I still have never seen an article about what a 1 in 100-year heatwave might be like in the UK in 2100 from a reputable source. Someone really needs to get together with a climate model person to write one.

This is how these diagrams are usually presented. Looks good (arguably better), but much less clear; I never really understood what was going on. I prefer the new simplified linear version.

How people are changing the life-support systems of our planet. Mostly bad. www.planetaryhealthcheck.org#reports-sect...

Gene therapy developed for Huntington's disease. The first effective treatment for this disease. This is an important step forward. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I don't really agree with this. In 10 years' time, Twitter will probably still exist, so the end result of climate experts/communicators leaving may be that even fewer people will know about how climate change may impact our planet.

Where the food you have eaten today originally came from. All domesticated within the last 10,000 years.

Influential left-leaning science communicators I know have joined truth social just to get the word out about how vaccines save lives

I don't really agree with this. In 10 years' time, Twitter will probably still exist, so the end result of climate experts/communicators leaving may be that even fewer people will know about how climate change may impact our planet.

Now, in the 🇬🇧, ~25% think that "the threat of global warming is not as real as many scientists have said." Steady increase in the last 5 years - from around 15%. 62% say the threat is 'every bit as real. yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

Climate Change - The Facts is available on @BBC iPlayer. Presented by the legend David Attenborough. It looks like a great place to start for anyone new to this topic. #climate #ClimateEmergency www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Climate Change - The Facts is available on @BBC iPlayer. Presented by the legend David Attenborough. It looks like a great place to start for anyone new to this topic. #climate #ClimateEmergency www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

This turns out to be quite a good starter question for a discussion about climate change.

Last week, a BBC radio news report on an extreme weather event (can't remember which) ended with a throw-away comment like this, "we can expect more extreme weather like this until greenhouse gas emissions are reduced." Does anyone see a problem with this?

I suppose you could point to, that greenhousegas should be completely eliminated, until then, things will become worse, more extreme. With net-zero, thing will be "like this" until negative emissions.

Last week, a BBC radio news report on an extreme weather event (can't remember which) ended with a throw-away comment like this, "we can expect more extreme weather like this until greenhouse gas emissions are reduced." Does anyone see a problem with this?

This makes sense. BlueSky seems great for scientists talking to each other. Though if the science is useful to non-scientists, keep (or start) explaining on X too. (E.g. many climate & environment specialists). Leaving X has been damaging.

🌳 Deforestation and deadly heat A new study links tropical deforestation to ~28,000 heat-related deaths each year. Local warming from forest loss now accounts for over a third of climate heat mortality in affected regions. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪

Maximum temperatures 🌡recorded in the UK 🇬🇧, with measurements above 35C in red/orange.

Love the Brain 2.0. Proud if the Cleaning Up episode with Hannah Ritchie had a little role in is creation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMLm...

The long read explanation of the thinking behind the climate brain 🧠 cartoons: - inspiration - stories - suggestions for climate scientists, educators & journalists. (A bit opinionated, though) Have a read.. #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #climatepsychology docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A handy guide to the impacts of warming our planet. From linked paper summarising the impacts of #climate on health.

The BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage just celebrated its 201st birthday episode. Nish Kumar wanted to know: so, climate change, are we screwed? My answer: we are not screwed, yet. Listen to the whole episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Amusing podcast about the science behind making dinosaurs. #genetics #stem #biology open.spotify.com/episode/77bT...

How polluters create a Circle of Denial on the climate & nature crisis. We need politicians with vision and courage to break it.

First episode of (Un)Serious Science is out now on Spotify! We talk to LGBTQ+ people in STEMM about their fun science ideas - this episode, "Jurassic Genetics: How plausible is everyone's favourite theme park?"

On BBC news this morning, the USA reporter said the Texas floods were a 'once in a lifetime ' event. I'm wondering if he was aware that the risks are always changing.

Any climate change people here know this? If we have a 1 in 1000 year flood event, like in Texas or Valencia. With 3C warming, approximately, how much more common would these be? Eg, 1 in 800, 1 in 500, 1 in 100, 1 in 50 years?

Now lots of serious climate researchers have moved here after abandoning X. What do people here reckon? Are climate change researchers - on the whole- doing a good job at communicating?

