Patrick Rafter
@oceanandclimate.bsky.social
Ocean, carbon cycling, and climate: yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Trash in our cities is one of the easiest and most identifiable upgrades we can do. Here we have citizens from “Philthadelphia” taking it on DIY style (we shouldn’t have to do this, people)
ps also build protected bike lanes in cities!
ps also build protected bike lanes in cities!
Neighbors Matt Barber, Anthony Masucci, and Frederick Stahl have taken responsibility for their South Philly block’s cleanliness into their own hands.
When brooms weren’t enough to keep their kids safe from broken glass and debris, they got ingenious with it.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/columnists/k...
When brooms weren’t enough to keep their kids safe from broken glass and debris, they got ingenious with it.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/columnists/k...
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trash in our cities is one of the easiest and most identifiable upgrades we can do. Here we have citizens from “Philthadelphia” taking it on DIY style (we shouldn’t have to do this, people)
ps also build protected bike lanes in cities!
ps also build protected bike lanes in cities!
I hear that University of Miami is looking for a paleoceanography / paleoclimate scientist:
careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
Assistant Professor in Paleoceanography - Marine Geosciences in Miami, Florida, United States of America | Faculty & Physicians at University of Miami
Apply for Assistant Professor in Paleoceanography - Marine Geosciences job with University of Miami in Miami, Florida, United States of America. Faculty & Physicians at University of Miami
careers.miami.edu
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I hear that University of Miami is looking for a paleoceanography / paleoclimate scientist:
careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
New! We are hiring for a tenure-track faculty position in aquatic ecotoxicology—join me at the College of Marine Science
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/676280/t...
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/676280/t...
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Aquatic Ecotoxicology - Saint Petersburg, Florida job with University of South Florida | 676280
The College of Marine Science (CMS) at the University of South Florida (USF) seeks applications for a tenure-track faculty in Aquatic Ecotoxicology.
jobs.sciencecareers.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New! We are hiring for a tenure-track faculty position in aquatic ecotoxicology—join me at the College of Marine Science
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/676280/t...
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/676280/t...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure, Charlie Brown
I'll look down and whisper no, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure, Charlie Brown
Today is the fifth annual SoCal BOOM (biogeochemical ocean obs & models)—this time @ UCLA!
Here Daniele Bianchi opens the event with the standard greeting “Hello BOOMers!”
Here Daniele Bianchi opens the event with the standard greeting “Hello BOOMers!”
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Today is the fifth annual SoCal BOOM (biogeochemical ocean obs & models)—this time @ UCLA!
Here Daniele Bianchi opens the event with the standard greeting “Hello BOOMers!”
Here Daniele Bianchi opens the event with the standard greeting “Hello BOOMers!”
There’s very little I like about my rental car, but it plays the first couple notes of Hall and Oates’ “I can’t go for that” when you start and stop it and I love it
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
There’s very little I like about my rental car, but it plays the first couple notes of Hall and Oates’ “I can’t go for that” when you start and stop it and I love it
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⛺️ up! Drill down! Just another day in paradise looking for Earth’s oldest ice.
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
⛺️ up! Drill down! Just another day in paradise looking for Earth’s oldest ice.
Any 🌊 🧪 peeps know about NSF panel delays ?
Does anyone know what's happening with NSF oceanography related panels? I think the physical oceanography one is usually early November; presumably it's been cancelled or delayed due to the shutdown. Is there any vague schedule now that they're open again? 🌊
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Any 🌊 🧪 peeps know about NSF panel delays ?
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🚨Out today, acidification of the California Current🚨
Using corals and models we show regionally amplified acidification, due to the combo of CO2 uptake and remineralisation. This highlights potential risks to productive upwelling zones in an acidifying ocean 🌊🧪⚒️📈
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using corals and models we show regionally amplified acidification, due to the combo of CO2 uptake and remineralisation. This highlights potential risks to productive upwelling zones in an acidifying ocean 🌊🧪⚒️📈
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🚨Out today, acidification of the California Current🚨
Using corals and models we show regionally amplified acidification, due to the combo of CO2 uptake and remineralisation. This highlights potential risks to productive upwelling zones in an acidifying ocean 🌊🧪⚒️📈
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using corals and models we show regionally amplified acidification, due to the combo of CO2 uptake and remineralisation. This highlights potential risks to productive upwelling zones in an acidifying ocean 🌊🧪⚒️📈
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
man, there's so much crap going on in the universe, but I swear the thing that's annoying me the most is that Adobe Acrobat is apparently resetting my preferences to "Page Display: Single-page view" and this might be my joker moment
UNIVERSAL DEFAULT MODE FOR ENABLE SCROLLING
UNIVERSAL DEFAULT MODE FOR ENABLE SCROLLING
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
man, there's so much crap going on in the universe, but I swear the thing that's annoying me the most is that Adobe Acrobat is apparently resetting my preferences to "Page Display: Single-page view" and this might be my joker moment
UNIVERSAL DEFAULT MODE FOR ENABLE SCROLLING
UNIVERSAL DEFAULT MODE FOR ENABLE SCROLLING
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📣 We just released a new free resource at @climatecentral.org - a 72-slide deck introducing key facts about climate change, including its causes, impacts, and solutions. It also comes with speaker notes and links for local storytelling.
