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Researcher in social psychology;Dot-connector;Slow-Traveller;Pianist. Born at 325.7ppm. @ggrimalda.bsky.social; Financial support: https://t.co/VBDX7DxrDo
Feb 10 6 tweets 3 min read
This is mind-blowingly bad.Most up-to-date study on Atlantic Ocean currents system shows signals of collapse.This could happen in 2025-2095 with 95% probability. Land to grow wheat may drop by half. Winter temperatures in North Europe could drop between 10 and 30 °C. 1/🧵
Image "Once we have a definite warning signal it will be too late to do anything about it, given the inertia in the system",says @rahmstorf,one of the greatest experts in the field of so-called AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation). 2/🧵 Image
Oct 15, 2023 12 tweets 8 min read
After 6 months of fieldwork in Bougainville🇵🇬, I'm ready to embark on leg 1 of my #NoFly journey to Germany. Travelling by🚢,🚅,&🚌over 27,000km, I'll emit ~535kg of CO2, 10 times less than✈️. This decision cost me my job, but I still think it was the right thing to do. 1/🧵 Image My ex-employer @kielinstitute had given me 3 days to fly to Germany, as my fieldwork got delayed. I objected I could work effectively slow-travelling,as always done in the past & as always approved by @kielinstitute. See e.g. my 2019 travel 👇 2/
Feb 13, 2023 20 tweets 11 min read
Ready to embark on reduced-carbon trip from Germany to Papua New Guinea for research.I'll travel 2/3 of the 22,500km distance by rail,coach,& ferry over~224hours,reducing CO2 emissions by 2,4tons of CO2. Return is planned #NoFly. #slowtravel #ClimateCrisis. 1/🧵 I plan to travel #NoFly in the return trip, catching ferries or cargo ships between PNG and Indonesia (where ferry operator @pelni162_ID travels regularly). Please let me know of any tips you may have. @EcoClipper 2/