Rob Larter
@rdlarter
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Polar marine scientist. UK Science Lead in @GlacierThwaites Science Coordination Office. On Mastodon @[email protected] On Bluesky @polarrobs.bsky.social
Cambridge, UK
Joined May 2015
I will stop posting to this account and it will become dormant on the #xodus day of 20 January. If you want to continue following me you can do so on Mastodon or Bluesky (see bio). I declared an intention to do this once before, but this time I'm determined to stick to it. 1/2.
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RT @markrwilliamson: A special mention for Cambridge’s water issues in the Cunliffe report, in section looking at pressure on water resourc….
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RT @markrwilliamson: Given that ALL future water supply plans depend on big reductions in usage this isn’t hugely encouraging that they wil….
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RT @markrwilliamson: This is what tends to get missed in discussions about the Fen Reservoir. It was originally proposed in response to….
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RT @al_chisholm: The @CommonsEAC have today written to @RachelReevesMP and @SteveReedMP requesting assurance that flood budgets will not be….
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RT @markrwilliamson: Last week it was announced that consultants have been appoints to shape a growth strategy for ‘Greater Cambridge’. Be….
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RT @JCDAmos: It's crazy to think the UK once had its own colossal icebergs. @JD_Kirkham et al have found the preserved scour marks the mega….
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Some things are worth breaking my twitter silence for.
Icebergs? The size of a city? 90 miles from the UK? Must be a joke, right?. No! Our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com shows massive tabular icebergs broke off the UK in the last ice age before the UK’s ice shelves disintegrated from climate warming. 🧵.
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RT @PeterboroughCS: Our major lecture of the year … Dr Rob Larter of the British Antarctic Survey taking about The West Antarctic Ice Sheet….
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Yes, I broke my promise about not posting on this platform anymore. I decided that it was worth it to promote this article and link to further information I've posted elsewhere. Now back to radio silence. If you want to follow me you can do so on Mastodon or Bluesky - see my bio.
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For an expanded version of my comments on why sea-ice decline matters, see this thread I posted on Mastodon a few days ago.
fediscience.org
Attached: 1 image If you are wondering why the decline in sea-ice extent matters, there are several reasons. Here is how I described them on the birdsite a couple of years ago. Firstly there is the...
We ignore global sea ice loss at our peril. Rising global temperatures bring untold impacts. @YorksBylines.@rdlarter.
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RT @markrwilliamson: New: Anglian Water say there is a risk of new towns being proposed in areas that do not have the capacity to provide….
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RT @subfossilguy: Oulettes Glacier and Vignemale.Sept. 1985.@rdlarter . 40 years ago, there was still a real glacier below Vignemale (3298….
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My main reason for leaving this platform was succinctly expressed in a comment by @GeorgeMonbiot recently. It's "the tsunami of wilful idiocy here, which crushes real debate" that is driving me away. 2/2.
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RT @jonbaker_ocean: I’m excited to share our new paper on the future of the Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC) published in GRL ( https://t.c….
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The magnitude of 21st century Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) weakening in CMIP6 models is highly correlated with an AMOC pathway into the Indo-Pacific Ocean The real-world “In...
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Very readable and well-researched article on the probability and consequences of AMOC collapse. The link in the initial post by @rahmstorf is exhausted, but he has posted a link to an archive copy in a reply to the initial post.
The Financial Times has a thoroughly researched and well-written report on the risk of a major ocean circulation change in the Atlantic as a result of #globalwarming. Worth reading! #AMOC .
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RT @ProfMattEngland: As we enter the fourth La Niña event in the past 5 years, and with ongoing evidence of an AMOC slowdown, good time to….
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