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📣 We just released a new free resource at @climatecentral.org - a 72-slide deck introducing key facts about climate change, including its causes, impacts, and solutions. It also comes with speaker notes and links for local storytelling.
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
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Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. That don't impress me much.
Mamdani is going to implement Shisha law. Everyone gets their own pipe and the smog will smell of mango.
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
President Knick Knack
He was elected thanks to microplastics so it makes sense he’d decorate with macroplastics
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
President Knick Knack
Wow just wow, I hope this is real—what a cool story about a weird restaurant name (Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse)
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow just wow, I hope this is real—what a cool story about a weird restaurant name (Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse)
friends doing awesome new research 🧐 👊✊😀
Huge paper for the Arctic Ocean published today in @science.org - a new 30,000 year history of Arctic Ocean sea-ice cover reconstructed from the accumulation of cosmic dust-derived helium-3! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (1/n)
Cosmic dust reveals dynamic shifts in central Arctic sea-ice coverage over the past 30,000 years
Arctic sea-ice loss affects biological productivity, sustenance in coastal communities, and geopolitics. Forecasting these impacts requires mechanistic understanding of how Arctic sea ice responds to ...
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
friends doing awesome new research 🧐 👊✊😀
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idk why my brain is like this but: a thread
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
idk why my brain is like this but: a thread
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
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finally. baseball is over. we can only hope it has been defeated forever
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
finally. baseball is over. we can only hope it has been defeated forever
I'm really interested in the idea that periodically (?) being super cold can help you live healthier longer. Probably because I grew up surfing New Jersey winters (in very poorly insulated '90s wetsuits).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This whale lives for centuries: its secret could help extend human lifespan
A cold-activated protein that mends damaged DNA could play a part in keeping the bowhead whale in tip-top shape.
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm really interested in the idea that periodically (?) being super cold can help you live healthier longer. Probably because I grew up surfing New Jersey winters (in very poorly insulated '90s wetsuits).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Work with Al Tag?!? You should!!
Seeking a three year postdoc in the field of ocean biogeochemistry and productivity using mechanistic models and synthesis of observations. Note the short fuse for applications. Please help distribute. All nationalities welcome to apply! 🌊
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Liverpool
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Work with Al Tag?!? You should!!
💥California marine biogeochemists!
So Cal BOOM* is at UCLA on November 22, 2025 (*Biogeochemical Ocean Obs & Models). This is an event for grad student and post-doc marine biogeochemists of all kinds. More senior peeps (like me) are also welcome!
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Register here: socalboom.wordpress.com
So Cal BOOM* is at UCLA on November 22, 2025 (*Biogeochemical Ocean Obs & Models). This is an event for grad student and post-doc marine biogeochemists of all kinds. More senior peeps (like me) are also welcome!
💥
Register here: socalboom.wordpress.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
💥California marine biogeochemists!
So Cal BOOM* is at UCLA on November 22, 2025 (*Biogeochemical Ocean Obs & Models). This is an event for grad student and post-doc marine biogeochemists of all kinds. More senior peeps (like me) are also welcome!
💥
Register here: socalboom.wordpress.com
So Cal BOOM* is at UCLA on November 22, 2025 (*Biogeochemical Ocean Obs & Models). This is an event for grad student and post-doc marine biogeochemists of all kinds. More senior peeps (like me) are also welcome!
💥
Register here: socalboom.wordpress.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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For those interested, I’ll giving a departmental colloquium on “Nine months in the federal assault on climate science” on 10/29 at 11:30am EDT
Register here:
Register here:
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: EPS Colloquium 11:30am Oct 29 Robert Kopp Speaking. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Title: Nine months in the federal assault on climate science
Abstract: 2025 has witnessed rapid democratic backsliding in the United States, characterized by efforts by the federal executive to consol...
rutgers.zoom.us
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
For those interested, I’ll giving a departmental colloquium on “Nine months in the federal assault on climate science” on 10/29 at 11:30am EDT
Register here:
Register here: