Climate scientist at DMI, Danish/British dual national, married Dutch, interested in glaciers, ice sheets, atmosphere and climate in Arctic, Greenland, Antarctic
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Last Notes npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram The much looked for blue marble photos from #Artemis are of course impressive + beautiful but on the other hand I've always loved this feed from Europe's other space agency. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram "The European Union covers a largely urbanised continent, but it sometimes feels like a farming-subsidy club with a flag and a parliament. Around a third of the bloc’s budget goes to farmers". npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse https://matduggan.com/boy-i-was-wrong-about-the-fediverse/ npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram And this week I heard there is not one single seat available between Copenhagen and Hamburg the weekend *before* Easter. That effectively means no-one from anywhere in Scandinavia can travel to the rest of Europe by train, because there isn't enough capacity in the system 🤬[email protected] - 🚄✈️ Why is it still so hard to choose a train over a plane? npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram "Most importantly, it means countries should do everything they can to retain their best homegrown entrepreneurs" npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram For, reasons, I find myself looking up serpulids on Wikipedia and look at this beauty. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram These ice lenses are giving me a tough time in processing today, they're everywhere. But if I believe the satellite data, they also shouldn't exist. It appears we are underestimating surface melt* in Antarctica. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram I detest LinkedIn but it seems to have become the professional platform of choice, but then I found nolto - part of the fediverse so you can use a Mastodon account to log in. Let's see where this goes... npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Given my physics teacher (35 years ago) said repeatedly that girls couldn't do physics, I feel like this is a slight improvement 🙄 npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram We're also #hiring a coupled climate and ice sheet modeller for a 3 year position @dmidk.bsky.social npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Want to be my new section lead? npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram This piece could just as easily have been written about atmospheric scientists and climate modellers. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram If you're in the Netherlands (or have a VPN I guess), and would like to know more about our current. #Antarctic fieldwork, sea level rise and how we make [email protected] has a piece about us today, filmed in the field the last 2 weeks... npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram The really classic Greenlandic band is Sume, there was a wonderful documentary about them a couple of years ago called The sound of a revolution (tilgængelig på Filmstriben i Danmark) - really worth checking out.. [email protected] - I’m going to recommend #greenland alt-rock band Atsinnermiut and their self-titled album. It’s not online, but you can buy a copy here. https://atlanticmusicshop.gl/en/rock-213/atsinnermiut-p4135 npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram https://pixelfed.social/p/IceClimate/917562328858243801 npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Greenland thoughts from Antarctica.. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram For reasons I am revisiting an old classic: Manabe and Stouffer, 1980. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Fantastic work by @nprofile…hp3f visualising Climate Change through 2025 - the Antarctica numbers are eye-opening (+1.06°C)-> higher anomaly recorded in 2025 than almost anywhere else, except of course the Arctic +1.37°C npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram https://pixelfed.social/p/IceClimate/916050221936983395 npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram I'm off for a few days of remote field work away from the Wasa research station here in Antarctica. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Does your local newspaper have a space news column? I wish mine did... [email protected] - Space Notes January 2026 npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Whilst waiting for weather to clear would love to spend some time prepping Loops/peertube clips, editing together music, text etc with some very short videos I've shot (very roughly -> don't expect BBC style nature documentaries), while in the middle of fieldwork. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram On feeling stupid. I read this pretty much every year... npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Unthinkable now, so far has Winter receded in Europe... npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram https://pixelfed.social/p/IceClimate/910608535425368875 npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Back at Basen* npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Tilbage på Wasa station for juleaftensdag - npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram A small change of plan since I wrote this, we're off this afternoon with a good weather window npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram @nprofile…t8j7 @nprofile…8fmz 🤣❄️ midwinter greetings from 🇦🇶 npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Also on the #iQ2300 expedition and posting in the fediverse is @nprofile…qxjy - an early #FF for more #Antarctic #FieldPhotos [email protected] - Wasa station. After a morning of safety training and snow scooter training, we unpacked and I took our snow optical sensors for a walk to test the surface snow grain sizes. All present and correct. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Massive thanks to my colleague @nprofile…v6rk who did most of the work .. [email protected] - Two excellent guest posts from Carbon Brief today: npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram "The fragility of Africa’s coasts is further exacerbated by the deteriorating condition of its marine ecosystems... under mounting pressure from both climate + anthropogenic stressors, including unregulated development, dam-induced sediment trap + habitat degradation" npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Internet based on massive constellations of satellites you say? [email protected] - Starlink and Chinese satellites nearly collided last week https://thever.ge/VMJt #Science #SpaceX #Space #News npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram The #iQ2300 expedition has actually been in the field a couple of weeks already - you can follow our progress and all the complex logistics around working #Antarctica as well as the joys and problems of #Fieldwork on the expedition blog: npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram The first step in the ~14,500 km journey (as the crow flies) to Wasa was a taxi to the airport. The second is a flight to Oslo*. