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2023 is nearly over - and what a year it's been.
At least I had plenty of
#ClimateChange
news to review in this year's roundup.
Some of the highlights are summarised in this 🧵, and you can watch the full review here:
Happy New Year! 💫
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Record low
#Antarctic
sea ice is finally making the headlines.
Here's why it matters, from last night's 10 o'clock news.
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Global average sea surface
#temperatures
are at a record high. It shows that
#ClimateChange
isn't just affecting our lives on land, it's impacting our
#oceans
too.
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While
#heatwaves
in Europe, Asia and North America are front of our minds, let's not forget that we've seen recent record-breaking heat in the
#Antarctic
and
#Arctic
too.
Speaking today on BBC News about why the
#polar
regions matter to all of us 🐧
@BAS_News
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#Antarctica
is currently missing an area of ice bigger than Greenland. It's clear that we're seeing an extraordinary event unfolding.
So, you've seen the graphs: what do they mean?
Find out in our
@ConversationUK
article with
@CHolmesClimate
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#Antarctic
sea ice is behaving very, very weirdly right now.
📉But... is it really lower than it's been in 7.5 million years??
Watch the full video to find out:
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Speaking on
@BBCNews
this afternoon about how
#ClimateChange
intensifies the impacts of storms like Dudley, Eunice and Franklin.
Climate change is going to increase the number of extreme weather events that we see broadly - like flooding, heatwaves and droughts. And climate change is increasing the impacts of these types of events.
@Dr_Gilbz
of
@UniofReading
discussing
#StormFranklin
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Had a quick go at comparing July's average
#Antarctic
sea ice extent to the newly released Fogt et al reconstruction 1905-2020 ()
July 2023 is that black cross way down there on the bottom right corner...
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Really grateful to be awarded the
@RMetS
emerging communicator award for my work bringing
#ClimateChange
and
#polar
science to new audiences
It's a star-studded list of awardees this year 🏅 so I'm v proud to be on it
Thanks to colleagues at
@BAS_News
,
@PolarRES_eu
and beyond!
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Getting very block-happy today:
✅Yes, climate change is happening,
❌no, scientists aren't making it up for personal gain,
🕵️and sorry to disappoint but I'm not a member of the new world order🙃
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It's never too late for
#ClimateAction
.
We're not doing enough, fast enough, but there's always a benefit to taking action.
“We are not doing enough and we are not doing it fast enough and to relax our already lacklustre approach is going in exactly the opposite direction to where we need to be.”
@Dr_Gilbz
warns that our climate is changing “very profoundly in a really negative way”.
#TimesRadio
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#Antarctic
extremes are having profound impacts for the ocean, atmosphere, ice and ecosystems.
New work from
@mjsiegert
and colleagues shows changes will intensify with
#ClimateChange
& highlight importance of
#environmental
measures
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If you don't think we're changing our climate at breakneck speed, you're really not paying attention.
From
@CopernicusECMWF
's latest analysis showing record air & ocean temperatures for February.
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Arrive in Paris for a work visit and the metro is decorated with general circulation equations. Definitely good vibes for the modelling discussions ahead...
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ONE MORE TIME FOR THOSE AT THE BACK
👏new 👏oil 👏and👏 gas👏 is👏 incompatible👏 with 👏1.5C👏
NEW
🛢️❤️🔥Comprehensive study confirms there is no space for new oil and gas if the world follows a 1.5C pathway
"new oil and gas is incompatible with 1.5C"
🌄🌬️Redirecting $570bn of new oil & gas investment could "fully fund" wind & solar for 1.5C
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📽️
#LiftTheIce
is finally out!
Uncover the secrets of
#polar
#science
,
#nature
,
#history
and
#alien
life that have been hidden... until now.
What will we find when we LIFT THE ICE? ❄️
Streaming now on
@CuriosityStream
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🌍 Global temps just hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial for 12 months in a row for the 1st time.
