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Do what I can to change academia from the inside, earth scientist working on Arctic coastal environmental change and palaeoclimate. HoD and assoc.prof. at Unis- Svalbard. Parent. Equity, diversity and decolonize science. Every day is a new balancing act.

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mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Jun 17

It went so well. Amazing students explaining how they’ve been involved in the research project on palaeoclimate data from coal through their BSc course at #UniSvalbard this spring to the King and Queen of Norway. And we ended the day with a reception at the Royal yacht!

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Jun 17

Ready for the king of Norway. Two students will present our work on coal as a palaeoclimate archive to the King today.

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Jun 15

I’m so sorry. The world at it’s worst.

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Dr. Simon D. A. Clark @kelpiesi.bsky.social · Jun 12

Anti-science & anti-LGBT+ forces have the same ideological root.

How are #LGBT+ scientists affected & how can you help?

For #PrideMonth I wrote about cause, effect & actions towards greater inclusion, for @egu.eu : blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2025/...

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Jun 8

Summer in the Arctic. And delicious cake from a student, who finished her internship on the carbon cycle in an arctic delta with me.

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Jun 8

Coal mining was the heart and soul of Longyearbyen and now it’s coming to an end. The last mine closes in a couple of weeks. But my daughter got to perform at the open day yesterday for people from town for a last visit to the mine #gruve7remix

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · May 26

Outreach projects as part of the assessment for the course “Arctic climate change - from the past to the future” at #UnisSvalbard. What a day. I’ve rarely had so much fun in an exam situation. For example this movie created by students. youtu.be/GBITtLhvQwc?...

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · May 14

Lucky me, who’s one of the scientist protagonists in an amazing childrens book about research in the Arctic. Yesterday we celebrated the first books coming from printing with author Maria Rossi.

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Seds Online @sedsonline.bsky.social · May 14

In today’s webinar Ana Prohaska will be giving us Evolutionary insights from ancient sediments: Opportunities and challenges of microfossil DNA. See you all at 4pm UK time.

a computer generated image of a dna structure

ALT: a computer generated image of a dna structure

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mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · May 1

This session turned out very well!

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · May 1

If you are at #EGU25, come to our fieldwork session starting at 16:15 at PICO spot 3 (Hall X3)

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Apr 28

I definitely will :-)

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Apr 28

See you another year.

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Apr 28

Tomorrow I’ll present our new coastal landform dataset from Svalbard at #EGU25 in session OS2.4, room 1.61/1.62, 14-15:45.
We have mapped out the entire coastline of the Svalbard archipelago in 1:30.000 and it’s openly available here: doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANG...

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Apr 28

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Apr 28

Yes, I’ll be there and hopefully more people interested in fieldwork.

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mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Apr 26

Are you a field scientist going to #EGU25 next week. Join the discussion at our union symposium on how to do inclusive and safe field work and what structures can be put in place locally, nationally and internationally to support this.

meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Apr 26

Are you a field scientist going to #EGU25 next week. Join the discussion at our union symposium on how to do inclusive and safe field work and what structures can be put in place locally, nationally and internationally to support this.

meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Mar 13

Yesterday I revisited Mel Gibson's drunken phone calls from when he became a convicted abuser and they sounded a lot like this. "I am focusing on terrorizing you while you should be focused on thanking me."

Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · Mar 13

'Just say thank you': Lutnick says Canada is acting like Ukraine

nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Lutnick: Think about it. The biggest trading partner in the whole world that is vital to Canada’s existence says, “I’m unhappy,” and they respond negatively, you know why? Because for 20 years, 30 years, they’ve gotten away with it. It’s like Ukraine. They came in. You imagine coming into this country, sitting in the Oval Office, having received $300 billion in aid from U.S. and military and NATO and all the rest, and the first words out of your mouth aren’t thank you. Just say thank you. God knows, just say thank you. When the biggest client, the biggest trading partner, the most important counter-party you have, who really, really matters to you, the first thing you do is showing immeasurable respect. Say, “Thank you. I want to work it out with you. I want you to be happy.”

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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · Mar 13

Abusive behaviours & toxic work environments in science research institutes. This has finally hit mainstream news.

EUROPE SAYS @europesays.bsky.social · Mar 13

DW documentary about Max Planck Society: “How Germany’s elite research institution fails young scientists”

https://www.europesays.com/1908626/

DW documentary about Max Planck Society: “How Germany’s elite research institution fails young scientists” by skyrwithnuts

DW documentary about Max Planck Society: “How Germany’s elite research institution fails young scientists”

DW documentary about Max Planck Society: “How Germany’s elite research institution fails young scientists”by skyrwithnuts

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mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Mar 11

Gorgeous field day yesterday with our new BSc course “Arctic climate change - from the past to the future” (AG-223). #UNIS #Svalbard

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Mar 9

I take it as a chance to reach a slightly broader audience than is possible otherwise. Yesterday I gave a very well attended (also by non-scientists) talk about women in science highlighting some of the many career issues. Does it change anything? Maybe not. But maybe it opens a few people’s minds.

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Mar 9

Yes, great programme and colleagues from #UNISvalbard organizing. I’m not attending, though. I’ll be in the field with students.

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Mar 8

Great article that explain many of the subtle and not so subtle reasons why women are not moving forward in academia at the same rate of men.

Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · Mar 7

“In 2011, I completed a PhD in...chemistry, with 10 papers to my name, five as first author. You might assume that was a foundation for academic success. Instead, I left #academia, becoming another statistic in the leaky pipeline, where 39% of chem PhD grads are women, yet only 9% are professors.”

Universities’ financial crisis leaves women in the firing line - Research Professional News

Structural inequities and neglect of career development threaten to turn back clock, says Hannah Roberts

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

mariaansine @mariaansine.bsky.social · Mar 8

I’m speaking at Svalbard Museum tonight about Women in Science for #InternationalWomensDay.

Forever activist for equity and inclusion!

List of speakers from announcement i local newspaper.