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Heading South npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Want to try an imagine how difficult things could get for us in the EU? (Or elsewhere?) You dont even have to try hard. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram A message much better stated than I could say it, but which I try to give to ECRs I work with. There are seasons in research and sometimes it is harvest time, but sometimes the seeds are just sitting in the ground resting and waiting for Spring. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-harvest-will-come/ npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram I'm preparing a briefing on #SeaLevelRise and my hunt for an image led me to the wikipedia page and holy moly it's good... npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Exactly the kind of study that makes me rejoice in science. And now to make a new land cover surface type for The Model™️ #HCLIM.. https://theconversation.com/temperatures-in-a-patch-of-antarctic-moss-can-vary-as-much-as-an-entire-mountain-range-269801 npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram "All programmers, from hobbyists to those working at Microsoft or Google, use open-source software, which is present in between 70% and 90% of the computer applications we use today" npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram The LLMs are useful for some tasks, I'm currently tidying up, proof reading and editing a document written by many international co-authors. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram "Farage has already changed the UK (for the worse) more than any other living politician. What might the country look like after a period with him in office?" Which says it all on why it is important to try to improve the UK economy npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Off to Gøteborg University to discuss #Greenland ice sheet and #AMOC, including this brilliant piece of work by my @dmidk.bsky.social colleagues - currently in review but the preprint title says it all: Reversible AMOC but continuing Greenland ice sheet melt. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Read and weep at the costs of this extraordinary grift measured in the lives of newborn and stillborn babies. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Pretty good analysis from @nprofile…rz02 but subtleties make it difficult to translate Danish model elsewhere. It's a PR system, so always coalitions + many different flavours to vote for; Danish Peoples Party are left on welfare but not on immigration npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Beautiful and important piece on #rewilding, what we stand to lose, what we've gained and the hidden costs. (From 2 years ago, worth revisiting). npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Freakin' finally... npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram The inside beef on how and why the US (a developing gangster state on this evidence) managed to delay Shipping's Big Plan for Decarbonization, What Now? Tristan Smith npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Next week I will participate with the @nprofile…5mmq @nprofile…fhz7 + @nprofile…yrzg + Horizon funded research projects in a policy briefing in Brussels, with MEP Group on Climate Change, Biodiversity & Sustainable Development [email protected] npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Daily #AcWriMo: not as much writing as I wanted but completed first 1/4 of main paper, got final draft from colleague on 2nd, ok comments back from reviews on 3rd AND 4th & 5th paper a colleague is leading now out as preprint online. 🙌 npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Anyone know anything about solidagent.io? npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Freshwater Writing npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram I can't believe Science In Action is ending! We're going to miss you @nprofile…6unx ! npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram The return of the night train? npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Pretty much every subsidiary website on the @nprofile…92ng seems to have gone offline... npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram "for the rest of us who don’t have the technical knowledge and time to follow his accomplishments, his advice is to “Never use your primary WiFi network for IoT devices” and to “Treat them as strangers in your home.” " npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram So. This is a nice visualisation tool to play with! Bothe #ERA5 and ESAcci datasets visualised for the whole world. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram I normally try to avoid american politics like the plague. There's nothing I can do about it. [email protected] - Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram I was fascinated to read in this am's European Correspondent that game developers across Europe are starting to unionise for better working conditions and employment protection. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram A very good issue of the European Correspondent this morning, nice and clear overview of the new European #defence roadmap, #Readiness2030 , plus where is Western Europe actually? Visualised in a trademark beautiful graphic. Also, problems in Georgia, and maybe some hope from Cyprus. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram European Space Agency, not an agency known to be alarmist is ringing everything right now. There's far too much #SpaceJunk. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram The incredible tragedy for #ArcticScience of NOAA shutting down their #methane monitoring data. 5th May 2025 is the last data we'll ever get. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Still thinking about this on the way home... npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram If you are all still using NASA's GRACE pages for ANtarctic mass budget, you should check out TU Dresden's version - it's a really nice visualisation npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Tried hard to resist posting this yesterday but wth. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram This would have bee useful yesterday I guess.. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram "Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they've been over-hyped, the fact they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value." npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram The fun of Saturday morning science is over, so it's on to the business of the day #EndOf10 and the opportunity to convert the teenager's laptop to linux mint. Follow along with my no doubt enraging journey through the #Windows10 minefield here. (or mute if you don't want to hear it). npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram I have been intermittently sick, and working on a grant proposal and doing household stuff with the family all week. It's not the best recipe for a relaxing week on holiday. So now I'm going to do some fun stuff. Saturday morning science - which means looking at pretty data and reading new papers and editing student's paper. