Stefan Wastegård

Purple-backed sunbird, South Goa, India #BirdOfTheDay

Malabar Lark, South Goa, February 2026 #BirdOfTheDay

Veiki moraines (ice-walled lake plains) in an ~12 ka old ice-marginal zone in Finnmark, Norway. Quite similar to the "circular ablation features" posted earlier - if everything but the circular Veiki moraines is removed.

White-throathed Dipper, Hjo, Sweden #BirdOfTheDay

Malabar Flameback. South Goa, India #BirdOfTheDay

Malabar Trogon, south Goa, India #BirdOfTheDay

Malabar pied hornbill, South Goa 3 February 2026 #birdoftheday

Timeseries showing coherent changes in emissions, global temperature, UK temperature, and hottest day of the year for Central England

The UK's warmest year (for now)

And introducing a ‘causal chain’ for changes in extreme UK heat

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Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds. @swinda.bsky.social
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
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New estimates of surface temperature change since the late 18th century Releasing an observation-based global temperature dataset extending back to 1781

The new GloSAT temperature dataset extends our observational estimates of global temperature change back to 1781

Blog: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/new-estima...

Paper by Morice et al.: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

There have been many horrific man-made deaths this weekend and huge media coverage .. and then there are those huge human-induced flash floods after 7-year droughts that kill even more of our fellow humans that drift quietly by ..

Nu kan du anmäla dåliga undertexter Fackklubben har fått nog – vill samla alla klagomål.

Tittare får anmäla undertexter i tv och på strömningstjänster när Medietextarna inom Journalistförbundet lanserar textning.se. Fackklubben pekar ut AI och sänkta arvoden som anledningar till kvalitetsraset i textningen.

#spotifywrapped2025

Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and ...

Congratulations to our Deputy Director Gustaf Hugelius, who is once again included on @clarivateag.bsky.social Highly Cited Researchers list for 2025. 👏🎉

A strong recognition of his continued scientific impact and contribution to global permafrost and climate research. See the full list below!

NORDQUA - The Nordic Union for Quaternary Research Welcome to Nordqua - The Nordic Union for Quaternary Research - an organization of professional scientists from the Nordic countries.

Hello BlueSky! 👋

We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform!

Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more.

Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org

Interested in giving a talk at the Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG 33) in San Diego?

Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.

To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
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1987 warnte der große US-Ozeanforscher Wally Broecker in der Top-Fachzeitschrift Nature eindringlich vor abrupten Klimawechseln durch Instabilität der Atlantikströmung #AMOC: „Wir spielen russisches Roulette mit dem Klima“.
Jahrzehnte Forschung zeigen: die Gefahr ist noch größer als er dachte.

Augustiskådning på Öland med 20 arter vadare, ängshök, kornsparv och mycket annat

Evolution isn't a straight line: Modern humans come from 2 ancient lineages After more than a million years of separation, two branches of humanity reunited around 300,000 years ago, new research shows

'Evolution isn't a straight line: Modern humans come from 2 ancient lineages' bigthink.com/strange-maps...

📣Friends of the Quaternary!!📣

🐦Early bird registration is open for the upcoming Nordic Geological Winter Meeting in Turku, Finland (13-15 Jan 2026) ngwm2026.fi

Please consider submitting an abstract to our session on "Quaternary palaeoglaciology and palaeoclimate".
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It will be awesome!

Missköter Sverige men har "tur" med egna aktier I februari 2023 slöt Sverige ett miljardavtal om att sälja Jas 39 Gripen till Ungern. Uppgörelsen om stridsplanen var ett smörjmedel för att Viktor Orbán skulle

Från tidigare i veckan på temat: www.aftonbladet.se/ledare/a/0Vd...

Två medarbetare utreds för brott – är det kris på UD? - Studio Ett Det är turbulent på Utrikesdepartementet efter senaste dagarnas turer.Säkerhetspolisen har två separata pågående brottsutredningar mot medarbetare på Regeringskansliet. ...

Att Kristersson i de svåra säkerhetspolitiska tider vi lever i inte lyckas tillsätta en nationell säkerhetsrådgivare (en roll han själv laddat med stor prestige) är en dråplig sammanfattning av ledarskapet just nu.

Gästade Studio Ett nyss om läget i RK/på UD.

www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tva-...

Svart rök - ingen ny påve
Vit rök - ny påve
Gråtrut - ?

Sensationen – Engla Nilsson tog EM-brons: ”Största skrällen i historien” - Radiosporten 19-årige Engla Nilsson tog sensationellt EM-brons i höjdhopp när hon satte personbästa på 1,92, vilket räckte till tredjeplats på inomhus-EM i Nederländerna.”Det ...

Radiosporten: Sensationen – Engla Nilsson tog EM-brons: ”Största skrällen i historien”

https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/8902956

Last out with the #GlacierStripes @edhawkins.org is Rivgojiehkki which had no net annual accumulation left in 2023/2024, and also the largest losses since measurements started. From #TarfalaResearchStation @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social we continue to survey and communicate!

Move beyond ‘publish or perish’ by measuring behaviours that benefit academia A standardized system to measure contributions in mentorship, collaboration and more could bring about systemic change in science.

The pressure to publish in high-impact journals is often at the expense of other scholarly activities

https://go.nature.com/3XihhIf

DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Molecular Physiology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) at Stockholm University is looking recruiting an Associate Professor in Plant Molecular Physiology, a tenured position.

📣Join DEEP as an Associate Professor in Plant Molecular Physiology! 🪴

The successful candidate will engage in cutting-edge research, teach undergraduate and master’s courses in plant physiology, and mentor PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.

Learn more & apply before 10 April!👇

Various climate indicators for the last 2024 years.

As the climate data for 2024 continues to arrive, I've updated my graphic showing changes in various climate indicators for the recent past, and the last 2000 years.

Most notable change is a big jump for tropospheric temperatures (TLT) in 2024.

[Sea level and land humidity data not yet available.]