🌡️It's the hottest Jan on record & 8 months in a row have been hottest on rec.
👤WE'RE changing our climate & WE'RE feeling the impacts.
✅We have the solutions, we need to DO them.
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Early start for me today to talk about
#IcebergA23a
, which is now on the move 🧊
Icebergs form naturally as part of the growth cycle of the ice sheet, but
#Antarctica
*is* feeling the effects of
#ClimateChange
, causing it to lose more ice as temperatures rise.
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I'm striking because as an early career researcher my pension will be worth even less than the stipend I couldn't afford to live on during my PhD
#WhyImStriking
#UCUstrikes
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Another brilliant satirical take on our obsession with fossil fuels.
Ever wondered what your pension gets up to when you’re not looking?
Meet Oblivia Coalmine 🔥
#FrackingHell
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Climate deniers on overdrive this morning. I think that means it's working.
My favourite so far:
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Antarctic sea ice had a very dramatic year in 2023.
In this guest post for
@CarbonBrief
, I dive into some of the specifics.
Read here: 🔖
It's been a hot topic for me - links to more stuff I've done about 2023's crazy southern sea ice conditions below
NEW – Guest post: Why 2023 was an exceptional year for Antarctic sea ice |
@Dr_Gilbz
Read here:
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The science is clear: we need action on
#ClimateChange
NOW.
If you need a reminder of what's at stake, look at the headlines: deadly
#heatwaves
, plummeting sea ice,
#wildfires
, the hottest July on record...
Granting new oil & gas licenses is definitely not
#ClimateAction
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Some of the consequences of
#ClimateChange
are baked in, but every tenth of a degree matters.
We still have the power to avoid some of the worst impacts.
That's why world leaders must increase ambition at
#COP28
and take dramatic and urgent
#ClimateAction
.
'He was undermining public consent in the policies we need to save the planet. I always worry about the tone, I don't want people to feel doomed.'
'The best time for action was 40 years ago but the next best time is today'
World leaders gather in Dubai for the Cop28 conference.
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#Antarctic
sea ice is currently at a record June low.
Back in February, when it broke the summer minimum record, I made a video about what it means.
Seems like a good time to pull it out.
📽️
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1/12 The main conclusions of my
#PhD
on
#Antarctic
#IceShelf
#melt
over
#LarsenC
, a thread:
#SciComm
#PhDchat
#ClimateScience
#ClimateChange
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Speaking on
@AlJazeera
this evening about the recent
@NASA
/
@NOAA
results showing 2021 was the 6th warmest on record - the impacts of
#ClimateChange
are being felt here & now, and require urgent action to address.
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📢2023 smashed so many records
🌡️1.48°C above pre-industrial
🔥First time temp anomalies reached 2°C
❄️Staggeringly low Antarctic sea ice
🌎Deadly extremes - wildfires, heatwaves, floods.
All have real impacts on people. Every tenth of a degree matters.
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Was an absolute pleasure to talk to
@thejuicemedia
this week, even if the subject material (IPCC
#ClimateImpacts
report) was less than light-hearted.
If you don't know about Juice Media - you should! Give 'em a follow for some excellent satirical takes on important stuff.
As you know I'm a big believer in handing the mic to, and amplifying the voices of climate scientists, which is why my guest today is not one, but two climate scientists: NASA scientist Peter Kalmus aka
@ClimateHuman
- and atmospheric scientist Ella Gilbert
@Dr_Gilbz
🌎🌍
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Very excited to start my postdoc tomorrow
@UniRdg_Met
- stand by for more excitement about
#weather
,
#clouds
'n'
#ClimateChange
.
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1/13 What is going to happen to
#Antarctic
#IceShelves
with varying levels of
#ClimateChange
?
@c2kittel
and I have written a paper (open access, thanks
@BAS_news
) looking at just this, out today in GRL:
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Plenty of worrying new
#Antarctic
research out recently. My new video summarises some of the latest papers and their implications.
