Thomas Holmes
@tracemetaltom.bsky.social
Chemical oceanographer. Studying trace nutrients in the Southern Ocean and their impact on carbon cycling. Postdoc at Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, University of Tasmania.
Very excited to be part of this ARC Discovery Grant, working to improve our understanding of ocean biological carbon cycling, and how it will change in the future 🌏🌊
🦠🧪 Congratulations to our biogeochemistry team on winning an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project grant to iron out wrinkles in climate models.
▶️https://aappartnership.org.au/unlocking-how-iron-shapes-ocean-life-and-climate/
▶️https://aappartnership.org.au/unlocking-how-iron-shapes-ocean-life-and-climate/
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Very excited to be part of this ARC Discovery Grant, working to improve our understanding of ocean biological carbon cycling, and how it will change in the future 🌏🌊
New Honours/Masters project in ocean biogeochemistry advertised looking at the trace element nickel. Nickel is a bio-essential element, and yet concentrations in the ocean are relatively high. Why is this? Come help us find out! Full description here: www.utas.edu.au/imas/study/h...
September 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
New Honours/Masters project in ocean biogeochemistry advertised looking at the trace element nickel. Nickel is a bio-essential element, and yet concentrations in the ocean are relatively high. Why is this? Come help us find out! Full description here: www.utas.edu.au/imas/study/h...
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🚨 CLOSING SOON — JOBS @imas-utas.bsky.social @utas.edu.au with Prof Nathan Bindoff:
🌊 Two Research Associates in Oceanography and Climate Change
🌏 Earth's energy balance
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
🌦️ Water cycle
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
➡️ Applications close 11 September 2025
🌊 Two Research Associates in Oceanography and Climate Change
🌏 Earth's energy balance
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
🌦️ Water cycle
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
➡️ Applications close 11 September 2025
September 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
🚨 CLOSING SOON — JOBS @imas-utas.bsky.social @utas.edu.au with Prof Nathan Bindoff:
🌊 Two Research Associates in Oceanography and Climate Change
🌏 Earth's energy balance
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
🌦️ Water cycle
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
➡️ Applications close 11 September 2025
🌊 Two Research Associates in Oceanography and Climate Change
🌏 Earth's energy balance
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
🌦️ Water cycle
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
➡️ Applications close 11 September 2025
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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
June 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
The ocean needs everyone's help. That includes all types of people. Everyone.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The ocean needs everyone's help. That includes all types of people. Everyone.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Permanent lectureship position currently advertised at UCL Earth Sciences. My good friend an colleague just started there and loves it!
Applications close June 24th...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
@ucl.ac.uk @es-ucl.bsky.social
Applications close June 24th...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
@ucl.ac.uk @es-ucl.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Permanent lectureship position currently advertised at UCL Earth Sciences. My good friend an colleague just started there and loves it!
Applications close June 24th...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
@ucl.ac.uk @es-ucl.bsky.social
Applications close June 24th...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
@ucl.ac.uk @es-ucl.bsky.social
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🚨 WORK WITH US at @utas.edu.au IN HOBART!
🧊 Research Associate – Ice Core Atmospheric Sciences
🫧 Play a lead role in interpreting gas records from the Million Year Ice Core (MYIC) @millionyearice.bsky.social project
✍️ Applications close 13 July 2025
▶️ aappartnership.org.au/vacancies/#i...
🧊 Research Associate – Ice Core Atmospheric Sciences
🫧 Play a lead role in interpreting gas records from the Million Year Ice Core (MYIC) @millionyearice.bsky.social project
✍️ Applications close 13 July 2025
▶️ aappartnership.org.au/vacancies/#i...
June 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
🚨 WORK WITH US at @utas.edu.au IN HOBART!
🧊 Research Associate – Ice Core Atmospheric Sciences
🫧 Play a lead role in interpreting gas records from the Million Year Ice Core (MYIC) @millionyearice.bsky.social project
✍️ Applications close 13 July 2025
▶️ aappartnership.org.au/vacancies/#i...
🧊 Research Associate – Ice Core Atmospheric Sciences
🫧 Play a lead role in interpreting gas records from the Million Year Ice Core (MYIC) @millionyearice.bsky.social project
✍️ Applications close 13 July 2025
▶️ aappartnership.org.au/vacancies/#i...
Come and join the most awesome GEOTRACES Early Career Scientists Committee to have ever existed! (Also the first). Time running out ⏰
🌊 ✨ Call for Applications Now Open ✨ 🌊
The GEOTRACES Early Career Scientists Committee (ECS) is now accepting applications for new members!
🗓️ Application deadline: 15 June 2025
Learn more and apply👇
www.geotraces.org/2025-ecs/
Share this! 📢 😊
#EarlyCareerResearchers
@scor-int.bsky.social
The GEOTRACES Early Career Scientists Committee (ECS) is now accepting applications for new members!
