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Hunter Douglas @hunterdouglas.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The second paper from my PhD was published this week! Co-authors and I used results from a group of climate models to test which regions most reliably return to their original climate if CO2 concentrations go way up and then back down again. 1/3

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Drivers of Regional Variation in the De-Emergence of Climate Change under Negative Emissions

Abstract A central question of climate change impact assessments is identifying when the signal of change emerges from the noise of natural variability, though to date, this framework has been almost ...

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Hunter Douglas @hunterdouglas.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

As a climate scientist in training, I know there will always be more that physics can teach us about the planet. But, we already know *enough* to be sure that climate change is a huge problem. Solving it is no longer a scientific or even an engineering problem. We need the humanities for that. 1/3

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Hunter Douglas @hunterdouglas.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

Personal opinion incoming. This is what went through my head when the govt announced cutting back on the Dunedin hospital build: #nzpol #Dunedin

A six-panel screencapture from Spongebob, with Christopher Luxon's head superimposed over Patrick, who is holding a candy bar. The edited captions read, "thanks Labour, I think I'll give out $14.6 billion in tax cuts now..." He eats it. "I think I'll build the Dunedin hospital and run a first-world heathcare system now." He eats his empty hand. "OW! Where'd my budget go?"

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Hunter Douglas @hunterdouglas.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

Yes fossil fuels powered the incredible rise in living standards over recent centuries, but now their use needs to end. Because the companies selling them resist, their use need to be actively *ended*. We have the tech. A stirring articulation of this challenge: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Our leaders are collaborators with fossil fuel colonialists. This is the source of our communal dread | Tim Winton

The lassitude that distinguishes our moment is born of sorrow and buried rage. We act like colonial subjects because, in effect, that’s what we are

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Hunter Douglas @hunterdouglas.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

The NZ govt has given just 4 days for the public to submit on the bill that will reverse the oil & gas exploration ban. I'm not confident that submissions will change their mind, but they help show that the public opposes this change (if you, like me, oppose it). www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

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Crown Minerals Amendment Bill - New Zealand Parliament

Public submissions are now being invited on this Bill

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Hunter Douglas @hunterdouglas.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky Elder certified. Now I get to yell at clouds.

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Hunter Douglas @hunterdouglas.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

This study from The Economist finds that for every 1 life the heaviest 1% of passenger vehicles save, they take 12 lives in other cars. NZ needs to avoid the US' vehicle arms race. Tax vehicles by weight and require heavy vehicle licences for big double-cab utes. www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Americans’ love affair with big cars is killing them

New analysis shows that the heaviest vehicles kill more people than they save in crashes

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Hunter Douglas @hunterdouglas.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

Kiwis! We have less than 2 weeks to submit feedback on the proposed second emissions reduction plan. Please have your say! My submission focussed on the downsides of over-relying on pine forests and ensuring *all* costs are taken into account. consult.environment.govt.nz/climate/seco...

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New Zealand’s second emissions reduction plan - Ministry for the Environment - Citizen Space

Find and participate in consultations run by the Ministry for the Environment

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Hunter Douglas @hunterdouglas.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

@climatetown.bsky.social, it just occurred to me today how much you look like classical composer Claude Debussy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_...

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Hunter Douglas @hunterdouglas.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

I'm stoked to see this research led by University of Canterbury student Fergus Robertson published in GRL. How can a signal-to-noise framework shed light on ozone hole recovery projections? It was an interesting piece to contribute to! doi.org/10.1029/2023...

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