Plant biologist (for now), interested in photosynthesis.
Postdoc @ University of Sheffield
@hhu.de alumn
Linktree: https://t.co/Jn5oMG0vq9
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0804-4169
Gustaf Degen
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One of David Attenborough's best speeches. Today we're celebrating the 100th Birthday of the humanist and naturalist David Attenborough! Thank you for a lifetime of inspirational broadcasting and devotion to science and the natural world.
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This is why we need 100% renewables:
“A palantir is a dangerous tool, Saruman” Maybe naming a company after something the bad guy in LOTR uses should have been a hint!
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why...
Pleased to share our preprint on
“Loss of PSAE redirects PGRL1 to photosystem I and enhances PGR5-dependent cyclic electron transfer in Arabidopsis”
@profmattjohnson.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Humanists UK
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.
This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.
44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
NEW: Palantir’s revolving door.
A new investigation by @thenerve.news has found Palantir has recruited more than 30 senior officials from UK govt, a strategy transparency experts say poses an ‘acute risk’ of corruption.
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Gustaf Degen
A single line in this piece just made my day:
“The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.”
Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Iran war has spurred a range of commentators to renew calls for the UK government to issue new licences for drilling in the North Sea.
NEW – Analysis: Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026
✍️ @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Ho Woo Nam
Read here: buff.ly/wFGUgMU
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NEW: Palantir’s revolving door.
A new investigation by @thenerve.news has found Palantir has recruited more than 30 senior officials from UK govt, a strategy transparency experts say poses an ‘acute risk’ of corruption.
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Record high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather
🌱 Genetic modification can boost crop yields—but let's not oversell it.
Climate is changing. Population is growing. We need resilient, high-yielding crops. But hype won't harvest them. Real progress comes from knowing what actually works in the field🚜 #plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
With a changing climate and a growing population, the world increasingly needs more-productive and resilient crops. But improving them requires a knowledge of what actually works in the field.
