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@rpancost
Earth System: past-present-future. Geologist. Interdisciplinarity. Environmental and social justice. Opinions are my own. he/him
Aug 3, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I'm done fucking about with climate change messaging.

Action is going too slowly. Despite heat waves, wildfires, floods and death, our governments are strutting towards #COP26 with proposals that are insultingly incremental. Not only is this a moral failure in light of what is likely to happen, it is an existential gamble given what *could* happen.

The @IPCC_CH report is imminent and it will outline both, but the Summary for Policy Makers will emphasise the likely rather than the possible risks.
Apr 17, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Weekend pondering at 420 ppm CO2. I'm not an expert on theory of change, but here are my best guesses at tackling the #ClimateEmergency:

1) If we do not centre equity, justice and decolonisation, our zero carbon lifestyle will be just as destructive as this one. 2) We will need to upscale current technologies and develop new ones; but it won't be enough. Tech bro wannabe saviours need to check their egos.

3) Many of us must change our lifestyles; but we must ask that with empathy. It will be liberating for some and painful for others.
Apr 5, 2021 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Final version of @ogu_bristol Research Fellow Claudia Sosa-Montes de Oca published. Once again, we find (as others have): "Minor changes in biomarker assemblages in the aftermath of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event." Here in Spain. Link here: …w-sciencedirect-com.bris.idm.oclc.org/science/articl…

But what does it mean?? It means.... that despite widespread extinction across all realms of life at the KPg, the organic markers for eukaryotic and bacterial life do not change much. 🤔
Mar 14, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
It is vital that the press is covering these devastating cuts to global research partnerships. But there are important clarifications required:

theguardian.com/science/2021/m… First, this article suggests that @UKRI_News has cut research funding. Not quite, no. These are the inevitable consequences of government cuts to international development assistance. It is the latest chapter in the recent walking back of the UK's global committments.
Jan 8, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
This video is amazing! And ALSO a great example of the difference between energy (or work) and power... And that let's us explore why it is so damned hard to wean ourselves from fossil fuels - as we must. Work is the energy transferred to or from an object via the application of force along a displacement. It is represented by joules.

Power is joules *per second*, in other words, it is energy transferred over time.
Apr 11, 2020 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
Everyone, gather round! I want to tell you how the marvelous @LucasAntics Park Row artwork came to pass! In 2014, Bristol was preparing to be the European Green Capital in 2015. Many great projects were envisioned, including collaborations with Bristol's outstanding artists, like @lukejerram who created Withdrawn: lukejerram.com/withdrawn/ and many curated by @FestivalofIdeas