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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger

@climatebadger.bsky.social
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Organic Geochemist, palaeoclimate scientist, UM-user, railfan, he/him, Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at The Open University. For The Mug!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 01/10/2026
Records come and records go. But this is one for the ages. The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly is now at a record 3.23°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This crushes the previous daily record set in 1982 by over 1.14°C. The Climate 8-ball is looking up.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Perhaps Adam's greatest legacy is that I know this about Sea Otters. 🦦
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I am on team luxury blimp.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Already trialling it for post services: www.loganair.co.uk/news/loganai...
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Loganair, Royal Mail And Beta Technologies Complete UK's First Electric Flight Demonstrations Across Scotland
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm one of the Don't Knows in this and my overwhelming sense on reading the question was "I do not feel like my education to date has prepared me well enough to answer this question".
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There’s something encouraging about the idea of ‘positive tipping points’. We’ve seen clean energy go from niche to mainstream surprisingly fast. The question really is whether we can push those changes quickly enough to stay ahead of climate change damage. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I would like to be sorted into benign nerds please.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 01/09/2026
NEW – Explainer: The CMIP7 emissions scenarios – and how they explore future climate change ✍️ Written by @zekehausfather.com Read here: buff.ly/t2daZcD
Median warming relative to 1850-1900 for the seven CMIP7 scenarios, with observations to 2025 (black) and the 5-95% ensemble range shaded for the medium and low scenarios. Dashed lines show warming between 2100 and 2150. Chart by Carbon Brief.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Progress! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks
Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Nepal‑Tibet disaster linked to climate change – a glaciologist explains theconversation.com/nepal-tibet-...
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Nepal-Tibet disaster linked to climate change – a glaciologist explains
Glacier melt is partly responsible for the disaster along the border with Tibet and Nepal. An expert explains why this is a growing issue for the world.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Excited that you can now buy plug-in solar in the UK? Me too! (although I already have a full fat 3.9 KWp array) Check the details here first: bylinetimes.com/2026/08/27/t... (via @oubucu.bsky.social)
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The Small Print Ministers Left Out of the Plug-In Solar Announcement
A single company currently holds a monopoly on compliant devices, and planning restrictions, renter protections and grid registration rules have barely been mentioned
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Don't forget the rivers of shit because it has rained and we didn't plan for that apparently.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Get on with it faster.
Graph showing UK territorial and consumption based CO2 emissions from 2000 to 2050. Two lines show both territorial and consumption based emissions have fallen, by > 40 % and > 35 % respectively by 2024.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Absolutely brilliant Shostakovich Ten at the Proms tonight:
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Radio 3 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio 3 on BBC Sounds
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
(And fast forward to 0:46:40)
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ClimateDynamics @climatedynamics.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We just published a new paper on differential impacts of heat stress on age groups in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social "Exceeding Human Heat Tolerance: Global Projections for a Warming, Aging World" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
That link takes me to listen live, but this I think gets to the recording: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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BBC Proms - 2026 - Shostakovich's Tenth - BBC Sounds
Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Cristian Măcelaru
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Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"One news bulletin described him as “the Black professor accused of plagiarism”: as if the most important thing was not the plagiarism, but the temerity to be simultaneously Black." Brilliant as ever from my old boss @stephenkb.bsky.social on Jason Arday giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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The difficult truth about Jason Arday
From the beginning, investigations were accompanied by a cloud of excessive references to his race
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A striking climate-model result suggests AMOC may have a rate-induced tipping point. 👉 Slow CO₂ increase: AMOC stable to +5.5°C 👉 Faster increase: collapse around +2°C Same climate system. Very different outcome. The rate of warming matters. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Failure to track a stable AMOC state under rapid climate change - Nature Climate Change
Climate change is expected to alter oceanic circulation, with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) at risk of collapse. This work shows that the stability of the AMOC is dependent on...
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Better than new coke"
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I think they largely, but not wholly, fixed the Dawlish problem by glueing the ballast down. Much like one does with a model railway.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 24/07/2026
Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It was still Huntingdonshire in 1979 I think.
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Scientists--if your funding was cut over the last year (for research on climate, global health, DEI, LGBTQ or womens health, etc) but you managed to keep the research going, I want to talk to you for an upcoming article! Plz contact me: gewin at me dot com. Re-posts appreciated!
