Uncertain dynamic response of mid-latitude winter precipitation New @nature.com paper led by Lei Gu with Dominik Schumacher, @sebastian-sippel.bsky.social, Istvan Dunkl, @robinnoyelle.bsky.social, Jitendra Singh, Lorenzo Pierini, @retoknutti.bsky.social and @erichfischer.bsky.social @ethz.ch

"I anticipated that our work would be questioned, but only because its implications were politically inconvenient. I never expected that science itself would come under attack." Powerful statements from the brilliant scientist and communicator @drkatemarvel.bsky.social grist.org/science/kate...

Die Länder, die Klimaschutz früh umsetzen, sind besonders gut gegen externe Schocks gewappnet. Die explodierenden Benzinpreise sind ein starkes Argument, Innovation und den Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien rasch voranzutreiben – egal, was andere tun. www.watson.ch/schweiz/inte...

The last 11 years were the hottest on record, which is unsurprising and worrying at the same time, because we don’t fully understand why. Thread... 1/n

Als direkte Demokratie braucht die Schweiz vielfältige & unabhängige Medien. Über 600 Professor:innen aus allen Sprachregionen & Disziplinen setzen sich deshalb ein für einen starken Service public und sagen «Nein» zur Halbierungsinitiative. ➡️ www.wissenschaft-fuer-den-service-public.ch

Unterwegs in Blatten. Ein Portrait über mich, die Liebe zu den Bergen, den Umgang mit Risiken, und die Überzeugung, dass positive Narrative, Lösungen und ein politischer Rahmen zwingend sind. www.3sat.de/wissen/scien...

It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.

Der Nebelspalter Faktencheck übersieht relevante Punkte, zieht die falschen Schlüsse und differenziert nicht zwischen Technologie und Politik. Meine Replik: www.nebelspalter.ch/themen/2025/...

What are the mechanisms that generate precipitation? What is the relationship between extreme weather events and climate change? Watch Climate Extremes: Extreme Weather to learn from leading scientists such as @retoknutti.bsky.social! youtube.com/watch?v=X6VC... #extremeweather #climatechange

"What used to be basically impossible 20 years ago has become almost mainstream these days". Watch Climate Extremes: Extreme Weather to learn about climate change and extreme weather from leading scientists such as @retoknutti.bsky.social! youtube.com/watch?v=X6VC... #extremeweather #climatechange

Jede Tonne CO2 richtet Schaden an, der Verursacher zahlt jedoch nicht. Aber was würde die Tonne CO2 denn kosten, und würde das das Problem lösen? 💰💵 greencircle.ch/de/energie/e...

The doubling of the rate of global heating in recent decades has surprised the scientific community so needs to be better understood yet our capability to measure Earth's energy imbalance is at risk: doi.org/10.1029/2024...

Next Tuesday evening, we are delighted to have one of the most remarkable and inspiring scientists as our guest. If you've never heard Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social (Harvard University) in person, this is your chance at ETH Zürich as part of the SPEED2ZERO Perspective series.

The US brain drain. Cutting science, innovation and education is an incredibly short-sighted strategy. The loss in competitiveness, innovation, leadership and economic value to society is large, long-lasting and almost certainly exceeds the short-term savings by far. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What a project! A group students talking to climate scientists. It was a pleasure to be part of this and share my views on climate and the role of scientific information in society. Open access. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Wir verlieren in der Schweiz beim Klimaschutz den Anschluss, obwohl wir alle Voraussetzungen dazu hätten und es sich langfristig lohnen würde. Interview auf Ringier Green Circle: greencircle.ch/de/natur/kli...

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Powerful words from the American Geophysical Union.

Stand Up for Science protests are happening Friday, March 7th in over 30 US cities. standupforscience2025.org

We've computed high-resolution extinction risk maps for aquatic & terrestrial species across Switzerland. 🌍🔬 They highlight the importance of each pixel for conserving species richness at the national scale. 🏞️🐟 #SPEED2ZERO #Biodiversity #Conservation

BP: from "Beyond Petroleum" to "Back to Petroleum" www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The elections in Germany provide "...further evidence that the green wave that swept Europe a few years ago was an outlier, rather than the new normal" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Es geht uns alle an. SRF gehört zu den wenigen Medienhäusern, die in der Wissenschaft noch fundierte Berichterstattung leisten. Danke!👏 Helfen wir Ihnen, dass das so bleibt. ✏️✏️✏️ Unterschreiben, teilen, kommentieren! www.openpetition.eu/ch/petition/...

Ignoranz 🤷‍♀️und Lügen 🤥 sind gefährlich. Warum wir in einer immer komplexeren Welt 💊⚙️📱⚡🌊🧬📡 mehr Fakten, Lösungen und einen starken Wissenschaftsjournalismus brauchen📻 🎥 🔍. greencircle.ch/de/energie/k...

"Fundamentally reset our strategy"= "Drill, baby, drill" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Offener Brief aus der Wissenschaft: lesen, unterschreiben, und teilen! Denn Wissenschaftsjournalismus ist 👉 wichtig für den Forschungs- Bildungsstandort Schweiz 👉 Kernaufgabe des Service Public 👉 notwendig für eine funktionierende direktdemokratischen Schweiz www.openpetition.eu/ch/petition/...

