Our Ask the Geographer podcast is running a series on climate change + sustainability, coinciding with #COP30. We're starting with Prof Mark Maslin, focusing on 21st-century challenges, including climate change, environmental degradation, inequality and global security: https://bit.ly/4p7ZcrF

92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests. Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet. share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...

And here's the Guardian v of the story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 – see our new study UK saved £14.2 billion from lower electricity prices & £133.3 billion from reduced natural gas prices. Offset £43.2 billion in wind energy subsidies consumers saved £104.3 billion theconversation.com/wind-power-h...

New research from our colleagues at @uclgeography.bsky.social - @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social and Colm O'Shea highlight how wind power has cut at least £104bn from energy costs in the UK. Read more about their research here:

💨 New research by @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social and Colm O’Shea shows that wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010. Wind isn’t just clean, it’s saving consumers billions. 🌍⚡ Read via @theguardian.com #UCLGeography #RenewableEnergy #WindPower #ClimateAction

UK investment in #windenergy delivered a net financial benefit of over £100bn for energy consumers between 2010 and 2023, challenging misconceptions about the cost of the #greenenergytransition, finds Colm O'Shea and @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social.

Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 – see our new study UK saved £14.2 billion from lower electricity prices & £133.3 billion from reduced natural gas prices. Offset £43.2 billion in wind energy subsidies consumers saved £104.3 billion theconversation.com/wind-power-h...

🌍 Phones, laptops, gadgets… how do they shape our planet? @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social (MSc #ClimateChange) is featured in @theguardian.com, showing how tech consumption could reshape Venice, Iguazu Falls & more. #ClimateCrisis #SustainableTech #UCLGeography #TechImpact

We join the global community in mourning the passing of Dr Dame Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, conservationist, and UN Messenger of Peace. Her groundbreaking scientific work transformed our understanding of nature and will continue to inspire generations. #JaneGoodall

Just seen the latest work from the Doughnut Economic Lab highlighting the huge inequalities between the richest and poorest nations and the accelerating planetary metacrisis we are in. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎙 New Generation One Climate Podcast! For #InternationalPodcastDay, we explore climate in the classroom. 👉 tinyurl.com/ucl-genone #GenerationOne #UCLGeography #ClimateEducation @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social @simonchinyee.bsky.social

We were joined by leaders from across Britain for a celebration of what brings us together. In partnership with @citizensuk.org @moreincommonuk.bsky.social and @belongnetwork.bsky.social. Thank you to all those who came along.

Musk's fellowship of Royal Society in doubt after rally address Elon Musk's controversial comments at the Unite the Kingdom rally in London have raised major doubts over his fellowship of the Royal Society @royalsociety.org should cancel Musk now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Musk's fellowship of Royal Society in doubt after rally address Elon Musk's controversial comments at the Unite the Kingdom rally in London have raised major doubts over his fellowship of the Royal Society @royalsociety.org should cancel Musk now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation, posing a threat to human civilisation Basically denial of science whether it is #Covid19 or #climatechange is leading to ten of thousands of deaths Is disinformation culpable manslaughter? Discuss www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation, posing a threat to human civilisation Basically denial of science whether it is #Covid19 or #climatechange is leading to ten of thousands of deaths Is disinformation culpable manslaughter? Discuss www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We're in a new era of weather extremes, @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social tells @stevehreports.bsky.social. @ucl.ac.uk | @lbcnews.bsky.social

🌍 New @ucl.ac.uk Generation One podcast: Decolonising climate action. Hosts @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social + @simonchinyee.bsky.social with ⚖️ Farhana Yamin + 🌱 Raffaella Fryer-Moreira 🎧 tinyurl.com/ucl-genone #ClimateJustice #ClimateAction #DecolonisingClimateAction @sustainableucl.bsky.social

Iran’s nature is under threat – here’s how better environmental stewardship can save it There is an urgent need for open governance including sustained, science-led conservation, supported by international collaboration and local participation. theconversation.com/irans-nature...

Iran’s nature is under threat – here’s how better environmental stewardship can save it There is an urgent need for open governance including sustained, science-led conservation, supported by international collaboration and local participation. theconversation.com/irans-nature...

🌍🎙 Missed @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4’s The Briefing Room yesterday? Hear him discuss climate change, science, and solutions with David Aaronovitch and other experts. Catch up on BBC Sounds: tinyurl.com/ucl-brief #ClimateChange #UCLGeography #BBC #TheBriefingRoom @ucl.ac.uk

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change A landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for countries to sue each other over climate change, including over historic emissions of planet-warming gases. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NEW – Chart: Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/l700teP

Europe’s heatwave: leaders should remind the public why ambitious targets matter With net zero targets under attack from the populist right, dangerously high temperatures should refocus minds #climatechange www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Europe’s heatwave: leaders should remind the public why ambitious targets matter With net zero targets under attack from the populist right, dangerously high temperatures should refocus minds #climatechange www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🌳 “The way we deal with climate change is we stop burning stuff.” @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social explains why planting trees isn’t a get-out-of-jail-free card when it comes to carbon emissions. Hear him on BBC Inside Science: tinyurl.com/ucl-mitigation #ClimateCrisis #MarkMaslin #UCLGeography

My piece for The Conversation elaborates on my NatRevs perspective (below). It supports (w/ a new mechanism) @simonlewis.bsky.social & @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social‘s idea of the Columbian exchange having global effects. With CH4 the Anthropocene start is 1592 theconversation.com/new-start-date…

80% 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 2024 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 86% chance that next five years will be warmer than 1.5°C According to @wmo-global.bsky.social #climatechange is real wmo.int/news/media-c...