🗓️ Application deadline: 15 June 2025
Learn more and apply👇
www.geotraces.org/2025-ecs/
Share this! 📢 😊
#EarlyCareerResearchers
@scor-int.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Come and join the most awesome GEOTRACES Early Career Scientists Committee to have ever existed! (Also the first). Time running out ⏰
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New graduate fellowship opportunity in microbial ecology from the Simons Foundation for students starting in fall 2026 www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
www.simonsfoundation.org
June 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New graduate fellowship opportunity in microbial ecology from the Simons Foundation for students starting in fall 2026 www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Applications now open for the next GEOTRACES summer school in South Africa! 🦓
Deadline June 30th.
geotraces-2025.sciencesconf.org
Deadline June 30th.
geotraces-2025.sciencesconf.org
May 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Applications now open for the next GEOTRACES summer school in South Africa! 🦓
Deadline June 30th.
geotraces-2025.sciencesconf.org
Deadline June 30th.
geotraces-2025.sciencesconf.org
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“This no longer feels like the right place to raise a family and pursue a research career“
We spoke to five US-based researchers who are seeking, or moving to, jobs abroad because of the drastic changes imposed on US science by the Trump administration
https://go.nature.com/4mwfevl
We spoke to five US-based researchers who are seeking, or moving to, jobs abroad because of the drastic changes imposed on US science by the Trump administration
https://go.nature.com/4mwfevl
US brain drain: the scientists seeking jobs abroad amid Trump’s assault on research
Five US-based researchers tell Nature why they are exploring career opportunities overseas.
go.nature.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“This no longer feels like the right place to raise a family and pursue a research career“
We spoke to five US-based researchers who are seeking, or moving to, jobs abroad because of the drastic changes imposed on US science by the Trump administration
https://go.nature.com/4mwfevl
We spoke to five US-based researchers who are seeking, or moving to, jobs abroad because of the drastic changes imposed on US science by the Trump administration
https://go.nature.com/4mwfevl
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I’m incredibly proud of this - in January, we began a co-reviewing project to encourage established researchers to mentor early-career researchers in carrying out peer review. It adds to diversity of perspectives & helps with gender balance
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nature project to encourage early-career researchers in peer review is working
Science stands to benefit from a project in which experienced academics and early-career researchers co-review studies.
www.nature.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I’m incredibly proud of this - in January, we began a co-reviewing project to encourage established researchers to mentor early-career researchers in carrying out peer review. It adds to diversity of perspectives & helps with gender balance
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Scientists have linked fossil fuel companies to specific climate harms for the first time, with five Australian oil, gas and coal companies potentially responsible for $900bn in loss and damage from extreme heat alone.
Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.
Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.
Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds
US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decades
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Scientists have linked fossil fuel companies to specific climate harms for the first time, with five Australian oil, gas and coal companies potentially responsible for $900bn in loss and damage from extreme heat alone.
Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.
Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.
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On Friday, the NSF announced the cancellation of awards that aren’t aligned with the agency’s mission, “including but not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation.”
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
NSF Cancels Hundreds of DEI and Disinformation Grants - Eos
The National Science Foundation has cancelled hundreds of grants to researchers working on projects related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as misinformation and disinformation.
eos.org
April 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On Friday, the NSF announced the cancellation of awards that aren’t aligned with the agency’s mission, “including but not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation.”
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
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We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
April 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
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The big question is - will the penguins now impose reciprocal tariffs?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica
Australian prime minister surprised after remote external territories – including islands home to penguins – targeted by US president
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The big question is - will the penguins now impose reciprocal tariffs?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Breaking: penguins on Heard and McDonald Islands hit hard by new US tariffs 🐧 🧊
NEW: The White House has just published more tariff lists.
Here is the full set so far, covering almost 200 nations.
*CANADA & MEXICO ARE EXCLUDED FROM RECIPROCAL TARIFFS FOR NOW* 👀
Here is the full set so far, covering almost 200 nations.
*CANADA & MEXICO ARE EXCLUDED FROM RECIPROCAL TARIFFS FOR NOW* 👀
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Breaking: penguins on Heard and McDonald Islands hit hard by new US tariffs 🐧 🧊
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Still open for applications!
📢 6-month paid Masters internship available with me and @reymourot.bsky.social
Investigating Microbial Dormancy Responses to Stress Cycles in the Cryosphere ❄️🦠🧬😴🌡️
Join us in beautiful Marseille @mioceanologie.bsky.social ☀️🌊⛰️🇫🇷
#ERC_SIESTA
Apply by 15 April
RT
Link 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/329851
Investigating Microbial Dormancy Responses to Stress Cycles in the Cryosphere ❄️🦠🧬😴🌡️
Join us in beautiful Marseille @mioceanologie.bsky.social ☀️🌊⛰️🇫🇷
#ERC_SIESTA
Apply by 15 April
RT
Link 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/329851
M2 internship 2025-2026: Investigating Microbial Dormancy responses to stress cycles in the cryosphere
Supervisors: James A. BRADLEY ([email protected]) and Rey MOUROT ([email protected])
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
April 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Still open for applications!
