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Ed Doddridge @edoddridge.bsky.social · 16h

Spring is arriving here in Tasmania, which means it's time to think about planting tomatoes - we can learn a surprising amount about climate change just by looking at the seasons.
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What planting tomatoes shows us about climate change

It can be hard to grasp the changes climate change is bringing. To see it in your own life, look at the shifting seasons.

theconversation.com

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 1d

Thankfully nowadays we no longer have unaccountable demagogues lying, stealing and starting wars…. (Oh yeah, and trawling through a line of trophy wives)

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Also, one of my fave Horrible Histories sketches is Cash In The Abbey, a parody of daytime TV shows featuring Cromwell and King Henry rummaging in monasteries for valuables

youtu.be/Zw7242EvISM?...

Horrible Histories Cash In The Abbey

YouTube video by gazza6359

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the great interest in this; unfortunately the venue has cancelled at the last minute! Enjoy your lunchtime without sea ice… @antarctic.bsky.social @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 2d

Shameless self-promotion here, but for anyone in Hobart tomorrow looking for a warm dry place to spend their lunch hour, I’m giving a (free!) public talk on Antarctic sea ice loss at TMAG. @utas.edu.au @imas-utas.bsky.social @antarctic.bsky.social

Lunchtime Talks: Dr Will Hobbs, oceanographer & meteorologist | Maritime Museum Tasmania

Join us for the latest in our Lunchtime Talks series, where we'll hear from Dr Will Hobbs, who will talk us through what recent winters are telling us about Antarctica’s future. For almost four decade...

www.maritimetas.org

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 16d

Last week the Australian government delivered an overwhelming National Climate Risk Assessment, and underwhelming carbon targets. Thankfully Dr Max Rintoul has some ideas on getting around that... @beeraquatic.bsky.social , 6:30pm Thursday 25th September, at Hobart brewing Coy.
#hobart #imas_utas

Beer Aquatic @beeraquatic.bsky.social · 16d

The Earth’s climate is changing and to limit warming to 1.5 or 2°C we need to do more than reducing our emissions - but what else can we do?

Join us on September 25th as Dr Max Rintoul highlights the possibilities, risks, and decisions that we might face to shape the planet’s future climate.

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 19d

I don’t love what’s happening in a lot of Australia’s universities, but given more than a decade of federal government under-funding research and higher education, it’s a bit rich for senate to quite so critical. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

'Rotten' Australian university culture lashed in long-running senate inquiry

Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found.

www.abc.net.au

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · 23d

“One person- one vote” is the preserve of constitutional democracies, and USA is not that. Only the electoral college has the right to vote for US presidents; citizens just get whatever rights their state allows them. So I guess gerrymandering is probably not even illegal…

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Ed Doddridge @edoddridge.bsky.social · Sep 5

Are you in Hobart and looking for the perfect gift for Father’s Day on Sunday?

I can’t help you with that, sorry. But, I am giving a talk to the Royal Society of Tasmania about climate change and Antarctica. All welcome!

Sunday 7 September, 4pm, Geology Lecture Theatre, UTAS.

Songs from the South: a cacophony of change around the Antarctic - rst.org.au

Antarctica and the Southern Ocean lie at the heart of our global climate system. The Southern Ocean acts as a key regulator of global climate by connecting our oceans both horizontally and vertically;...

rst.org.au

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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · Sep 1

One protester said she loved the country, “Just not its people, its government, its policies, its cities, its suburbs, its taxes, its laws, its restaurants, its internet, its cyclists, its TV shows, its direction or its culture. Although I do quite like Yum Cha on a Sunday with the family”

“If They Don’t Like It Here They Can Leave” Say People Who Don’t Like It, but Are Curiously Still Here — The Shovel

"I genuinely love this country, just not its people, its government, its policies, its cities, its suburbs, its culture, its restaurants, its TV shows, or its direction. Although I do quite like Yum C...

theshovel.com.au

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · Aug 28

Dr Scott Spillias last night at @beeraquatic.bsky.social , on whether AI fish will save the fish or crush our futures (maybe both?). Assisted by some friendly (and not so friendly) AI bots #hobart #marinescience #imas_utas

