and dark clothing may have been factors." Blaming the pedestrian and not the driver!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Police don't believe impairment played a role in the collision but said in a news release that poor lighting conditions and dark clothing may have been factors." Blaming the pedestrian and not the driver!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
2 dead in separate crashes in Burnaby, Abbotsford: police | CBC News
Two people are dead after separate crashes in the Lower Mainland Friday morning. Burnaby RCMP say a fatal crash happened around 8 a.m. in the area of Sprott Street and Kensington Avenue. Hours earlier...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
So the article says this about the pedestrian collision:
"Police don't believe impairment played a role in the collision but said in a news release that poor lighting conditions and dark clothing may have been factors." Blaming the pedestrian and not the driver!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Police don't believe impairment played a role in the collision but said in a news release that poor lighting conditions and dark clothing may have been factors." Blaming the pedestrian and not the driver!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Princess Leah looking regal in the hammock in the cat scratching tower.
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Princess Leah looking regal in the hammock in the cat scratching tower.
Princess Leah looking regal in the hammock in the cat scratching tower.
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Princess Leah looking regal in the hammock in the cat scratching tower.
Snowing up at SFU! Starting to stick a bit on cold surfaces. Was this in the forecast? Good for the mountains!
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Snowing up at SFU! Starting to stick a bit on cold surfaces. Was this in the forecast? Good for the mountains!
So the AI on goggle is telling me to sear the road at 450 F for 75 min!! I think it might be a little crispy fried after that, and I haven’t even started the actual roasting part!
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
So the AI on goggle is telling me to sear the road at 450 F for 75 min!! I think it might be a little crispy fried after that, and I haven’t even started the actual roasting part!
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It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
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A UK female spitfire pilot, 1944, known as a ferry pilot, delivering newly manufactured aircrafts from the factory to airfields #WomensArt
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A UK female spitfire pilot, 1944, known as a ferry pilot, delivering newly manufactured aircrafts from the factory to airfields #WomensArt
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Michael Bublé just dropped maybe the greatest soundbite ever
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Michael Bublé just dropped maybe the greatest soundbite ever
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Great comprehensive article.
But a little disappointed that they don’t discuss the possibility that it is brain eating aliens. Would explain everything! If this was a documentary on Discovery, they would have definitely found someone to discuss the alien possibility!
But a little disappointed that they don’t discuss the possibility that it is brain eating aliens. Would explain everything! If this was a documentary on Discovery, they would have definitely found someone to discuss the alien possibility!
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Great comprehensive article.
But a little disappointed that they don’t discuss the possibility that it is brain eating aliens. Would explain everything! If this was a documentary on Discovery, they would have definitely found someone to discuss the alien possibility!
But a little disappointed that they don’t discuss the possibility that it is brain eating aliens. Would explain everything! If this was a documentary on Discovery, they would have definitely found someone to discuss the alien possibility!
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Kitchen cabinet installation gone bad! No notes!
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Kitchen cabinet installation gone bad! No notes!
Kitchen cabinet installation gone bad! No notes!
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Kitchen cabinet installation gone bad! No notes!
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Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold ⚒️🧪
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold.
Paleoecological records suggest that the transition to agriculture marked a pivotal turning point in the environmental history of our planet. Tropical forests have been reduced by agricultural expa…
paleonerdish.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold ⚒️🧪
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
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A map of all instances where a driver has hit a pedestrian in Vancouver in the past 5 years. The largest circle on this map (Main & Hastings) represents 37 crashes. Source: ICBC
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A map of all instances where a driver has hit a pedestrian in Vancouver in the past 5 years. The largest circle on this map (Main & Hastings) represents 37 crashes. Source: ICBC
Anyone know what kind of owl this is? Flew right by us and sat in the tree. In Victoria. Sorry not the best picture
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Anyone know what kind of owl this is? Flew right by us and sat in the tree. In Victoria. Sorry not the best picture
I didn’t have replacing all the stuff in a kitchen on my weekend bingo card but here I am!
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I didn’t have replacing all the stuff in a kitchen on my weekend bingo card but here I am!
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I have posted about this before, but...
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
graphics.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I have posted about this before, but...
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
1/6
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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Just hanging out!
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Just hanging out!