Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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Had a great time discussing dark matter, dark energy and anti-matter at with @Hotblack43 + Carol Anne Oxborrow, inspired by Jeffery Hangst's talk..

Did you know the instrument on the literally measures the annihilation of positrons in the upper atmosphere via the gamma rays emitted? Utterly fascinating.

link.springer.com/article/10.1

So anyway, my next book is from the festival haul. by @AstroKatie

#theendofeverything #bloomfestival #iss #asim #BloomDK

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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Eline Lorenzen pointing out that humans have always moved since we left Africa 150,000 years ago. It's a part of us. And it will come to be part of our future also.

#bloomfestival #BloomDK

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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"Danmark findes ikke i en tusind år"

Will we be building a dike up the west coast of Denmark in a thousand years to preserve Danmark or will we be moving?

Eline Lorenzen giving us a really good overview of what has changed in the past on what is in fact quite plausible in the future

#bloomfestival #BloomDK

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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We should remember that the Cathedral was built about a thousand years ago and we have songs and stories that are even older, so a thousand years in the future is not unimaginable- Minik Rosing

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#bloomfestival #BloomDK #roskilde

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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How will Copenhagen look in 30, a hundred and a thousand years?

Minik Rosing rightly pointing at both and crises, Eline Lorenzen emphasising how dependent on natural ecosystems we are and how many species we stand to lose..

We are potentially in an ecological catastrophe as well as a .

#bloomfestival #BloomDK #biodiversitycrisis #climatecrisis #biodiversity #climatechange

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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It's been an *excellent* in Copenhagen this weekend.

Stor ros til organisationen. 👏👏

Final session closing with an attempt to see the future:
In 1024 Knut the great had just conquered England, how will 3024 look like?

#BloomDK #bloomfestival

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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The collaboration between + the nature, art + science festival has produced some quite beautiful installations - this one - The Copenhagen Interpretation somehow managed to turn a beech tree into a cathedral to physics..
Absolutely exquisite.

#carlsbergfondet #festival #science #art #nature #BloomDK #copenhagencontemporary

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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Scenen på er godt nævnt "Under The Oak"

Hvad an flot sted for en natur, viden og kunst festival...

#BloomDK

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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A quite extraordinary exhibition at today, including this piece by Jakob Kudsk Steensen.
I'm very much looking forward to our chat at tomorrow on myths, storytelling, the anthropocene and glaciers.

#jakobkudsksteensen #BloomDK #copenhagencontemporary

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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Just eaten possibly the best ever, courtesy at .

#BloomDK #gasolinegrill #veggieburger

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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On the way to to do some homework. A Swedish boat is holding up all the traffic...

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#Copenhagen #cycling #BloomDK #copenhagencontemporary

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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Guess what I'm doing this weekend?

If you want to hear me talk (in Danish) to an artist + a literary scholar about the myths of the wasteland, the anthropocene + come to - a science, art + literature festival in beautiful surroundings of in ().

There are also lots of other events like those @Malm highlights here:

mathstodon.xyz/@Malm/110270668

#polarclimate #Greenland #climatechange #dkmastodon #mastodonDK #Copenhagen #Frederiksberg #sondermarken #BloomDK #Climate

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Ruth Mottram · @Ruth_Mottram
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@helenczerski ooh your new book sounds good! Any chance of a return visit to Copenhagen at some point?

#BloomDK

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