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · Aug 27

Will AI save the oceans, or drown us in a sea of big data? Fish-modeller Dr Scott Spillias has views on this, and he's spilling all
@beeraquatic.bsky.social
tomorrow! Come for the beer; stay for the science. 6:30pm 28th August, Hobart Brewing Coy

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · Aug 13

Beaker Street is here in Hobart! Time to party with people who have access to liquid nitrogen and ideas on how to use it! I’ll be around a lot of events; no liquid nitrogen but stop and ask me about frozen seawater… @beeraquatic.bsky.social #hobart #beakerstreet @imas-utas.bsky.social

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · Aug 1

Always great to see the beer/science communities combo @beeraquatic.bsky.social

That's What I Call Science 🎙 @thatssciencetas.bsky.social · Aug 1

Special shoutout to the wonderful teams at Science Made Beerable (for making the science behind brewing fun), Beer Aquatic (for the monthly dive into marine science), and Beaker Street Festival (for blending science & a late-night brew with their Scientists in the Pub and Roving Scientist Bar)
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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · Jul 29

Our piece in @theconversation.com today:
As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk theconversation.com/as-us-climat...
And it's not just Australia that will lose out. Forecasting all around the world will be set back decades if these cuts go through.

As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk

For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at risk

theconversation.com

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · Jul 28

“Push it to the depths!” The very words I ride by… #MTB #tokyo

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · Jul 26

Not really shocking given the current political situation, but another big blow as Antarctica’s climate change is ramping up

Carlos Moffat @carlosmoffat.com · Jul 25

🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share:

We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.

If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)

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Australian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · Jul 21

Q: What happens when #Antarctic summer sea ice hits record lows in 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025?

A: aapp.shorthandstories.com/a-world-with...

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jul 7

I'd like to introduce a new page on my website: U.S. climate indicator visuals (zacklabe.com/united-state...).

I only have a few basic variables so far, but I will be expanding this summer to add a range of metrics (e.g., ecological). I welcome suggestions! Hope this is useful, especially nowadays.

Screenshot showing a variability of different climate-related graphics for different United States climate change indicators

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jul 6

With both poles observing unusually low sea ice conditions, global sea ice extent is the 2nd lowest on record for today's date...

More sea ice graphics available at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i.... Data from @nsidc.bsky.social.

Line graph time series of 2025's daily global sea ice extent in red shading compared to each year from 1979 to 2024 using shades of purple to white for each line. There is substantial interannual and daily variability. Seasonal cycles are visible. A disclaimer is shown, which states: Trends/variability in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice are affected by very different atmospheric/oceanic processes and opposite seasonality!

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · Jul 4

Was this a sanctioned trail?

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · Jul 2

Incredible heat in the Mediteranean with sea sfc departures up to 7C (13 F) above normal!
While +13F is not unusual for air temps, for large water bodies it's ludicrous.
Marine heateaves in the Med are now 3X more likely than the 1980s due to climate change - CC can explain 90% of this increase.

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Australian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · Jul 2

🛰️ "NSIDC's sea ice data is our number one heart rate monitor for the state of the planet’s ice. It’s our early warning system and tells us if the patient is about to flatline." — Dr Alex Fraser, AAPP sea-ice remote sensing scientist
@utas.edu.au
@nsidc.bsky.social

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Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but the US is halting data sharing

News comes as research finds record lows of Antarctic sea ice had seen more icebergs splintering off ice shelves

www.theguardian.com

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · Jul 1

What's Antarctic sea ice ever done for us? Quite a lot! It cools the ocean, protects ice shelves, supports an irreplaceable ecosystem. Oh, and helps the ocean absorb $180 billion of carbon per year. Hopefully we can figure this out whilst there still is some summer sea ice...
doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · Jun 28

I don’t understand why you think the climate science community has understated anything. Yes the IPCC reports are (scientifically) conservative documents, but I’m unaware of any public communication by scientists themselves that doesn’t highlight the urgency of mitigation.

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Will Hobbs @icecoldwill.bsky.social · Jun 28

Ok, let me be clear then. The climate is incredibly variable system that can’t be bottled in a test tube . It takes time/work to separate human effects from variability (working on it!) If we get it wrong - cry wolf - that’ll just fuel the deniers.