Marc Jones

Over 40% of global shipping by volume exists to move fossil fuels from one place to another.

A huge share of the world's maritime infrastructure has been built around a system that is going to change dramatically as renewable energy and electrification displace fossil fuels.

OBITUARY: The DOE Climate Working Group Report, 2025–2026 it died in a footnote

On The Climate Brink, an obituary for the DOE Climate Working Group report

This World Wildlife Day is a reminder that foraging is part of our heritage Jon Conradi, Wild Mosaic This year, World Wildlife Day is about plants. This took me by surprise. Typically when I think of wildlife, I think of animals, perhaps with some vegetation as background. I ...

A few generations ago, most communities would have had knowledge of their local wild plants and their uses. This loss of knowledge is a loss of our heritage, as well as evidence of our disconnection ✍️Jon Conradi, Wild Mosaic

"The missiles are flying. Hallelujah."

Why don’t we ever see snakes slithering in the snow? 🐍

These cold-blooded creatures can’t hibernate - but they do have their own special skill to survive the snow and cold. ❄️

Find out all about it in this week’s Surprising Science!

Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species | Natural History Museum A new species of amphibian that lived 150 million years ago has been discovered in Portugal.

Scientists have recently discovered a Jurassic amphibian that had a projectile tongue!

The new species has been named Nabia civiscientrix after the local community of citizen scientists that helped to discover the fossil.

Find out more 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Thousands of Heat-Related Deaths Go Uncounted in Texas Each Year, New Research Finds Existing systems record only ‘one-sixth of the statistically estimated heat deaths’ in Texas, a new paper by a Texas A&M researcher finds.

Questionable thumbnail aside, this is a nice article about a paper we just published on how to count heat mortality. From @deceleration.news

Thousands of Heat-Related Deaths Go Uncounted in Texas Each Year, New Research Finds deceleration.news/heat-related...

A new month tomorrow and changes to our opening times!

Due to some essential maintenance there will be centre closures over the next two weeks. For our full opening times please visit our website here: charmouth.org/chcc/opening...

Close up of a handwritten label on a fossil specimen: 'This Fossil is the first I ever obtained. It was purchased from Mary Anning in July 1824. It then wanted the point of the nose. This was found 3 years after rolled on the sands & she sent it to me to Oxford – Enniskillen'

#FossilFriday: A curator's dream label. Doesn't get much better than this: 'This Fossil is the first I ever obtained. It was purchased from Mary Anning in July 1824. It then wanted the point of the nose. This was found 3 years after rolled on the sands & she sent it to me to Oxford – Enniskillen'

#FossilFriday A beautiful Cretaceous seastar. This fully articulated specimen of Calliderma was collected in the Chalk of England.

Left lateral view of the skull. It's mainly complete and articulated but the tip of the snout is absent. Plate 4 of 6 from Owen (1861) A monograph of a fossil dinosaur (Scelidosaurus harrisonii, Owen) of the Lower Lias, part I. Monographs on the British fossil Reptilia from the Oolitic Formations 1 pp 14.

Right lateral view of the skull, a front view of the skull specimen showing the cross-section through the snout, and an upper tooth is side view. Plate 5 of 6 from Owen (1861).

Knee joint and claw bone. Plate 2 of 6 from Owen (1861).

Postcranial bones including a femur. Plate 3 of 6 from Owen (1861).

For #FossilFriday, here are some images of #Scelidosaurus from the Jurassic of Charmouth, Dorset, UK. They were published in one of our monographs from 1861 as part of a description by Sir Richard Owen.
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We're waiting in the wings for the professionals to let us put on a hard hat and take photos to show you how it's coming along. 👷

Vulcanodon is one of the earliest sauropods but it’s named for the shape of several theropod teeth referred in error to the type, as they were found in association with the skeleton (at a time when many ‘prosauropods’ were considered carnivores). Enjoy 🦖🦕🇿🇼

Spent a pleasant morning looking around Matopos National Park with @simonwills.bsky.social, not much big game today but some great scenery, and a few impala, wildebeest and klipspringers too

Never know who’ll you’ll bump into when having a quiet coffee in Bulawayo: this beauty was over
1 m in length

Just got my hot-off-the-press copy of the new edition of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved, written by @tetzoo.bsky.social and yours truly, with gorgeous new cover art from @bobnichollsart.bsky.social: finally, a sauropodomorph on the cover 🦕🦕🦕 On sale soon!

Really sad news. Hans worked on an incredible diversity of vertebrate groups but in particular made huge contributions to our understanding of the Triassic.

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Worst case scenario is losing to Chelsea away and finding ourselves 18th and three points below both West Ham and Leeds who play each other on the last day of the season.

Interesting! I recognise that street but didn't see the sign.

Nice! 😊

Oops... Meant to repost this short thread for #FossilFriday. Check out that crest!

See also:
- www.yourdictionary.com/articles/glo...

The claim that Global Warming was changed to Climate Change is myth number one in this excellent summary of myths by #Potholer54.
- youtu.be/FBF6F4Bi6Sg?...

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Climate change, global warming, and intensive care - Intensive Care Medicine Intensive Care Medicine -

The terms "Global Warming" and "Climate Change" are often used in the same scientific articles, including recently, e.g.
- link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- www.cell.com/trends/plant...
- www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Climatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming? If man-made dust is unimportant as a major cause of climatic change, then a strong case can be made that the present cooling trend will, within a decade or so, give way to a pronounced warming induced...

Global Warming:

1975 - Wally Broecker: "Climatic Change: Are we on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?" science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

1991 - Shell in Climate of Concern (see 11:35):
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTlY...

2024 - MCulloch et al.: nature.com/articles/s41...

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The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change The most recent calculations of the infra-red flux in the region of the 15 micron CO2 band show that the average surface temperature of the earth increases 3.6° C if the CO2 concentration in the atmo...

Both terms have been used for decades and are still used to today:
e.g.
Climatic Change / Climate change:

1956 - Gilbert Plass: "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

2024 - Bolan et al. 2024: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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*Global warming* refers to the increase in average global temperature due to greater atmospheric CO2 which slows down the rate at which the Sun's energy is lost.

*Climate change* refers to changes in regional weather systems typically measured over a thirty year period.

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Two images of Earth illustrating the difference between Global Warming and Climate Change. Global Warming: an orange Earth with a schematic of infrared from the surface being redirected downwards by the atmosphere. It's labelled "The gradual increase of the surface temperature of Earth" Climate Change: a blue green Earth showing a desert, a schematic volcano, and a schematic hurricane. It's labelled "The long-term change in global weather patterns".

*#GlobalWarming* and *#ClimateChange* are both valid terms that mean different things.

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A large, suspended dragon sculpture crafted from translucent materials in shades of blue, green, and yellow dominates the upper part of a museum space, giving the impression of flight. Below it, various display cases and exhibition stands can be seen, along with a crocodile model placed atop a mosaic-patterned platform in the foreground. The vibrant dragon contrasts with the warm tones and historic architecture of the museum interior. Overlaid text promotes the "Mythical Creatures" exhibition at Colchester Castle, running from 26 July 2025 to 22 February 2026. The castle logo and Tom Archer’s photo credit are also present.

It’s your final weekend to explore Mythical Creatures! From ancient myths to fossil origins, this magical story quest closes Sunday 22 February.

Don't let the dragon go without a goodbye: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/events/mythical-creatures