Claire Ryder
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Associate Professor at University of Reading Meteorology Department. Aerosols, especially dust.
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Athene Donald
10 days ago
As I prepare a talk for mid-career academics about my 'leadership journey' I contemplate the potential pitfalls of chairing committees
#edusky
occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
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Taking the Chair (for the first time) | Athene Donald's Blog
https://occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald/2026/04/12/taking-the-chair-for-the-first-time/
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Thorwald Stein
about 2 months ago
Impressive statement from NCAS and FAAM to push back on most of the narrative put out by UKRI without ever losing composure 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 Leave the swearing to us offline (and potentially in staff meetings 🤫)
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Research Professional News
about 2 months ago
Atmospheric scientists decry ‘abrupt’ closure of Nerc flying lab Decision branded a “terrible mistake”, with concerns raised by groups including
@rmets.org
over lack of consultation with community
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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Atmospheric researchers decry ‘abrupt’ closure of Nerc flying lab - Research Professional News
Decision branded a “terrible mistake”, with concerns raised over lack of consultation with community
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-research-councils-2026-3-atmospheric-researchers-decry-abrupt-closure-of-nerc-flying-lab/
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Thorwald Stein
about 1 month ago
Yes, please specialise. No, not by focusing on aircraft measurements. No, not by investing in infrastructure. Yes, work together and share equipment. No, not on international physics programs. Look, there's these three buckets...
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PICO sessions at
@egu.eu
- a snapshot of what dust scientists think. Are they better or worse than orals and posters? Are they more popular with junior scientists? New
@unirdg-met.bsky.social
Meteorology Department blog: Who's up for a PICO?
blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-...
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Who’s up for a PICO?
By Claire Ryder, Associate Professor in the Department of Meteorology Have you heard of the PICO session? The European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly has been offering sessions of a less …
https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-climate-at-reading/2025/whos-up-for-a-pico/
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Tom Gill
8 months ago
Garnet Fire (California) pyrocumulus at 10:11 this morning, from
@alertcalifornia.bsky.social
Buck Rock 1 towercam. It's a very "dirty" gray-tinged pyrocumulus really injecting a lot of smoke aerosols higher up into the troposphere than many fires do.
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POLITICO Europe
8 months ago
The dramatic images from wildfires tearing through Spain and Portugal year after year have become a mainstay of Europe’s increasingly blistering summers. But experts say that most of the damage is, in fact, preventable — if only authorities at regional, national and European levels would act.
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Wildfires are preventable. So why does the Iberian Peninsula keep burning?
Governments can’t use climate change as an excuse for failing to take preventive measures, scientists say.
https://ow.ly/e1Ka50WK1OP
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Dr Gary Fuller
8 months ago
“More pollutants are being released ... from rockets and satellites than ever before. We’re in uncharted territory, as humans have never added this much pollution to the upper layers of the atmosphere." - Prof Eloise Marais
@ucl.ac.uk
Piece by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists call for action to address air pollution from space launches
Satellite mega-constellation missions behind threefold increase in emissions of climate-altering soot and CO2
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/22/scientists-call-for-action-air-pollution-space-launches?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The CVAO site is unique and so valuable for atmospheric composition research. My thoughts and best wishes go to the staff and everyone at CV.
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Tips for producing a short, quick, straightforward paper? Does such a thing exist? My papers seem to get more complex and long with every one I write. Need to turn the tables!
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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱
8 months ago
#Wildfire
smoke from
#Portugal
and
#Spain
drifts toward North
#Africa
, while
#SaharanDust
surges back across Iberia and
#France
. This two-way
#atmospheric
exchange locks both regions in a feedback loop of haze, worsening
#AirQuality
, altering radiation balance, and amplifying summer
#climate
stress.
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Tom Gill
8 months ago
After a ground-based fire passes through an area, especially in a dry climate, dust can be suspended easily from burned areas. Fugitive dust seen here in the
@alertcalifornia.bsky.social
LaPanza webcam this afternoon.
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Thanks to
@ecmwf.int
Reading for hosting our
@unirdg-met.bsky.social
Uni Reading Meteorology Department Masters students earlier this week. Students had an inspiring morning learning about ECMWF forecasts, research and data centre. What a great opportunity!
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A beautiful simulation illustrating individual dust plumes, sources and larger scale dust uplift and transport
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AerosolWatch
10 months ago
Additional plumes of smoke from wildfires in western Canada are degrading PM2.5 air quality today 11 Jun in the CONUS. The worst conditions are occurring in MT & ND, with lesser but still noticeable impacts across the Great Lakes & Ohio Valley regions.
