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Georgina Rannard

@georginarannard.bsky.social

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BBC climate and science correspondent. I wrote a PhD now I write news. Covering space, earth and our oceans. Got a story? Email Georgina.rannard@bbc.co.uk

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Mika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Radar image of Tuesday's mass crane migration. A 100 km long line of migrating cranes was clearly visible on weather radar. It is estimated that around 10,000 (?) cranes were involved in that formation. The highest count observed was 26,000 migrating cranes on that day in Kangasala (near Tampere).

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

How the brain of a fly may hold the secrets of human behaviour.🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fly brain wiring map may hold clues for autism and schizophrenia

Comparing the brains of male and female flies may transform our understanding of how genes shape behaviour, including ours.

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Beautiful visual journalism on the solar eclipse by Paul Sargeant, @georginarannard.bsky.social and team. #eclipse2026 #solareclipse 🌞🌚 www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026

++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My colleague @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social got some extra photos of newly discovered geoglyphs in the Amazon from the researchers. They estimate there are tens of thousands still to be found. 🧪

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Hundreds of never-before-seen ancient ‘earthworks’ discovered in the Amazon

Many of these structures date to around C.E. 100–300, during the time of the Aquiry civilization, and may have been used for ceremonial purposes

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/06/2026

++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Here we go…the marvellous Vera Rubin Observatory has started scanning the sky, telling us about things that change and move. In there there are untold wonders and undoubtedly a few surprises. Let’s go!

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Glen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I was too tired to go anywhere so I stayed home to see if I could see the #Crew11 capsule from the backyard in one opening I have in the trees. It made it and I have photographic evidence but that's about it. Pretty epic to watch even for a few seconds and that thing was hauling ass!

Night photo of a capsule streaking across the sky on its way to splashdown in the ocean

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The US and other countries derailed a top UN report, challenging the very basics of science, according to report authors. By my colleague @mattmcgrathbbc.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UN environment report 'hijacked' over fossil fuels - top scientist

The US and other governments derailed an agreement on a global environment study, its co-chair says.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

In the largest study to date of the impacts of deep sea mining on the environment, scientists found a 37% reduction in animals in the tracks of mining vehicles - Likely killed or moved away. Is this an impact that can be mitigated? A question for the ISA to consider. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Over a third of animals lost in test deep sea mining - scientists

The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Research visa restrictions mean UK is “shooting itself in the foot” says Royal Society’s new President, Sir Paul Nurse in an interview with BBC News. 🧪Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy www.bbc.com/news/article...

Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy

Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is "shooting itself in the foot" with its visa system for researchers.

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Is it a free kick? No it's dream team for new BBC Rare Earth taking on @cop30brazil.bsky.social @helenczerski.bsky.social @clequere.bsky.social @eamaberg.bsky.social and on as super subs @georginarannard.bsky.social and the @thecccuk.bsky.social chair Nigel Topping. Midday BBC sounds

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

An organisation called Science Media Centre quickfires comments from experts in response to news events. A snapshot of what I got today:

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Scientists at Oxford university have engineered a yeast that can produce a honeybee "superfood" that could protect bees against climate change and habitat loss Our story here - and on BBC news bulletins last week filmed with thousands of bees in Oxford and Cardiff.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Countries are meeting now to try to thrash out a global deal to address the exploding plastics problem - my colleague @esmestallard.bsky.social has this fantastic explainer - and she is following the twists and turns of the negotiations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Summit opens in final push for plastics treaty to tackle crisis

The world's nations are hoping to sign the first global plastic treaty to limit plastic pollution.

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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

After a long and exhausting but stimulating week at the Rubin Community Workshop, I got to talk about some of the first science results coming from @vrubinobs.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 Today (24 minutes in) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today - 02/08/2025 - BBC Sounds

Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

If you couldn't study science at school, or the teaching was bad, don't worry, you could still become a leading scientist and even an Astronomer Royal. My colleague @pallabg.bsky.social story on Prof Michele Dougherty's new appointment and her brilliant career www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years

Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

The ICJ has released its long-awaited climate opinion and lawyers say it goes far further than expected. It could open the door to climate vulnerable states suing richer nations over historic emissions. @esmestallard.bsky.social and I watched the 2-hour read-out www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change

The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Great work highlighting these remarkable sea temperatures in the Mediterranean

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking an epic migration. My write-up of new research here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tiny creature gorges, gets fat, and locks up planet-warming carbon

Scientists find out how the epic deep sea migration of a tiny animal is storing planet-warming carbon.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A dinosaur the height of a labrador has been named a new species by scientists at the Natural History Museum - We went to see the little creature being assembled last week before it goes on display. You can go see the dog dino in the museum's Earth Hall from Thursday 🦕

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Pretty exciting - Vera Rubin reveals in its press conference that the telescope detected 2,104 new asteroids and 7 space objects close to Earth. For context, all other space and ground surveys combined usually find about 20,000 asteroids in a year.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Vera C Rubin observatory is an amazingly powerful new telescope in Chile that promises to transform our understanding of the universe. I've been following this for months and finally the day is here - Watch the live reveal of its first celestial images here now www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF1g...

