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  1. #Introduction

    Hello fediverse,

    I am an interdisciplinary theoretical and numerical physicist working at #CNRS and newly affiliated with the SETE in Moulis, Ariège, France, a cutting-edge experimental and theoretical ecology lab researching the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on biodiversity and ecosystems.

    For 20+ years before, I was an astrophysicist working at the large Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie IRAP in Toulouse .

    In 2023, deeply concerned by the ongoing global crises, I decided to initiate a gradual shift of my research in theoretical and numerical astrophysics (from the Sun to cosmological scales) , plasma physics and fluid dynamics at IRAP to research on the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity.

    I tell the ongoing story of this academic transition and related ethical research musings in a blog, "Looking up".

    I am still in the process of building the foundations of my research in ecology, oriented on the theoretical and numerical modelling of ecosystem dynamics in space and time, and how they may shift through sudden bifurcations or more gradual erosion under anthropogenic pressures, with the long-term goal of informing their conservation and restoration. In parallel, I am due to take on a leadership role at SETE in a few months.

    While I already had an account on mastodon and even before that on twitter mixing my personal and scientist life, from now on this will be my main academic account talking about environmental science and research policy in an official capacity, while the other will become private and strictly personal.

    I may still post the occasional #Birdphotography and #NaturePhotography of #LariegeCestMoche here to pimp this new TL though 😎

    RTs welcome if you support science that sincerely and modestly attempts to make sense and a small positive difference for the natural world

    lookingup.francois-rincon.org/

    #science #physics #ecology #climatecrisis #ecologicalcrisis #academicchatter

  2. #Introduction

    Hello fediverse,

    I am an interdisciplinary theoretical and numerical physicist working at #CNRS and newly affiliated with the SETE in Moulis, Ariège, France, a cutting-edge experimental and theoretical ecology lab researching the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on biodiversity and ecosystems.

    For 20+ years before, I was an astrophysicist working at the large Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie IRAP in Toulouse .

    In 2023, deeply concerned by the ongoing global crises, I decided to initiate a gradual shift of my research in theoretical and numerical astrophysics (from the Sun to cosmological scales) , plasma physics and fluid dynamics at IRAP to research on the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity.

    I tell the ongoing story of this academic transition and related ethical research musings in a blog, "Looking up".

    I am still in the process of building the foundations of my research in ecology, oriented on the theoretical and numerical modelling of ecosystem dynamics in space and time, and how they may shift through sudden bifurcations or more gradual erosion under anthropogenic pressures, with the long-term goal of informing their conservation and restoration. In parallel, I am due to take on a leadership role at SETE in a few months.

    While I already had an account on mastodon and even before that on twitter mixing my personal and scientist life, from now on this will be my main academic account talking about environmental science and research policy in an official capacity, while the other will become private and strictly personal.

    I may still post the occasional #Birdphotography and #NaturePhotography of #LariegeCestMoche here to pimp this new TL though 😎

    RTs welcome if you support science that sincerely and modestly attempts to make sense and a small positive difference for the natural world

    lookingup.francois-rincon.org/

    #science #physics #ecology #climatecrisis #ecologicalcrisis #academicchatter

  3. #Introduction

    Hello fediverse,

    I am an interdisciplinary theoretical and numerical physicist working at #CNRS and newly affiliated with the SETE in Moulis, Ariège, France, a cutting-edge experimental and theoretical ecology lab researching the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on biodiversity and ecosystems.

    For 20+ years before, I was an astrophysicist working at the large Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie IRAP in Toulouse .

    In 2023, deeply concerned by the ongoing global crises, I decided to initiate a gradual shift of my research in theoretical and numerical astrophysics (from the Sun to cosmological scales) , plasma physics and fluid dynamics at IRAP to research on the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity.

    I tell the ongoing story of this academic transition and related ethical research musings in a blog, "Looking up".

    I am still in the process of building the foundations of my research in ecology, oriented on the theoretical and numerical modelling of ecosystem dynamics in space and time, and how they may shift through sudden bifurcations or more gradual erosion under anthropogenic pressures, with the long-term goal of informing their conservation and restoration. In parallel, I am due to take on a leadership role at SETE in a few months.

