Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 11/09/2026🇬🇧: The data begin to look a tad squiffy. 🇺🇸 (me): Yeah, they get super janky there. 🇩🇪: I am not following. Can you please state the accuracy and precision during the interval we are discussing? 030
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026and definitely don’t mention Laurentia includes Greenland and Scotland 020
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Slowly but surely accumulating supervisor papers (and coffee mugs). Latest is here: cp.copernicus.org/articles/22/... 0101
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 10/08/2026“the curse of dimensionality”static.klipy.comCat WizardALT: Cat Wizard 010
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 30/07/2026On the flip side, this was me opening up those old boxes today...static.klipy.comJohn C Reilly Steve BruleALT: John C Reilly Steve Brule 040
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 27/07/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHiggs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cutsBritain is preparing to cancel its contribution to one of the Large Hadron Collider's next major upgrades. 000
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 27/07/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK science research labs hit by £160m cut despite record spendingSome of Britian's biggest labs face cuts even though government science spending is at record levels. 100
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 27/07/2026What a time to be alive. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukJodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained. 110
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 17/07/2026View from outside the Bern ice core gas lab. View from outside the BAS ice core gas lab. 160
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Getting one child ready in the morning = deterministic chaos. Getting two children ready in the morning = purely stochastic. 160
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 02/07/2026In case you want to write a method inter-comparison paper… 110
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Dang. Title for my autobiography has already been taken. 040
Reposted by Thomas BauskaBob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026New Job! Please RP! 2 year Postdoctoral Research Associate in #Biogeochemistry in Oxford @oxfordgeography.bsky.social using novel methods to explore organic matter stability and new proxies of rock #weathering &wider team in Southampton. Any Qs let me know 🧪🥼⚒️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... 02627
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 17/06/2026but then in this case if you fully go down the rabbit hole we always avoid you come out the other end with an interesting results about what could be driving recent changes in CH4. 100
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I started doing a nuanced thread for this paper but stopped when I realised I was just listing all the other proxy systems I thought could benefit from a similar analysis. 010
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 16/06/2026My personal take-home: always test the "null" hypothesis when it comes to palaeoclimate. Eric Mei, @bayesicallyalex.bsky.social, @cristiproist.bsky.social, et al., www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Fun times working with Eric on this as part of @fetch4.bsky.socialpnas.orgMultidecadal preindustrial methane variability can be explained by noise in the source–sink imbalance | PNASIce core records of preindustrial methane indicate variability of ±30 ppb (±5%) on multidecadal-to-centennial timescales. Previous work has attribu... 23412
Reposted by Thomas BauskaNick Golledge @nick-golledge.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Just out in @natgeosci.nature.com we use ice sheet modeling to identify & characterize behavioral regimes, & the nature of ice sheet regime shifts. We do this using the Shannon entropy signature of mass loss, and find evidence of bistability under high, but not low, entropy regimes. rdcu.be/fmIe1rdcu.beIce-sheet regime shifts with climate warmingNature Geoscience - Ice sheets are steady in cold climates, become unstable as warming weakens ice shelves, then restabilize at higher temperatures. Model simulations suggest sudden shifts between... 0115
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The combined pride and dread you get when someone says "oh, I was just reading your thesis" 😊😨😊😨😊😨😊😨😊😨😊😨 020
Reposted by Thomas BauskaNature Geoscience @natgeosci.nature.com · 25/05/2026⚒️ Article: Dust records from an Allan Hills ice core indicate the Ross Sea was likely open through the peak of the Last Interglacial, coincident with a smaller West Antarctic Ice Sheet @lamont.columbia.edu www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDiminished Ross Ice Shelf and West Antarctic Ice Sheet during Last Interglacial warming - Nature GeoscienceDust derived from Antarctic sources measured in an ice core from the Allan Hills spanning the peak of the Last Interglacial suggests that the Ross Sea was probably open at the time, coincident with a ... 21710
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Old ice cores never die, they just sublimate away. icecores.org/inventory/de...icecores.orgDeaccessed Cores | NSF Ice Core FacilityThe National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility (NSF-ICF) — formerly the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) — is a facility for storing, curating, and studying meteoric ice cores recovered fro... 052
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Nice one! Almost like the authors made me a mixtape of my favourite topics. -CO2 across the MPT -Long-term changes in the Antarctic Ice Sheet -Grounding line controls BONUS: Transects of Filchner-Ronne in the SI that cross Berkner Island. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comIncreased sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to decreasing CO2 across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition - Nature GeoscienceA transient ice sheet model simulation of the past 3 million years suggests that the Antarctic Ice Sheet became more sensitive to decreasing CO2 levels following the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, driven... 082
Reposted by Thomas BauskaProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 16/05/2026Ice core water-isotope records from eight locations in Antarctica spanning 400,000 years show that the warmest parts of the continent have had the most temperature variability. In PNAS: ow.ly/OmwB50YZOhp 0187
