Reposted by Ruth MottramMiska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Regarding the former German head of the intelligence service BND getting caught illegally getting classified information from the security service and then selling the information... THERE IS A DANISH ANGLE TO IT :+) here goes : 4102
Reposted by Ruth MottramVille Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There are some pieces of paleoart that to my eye are so fantastic that I regularly come back to them to just stare and marvel them. Peter Trusler has made many such pictures but these 3 particular ones are just of such exquisite quality that they take my breath away every time. 427860
Reposted by Ruth MottramMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The stark reality is that Putin’s strategic goal is the EU’s destruction and Ru political control over as much of Europe as possible. Wherever he succeeds will be unfree, just like the Soviet Bloc was, and therefore any European who doesnt want to defend from Russia now is an enemy of freedom. 1222879
Reposted by Ruth MottramTom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 03/10/2026💯 The great strategic mistake was letting an oil soaked dictatorship reconstitute its war machine. Ukrainians, Georgians, and many others have suffered for NATO’s mistake. 47619
Reposted by Ruth MottramTom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There are two ways to interpret this: 1) Oh god, more competition for Europe in LNG. 2) US LNG exporters are screwed post 2030 if they can't drum up business & the Chinese will be brutal in these negotiations. No prizes for guessing which option I'm going for. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comVenture Global Is in Talks to Sell US LNG to More Chinese BuyersUS liquefied natural gas exporter Venture Global Inc. is in talks to sell the fuel to additional Chinese buyers as the Iran war roils global shipments, spurring China to seek to diversify its sources ... 051
Reposted by Ruth MottramUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/10/202620 years ago, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered for speaking truth to power in Putin’s Russia. She exposed the brutality of war. She gave a voice to its victims. And she refused to be intimidated into silence. This cost her life. But her memory is carried by so many to this day. 11495136
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026Only 6 months after the paper came out - but I was too exhausted after #Antarctic #Fieldwork to write this then! Apologies if you've already seen it... 182
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026Finally got around to writing about our paper on #Antarctica, #AtmosphericRivers and #SeaIce - better late than never I guess? sternaparadisaea.net/2026/10/06/a...sternaparadisaea.netAntarctic snowsFor most of this century, the Antarctic Ice Sheet has been losing mass at a pretty steady rate of around 100 Gigatonnes a year, pushing up global sea levels a small amount (about one third of a mil… 0112
Reposted by Ruth MottramHelen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Scrolling around for gloves, I stumbled on a chimera. Meet THE GLUFF. Yours for £154. 23710
Reposted by Ruth MottramElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56119903561
Reposted by Ruth MottramJaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 05/10/2026Just imagine if responsible politicians had kept the focus on the clear transition path set out by the EU, rather than suggesting all sorts of detours. That might have helped your car manufacturers to be ready for what lies ahead (or has already arrived) 35813
Reposted by Ruth MottramJaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 05/10/2026In September, 34.5% of cars sold in Germany were fully electric. "Deutsche Hersteller profitierten von dem Boom allerdings kaum." (However, German manufacturers hardly benefited from the boom.) As if it took them by surprise. 710323
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026Ho early despair of German car manufacturers - how can it have been a surprise? 1121
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026Are you still in Denmark? Or was this earlier? 110
Reposted by Ruth MottramAndrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Lol, for a moment thought that it was a rogue hacked (or hacking, pun intended) robot incident 😬 082
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026This week the HCLIM group are having our working week. What is HCLIM and why should you care? Well, #HCLIM - short for #Harmonie-Climate - is a European high resolution regional climate model, we provide high quality climate data suitable for #ClimateServices + #ClimateAdaptation www.hclim.org 082
