David N. Thomas

13 Sept 2023

Those who patiently tolerate my posts may wonder about my preoccupation with small details in nature/objects/textures Well there is the intrinsic aesthetic & beauty BUT mainly - looking at the small helps me cope with facing the - at times seemingly impossible - big issues

David N. Thomas reposted

2d

#OTD 6 years ago we left 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for 🇫🇮 Many positives and many (most unexpected) negatives…learned much & helped some along their way #cycling including the #HelsinkiBikeCommute have been critical for maintaining equilibrium throughout :)

2d

#OTD 6 years ago we left 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for 🇫🇮 Many positives and many (most unexpected) negatives…learned much & helped some along their way #cycling including the #HelsinkiBikeCommute have been critical for maintaining equilibrium throughout :)

David N. Thomas reposted

thisiscolossal.comCycling Activists Build Bamboo Car Skeletons to Demonstrate Space Taken by Single Occupancy CarsA few Latvian activists from a branch of the bicycle advocacy group Let’s Bike it recently created a visual reminder of the space taken by cars on a typical road. To accomplish this, the group fabrica...

🤣 www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/10/lets...

thisiscolossal.comCycling Activists Build Bamboo Car Skeletons to Demonstrate Space Taken by Single Occupancy CarsA few Latvian activists from a branch of the bicycle advocacy group Let’s Bike it recently created a visual reminder of the space taken by cars on a typical road. To accomplish this, the group fabrica...

🤣 www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/10/lets...

David N. Thomas reposted

Remembering Aberfan today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #OnThisDay 60 years ago 144 people were killed (including 116 children) when a colliery spoil tip collapsed sending a mass of slurry down the hillside, where it engulfed the Junior School and nearby houses.

Remembering Aberfan today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #OnThisDay 60 years ago 144 people were killed (including 116 children) when a colliery spoil tip collapsed sending a mass of slurry down the hillside, where it engulfed the Junior School and nearby houses.

David N. Thomas reposted

Sea smoke & -6 oC - first chilly #HelsinkiBikeCommute of the season I guess #wintercycling has begun 😃

Sea smoke & -6 oC - first chilly #HelsinkiBikeCommute of the season I guess #wintercycling has begun 😃

David N. Thomas reposted

The BioGeoSCAPES Science Plan is finally published 63 authors have created a must read for anybody interested in all aspects of marine microbiology & biogeochemical cycles in our changing oceans - a great teaching resource too Free download: zenodo.org/records/2346... @biogeoscapes.bsky.social

David N. Thomas reposted

Thomas Mock

@thomasmock.bsky.social

Fully funded #PhD Studentship available in collaboration with the PI Christos Velanis (OU, UK). The Polycomb Gatekeeper: PRC2-Mediated Genome Defence and Allele-Specific Expression in the #diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus. @ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

The BioGeoSCAPES Science Plan is finally published 63 authors have created a must read for anybody interested in all aspects of marine microbiology & biogeochemical cycles in our changing oceans - a great teaching resource too Free download: zenodo.org/records/2346... @biogeoscapes.bsky.social

David N. Thomas reposted

& another first ice of the season……guess autumn is nearing an end

& another first ice of the season……guess autumn is nearing an end

First frosty morning of the season

David N. Thomas reposted

Watching water flow by

David N. Thomas reposted

Getting close to the forest floor in autumn

Watching water flow by

David N. Thomas reposted

Sums up my morning :)

Getting close to the forest floor in autumn

Sums up my morning :)

Dark waters

Just because…….

David N. Thomas reposted

Not sure of the origin of this - but Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Owl, Kanga and Eeyore feature in the Bayeux Tapestry :)

yikes.....& so did Rabbit.

David N. Thomas@dnthomas01.bsky.social

Not sure of the origin of this - but Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Owl, Kanga and Eeyore feature in the Bayeux Tapestry :)

Not sure of the origin of this - but Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Owl, Kanga and Eeyore feature in the Bayeux Tapestry :)

David N. Thomas reposted

It has been a very dull grey day….all day today…until this 😃

David N. Thomas reposted

"State of the climate 2026" was published yesterday. A sobering but important read Link: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

It has been a very dull grey day….all day today…until this 😃

David N. Thomas reposted

InI4

@ini4.bsky.social

You can listen or ignore, but these are the warning signs.

David N. Thomas@dnthomas01.bsky.social

"State of the climate 2026" was published yesterday. A sobering but important read Link: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

"State of the climate 2026" was published yesterday. A sobering but important read Link: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

David N. Thomas reposted

igsoc.orgLaurie Padman (2026) | IGSWe are sad to announce the passing of our dear friend, colleague, and IGS member Laurie Padman on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. After a decade at Oregon State

Some more about Laurie Padman here www.igsoc.org/laurie-padma...

David N. Thomas@dnthomas01.bsky.social

Some sad news on Linkedin about the passing of @lpadman.bsky.social . He has left an amazing legacy lnkd.in/p/dr6auq7q

lnkd.inLaurie Padman, who sadly died this week, created this cool animation of Ross Ice Shelf tidal flexure back in the 1990s, and was pivotal in my career. Not only did he help me produce my first… | Andy S...Laurie Padman, who sadly died this week, created this cool animation of Ross Ice Shelf tidal flexure back in the 1990s, and was pivotal in my career. Not only did he help me produce my first independe...

igsoc.orgLaurie Padman (2026) | IGSWe are sad to announce the passing of our dear friend, colleague, and IGS member Laurie Padman on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. After a decade at Oregon State

Some more about Laurie Padman here www.igsoc.org/laurie-padma...

