Professor of Environmental Science @macquarie_uni. Research #coastalwetlands, #saltmarsh #mangroves, #climatechange. Motivated by #faith #hope #love #truth
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined June 2019
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How will mangroves, tidal marshes and coral reef-island systems fare under global warming? Here we consider the implications of warming above 1.5 degrees, using sea level rise thresholds derived from the paleo record and our global observation network
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We now have results from a modern reanalysis product (ERA5) that show November 17th was in fact the first day the world has experienced that was 2C above the preindustrial (1850-1900) average.
Hopefully it will prove transitory, but its a worrying sign.
Provisional ERA5 global temperature for 17th November from @CopernicusECMWF was 1.17°C above 1991-2020 - the warmest on record.
Our best estimate is that this was the first day when global temperature was more than 2°C above 1850-1900 (or pre-industrial) levels, at 2.06°C.
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Watch the full video here: youtu.be/QQnGipXrwu0
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WE MADE AN APP!!! So proud to launch the Missing Perspectives Directory today, connecting young female content creators, experts and journalists with newsrooms, media enterprises and anyone else who wants to platform women’s voices. SIGN UP HERE missingperspectivesdirectory…
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We’ve spent the last few years modelling the future of the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica, and I regret to inform you that it’s not good news. nature.com/articles/s41558-0…
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We must move beyond the mentality of appearing to be concerned about the climate crisis, while lacking the courage to effect substantial change. If the measures we could adopt now are costly, the cost will be all the more heavy the longer we wait. #DRRDay #LaudateDeum
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New paper in @Nature today: We use a global observation network to investigate how coastal habitats will persist under global warming. @NeilSaintilan Open access here: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Does the moon control mangrove dieback? Mangroves and the lunar wobble. New paper out today in Science Advances. science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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An important feat in mangrove research in India. The first set of RSET is installed in Sunderbans. Many more to come. We will soon know how vulnerable the Indian mangroves to the sea level rise. Great to be part of this collaboration effort of @wii_india @CIFOR @iiserkol
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A few pics of ~5000 hours of fieldwork to establish response of global tidal marshes to SLR. The importance of long-term monitoring and Don Cahoon's vision! science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… @NeilSaintilan @KerryleeRogers_ @danfriess @guntenspergen @JackieRaw_ @NCormierFriess and others
Recipe for a Science paper:
20 years in the planning
~5000 hours of fieldwork
~12000 lines of code
1036 dedicated files
26 drafts
Take home: we can save our wetlands if we control GhG emissions
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Let me say a word to the younger generation. You have had it tough — but in my humble opinion, you are a great generation. You are anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobia, anti-xenophobia. And your generation has shown the courage to take on corporate greed.
Excited to be working with Kai Jensen @unihh and the @NordSalt team in their groundbreaking research in Baltic wetlands.
Congratulations to Professor @NeilSaintilan from the School of Natural Sciences for receiving a Humboldt Research Award. The award has been granted by Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of Professor Saintilan’s accomplishments in research and teaching
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Wetlands, like mangroves, are disappearing 3x faster than forests. To #ActforWetlands & combat habitat loss, @BNTBahamas is leading efforts to restore mangroves ravaged by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. #WorldWetlandsDay
(📸: Zaria Dean, Bahamas National Trust)
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In the US, 70% of people are worried about climate change but only 8% are activated. Sowing uncertainty is a technique that's been used for decades to keep that gap as big as possible: "if we aren't 100% sure, best to wait." Here's the most recent example. desmog.com/2022/01/28/jordan…
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A couple of months ago, a young woman who grew up in detention on Nauru found her way to @missingperspec & asked us to help tell her story. There are a lot of powerful people who won't want you to read this but that's why you have to. She deserves it. bit.ly/3fsrw6s
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The horrible irony is the discretionary Ministerial powers that bring #Djokovic back to the Park Hotel prison where 33 refugees remain after 9yrs detention by Australia, could free them in a moment.
An exercise of powers the Govt refuses to use for them. 9news.com.au/national/novak-…
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I join many #geoscientists saddened by the news of the passing of Prof Leanne Armand @LA_Diatom. An absolutely amazing person that made incredible contributions not only to the discipline but through support and mentoring of #WomenInGeoscience in which her legacy will live on.
