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Ocean heatwaves are breaking Earth’s hidden climate engine

Marine heatwaves are clogging the ocean’s carbon pump, threatening its power to fight climate change.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Ocean heatwaves are breaking Earth’s hidden climate engine
Marine heatwaves can jam the ocean’s natural carbon conveyor belt, preventing carbon from reaching the deep sea. Researchers studying two major heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska found that plankton shif...
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nielsjdewinter.bsky.social
Clam shells as indicators of Atlantic Ocean stability: Very interesting study using growth increment width and isotopic composition in long-living shells to document changes in the AMOC and North Atlantic circulation over the last 150 years. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Recent and early 20th century destabilization of the subpolar North Atlantic recorded in bivalves
Clams reveal North Atlantic destabilization in the early 20th century and at present.
doi.org
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by Gavin L. Foster

thefosterlab.bsky.social
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Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster, Jenni Barclay

scrippsocean.bsky.social
🪐 On this Day of Action to Save #NASA Science, we’re highlighting how space and Earth sciences go hand-in-hand. Scripps Oceanography researchers partner with NASA to study how our planet is changing from sea to space. Here’s an out-of-this-world roundup of some recent projects. 🧵⬇️
A color image of Earth taken by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a four megapixel CCD camera and telescope.
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coralmannie.bsky.social
@leicesterucu.bsky.social Our students deserve a big thanks for supporting us at the picket line every day, now in week 2. It means a lot to have the students backing for fighting the looming job cuts at University of Leicester in 6 schools
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott , and 4 more

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Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...
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ianhall.bsky.social
Enhanced deep Southern Ocean stratification during the lukewarm interglacials

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Enhanced deep Southern Ocean stratification during the lukewarm interglacials - Nature Communications
Lead (Pb) isotopes from a ferromanganese crust reveal that during lukewarm interglacials before the Mid-Brunhes Event, stronger deep Southern Ocean stratification limited CO2 release, helping keep atmospheric CO2 levels lower.
www.nature.com
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ianhall.bsky.social
🌊 How the Southern Ocean controlled climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide during the lukewarm interglacials

phys.org/news/2025-10...
How the Southern Ocean controlled climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide during the lukewarm interglacials
Earth's climate has fluctuated between cold and warm periods for millions of years. During the so-called "lukewarm interglacials"—warm phases between 800,000 and 430,000 years ago—atmospheric CO2 conc...
phys.org
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ianhall.bsky.social
Recent and early 20th century destabilization of the subpolar North Atlantic recorded in bivalves

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Recent and early 20th century destabilization of the subpolar North Atlantic recorded in bivalves
Clams reveal North Atlantic destabilization in the early 20th century and at present.
www.science.org
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leicesterucu.bsky.social
Tomorrow's teach out: meet the Modern Languages Team at 1.15 in SBB for their modern languages showcase.
Note the change in picket times!
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leicesterucu.bsky.social
Week 2, day 1: pickets in George Davies Centre, Dan Stewart's teach out on Ancient Greek and Roman strikes, and more picket dogs!
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by Dawn J. Wright — Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster

deepseadawn.bsky.social
"Former Google CEO Will Fund Boat Drones to Explore Rough Antarctic Waters

Scientists have a lot of questions about our planet’s most important carbon sink—and a new project could help answer them."

www.wired.com/story/former...
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Former Google CEO Will Fund Boat Drones to Explore Rough Antarctic Waters
Scientists have a lot of questions about our planet’s most important carbon sink—and a new project could help answer them.
www.wired.com
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by Gavin L. Foster

thefosterlab.bsky.social
I enjoyed the taste when I ate it.
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by Gavin L. Foster

thefosterlab.bsky.social
Seems like a poor reason to me…
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obialik.bsky.social
Let's start with the base fact that Neutron Tomography is a really cool thing. Fossils are also very cool (even if they're corals). Combining the two gives a very interesting way to look at diagenesis (or screen for it, if you're boring). 🧪⚒️

Link: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Comparison of neutron computed tomography (NCT) scans (a–c) with traditional X-Ray CT image (d) of the modern unaltered Porites sample from One Tree Reef. 3-D voxels measure 0.0395 mm3, sample thickness ca. 1 cm (a) 3-D NCT scan showing full neutron count range 0–65,535, (b) 3-D filter applied showing aragonite data range exclusive of porosity (ca. 12,000–65,535 NC). Histogram shows two distinct peaks representing porosity and aragonite ranges. (c) Cross sections V-V′ and XZ-XZ’ are 2-D slices of the 3-D NCT slab data (39.5 μm resolution) of V (vertical) and XZ (x axis and depth) profiles, respectively. Their positions are indicated by white lines in (a). (d) X-Ray CT image of the same slab used for photos (a, b) showing density variations and blurry low resolution coral morphology.
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climatereefs.bsky.social
We are excited about the "Meeting & Status Seminar 2025" of the @dfg.de #SPP2299 Priority Programme "Tropical Climate Variability & Coral Reefs", which starts Monday at @unibremen.bsky.social. 55 researchers, from 15 German institutions and international guests, will discuss latest research results
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Bolder. Effective.And surging!