@noaa.gov
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Mark Parrington
11 months ago
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
#airpollution
#airquality
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The mystery rise of lung cancer in non-smokers
The number of lung cancer cases in people who have never smoked is increasing. The disease is different from lung cancer caused by smoking, so what causes it?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250605-the-mystery-rise-of-lung-cancer-in-non-smokers
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Cleanair2breathe (AirFairy04)
11 months ago
Canada wildfires smoke turns UK skies orange
#AirPollution
knows no borders!
#Health
#Environment
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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Canada wildfires smoke turns UK skies orange
Smoke from wildfires burning in central Canada was visible in the skies over the UK this weekend.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c4g2k9lzjeko
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Tom Gill
11 months ago
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/w...
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How to Stay Safe in the Southern Dust Cloud (Gift Article)
A plume of dust is affecting air quality in Florida and may reach other Southern states soon. Here’s what we know about the potential health effects.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/well/saharan-dust-health-protection.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OE8.O7m9.rDJHBh7JExAc&smid=url-share
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Mark Parrington
11 months ago
Continuing long-range smoke transport from devastating Canadian
#wildfires
across the Atlantic with another huge plume reaching Europe in the next few days.
#CopernicusAtmosphere
AOD forecast (from 07/06 00 UTC)
atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
@ecmwf.int
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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱
11 months ago
A spiral-shaped smoke arc from Canadian
#wildfires
stretches over Hudson Bay into the Arctic. This swirling plume carries aerosols that alter clouds, light absorption, and circulation. A visual trace of how distant fires now mold the far North’s atmospheric system. Data: Jun 3 – NASA Worldview.🛰🌎
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science
12 months ago
Join our Ideas Workshop in Birmingham! Whether you've used the FAAM Airborne Laboratory before or are completely new to the idea of airborne atmospheric science - this is your opportunity to network, brainstorm, and help direct the future of this facility. Register here:
ncas.ac.uk/join-our-faa...
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David Ho
12 months ago
More about threats to NOAA/GFDL.
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White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl
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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱
12 months ago
Timelapse satellite imagery shows a large cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert being blown over the Mediterranean Sea towards Europe. on 1 May It is not uncommon for bursts of strong southerly winds to blow and carry dust from Africa's vast Sahara Desert across the Mediterranean Sea. 🛰
@zoom.earth
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Farewell
#EGU
and Vienna - fantastic to get a good view on departure!
12 months ago
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Join us at
#EGU25
tomorrow for the Aeolian
#Dust
session! PICO Spot 1 8:30-12:30 - plenty of exciting talks!
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
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Attendees please have pity on your fellow attendees and officially withdraw if nobody is presenting
#EGU25
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#EGU25
there is nothing more annoying than withdrawn oral presentations which are NOT MARKED on the schedule as such. Very frustrating when making choices of what to attend.
@egu.eu
12 months ago
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Neil Kaye
12 months ago
Here in the UK, following a warm, dry and sunny March, we have had the sunniest April on record and 3rd warmest April. Here is a
#dataviz
with the summary of the weather/climate for the last year.
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#EGU
presentation done. Note to self: never try to summarise 4 papers in 8 minutes again!
12 months ago
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#SaharanDust
on the way to Europe, driven by the low pressure system to develop over the Iberian peninsula. Looks like it won't quite hit the UK.
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12 months ago
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Great to see
@edhawkins.org
Climate Stripes from
@unirdg-met.bsky.social
at
#EGU25
sparking lots of interest
#ShowYourStripes
12 months ago
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Great to be back at
#EGU25
. A few great improvements this year, thanks
@egu.eu
: -Loads more seating around -Adjustable lanyards Next please can you improve coffee queue speed by improving access to the milk/sugar area! ☕🙂
12 months ago
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I'm at a Great Debate at
#EGU25
about the pressure to 'Publish or Perish' (and predatory journals). Interesting results from the audience's Menti so far.
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Thorwald Stein
12 months ago
A fantastic opportunity for early-mid career scientists to carry out research at the forefront of weather and climate modelling, open to international candidates too!
#postdoc
#meteorology
#climate
#research
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Massive explosion in Iran seen from space
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Reading Meteorology
about 1 year ago
Just fluttered in, check out our meteorological blog for all the latest research musings!
blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-...
