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Four new international Working Groups launched by the Past Global Changes (PAGES) bring together global expertise in paleoclimate science. 🌍

Read an article about these working groups and where some of the leaders come from.

Read article 👉 pastglobalchanges.org/news/138887

• Squandering time and embedding permanent climate damages
• Squandering opportunity to reshape to a clean energy economy, magnifying economic damages
• Without even the arguable selfish benefit of sovereign wealth - exporting profits.
• How is it justifiable by any measure of national interest?

A map of Antarctica showing Terre Adélie and summary information. From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9lie_Land

Not including the largest of all:

Exasperating to watch so many talented colleagues struggling right now.

If only there were some planning body that could have foreseen and advised on such a project!

Glad that was fixable - was always thus.

Impressive!!

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And, to catch an all too familiar issue, a gendering error at the end.
‘Professor Davies said future changes in Antarctica would have significant repercussions elsewhere.

"Though Antarctica is far away, changes here will impact the rest of the…" he said.’

A fantastic season for the Million Year Ice Core Project - moving beyond setup and pilot drilling to commissioning the new deep drill and working in a fluid-filled hole. This drill site offers an exciting opportunity to drill the longest continuous ice core record.

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

Portrait photo of Professor Michiel van den Broeke

“remarkably accurate statements” – Professor Michiel van den Broeke @mrvandenbroeke.bsky.social assesses a 1980 “CO2 Newsletter” article with the terrifying title "Glacier ice melt - how soon? how fast."

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If only we had some sort of report - a risk assessment if you will - that told government if this is all going to get better or worse...

Credit The Australia Institute: bsky.app/profile/aust...

“Living within a lie”: Carney’s eulogy to the international order Podcast Episode · After America · 26/01/2026 · 33m

Enjoying some intelligent commentary on Carney’s Davos speech and the potential and importance for Australia. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

PS. Do you know about reg.bom.gov.au ? 😉

That’s odd! I get 9mm through BoM or the useful Weatherzone app. 🤔

This one by @peterbrannen.bsky.social is a cracker:
www.peterbrannen.com/book

The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences

The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming

An excellent article with many insightful observations. In an era where Trump’s wild excesses are often downplayed/softened in mainstream media, it’s encouraging that Australians seem clear-eyed.

#PressRelease 🗞️ From the Alps to the Antarctic Plateau, two precious ice cores 🧊 carrying the memory of Earth’s past atmosphere 🌐 are now safely stored at Concordia station in an ice cave at -52°C/-61°F year-round designed.

👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/ice...

I’m uneasy about the Age headline. The 2005 briefing by Geoff Love was pretty blunt about the risks.
Why isn’t the headline ‘Howard government ignored scientists warnings’??
Headline implies the climate science was wrong - it wasn’t.
Link to the 2005 briefing
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This quote and a novel, poignant image is worthy of attention as another year begins. Human conceits rage around us and kindness is too scarce.

😢 Your discerning, practical actions are a great guide for others; thanks.

The odds of someone like Ahmed al-Ahmed doing what he did and surviving “friendly” fire don’t seem great.

Lead yacht in the Sydney to Hobart race sailing past Taroona.

Ah, summer in Hobart! The leader passes us as the second place rounds the entrance to the Derwent. #sydneytohobart

Congratulations!

Agreed. That’s the bigger challenge that looms over the socio-economic norms that surround us.

Nice encapsulation. The only consolation in a local sense is if it keeps money in the community rather than e-commerce.

What forum? A recording would be interesting.