William Roberts

Thinking about the climate, ice sheets and lunch.

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

@ClimateDann @GarethSJones1 @Nature Add another Nature paper later on this year, too. It's a great model, you can actually do experiments with it. That's to say: run it, change one thing, run it again and compare the results. All in a sensible time frame with more or less reliable results.

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

@GeoFrancisMasse And it's questionable whether much of it actually _needs_ to be done anyway

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

@steveatearth This is an awesome idea. To game the system everyone would start writing environment statements about how terrible their University/Dept/UoA is. I'd love to watch the VCs then trying to spin their REF results.

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

of not at (apologies to the grammarians)

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

I look forward to receiving a bonus from my employer in celebration at our collective surpassing of targets.

[Gordon Inglis @climategordon]

📢2-year PDRA opportunity📢 We are looking for a researcher to study tropical Pacific paleoclimate. This is part of the 3-year NERC-funded project PROMS (Pacific Rainfall over Millennial Scales) led by Prof David Sear in Geography. Deadline 04.05.22 (1/4)

https://t.co/w8KxXPxQVu

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

@JLuger Bergen in Norway, at least 2x Newcastle

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

I've had numerous discussions with my Dad about why the EA is "useless". As I keep saying to him, it's not the staff it's the organisation itself. EPA is put in the same position too.
https://t.co/ZrEeGJmAMZ

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

@SFMBreitenbach @GeoFrancisMasse @OlaKwiecien3 @JLuger oh and wait 'til you have to deal with the latest portal, you're all going to love that !

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

@SFMBreitenbach @GeoFrancisMasse @OlaKwiecien3 @JLuger can't think what you mean. surely you had a free day to spend faffing about with it?

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

Can anyone give me any example of a centrally managed improvement process that has actually improved that which it was designed to improve? There must be an example somewhere. Currently living through a counter-example, and am trying to be positive.

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

turns out I run faster after departmental management meetings than after a mornings of research. could there be a reason for this or is it just chance?

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

@JLuger you need to talk to my wife - US citizen who is now the biggest panto fan in the north east!

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

@DrMichaelByrne Finest time resolution I'm aware of is the annual/seasonal cycle, nothing down to days. I'm working with some folk on a record like this right now...

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

the maples and cherries along the @My_Metro between walkergate and north shields are looking fantastic this year. #lowrailadhesion means you get to enjoy it even longer

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

Messiane's Livre du saint sacrement. Better than caffeine in the morning.

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

@charliejrwill @ClimateSamwell @robni_s Thanks to your Charlie for all your work and wrangling!

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

Currently reviewing a paper by PhD student that has clearly not been read by any of the "advising" team. How do you politely say to the poor student that the paper needs _a lot_ of work while impolitely telling the co-authors to do their f!"£$ing job?

[William Roberts @whgroberts]

A nice way to mark mid-way through a suboptimal, thus far, year.

https://t.co/rrQtlizbUn