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Weather and Climate @ Reading
Latest news from the Department of Meteorology
https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-climate-at-reading/
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Claire Ryder
about 1 year ago
With GOES-19 now taking over the reins as GOES-East, GOES-16's long watch over the Earth in that role has come to an end. Here is one last glance from GOES-16 in its long-held position overlooking our lovely world over the last 24 hours.
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Zeke Hausfather
about 1 year ago
We've focused a lot on the effects of low sulfur fuel standards on recent warming, but in some ways whats happened in China is even a bigger story. They have reduced their SO2 emissions nearly 75% since 2005, resulting in ~0.06C (0.02C to 0.11C) warming.
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Dr Gary Fuller
about 1 year ago
#Covid
highlighted gaps in our understanding of the role that air pollution plays in infections. A new study of >3 m people found
#airpollution
increases your chances of hospitalisation with lower respiratory infections. Piece by me. Study by
@isglobal.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Are rising lower respiratory infection hospital admissions linked to dirty air?
As LRIs put pressure on health services, a Spanish-led study examines what role exposure to air pollution may play
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/04/pollutionwatch-dirty-air-lower-respiratory-infections?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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James Allan
about 1 year ago
We have a call open for new editors open at ACP, with a wide range of subjects we're looking to recruit to. We're always looking to expand our geographic diversity in particular. Feel free to DM if you have questions.
www.atmospheric-chemistry-and-physics.net/about/news_a...
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ACP - New editors sought for Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
https://www.atmospheric-chemistry-and-physics.net/about/news_and_press/2025-03-28_new-editors-sought-for-atmospheric-chemistry-and-physics.html
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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz)
about 1 year ago
Hey meteorologists! University of Wyoming upgraded their upper-air sounding web site for more stability.
www.weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sou...
Big thanks!
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Ed Hawkins
about 1 year ago
Looking for examples of individual or small group dedication to making observations of the weather, especially in the pre-digital age. What is the most extreme example in your region? It could be detailed observations, long time observing or others? Will add to the thread below with examples... 🧵
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AerosolWatch
about 1 year ago
Large wildfires in South Korea, east of Daejeon, are producing thick smoke (dark red shading) today 26 Mar that blew eastward to Japan, reaching as far as Tokyo, observed by aerosol optical depth from the VIIRS sensor on
@noaa.gov
satellites. Data gaps caused by clouds.
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Athene Donald
about 1 year ago
Are all professional sectors similarly challenging for successful women? Is Ballroom Dancing like Academia?
occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
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Is Ballroom Dancing like Academia? | Athene Donald's Blog
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Richard Allan
about 1 year ago
Thousands of dead satellites burn up on reentry each year, damaging the atmosphere including our frail protective ozone layer, so these costs need to be accounted for as numbers of satellites continue to grow:
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
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Thousands of satellites are due to burn up in the atmosphere every year – damaging the ozone layer and changing the climate
The number of satellites is exploding, and we still don’t have a fully safe way to dispose of them.
https://theconversation.com/thousands-of-satellites-are-due-to-burn-up-in-the-atmosphere-every-year-damaging-the-ozone-layer-and-changing-the-climate-251845
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Richard Allan
about 1 year ago
Global
#climate
hazards
@ukhsa.bsky.social
#JUDE
cyclone Mozambique/Malawi/Madagascar
#floods
#landslides
Bolivia/Peru/Ecuador, Spain, China, Sri Lanka
#avalanche
France/Italy
#heatwave
India
#tornadoes
#floods
#blizzards
#duststorm
#wildfire
#brimstone
USA:
www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/ex...
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Dr Gary Fuller
about 1 year ago
For centuries cadged birds were used to alert us about poisonous air. Now researchers have found
#micro-plastics
accumulating in bird lungs across 51 species. My latest piece for
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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First evidence of microplastic buildup in bird lungs found in new study
Researchers describe widespread contamination of plastics in the bodies of more than 50 different bird species
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/21/first-evidence-of-microplastic-buildup-in-bird-lungs-found-in-new-study?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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European Geosciences Union (EGU)
about 1 year ago
The
#EGU25
programme is now available! 🔎 You can filter the programme by selecting specific time blocks or using the search box to find keywords in session titles, descriptions, conveners, abstract titles and authors. 👉 Explore more here:
egu.eu/1806BR
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science
about 1 year ago
Interested in learning about the UK's largest research aircraft or using it for your research? Join
@ncas-uk.bsky.social
and FAAM Airborne Laboratory on Tuesday 13 May in Glasgow or Tuesday 20 May in London for a programme of talks and exhibits. Save the date!
sites.google.com/ncas.ac.uk/f...
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