Important results for our future #climate 🌎 🌳 🐟 Lots of people think that it will just take a modest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions 🔥 ⛽️ to solve climate change. ⛽️ 🏭 ✈️ 🚗

Important results for our future #climate 🌎 🌳 🐟 Lots of people think that it will just take a modest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions 🔥 ⛽️ to solve climate change. ⛽️ 🏭 ✈️ 🚗

I am yet to find an answer to this question from a respected source. Must be near impossible for most living in the UK 🇬🇧. This is a failure of climate communication,from the scientists to the journalists /media.

I am yet to find an answer to this question from a respected source. Must be near impossible for most living in the UK 🇬🇧. This is a failure of climate communication,from the scientists to the journalists /media.

OK, seems more likely than not that someone born in the 🇬🇧 this year & lives to 90 will experience 45-degree C heatwave. (Back of envelope calculation assuming similar trend since 1950)

Fun read on climate hope, vs climate doom & risks people are willing to take. Thinking 3C is reassuring is bananas. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lots of very clever informed people here. Is anyone up to estimating the chances that somebody born in the 🇬🇧 this year & lives here to 90 will experience a 45C heatwave? Say with 3C warming by 2100.

Chances of 40C heatwave in th 🇬🇧 is now about 1 in 25. In 1975, this was about 1 in 300. The chances are now: 42C - 1 in 100 chance 43C - 1 in 200 chance 44C - 1 in 400 chance 45C - 1 in 800 chance 46C - 1 in 1000 chance rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Resources developed for a sustainability workshop which help to understand students' experiences in sustainability while at uni. & facilitate conversations. And a blog on our small workshop too. eduexe.co.uk/climate-chan... docs.google.com/presentation...

A study looking at the boiling 🐸 (frog) theory in communicating gradual environmental shifts. For maximum impact, avoid continuous trends. 🌧 🌡 These have less impact than showing than binary variables (lake freezing or not freezing). www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A question for climate attitudes people: Do we know how many people accept the science/ threat of climate change but think that government action is unnecessary due to the pace of green tech development? (E.g. poll/ paper). I get the feeling that this is quite common.

Global (land and ocean) average temperatures were the highest ever recorded in 2024 going back to 1850. Racing in the wrong direction. #climatechange

Calling all scientists, science postgrads & anyone who’s ever worked in a scientific discipline! Can you spare even just half an hour next Tues 12pm to join me, Chris Packham & 100+ scientists to urge for government policy to be informed by science? Let’s fill Parliament Square with scientists! 💪

This question turned out to be surprisingly divisive & brought out lots of different ideas & beliefs.

As it is Earth Day 🌎, a reminder of why serious climate action is essential: The timescale of this graph includes: - the period when humans transitioned from hunter-gatherer to farming. - the start of organised societies. - the translation to burning 🔥 fossil fuels.

In a large survey, only 55-57% of respondents from G7 countries agreed to the statement: "If individuals like me do not act now to combat climate change we will be failing the next generations." In the UK, that’s 12% fewer respondents than in 2021, when the question was first asked.

Climate journalists/ scientists. In linking these fires to the future threats of global warming, how about.. If we reach 2 degrees C.... such fires 🔥 will be .... more damaging & ...... more extensive. Even ... will experience such fires. If we reach 3 degrees C.... [same as above]...

Predictions from a recent modelling study. With 3C warming, which might be reached in 70-80 years, average global #GDP decreases by 40%. #economics #climate theconversation.com/global-warmi...

Climate and global #GDP 3C warming - 40% decrease 4C warming- 60% decrease The details of the model would be fascinating. What it includes, and what it doesn't. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Great reporting on what happens to old tyres in the UK: 1. Bundled up 2. Exported to India 3. Undergo 'pyrolysis' in dangerous factories. 4. Toxins make kids very ill (likely will kill some),& destroy freshwater habitats. No one feels responsible.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great reporting on what happens to old tyres in the UK: 1. Bundled up 2. Exported to India 3. Undergo 'pyrolysis' in dangerous factories. 4. Toxins make kids very ill (likely will kill some),& destroy freshwater habitats. No one feels responsible.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some suggestions to encourage climate activism - for various people.