Martin Hodson
@martinjhodson.bsky.social
Work at both universities in Oxford, UK. Teach climate and biodiversity loss. Research in plant, archaeological and environmental science. Investigating carbon sequestration in phytoliths within the soil. Principal Tutor for www.cres.org.uk
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Martin Hodson
@martinjhodson.bsky.social
· Jun 21
Environmental scientist spends more than four decades researching a potential climate game-changer - Oxford Brookes University
In the ongoing fight against climate change, one remarkable discovery has gained significant attention over the past years: phytoliths.
www.brookes.ac.uk
🧪 I am very grateful to Oxford Brookes University for publishing a blog post about my phytolith and plant silica work. 43 years working on it and counting! www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke...
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🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
An entirely new type of biomineralization. Could be quite an important discovery. I was involved in some earlier work on this topic, and it seems that silicon is involved in detoxification of REEs in some fern species.
Rare Earth Element Crystals Found Forming in a Plant For The First Time #Science #Biology #Botany #RareEarthElements #PlantScience
Rare Earth Element Crystals Found Forming in a Plant For The First Time
An incredible discovery.
purescience.news
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
An entirely new type of biomineralization. Could be quite an important discovery. I was involved in some earlier work on this topic, and it seems that silicon is involved in detoxification of REEs in some fern species.
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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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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
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COP30 just wrapped and the Paris Agreement turns 10 this year. Here's where we are on climate: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
5 Charts Show Climate Progress as Paris Agreement Turns 10
The 2015 Paris Agreement forged a path for the world to stave off the worst climate change scenarios. Here’s where we stand 10 years later
www.scientificamerican.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
COP30 just wrapped and the Paris Agreement turns 10 this year. Here's where we are on climate: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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#COP30 in extra day - Adaptation finance is nowhere near what vulnerable nations need. This is the red line for LDCs. We need strong LDC Fund replenishment & a commitment to triple adaptation finance by 2030. Immediate 1.5 °C action required.
#LDCs #ClimateAction
#LDCs #ClimateAction
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
#COP30 in extra day - Adaptation finance is nowhere near what vulnerable nations need. This is the red line for LDCs. We need strong LDC Fund replenishment & a commitment to triple adaptation finance by 2030. Immediate 1.5 °C action required.
#LDCs #ClimateAction
#LDCs #ClimateAction
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😱 We're digging up the best of Project 23!
Hidden in the tar are fossils too small to see with the naked eye: pollen grains.
These microscopic time capsules preserve clues about Ice Age landscapes, revealing what plants grew in ancient L.A. and how ecosystems shifted over thousands of years.
Hidden in the tar are fossils too small to see with the naked eye: pollen grains.
These microscopic time capsules preserve clues about Ice Age landscapes, revealing what plants grew in ancient L.A. and how ecosystems shifted over thousands of years.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
😱 We're digging up the best of Project 23!
Hidden in the tar are fossils too small to see with the naked eye: pollen grains.
These microscopic time capsules preserve clues about Ice Age landscapes, revealing what plants grew in ancient L.A. and how ecosystems shifted over thousands of years.
Hidden in the tar are fossils too small to see with the naked eye: pollen grains.
These microscopic time capsules preserve clues about Ice Age landscapes, revealing what plants grew in ancient L.A. and how ecosystems shifted over thousands of years.
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Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
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Coal isn't cost-effective anymore, and countries recognize it. Huge, since South Korea has been relying on coal for ~30% of their electricity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
South Korean decision to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040 sounds alarm for Australian exports
Decision announced at Cop30 climate conference signposts risks for Australia’s reliance on fossil fuel exports, analysts say
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Coal isn't cost-effective anymore, and countries recognize it. Huge, since South Korea has been relying on coal for ~30% of their electricity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sheer cruelty on display in the Home Secretary's proposed new asylum laws, which could see refugee families with children suddenly uprooted and deported after spending years rebuilding their lives in Britain. Shameful capitulation to Reform's agenda at the expense of the most vulnerable.
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Sheer cruelty on display in the Home Secretary's proposed new asylum laws, which could see refugee families with children suddenly uprooted and deported after spending years rebuilding their lives in Britain. Shameful capitulation to Reform's agenda at the expense of the most vulnerable.
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How much CO₂ can the world emit while limiting global temperature rise?
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
How much CO₂ can the world emit while limiting global temperature rise?
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NEW | The world has achieved nearly a tenfold increase in solar power in the ten years since the #ParisAgreement ☀️
Solar rose from providing 1% of global electricity in 2015 to 8.8% in the first half of 2025.
Emerging economies now lead this growth 📈
https://loom.ly/tlCvBso
Solar rose from providing 1% of global electricity in 2015 to 8.8% in the first half of 2025.
