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Ankit Bhandekar

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🌏 Research Student @ University of Reading @unirdg-phd.bsky.social, previously w/ Computational Modelling Services - NCAS @ncas-uk.bsky.social Interested in Aerosols, Climate Change, HPC, etc. ↗ www.ankitbhandekar.com

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Ankit Bhandekar @ankitbhandekar.com · 06/04/2026
Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! ♥️ #Artemis II
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 21/06/2025
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/...
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 21/06/2025
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.
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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-...
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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...
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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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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
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Research at Reading @uor-research.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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
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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...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/06/2025
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
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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.
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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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.🛰🌎
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Ankit Bhandekar @ankitbhandekar.com · 02/06/2025
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!
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 30/05/2025
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.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 31/05/2025
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)
Is the UK hot right now? Map showing temperature differences from normal.
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Paul Griffiths @paultgriffiths.github.io · 27/05/2025
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.
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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...
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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.
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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. 🙏
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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...
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 06/05/2025
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...
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.
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Ankit Bhandekar @ankitbhandekar.com · 03/05/2025
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! 🤓
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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-...
2 people sit on a bench looking at the view over the river thames and central londonsunset picture of a city skylineView of London from the air
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Richard Allan @rpallanuk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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...
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Reconciling Earth’s growing energy imbalance with ocean warming
By: Prof. Richard Allan (Professor of Climate Science) The exceptional global warmth of 2023 and 2024 generated much idle chit chat in Meteorological circles and following a summer Met department c…
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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...
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MPAS atmospheric modelling training course - NCAS
Leading scientists from the US National Center for Atmospheric Research will introduce you to the MPAS model.
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Richard Allan @rpallanuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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/...
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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
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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/...
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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
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Dan Westervelt @dwesty.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Another article on this appalling development. Worth reading as it has a few interesting perspectives from former diplomats.
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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.
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Dan Westervelt @dwesty.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Officially confirmed here featuring a couple of thoughts from me: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...
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U.S. Embassies Halt Air Quality Monitoring Abroad
Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information.
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Doctoral & Researcher College, University of Reading @unirdg-phd.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
⏰ 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 2 👉 bit.ly/NCEOPhD2 #Mathematics #Meteorology #PhD #PhDScholarship #PhDPosition
AI-created graphic of planet Earth with mathematical equations and graphs surrounding it
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
"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...
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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.
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Matt Patterson @mattpattclimate.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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
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Is climate change shifting the North Pacific jet stream?
By: Dr. Matthew Patterson Wavy bands of fast flowing air, called jet streams, are some of the most recognisable features of the Earth’s atmospheric circulation (figure 1). They have a critical impa…
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Richard Allan @rpallanuk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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/...
Screen grab of course webpage, click on link above to enroll
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Ankit Bhandekar @ankitbhandekar.com · 28/02/2025
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...
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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.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
So a fossil fuel company that bought a CO₂ removal (CDR) startup for $1.1 billion plans to use the CO₂ captured from the atmosphere to get more oil out of the ground. It's…not great at all.
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Carbon removal is the next big fossil fuel boom, oil company says
Occidental wants to use climate tech to boost oil and gas production.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/02/2025
Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer. Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
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Alt: a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Air pollution reduces people’s ability to focus on everyday tasks, study finds - Even brief exposure to particulate matter found to impede selective attention and emotional recognition #airpollution www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Air pollution reduces people’s ability to focus on everyday tasks, study finds
Even brief exposure to particulate matter found to impede selective attention and emotional recognition
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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Persistent winter haze over South and Southeast Asia as PM2.5 levels soar, shutting schools and impacting urban centres like New Delhi, Kathmandu, Islamabad and Bangkok. Find out more bit.ly/40Sbds3 #CopernicusAtmosphere
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
President Trump wasted no time this week putting in place a sweeping anti-climate agenda. "It is all happening very fast,” says Columbia University's Michael Burger. “The sheer threat of it kind of gets undermined by the onslaught" Catch up on what happened: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s Week One Ends With a Heap of Climate Rollbacks
The new president issued a barrage of orders seeking to boost fossil fuels and reverse policies that address global warming.
