Glyndebourne. Cheaper than the cheapest ticket to see Muse at the O2.

Or much of a drop in public support. Fascinating example of elite consensus switching despite popular opinion.

Nice long-read on AMOC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sad that these people died in their beach chairs.

I suspect we have no concept of how drastically the UK landscape will change as these 'hot droughts' become more frequent and more intense, especially in the south

I‘ll add that: 1. Sea level will continue to rise for centuries after we reach Net Zero 2. Many authorities work on an assumption that the most SLR we can expect is 1m by 2100, when the upper estimate is actually >2m www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK public's concern about climate change and support for renewable energy remain high, a long-running attitude tracker finds. Latest polling undertaken in March and April. www.gov.uk/government/s...

"Now just who do you think you are Mrs Leadbetter?" "I am the silent majority." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu6A...

XR livening things up at Exeter Climate Forum by protesting about the climate conference. They’re now outside doing their best Steve Bray.

In the latest issue of Private Eye

Letter in today's Times by climate scientist Sir Brian Hoskins: "The discourse around net-zero is increasingly decoupled from…science and our changing weather. "Net-zero is not an arbitrary slogan, rather it is dictated by the laws of physics."

This is for Geography teachers and A-Level students 👇 📅 2nd July at 14:00

Gave an interview to @news.sky.com earlier this evening about heatwaves. I said I gave a very similar interview 10 years ago (that time to BBC) about heatwaves. Politicians have failed to act. Societies have failed to adapt. And here we are. We are in dangerous climate change.

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

Extreme heat in the UK is hotter, faster, than climate models projected. This wasn't supposed to happen so soon - even 35C was supposed to be very unusual by now. Only last year the Met Office said there was a 50-50 chance of another 40C day in the next 12 years. Looks like underestimate now surely

The thing about solar geoengineering is that there is zero evidence that humankind is currently capable of the sort of global governance needed to deploy it responsibly and ethically, and if it were capable, it probably would not be needed.

This Dartmoor pony cull story is bizarre and, it appears, completely made up. I was in this morning's lobby briefing today when it was raised with the PM's spox, meaning a line had to be cleared in No10 to refute claims the Govt is killing ponies! Just surreal. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

I had an EV charger installed today and it comes with a variety of lighting themes. I think we can all agree that it’s what she would’ve wanted.

New hottest winter Antarctic temperature on record: 15.4°C at Esperanza base. That’s around 20°C warmer than usual and it’s raining when it should be snowing. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Today is your last chance to book tickets for this year's Exeter Climate Forum. The Exeter Climate Forum is your opportunity to hear from and engage with those at the forefront of climate research and action. You can book your tickets until 17:00BST today using the following link: lnkd.in/eQbFN3nN

Ducklings on the Devon dual carriageway

Recommended watch: BBC News reported on a coastal community in Nigeria where the ocean has "already swallowed more than half of the town".

The Typhoon at Torbay air show was so loud, I thought there was a thunderstorm in Dartington

I live just down the road from this weather station, and can confirm from my own scientific observations that it was at least a gazillion degrees. And to be more sombre about this: any politics that doesn't start from the existential nature of the climate crisis is just not a serious contribution.

This heatwave is historic

This is quite interesting: www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/s... I learnt that you can’t have many red buildings around penguins.

In case you hadn't grasped the magnitude of the problem on a day when UK temperature records are being annihilated.

UK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students - www.ft.com/content/ded7... I don't really understand why any administration would not try to reverse the fall in overseas student numbers, but I guess I'm a naive liberal

Meanwhile

Max Perutz also worked on Project Habakkuk and was John Glen's PhD supervisor. Here they are in the Alps.

I’m in Geneva for a couple of days for a workshop with WEF Hoffmann fellows past and present.

The YouTube algorithm suggested this and, although it explains some things well and includes interviews with some familiar faces, the absence of any mention of climate change or sea level rise is bothering me: youtu.be/XfGEMCb6BQU

Some drone shots of Svínafellsjökull, Iceland, from our 3rd year Geography & Environmental Science fieldtrip. #dundee #iceland #glacier

Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on.

The latest issue of #PhilTransA considers how observations of the subglacial environment can be better collected and used for the prediction of global sea level through improved ice-sheet modelling. Read the full issue: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/issue/3...

Last year scientists gathered to discuss acquiring ice sheet bed measurements in ways that will benefit modelling in sea level rise predictions. A #PhilTransA issue stemming from this meeting has now been published. Guest Editor, Prof Martin Siegert, tells us more: royalsociety.org/blog/2026/04...

This is how King Charles ever-so-diplomatically raised the issue of the environment during his speech to the US Congress joint session. He avoided directly raising the issue that has long been close to his heart - the threat of climate change

If all glaciers melt, sea level will rise by about 24cm. If the polar ice sheets melt, sea level will rise by more than 65m; almost 300 times more.

We have a piece in @theconversation.com today on why the best-case sea-level rise scenarios are likely out of reach, and what that means for our coastlines. theconversation.com/why-delaying...

New paper out in Phil Trans R Soc A. We asked a simple question: are the IPCC’s lowest sea-level rise scenarios actually achievable? Short answer: probably not. 🧵 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/article...

SPRINGER Spaniel

"The study’s author says Venice exemplifies the challenges that many low-lying coastal areas will face due to sea-level rise over the coming centuries, including the Maldives and the Netherlands." For the UK, add the Fens, Broads, Somerset Levels and areas flanking the Thames Estuary to that list.

This week humans returned to the Moon - something I've waited my life to witness. But watching the Artemis II launch left me feeling strangely unmoved. I was looking forward to something, and when it arrived I realised I had changed. And so had the Earth. www.technosphere.earth/dont-fly-me-...

We’ve had the roofers working on our flat roof today, so I got them to sweep up all the crud and put it in a bag for this: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Permafrost is thawing across the globe and nearly 30 years of satellite data show it's accelerating 🛰️ Join the next ESA Climate Change Initiative webinar with Annett Bartsch to learn how Earth observation captures these changes. 22 April | 16:00 CEST | Register here: tinyurl.com/k6mhk53z

Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei. Totnes, 6pm this Saturday.

The Moonites are already gathering on the shores of the Sea of Tranquility and demanding that Earth stop sending illegal immigrants in small rockets across the Cislunar Channel.

Unfortunately, I’m too English to be an astronaut. I could never say any of these things, even after years of rigorous training.

Most coverage has focused on the US, but the UK has announced the steepest cut to foreign aid. Down to 0.3% of its Gross National Income, well below the 0.7% UN target: open.substack.com/pub/hannahri...