David N. Thomas@dnthomas01.bsky.social

Some sad news on Linkedin about the passing of @lpadman.bsky.social . He has left an amazing legacy lnkd.in/p/dr6auq7q

lnkd.inLaurie Padman, who sadly died this week, created this cool animation of Ross Ice Shelf tidal flexure back in the 1990s, and was pivotal in my career. Not only did he help me produce my first… | Andy S...Laurie Padman, who sadly died this week, created this cool animation of Ross Ice Shelf tidal flexure back in the 1990s, and was pivotal in my career. Not only did he help me produce my first independe...

David N. Thomas reposted

It is #WorldAlgaeDay easy for me to remember because it is the day I also celebrate another orbit around the sun 📷 David Roberts

David N. Thomas reposted

this analysis pops up every few months ans i never get tired of sending it further - cycling is simply an efficient way to move.....of course I am biased 🚲🤣

Urban Cycling Institute@urbancyclinginstitute.org

Who is the most efficient traveler? Step 1: find the cyclist on the graph Step 2: 🤯 This is the efficiency of locomotion in calories per gram per kilometer, as measured by @sciam.bsky.social

It is #WorldAlgaeDay easy for me to remember because it is the day I also celebrate another orbit around the sun 📷 David Roberts

this analysis pops up every few months ans i never get tired of sending it further - cycling is simply an efficient way to move.....of course I am biased 🚲🤣

Urban Cycling Institute@urbancyclinginstitute.org

Who is the most efficient traveler? Step 1: find the cyclist on the graph Step 2: 🤯 This is the efficiency of locomotion in calories per gram per kilometer, as measured by @sciam.bsky.social

David N. Thomas reposted

lnkd.inLaurie Padman, who sadly died this week, created this cool animation of Ross Ice Shelf tidal flexure back in the 1990s, and was pivotal in my career. Not only did he help me produce my first… | Andy S...Laurie Padman, who sadly died this week, created this cool animation of Ross Ice Shelf tidal flexure back in the 1990s, and was pivotal in my career. Not only did he help me produce my first independe...

Some sad news on Linkedin about the passing of @lpadman.bsky.social . He has left an amazing legacy lnkd.in/p/dr6auq7q

lnkd.inLaurie Padman, who sadly died this week, created this cool animation of Ross Ice Shelf tidal flexure back in the 1990s, and was pivotal in my career. Not only did he help me produce my first… | Andy S...Laurie Padman, who sadly died this week, created this cool animation of Ross Ice Shelf tidal flexure back in the 1990s, and was pivotal in my career. Not only did he help me produce my first independe...

Some sad news on Linkedin about the passing of @lpadman.bsky.social . He has left an amazing legacy lnkd.in/p/dr6auq7q

David N. Thomas reposted

Sunday morning bike ride at 0oC deserves fresh and hot donut and coffee….thats my excuse anyway

Sunday morning bike ride at 0oC deserves fresh and hot donut and coffee….thats my excuse anyway

David N. Thomas reposted

sadly was only able to grab 30 minutes at this years "Helsinki Herring Market" but was still satisfying to grab a few moments at the annual celebration that has been a highlight for 283 years More info at: silakkamarkkinat.fi/en/

sadly was only able to grab 30 minutes at this years "Helsinki Herring Market" but was still satisfying to grab a few moments at the annual celebration that has been a highlight for 283 years More info at: silakkamarkkinat.fi/en/

David N. Thomas reposted

amazing numbers just in 🎉🚴‍♂️🎉🚴‍♂️🎉🚴‍♂️🎉🚴‍♂️🎉 Between May and September 38,833 cyclists in Finland logged a collective 27 million kms Equivalent to saving 1.9 million litres of gas/petrol or 4.7 million kg of carbon dioxide & just imagine the health benefits So glad the #HelsinkiBikeCommute could contribute

David N. Thomas reposted

Prof Ian Hall

@ianhall.bsky.social

nature.comRethinking ocean alkalinity enhancement - Nature Reviews Earth & EnvironmentOcean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is often thought of as a global-scale geoengineering approach to mitigate climate change. This Perspective explores the environmental effects, geochemical constraint...

OAE isn’t as simple as “add alkalinity, remove CO2” This perspective argues for a more nuanced, site-specific view: local carbonate chemistry, sediments, ecological effects and governance all shape outcomes. Promising? Maybe. Simple or settled? Definitely not. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

David N. Thomas reposted

Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society

@ambio-journal.bsky.social

link.springer.comEvolving motivations for participation in community-based conservation: A relational perspective - AmbioSuccessful outcomes of community-based conservation, both ecological and social, rely on local actors being motivated to engage at the outset of the programme and to sustain their motivation over time...

New Ambio publication Evolving motivations for participation in community-based conservation: A relational perspective Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

David N. Thomas reposted

Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society

@ambio-journal.bsky.social

link.springer.comClaws, consequences and coexistence: Local community attitudes toward large carnivores in mountain landscapes - AmbioHuman attitudes toward large carnivores are shaped by multiple interrelated socio-psychological factors, yet conservation interventions often focus on reducing material impacts while paying less atten...

New publication in Ambio Claws, consequences and coexistence: Local community attitudes toward large carnivores in mountain landscapes Ope access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

David N. Thomas reposted

Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society

@ambio-journal.bsky.social

link.springer.comDesigning with, not over, the bay: Towards a relational public design in post-Yolanda Tacloban - AmbioThis paper examines how water, people, and governance are designed to coexist in Tacloban City’s post-Yolanda recovery, focusing on the contested Cancabato Causeway. Using public sector design and pol...

New publication in Ambio Designing with, not over, the bay: Towards a relational public design in post-Yolanda Tacloban Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...