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026To the surprise of no one who has been watching the spread of EVs over the last 10+ years... 0232
Reposted by Ruth MottramMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Olson (1965) Akerlof (1970) 3827
Reposted by Ruth MottramMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this. 27788308
Reposted by Ruth MottramIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Having now had twenty-odd years of social media depleting our stocks of sanity, like overfishing North Sea cod, I think now might be a good time for a strict social media quota for about 20 years or so, to let stocks recover. 512724
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026TFW your Ukrainian colleague + friend apologises for missing a meeting because of transport collapse triggered by Russian attack. But not to worry "because the paper is coming along fine." 😢 F them all to hell. 😡 0141
Reposted by Ruth MottramTuta @tuta.com · 30/09/2026We did it: The EU Parliament continues to OPPOSE #ChatControl 2.0! 🥳 Thanks everyone for writing to representatives. 🫶 The next trilogue is scheduled for November, we must make sure that end-to-end encryption and private communication remains to be protected! #privacy 5342194
Reposted by Ruth MottramRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Magical creatures don’t exist, eh? Roughly 400 million years ago, before the birth of trees, there were giant mystery cones called “Prototaxites,” which grew nearly 30 feet tall. We literally have no idea what they were. Plant: no Mushroom: no Animal: no Tell me this isn’t a little bit magic 47838220
Reposted by Ruth MottramRobert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Temperatures in the Central Pacific El Niño region are the hottest ever measured (top panel), and far above any other El Niño at this time of year. But, if you adjust for the warming of the global ocean, the current trajectory is not so different from other very strong events. 59239
Reposted by Ruth Mottram/many @manydk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Skal jeg køre helt til Kalundborg på søndag for at holde workshops for 3 personer? Det er jo pinligt for mig og biblioteket. Mine workshops plejer at have ventelister. Nu tager I jer sammen og melder jer til! www.kalundborglitteraturfestival.dkkalundborglitteraturfestival.dkKalundborg Litteraturfestival3.-4. oktober 2026 samler festivalen forfattere og publikum til samtaler, oplæsninger og fælles læseoplevelser på tværs af kommunen. 42310
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026I have been writing emails, reports + proposals for what feels like weeks. I am extremely proud of my very excellent, productive and clever team who are achieving such brilliant science. I am also tired + wwould like to do some science soon. Also, how can there *still* be >1600 emails in my inbox?static.klipy.comEmails Overwhelm Cartoon CharacterALT: Emails Overwhelm Cartoon Character 0150
Reposted by Ruth MottramVidenskab.dk @videnskab.dk · 29/09/2026Russisk droneangreb rammer Ukraines Nationale Videnskabsakademi #dkvid #dkforskvidenskab.dkRussisk droneangreb rammer Ukraines Nationale VidenskabsakademiKlokken var cirka 13.30 lokal tid, og mange af de ansatte var i gang med deres frokostpause, da en almindelig arbejdsdag på Ukraines Nationale Videnskabsakademi tog en ubehagelig drejning. En russisk drone hamrede ind i og satte ild til den 170 år gamle bygning, der er et arkitektonisk vartegn i hjertet af Kyiv. Flere af... 001
Reposted by Ruth MottramCarlos Moffat @carlosmoffat.com · 29/09/2026🌊 Here's a great opportunity to participate in the Southern Ocean Observing System initiative. If your work is relevant to the West Antarctica Peninsula-Scotia Arc region, please apply! 074
Reposted by Ruth MottramJanne O. @lajanne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ja tak, forbyd det straks! Det er sygt og kan på ingen måde forsvares! Det svarer til at pushere forsvarer salg af narkotika. 2235
Reposted by Ruth MottramCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Macedonians preserved the Mycenaean tradition of burying elites with gold masks. This was made for a priestess. The decoration is detailed & exquisite, including animals on the headband. However, the disks on the eyes & plate on the mouth are confronting & final 🕰️C6thBC 🏛️📷Pella Archaeological Museum 516940
Reposted by Ruth MottramJohn Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most people underestimate how concerned everyone else is about climate crisis. Number-1 most read on BBC news... 04712
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026Interested in #Greenland #Food #Culture? The #ilulissat science forum is now open for registration, it sounds wonderful - I wish I was closer by! illu.gl/isf26illu.gl#ISF26 — ILLUcargo.site 032