Come on @greenparty.org.uk team.

Let's go!

Join.greenparty.org.uk
The party is louder and more left wing than ever.
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster, Peter Thorne

ianhall.bsky.social
🌊 New study overturns the “permanent El Niño” idea for the warm Pliocene

Upwelling in the eastern equatorial Pacific has persisted for 5 million years, even under ~3°C warmer climates

Future upwelling may be more resilient than feared…

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Persistent eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean upwelling since the warm Pliocene
Upwelling generates a nutrient-rich “cold tongue” in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (EEP), with impacts on global climate, oceanic biological productivity, and the carbon cycle. The cold tongue ...
www.science.org
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ianhall.bsky.social
The before and after images showing glaciers vanishing before our eyes

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes - BBC News
They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.
www.bbc.com
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thefosterlab.bsky.social
I always wondered about this - being vegetarian is so easy now. I have been vegetarian for >30 yrs & i still can’t understand why more people don’t see 1. The suffering of animals in the food industry and 2. Its climate impacts and not give it up. What’s so good about eating a dead animal?
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster, Vincent Noël, Peter Jacobs

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Record warm ocean temperatures continued in September across the North Pacific Ocean, with a number of consequential impacts (including on downstream weather patterns).

This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every September from 1854-2025 using @noaa.gov ERSSTv5 data.
Green line graph time series of average sea surface temperature anomalies for each September from 1850 through 2025 for only the midlatitude region of the North Pacific Ocean. There is large interannual variability, but an overall long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. 2025 is a record high.
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster, Nicholas A. Christakis, Brendan Nyhan , and 5 more

johnpfaff.bsky.social
You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.
“[t]he freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster, Richard Waite, Jussi T. Eronen , and 1 more

davidho.bsky.social
Meat is a blind spot for people who care about climate. When I used to have dinner with my colleague Wally Broecker, the climate scientist who coined the term “global warming”, he would always order a steak.
The climate movement’s biggest weakness
What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.
www.vox.com
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster

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**Please Repost**

Pallavi Singh Lab is looking for two Postdocs to join our team studying how plants balance carbon, water, and resilience in a changing climate.

PlantPlug PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

REVOLUTION PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Deadline: October 15.
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Juan Rocha

science.org
Anticipating steep cuts to its budget, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate research centers, has laid off 29 employees and decided not to fill 21 vacant positions. https://scim.ag/46yaM9g
Renowned U.S. climate center trims staff ahead of expected budget cuts
NSF-funded National Center for Atmospheric Research is already shuttered during shutdown
scim.ag
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whoi.edu
It’s #NationalDisabilityEmploymentAwareness Month! One shining example of an inclusive workplace is Elizabeth Sibert’s Paleo-FISHES Lab, the first ADA-accessible lab at #WHOI.

🤔What does your workplace do to accommodate people of all abilities? Share your experiences in the comments!
Accessible Sink is shown with chair in the knee space for scale. The sink has two white DI water faucets, as well as a tap water faucet and an eye wash. To one side of the sink is a drying station with numerous sieves and falcon tubes. To the other side of the sink are some empty beakers and DI water wash bottles. There is a beaker drying rack on the wall behind the sink, and a 8" washing sieve in the sink for scale  Photo shows the accessible fume hood in the Paleo-FISHES Lab space. It is located near a large window, and has a blue lab chair sitting in front of it at the workstation spot. The fume hood sash is open, and it is clear that the chair easily fits into the empty knee-space in the middle of the fume hood counter.
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster, Daniela Gabor, W. Andy Knight

zackpolanski.bsky.social
"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski
Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster, Richard S.J. Tol, John Foot , and 1 more

cassetteboy.bsky.social
New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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Reposted by: Gavin L. Foster, Benjamin I. Cook

anandpallavijha.bsky.social
#Lecturer position in #EarthSciences 👇🏼@openuniversity.bsky.social

Please apply, if interested 🙏🏼

Closing Date: 20 October 2025
Contract Type: #Permanent
Fixed Term Contract/End Date: Not Applicable

jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Lecturer...
Lecturer in Earth Sciences
Lecturer in Earth Sciences
jobs.open.ac.uk
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