Retired UCL academic now living in the Yorkshire Dales trying to be less academic
Addingham, England
Joined May 2012
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Rick Battarbee retweeted
Article: Fresh meltwater entering the Labrador and Irminger Seas has resulted in a slowing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation since the 1950s
@ccrc_unsw @AntarcticSciAus @UNSWScience @unswbees
nature.com/articles/s41561-0β¦
ALT Globe showing a map of the salinity anomaly and its effect on circulation in the Atlantic Ocean
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I visited the source of the River Foss this afternoon to take a water sample. The sample will head over to Helsinki on Monday for analysis of antimicrobial resistance genes.
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Day 3 report of the Windermere Arctic Charr monitoring. This is a learning by doing initiative and every day presents some unique practical and scientific challenges. There will some great knowledge exchange opportunities coming out of this project.
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Great conference at Ilkley yesterday discussing the solutions to clean up our rivers - Enforce The Law. Thankyou for coming @Jamie_Woodward_ @stormwater_jo @OxonAndrew @AlistairBoxall @RickBattarbee @YorkshireWater (showing us their plans to upgrade and improve Ilkley STW).
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Real pleasure to contribute, talking about #fishpassage and habitat, and how we can overcome issues to turn woe to wonder. Fascinating research & updates from @RickBattarbee @AlistairBoxall @YorkDalesRT @EnvAgencyYNE @CleanIlkley et al
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Had a fascinating day at the Climate Action Addingham River Wharfe event. There were some great presentations on the wonders of the river and some of the pressures on the river followed by a series of sampling demonstrations.
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Ghost pingo #pond resurrection, Norfolk Brecklands. 35+ wetland plants have returned to this lost pond since it was brought back to life for @NorfolkWT <2 yrs ago. Rare species galore. The most successful form of ecological restoration known? @hburningham @tim_holt_wilson
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More @WildTroutTrust baseline survey of fish community & trout population structure ahead of #beaver introduction.
@YorkDalesRT @DalesValeRN
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Fresh in @ScientificData! Continental US dataset of annual lake trophic states, led by the amazing @mishafredmeyer. This will bring up so many novel research ideas and projects. nature.com/articles/s41597-0β¦
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Now that's a buffer strip to protect the beck & rehabilitate the riparian zone! Topping up with π in the channel to #slowtheflow, thanks to @LothersdaleWG #volunteers Evidence of wetter banks & reconnection with albeit small floodplain. @Riverflies heaven! Stonefly on the wing
It's a wrap! 2 tiny becks now fenced & planted up with 24 native species, gaps & glades, wet & dry.
5 sessions, 130 unique #volunteers incl @Lothersdale, 1800 trees and today the first sights & sounds of #Spring
#UpperAireProject @YorksFarmWild @WildTroutTrust @YorksWildlife
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This might be the greatest achievement in reducing air pollution most people have never heard of.
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And the greatest instant perturbation of our global climate system we now start to experience the effects of.
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Here are samples of motorway runoff & the visual impact it is having on the river. These samples will be analysed so I'm not just going off the visual impact. This untreated runoff shouldn't be allowed to discharge to rivers without treatment. @IvelRev @SirGeogy @07DeMorgan
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Processing of the #BigWindermereSurvey samples in the @LancsUniLEC labs this evening - we see evidence of the #cyanobacteria that @freshwaterbio describe, but we also see how patchy the accumulations are - many samples show no visible evidence, whilst others certainly quite green
Fantastic turn out for our 6th #BigWindermereSurvey! Some of our #CitizenScientists are reporting some small slicks of #cyanobacteria scums along the shoreline of #Windermere. We've found a small bloom of #Woronichinia under our #microscopes. Thanks to all who contributed!
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Fantastic turn out for our 6th #BigWindermereSurvey! Some of our #CitizenScientists are reporting some small slicks of #cyanobacteria scums along the shoreline of #Windermere. We've found a small bloom of #Woronichinia under our #microscopes. Thanks to all who contributed!
Receiving citizen science collected water samples for nutrients and faecal bacteria for the Big Windermere Survey led by @LancsUniLEC @freshwaterbio this morning. The project is injecting much needed science into the Windermere water quality debate
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Privileged to wander with Alec @WoodlandTrust #Snaizeholme & discuss how aquatic habitat might feature in plans. Exciting & challenging project at scale! #NFM Huge potential accrual of benefits downstream
@WildTroutTrust @YorkDalesRT @DalesValeRN
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Science hubs around #Windermere setup by @LancsUniLEC and @freshwaterbio for our next #BigWindermereSurvey tomorrow. Look forward to meeting our #citizenscience volunteers returning samples for water quality analyses ππ¬π§Will struggle to beat the weather today.......!
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Jo Brand, comedian extraordinaire, translates my climate science for real people.
As she says "If people like me have to get involved you know we are in deep trouble"
Another brilliant video from @ClimateSciBreak
Short version π
Long version: youtu.be/lfc6WF0ToVY
Rick Battarbee retweeted
#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's landmark book 'On the Origin of Species' was first published. The work is one of the foundations of evolutionary biology, and one of the most important scientific works of the 19th century. #HistoryOfScience
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NEWS: A capacity audience heard experts from @freshwaterbio @UK_CEH @EnvAgencyNW and @LancasterUni explain how climate change and human action is affecting Windermere. The science event held at in Bowness was funded by @lancasteruni
#windermere #lake #lovewindermere
ALT Simon Johnson from the FBA with (seated, l-r) Stephen Thackery and Dr Ellie Mackay from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Dr Lyndsey Harper FBA, David Hortin Environment Agency and Dr Ben Surridge Lancaster University.