    While I already had an account on mastodon and even before that on twitter mixing my personal and scientist life, from now on this will be my main academic account talking about environmental science and research policy in an official capacity, while the other will become private and strictly personal.

    I may still post the occasional #Birdphotography and #NaturePhotography of #LariegeCestMoche here to pimp this new TL though 😎

    RTs welcome if you support science that sincerely and modestly attempts to make sense and a small positive difference for the natural world

    lookingup.francois-rincon.org/

    #science #physics #ecology #climatecrisis #ecologicalcrisis #academicchatter

  4. #Introduction

    Hello fediverse,

    I am an interdisciplinary theoretical and numerical physicist working at #CNRS and newly affiliated with the SETE in Moulis, Ariège, France, a cutting-edge experimental and theoretical ecology lab researching the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on biodiversity and ecosystems.

    For 20+ years before, I was an astrophysicist working at the large Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie IRAP in Toulouse .

    In 2023, deeply concerned by the ongoing global crises, I decided to initiate a gradual shift of my research in theoretical and numerical astrophysics (from the Sun to cosmological scales) , plasma physics and fluid dynamics at IRAP to research on the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity.

    I tell the ongoing story of this academic transition and related ethical research musings in a blog, "Looking up".

    I am still in the process of building the foundations of my research in ecology, oriented on the theoretical and numerical modelling of ecosystem dynamics in space and time, and how they may shift through sudden bifurcations or more gradual erosion under anthropogenic pressures, with the long-term goal of informing their conservation and restoration. In parallel, I am due to take on a leadership role at SETE in a few months.

    While I already had an account on mastodon and even before that on twitter mixing my personal and scientist life, from now on this will be my main academic account talking about environmental science and research policy in an official capacity, while the other will become private and strictly personal.

    I may still post the occasional #Birdphotography and #NaturePhotography of #LariegeCestMoche here to pimp this new TL though 😎

    RTs welcome if you support science that sincerely and modestly attempts to make sense and a small positive difference for the natural world

    lookingup.francois-rincon.org/

    #science #physics #ecology #climatecrisis #ecologicalcrisis #academicchatter

  5. #Introduction

    Hello fediverse,

    I am an interdisciplinary theoretical and numerical physicist working at #CNRS and newly affiliated with the SETE in Moulis, Ariège, France, a cutting-edge experimental and theoretical ecology lab researching the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on biodiversity and ecosystems.

    For 20+ years before, I was an astrophysicist working at the large Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie IRAP in Toulouse .

    In 2023, deeply concerned by the ongoing global crises, I decided to initiate a gradual shift of my research in theoretical and numerical astrophysics (from the Sun to cosmological scales) , plasma physics and fluid dynamics at IRAP to research on the impacts of global anthropogenic changes on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity.

    I tell the ongoing story of this academic transition and related ethical research musings in a blog, "Looking up".

    I am still in the process of building the foundations of my research in ecology, oriented on the theoretical and numerical modelling of ecosystem dynamics in space and time, and how they may shift through sudden bifurcations or more gradual erosion under anthropogenic pressures, with the long-term goal of informing their conservation and restoration. In parallel, I am due to take on a leadership role at SETE in a few months.

    While I already had an account on mastodon and even before that on twitter mixing my personal and scientist life, from now on this will be my main academic account talking about environmental science and research policy in an official capacity, while the other will become private and strictly personal.

