Tas van Ommen
Climate scientist specialising in ice cores, Antarctica and glaciology. Interested in science and how we use it to navigate our place in the universe. Adjunct Professor at U. Tasmania.
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- Enjoying some intelligent commentary on Carney’s Davos speech and the potential and importance for Australia. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
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- An excellent article with many insightful observations. In an era where Trump’s wild excesses are often downplayed/softened in mainstream media, it’s encouraging that Australians seem clear-eyed.
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- This quote and a novel, poignant image is worthy of attention as another year begins. Human conceits rage around us and kindness is too scarce.
- Ah, summer in Hobart! The leader passes us as the second place rounds the entrance to the Derwent. #sydneytohobart
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- I’ve been looking forward to this journey. Arrived today after months on order. Thanks @peterbrannen.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Tas van OmmenPrint version of my new commentary ("Bill Gates’s climate comments are a dangerous distraction") on #COP30, Bill Gates and more, in the latest issue of @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Tas van OmmenRead this interview with @peterthorne.bsky.social to understand how dire the situation is with respect to US science funding. The US has played an outsized role in Earth observations and global coordination, and even if other nations decide to step in, it would take at least a decade to recover.
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- Reposted by Tas van OmmenTouchdown on ice.. three MYIC science and drilling team members arrived to Casey Station yesterday after ride in the big jet with other incoming Casey Station crew. Thanks ADF! #AusAntarctic 📸 JP
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- This is good communication - a simple message clearly articulated. The fossil-ocracy arguments around affordability are distortions of reality.
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- Reposted by Tas van Ommen6,000,000 year old ice & plenty of wind and cold! What folks go through for old ice. Team is headed back to Allan Hills now, follow more at COLDEX.org Support via the incredible National Science Foundation and US Antarctic Program. PNAS 6Myr results: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- If anyone has interest in a WW2 RAAF bomber pilot’s memoir this might be worth a look. My father in law got a rare (for aircrew) DSO for a pretty epic save of his aircraft and crew. archive.org/details/cock...?
- Reposted by Tas van OmmenNew video: A glacier on Antarctica’s Eastern Peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history—in just two months, nearly 50 percent of the glacier disintegrated. Watch this video to understand what happened. Study by @ciresnews #Antarctica #glaciermelt
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- @windjunky.bsky.social - now that you remind me of the brilliant Working Dog comedies - my favourite is The Hollowmen S2E6 “A Quiet January” (18:10) where the PM is set to give scientists an ice drill to get CO₂ samples! It sort of came true in a round about fashion.
- Reposted by Tas van OmmenWhile the field teams are already in action, preparing to traverse to the drill site, things in the MYIC labs are moving forward. Daniel and Andy made the first serious gas sublimation measurement using our system with some known-composition Law Dome core. 📷 Joel Pedro
- Simple management logic dictates that you should only override expert advice (aka Planning Commission) where you are clearly in command of greater knowledge and capability. After the rolling Spirit of Tasmania fiasco and the cloistered AFL dealings how can this be remotely likely? #NoNewStadium
- Local Tasmanian and Australian issue - the sorry tale of a potential stadium overwhelming Hobart’s iconic waterfront. Acclaimed writer Richard Flanagan as a piece in The Age www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/a-... …/2
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- I hear good folk accept there’s a climate crisis but then seek to constrain renewables for environmental impact. Carbon has far greater impacts and time is not our friend. Noble ideals in a highly non-ideal world risk the transition battle. It’s an emergency. Time and tech can help optimise later.
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- A sober commentary on the climate challenge ahead from @science.org.au www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
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