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Now that Trump has turned down #Ukraine's request for tomahawk missiles, this video by @nprofile…jrht seems a lot more relevant npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Been a bit laid up over half term holiday this week, so today is Christmas cake baking day... The first rule of making Christmas cake is always prepare 2. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram In much the same way we want useful + #privacy focused, secure software, but the techbros keep delivering insecure #AI focused insecure nightmares, I wish the food industry would stop trying to sell us #ultraprocessed #overpackaged and mostly marketing driven guff and start turning their brilliant minds to real problems. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram I have my vaccine scheduled for next week. Will be annoying if I come back from UK with COVID (pretty sure it will be high in DK too).[email protected] - 🇬🇧 UK: England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram “I think China is using it in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s ... regression back into a petrostate... “China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.” npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram This is an interesting study in how local conditions skew your perceptions, I'm actually surprised how *low* the numbers are, but I see in Denmark EVs are much higher than the rest of the EU, who also clearly have some catching up to do... [email protected] - 👋 Watt’s up, Europe? npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram My brilliant @nprofile…27ne colleagues beat me to it. The evaluation for #Antarctica is out before I have done the model protocol paper! It's a great piece of work and if you're interested in high resolution climate information from RCMs, read it ❄️🌊🥼⚒️ npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram 🚨 New preprint out🚨 now, why has Antarctica stopped (net) losing mass? npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Science In Action: A mystery satellite has been jamming GPS in Europe npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Who wants tpo come and work with me and a brilliant group of polar scientists on the latest generation of #climate models and #EarthObservation data? npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Heh yes. Pretty much this. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Why is the far right becoming more succesful in Europe? A good long read primer and how to fight back; The season for wildfires is lengthening and why Canada and the EU should spend more time together. #EuropeanCorrespondent really on the nose this morning... npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Here's a fun Sunday morning quest: I'm looking for up tempo songs that celebrate Europe/European places in a happy positive way 🇪🇺. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram An outstanding edition of @nprofile…l6rh with an incredibly moving piece on #Gaza, reportage from # Sudan on the landslide that buried a thousand people (did you hear about it?) and your weekly does of hope on how WHO is quietly eradicating river blindness npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Submitted a potentially high impact paper to Nature Climate Change. They have rejected and suggested NPJ atmospheric science. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Goodness me, what a film..! If you're at a loose end this week and are lucky enough to have an independent cinema nearby, cannot recommend Køln 75 (Cologne 75) highly enough. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram It looks like we will have tax free books in Denmark soon (Hurray!), partly to try an encourage more reading (though our libraries are booming) + after #PISA2022 showed alarming decline in reading ability. This was IIRC the case across the OECD, I haven't seen a very convincing explanation for the decline in maths, science and reading performance (which started way before COVID shutdowns). npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram An old friend's research is in the news. It's the kind of environmental science which is terrible and horrible to think about, but I'm glad someone is doing it. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram "Europe’s hour of reckoning may be approaching faster than the public realises. " npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram It's not often genuinely new #glaciology papers get into real @nprofile…gkpg journal - but in this one it's a welcome technial advance - IMHO we've put far too much confidence in models and satellite data - these are important but they *MUST* be supplemented with in-situ data. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Some non-Danish colleagues yesterday were talking about how strange it is un Denmark that you can always see the horizon, there are no mountains in the background. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram I wondered how Uber managed to legitimately get back into Denmark. It turns out that they (and Bolt) have bought up the country's biggest taxi services and initiated a price war... [email protected] - Uber og Bolt presser danske taxachauffører npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram The article points out that the rise on borrowing and visiting libraries in Denmark is an anomaly in Europe*, which is a pity. It also rightly identified that the number of events, reading groups and a good selection of books are key to get people into libraries. IMHO, the other important factor is the digital side. It's extremely easy to see what books are available and to order from libraries across the whole country on the bibliotek.dk website. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram Last year Danes borrowed 23.6 million paper books from public libraries, plus music, film, games + digital loans, with 32.5 million in person library visits. It's increasing annually too. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram I used to tell my kids my own version of Cinderella, where the Prince was romatically ensnared by Cinderella's radical social justice focused politics. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram In Denmark we have one of highest proportions of renewables AND some of highest electricity prices in Europe.* npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram "What you have is, in essence, a very grassroots and cheap approach to launder misinformation to the public.” npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram We are a very digital society in Denmark, this is generally a very good things, but not when the banks decide we *must* use Google to log in to our accounts...[email protected] here npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram My main problem with @edzitron.com 's piece on the #AIbubble is that I agree with so much of it. npub1mltmz29mky3zsulv5qtvzsgl5uph5tfmw8wqhaekfqxm2nf6v8psdy6fdn Ruth Mottram In spite of having read several of Iain Banks' non-Sci Fi oeuvre I had never been remotely tempted by the culture novels, though I have friends who raves about them at Uni. Then I spotted this on a summer reading table at the library, which I suppose shows the value of a good librarian...
