Our paper on historic rainfall observers was discussed in The Times weather column this week, highlighting the role of the thousands of (often) volunteers who dedicated decades to taking detailed measurements of the weather. rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The @metoffice.gov.uk use weather station observations to reconstruct changes in UK average temperature since 1884. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social produce the ERA5 reanalysis which reconstructs global weather every hour back to 1950 using a weather forecast model. Their estimates agree. Just sayin'.

The @metoffice.gov.uk use weather station observations to reconstruct changes in UK average temperature since 1884. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social produce the ERA5 reanalysis which reconstructs global weather every hour back to 1950 using a weather forecast model. Their estimates agree. Just sayin'.

Well done to the Warming Stripes La Rochelle team! Starting climate conversations in France! 👏

This is the *most* British science story. Rain ☔️ Enthusiastic amateurs. Quietly recording 1000s of records. To be mirrored later by the volunteers who digitised each of those original hand written numbers. Sometimes it’s not the data - it’s the people that make the story.

This list is astonishing. Individuals recording rainfall for 50, 60, 70 years. 👇All hail the reliable people!

We will regret not acting faster on climate change.

🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social 🔗 airqualitystripes.info 📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8... 🧵👇

Come and join us developing AI for solving climate problems. careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/sear...

If you’re a journalist writing about a certain piece of UK climate policy news this evening, please ask the Science Media Centre for the many reactions from expert climate scientists and then please include some of their quotes in your story. Thank you.

We will regret not acting faster on climate change.

The Rainfall Observers Over the past three centuries, thousands of people across the British & Irish Isles have recorded rainfall, often every day for decades. Here we recognise some of the individuals who made particularly important contributions. rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The anthropogenic glacier collapse currently underway in the Alps has resulted in the disappearance of >1000 small glaciers! 😱🔥 Following the release of Swiss glacier loss numbers today, let me introduce you the now extinct Vadret da Triazza (Eastern Switzerland) ✝️ Via @matthias-huss.bsky.social

Visualising historical changes in air pollution with the Air Quality Stripes Website: airqualitystripes.info And paper led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social and @jimmcquaid.bsky.social now published which visualises trends in air quality across many global cities: gc.copernicus.org/articles/8/2...

I'm a really big fan of these "storyline" approaches to uncertain forecasts – such a simple way to communicate quite a lot of detail and I think in a way that makes sense to many. Hope to see more of these on TV

Hourly temperature data over a year in individual cities in donut form. Love it!

I may have found my defining quote. Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!

There's a really nice explanation (with clear graphics) in this @quantamagazine.bsky.social article of why most molecules in the atmosphere (oxygen & nitrogen) don't act as greenhouse gases, but a lot of the far less numerous ones (like carbon dioxide and methane) do. A great teaching aid :)

“Everyone should read it”: Nature reviews Human Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Climate change turned a would-be average Irish summer into a record breaker" - This was largely due to the high night-time temperatures which are 40 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. See our full report at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20...

The people I work with are not stupid people and our climate predictions of 30 years ago of global warming have proved to be accurate. Just saying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...

Climate change is not a con-job. If you want to know more about the evidence for and causes of #ClimateChange, head to our website: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

"FastNet surpasses the skill of the current Met Office Global Model NWP system using a variety of evaluation metrics on a number of atmospheric variables" 👀

HadCRUT5 has been updated to include more historical weather station data, including temperature observations taken at University of Reading since 1908.

After a brief (ahem) hiatus, the HadCRUT5 global temperature dataset has now been updated to June 2025 by @metoffice.gov.uk @climateuea.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social

Is your MP attending the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis? We can rise to the challenge, but only if properly informed on the latest threats and solutions. Please help by contacting your MP. It only takes a few minutes👇 nebriefing.org #NEB #TimeToStepUp

The Northern Pacific Ocean is currently smashing temperature records. And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected. A short thread 🧵

"Revolutionary AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models": News article @nature.com describing efforts of @hydr-vub.bsky.social Researcher @derrickmuheki.bsky.social to rescue weather records from DR Congo using the MeteoSaver software he developed: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI tools are starting to help scientists fill gaps in our knowledge of how weather and climate has varied in the past, with a focus on instrumental weather observations stored in paper archives worldwide www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@edhawkins.org is a climate scientist at University of Reading who works on assessing climate risks with historical data. He’s the creator of the most iconic climate communication tool ever, the warming stripes.

New starter pack with @ipcc.bsky.social #AR7 scientists (bureau, authors, REs)! Full list: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho... For SR cities scientists see separate starter pack! @dianaurge.bsky.social @sherilee.bsky.social @siir-kilkis.bsky.social @janfuglestvedt.bsky.social go.bsky.app/2FuXb3Y

Wonderful to be included in this ever growing thread of climate scientist portraits.

The storm that inspired weather forecasting climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-storm-...

New UK summer average temperature record in 2025 www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

The Greater Roadrunner (or Geococcyx californianus) knows how to #ShowYourStripes! Image: @watchinthesky.bsky.social

Arguably, the moment the Royal Charter sank off Anglesey in Wales on the morning of 26th October 1859 was the moment that weather forecasting began. climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-storm-...

The moment that weather forecasting began climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-storm-...

Fascinating article on reanalysing the available data for the Great Charter Storm of 1859 using modern techniques. This was the terrible event which led @metoffice.gov.uk founder Admiral Fitzroy to make the case for a national weather forecasting body which became the Met Office.

The moment that weather forecasting began climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-storm-...

The storm that inspired weather forecasting climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-storm-...

Deborah Martorell, a broadcast meteorologist from Puerto Rico, was a member of the latest Blue Origin crew on a sub-orbital flight. She took the warming stripes to space. #ShowYourStripes

Deborah Martorell, a broadcast meteorologist from Puerto Rico, was a member of the latest Blue Origin crew on a sub-orbital flight. She took the warming stripes to space. #ShowYourStripes

Congratulations to Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland which is marking 230 years of recording the weather every day. These long-term observations are critical to understanding our changing weather. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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...

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...

OK, climate scientists, we have to talk about sea-surface temperature datasets. We can't keep having papers like this in Nature Climate Change, it's just embarrassing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Yes, it's very hot. istheukhotrightnow.com

About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

As the latest UK heatwave starts, it's very warm (5-6°C above normal) across the most of the country. Watch how things change hour-by-hour: istheukhotrightnow.com Website by @roostweather.bsky.social.