Managed to avoid covid for 2 years but now it’s finally got me. Not a fun experience, even after vaccines + booster. Stay healthy everyone! 🤧

The evidence is clear: the time for action is now. We can halve emissions by 2030. The #IPCC has just released its latest #ClimateReport on the mitigation of #climatechange. Press Release ➡️ bit.ly/WGIIIpr22 Read the report ➡️ bit.ly/WGIIIRpt

Het NL record met bijna 54% hernieuwbare elektriciteit in een week in historisch perspectief. De records: 2018: 23% 2019: 30% 2020: 36% 2021: 46% 2022: 54% (tot nu toe) #grafiekvandedag

We’re looking for an organic geochemist to join our research teams at Shell in the Netherlands! Relevant postdoc and/or energy industry experience required. More info on this opportunity and how to apply: jobs.shell.com/job/amsterdam/…

Looking back on a grand Organic Geochemistry GRC Gordon Research Conferences ! Fantastic science and scenery 😎

New paper! This highly integrated study should have something for everyone - check out the paper and a great summary by @MargotCram below! 😎

Shell CEO Ben van Beurden will step down at the end of 2022. Wael Sawan, currently Integrated Gas, Renewables & Energy Solutions Director, will be his successor from January 1, 2023. More: go.shell.com/3U5JtuN

Just Utrecht trying to be all scenic

Our winters are getting wetter, influenced by climate change. Now there's a first hint that global warming also disrupted the water cycle in the distant past, new NESSC research by Robin van der Ploeg (@uugeo) shows in a Science Advances article. Read more: buff.ly/3XDaUxq

We merken deze winter maar al te goed dat klimaatverandering ons winterweer laat veranderen. NESSC en Utrecht University geven eerste hint dat ook in het verre verleden de opwarming van de aarde tot het ontregelen van de waterkringloop leidde: uu.nl/nieuws/nieuw-b…

Article: An increase in clays forming from silicate mineral weathering explains the long duration of the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum compared to other Eocene warming events Dr. Alex Krause Robin van der Ploeg @AppySluijs Global Systems Institute EarthSciences UCL nature.com/articles/s4156…

Related News and Views by Michael Henehan nature.com/articles/s4156…

I'm really excited to say that my paper on the MECO has now been published and is open access! I've also written a blog about it: go.nature.com/3rSzQWz Many thanks to my co-authors, the reviewers and to the Nature Geoscience editors for their help in getting this paper out there!