Dr Georgy Falster

Throwback to 2017 when Iso2k project members met up in Zaragoza, Spain for the first (and only!) in-person workshop of a mammoth five-year database collation effort.

Here we are, variably spelling out the name of the project or providing an enthusiastic backdrop

#21daysof2k @pages-ipo.bsky.social

Photograph of a landscape with bare sandy soil showing through sparse new regrowth. The landscape is gently hilly, and a road is visible from the lower right of the photo until it disappears over the horizon. The sky is an uninterrupted pale blue.

In 2019/2020 Kangaroo Island (Australia) was devastated by severe bushfires. Researchers at the University of Adelaide are developing new Common Era lake and speleothem records to discover how fire and rainfall regimes on KI are changing with climate change

#21daysof2k @pages-ipo.bsky.social

Hydroclimate2k will be at #AGU25! Come along to poster PP33C-1090 from 2:15 on Weds 17th to say hi and see what we're up to.

#21daysof2k @pages-ipo.bsky.social

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One of the great things about @pages-ipo.bsky.social projects is the opportunity to work with amazing scientists from all over the world; here's a few of the 2k Network at a workshop in Nottingham last year #21daysof2k

The PAGES 2k Network Logo

The PAGES 2k Network (pastglobalchanges.org/science/wg/2k-network) has been investigating the climate of the last 2000 years since 2008. The Network is currently focusing on hydroclimate, co-ordinated by scientists from 8 countries over 5 continents #21daysof2k @pages-ipo.bsky.social

Yaks Chac, a lake in Mexico

Yaal Chac, Mexico – a new site for inclusion in the Hydroclimate2k database (Metcalfe SE et al., 2022, Quat Sci Rev 282: 107445) and a photogenic start to our #21daysof2k event. Over the next 3 weeks we'll be giving daily insights into the work of the PAGES 2k Network. @pages-ipo.bsky.social

the calculations take some work, but if your data are in netcdf format, the visualisation is quite straightforward using xmovie (: xmovie.readthedocs.io/en/latest/in...

new water isotope preprint! egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

We used the MAGIC of machine learning (ok, random forests) to predict monthly precipitation stable isotopes over the Australian continent, at monthly resolution from 1962-2023.

Details at the paper; pretty animation below

Transport of animals underpinned ritual feasting at the onset of the Neolithic in southwestern Asia Communications Earth & Environment - Ceremonial feasting in Early Neolithic Asiab, western Iran, involved transport of animals over substantial distances to celebrate far-flung social networks,...

I’m very pleased to share that our paper on Early Neolithic boar feasting at Asiab is out in @commsearth.nature.com. rdcu.be/euyuO. Many thanks for all the Early Career Research support that made this study possible 🐗🦷👩‍🔬 @raindrop-herder.bsky.social

also yes I realise that this isn't really a place people come these days; I am just so sick of the admin burden at this damn place I needed to write about it

absolutely thrilled to have spent two hours this morning sorting out GST assignments on my purchase card acquittals when apparently there is an entire finance department at the University of Adelaide busy doing...something else.

I swear this place is set up to actively discourage research

No advert out yet, but I will recruiting a 2yr postdoc, start date autumn 2025, at @livunigeog.bsky.social soon. Lowland and upland peatlands, GHGs, DOM and water chemistry. Plenty of fieldwork. Feel free to drop me a DM or email if you might be interested, and please spread the word.

Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end? New research suggests southern Australia may experience longer and more frequent droughts in the future, as the climate changes.

In a drought-prone country such as Australia, there’s an age-old question: why do the rains sometimes disappear?

Recent research from @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social shows Australian scientists are getting closer to answering this question.
science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

Scientists have been publishing climate models since ~1970.

A good way to evaluate their skill is to compare what they expected to happen in the years after the model was published to observed climate changes.

It turns out most models were pretty spot-on:

Astonishingly, no! A goal for a future paper

a nice round 60

just giving my readers the value for money we all crave in this day and age

there are also tables, but just a normal amount (three)

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in these dark times, I am thrilled to announce I just sent off a finalised paper draft to co-authors, featuring SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN panels across 28 figures

(that's a personal best or personal worst, depending on your preferences)

somehow, yes. But apparently this sort of thing is rife at Adelaide - people waiting OVER A YEAR for finance and post-award to sort out their grants

Now just praying that UniSA swoops in to save us all in the merger cos otherwise RIP my DECRA

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two weeks into my DECRA at the University of Adelaide: my project funds still don't exist, I don't have building access, and I won't have a computer until mid-May.

I'm not sure what's going on with the admin/HR/finance in this place but the results are.....shambolic.

Physical mechanisms of meteorological drought development, intensification and termination: an Australian review - Communications Earth & Environment Australia experiences meteorological droughts due to insufficient moisture transport and heavy precipitation, which are influenced by climate variability and land processes, and are expected to become...

Just out - incredibly important analysis led by Dr Chiara Holgate with @raindrop-herder.bsky.social @climatenerilie.bsky.social and a very large impressive team on causes of Australian droughts. A timely read in SA and WA for sure...

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

This was a collaboration by many of the good folks at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX) and @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social - and is perfect cherry on top of the delicious (and, not to muddle the metaphor, extremely productive) cake that was the CLEX Drought Research Program.

Scientific diagram summarising the causes of drought development, intensification, and termination in Australia. The graphic shows that drought development and intensification is associated with El Nino and positive IPO conditions in the Pacific Ocean, positive IOD conditions in the Indian Ocean, reduced onshore moisture transport, high pressure systems over south-eastern and south-western Australia, dry MJO phases, and wind-evaporation feedbacks - with all affected by anthropogenic forcing. Drought termination is associated with La Nina and negative IPO conditions in the Pacific Ocean, negative IOD conditions in the Indian Ocean, enhanced onshore moisture transport, cut-off low weather systems in south-eastern Australia, monsoon lows in north-western Australia, and wet MJO phases - with all affected by anthropogenic forcing.

Out today: our comprehensive review of Australian droughts.

It covers the nature and drivers of drought development, intensification & termination - and how those are changing with climate change.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

bit of a misdirect there maybe(!) the skivvy is fashionably sleeveless and the shirt is a nice lightweight one for UV protection - a real Adelaide necessity

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DECRA day #1: got stuck in a bizarre loop where to find out my finance project codes I needed access to a system that could only be granted entering, into an online form, the correct project codes.

In better news, there's a feijoa tree outside my new building.

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After three jam-packed years, today was my last day at ANU.

During my postdoc here I learned a LOT, went to cool places, did fun science, and met a truly delightful bunch of people.

I'll miss ANU but looking forward to starting my DECRA fellowship at Adelaide Uni in just under a month

We’ve got their backs. | Climate 200

Rumours in Canberra that election will be called on Monday.

We still have choices Australia. I want to preserve them.

Putting my money where my mouth is.

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