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Today is not that day.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
There comes a point in every scientists life when they have to completely rewrite the cobbled together but working unholy combination of MATLAB, R, excel and GMT that they put together 12 years ago.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 02/07/2026
Comparing the UK heatwaves of June 1976 and June 2026... Daytime maximum & night minimum temperatures were much hotter in 2026. Details: maxima over 21st-30th June in both years. Uses provisional 2026 HadUK-Grid data from Met Office NCIC. Note the difference scale is larger for night minimums.
Comparing peak temperatures during June 1976 and June 2026Comparing night-time temperatures during June 1976 and June 2026
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Kate Littler @palaeoclimate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚨Great opportunity to get involved with an IODP3 expedition to the North Sea in 2027! We’re especially looking for folks who do: -glacial sedimentology -macrofossils (esp molluscs) -OSL Those from 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇴 are particularly welcome to apply. Great opportunity! ⚒️🌍🧪 iodp3.org/special-call...
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Special Call to Participate: Expedition 507: Late Cenozoic Glaciers, Landscapes, Climates, and Ecosystems of the North Sea - International Ocean Drilling Programme
Special Call to Participate in IODP3 Expedition 507: Late Cenozoic Glaciers, Landscapes, Climates, and Ecosystems of the North Sea now open! International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP3) Expedition G...
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
(This is an update of a plot I made (in MS Paint) in 2019ish)
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Steady as she goes! Yes we've done the easy bit. Yes policies are not in place to do the rest, but the UK has been doing ok at getting to Net Zero and we should talk about that more.
A graph showing territorial and consumption based UK CO_2 emissions from 2000 to 2026. Both lines show reductions. A trend line forecasts forward the territorial emissions hitting a 100 % reduction between 2045 and 2050.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The jaws of the energy transition are closing. In 2005 fossil fuels made two-thirds of the world's electricity. Today it's 57.4%, with clean power (renewables + nuclear) at 42.6%. Fossil share peaked around 2012 and keeps falling. More in Sunday's Substack: janrosenow.substack.com
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
An emergency podcast!
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Could call it Really Fast 2 to match the one that goes to the Channel Tunnel.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It would be really good if we had a really fast railway line between London and Manchester to facilitate this.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It is a little, serendipitous result and I'm very pleased with it.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is (somehow) my first paper in Organic Geochemistry and is the first to be published resulting from my recent NERC grant.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📢 New Paper 📢 And because apparently I publish like buses we have another new paper out this week: UK37' is unaffected by IODP repository conditions doi.org/10.1016/j.or...
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Redirecting
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Kate Littler @palaeoclimate.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
UK Higher Education is a slow motion disaster movie. And no one is coming to save us (or our students) from the decimation. We will look back on this period of destruction in the same way we look back at the Brexit vote. Oooops! I’m so done with this sector 😡 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff
The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"Please note that the University position is that it is not normally prepared to fund air conditioning of office spaces in alignment with the strategic objectives of financial sustainability and carbon management" @oubucu.bsky.social
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
More at: phys.org/news/2026-06...
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Molecular fossils reveal secrets of Earth's recovery from ancient global warming event
Scientists have uncovered new evidence from one of Earth's most extreme ancient warming events, revealing how the climate may recover long after human-driven CO2 emissions cease.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"This suggests that during past warm climates, more land-derived carbon was transferred into the ocean and buried than was previously thought."
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Gordon says " "By studying molecular fossils in ancient sedimentary rocks, we found that carbon from land—from plants and soils—was eroded and transported by rivers into the sea, where it was buried in sediments, locking some carbon away for long periods."
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Also as a long standing member of the Labour Party I can tell you that it is already split into almost as many factions as there are members.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
📢 New Paper!📢 I was away at BOGS last week so did not notice this came out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Enhanced marine burial of terrestrial organic carbon through the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum - Nature Geoscience
The burial of terrestrially derived organic carbon in coastal marine sediments greatly increased during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, probably helping to draw down a large portion of carbon r...
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Ok but I'm taking "blue-haired city-dwelling Green-adjacent trans-lover" to replace my standard "Guardian-eating, muesli-wearing sandal-reader" epithet.
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I only had to swear not to burn down the Bodleian, which seemed reasonable.
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Kirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
OOOOH this is a great job. I know I know people who would be amazing at this. And lots of people who know someone who would be amazing at this. Send it to them! Exec Director of Science at the Natural Environment Research Council (part of @ukri.org). fa-evzn-.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Executive Director of Science
Executive Director of Science | NERC | Band X
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Throw in the BS 1363 plug and I am *in*
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Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger @climatebadger.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
_final_FINAL__This-one_3.docx Congrats!
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