Watch here:
👉 👈
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📢new video!
Ahead of
#COP28
, I spoke to the
@ICCInet
's
@JD_Kirkham
about what's at stake in the negotiations for the cryosphere.
❄️And the message is stark: 2°C is simply too high for the world's ice.
Watch it here:
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❄️New paper with
@CHolmesClimate
exploring the record-breaking year that
#Antarctic
sea ice had in 2023:
Read it in
@RMetS
Weather here:
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Interrupting my cycling holiday Twitter silence to bring you this excellent piece of
#glacial
geomorphology. One for the
#geography
nerds ✌️
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And the journey to
#COP27
begins!
Will be talking about
#Arctic
and
#Antarctic
#ClimateChange
and
#cryosphere
science with
@iccinet
@BAS_News
@PolarRES_eu
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My
#ValentinesDay
has involved grimacing at
#Antarctic
#temperature
records live on BBC news, how's yours been?
#SciComm
#NoLoveForClimateChange
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🏭
#ClimateChange
is happening right on schedule, given our emissions.
🌏What's taking us by surprise are the
#ClimateImpacts
.
More, in my latest video: ▶️
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Never read the comments...
The UK has recorded temperatures of over 40C for the first time.
Climate Scientist & Broadcaster Dr Ella Gilbert: "We know that climate change is intensifying these extreme heat events."
@drdavidbull
|
@Dr_Gilbz
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The current
#heatwave
is unlike anything we've seen before. And alarmingly, it's part of an accelerating trend.
#ClimateChange
forces up global temperatures and makes extreme events more frequent and potent.
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Well hellooo Longyearbyen. A place with the dubious accolade of being the world's fastest warming town (7x global average!)
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This piece resonates a lot with me. There's little sustainable support for climate scientists to talk meaningfully with the public.
Most of us do it FOR FREE in our SPARE TIME and it's EXHAUSTING on top of a full time academic role.
But it's so important that we do it anyway.
Scientific institutions must create--and sustain--new kinds of roles so that researchers can provide the deep public engagement necessary to respond effectively to the escalating impacts of
#climate
change. The status quo isn't working. [Thread: 1/n]
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1/ Did somebody say NEW PAPERS???
The last part of my PhD work is published today in JGR Atmospheres (early online access) as a 2-part series.
👉 part 1:
👉 part 2:
@BAS_News
@polarpredictian
Get ready for… a mega thread:
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The science is clear: we MUST move quickly away from fossil fuels to secure a "safe and liveable climate for all"
(that's according to
@IPCC_CH
& climate scientists)
Opposing new UK oil & gas licenses is supported by evidence, as
@ed_hawkins
shows:
The disruptions caused by
@JustStop_Oil
protesters are frustrating for many. But their single demand – for no licenses for new UK coal, oil & gas projects – is consistent with the science underpinning the international agreements that the UK has signed.
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The
#cryosphere
affects us all and is associated with so many devastating
#ClimateImpacts
.
The
#polar
regions have never been more important in discussions of
#LossAndDamage
at
#COP27
Speaking on
@SkyNews
earlier from the
@iccinet
cryo pavilion.
@BAS_News
@PolarRES_eu
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This Thursday... a new docu-series about
#polar
#science
is dropping on
@CuriosityStream
.
Ever wondered what secrets lie beneath the
#ice
? Follow 6 expert hosts (spoiler alert: one of them is me) on their quest to reveal the hidden mysteries of the
#cryosphere
.
#LiftTheIce
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#Antarctic
sea ice just reached its joint second-lowest minimum, according to NSIDC.
It's clear that urgent action is required to curb rapid heating at the poles, but is this evidence of a 'regime shift'?
Watch here:
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Today’s the last official day of my time at
@UniofReading
!
Despite starting AND finishing during a pandemic it’s been really great working with some fantastic colleagues at
@UniRdg_Met
.
