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clv101.bsky.social
Climate scientist (ex-MetOffice, MInstP), glaciologist (PhD), engineer (CEng), bike mechanic, beekeeper, gardener & father. M0VTZ.
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A few percent of Germany emissions? Not good to see natural systems flip from CO2 sink to source.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Living on the ocean floor makes a lot more sense than living on Mars: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

So now we have it. Rachel Reeves's claim that a third runway at Heathrow Airport would boost economic growth comes from a report commissioned by .... Heathrow Airport. Instead of acting in the national interest, she's channelling corporate lobbyists. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 20 days ago • 102 comments

LA is in a high fire risk region & fire weather conditions are complex. So we @wwattribution.bsky.social looked at many lines of evidence. All show: our burning of fossil fuels increased the likelihood of such extreme fire weather conditions www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

submitted 25 days ago • 7 comments

Here's my thoughts on the latest round of discussion about the slowing of the Atlantic overturning circulation. It's a bit nerdy - but the short summary is: in my view the balance of evidence strongly suggests that the #AMOC has slowed since the late 19th C. 🌊 www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

submitted 28 days ago • 14 comments

Busy with the Big Garden Birdwatch this morning. Coffee, panettone and birds. 👌 www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

This snapshot of top climate news on @carbonbrief.org really captures global climate politics in this historical moment: full-on denial in the US, ambivalence and greenwashing in the UK, and a new implementation of 1+N, a "zone specific environmental management system," in China.

submitted 33 days ago • 8 comments

Many people got interested in my story of being fired for my refusal to fly back to Europe from fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. After more than 1 year of legal dispute,I agreed on the settlement proposed by the Kiel Regional Labour Court. Here's the press release: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 1/🧵

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

A year in review, there were a total of 68 books in 2024, 26 Fiction and 42 non-fiction. Very hard to narrow down but...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Its pretty stark just how much warmer 2023 and 2024 were globally than any prior year on record. For more details, see our Berkeley Earth global temperature report here: berkeleyearth.org/gl...

submitted 44 days ago • 5 comments

Pandemic was chance to keep some energy cuts, but no, economy rushed back on wave of fossil fuel. Russia's invasion was also opportunity to 'stick it to Putin' by cutting fossil fuel, but no: European imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia at ‘record levels’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

UK is conspicuously absent from this list, hasn't really turned up to 21st century economy. qz.com/top-10-count...

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Here's a great essay on one of my favourite books of the year: dark-mountain.net/the-deluge/ ** Spoilers ** for The Deluge by Steve Markley.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

This is a good explainer of the mirror pathogens issue. I didn't really get it when I skimmed the Science article, but I understand the worry much better now. Recommended reading for laypeople!

submitted 70 days ago • 3 comments

Fully-funded PhD project in the dynamics of atmosphere-ocean interactions in the Southern Ocean, supervised by @gmacgilchrist.bsky.social, @drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social and me, within the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences @uniofstandrews.bsky.social www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

#Arctic sea ice extent has fallen to a record low for today's date (previously was 2016), which is related to particularly low sea ice in the outer marginal seas (e.g. record low in Hudson Bay). This is also the first new daily records set this year. Data: 'daily' NSIDC: nsidc.org/data/seaice_...

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

It's that time of the year again - earliest sunset! 16:07 in my part of the world. More info here: www.timeanddate.com/sun/

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Six fully-funded PhD projects in Earth & Environmental Sciences at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social including "Westerly winds overturning oceans" with supervision from @gmacgilchrist.bsky.social, @drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social and myself 🌬️🌊 www.findaphd.com/phds/?PhDLis...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

🧵 Our annual NOAA Arctic Report Card is available today for 2024. It discusses recent changes in the #Arctic, extreme events, and broader human/environmental impacts. ⚒️🧪🌊❄️ + Report: arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/... + Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yqG... + Summary: arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...

submitted 75 days ago • 6 comments

I listened to the audiobook, highly recommended.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

The UK grid has been mostly running on wind power today: grid.iamkate.com

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

This is a huge result, questions can be asked about the specifics of the validation, precisely what is meant by 'more accurately', but it's certainly working well and for a far far lower computational resource than traditional NWP.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

As a reminder, land areas (where we live) are warming around twice as fast as the oceans. Subsequently, most of us are 'experiencing' temperatures rising faster than the global mean record. Data from NASA GISTEMPv4: data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/ ⚒️🧪

submitted 80 days ago • 9 comments