When facts are inconvenient or don't matter any more, we can simply get rid of science. The US shows what can happen if you weaken the public's understanding and relevance of science, technology and innovation. www.science.org/content/arti...

Wissenschaftsjournalismus bei SRF stärken – Petition jetzt unterschreiben und teilen! 🙏 www.openpetition.eu/ch/petition/...

📺 📻 🗞️ Petition: SRF Wissensjournalismus stärken! Innovation, KI, Medizin, Klima, Energie... In einer immer komplexeren Welt mit mehr Fakenews ist eine starke SRF Wissenschaftsredaktion unverzichtbar. Offener Brief aus der Wissenschaft unterschreiben und teilen! openpetition.eu/!sciencejour...

SRF streicht die Wissensredaktion zusammen und unterbindet die Diskussion dazu www.watson.ch/schweiz/wiss...

SRF streicht Wissenschaftsredaktion zusammen und unterbindet die Diskussion dazu www.nau.ch/news/schweiz...

In 2018, @blkahn.bsky.social said that the warming stripes graphic 'belongs in a damn museum', even suggesting that it was 'fit for the Museum of Modern Art' (see gizmodo.com/this-climate...). Well... Later this month, they will appear in the Museum of Modern Art: press.moma.org/exhibition/p...

Essentially all inhabited places on the planet were warmer in 2024 than the recent baseline. Most of the ocean area too. About 1/3 of the planet experienced record high temperatures. We know why. And we know how to fix it. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

All surface temperature products for 2024 are now live. All show 2024 is the warmest year (very clearly). The estimates of the change since the pre-industrial (1850-1900) are more uncertain but range from 1.46 to 1.62ºC. It is therefore *likely* this was the first year that exceeded 1.5ºC.

Does public #trust in scientists suffer or grow when they #advocate for #climate policies? ✊ We tested this during the referendum on the #Swiss Climate Protection Law on 18 June 2023 – which was preceded by a statement by 252 scientists supporting the law 🗳️ Paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

📢🗨️ Willst Du uns im Bereich Synthese von Wissenschaft, Outreach und Wissenschaftskommunikation in den Themen 🐝 🌱 🌦️ 💡Energie, Klima, Biodiversität und Netto-Null unterstützen? www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Ein IKEA Gestell, auch wenn man Sorge trägt dazu, ist keine dauerhafte CO2 Entfernung. Für Netto Null müssen aus der Atmosphäre entferntes CO2 "dauerhaft" gespeichert werden. Die CH will 30 Jahre, nötig sind ~1000. Details von @brunncy.bsky.social ... www.tagesanzeiger.ch/co2-gesetz-s...

«Unsere Untätigkeit ist die grösste Herausforderung» Interview im FRZ-Magazin: Nachhaltigkeit im Fokus, ab Seite 4 www.yumpu.com/de/document/...

A reminder that liking a post on bsky doesn't make it appear on your followers feed in the same way that it did on X. If you think your followers may be interested in a post, then please do re-post it don't just like it.

The Seven Stages of climate denial: 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not that bad 4. We have time 5. It's too expensive to fix 6. Here's a fake solution 7. It's too late: you should have warned us earlier Trolls use all of these stages to deny reality of #climatechange on Ex-Twitter 🤣

“It’s a constant tension between the scientifically illiterate and the politically clueless” Scientists don't understand how policy works, and decisionmakers often don't understand the science, and there is agreement that we could and should do better. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Der Verkehr in der CH verursacht 24 Mia/Jahr externe Kosten. Drei aus meiner Sicht wesentliche Punkte Thread... https://www.infras.ch/de/projekte/aktualisierte-methodik-berechnung-externe-kosten-nutzen-effekte-verkehr-schweiz-2021/ . (1/8)

20 yrs Google Zurich. What a success story! AI and sustainability as top priorities, @ethzurich.bsky.social/EPFL with Christine Antlanger W. highlighting talent and innovation in CH, @uhoelzle.bsky.social telling stories, and ETH president Joël Mesot drawing a beautiful tornado in the drawing game!

An argument you might hear from your cranky uncle at Thanksgiving - "climate is changing because climate has always changed". This commits single cause fallacy, assuming natural causes when other factors (like human activity) also drive climate crankyuncle.com/cranky-uncle...

NEW – COP29: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Baku #COP29 ➡️ https://buff.ly/3V5jndk

Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves. doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

Lesenswerter Artikel im Tagi darüber, dass natürliche CO₂-Senken und natürliche CO₂-Entfernung (Negativeemissionen) nicht das Gleiche sind. Für #NettoNull wären nur letztere anrechenbar. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klima-regier...

Finally science has found a new home. Join the dicussions! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Wie funktioniert Netto-Null? Und was heisst das für den Holzbau als Kohlenstoffspeicher? Interview/Podcast im ‹Countdown 2030›. www.hochparterre.ch/nachrichten/...

Fast alle Industriestaaten lassen sich in Land/Waldsenken gebundenes CO2 als *zusätzliche* CO2 Senken anrechnen, selbst wenn dieses ohne Zutun geschieht. Damit wird die Erwärmung nicht gestoppt. Die Diskrepanz ist 15% der globalen Emissionen. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klima-regier...