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Dr Susi Arnott
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Biologist, retired film-maker, scientist for XR. Climate Literacy handbook: https://bit.ly/CLNZine London, UK, born here c.315ppm 🌉 bridged from https://mastodon.green/@SusiArnott on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 1d
"Trump is easily lampooned, but Miller is the grimmest of reapers... Timothy Snyder, the historian and author of the influential book On Tyranny, posted a video on his Substack, comparing Miller to Stalin... Lenin’s leadership ran from 1917 to 1924, but he was incapacitated by strokes beginning […]
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 1d
Meanwhile, #greenland: its complicated (and unusually for AlJazeera, no mention of the people who live there) #geopolitics #climatebreakdown #ClimateJustice
"The Arctic’s potential opportunities for strategic trade, energy exploration and exploitation of rare earth minerals – which are expected […]
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Ping @urlyman
Jeff's been around and you might find his take interesting!
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Describing the COP climate meeting as having become more like a “festival for the oil-producing countries”, Talia said Tuvalu is also exploring a range of alternative initiatives...
...Representatives of oil-producing countries are now attending the COP climate meetings in “big numbers”, Talia […]
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Prof.Jeff Waage (OBE), London School of Hygiene + Tropical Medicine, has been advisor to DEFRA and Natural England. In the face of climate and ecological breakdown, in 2019 he joined Scientists for XR in pursuit of changes not achieved by research and report-writing. He'll lead an online […]
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 2d
@CelloMomOnCars Hate to re-quote Zac Goldsmith but:
“Now it seems a seminal report by the joint intelligence committee on the threats to UK security of the collapse of critically important ecosystems is being swept under the carpet by a government embarrassed by its failure to provide any […]
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 2d
@CelloMomOnCars
#pre-bunking misinformation :)
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 3d
@sellathechemist Not just v likeable behaviour but sending important message, that top #scientists value teaching as well as research (can they weave together, ideally?)
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 3d
"The hard-hitting report was to be published on Thursday at a landmark event in London. But the Guardian understands that the report, prepared by experts over many months, has been halted." #climatebreakdown #tellthetruth […]
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Nobel prize for chemistry shared by #palestinian - Jordanian - American born to refugee parents. Anyone gonna tell #trump?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M._Yaghi
Omar M. Yaghi - Wikipedia
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 3d
@sellathechemist And I'd not realised Yaghi was born to Palestinian refugees in Jordan...
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 3d
This is important. Military occupation ain't over. #palestine
“Israel’s response to the terrible attacks committed by the terrorist group Hamas on October 7, 2023, has ended up becoming an indiscriminate attack against the Palestinian population that the majority of experts have called genocide […]
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 3d
"The hard-hitting report was to be published on Thursday at a landmark event in London. But the Guardian understands that the report, prepared by experts over many months, has been halted." #climatebreakdown #tellthetruth […]
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 3d
"The findings have led to claims that politicians who oppose investment in the sector “have grossly misjudged” voters’ views." #ClimateAction #popularsupport
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/reform-research-richard-tice-yougov-reform-uk-b2841340.html
Poll suggests most Reform UK voters back investment in renewable energy
Research by YouGov showed some politicians had ‘grossly misjudged voters’ views amid criticism of net zero efforts, according to investment body.
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 3d
@sellathechemist "New rooms for chemistry" (to happen in?) Beauty of molecules, indeed
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 4d
UK scientist wanting a better-informed government? Consider signing this open letter re in-person briefing, Nov 27th:
#climateandnature #nationalemergencybriefing #NEB
https://forms.gle/iRvJYhbKR9DAD88a9
Scientists Open Letter - NEB
Form for scientists to agree to co-sign the open letter calling on MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing on 27th November 2025. The letter is intended for publication in a major newspaper. We are aiming for a large number of signatories, PhD and up. Please use a broad definition of 'scientists' - i.e. to include social sciences
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 4d
Former minister who had to learn on the job, and fast, points out complexities and contradictions of her country's politics in new memoir #climatebarbie #canada #climateemergency […]
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 4d
Thoughtful and clear from #SGR #scientistsforglobalresponsibility
"...increased security in Europe cannot be achieved by deploying yet more offensive and destructive nuclear weaponry..." #nato #russia @philipwebber https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/us-nuclear-weapons-return-uk-ready-raf
US nuclear weapons return to the UK ready for the RAF
The UK government has announced a new nuclear role for the Royal Air Force using US bombs and aircraft. Dr Philip Webber, SGR, explores the disturbing implications of this surprise announcement. Article from Responsible Science journal no. 8 (2026). Advance online publication 7 October 2025.
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 4d
"...the Subtropical Front – the boundary between cold subantarctic water and warmer subtropical water that is biologically and economically significant – has moved 120km west, the report said, noting it was the first time a shift in large-scale ocean circulation around New Zealand had been […]
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 4d
Reminder that most refugees aren't in the wealthy world at all - #journalism
https://news.sky.com/story/beaten-for-16-days-deported-afghans-describe-brutal-treatment-by-iran-yet-are-desperate-to-return-13446432
'Beaten for 16 days': Deported Afghans describe brutal treatment by Iran - yet are desperate to return
Some 1.3 million Afghans have been deported by Iran this year - many with stories of violent arrests.
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 4d
@davidho ping @CrispinHughes
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 5d
Oh:
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
By @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance
China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 5d
@sellathechemist Are yr students working in local primary schools again? #airpollution #youngscientists
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 5d
@sellathechemist bonkers
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Dr Susi Arnott @susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 5d
Watched this gripping and dynamic drama - which doesn't directly mention climate change. Any thoughts?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/19/the-lost-bus-review-matthew-mcconaughey-america-ferrera-paul-greengrass
The Lost Bus review – Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera in dynamic real-life blaze-escape movie
McConaughey plays the unassuming real hero who drove a schoolbus full of children out of California’s deadliest wildfire
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