Cam
@camster.bsky.social
Some fire stuff, some transport stuff, some climate stuff. Some other random science stuff. Probably too much of the one you’re not into.
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Cam
@camster.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello new followers!
Quick intro: currently working in (mostly) general science education, but prior to that focused more on fire, ecosystems & earth observation (all of which I remain interested in).
Also into sustainability, especially of transport, which inevitably leads to broader questions...
Quick intro: currently working in (mostly) general science education, but prior to that focused more on fire, ecosystems & earth observation (all of which I remain interested in).
Also into sustainability, especially of transport, which inevitably leads to broader questions...
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This can be confirmed using the Wayback Machine's last snapshot (from Oct 8, 2025). At some point between Oct 8 & Dec 8, major changes were made to this and other EPA climate change content. Information has either been removed completely or "adjusted" to emphasize natural causes.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This can be confirmed using the Wayback Machine's last snapshot (from Oct 8, 2025). At some point between Oct 8 & Dec 8, major changes were made to this and other EPA climate change content. Information has either been removed completely or "adjusted" to emphasize natural causes.
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Are you going to #EGU26 and you'd like to present about past human-fire-landscape interactions?🔥
Check our session below !
⏰ Abstract deadline is on the 15th of January! ⏰
Check our session below !
⏰ Abstract deadline is on the 15th of January! ⏰
🔥 Call for Abstracts – #EGU26 Interdisciplinary Session: Cultural Pyroscapes Through Time ITS3.5/BG5.6 🔥 📅 Deadline 15/01/2026.
@gilromera.bsky.social @hcadd.bsky.social @thatpollenguy.bsky.social
👉[https://lnkd.in/eWYtRsge]
#Wildfire #Palaeoecology #Archaeology #ClimateChange #FireEcology
@gilromera.bsky.social @hcadd.bsky.social @thatpollenguy.bsky.social
👉[https://lnkd.in/eWYtRsge]
#Wildfire #Palaeoecology #Archaeology #ClimateChange #FireEcology
December 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Are you going to #EGU26 and you'd like to present about past human-fire-landscape interactions?🔥
Check our session below !
⏰ Abstract deadline is on the 15th of January! ⏰
Check our session below !
⏰ Abstract deadline is on the 15th of January! ⏰
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Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’
Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’
Blazes in NSW and Tasmania have already led to a firefighter losing his life and close to 40 homes being destroyed as an ominous fire season begins
Australians should “expect the unexpected” this bushfire season amid dangerous conditions, experts have warned, after a severe start that saw a firefighter killed and homes destroyed in several states.
Bushfires at Koolewong and Bulahdelah in New South Wales destroyed 20 homes and a natural disaster has been declared in several local government areas, while wind-driven fires at Dolphin Sands in eastern Tasmania razed 19 houses and damaged dozens more. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion.
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
The Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in Traffic
Uber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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"The Black Death (single most deadly documented pandemic in human history) in 1347 C.E., eliminated more than half Europe’s population.
Researcher→cool weather spurred by previously unidentified volcanic eruptions set into motion a deadly chain of events."
www.science.org/content/arti...
Researcher→cool weather spurred by previously unidentified volcanic eruptions set into motion a deadly chain of events."
www.science.org/content/arti...
Medieval volcano may have indirectly sparked Europe’s Black Death
Crop failures caused by eruptions possibly forced grain imports from plague-ridden regions
www.science.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
"The Black Death (single most deadly documented pandemic in human history) in 1347 C.E., eliminated more than half Europe’s population.
Researcher→cool weather spurred by previously unidentified volcanic eruptions set into motion a deadly chain of events."
www.science.org/content/arti...
Researcher→cool weather spurred by previously unidentified volcanic eruptions set into motion a deadly chain of events."
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Now also in @science.org ScienceInsider
tldr, in simple language: Monsanto/Bayer bought this study.
#Glyphosate #Monsanto #RoundUp #Bayer #Glyphosat
tldr, in simple language: Monsanto/Bayer bought this study.
#Glyphosate #Monsanto #RoundUp #Bayer #Glyphosat
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Now also in @science.org ScienceInsider
tldr, in simple language: Monsanto/Bayer bought this study.
#Glyphosate #Monsanto #RoundUp #Bayer #Glyphosat
tldr, in simple language: Monsanto/Bayer bought this study.
#Glyphosate #Monsanto #RoundUp #Bayer #Glyphosat
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Large-scale U.S. study links water fluoridation to slightly improved cognitive development
Large-scale U.S. study links water fluoridation to slightly improved cognitive development
Exposure to fluoridated water at levels typical in the United States does not impair cognitive function and may boost high school test scores, according to longitudinal research published in Science Advances.
www.psypost.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Large-scale U.S. study links water fluoridation to slightly improved cognitive development
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North-east Victorian residents are still unable to return home as firefighters assess bushfire damage.
Residents still unable to return home as extent of bushfire damage uncertain
North-east Victorian residents are still unable to return home as firefighters assess bushfire damage.
www.abc.net.au
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
North-east Victorian residents are still unable to return home as firefighters assess bushfire damage.
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🚨TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR #VicBioCon26 at @unimelb.bsky.social!🚨
Attend the conference days (Feb 17th-18th), learn new skills at our workshops (Feb 16th), and attend our conference dinner at Science Gallery Melbourne (Feb 18th)!
Head over to vicbiocon.com/tickets!
Attend the conference days (Feb 17th-18th), learn new skills at our workshops (Feb 16th), and attend our conference dinner at Science Gallery Melbourne (Feb 18th)!