@fisherdanar.bsky.social @doctorvive.bsky.social @thierryaaron.bsky.social @profbillmcguire.bsky.social @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social @naomioreskes.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @maxboykoff.bsky.social

🏟️ UCL 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝑻𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 🎙 @simonchinyee.bsky.social & me joined by Dan Hall, Sofie Junge Peterson and Russell Seymour 🔗 Listen and share: tinyurl.com/ucl-genone #UCLGenerationOne #climatechange #sustainability

🏟️ UCL 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝑻𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 🎙 @simonchinyee.bsky.social & me joined by Dan Hall, Sofie Junge Peterson and Russell Seymour 🔗 Listen and share: tinyurl.com/ucl-genone #UCLGenerationOne #climatechange #sustainability

🌍 @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social joined BBC Radio 4 Inside Science last week to tackle big science questions: 🟢 Why is Earth alive, but not the Moon? 🟢 Will evolution give us plastic-eaters? 🟢 Did Tesla really invent free electricity? 🔊 Listen in: tinyurl.com/ucl-ins #UCLGeography #InsideScience

The melting-glacier-landslide tragedy in Switzerland reminds me of the special journal issue on Climate Forcing of Geological and Geomorphological Hazards edited by @billmcguire.bsky.social @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social me and others Back in 2010 it was about future risks, but now its very real ☹️ 🧵

#ClimateChange 🌡️ is exceptional and caused by human greenhouse gas emissions 🏭 We are causing #globalwarming 10 times faster than past natural changes We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with carbon dioxide & temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years

80% 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 2024 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 86% chance that next five years will be warmer than 1.5°C According to @wmo-global.bsky.social #climatechange is real wmo.int/news/media-c...

We're going to become a country of two weather types, explains @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social to @stevehreports.bsky.social on @lbcnews.bsky.social.

🌍 Future Geohazards: Assessing the Impact of the Climate Crisis 🗓️ 4–5 June 2025 | 📍 @geolsoc.bsky.social Explore how climate change is reshaping our understanding of geohazards. 🔗 Full details: tinyurl.com/ucl-geolsoc #UCLGeography #ClimateCrisis #Geoscience @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social

The next book which we will be reading is "How to save our planet" by @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social #ASCE #EWRI @ASCE_EWRI @womenwaternexus If you wanna join our book club DM me.

#ClimateChange 🌡️ is exceptional and caused by human greenhouse gas emissions 🏭 We are causing #globalwarming 10 times faster than past natural changes We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with carbon dioxide & temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years

Make Science Great Again 🧠 When Truth Becomes a Threat, Science Becomes Resistance Scientists silenced 🔇 Research closed 🔒 Data destroyed 🧨 Disinformation spreading. We must defend truth, empower scientists & counter denial @wedonthavetime.bsky.social www.wedonthavetime.org/makescienceg...

BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com

Make the 1930s Putsch to install a US dictator work this time! The US right said FDR was Communist, a tool of Jewish conspiracy Though few recall it, there was a real conspiracy to coup the elected president. The Wall Street Putsch was a plot by a group of right-wing financiers & industrialists

Make Science Great Again 🧠 When Truth Becomes a Threat, Science Becomes Resistance Scientists silenced 🔇 Research closed 🔒 Data destroyed 🧨 Disinformation spreading. We must defend truth, empower scientists & counter denial @wedonthavetime.bsky.social www.wedonthavetime.org/makescienceg...

Understanding the impacts of #climatechange that increase with global temperature rise Major impacts include sea level rise, extreme weather events, food and water shortages and spread of infectious diseases Denial is not an option - this shit is real www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

At the brilliant ChangeNOW summit in Paris. Thousands of solutions to climate change and hundreds of inspiration talks and panels. And many many friends, colleagues and future collaborators #climatechange #climateaction @changenow.bsky.social

🎧 Science questions answered! @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social joins BBC Inside Science to explore curious listener queries—from planetary shapes to goose chatter 🪐🦢 🔗 tinyurl.com/ucl-curious #UCLGeography #InsideScience #MarkMaslin #SciencePodcast #BBCSounds

Understanding the impacts of #climatechange that increase with global temperature rise Major impacts include sea level rise, extreme weather events, food and water shortages and spread of infectious diseases Denial is not an option - this shit is real www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#Earthday2025 Only the ignorant & stupid deny #climatechange is real It should not be political UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher understood the science and told UN that we have a duty to solve this crisis in 1989. It is now 2025 and we have leaders that just don’t care

"A single day of heatwave across India leads to an estimated 3,400 excess deaths nationally" Every heatwave is being made more intense / more likely by the #climatecrisis www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...