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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Dec 22

#WeAre 8th-time National Champs! Penn State Women’s Volleyball making Herstory for Coach Katie!

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Nov 26

Big news! The 'all scientists who do climate' feed now stands at:

🌏 3500 MEMBERS 🌎

...more than it ever had on Twitter!

Huge welcome to #3949, my fav colleague @brasmus.bsky.social, and #3500, @johndparker.bsky.social, who says he’s “not good at social media.” No longer, John!

Pin it here ⬇️

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Gordon Inglis @climategordon.bsky.social · Nov 26

New paper led by Emily Hollingsworth in Geochemical Perspective Letters. We use Raman spectroscopy to evaluate rock organic carbon oxidation during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum and assess its role as a positive feedback mechanism! (1/3)

www.geochemicalperspectivesletters.org/article2444/

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Dan Ibarra @danibarra.bsky.social · Nov 20

Applications are open for our 2025 paleoclimate summer school, paleoCAMP, held in the eastern Sierras in late June! Please repost and share with your graduate students.

paleoclimate.camp/apply

#paleo #carbon #climate

Application — paleoCAMP

paleoclimate.camp

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Nov 25

Yikes! Stay safe Rich, this world needs you

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hey there - I’m interested in joining!

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · May 1

Congrats to all the new members of the NAS elected today, most especially the amazing and geobiologist extraordinaire Ann Pearson! 🧪🧬⚒️ www.nasonline.org/news-and-mul...

2024 NAS Election

www.nasonline.org

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Feb 23

This is fantastic

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Feb 22

I recently made a comic complaining that NASA refuses to listen to my good ideas for improving the Solar System (xkcd.com/2750).

To my delight, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has sent me an actual expert panel evaluation of my “flatten the planets” proposal! Sadly, they decided not to fund it.

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Feb 3

Such sad news 💔

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Jan 19

A sight to behold!!

Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · Jan 19

NASA's first photo from the inside of OSIRISREx -- you're looking at the sample of the asteroid Bennu! They previously found signs of Carbon and water. Looking forward to hearing what exactly they find.

#physics #science #astronomy #NASA 🔭🛰️🧪

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Jan 19

Growing up in that area I was told they originally escaped from the National Zoo

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Jan 14

Wow. May your day be better than what’s happening today for the good people of Grindavik ⚒️🧪

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · Jan 14

They caught the beginning of the eruption on camera: www.ruv.is/frettir/innl...

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Jan 11

Aw shucks! Many thanks for your kind words and your good work with this list

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Jan 11

Hi Mae, please include me, thanks! scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Katherine H. Freeman

‪Evan Pugh University Professor, Penn State‬ - ‪‪Cited by 20,070‬‬ - ‪Biogeochemistry‬ - ‪Organic Geochemistry‬ - ‪Isotope Geochemistry‬ - ‪Biomarkers‬ - ‪Astrobiology‬

scholar.google.com

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Jan 7

Musee d’Orsay has a stunning exhibit of Van Gogh’s work during his final months in Auvers-sur-Oise. I recommend advanced tickets.

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · Jan 5

The paleoCAMP application deadline is in one week! If you're a graduate student interested in paleoclimate, apply to join us this summer in the beautiful eastern Sierra for two weeks of proxies, models, statistics, fieldwork, and fun! paleoclimate.camp/apply

Application — paleoCAMP

paleoclimate.camp

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Jan 6

It’s a real society, and back in my day (the Devonian?) it was an honor to join for STEM undergrads at US colleges.

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Dec 29

I agree, although as I understand it, paleo databases involve thousands or tens of thousands of original pubs—far too many for inclusion in the conventional way for most journals.

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Dec 29

Lovely! And looks like nicer weather than London

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Dec 17

Apparently not 🤦‍♀️

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James Rae @mudwaterclimate.bsky.social · Dec 7

Just out, a 66 million year history of atmospheric CO2. Key take away: CO2 hasn't been at today's levels for at least 3 million years. These high CO2 worlds in the geological past had less ice and *much* higher sea levels 📈🌊 ⚒️🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Graph showing atmospheric CO2 over the last 66 million years superimposed on bands indicating levels of global warming

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Nov 30

Kindly add me! www.khfreeman.com

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Nov 30

Calling @samb0i.bsky.social

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Nov 29

Decay Modes xkcd.com/2860

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Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Nov 30

The Exceptions by Kate Zernike katezernike.com/the-exceptions

Kate Freeman @khfreeman.bsky.social · Nov 29

www.khfreeman.com

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