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Academic Aunties @academicaunties.com · 20d

NEW EPISODE! @tungohan.bsky.social and Carrianne Leung talk about the energy we bring into the classroom, with students who are coping with realities of fascism, genocide, climate catastrophe, and the uncertainties of AI. Listen on your favourite podcast app: academicaunties.captivate.fm

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · 23d

It's 40 years since Farman, Gardiner and Shanklin's paper analysing springtime ozone depletion over Halley Bay - www.nature.com/articles/d41.... On World Ozone Day 2025, the IO3C reminds us that this is a story of the Earth system's capacity to surprise. www.io3c.org/public-state...

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International Ozone Commission @io3c.bsky.social · 23d

Happy World Ozone day !! youtu.be/Se5shgSACyo?...

World Ozone Day 2025 Message by UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen (EN)

YouTube video by Ozone Secretariat

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 23d

By phasing out nearly all ozone-depleting substances, the Montreal Protocol is expected to help prevent up to 1°C of global warming by the end of the century.

September 16 is #WorldOzoneDay: ozone.unep.org/ozone-day/fr...

@unepozone.bsky.social

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CICERO Center for International Climate Research @cicero.oslo.no · 27d

"I don't think it was fully realized how much pollution removal would affect the regional climate" says CICERO researcher @bjornsamset.bsky.social Bjørn Samset in a recent story in @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2494...

Is Earth’s climate in a state of 'termination shock'?

Cleaning up air pollution has saved millions of lives, but it has also given us an inadvertent taste of a nightmare climate scenario. The race is on to understand how bad it could be – and how to swer...

www.newscientist.com

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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · Apr 26

I wrote something up for AI people who want to get into bluesky and either couldn't assemble an exciting feed or gave up doomscrolling when their Following feed switched to talking politics 24/7.

The AI Researcher's Guide to a Non-Boring Bluesky Feed | Naomi Saphra

How to migrate to bsky without a boring feed.

nsaphra.net

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Robinson College, Cambridge @robinsoncollege.bsky.social · Sep 2

Who was the first king of England? 👑

Robinson Fellow, Professor David Woodman, thinks more people should know that Æthelstan created England in 927AD – should his story be on the school curriculum?

David makes the case in his groundbreaking new biography 👇
shorturl.at/t07ej

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · Aug 6

On the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, our Head of Witness and Worship Oliver Robertson traces the history of opposition to nuclear weapons, and how Quakers continue that tradition today.

Our faith calls us to work for a peaceful world, free of nuclear weapons 🕊️☮️

Why we must build a world free from nuclear weapons

On the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Oliver Robertson traces the history of opposition to nuclear weapons, and how Quakers continue that tradition today.

www.quaker.org.uk

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · Aug 6

On Hiroshima Day, let us draw strength from the tireless campaigning of the last Japanese survivors.

Tadayoshi Ogawa: 'We live on something akin to a spaceship...we can fight over borders, over resources, and the spaceship and the life on it will suffer.'

www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Quakers host two survivors of atomic bombing of Japan in 1945

Nagasaki must be the last city in the world to ever experience an atomic bomb, two survivors of the bombings of Japan by the USA told a gathering in Friends House, London, last weekend.

www.quaker.org.uk

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jul 31

🧪🌳☁️ Short-lived climate forcers affect climate change, air quality, ecosystem health & agriculture productivity. Our new ACP (highlight) paper reviews the research in this area enabled by the CMIP6 AerChemMIP project. Led by @ljwilcox.bsky.social, Bob Allen & me acp.copernicus.org/articles/25/...

Opinion: The role of AerChemMIP in advancing climate and air quality research

Abstract. The Aerosol Chemistry Model Intercomparison Project (AerChemMIP) was endorsed by the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6) and was designed to quantify the climate and air quality ...

acp.copernicus.org

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Jul 23

Come and join us for our prestigious Annual Lecture and Research Showcase on 8 October where we will be rethinking food and nutrition for the planet. We've got a fantastic panel and keynote lined up and interactive research exhibits to explore.

Get your ticket! www.tickettailor.com/events/cabot...

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jul 17

From the back of the room - a great turnout for the UKCA science meeting. Heading towards our community town hall.