Head over to vicbiocon.com/tickets!
December 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
🚨TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR #VicBioCon26 at @unimelb.bsky.social!🚨
Attend the conference days (Feb 17th-18th), learn new skills at our workshops (Feb 16th), and attend our conference dinner at Science Gallery Melbourne (Feb 18th)!
Head over to vicbiocon.com/tickets!
Attend the conference days (Feb 17th-18th), learn new skills at our workshops (Feb 16th), and attend our conference dinner at Science Gallery Melbourne (Feb 18th)!
Head over to vicbiocon.com/tickets!
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Just in case you’re feeling not quite up-to-date on all the reasons cybertrucks suck, watch this helpful video by @nerd4cities.bsky.social shared by @usa.streetsblog.org.
Friday Video: Exactly Why the Cybertruck Sucks — Streetsblog USA
Unwind and let yourself hate on Elon Musk a little.
usa.streetsblog.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just in case you’re feeling not quite up-to-date on all the reasons cybertrucks suck, watch this helpful video by @nerd4cities.bsky.social shared by @usa.streetsblog.org.
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"More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found." www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birds #ornithology
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found." www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birds #ornithology
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"It was all about business. Oligarch money. Projects. Investments. And now Ukraine is about to pay the price for those conversations.
My sources are telling me that in that Miami meeting, Kushner and Witkoff are not negotiating. They’re delivering an ultimatum."
My sources are telling me that in that Miami meeting, Kushner and Witkoff are not negotiating. They’re delivering an ultimatum."
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"It was all about business. Oligarch money. Projects. Investments. And now Ukraine is about to pay the price for those conversations.
My sources are telling me that in that Miami meeting, Kushner and Witkoff are not negotiating. They’re delivering an ultimatum."
My sources are telling me that in that Miami meeting, Kushner and Witkoff are not negotiating. They’re delivering an ultimatum."
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When global temperatures shot up by ~6°C about 56 million years ago, plants were unable to thrive
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
It could be a sign of what’s to come.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
When global temperatures shot up by ~6°C about 56 million years ago, plants were unable to thrive
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
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DON'T talk to the Russians, but know that the entire route of the Trans-Siberian is electrified. All 9,300 kms of it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
DON'T talk to the Russians, but know that the entire route of the Trans-Siberian is electrified. All 9,300 kms of it.
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Out of 87 assignments I am grading, I made it to #4 before finding a list of fake references with DOIs that link to papers in completely different topics. Grading will now take at least twice as long.
Thanks again tech bros.
#academicsky #yql
Thanks again tech bros.
#academicsky #yql
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Out of 87 assignments I am grading, I made it to #4 before finding a list of fake references with DOIs that link to papers in completely different topics. Grading will now take at least twice as long.
Thanks again tech bros.
#academicsky #yql
Thanks again tech bros.
#academicsky #yql
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“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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The AI industry consumes vast amounts of energy, fresh water and investor cash. Now it also needs memory chips - the same ones used in laptops, smartphones and games consoles
Why is AI making computers and games consoles more expensive?
The AI industry consumes vast amounts of energy, fresh water and investor cash. Now it also needs memory chips - the same ones used in laptops, smartphones and games consoles
www.newscientist.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The AI industry consumes vast amounts of energy, fresh water and investor cash. Now it also needs memory chips - the same ones used in laptops, smartphones and games consoles
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HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
Australian performers and viewers will have to do what SBS won’t
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Eurovision heavyweights to boycott after Israel allowed to perform
Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands say they will not participate in next year's event and more are expected to follow.
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Australian performers and viewers will have to do what SBS won’t
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Fossil fuel subsidies
Amid private consultation sessions with stakeholders over the last six weeks, Labor is considering buying natural gas from producers to sell to local businesses at a discounted rate.
satpa.pe/P2iCOaU
satpa.pe/P2iCOaU
Labor floats buying gas for local factories
satpa.pe
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Fossil fuel subsidies
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This is a good move: Planning rules will no longer demand that everybody pays for parking at home that they don't need or use.
Better walking, cycling and public transport is also needed to help more people get around without having to drive.
Better walking, cycling and public transport is also needed to help more people get around without having to drive.
Victoria Scraps ‘Outdated’ Car Space Rules for New Projects
Rules that cost developers $70,000 per home have been scrapped as the government eases parking requirements near public transport…
www.theurbandeveloper.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is a good move: Planning rules will no longer demand that everybody pays for parking at home that they don't need or use.
Better walking, cycling and public transport is also needed to help more people get around without having to drive.
Better walking, cycling and public transport is also needed to help more people get around without having to drive.
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Buried in yesterday's major announcements is that the State's land use assessment council, VEAC, is being wound up. The end of a long journey that began with the outstanding Land Conservation Council. www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/victori...
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Buried in yesterday's major announcements is that the State's land use assessment council, VEAC, is being wound up. The end of a long journey that began with the outstanding Land Conservation Council. www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/victori...
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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La Niña is here for the summer – but it may not bring what Australians expect
La Niña is here for the summer – but it may not bring what Australians expect
Expert says the weather pattern, which typically brings wetter and cooler conditions, may be weakened by global heating
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Despite a heatwave warning this week for large parts of the country, Australia is under the influence of a La Niña – a climate phenomenon which in the past has meant wetter and cooler weather.
The Bureau of Meteorology declared in November the system was in place but there are signs this year’s La Niña may not bring what many Australians might expect. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
La Niña is here for the summer – but it may not bring what Australians expect