First Images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | #RubinFirstLook

YouTube video by National Science Foundation News

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Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Wonderful story by my colleague @pallabg.bsky.social I particularly like this line: During the chaotic period the Sun tries to reduce its complexity and violence spills out, as bits of the Sun hurtle toward the Earth. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Solar Orbiter spacecraft snaps first images of Sun's south pole

Never before seen pictures will help scientists learn how the Sun's activity changes from stormy to quiet periods

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

An intense marine heatwave has developed in the UK and Ireland - with anomalies of 5C found in at least one area. The impacts probably aren't as severe as it would be in summer, but it's a worrying sign of what is likely to happen more often as climate change continues to warm our oceans.

Marine heatwave: UK sea temperatures soar after exceptionally warm Spring

Sea temperatures in some areas off the UK and Ireland are 4C above average.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

England had the driest spring since 1961 - leaving rivers exceptionally low in much of the UK - some had record lows for April The government and water companies are watching closely to see if this turns into a national drought but at the moment the signs aren't good www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Exceptionally low river levels forecast in parts of the UK

The warning comes after some parts of the UK had the driest Spring in nearly a century.

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

We have develpment of a woolly mouse as a step to creating a mammoth like creature by gentically modifying elephants. The firm involved, Colossal Biosciences say they can do it in five years, but the development and claim has bought considerable criticsm and concern.🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mice experiment as step to create mammoth-like elephants

Experiments on mice could see hairy, genetically modified elephants living in the Arctic, a US company claims.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

It's been a 40-year saga, but it looks like this giant iceberg is finally reaching the end of its days @erwanrivault.bsky.social and I with our latest look at A23a Spare a thought for fishermen navigating SG and the Macaroni penguins who feed on the continental shelf www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A23a: World's biggest iceberg runs aground off remote island

The iceberg appears to be stuck and may start breaking up near the island of South Georgia.

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Jackie Leonard @jackieleonard.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Icymi - the #GlobalNewsPod from v early Friday www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #trump #starmer #ocalan .. and @georginarannard.bsky.social on how Vesuvius turned a man's brain to glass 🌋

BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House

Talks covered US/UK trade deal and ending Ukraine war

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The beating heart of our planet is its core - without it, we would in all likelihood be a dead planet. Scientists trying to understanding if it slowed down around 2010 were surprised to discover that its inner core has changed shape. My story here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Earth's inner core may have changed shape, say scientists

The findings shed light on a deeply mysterious part of Earth that is key to life on our planet.

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Chris Jeavans @chrisjeavans.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Not many icebergs you can see from space! Really interesting read from @georginarannard.bsky.social and @erwanrivault.bsky.social on the mega berg A23a www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Satellite image of the whole Earth with Iceberg A23a visible as a white square

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Me and my colleagues got up in the early hours for the third time this week to see if Jeff Bezos's new rocket would finally launch. It did - and it kicked off a new era in the space race between the world's two richest men www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Glenn Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

You've heard of Boudica - the warrior Queen in Britain who led a revolt against the Romans. Well, she probably wasn't alone. DNA analysis of another tribe shows that it was built along women's blood lines - with daughters inheriting land and wealth. My story here - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Land and wealth in Celtic Britain centred on women - DNA analysis

DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Our planet's history recorded in ice just got about 50% longer! Beyond EPICA: Oldest Ice have reached the Antarctic bedrock and what is probably the planet's oldest ice - the trapped ancient air bubbles could help us better understand climate change. My story here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Million year-old bubbles could solve ice age mystery

What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2m years ago, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

"Thank you, thank you," she exclaimed as if praying. "The tyrant has fallen. The tyrant has fallen!" What a day - It’s been a long, long time since we thought we would see Bashar Al-Assad toppled. Fantastic reporting from colleagues on the ground. www.bbc.com/news/article...

'You can breathe': On the streets of Damascus after Assad

The BBC spoke to people in the Syrian capital after the end of the Assad family's five decades in power.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

What really happened on Saturday when countries walked out of the COP29 talks? I spoke to Michai Robertson, finance negotiator for AOSIS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

COP29: 'We were ready to leave climate summit' - negotiator

A key negotiator with the group that pushed climate talks close to collapse speaks to the BBC about what happened.

Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

People are saying COP29 was the death of climate Twitter - so, never one to miss a trend (or start one), I’ve moved over too 👋