Fire scientist - likes to learn from the ground up
Joined January 2011
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Tom Duff retweeted
Really interesting paper, scaling from plant traits to ecosystem flammability in prescribed burns.
By Bianca Tumino, @jane_cawson @The_Snark & Jason Goodger.
Great to see another paper exploring the potential of plant traits in explaining ecosystem flammability!
Plant traits linked to field-scale flammability metrics in prescribed burns in Eucalyptus forest
dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
Tom Duff retweeted
After dragons, this will be the next animal to be studied in my combustion course
Bombardier Beetle:
🧪Defense mechanism
🧪One gland contains hydrogen peroxide and hydroquinone
🧪One gland contains catalase (decompose H2O2) and peroxidases (oxidize hydroquinone)
🧪When mixed, oxygen is produced
🧪Reacts with hydroquinone to make #benzoquinone
#Exothermic
Tom Duff retweeted
Excited about our new paper in @CSIROPublishing International Journal of Wildland Fire exploring the influence of fuel moisture on emissions and fire radiative energy. We show that live, moist fuels don't follow assumed trends like dead dry fuels do. publish.csiro.au/WF/WF18084
Tom Duff retweeted
We're celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Let's look back on the life of Marie Skłodowska Curie - the first woman awarded a #NobelPrize; first person awarded the prize twice; and only person to receive it in two scientific fields.
#WomenInScience
Tom Duff retweeted
Fawkner police station came under the best kind of ember attack today when Ember the Crisis Response Dog 🐕 dropped in to say “WOOF!” 🐶
Alen Slijepcevic from #CFA presenting at @AMOSupdates on developments in applied research since Black Saturday #AMOSfire #amos
Tom Duff retweeted
I don't swear a lot on Twitter but fuck. Fuck this. I'm off to have a rant at the sky for my mentor and my mate. He made The News Quiz. I'm devastated and sending love to his family. What a wonderful man xitter.cf/BBCBreaking/status/109…
Comedian Jeremy Hardy, regular on Radio 4's The News Quiz, has died of cancer, publicist confirms bbc.in/2DPvGn7
Tom Duff retweeted
A few thoughts on the Ocasio-Cortez effect on policy discourse, which has been salutary in ways that have little to do with her specific ideas 1/
To celebrate the new year - some nice firewhirls and a little ember storm from a bonfire in Scheveningen youtu.be/LS-nyDkvET4 via @YouTube
Tom Duff retweeted
Just for clarity, these records refer to consecutive days of 40°C or more in DECEMBER 😀
xitter.cf/BOM_Vic/status/1077002…
This week's heatwave is forecast to break records for consecutive days of 40°C or more over N #Victoria 🌡️ Little respite overnight with minima above 20°C. Stay safe & hydrated, & don't forget to check on vulnerable friends, family, neighbours & pets 🐶 ow.ly/zeEN50k13cm
Tom Duff retweeted
Had the day and Assistant Chief Andrew Morrow and his team, Forest Fire Mgt Vic have developed an amazing partnership with Surf Coast Shire and CFA a true joined up approach to managing community safety in this high risk high consequence environment. @vicemergency @DELWP_Vic @CFA
New randomized controlled trial found that parachute use did not affect death rates for people jumping out of planes. This has scary parallels in some fire research out there.. bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k509…
Gifted an early Christmas present - memories of the fires of Black Saturday in 'the Arsonist' a new book by Chloe Hooper wheelercentre.com/projects/v…
Tom Duff retweeted
We've been thinking a bit about values changing and changing people's values: "Understanding pathways to shifting people’s values over time in the context of social–ecological systems" out now in Sustainability Science. A link to free download: rdcu.be/bcRQg