Duncan Keenan-Jones

Ways to learn the past: archaeology, history, geology, genomic biology, with a view to the future. Water, society & environment/climate. He/his. Views my own

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

A gas exploration drilling rig has appeared within sight of one of Australia’s most loved and iconic natural wonders, the 12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road. @EmmaShortis went to take a look.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

WATCH

Meteor streaks across the night sky over Portugal.

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

At almost 2,000 years old, this child’s wooden toy sword is a remarkable survival from Roman times. It was unearthed at Vindolanda cavalry barracks in 2017. 📷 my own. More info: https://t.co/k6RxLcnp0f

#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology

[National Trust for Scotland @N_T_S]

At which of our places can you find this view? 👀
#ForTheLoveOfScotland

[Stephen Kay @stephenjohnkay]

The newly opened Parco Archeologico del Celio @Sovrintendenza. Wonderful to see these displayed to the public.

[Stephen Kay @stephenjohnkay]

A visit to the new Museo della Forma Urbis. Great idea to display the Severan marble plan of Rome together with Giovanni Battista Nola’s 1748 plan. @Sovrintendenza

[Urban Studies Journal @USJ_online]

Study by @dkeenanj et al suggests solutions, including the adoption of indigenous perspectives, benefits to incentivise local actors, and a historical education strategy for more sustainable #FloodRisk mitigation
https://t.co/K4evLVYiie
#DisasterManagement #RiverBasinManagement

[Duncan Keenan-Jones @dkeenanj]

@lupercusvetus Glad you and your students are okay!

[Duncan Keenan-Jones @dkeenanj]

Just out: Urban development and long-term flood risk and resilience: Experiences over time and across cultures. Cases from Asia, North America, Europe and Australia - Duncan C Keenan-Jones, @annaserrallobet , Hongming He, G Mathias Kondolf, 2023 https://t.co/7L5vCBLxTb

[Al Gore @algore]

COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure. The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. It is even worse than many had feared. It is “Of the Petrostates, By the Petrostates and For the Petrostates.” It is deeply offensive to all who have taken this process seriously. There are 24 hours left to show whose side the world is on: the side that wants to protect humanity’s future by kickstarting the orderly phase out of fossil fuels or the side of the petrostates and the leaders of the oil and gas companies that are fueling the historic climate catastrophe. In order to prevent COP28 from being the most embarrassing and dismal failure in 28 years of international climate negotiations, the final text must include clear language on phasing out fossil fuels. Anything else is a massive step backwards from where the world needs to be to truly address the climate crisis and make sure the 1.5°C goal doesn’t die in Dubai.

[Duncan Keenan-Jones @dkeenanj]

@FlintDibble @romaneconomy Thanks @FlintDibble ! Agreed. I feel like wealth disparity plays a big part in making these maps polar opposites. It has little to do with the safety or otherwise of these waters.

[Duncan Keenan-Jones @dkeenanj]

Compare these two images
1. (warning: tragic and distressing) Fatalities in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean since 2014 CE.
2. Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean until 1500 CE (@romaneconomy https://t.co/sOCeaWy4Zn).

What do you notice?

[Duncan Keenan-Jones @dkeenanj]

@AFP Tragic and distressing. If they were Europeans, much more would have been done a long time ago...

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Migrants: shipwrecks in the Mediterranean since 2014.

#AFPGraphics map of the Mediterranean locating shipwrecks with number of victims (dead or missing) since 2014, according to International Organization for Migration (IOM)

[Duncan Keenan-Jones @dkeenanj]

Archaeology in Leipzig in under threat! - Please consider signing the petition! https://t.co/Sfa63a9c8s via @UKChange

[Duncan Keenan-Jones @dkeenanj]

Important listening for all, not just physicists (I think...) [Boyer Lectures] 04 | The Importance of Doubt #boyerLectures
https://t.co/7gL1FJtpdT via @PodcastAddict

[Duncan Keenan-Jones @dkeenanj]

Great food for thought here, especially for those in the academy [Big Ideas] Lenore Taylor on defending facts against fake news #bigIdeas
https://t.co/wJdeDfpvyc via @PodcastAddict

[Duncan Keenan-Jones @dkeenanj]

The Channel Country of the Lake Eyre Basin is no place for gas fields. Take action here: https://t.co/yN8fWId8Vz

[Gabriel Zuchtriegel @GZuchtriegel]

A wooden floor level collapsed during the eruption of Mt #Vesuvius 79 AD in a villa near ancient #pompeii