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Mark Horstman

@mancalledhorst.bsky.social

Science voyeur, Antarctic tragic, inveterate ecologist, optimistic gardener, proud dad, lucky human. Sci-comms with antarctic.bsky.social, my work markhorstman.com.au, co-founder tasinquirer.bsky.social βš«οΈπŸ”΄πŸŸ‘πŸŒ

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Q: What happens when #Antarctic summer sea ice hits record lows in 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025?

A: aapp.shorthandstories.com/a-world-with...

21.07.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Skates and salmon farms: science is part of the equation Can the threatened Maugean skate coexist with Tasmania’s salmon industry?

β€œLarge, vertebrate, carnivorous micro-endemics are incredibly rare all around the world. In Tasmania, we are very lucky to have had three: the Tasmanian devil, the Maugean skate and the thylacine.” β€” David Moreno, @imas-utas.bsky.social

cosmosmagazine.com/nature/marin...

17.07.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is like when someone gets bitten in The Last of Us.

25.04.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1089    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 1
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Following a massive die-off, two major #salmon companies operating 14 fish farms in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel in southern Tasmania have been ordered to prevent its pollution by dead fish.

Read more -- tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/mass-pr...

#politas #auspol

16.03.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Check out the alt description

16.03.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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hot mess

09.03.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A dream experiment’: our Australian icebreaker is on a crucial mission to Antarctica | Nathan Bindoff As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collected

🌊 "As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collected.

The only way to get information like this is to be there."

β€” Prof Nathan Bindoff, AAPP/@utas.edu.au

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

07.03.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hard yakka

08.02.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feels a bit jinxy to say it out loud. Of course the old gendered term is β€˜widow maker’. But … BROKE. HIS. NECK?

08.02.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Featuring the inspiring and redoubtable Geoff Law

27.12.2024 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who gets to shape the story? Reporting on the conflict in the Middle East β€” with The Guardian’s Nour Haydar - ABC listen There's been a move by Australian newsrooms to foster and champion the diversity of their staff. But when it comes to covering the conflict between IsraelisΒ & Palestinians, and the war in Gaza, does t...

Searing – Nour Haydar from @australia.theguardian.com critiques reporting on the conflict in the Middle East: Who gets to shape the story?
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

15.12.2024 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sooooo proud to see Jarra Reynolds Horstman graduate from Uni of Melb with Masters of Science in Physics (Distinction) β€” must be the one day of your life when they use your full name 🀩

11.12.2024 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW – COP29: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Baku

#COP29

➑️ https://buff.ly/3V5jndk

24.11.2024 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 226    πŸ” 104    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 19
Aerial shot of a beach where people have formed the words TAX COAL FUND NEW jobs 
Caption:170 people arrested
14 being under 18 years 
Stopping a coal ship from getting into the port

Aerial shot of a beach where people have formed the words TAX COAL FUND NEW jobs Caption:170 people arrested 14 being under 18 years Stopping a coal ship from getting into the port

Yesterday we did it! Brave people ('kayaktivists', to borrow a US term) successfully stopped coal ship from the port of Newcastle - and 170 of these legends were arrested. Today we are supporting those who face court on this day. It's not over – join us in Canberra for action this week, 26-28th!

24.11.2024 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 318    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
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How to drill an ice shelf β€” and why A mission to reach the ocean under the Shackleton Ice Shelf in East Antarctica

Helluva way to spend Christmas
aapp.shorthandstories.com/how-to-drill...

24.11.2024 06:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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