Scott Osprey
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Expat Kiwi interested in climate dynamics; Co-lead of @WCRP_climate QBOi and Explaining & Predicting Earth System Change WG2 | @AtmosScience @OxfordAOPP
Bicester, England
Joined June 2012
Australian-made rocket crashes with Vegemite payload left spread over wide area
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Orbital rocket hovers off ground for 14 seconds before running out of steam
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For a second analogy, think of a laser cavity. Light of a particular wavelength is amplified (via stimulated emission) in the laser tube. The ends of the tube are mirrors reflecting the light into the tube building power. But light leaks through the mirrors nonetheless.
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Rossby waves reflect & evanesce when they travel in the atmosphere meeting winds they cannot pass through (like the polar vortex after it breaks down). This general characteristic of waves is called total internal reflection and waves can leak through if the barrier is thin.
I wrote an article ("The Weather Amplifier") about the phenomenon of resonant amplification of the jet stream and impact of climate change six years ago in @SciAm (for the physics nerds, there's a discussion of the tie-in with quantum mechanics): https://t.co/ZBw4I7s4BT
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A likely outcome? "Scientists conclude solar geoengineering is a bad idea, please do not give us any further funds"
theguardian.com
Injecting pollutants into the atmosphere to reflect the sun would be extremely dangerous, but the UK is funding field trials
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Proposed 2026 NASA budget slashes $6 billion, mostly from science programs https://t.co/sKsfk0uEOn via @nbcnews
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The cuts would reduce NASA's budget by roughly 25% and phase out spacecraft that were planned for a return to the moon.
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Deliveroo costs astronomical: The cost of feeding an astronaut, can be up to £20,000 per day.
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The mission will explore new ways of reducing the cost of feeding an astronaut.
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📢Do not forget to register for next week's webinar 📅23 April⏰2pm (14:00) CET 🔎Simon Klein from Office for Climate Education will talk about #educational #resources around climate extremes and especially XAIDA 📌Details and regsitration👉https//xaida.eu/xaida-webinar-17/
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Great little video from the BBC about the Polar Vortex and how it can influence wintertime weather. It would be really good to have more of these sorts of explainer videos out there. https://t.co/IXWKHyYpd4
bbc.co.uk
Ever wondered what the Polar Vortex is? Tomasz Schafernaker explains all
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Splitting hairs: It was Rutherford: saying anything else is semantics and not physics.
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Why saying who was first to split the atom is almost as hard as mastering atomic theory.
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I have seen Ospreys grab so many different things. One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. For a while, it was a goal of mine to complete the Dr. Seuss Osprey challenge, and I’ve happily done it many times since, but I never tire of seeing what they catch. To me, it’s just as
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🆕 Next webinar: February 18th, 2025 at 2PM (14:00) CET @Ajezeq will talk about ‘Broadening the scope of anthropogenic influence in extreme event attribution?’ 💡Ref.: Jezequel et al. 2024, Environ. Res.: Climate 3 🔎Details & registration 👉 https://t.co/GsS2LZRDxp
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Absolutely brilliant use of AI!
theguardian.com
Daisy’s dithering frustrates phone fraudsters and wastes time they could be using to scam real people
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#NewReport 💧February 2025 floods in #Queensland mostly exacerbated by human-driven climate change. 📊 Full Report: https://t.co/0HFnRLeA19 ✍️ Contact Authors @DaviFaranda & Gianmarco Mengaldo. #QueenslandFloods
climameter.org
February 2025 floods in Queensland mostly exacerbated by human-driven climate change Contact Authors Davide Faranda, IPSL-CNRS, France 📨[email protected] 🗣️French, Italian, English...
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👀 Did you know we post recordings of all our webinars on our YouTube channel? From land modelling talks to climate tipping points, the variety is staggering! Check them all out here: https://t.co/K6ZznVltlq
#ClimateEducation #ClimateScience #Scienceforsociety
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Breaking: First big university to make extensive cuts as struggling UK HE sector fight to keep afloat
bbc.co.uk
Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says "it is no longer an option for us to continue as we are".
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I am calling this here, Ignobel Prize winner 2025: All together now: chimps engage in contagious peeing @IgNobel @NobelPrize
nature.com
Nature - If one animal urinates, others are likely follow, according to a study of captive apes.
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Large park planets display to showcase new “life sciences” quarter in North Oxford
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The park sits on land between the A34, A40 and the A44 in north Oxford.
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