Here’s a teeny thread of some cool stuff I did there:
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New videooo.
Have we just blown past our climate target?
Find out here:
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1/8 Do you want to learn about the
#polar
regions and how they're affected by
#ClimateChange
?
Do you want to gain skills and hands-on experience working with real-world data that you can use to contribute to solving the
#ClimateCrisis
?
You've come to the right place!
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Extremes are already reshaping
#Antarctica
- and continued
#ClimateChange
will make this worse.
But
#ClimateAction
we take now can make a difference to *how much* worse
New video inspired by
@mjsiegert
and colleagues' new paper in Frontiers:
🎥
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Some exciting news 🎉
My presenting work and writing (EEK!) is now being represented by the lovely
@Nataliagmlucas
at
@UnitedAgents
So please direct requests for presenting gigs / talks / blockbuster movies in her direction, plz & thx
(and maybe there will be a book soon👀)
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It's the VolCanOeS again!
Also, *everyone* knows Antarctica is only half covered in ice and without moisture 😂😂
cc
@JD_Kirkham
@ZLabe
@ClimateAdam
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Very pleased to be the oldest of the top ten environmentalists under 30 listed in the
@thesundaytimes
today - for my
#Antarctic
antics and
#SciComm
(...and
#boxing
)
(unfortunately paywalled)
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No need to worry lads. We're due another ice age - which will apparently fix the weather AND ice sheet loss.
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1/ 2021 was a train wreck for my personal life, but it was pretty great for me professionally - so in the spirit of optimism, here’s a little thread of the highlights.
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I will never condone working on a Sunday... except when that Sunday involves solving a very large problem and getting paper revisions accepted.
#PhDchat
#AcademicChatter
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Great piece by
@CarbonBrief
showing how investment in high-speed
#railway
connections could dramatically reduce
#transport
#emissions
.
@flyingless
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#ClimateChange
is "unequivocally" caused by human activities, and it's gonna get a whole lot worse if we don't do anything about it. My take on what the IPCC report says about the
#cryosphere
:
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Today I've sweated through 9 interviews and 4 shirts.
I (and the UK) are not equipped to deal with this kind of
#heatwave
.
Yet another reminder that
#ClimateChange
is happening here and now.
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Every tenth of a degree of warming matters - and it's never too late to take action on
#ClimateChange
"It's never too late to take action on climate change"
As a UN climate report says the world is rapidly approaching catastrophic levels of heating,
@BAS_News
climate scientist Ella Gilbert tells
@mrdanwalker
if swift action is taken it can still "make a difference".
#5News
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@ClimateHuman
I'm genuinely terrified. And I'm one of those early career climate researchers that
@stevebloom55
talks about, except I take trains to my conferences and holidays. Individual climate action isn't an optional add-on to climate science, it's imperative.
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Another benefit of
#FlyingLess
: a
#train
that goes on a
#boat
! Currently heading towards Sweden in style, ft. one tube, five trains, one bus and one ferry
@flyingless
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⚠️New video featuring the fabulous
@kaitlinnaughten
The prognosis for the West
#Antarctic
Ice Sheet may be terminal - but what are we gonna do about it?
The answer is courage, not hope.
▶️
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Because what's the point of research if you aren't going to communicate it.
#SciComm
#PhdChat
#AcademicChatter
A climate scientist, science communicator, and semi-pro boxer driven to create impact and change.
From campaigner to passionate researcher, meet the first of our
#inspiringminds
,
@Dr_Gilbz
…
Watch the full video here:
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Favourite YouTube comment this evening: "Too young and not really a scientist more a comedian."
I think I'll choose to take this a compliment. Thanks Mark.
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Here's the short
#film
I made about
@BAS_News
#Antarctic
#atmospheric
#science
, measuring
#carbon
/heat from a
#TwinOtter
#aircraft
as part of
@ORCHESTRAPROJ
. Big thanks to
@EnvEast
and
@NERCscience
for the £ to get me there!
