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Linden Ashcroft

@lindenashcroft.bsky.social
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Senior lecturer in climate science and science communication at @unimelb. She/her. Born 344 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere

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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Another cracker from Jack Ryan. Many excellent researchers on this list, but do citations and metrics = good science??
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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
An exciting line up of projects funded by the Australian Research Council's Discovery Indigenous Scheme: rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
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Research Management System - Funded Projects - Discovery Indigenous 2026 round 1
RMS is the ARC's Research Management System, a web-based system used by eligible researchers to prepare and submit research proposals and assessments under the ARC National Competitive Grants Program ...
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 01/09/2025
wonderful look at Melbourne seasons from @lindenashcroft.bsky.social and @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social "The reason Indigenous calendars work well is because they’re based on evidence – changes in plants and animals, and subtle changes in weather patterns." pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/don...
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Don’t be fooled by Melbourne’s Fool’s Spring
From the ‘Spring of Deception’ to ‘The Swooping’, understanding the cycles of Australian weather can help us all love Melbourne’s eclectic seasons, say University of Melbourne experts.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Recently I chatted with my good friend @lindenashcroft.bsky.social about de-extinction, dire wolves, funding conservation, and why the scientific community should be more supportive of taking risks and chasing the ‘impossible’. You can listen here www.3cr.org.au/lostinscienc...
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Dire wolves and dire research funding outlook
On this week's show Stu has a look at the impact of US science funding cuts on the Australian scientific research landscape, and Linden talks to Euan Ritchie about the hoopla around Dire Wolf resurrec...
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Andrew King (he/him) @andrewkingclimate.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
In this article @lindenashcroft.bsky.social and I look at the latest WMO report on the climate in 2024. In a nutshell- the climate is moving further away from its pre-industrial state because of our greenhouse gas emissions. We need to get to net zero ASAP theconversation.com/flooding-in-...
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Flooding in the Sahara, Amazon tributaries drying and warming tipping over 1.5°C – 2024 broke all the wrong records
The atmosphere now has the highest carbon dioxide levels in the last 800,000 years – and global heat records have toppled yet again. Coincidence? Of course not
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fluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A few years ago a climate science colleague of mine said "When it gets really bad, they will blame us for not telling them how bad it would be." Today - Alan Kohler made that prophecy come true in one of the most shameful examples of gaslighting I've ever seen. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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As Trump abandons climate action, we must accept net zero won't happen
While markets and media were chasing Donald Trump’s tariff fiasco last week, something far more important was unfolding in East Palestine, Ohio.
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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
New semester, new teaching globe! Coming to a Coriolis explanation near you Thanks @rachel.popelka.filcoff.com for doing a clean out of your toy room :)
Woman with brown hair looking at the camera, holding a globe of the Earth
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Lena📎 @eriksdotter.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
‘Meta did not respond to questions…further testing showed Cyclone Alfred was still being hidden on some devices and accounts….’ sources more reliable than f/b: www.getready.qld.gov.au/find-your-lo... www.abc.net.au/brisbane www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Facebook blocked Cyclone Alfred searches ahead of landfall and hasn't explained why
Despite hundreds of thousands of accounts talking about Cyclone Alfred on Facebook, social media giant Meta was blocking or hiding search results about the impending storm before being contacted by AB...
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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Very excited about our first school-wide seminar tomorrow! A/Prof Sune Rasmussen from Denmark's Niels Bohr Institute joins PhD students Yanxuan Du and Calla Gould-Whalley to explore dramatic climate changes in our Earth's history events.unimelb.edu.au/science/even...
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Past abrupt climate changes – mechanisms and consequences
Please join us for the first monthly seminar from the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. The seminar will be in person, with ...
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 01/03/2025
Climate change primary ingredient for 2024/25 summer’s heat This is Australia's second hottest summer on record, but it will be one of the coolest in the 21st century — Uni Melbourne climate scientist Dr @lindenashcroft.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @readfearn.bsky.social
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Australia’s second-hottest summer in 2024-25 ‘not possible without climate change’, scientist says
2024-25 summer at 1.89C above long-term average ‘will be one of the coolest in the 21st century’, according to one expert
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Andrew Miskelly @anero.id · 30/01/2025
Ongoing bushfires in VIC's Grampians National Park.
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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Great opportunity to do a Masters at one of Australia's best weather and climate research centres!
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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
LA is in a high fire risk region & fire weather conditions are complex. So we @wwattribution.bsky.social looked at many lines of evidence. All show: our burning of fossil fuels increased the likelihood of such extreme fire weather conditions www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I used to think science was completely objective, free from human values and biases. Obviously, that is bollocks. We are humans who make value informed decisions every day! So I ❤️ this from @christelvaneck.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @lydiamessling.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Challenging the neutrality myth in climate science and activism - npj Climate Action
We argue that Büntgen’s (2024) claim that climate science must be separated from activism is fundamentally flawed. Activism does not inherently lead to biased science and striving for value-free scien...
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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Always learn so much when the wonderful @kelamb.bsky.social and I catch up. Good luck to anyone listening in though - we're mums who work part time, you know we only speak double speed 🏎️🏎️
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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Fascinating to hear from @richardabetts.bsky.social this morning on predicting CO2 emissions for the coming year as well as truly defining current global warming levels. So much work to hone in on one number!
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 10/12/2024
Here is how daily global surface temperatures have changed since the 1940s. Note that global temperatures show a modest seasonal cycle due to a higher proportion of land are in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
What have our #scicomm teaching team members learnt from our soaring highs and crushing lows? Find out on episode 99 of this excellent podcast
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Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) @amosupdates.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hi Fellow Blue Skyers, Appropriately named place for the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society! Hoping the sky is blue for you today! Follow us for the latest news on weather, oceans and climate science from Australia and abroad.
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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Do #climatecomms and want to visit Cairns next June? Submit an abstract for the AMOS conference! An opportunity for valuable #comms and #climatescience chats. Abstracts are due this Friday
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Navid C @navidcy.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This 👇🏼 is open for another 6 days! 🌊 🌏 Not sure if this is for you? Want to find more about the project? Are you on the fence? Do reach out..! 😊 We'll be using a new ocean model: github.com/CliMA/Oceana... github.com/CliMA/ClimaO... and collaborate with CliMA (clima.caltech.edu).
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Linden Ashcroft @lindenashcroft.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Around Melbourne Uni this Thursday? Come to our first ever End of Year public colloquium! Enjoy a drink in the sun and hear from the amazing Jas Chambers from Ocean Decade Australia. Tickets are free but seats are limited so register now :)
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From the lab bench to the boardroom: is research getting to where we need it?
Join the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences for the first annual SGEAS End of Year Public Colloquium. The inaugural SGEAS End ...
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