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026Ah that takes me back... Breidamerkurjokull 2005.. 080
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026Want to hear about our ESA PISCO project? Together with my ace collaborators: Tabea Rettelbach of @dtucryo.bsky.social @priscillamooney.bsky.social + @met.no 's Oskar Landgren - we'll explore how Earth Observation together with climate models can lead to real progress in understanding ice sheets 052
Reposted by Ruth MottramHolly Bik @hollybik.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My favorite news from the past week - Tyrannosaurus Rex was *warm blooded*!!! And they figured this out using isotopes from tooth enamel 🤯https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb7653?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.bsky.app%2Fscience.orgThe body temperature of Tyrannosaurus rexDespite an extensive history of study, quantitative constraints on the thermophysiology of Tyrannosaurus rex remain limited. Here, we derive a thermodynamically based determination of T. rex body temp... 04010
Reposted by Ruth MottramDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes... 22562262
Reposted by Ruth MottramEmma Boland @emmaboland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Southern Ocean peeps, get it in your diaries 🌊🇦🇶 September in Naples sounds all right to me 😎🍕🍝🥗🍨 021
Reposted by Ruth MottramPRECISE - PREdicting Changes in Ice Sheets on Earth @precise-project.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Check out this blog post from @ruthmottram.eurosky.social summarising a new Cryosphere paper (Hedetoft et al. 2026) that explains how the ice mélange plays a role in controlling calving; having deployed a set of GNSS-tracking buoys directly into the mélange zone. sternaparadisaea.net/2026/09/09/a...sternaparadisaea.netA jumble of broken ice, and what it means for Greenland’s calving glaciers.Ice mélange — sometimes known as sikussaq in Greenlandic — is that chaotic jumble of icebergs, bergy bits and sea water that sits in front of marine-terminating glaciers. It’s been described … 142
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026This evening @nachristakis.bsky.social taking us through evolution, human societies and our near endless capacity to cooperate, but also, how will we evolve with AI in the mix? 072
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026The World, the Universe and Us: How to Be Hopeful: Caitlin Moran and New Scientist Look to the Future Episode webpage: www.newscientist.com Media file: tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4t...newscientist.comNew Scientist | Science news, articles, and featuresScience news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine. 011
Reposted by Ruth MottramBob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 22/09/2026NEW PAPER: In a new paper, jointly published in @agu.org Earth's Future & @ametsoc.org BAMS, and co-led by Melissa Kenney, @costasamaras.com and me, 175 authors outline priorities to guide the future of scientific assessments of climate change in the United States. 🧵doi.orgResearch Priorities for Robust Climate Assessments in the United StatesA network of climate assessments plays a critical role in synthesizing the state of science to support evidence-based decision-making To support future U.S. and sub-national climate assessments, ... 114884
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026It's science and cocktails time in Copenhagen... www.scienceandcocktails.org/en/events/co...scienceandcocktails.org 160
Reposted by Ruth MottramThe European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Rail activist Jon Worth travelled from Kemijärvi in northern Finland to Lagos in southern Portugal, one of the longest possible train journeys within the EU. The trip was meant to take just over 100 hours, but power outages, delays and missed connections pushed it to 125 hours and 31 minutes. 4317
Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026Good morning all, for those of you who missed it last week, here's the last call on what wordpress informs me is my 💯 th post... We've been measuring the loss of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets for half a century now... 0133
Reposted by Ruth MottramMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Magnitude of glacial collapse in the Alps is hard to grasp! 🧊🔥 Here is Zanfleuron Pass (2,805 m asl, Les Diablerets) that became first ice free in Sept. 2022! Now ice is >10 m below the pass! 😲 Seen yesterday from Oldenhorn (3,123 m asl)! 📷 by @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social 🙏 48639