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"Fundamentally, climate change, whatever else it is, is a political problem"
@utas.edu.au have just released a new online course built around climate change, but it's not just an introduction to climate change.
@utas.edu.au have just released a new online course built around climate change, but it's not just an introduction to climate change.
The Climate Shift: Exploring Science, Empowering Action
www.utas.edu.au
March 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Fundamentally, climate change, whatever else it is, is a political problem"
@utas.edu.au have just released a new online course built around climate change, but it's not just an introduction to climate change.
@utas.edu.au have just released a new online course built around climate change, but it's not just an introduction to climate change.
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The Metals Company's proposal to start seabed mining in the Pacific Ocean by 2027 has faced opposition from countries that are rarely aligned on these issues, such as China, Russia, India, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Indonesia, France, Argentina, Uganda, Mauritius, and Fiji.
Trump-Era Pivot on Seabed Mining Draws Global Rebuke (Gift Article)
Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The Metals Company's proposal to start seabed mining in the Pacific Ocean by 2027 has faced opposition from countries that are rarely aligned on these issues, such as China, Russia, India, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Indonesia, France, Argentina, Uganda, Mauritius, and Fiji.
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Looking for a climate postdoc position?
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Senior Research Associate (RA2300) in University of East Anglia | UEA
View details and apply for this Senior Research Associate (RA2300) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science
School of Environmental Sciences and the National Centre for Atmospheric...
vacancies.uea.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Looking for a climate postdoc position?
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
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📢Excited to share TWO ERC-funded postdoc positions!🧪Are you passionate about molecular mechanisms and marine microbial interactions?🌊🔬Join us in dissecting antagonistic diatom-bacteria interactions, by the sea! tiny.cc/xlfe001 @thembauk.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social Please msg to hear more!
March 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📢Excited to share TWO ERC-funded postdoc positions!🧪Are you passionate about molecular mechanisms and marine microbial interactions?🌊🔬Join us in dissecting antagonistic diatom-bacteria interactions, by the sea! tiny.cc/xlfe001 @thembauk.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social Please msg to hear more!
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We are recruiting for a Research Fellow based at The Australian National University!
Undertaking research to investigate small scale atmospheric and oceanic processes and their role in setting the mean state.
Applications close on Sunday 20 April.
- www.21centuryweather.org.au/about-us/pos...
Undertaking research to investigate small scale atmospheric and oceanic processes and their role in setting the mean state.
Applications close on Sunday 20 April.
- www.21centuryweather.org.au/about-us/pos...
Job opportunities in climate science & weather change
21st Century Weather is recruiting postdoctoral researchers in climate modelling and weather change research.
www.21centuryweather.org.au
March 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We are recruiting for a Research Fellow based at The Australian National University!
Undertaking research to investigate small scale atmospheric and oceanic processes and their role in setting the mean state.
Applications close on Sunday 20 April.
- www.21centuryweather.org.au/about-us/pos...
Undertaking research to investigate small scale atmospheric and oceanic processes and their role in setting the mean state.
Applications close on Sunday 20 April.
- www.21centuryweather.org.au/about-us/pos...
Tragic.
The onslaught of US spending cuts is prompting drastic action by universities across the United States, from hiring freezes to travel restrictions to moratoria on pay raises.
https://go.nature.com/4bN2gnZ
https://go.nature.com/4bN2gnZ
‘All this is in crisis’: US universities curtail staff, spending as Trump cuts take hold
Furloughs and more staff reductions loom as academic institutions contend with the prospect of even deeper cuts to federal funding.
go.nature.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Tragic.
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Our #Scientistsatwork photo competition is open for submissions.
This is a competition for scientists themselves.
Winners will receive £500, a subscription to Nature & have their photo featured alongside an interview in Nature.
Deadline - March 28th
@nature.com
www.nature.com/immersive/sc...
This is a competition for scientists themselves.
Winners will receive £500, a subscription to Nature & have their photo featured alongside an interview in Nature.
Deadline - March 28th
@nature.com
www.nature.com/immersive/sc...
#ScientistAtWork photo competition
A celebration of the striking and colourful work that scientists do around the world.
www.nature.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Our #Scientistsatwork photo competition is open for submissions.
This is a competition for scientists themselves.
Winners will receive £500, a subscription to Nature & have their photo featured alongside an interview in Nature.
Deadline - March 28th
@nature.com
www.nature.com/immersive/sc...
This is a competition for scientists themselves.
Winners will receive £500, a subscription to Nature & have their photo featured alongside an interview in Nature.
Deadline - March 28th
@nature.com
www.nature.com/immersive/sc...