Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! ♥️
#Artemis II

On the 8th #ShowYourStripes day, a thread on how and why these simple graphics have spread across the world.

You can read the story of how the ideas were developed in 2018, involving a blanket and an event at Hay Festival: journals.ametsoc.org/downloadpdf/...

Every country is warming.

Every country is experiencing more extreme weather events because of climate change, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels. www.ShowYourStripes.info

Time to #ShowYourStripes and start climate conversations to prompt actions to reduce emissions, personally & collectively.

Black carbon in Central London: Focus shifts to construction after reductions in vehicle emissions Black carbon levels in London’s air have fallen significantly - thanks in part to policies like the Ultra Low Emission Zone - but construction activity is now emerging as a dominant source of black ca...

Construction is now a leading source of black carbon emissions in central London.

Learn about our research findings from the BT Tower observatory:

www.linkedin.com/pulse/black-...

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Clearing the Air (to attend at The Concert Hall) Climate Law in the Age of Misinformation The battle over climate data is heating up.  As misinformation spreads and governments suppress science, what can the law do to protect the truth? Join the Uni...

Twisted facts, outright lies and suppressed science; climate misinformation is a real problem.

But can the law help? In this talk, Chris Hilson explains how the legal system can fight falsehoods and keep vital climate data free & accessible.

📍Reading Town Hall
🕢11 June 7pm
🔗 rdg.ac/4kuEkZo

India's solar boom keeps coal use in check so far in 2025 Surging electricity output from solar farms has led to a rare decline in fossil fuel power production in India so far in 2025, and is setting the stage for a potential drop in annual coal-fired power output in the world's second-largest coal consumer.

Surging output from solar farms has led to a rare decline in fossil fuel power production in India, and is setting the stage for a potential drop in annual coal-fired power output in the world's second-largest coal consumer. Reuters’ ROI column by @gavinjmaguire.bsky.social‬: reut.rs/4l2OPnh

A spiral-shaped smoke arc from Canadian #wildfires stretches over Hudson Bay into the Arctic. This swirling plume carries aerosols that alter clouds, light absorption, and circulation. A visual trace of how distant fires now mold the far North’s atmospheric system.

Data: Jun 3 – NASA Worldview.🛰🌎

Had created a relief map of the Indian subcontinent region using Blender highlighting the Indo-Gangetic Plains bounded by the Himalayan mountain range in the north and the Aravalli range to the south which creates a natural bowl effect that influences regional patterns of air pollution and weather!

Is the UK hot right now?

YES - it's warm!

See the data live, hour-by-hour: istheukhotrightnow.com

Click on each site to show all the details.

Is the UK hot right now? Map showing temperature differences from normal.

11am on 31st May 2025

The UK is warm: 2.7°C above normal for the time of day & day of the year. Some places are 6-7°C above normal.

Note the coastal locations where a sea breeze is keeping the temperatures around normal.

Updated every hour: istheukhotrightnow.com
(by @roostweather.bsky.social)

Please consider submitting an abstract to the session on 'Understanding reactive gases, aerosols, and land use for air quality and climate change' convened by Fiona O'Connor, @dwatsonparris.bsky.social, Stephanie Fiedler, @flossie-brown.bsky.social and me! Deadline August 13th.

Climate and weather scientists are joining the anti-Trump resistance in the most ‘scientist-iest’ way | CNN In the face of steep funding cuts for climate and weather research and forecasting, scientists have found a new way of engaging the public.

Weather and climate scientists determined to resist funding and program cuts in the geekiest way possible - with a 100-hour livestream of science presentations www.cnn.com/scientists-r...

Petition: Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings We want the Government to set new rules on air quality and infection control in health and social care settings, to prevent and control airborne infections, with new ventilation and filtration require...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Thank you so much to everyone supporting the petition today. We still have a long way to go to reach 10k. Please keep RT. 🙏

Effective May 5, 2025, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) will decommission its snow and ice data products from the Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics Science Division (COGS). As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported. This includes Sea Ice Index, Snow Data Assimilation System (SNODAS) Data Products, Glacier Photograph Collection, U.S. National Ice Center Arctic Sea Ice Charts and Climatologies in Gridded Format Gridded Monthly Sea Ice Extent and Concentration, 1850 Onward World Glacier Inventory. If you rely on these products in your work, research, education, or planning, we invite you to share your story at nsidc@nsidc.org. Your input can help us demonstrate the importance of these data sets and advocate for future support.