A photo of a lecture theatre at the University of Reading Dept of Meteorology showing a packed, stuffy room full of scientists and laptops. The screen at the front shows a talk from Hanish Gordon of CMU

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jul 17

If you fancy a change, come over the UKCA annual meeting in the @uniofreading.bsky.social Hoskins building to hear on atmospheric chemistry research!

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jul 14

Very glad to have Bjorn and Laura’s leadership on this project! And they have written an Explainer - theconversation.com/cleaner-air-...

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jul 8

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jun 29

gosat-gw.nies.go.jp/en/gosat-gw0... includes the team!

About GOSAT-GW page 1 || GOSAT-GW Project | Satellite Observation Center | NIES

GOSAT-GW is the third satellite of GOSAT series which observes greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). GOSAT-GW will carry a spectrometer named TANSO-3 and observe CO2, CH4 a...

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jun 29

Spending last autumn at Japan's National Centre for Environmental Sciences showed me the immense effort behind GOSAT-GW, a new Earth observation satellite for greenhouse gases CO2 and CH4. Incredible work by JAXA and NIES. JAXA’s live-stream of its (so far-🤞) launch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZop...

温室効果ガス・水循環観測技術衛星（GOSAT-GW）／H-IIAロケット50号機打上げライブ中継

YouTube video by JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構

www.youtube.com

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jun 27

From the back of the room - this was a fantastic day. Thanks. Particularly enjoyed the overview of lab education from @mkseery.bsky.social

Prof. Natalie Fey @nataliefeynls.bsky.social · Jun 3

We are organising a one-day symposium in memory of Chris Adams, here in Bristol Chemistry on 27th June 2025, from 10 am. Details, programme and registration form here: cjasymposium.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Please register by the end of this week if you plan to come for dinner.

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jun 12

Alas IWGGMS is over but it’s been a great workshop. Can’t wait for the next trip to Shikoku!

All the fun of the IWGGMS fair. A sunset over the inland sea; hordes of scientists running up stairs for free beers; Takamatsu’s very friendly station which has a smiley face; a look at Thursday’s delicious obento lunch (provided by the workshop!); a photo of the opening session, and a scene from the initiation of an instrument scientist in to the python way of data analysis in Pandas when the spreadsheet is in Unicode 🧐

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jun 12

Alas that you missed all the people in the room nodding along with your fascinating talk!

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · Jun 8

Nice trip from Hiroshima to Takamatsu for IWGGMS. TIL that the cat that rides with Kumanaku the JR mascot is called Tabinyan.

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · Oct 11

Momocchi, a mascot for Okayama Prefecture, is based on the local folktale hero, Momotaro. Kumanaku, a yellow bear train station employee, is Japan Railways’ mascot for Okayama.

A blonde mascot in traditional Japanese dress stands beside a yellow bear wearing a station master’s costume.

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Ankit Bhandekar @ankitbhandekar.com · Feb 28

Just published in @uk.theconversation.com w/ @ljwilcox.bsky.social! Our article explains why Delhi can't break free from its Air Pollution Crisis and explores how meteorology is just as important as emissions in the fight for cleaner air!

Read more: theconversation.com/delhi-how-we...

Delhi: how weather patterns and faraway mountains made this the world’s most polluted megacity

Don’t just blame the city’s cars, factories and building sites. Mountains and weather patterns make it particularly hard for pollution to escape.

theconversation.com

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · May 27

Please consider submitting an abstract to the session on 'Understanding reactive gases, aerosols, and land use for air quality and climate change' convened by Fiona O'Connor, @dwatsonparris.bsky.social, Stephanie Fiedler, @flossie-brown.bsky.social and me! Deadline August 13th.

CMIP ─ Coupled Model Intercomparison Project @wcrp-cmip.org · May 27

The CMIP Community Workshop 2026 will be held in Kyoto, Japan from 9-13th March 2026. The call for abstracts for CMIP26 is now open! Find out more at wcrp-cmip.org/cmip26-call-...

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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · May 18

Stunning

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Deep-sea scientists make "incredible discovery" on 35-day expedition in South Atlantic | Discover Wildlife

With the help of their remotely operated vehicle, the team found magical coral gardens, rare hydrothermal vents and mysterious creatures.

www.discoverwildlife.com

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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · May 16

Excited to join the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society as an Associate Editor. Looking forward to supporting groundbreaking research in atmospheric chemistry and climate science, and contributing to our understanding of a changing planet. 🌍☁️🧪

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