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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 7h

It is indeed autumn

Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 7h

1776: One swallow.

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 1d

Just remembered I never replied ,sorry. Tried to DM but didn't seem to work. Feel free to drop me an email, address at website in bio

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 1d

And maybe also "hard to abate but we don't need this industry at this size and intensity". See for example meat production.

Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 18d

“Hard to abate” is the climate wonk’s term for an industry with no immediate route to zero carbon emissions. But I think there’s “hard to abate” & “expensive to abate” & then there’s “it’s just a bit difficult & we can’t really be bothered to abate”. None of this is impossible. We need to *choose*.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?

Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!

So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵

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Emmet Ó Briain @emmet.quiddity.ie · 3d

I think this is an excellent example of why behaviour change needs legislative/regulatory support, and a cautionary tale for anyone in areas like climate change and active travel hoping that voluntary behaviour change programmes are going to help them achieve the ambitious targets they've been set.

Mike Spillane @spillanemike.com · 4d

This is a real pity to read

"The Killarney Coffee Cup Project has lost all of its participating cafes, with just a few hotels and clubs carrying on"

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Kerry town that banned disposable coffee cups sees project falter amid Government U-turn

Two projects in Dublin, inspired by Killarney Coffee Cup Project, now in doubt

www.irishtimes.com

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Kirk Amundson @kirkamundson.bsky.social · 3d

UMass Amherst Biology is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Physiology. Deadline Nov 1. Please spread the word and apply!

careers.massachusetts.edu/mob/en-us/jo...

Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology

The Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Plant Physiology. The successful can...

careers.massachusetts.edu

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 5d

One of my greatest culture shocks when moving from ex-Communist Romania to the UK in the early 2000s was attitudes to women in employment

Deborah Cole @deborahcole.bsky.social · 5d

Telling graphic on the gender pay gap in east & west Germany 35 years on, on Unity Day www.ostbeauftragte.de/ostb-de/aktu...

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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 5d

A short history of destructive Irish storms 🌧️

We can learn from the impacts of past storms to better adapt to the destructive effects of future storms, writes Dr Carla Mateus of ICARUS and the Department of Geography.

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...

A turbulent beach scene shows large waves crashing under a gray sky. Grassy sand dunes are blown by strong winds, with water partially flooding the area. A wooden railing stands in the foreground, partially submerged by rising tides.

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 5d

The climate scientist's dilemma: I know it's been a dry year and water resources are depleted so rain is good. But, like, it's really wet outside? #StormAmy

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 5d

“We are the most intellectual species to walk the planet, but we’re not intelligent. If you’re intelligent you don’t destroy your only home.”

Dr. Jane Goodall

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 5d

Butbutbut think of the car parking businesses, they're people too

Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 5d

I lived in Madrid when Madrid Centro went into effect and it was amazing. I bring it up all the time as an example of the benefits of that kind of policy choice.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 6d

"In a new report, Future Economy Scotland (FES) said relying on investors such as banks, pension funds and asset managers was wasteful and counterproductive, because their primary concern was making a profit, not tackling the climate or nature emergencies"

Laurie Macfarlane @lmacfarlane.bsky.social · 6d

“Thinking that commercial investors are going to fix things is foolhardy. We need fresh thinking.”

It was great to speak to @severincarrell.bsky.social about the folly of relying on private finance to fix the nature crisis for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

NatureScot may raise ‘more than £100m’ in private investment for conservation

Investors in talks about supporting up to 15 government-backed nature restoration projects in Scotland

www.theguardian.com

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely, happy to chat, it's one if the only bits of the model that I trust to work well all the time haha

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 7d

From a teaching perspective especially the roles are scientifically spread out. Research-wise it would make for strong collaborations though

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 7d

ooof, and here is the working link my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, sorry, it's essentially to teach the stuff I can't teach...

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 7d

urgh, I hate our HR website. Does this work? my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 7d

Come work with us - The School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin is looking for a tenure track assistant professor in plant biodiversity and conservation 🧪🌏🌾 my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Drop me a message if you want to chat about what it's like to work here or live in Ireland.

an old building with climbing plants around the door with purple flowers. The sign above the door says school of botany 1907

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Alice Gauthey @a-gthy.bsky.social · 7d

New PhD position in tree ecophysiology at BiFoR-FACE (Uni of Birmingham) 🌳 Looking at tree carbon and water dynamics under elevated CO2 and warming 🌡️
Start Jan 2026. See more info here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/376950

Doctoral Research Fellow - FutureForests - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 106218 - Grade 7

Position Details School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK Fixed salary of £49,747 additional allowances may be applicable depe...

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 8d

We do need to have the difficult conversations about food production and its impacts

TABLE @tabledebates.bsky.social · 11d

🚫 🏆 We need to talk about losers. 🚫 🏆

In the latest #FoodTakes 🥦 , Rob Booth says focusing on win-win-wins keeps us from discussing the very real losses that are necessary in a just food transition w/ @rebelwrit.bsky.social

Watch the full video: buff.ly/2yISkSz

@britishecologicalsociety.org

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 8d

Which is an issue as I have a ton of things to do and I'll end up behind and have to academia harder later in the week

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 8d

I just can't academia today

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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 9d

A friend was asking if mentoring is actually useful and I've just realised the best way to explain it is that mentoring is training for smashing the patriarchy. #academia

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 9d

So exhausting..

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 11d

Something you might note about this Nobel Prize article is there's a side bar on women and the Nobel Prize: www.snexplores.org/article/nobe...

Noting how few women have won science prizes.

My editor asked me hey: what are the stats for Black scientists?

There is no sidebar....

What’s so noble about the Nobel Prize?

The Nobel Prize might be the one science prize you’ve heard about. But does it really recognize the most important science?

www.snexplores.org

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