Emerging economies now lead this growth 📈
https://loom.ly/tlCvBso
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW | The world has achieved nearly a tenfold increase in solar power in the ten years since the #ParisAgreement ☀️
Solar rose from providing 1% of global electricity in 2015 to 8.8% in the first half of 2025.
Emerging economies now lead this growth 📈
https://loom.ly/tlCvBso
Solar rose from providing 1% of global electricity in 2015 to 8.8% in the first half of 2025.
Emerging economies now lead this growth 📈
https://loom.ly/tlCvBso
Christians and Climate Change. We are speaking at Tring this Sunday!!
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Christians and Climate Change. We are speaking at Tring this Sunday!!
Phew! I was a bit worried about this! Need not have!
BY ELECTION RESULT!
Ridgeway (Vale of White Horse District Council)
LDM: 43.1% (-14.9)
CON: 24.4% (-17.6)
RFM: 19.9% (New)
GRN: 11.9% (New)
LAB: 0.8% (New)
Lib Dem HOLD
Well done to new Cllr Hannah Griffin!
Ridgeway (Vale of White Horse District Council)
LDM: 43.1% (-14.9)
CON: 24.4% (-17.6)
RFM: 19.9% (New)
GRN: 11.9% (New)
LAB: 0.8% (New)
Lib Dem HOLD
Well done to new Cllr Hannah Griffin!
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Phew! I was a bit worried about this! Need not have!
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Global EV sales are up 23% YTD, with 1.9M sold in October — and historically, the record month every year is December as quotas, fleets, and subsidies all pile in (especially in China). 2025 is the first time September’s 2.1M might actually beat December… but history says December loves to surprise.
Global EV sales remain up YTD at 23% following 1.9 million EVs sold in October
The number of electric vehicles sold globally in October 1.9 million, according the data revealed by leading EV supply chain research and insights company Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
electriccarsreport.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Global EV sales are up 23% YTD, with 1.9M sold in October — and historically, the record month every year is December as quotas, fleets, and subsidies all pile in (especially in China). 2025 is the first time September’s 2.1M might actually beat December… but history says December loves to surprise.
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📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
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Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says
- 10bn tonnes must be captured from the air per year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- 10bn tonnes must be captured from the air per year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says
10bn tonnes must be captured from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says
- 10bn tonnes must be captured from the air per year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- 10bn tonnes must be captured from the air per year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Like Australia. It's all about bums on seats. There's already a short fall of graduates - plant science majors walk straight into jobs
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Like Australia. It's all about bums on seats. There's already a short fall of graduates - plant science majors walk straight into jobs
Really stupid decision.
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🐝🌿🌳🍅🍞🥦Botanical University Challenge to inspire the next generation of botanists.
University of Nottingham, UK, plans to close Plant Biology for new students from autumn 2026. Current students want to know more. Read more here:
www.change.org/p/reconsider...
University of Nottingham, UK, plans to close Plant Biology for new students from autumn 2026. Current students want to know more. Read more here:
www.change.org/p/reconsider...
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Really stupid decision.
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This continued warmth means that it is likely that 2025 will end up more or less tying 2023 as the second or third warmest year since records began in 1850.
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This continued warmth means that it is likely that 2025 will end up more or less tying 2023 as the second or third warmest year since records began in 1850.
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As COP30 nears, there is still a chance to avoid the worst of the climate crisis & limit global heating to 1.5C if gov't's take urgent action, a new assessment argues. The report calls for the rapid scaling-up of renewable energy & electrification of key sectors. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say
Report calls for scaling-up of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors to limit peak of global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As COP30 nears, there is still a chance to avoid the worst of the climate crisis & limit global heating to 1.5C if gov't's take urgent action, a new assessment argues. The report calls for the rapid scaling-up of renewable energy & electrification of key sectors. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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NEW | Renewable capacity additions grew 29% annually since 2023 – outpacing the 21% growth needed to triple global renewables by 2030
With just 12% annual growth from now to 2030, backed by more ambitious national targets, #3xRenewables is still possible
ember-energy.org/lat...
With just 12% annual growth from now to 2030, backed by more ambitious national targets, #3xRenewables is still possible
ember-energy.org/lat...
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW | Renewable capacity additions grew 29% annually since 2023 – outpacing the 21% growth needed to triple global renewables by 2030
With just 12% annual growth from now to 2030, backed by more ambitious national targets, #3xRenewables is still possible
ember-energy.org/lat...
With just 12% annual growth from now to 2030, backed by more ambitious national targets, #3xRenewables is still possible
ember-energy.org/lat...
Some fantastic graphs in this report! rmi.org/wp-content/u...
rmi.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Some fantastic graphs in this report! rmi.org/wp-content/u...