mildly misanthropic swimming skiing scientist. climate & paleoclimate, co-lead PAGES2k https://pastglobalchanges.org/science/wg/2k-network/intro. person of european descent, born on Kaurna land. she/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3mfiszcjbbs2eHow thrilling that the Department of Climate Change is the one in charge of new coal mine approvals. Maybe someone should point out to the minister that the portfolio is notionally about mitigating climate change rather than helping it along? [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Feb 2026 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfiszcjbbs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3md27mp5htc2hAnd I made a little web app where you can go and download monthly precipitation time series data from your location of choice (as long as it's in Australia) wateriso-aus.shinyapps.io/apic/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jan 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3md27mp5htc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3mbntx6bbzc2hand another one: has anyone here gone through the arduous process (e.g., for teaching graphics) of converting the various past1000 forcings (volcanic, solar, GHG) to radiative forcings in W/m2? This seems like....a big job. And surely someone here has the code for it(!) Hence my attempt at laziness05 Jan 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbntx6bbzc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3mbnicdkxtk2iHas anyone here used the PMIP4 past1000 submissions from IPSL-CM6A-LR or MPI-ESM1-2-LR? And more importantly: could point me to where I could find them?! I only recently learned that they exist but can't find them. At this stage I'm only after tas (past1000 and the associated historical sim) tyty05 Jan 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbnicdkxtk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3maemxdjwec24I won this sweet prize for being the biggest nerd at an enormous meeting of nerds @linkedearth.bsky.social #AGU2519 Dec 2025 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3maemxdjwec24https://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3macothmlt22cIt's been a fantastic #AGU25 week for Hydroclimate2k - lots of new H2k friends made at the poster session, SO many amazing Common Era hydroclimate talks, and an H2k lunch so fun that I forgot to take a photo. A great reminder of what a wonderful global community we have :) #21daysof2k19 Dec 2025 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3macothmlt22chttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3maa4fdvltc25Typically, I forgot to ask someone to take a photo of my #AGU25 talk. But I liked the part where people giggled instead of hurling fruit every time I (mostly accidentally) threw shade on various parts of the community.18 Dec 2025 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3maa4fdvltc25https://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3ma6u7i77os2xAt #AGU25? Come by my poster this afternoon to chat about our in-development @pages-ipo.bsky.social database or indeed any of my absurd number of current projects17 Dec 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6u7i77os2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3ma2sknu63k2lCan days 1-4 of #AGU25 exceed the lofty heights of day 1, which featured a full day of fun presentations but most importantly this incredible exhibition hall prize?? Immediately my new map projection of choice15 Dec 2025 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2sknu63k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3m7zte3nzcs2eThe snowgum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) is one of the (relatively) few Australian tree species with clear annual rings. Researchers at Adelaide Uni and ANU are using snowgum cellulose d18O to produce a new record of alpine hydroclimate over past centuries #21daysof2k @pages-ipo.bsky.social15 Dec 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7zte3nzcs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3m7o7ucqzlk2mDid you know the current Hydroclimate2k project isn't the first time PAGES 2k has dipped a toe into understanding global hydroclimate? In 2016, researchers gathered in Palisades, USA to discuss data-model comparisons of Common Era hydroclimate. Read about it here: pages2kpmip3.github.io #21daysof2k10 Dec 2025 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7o7ucqzlk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3m7gmjifqrk2qOne of the current flagship activities of PAGES 2k is compilation of the Hydroclimate2k database. This map shows records currently being assessed for inclusion, with more records being added by a global team of project members. Read more here: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me... #21daysof2k07 Dec 2025 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7gmjifqrk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3m7borzwul223Throwback to 2017 when Iso2k project members met up in Zaragoza, Spain for the first (and only!) in-person workshop of a mammoth five-year database collation effort. Here we are, variably spelling out the name of the project or providing an enthusiastic backdrop #21daysof2k @pages-ipo.bsky.social05 Dec 2025 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7borzwul223https://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3m76ybxpoz22cIn 2019/2020 Kangaroo Island (Australia) was devastated by severe bushfires. Researchers at the University of Adelaide are developing new Common Era lake and speleothem records to discover how fire and rainfall regimes on KI are changing with climate change #21daysof2k @pages-ipo.bsky.social04 Dec 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76ybxpoz22chttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3m74kypnkls2pHydroclimate2k will be at #AGU25! Come along to poster PP33C-1090 from 2:15 on Weds 17th to say hi and see what we're up to. #21daysof2k @pages-ipo.bsky.social https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/188741703 Dec 2025 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m74kypnkls2phttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3luj6csqgsc2rnew water isotope preprint! https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-2458/ We used the MAGIC of machine learning (ok, random forests) to predict monthly precipitation stable isotopes over the Australian continent, at monthly resolution from 1962-2023. Details at the paper; pretty animation below21 Jul 2025 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3luj6csqgsc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/raindrop-herder.bsky.social/post/3lr7nbdctxc2jabsolutely thrilled to have spent two hours this morning sorting out GST assignments on my purchase card acquittals when apparently there is an entire finance department at the University of Adelaide busy doing...something else. I swear this place is set up to actively discourage research10 Jun 2025 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:snudhtqaa2g4yaktu2yxtbfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr7nbdctxc2j