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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 4d

Great thread Catherine.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 15d

An organisation called Science Media Centre quickfires comments from experts in response to news events. A snapshot of what I got today:

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Aug 24

And that ^^ is what a cameraman wearing a bee suit looks like...

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Aug 24

Scientists at Oxford university have engineered a yeast that can produce a honeybee "superfood" that could protect bees against climate change and habitat loss

Our story here - and on BBC news bulletins last week filmed with thousands of bees in Oxford and Cardiff..
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Aug 7

Countries are meeting now to try to thrash out a global deal to address the exploding plastics problem - my colleague @esmestallard.bsky.social has this fantastic explainer - and she is following the twists and turns of the negotiations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summit opens in final push for plastics treaty to tackle crisis

The world's nations are hoping to sign the first global plastic treaty to limit plastic pollution.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · Aug 2

After a long and exhausting but stimulating week at the Rubin Community Workshop, I got to talk about some of the first science results coming from @vrubinobs.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 Today (24 minutes in) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today - 02/08/2025 - BBC Sounds

Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jul 30

If you couldn't study science at school, or the teaching was bad, don't worry, you could still become a leading scientist and even an Astronomer Royal.
My colleague @pallabg.bsky.social story on Prof Michele Dougherty's new appointment and her brilliant career

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years

Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jul 23

The ICJ has released its long-awaited climate opinion and lawyers say it goes far further than expected.
It could open the door to climate vulnerable states suing richer nations over historic emissions.
@esmestallard.bsky.social and I watched the 2-hour read-out www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change

The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jul 12

Great work highlighting these remarkable sea temperatures in the Mediterranean

Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · Jul 12

Parts of the Mediterranean Sea reached 30C this week, much earlier than usual, raising fears for marine life.

For some areas, this is 6 or 7C warmer than usual at this time of year.

Our story with more maps by @markpoynting.bsky.social and me here:
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Map of sea surface temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea showing parts of it reached 30C such as off the coast of Calabria, and the islands of Majorca and Sicily. Below the map is a chart showing daily maximum temperature at a buoy next to Majorca where it reached 30C for the first time this early in the season.

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thank you Catherine! A fascinating story 😍

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jul 7

A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking an epic migration. My write-up of new research here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tiny creature gorges, gets fat, and locks up planet-warming carbon

Scientists find out how the epic deep sea migration of a tiny animal is storing planet-warming carbon.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jun 25

You can also see the fantastic dinosaur in our TV piece on BBC News today

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks to everyone at @nhm.org for sharing their research with us.

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our story here about the Enigmacursor - or puzzling runner www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Natural History Museum to display rare dog-sized dinosaur

The dinosaur was mislabelled and misunderstood - but scientists now realise how special it is.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jun 25

A dinosaur the height of a labrador has been named a new species by scientists at the Natural History Museum -

We went to see the little creature being assembled last week before it goes on display. You can go see the dog dino in the museum's Earth Hall from Thursday 🦕

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jun 23

Near-earth objects! Asteroids or comets that come close to Earth and could potentially hit.

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jun 23

Pretty exciting - Vera Rubin reveals in its press conference that the telescope detected 2,104 new asteroids and 7 space objects close to Earth.
For context, all other space and ground surveys combined usually find about 20,000 asteroids in a year.

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jun 23

And you can read my story here written with my colleague @ionewells.bsky.social who went to the Atacama desert to see the telescope www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Vera Rubin: First celestial image from revolutionary telescope

The telescope should detect killer asteroids and may even find the ninth planet in our solar system.

www.bbc.co.uk

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jun 23

Vera C Rubin observatory is an amazingly powerful new telescope in Chile that promises to transform our understanding of the universe.
I've been following this for months and finally the day is here - Watch the live reveal of its first celestial images here now www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF1g...

First Images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | #RubinFirstLook

YouTube video by National Science Foundation News

www.youtube.com

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Jun 11

Wonderful story by my colleague @pallabg.bsky.social

I particularly like this line:

During the chaotic period the Sun tries to reduce its complexity and violence spills out, as bits of the Sun hurtle toward the Earth.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Solar Orbiter spacecraft snaps first images of Sun's south pole

Never before seen pictures will help scientists learn how the Sun's activity changes from stormy to quiet periods

www.bbc.com

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · May 22

Brilliant graphics by @erwanrivault.bsky.social

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · May 22

An intense marine heatwave has developed in the UK and Ireland - with anomalies of 5C found in at least one area.

The impacts probably aren't as severe as it would be in summer, but it's a worrying sign of what is likely to happen more often as climate change continues to warm our oceans.

Marine heatwave: UK sea temperatures soar after exceptionally warm Spring

Sea temperatures in some areas off the UK and Ireland are 4C above average.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · May 14

England had the driest spring since 1961 - leaving rivers exceptionally low in much of the UK - some had record lows for April
The government and water companies are watching closely to see if this turns into a national drought but at the moment the signs aren't good www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Exceptionally low river levels forecast in parts of the UK

The warning comes after some parts of the UK had the driest Spring in nearly a century.

www.bbc.co.uk

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · Apr 30

It must smell amazing!

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · Mar 4

We have develpment of a woolly mouse as a step to creating a mammoth like creature by gentically modifying elephants. The firm involved, Colossal Biosciences say they can do it in five years, but the development and claim has bought considerable criticsm and concern.🧪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mice experiment as step to create mammoth-like elephants

Experiments on mice could see hairy, genetically modified elephants living in the Arctic, a US company claims.

www.bbc.co.uk

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