    I may still post the occasional #Birdphotography and #NaturePhotography of #LariegeCestMoche here to pimp this new TL though 😎

    RTs welcome if you support science that sincerely and modestly attempts to make sense and a small positive difference for the natural world

    lookingup.francois-rincon.org/

    #science #physics #ecology #climatecrisis #ecologicalcrisis #academicchatter

  6. À Puymirol abonnement premium à la #canicule ..
    3 jours pluvieux ( et si peu!) seulement depuis le 15 mai
    Bonne journée caniculaire
    Lot et Garonne, #France
    #photography #photodujour #ecologicalcrisis

  7. À Puymirol abonnement premium à la #canicule ..
    3 jours pluvieux ( et si peu!) seulement depuis le 15 mai
    Bonne journée caniculaire
    Lot et Garonne, #France
    #photography #photodujour #ecologicalcrisis

  8. À Puymirol abonnement premium à la #canicule ..
    3 jours pluvieux ( et si peu!) seulement depuis le 15 mai
    Bonne journée caniculaire
    Lot et Garonne, #France
    #photography #photodujour #ecologicalcrisis

  9. À Puymirol abonnement premium à la #canicule ..
    3 jours pluvieux ( et si peu!) seulement depuis le 15 mai
    Bonne journée caniculaire
    Lot et Garonne, #France
    #photography #photodujour #ecologicalcrisis

  10. À Puymirol abonnement premium à la #canicule ..
    3 jours pluvieux ( et si peu!) seulement depuis le 15 mai
    Bonne journée caniculaire
    Lot et Garonne, #France
    #photography #photodujour #ecologicalcrisis

  11. #Aquinas: "God is a Fountain of Total Beauty, the most beautiful & the superbeautiful." One wonders how much of the #ecologicalcrisis staring us in the face is traceable to our eliminating the premodern understanding of God as Beauty. bit.ly/4qqZFGo

  12. #Aquinas: "God is a Fountain of Total Beauty, the most beautiful & the superbeautiful." One wonders how much of the #ecologicalcrisis staring us in the face is traceable to our eliminating the premodern understanding of God as Beauty. bit.ly/4qqZFGo

  13. #Aquinas: "God is a Fountain of Total Beauty, the most beautiful & the superbeautiful." One wonders how much of the #ecologicalcrisis staring us in the face is traceable to our eliminating the premodern understanding of God as Beauty. bit.ly/4qqZFGo

  14. #Aquinas: "God is a Fountain of Total Beauty, the most beautiful & the superbeautiful." One wonders how much of the #ecologicalcrisis staring us in the face is traceable to our eliminating the premodern understanding of God as Beauty. bit.ly/4qqZFGo

  15. Senate Report Criticizes Government Handling of South Australian Algal Bloom

    A federal report says SA and federal governments were not ready for the 2025 algal bloom. It caused delays in health advice and monitoring. Find out what happens next.

    #SouthAustraliaBloom, #AlgalBloomReport, #GovernmentFail, #EcologicalCrisis, #EnvironmentalNews

    newsletter.tf/south-australia-

  16. Senate Report Criticizes Government Handling of South Australian Algal Bloom

    A federal report says SA and federal governments were not ready for the 2025 algal bloom. It caused delays in health advice and monitoring. Find out what happens next.

    #SouthAustraliaBloom, #AlgalBloomReport, #GovernmentFail, #EcologicalCrisis, #EnvironmentalNews

    newsletter.tf/south-australia-

  17. @bewilderbeast23

    I understand and acknowledge your perspective. I too believed that reduction in consumption of fossil fuel is the only sustainable option to address climate change.

    Unfortunately, I do not see a significant trend towards burning less fossil fuel in countries such as India.

    Last year I did not procure an electric car due to various infrastructural issues in Bengaluru and they were beyond my control. Now, I recently learnt that electric vehicles cannot lower overall oil demand [1].

    As an Indian, my optimism is dwindling as I witness environmental calamities in India. The Supreme Court of India issued a strong warning about Himachal Pradesh's environmental degradation, noting that if immediate action is not taken, the state will "vanish in thin air" as a result of continued ecological harm [2].

    > “We want to impress upon the state government and the Union of India that earning revenue is not everything. Revenue cannot be earned at the cost of environment and ecology," the court said.

    Trees drawing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing it as calcium carbonate 'rocks' in the surrounding soil is a recent scientific discovery. I agree that such an approach may not have any large scale impact. In the current situation I value any untapped opportunity, no matter how modest, to help reduce CO2 emissions.

