At work, a cave and groundwater scientist researching past climates, fires and groundwater recharge. Employed at UNSW Sydney, Australia, lives on unceded lands of the Kuring-gai and Darkinjung (the NSW Central Coast).
Also likely to post about wildlife, hiking, caving with the Kempsey Speleological Society, running, pets, books, and music.
| Personal academic website | https://andy-baker.org/about/ |
| A groundwater explainer | https://theconversation.com/how-quickly-does-groundwater-recharge-the-answer-is-found-deep-underground-230943 |
| Academic publications | https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?hl=en&user=CwsusnkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&pagesize=100 |
| A public lecture | https://youtu.be/uqKxLAPkcm0?si=6vspBxHXG9cDTFwK |
Here's my #introduction!
I am the Remote Sensing Data Engineer at Open Earth Foundation.
I have a strong background in meteorology and climate change. My areas of expertise are satellite data with environmental applications and the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions for cities following the guidelines of international protocols such as GPC and IPCC.
I live in San José, Costa Rica, where I'm surrounded of nature and practicing Brazilian jiujitsu
A good but bad 15 minute read...
A Sting Inside a Papermill – For Better Science
https://forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a-sting-inside-a-papermill/
“It’s clear that any academically corrupt individual — particularly one with editorial connections — could easily “place” dozens of these Anzen products into indexed journals...."
Meanwhile, over on the agu.org Fellows email list, which is rarely used, Alan Robock has posted 'Hi, this is a test' and tens of the world's top earth scientists have replied all, often providing full signature. Compulsory cyber security training for everyone.
Amazing.
“Once ‘dead’ thrusters on the farthest spacecraft from Earth are in action again”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/science/voyager-1-thruster-fix?cid=ios_app
Tracks of "reptiles" hits the news, as they are preserved in the Carboniferous rocks in the Mansfield region of Australia (which happens to be my favourite place). And found by amateur geologists. And it is the oldest evidence of reptiles in the world.
Earliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution - Nature
The Grumpy Geophysicist blog reports on USA's 'War on Science: Scorched Earth edition'
Come and join me and work in beautiful #Sydney.
We have a new 3-yr research manager #job the #UNSW Micardas radiocarbon lab. Open to Australian citizens only. #Geochronology experience recommended.
https://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/en/job/532080/research-manager-ncris-radiocarbon
It’s down. U.S. CspOC Space-Track reports that Kosmos-482 Venus lander launched by the late Soviet Union reentered the Earth’s atmosphere early today at 5:32 Universal Time (+/-12 minutes) over the Pacific off the western coast of South America, under nighttime skies. Stranded in Earth orbit since 1972, the reentry likely went unwitnessed, and remnants of the probe meant for the harsh environment of Venus came to rest on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Roscomos states that the spacecraft came down over the Indian Ocean a bit later at 6:24 UT, one of the few times the agency has ever acknowledged the mission.
Astronomer Gianluca Masi caught sight of Kosmos-482 on a pass over Europe, just hours prior to its demise:
Maureen Fonseca
Sam Litzinger
John Skiles Skinner
David Dickinson