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There's a similar paper out that deals with the Late Bronze Age collapse and the underlying causes of the mega-drought that set the fall of empires in motion. It's becoming clear that long-term natural variability can bring worse extremes than is commonly assumed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/

Holocene ocean-atmosphere coupling and Mediterranean sensitivity to Atlantic circulation: Lessons from the Late Bronze Age collapseHolocene Atlantic variability shaped Mediterranean drought risk through multiscale ocean-atmosphere coupling.share.google

Visiting childhood places again after 40 years, they seem to have inexplicably shrunk. I blame climate change.

He's on my extended long-term Nobel shortlist. Will look into that this season.

LOL, OK. Wurde wohl als "Intelligenzallergiker" bezeichnet, seh ich grad. Wegen meines Artikels, den diese Leute schon seit Jahren wiederlegen wollen, aber nicht dazu kommen, weil irgendwas ist ja immer. 🤣🤣🤣

Und herzlichen Glückwunsch an @astrodicticum.bsky.social zur neuesten Ehrung! 😀 www.spektrum.de/news/preise-...

Szenenews aus der Astronomie: Auszeichnungen der Astronomischen Gesellschaft für das Jahr 2026Die Astronomische Gesellschaft gibt die Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger für das Jahr 2026 bekannt.www.spektrum.de

I just realised that most stars are non-binary.

So basically this is not just an outbreak, but an ecological transition that may take a lot of effort to reverse. A bit like if malaria were to reappear as an endemic parasite in Europe.

Cyclosporiasis - the shit that doesn't even need to hit the fan.

One issue that will amplifythe climate effects even further is that land-use changes make the increasing heat worse. Among these are loss of wetlands and vegetation cover, which let water evaporate. Dry, open ground heats the air (depending a bit on albedo), so there's a kind of feedback loop.

LOL, sie erlauben KI in Prüfungen, haben aber kein Konzept dafür, wie eine Prüfung aussehen kann, die dabei Eigenleistung abfragt.

If you are still unsure what conferences to visit, I can highly recommend Dream Reactions in Münster on Sept. 3. It's a small, fun synthesis symposium with worthwile lectures and posters. Also, the city is really cute. #chemsky 🧪 www.uni-muenster.de/Chemie.oc/gl...

Looks like the US are going to win the #worldcup and we are going to see a lot of dodgy refereeing in their games...

World Cup: Trump thanks FIFA for suspending Balogun's banUS President Donald Trump reportedly called Gianni Infantino to ask him to lift Falorin Balogun's red card ban to allow him to play against Belgium. The Belgian FA has called the decision "astonishing...amp-dw-com.cdn.ampproject.org

Came across a word that contains the letter combination xycyc, and it gives me joy. The circumstances less so, though.

OK, I didn't see that coming. My new favourite #apocalypse is population crash because readily available AI "partners" leave people unable and unwilling to have relationships with people. Won't happen everywhere, but I think by now industrialised countries are probably toast.