Really looking forward to running this summer school on attributing health impacts to climate change. Still a few spots left so please share if you know anyone that might be interested!

A nice reminder from Ember, using British data. Wind and solar are complementary. Our system works best when you have both, each calling on their own strengths in terms of generation patterns.

If either struggles to grow like it should, we end up with a more expensive, slower fossil phase-out

After 1,200 years, cherry blossom record to live on despite Japanese scientist’s death Prof Yasuyuki Aono’s meticulous work charted shifting bloom dates as a marker of climate change

I’m really, really pleased that this crucial work will continue www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

I didn’t know this, did you? Amazing!

Peregrine Live Cam Watch our peregrines live at St Albans Cathedral.

The peregrines are obviously expecting a bumper year this year - the St Albans pair also have four eggs (they're a bit behind though, no wobbly-headed chicks yet)! www.stalbanscathedral.org/peregrine-li...

Electricity dashboard, showing 5.8% fossil fuels, 77% renewables, 16.9% other sources, 4.2% interconnectors

It's a bit gusty out there, but on the plus side, the UK is currently running on 77% renewable electricity right now. 🎉🎉💨💨
Yay nature!
(screenshot from grid.iamkate.com )

As far as I know there is literally no reason for this, it is just an incredibly lucky coincidence that we get to enjoy for free

I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.

Feels like summer... on 8th April! (Most of) The UK is hot right now... istheukhotrightnow.com

@edhawkins.org

This three-panel map plot shows the observed temperature anomaly in Finland in March 2026 relative to the 1991–2020 average (a), how much of this anomaly was due to climate change (b), and how many times more likely the temperatures was due to climate change (c).

I wrote a short climate change attribution analysis for the record-warm March in Finland.

Across the country, the month was 1.6–2.4 °C warmer and 4–15% more likely due to climate change.

The report in Finnish: www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/puheenvuoro/...

Artemis II sent a pic of the beautiful garden planet we are too greedy, lazy, short-sighted, and ungrateful not to destroy:

One for the #climate #data nerds (or anyone else who might want to admire the graph and freak out). That includes you, @ketanjoshi.co

Any climate scientists want to sign a letter to UK political party leaders about whether we should extract more oil & gas from the North Sea?

Map of the UK, showing the huge proportion of land used for beef, dairy and lamb production and the tiny proportion used for crops, next to a plot showing that 68% of UK calories and 52% of our protein come from the plants.

Maybe these need to be put on a few menus/supermarket walls. These are from the UK National Food Strategy, showing the proportion of UK land used for different things (huge for beef/lamb, tiny for crops), & where we get our calories and protein (68% & 52% from plants). The difference is staggering.

Pretty wild how so many governments around the world staring down another fossil fuel crisis are like "Sorry this is no time to reduce fossil fuel use, don't you know we're in a CRISIS"

Is 2 degrees considered 'moderate' warming now? 😱

A heat dome in north America is producing record-shattering March temperatures, made even more deadly by human-caused warming. A super-rapid study from @wwattribution.bsky.social shows the risk of temperatures as high as these is now four times what it was just a decade ago 😱

see?
here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

Chuffed beyond measure to see @frediotto.bsky.social being recognised for her pioneering work, and so proud to be a part of the @wwattribution.bsky.social team

Germany's ambassador to the U.K. Susanne Baumann presents Professor Friederike Otto with The Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

We’re excited to announce that @frediotto.bsky.social has been awarded Germany’s highest honour for her groundbreaking work on climate science and extreme weather.

The award recognises her pivotal role in revolutionising attribution science: connecting extreme weather events to climate change.

I know AI isn't conscious because it can listen to an entire meeting on a Friday afternoon without zoning out and thinking about the weekend even once.

The climate impacts of fossil fuel CO₂ will last longer than nuclear waste.

To put this data gap in Africa into perspective for those in the US, here's DRC, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia overlayed on the United States.

Just stunning – and heartbreaking – that there is barely a single data point across the VAST combined area of DRC, Sudan and South Sudan

Yes! Go and work with us, @joerirogelj.bsky.social & me and the whole @wwattribution.bsky.social team. You don't even have to be young, you can be old and do intersting climate related reserach!

It’s astounding and encouraging that the Met Office put out these long scientific explanations of how our world works. We need more science in the world like this. 👏

Cosmic UCL poster with Jon Butterworth, Mark Miodownik, Maggie Aderin, Helen Czerski, Kevin Fong, Adam Rutherford

London ppl... University College London is 200 this year & so we have a fabulous evening of science & creativity for you on May 6th. All the UCL-based usual suspects will be there (in the SAME event!), & more to be announced. Join us & bring your friends!

www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/0...

"How fleeting are all human passions, compared with the massive continuity of ducks." - Dorothy L Sayers (applies to many water fowl, I think)

you know I would say her matching pink phone case really makes this, gives Goodwin a huge "sad loser man at the end of Legally Blonde" vibe

this is exactly the correct answer to "who do we be mad at when two groups' rights' are in conflict", the answer is "whoever tf is putting them in conflict", which in this case is "the assholes at the BBC"