Robyn Schofield

Don’t let mega-constellation-building billionaires steal your night sky Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

Elon Musk has already started plans to launch a million satellites.

Yes. A MILLION.

This is a colossally bad idea, and it's not too late to make your voice heard. I explain everything:

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...

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Wow - not OK

🌊 The CSIRO Marine National Facility (MNF) invites Australian
researchers to apply for sea time on RV Investigator in 2028-29, to deliver research, innovation & training projects supported by MNF infrastructure, equipment & expertise. Applications close 19 May 2026.

Get onboard at www.csiro.au/mnf

Nearly 20% fewer lower socio-economic students studying law as Pocock calls to scrap Morrison-era job ready scheme Experts say the Morrison-era Jobs Ready Graduates scheme has instead had a ‘devastating impact’ on the very people higher education needs to serve

ScoMo’s Jobs Ready Scheme - which charges more for students studying humanities- has led to less people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds taking up University study.
And in this time of AI we need critical thinkers & good communicators more than ever !

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SpaceX rocket left behind a plume of chemical pollution as it burnt up in the atmosphere A new study provides the first evidence that re-entering space debris pollutes Earth’s upper atmosphere.

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Great range. Love the towbar of polestar 2 as well.

The interior is small, hard to fit coffee cups and drink bottles in the doors / centre piece, back seat legroom is tight and doesn’t get rid of the drive shaft hump. Newer versions apparently have steering wheel warmer. Love the app, remote climate and charging control. Drives nicely, great safety

A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU

Breaking: Boy's Triple Zero call to save family swept out to sea released Police release the recording of the Triple Zero call made by 13-year-old Austin Appelbee after his marathon 4 kilometre swim through rough seas to save his family.

Have a listen. Remember that Austin Appelbee is 13 years old, and swam 4 hours to get help for his family. Imagine having Austin's composure to convey his message so clearly in that triple-0 call. A remarkable young man.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

I defy you to watch this (or at least the last 5 minutes) and not tear up. Magnificent.

What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled - Eos Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

eos.org/opinions/wha...

Physical activity and the reduction of all-cause mortality, from 2 very large prospective cohorts
1. The relationship is non-linear, suggesting a threshold effect for many types of exercise as seen below

Well done University of Canterbury!

If you're at a university that's still using X, could you ask them to follow suit?

You can point out how embarrassing it would be to be the last university left at the Nazi Bar and Non-consensual Nudity Emporium! 😬

From bolts to blue jets, lightning comes in many strange forms Lightning also influences our environment in ways scientists are only beginning to understand.

theconversation.com/from-bolts-t...

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

Open Letter to WHO: A Call for the Universal use of Respirators in Healthcare - WHN January 7, 2026 The letter below (a button to download it as a .pdf file is at the bottom of this page) was sent to seven top officials at the World Health Organization on Wednesday 7 January.  We wil...

Thank you to everyone who signed. The full letter, including the complete list of signatories, can be found here:
whn.global/a-call-for-t...

Click here and donate to Mind Australia for Rohan's 100km run to raise funds for headspace Box Hill Mind Australia supports more than 13,000 people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges every year. We have been providing this individualised,

Tomorrow at ~ 720 am, our son, Rohan, will be joining Lehmo on 774 ABC Melbourne, to discuss his 100km charity run and challenge for his 18th birthday! He's raising money for Headspace.

@scidocmartin.bsky.social and I couldn't be prouder!

Rohan's fundraiser 👉 www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/...

China's anti-pollution crusade linked to Australian bushfires As China caps off a historic clean-up of its smog and air pollution, the clearer air is helping temperatures rise to new records. Now, researchers are linking that change to hotter and drier condition...

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China's anti-pollution crusade linked to Australian bushfires As China caps off a historic clean-up of its smog and air pollution, the clearer air is helping temperatures rise to new records. Now, researchers are linking that change to hotter and drier condition...

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Bright blue infographic with a pink header reading 'U.S. Long Covid burden' Shows 45–48M people affected, $2–7B annual economic cost, and up to $30B if symptoms persist 3 years. Light blue covid icons in background

New paper - this is the largest long COVID estimate I've seen yet 😳

Link 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/

💪 The WMO has published the first IG3IS Good Practice Guidance for Estimating National-Scale GHG emissions using atmospheric observations.

It supports WMO’s mission to strengthen Earth system monitoring and provide high-quality info for mitigation.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4pjtjx0

If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.

Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of

In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…

As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate

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Australia's top universities seek changes to key environmental reform Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.

😳 wtf?

We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege

CSIRO needs urgent support CSIRO is under attack. Sign the petition calling on the Albanese Government to act now to secure the future of CSIRO’s world-leading science and research.

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This is figure 1, which shows distribution of flux tower sites across artificial light intensity in North America and Europe.

The findings of a study in Nature Climate Change show that artificial light at night disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments. go.nature.com/44cCKWm 🧪

black background, swirly abstract circles, Clarivate and CIRES logo

Three CIRES researchers are listed as 2025 Clarivate "Highly Cited Researchers 2025." The annual list celebrates researchers with significant and broad influence: Jennifer Balch, Noah Fierer, and Jose Jimenez! @cu-esiil.bsky.social @clarivate.com @noahfierer.bsky.social @jljcolorado.bsky.social

Now, instead of imagining the plastic floating out in the ocean for hundreds of years, making a mess and endangering marine life (yuck), imagine more and more CO2 pollution floating up in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, making a mess and endangering all forms of life (super yuck)

Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people becomes law in Victoria Victoria's first treaty with Aboriginal people has been signed by members of the Aboriginal community, the premier and state governor.

A historic day for Victoria.

Australia will see its first ever treaty with Aboriginal people signed and formalised as law today.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...