This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data.

"As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."

nsidc.org/data/user-re...

Just gave my first conference talk at #EGU25! 🌍 It was exciting to share my work, learn from incredible researchers, and reconnect with old faces while meeting new ones! 🤓

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

2 people sit on a bench looking at the view over the river thames and central london

sunset picture of a city skyline

View of London from the air

As traffic pollution falls in central London, gas boilers now cause 72% of NOx emissions - making clean heat the next big air quality challenge.

Learn more about NCAS & @york.ac.uk research using the BT Tower observatory:

ncas.ac.uk/gas-boilers-...

Some musings in our @uor-research.bsky.social Met department blog on a less bright planet Earth and ocean warming:
blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-...

@ioppublishing.bsky.social paper: doi.org/10.1088/1748...

MPAS atmospheric modelling training course - NCAS Leading scientists from the US National Center for Atmospheric Research will introduce you to the MPAS model.

Interested in atmospheric modelling? Study with us!

Learn about the MPAS model from top scientists at
@ncar-ucar.bsky.social & @ncas-uk.bsky.social, on 23-27 June at the University of St Andrews 🌦️

Register now:
ncas.ac.uk/study-with-u...

Figure 1 of Allan & Merchant (2025) ERL

Figure 2 of Allan & Merchant (2025) ERL

Figure 3 of Allan & Merchant (2025) ERL

Table 1 of Allan & Merchant (2025) ERL

Our planet is becoming dimmer, in so many ways… our new @nceoscience.bsky.social @uor-research.bsky.social study teases out a signal of less shiny ocean clouds & how they combined with greenhouse gas heating to fast track #climate warming up to the balmy 2023/24 El Niño: doi.org/10.1088/1748...

Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows Annual survey by IQAir based on toxic PM2.5 particles reveals some progress in pollution levels in India and China

Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO guidelines on air pollution, study shows

- but survey of toxic PM2.5 particles reveals some progress in pollution levels in India and China

#airpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows

- Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis

@influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #carbonmajors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself The initiative helped pressure the Chinese government to clean up the air in Beijing and was later expanded to dozens of cities around the world. Now, it’s been abruptly halted.

Another article on this appalling development. Worth reading as it has a few interesting perspectives from former diplomats.

Officially confirmed here featuring a couple of thoughts from me: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...

AI-created graphic of planet Earth with mathematical equations and graphs surrounding it

⏰ Two 4-year funded PhD projects available at the University of Reading with @nceoscience.bsky.social via EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematics for our Future Climate. Apply by 9 March!
1 👉 bit.ly/NCEOPhD1
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#Mathematics #Meteorology #PhD #PhDScholarship #PhDPosition

Delhi: how weather patterns and faraway mountains made this the world’s most polluted megacity Don’t just blame the city’s cars, factories and building sites. Mountains and weather patterns make it particularly hard for pollution to escape.

"Delhi is perhaps the most polluted of the world’s megacities. But conditions can and do change rapidly," state @ankitbhandekar.com and @ljwilcox.bsky.social (National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading) in @uk.theconversation.com.

Read more: theconversation.com/delhi-how-we...

I wrote the University of Reading Meteorology blog for this week on our recent work on the observed northward shift of the North Pacific jet.

blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-... @uor-research.bsky.social

Screen grab of course webpage, click on link above to enroll

Our premium online course in "Climate Services & Climate Impact Modelling" starts 20 April, apply now!

You will learn the science & practical techniques required for the provision of quantitative climate services & climate impact modelling:
www.reading.ac.uk/meteorology/...

Delhi: how weather patterns and faraway mountains made this the world’s most polluted megacity Don’t just blame the city’s cars, factories and building sites. Mountains and weather patterns make it particularly hard for pollution to escape.

Just published in @uk.theconversation.com w/ @ljwilcox.bsky.social! Our article explains why Delhi can't break free from its Air Pollution Crisis and explores how meteorology is just as important as emissions in the fight for cleaner air!

Read more: theconversation.com/delhi-how-we...