@uniofeastanglia
@vikingairltd
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Had a great time talking about
#Antarctic
#IceShelf
#melt
and
#ClimateChange
on the
@BAS_News
live stream - thank you all for your excellent questions!
#SciComm
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Climate doomism is now up there against denial.
And threading the needle between the two is an increasingly desperate task.
V interesting article here from
@pilitaclark
in the
@FT
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It's that time again folks - I'm planning another episode of this series.
Please send me all the most ridiculous comments/emails/tweets you have received featuring climate denial, dismissal and delay.
Bonus points for utter nonsense and stupidity ⭐️
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Next week is the
#ReadingClimateFestival
! I'm doing a reddit 'ask me anything' on Thursday from 12 pm BST, answering questions on anything
#climate
and
#polar
related.
It's free, sign up here:
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Please, climate change: if you could give it a rest this week with the extreme events I'd be so grateful. I actually have work to do!
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I made a video about
#supercooled
#liquid
water in
#Antarctic
#clouds
for the
#BBCEarthPresenterSearch
– watch out Brian Cox
#scicomm
#phdlife
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#Science
is for everyone - we all have a stake in the
#polar
regions. That's why
#scicomm
is so vital, especially about
#climatechange
. My trip to
#Antarctica
, and to
#LarsenC
especially, has really reminded me of that. Viva la passion.
Full post here:
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Really enjoyed working on the climate show in all its forms. Was involved in the first pilots, then as a regular guest on the daily show & more recently in its latest iteration with Tom.
Sad to see this committed slot of climate coverage slip over the horizon 😥
But sadly this is the last
@SkyNews
Climate Show. Thanks for a great 21 months to guests, producers, camera folk and you for watching or catching the
#climatecast
pod. The final 'pithy end line'...
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The time to act is yesterday. Another little
@SkyNews
daily
#climate
show appearance today talking about
#Arctic
#SeaIce
and the urgency of
#ClimateAction
"The loss of Arctic ice is happening before our very eyes."
Scientists from an expedition in the Arctic say ice is receding more quickly than ever before.
@Dr_Gilbz
reacts to their verdict on the
#DailyClimateShow
and says "the time to act is yesterday".
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Another brilliant video from
@ClimateSciBreak
- more of this please!
Politicians are failing us abysmally on the
#ClimateCrisis
. Can comedians step up and save the day?
Watch the heroic Jo Brand give it a proper shot with scientist
@ProfMarkMaslin
🔥
If this doesn't prompt revolution, what will? Please share far and wide!
#NoNewOil
#COP28
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#COP28
is about to start, and the hosts are trying to use it as a means to expand fossil fuel output.
Which is very much *not* compatible with climate targets.
So what's the point of climate summits anyway?
New vid here:
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Happy Polar Pride !🐧🐻❄️🌈
Happy
#PolarPride
! and
#LGBTStemDay
!
Colleagues at Rothera Research Station are marking Polar Pride by parading the Pride flag around station, and it even travelled to Fossil Bluff!
Find out more about how staff are celebrating:
#PolarPride2023
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Episode 3 of the Biggest Loser with
@climate_ice
has just dropped!
...and it's a big topic: has the
#Greenland
ice sheet already passed a
#TippingPoint
?
Watch the full vid here:
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We have to mitigate AND adapt to the impacts of
#ClimateChange
. Extreme events are intensifying and more and more people will become affected in a warming climate.
An excerpt from the
@SkyNews
Daily
#Climate
Show today:
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The Brunt
#IceShelf
just calved a London-sized
#iceberg
.
Here's what you need to know👉
#SpeedVideo
@BAS_News
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📢New videooooo!📢
Introducing the Biggest Loser, a new series from myself and
@climate_ice
, in which we unpick the biggest causes of ice loss in the
#polar
regions.
Episode 1: ☂️What does
#rain
on the
#Greenland
Ice Sheet mean?🌧️
Watch here:
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