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Bianca Perren

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I’m a researcher at the British Antarctic Survey and an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto. I study what lakes in polar regions tell us about past and present climate. www.wandeldal.org www.biancaperren.com πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±

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As summer in the Northern Hemisphere approaches, it is important to keep in mind how temperatures are changing 🌑️

Shifting distribution to the right ➑️ increasing societal risks from extreme heat

The driver? Humans... The burning of fossil fuels

Visualization created by NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/

28.04.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8
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Mer de Glace
1969 | 2024

We are a world away from the 20th century climate, already in uncharted territories, and that's just the beginning! 😱

Losing glaciers through sole human emission should make us take action πŸ›‘

But we are apathetic...

πŸ“· @glacionaut / IG

11.04.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

When Anonymous is posting about your record, you know something’s wrong

20.03.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

19.03.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 10662    πŸ” 5352    πŸ’¬ 609    πŸ“Œ 1768
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Icy waterfall! #glaciers are so beautiful 😍
One-year time lapse of Triftgletscher, Switzerland, in 2005. No ice at this place meanwhile...
Based on @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social webcam images

19.03.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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'The ice melted beneath our feet': The huskies that revealed the rapid shrinking of Greenland's ice In 2019, climate scientist Steffen Olsen took a startling photo of huskies appearing to walk on water. The photo went viral as it revealed the reality of Greenland's melting ice.

Here’s a BBC interview about the iconic 2019 Greenland melt photo

16.03.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d say patriotism rather than nationalism… πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

16.03.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please stop normalizing annexation!

13.03.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump cuts target world-leading greenhouse gas observatory in Hawaii The Trump administration is considering cancelling the lease of the support office for a renowned Hawaiian climate research station, sources said, raising fears for the future of key work tracking the impact of carbon emissions on global warming.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

13.03.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

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12.03.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rage Against the Miocene.

(I love the Miocene, but we're not prepared to live in it!)

10.03.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poleward displacement of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies in response to Early Holocene warming Communications Earth & Environment - Southern Hemisphere Westerlies were poleward of their current position during the Early Holocene, as suggested by diatom-inferred sea salt aerosol and lake...

New paper out today showing big latitudinal swings in the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies over the last 11,000 years

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

28.02.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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