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I'm guilty of: "Towards high-precision ice core d13C-CO2" 😀 "Towards continuous ice core measurements of N2O and CO2" 😜 "The isotopic composition of hydration water in biogenic silica: towards a new climate proxy for opal-rich sediment" - 🫣 020
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Writing a conference abstract titled “Towards a(n)…” is the academic equivalent of manifesting. 141
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 17/05/2026So many gems. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... “The manner of geologist movie deaths: Category 2: Work related. Typical examples are being hit by a volcanic bomb, falling into a crater or an opening fault, drowning in quicksand or lahar, and incineration in an oil pit. Grim stuff.”onlinelibrary.wiley.comGeologists on the silver screen—the sequelAs geologists, our interest is piqued when geological processes—with varying degrees of accuracy—are portrayed in movies and especially when a geologist unexpectedly appears on screen, even in a mino... 0112
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Assume you’ve seen this. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgAncient ice core could help explain mysterious shift in Earth’s ice agesRecord-setting Antarctic archive reveals sharp swings in carbon dioxide 1 million years ago 140
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 08/05/2026*checks supplementary information for age model uncertainty* 040
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 06/05/2026All the new ice core data at #EGU26 is pretty cool, I guess. But nothing can top seeing this alongside a poster in Interdisciplinary Tree-Ring Research 190
Reposted by Thomas BauskaLegraLeGra @atthenius.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I swore to support & defend the Constitution of the United States. But I've spent the last two weeks in purgatory on "administrative leave for investigative purposes" while NASA pondered me speaking in my personal capacity. I'm back tomorrow. firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/pick...firstamendment.mtsu.eduPickering v. Board of Education (1968)Pickering v. Board of Education (1968), the seminal case on public employees' First Amendment rights, said they do not give up their right to speak on matters of public importance. 064
Reposted by Thomas BauskaAustralian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The MYIC @millionyearice.bsky.social project by the Australian Antarctic Program is drilling an ice core to 3,000 metres depth in three-metre segments, and returning the cores in pristine condition to Hobart, Tasmania. Why? And how? Find out at aapp.shorthandstories.com/the-memory-of-ice 11610
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 21/04/2026The frequently used symbols of an isotope geochemist who can't decide what delta form to use. 2191
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Validated. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgThese may be the world's first images of dogs—and they're wearing leashesSaudi find may reveal how humans harnessed early dogs to survive 030
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 04/04/2026To remove pulverised samples of thousand-year-old ice from our bespoke, ultra-clean ice core “crusher”, we use a Hoover named Charles. 061
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 25/03/2026My pet theory: Europe warmed up enough in the Bølling–Allerød that it was finally time to go for walkies. 050
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 24/03/2026If this is your scene*, maybe this job is for you? Three-year PDRA in ice core gases at @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... *Scenes from the Beyond EPICA gas analysis in Copenhagen. 1109
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 24/03/2026*That's a huge oversimplification of the models and the real world. On the other hand, maybe it is the first order explaination of why CH4 and CO2 are so closely linked? 010
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 24/03/2026If they forced both their climate and LAND CARBON models with ~>400 ppm there are a couple circularities that are probably impossible to disentangle. To simplify for Bluesky*: Higher CO2 -> Higher NPP -> Higher CH4 emissions. Would really need to run the models again with lower CO2 but elevated T. 210
Reposted by Thomas BauskaNature @nature.com · 23/03/2026Nature research paper: Broadly stable atmospheric CO2 and CH4 levels over the past 3 million years go.nature.com/4bl7uIZgo.nature.comBroadly stable atmospheric CO2 and CH4 levels over the past 3 million years - NatureBlue ice records from Antarctica are used to determine methane and carbon dioxide concentrations over the past 3 million years. 0183
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I have a joke about the Mid-Pleistocene Transition but the pacing is all wrong. 040
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Legendary. Gwyneth W. Gordon, Carbon isotope evaluation of the claims in MillerCoors vs Anheuser-Busch doi.org/10.1016/j.fo.... 051
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 19/02/2026The most popular core to study on paleoclimate Bluesky 010
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 09/02/2026👏 Heroic effort to extract a H₂ record from ice cores 👏 The samples had to measured in the field immediately after drilling (i.e. fresh out the oven 🥮) to prevent the tiny H₂ molecules from leaking out. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comAtmospheric H2 variability over the past 1,100 years - NatureAnalysis of the atmospheric H2 variability over the past millennium suggests that the sensitivity of H2 to climate change should be considered in estimates of the radiative consequences of rising... 01712
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Maybe my music credit worked? Or the term I got to spend in Vienna learning about Gustav Klimt and The Secession Movement? 010
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I learned a lot from the UChicago Core Curriculum. The most important lesson was that I wanted to do Earth Sciences. -Readings in World Literature -Self, Culture and Society -Vienna in Western Civilisation -Music Materials and Design -Animal Sensory Ecology (wrote about Trilobite eyes 👁️💠!) 170
Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Exactly. And I did double check that the averts grain size in the Megadunes was sand size. 110