    1. thehonestsorcerer.substack.com
    2. news18.com/india/himachal-prad

    #ClimateChange #Sustainability #CarbonEmission #ClimateCrisis #Ecologicalcrisis

  18. @bewilderbeast23

    I understand and acknowledge your perspective. I too believed that reduction in consumption of fossil fuel is the only sustainable option to address climate change.

    Unfortunately, I do not see a significant trend towards burning less fossil fuel in countries such as India.

    Last year I did not procure an electric car due to various infrastructural issues in Bengaluru and they were beyond my control. Now, I recently learnt that electric vehicles cannot lower overall oil demand [1].

    As an Indian, my optimism is dwindling as I witness environmental calamities in India. The Supreme Court of India issued a strong warning about Himachal Pradesh's environmental degradation, noting that if immediate action is not taken, the state will "vanish in thin air" as a result of continued ecological harm [2].

    > “We want to impress upon the state government and the Union of India that earning revenue is not everything. Revenue cannot be earned at the cost of environment and ecology," the court said.

    Trees drawing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing it as calcium carbonate 'rocks' in the surrounding soil is a recent scientific discovery. I agree that such an approach may not have any large scale impact. In the current situation I value any untapped opportunity, no matter how modest, to help reduce CO2 emissions.

    1. thehonestsorcerer.substack.com
    2. news18.com/india/himachal-prad

  19. @bewilderbeast23

    I understand and acknowledge your perspective. I too believed that reduction in consumption of fossil fuel is the only sustainable option to address climate change.

    Unfortunately, I do not see a significant trend towards burning less fossil fuel in countries such as India.

    Last year I did not procure an electric car due to various infrastructural issues in Bengaluru and they were beyond my control. Now, I recently learnt that electric vehicles cannot lower overall oil demand [1].

    As an Indian, my optimism is dwindling as I witness environmental calamities in India. The Supreme Court of India issued a strong warning about Himachal Pradesh's environmental degradation, noting that if immediate action is not taken, the state will "vanish in thin air" as a result of continued ecological harm [2].

    > “We want to impress upon the state government and the Union of India that earning revenue is not everything. Revenue cannot be earned at the cost of environment and ecology," the court said.

    Trees drawing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing it as calcium carbonate 'rocks' in the surrounding soil is a recent scientific discovery. I agree that such an approach may not have any large scale impact. In the current situation I value any untapped opportunity, no matter how modest, to help reduce CO2 emissions.

    1. thehonestsorcerer.substack.com
    2. news18.com/india/himachal-prad

    #ClimateChange #Sustainability #CarbonEmission #ClimateCrisis #Ecologicalcrisis

  20. @bewilderbeast23

    I understand and acknowledge your perspective. I too believed that reduction in consumption of fossil fuel is the only sustainable option to address climate change.

    Unfortunately, I do not see a significant trend towards burning less fossil fuel in countries such as India.

    Last year I did not procure an electric car due to various infrastructural issues in Bengaluru and they were beyond my control. Now, I recently learnt that electric vehicles cannot lower overall oil demand [1].

    As an Indian, my optimism is dwindling as I witness environmental calamities in India. The Supreme Court of India issued a strong warning about Himachal Pradesh's environmental degradation, noting that if immediate action is not taken, the state will "vanish in thin air" as a result of continued ecological harm [2].

    > “We want to impress upon the state government and the Union of India that earning revenue is not everything. Revenue cannot be earned at the cost of environment and ecology," the court said.

    Trees drawing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing it as calcium carbonate 'rocks' in the surrounding soil is a recent scientific discovery. I agree that such an approach may not have any large scale impact. In the current situation I value any untapped opportunity, no matter how modest, to help reduce CO2 emissions.

    1. thehonestsorcerer.substack.com
    2. news18.com/india/himachal-prad

    #ClimateChange #Sustainability #CarbonEmission #ClimateCrisis #Ecologicalcrisis

  21. Introduced species, unintended consequences - Neltuma juliflora (formerly known as Prosopis juliflora - filming with pastoralists in Ethiopia 20 years ago, I was told about it as the 'Dergi harra' - ie as bad as the Derg dictatorship)
    #ecologicalcrisis #IPBESdrivers
    theguardian.com/environment/20