Rick Battarbee

Retired UCL academic now living in the Yorkshire Dales trying to be less academic

[Nature Geoscience @NatureGeosci]

Article: Fresh meltwater entering the Labrador and Irminger Seas has resulted in a slowing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation since the 1950s

@ccrc_unsw @AntarcticSciAus @UNSWScience @unswbees

https://t.co/b2XXd0fydf

[Alistair Boxall @AlistairBoxall]

I visited the source of the River Foss this afternoon to take a water sample. The sample will head over to Helsinki on Monday for analysis of antimicrobial resistance genes.

[Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) @freshwaterbio]

Day 3 report of the Windermere Arctic Charr monitoring. This is a learning by doing initiative and every day presents some unique practical and scientific challenges. There will some great knowledge exchange opportunities coming out of this project.

[Karen Shackleton🍃💚🍃🇺🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺 @KarenShackleto5]

Great conference at Ilkley yesterday discussing the solutions to clean up our rivers - Enforce The Law. Thankyou for coming @Jamie_Woodward_ @stormwater_jo @OxonAndrew @AlistairBoxall @RickBattarbee @YorkshireWater (showing us their plans to upgrade and improve Ilkley STW).

[Jonathan Grey @ProfJGrey]

Real pleasure to contribute, talking about #fishpassage and habitat, and how we can overcome issues to turn woe to wonder. Fascinating research & updates from @RickBattarbee @AlistairBoxall @YorkDalesRT @EnvAgencyYNE @CleanIlkley et al

[Alistair Boxall @AlistairBoxall]

Had a fascinating day at the Climate Action Addingham River Wharfe event. There were some great presentations on the wonders of the river and some of the pressures on the river followed by a series of sampling demonstrations.

[NorfolkPondsProject @norfolkponds]

Ghost pingo #pond resurrection, Norfolk Brecklands. 35+ wetland plants have returned to this lost pond since it was brought back to life for @NorfolkWT <2 yrs ago. Rare species galore. The most successful form of ecological restoration known? @hburningham @tim_holt_wilson

[Jonathan Grey @ProfJGrey]

More @WildTroutTrust baseline survey of fish community & trout population structure ahead of #beaver introduction.
@YorkDalesRT @DalesValeRN

[Robert Ladwig @hydrobert]

Fresh in @ScientificData! Continental US dataset of annual lake trophic states, led by the amazing @mishafredmeyer. This will bring up so many novel research ideas and projects. https://t.co/X2038JY7m8

[Jonathan Grey @ProfJGrey]

Now that's a buffer strip to protect the beck & rehabilitate the riparian zone! Topping up with 🎄 in the channel to #slowtheflow, thanks to @LothersdaleWG #volunteers Evidence of wetter banks & reconnection with albeit small floodplain. @Riverflies heaven! Stonefly on the wing

[Rick Battarbee @RickBattarbee]

@kirvine_water @bill_brierley @chris_harrod @guardian @AFBI_NI Spot on Ken and Chris. Some of us are still around from those early days and our PhDs were all triggered by concerns around the 1967 Anabaena bloom. But seems we are in more serious waters this time. Can we get together to respond? Will email.

[Leon Simons 🌍 @LeonSimons8]

This might be the greatest achievement in reducing air pollution most people have never heard of.

🚢 SO₂ 📉

And the greatest instant perturbation of our global climate system we now start to experience the effects of.

[Joanna Bradley @stormwater_jo]

Here are samples of motorway runoff & the visual impact it is having on the river. These samples will be analysed so I'm not just going off the visual impact. This untreated runoff shouldn't be allowed to discharge to rivers without treatment. @IvelRev @SirGeogy @07DeMorgan

[Ben Surridge @bensurridge]

Processing of the #BigWindermereSurvey samples in the @LancsUniLEC labs this evening - we see evidence of the #cyanobacteria that @freshwaterbio describe, but we also see how patchy the accumulations are - many samples show no visible evidence, whilst others certainly quite green

[Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) @freshwaterbio]

Fantastic turn out for our 6th #BigWindermereSurvey! Some of our #CitizenScientists are reporting some small slicks of #cyanobacteria scums along the shoreline of #Windermere. We've found a small bloom of #Woronichinia under our #microscopes. Thanks to all who contributed!

[Rick Battarbee @RickBattarbee]

Receiving citizen science collected water samples for nutrients and faecal bacteria for the Big Windermere Survey led by @LancsUniLEC @freshwaterbio this morning. The project is injecting much needed science into the Windermere water quality debate

[Jonathan Grey @ProfJGrey]

Privileged to wander with Alec @WoodlandTrust #Snaizeholme & discuss how aquatic habitat might feature in plans. Exciting & challenging project at scale! #NFM Huge potential accrual of benefits downstream
@WildTroutTrust @YorkDalesRT @DalesValeRN
https://t.co/qrE3ue59q6

[Ben Surridge @bensurridge]

Science hubs around #Windermere setup by @LancsUniLEC and @freshwaterbio for our next #BigWindermereSurvey tomorrow. Look forward to meeting our #citizenscience volunteers returning samples for water quality analyses 📉🔬💧Will struggle to beat the weather today.......!

[Professor Mark Maslin 👋 𝕏 @ProfMarkMaslin]

Jo Brand, comedian extraordinaire, translates my climate science for real people.

As she says "If people like me have to get involved you know we are in deep trouble"

Another brilliant video from @ClimateSciBreak

Short version 👇

Long version: https://t.co/hnoR5HW7Hk

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's landmark book 'On the Origin of Species' was first published. The work is one of the foundations of evolutionary biology, and one of the most important scientific works of the 19th century. #HistoryOfScience