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
In countries like the UK, people can spend up to 90% of their time indoors – exposing them to invisible and often ignored sources of air pollution. In recognition of @globalactionplan.bsky.social #CleanAirNight (22/01/25), we’re resharing some studies on indoor air pollution:
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Richard Allan @rpallanuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Inside #COP29 by Thea Stevens & Juan Garcia Valencia who attended the Azerbaijan #climate meeting on behalf of the University of Reading in November: socialmetwork.blog/2025/01/18/i...
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Inside COP29
Thea Stevens – thea.stevens@pgr.reading.ac.uk Juan Garcia Valencia – j.p.garciavalencia@pgr.reading.ac.uk Introduction Hi there! We are Thea (3rd year PhD) and Juan (2nd year PhD), and …
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 17/01/2025
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has recorded the biggest annual jump in atmospheric CO2 levels since measurements started there in 1958. www.newscientist.com/article/2464...
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Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2
Wildfires and fossil fuel burning in 2024 contributed to the biggest annual rise in atmospheric CO2 levels ever recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 13/01/2025
Have you ever wondered what those lines, symbols, and colours on a weather chart really mean? 🌍 In this video, we dive into the fascinating world of synoptic weather charts, revealing the science behind isobars, pressure systems, weather fronts, and more! 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBh...
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11/01/25 - How to read a synoptic weather chart - Met Office explains - Met Office UK Weather
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
This exact temporal sequence of events, as observed in southern California in 2024, is something we use as a prototypical example of practical consequences of wet-to-dry "hydroclimate whiplash" events--which we show are increasing due to #ClimateChange. www.nature.com/artic...
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Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ — have marked environmental and societal...
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
2024: The UK’s 4th warmest year on record highlights the growing urgency of climate action. Read more in our latest article, featuring climate scientist @edhawkins.org: ncas.ac.uk/2024-uks-fou...
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2024: UK’s fourth warmest year on record highlights urgency for climate action - NCAS
2024 is ranked as the UK’s fourth warmest year on record. Discover 5 pledges for taking action on climate change.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 08/01/2025
Want to know all about the air pollution stripes? Website showing air quality changes in many different cities: airqualitystripes.info/stripes/ New preprint discussing the science and visualisation creation process, by @kirstypringle.bsky.social et al: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 05/01/2025
Last time, they didn’t even find out NCA4 was happening until too late to do anything more than delay its release + publicly contradict its conclusions. As one of the only non-fed authors on Vol 1, I ran a Twitter thread tracking + rebutting these claims. Not surprised by this at all ⬇️
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Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research
A top aide to the president-elect wants tighter control over the National Climate Assessment.
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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 31/12/2024
NEW: This is my last article of 2024! I spoke to scientists working in Antarctica about how climate change is making it increasingly difficult for them to carry out their fieldwork. 🧊 www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Mushy ice and lost kit: The scientists studying Antarctica as it melts
With Antarctica's climate warming at an unprecedented rate, scientists are battling with dangerously thin ice and equipment falling through into the sea.
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Calling all (future) atmospheric scientists! We have the perfect course for you: ncas.ac.uk/study-with-u...
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Introduction to Atmospheric Science - NCAS
The Introduction to Atmospheric Science training course provides students and early career researchers with a broad overview of atmospheric science.
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CleanCloud Project @cleancloud-he.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
📣Contributions welcome to this exciting session at #EGU25! Anthropogenic and natural aerosols in regional climate change: From physical hazards to climate risk and impacts on nature and society. ⏱️Don't miss the deadline 15 Jan @ljwilcox.bsky.social meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
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Prof. Andy Turner @agturnermonsoon.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I have a new fully funded PhD available, open to international students on "Monsoons at the kilometre scale". @ncas-uk.bsky.social University of Reading with CASE support from the Met Office and working with Dr Richard W Jones www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #monsoon #highres
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 27/11/2024
You can now share the Warming Stripes directly to BlueSky, such as these for my town of Reading: showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni... (Find the graphic you want to share, click the blue options button - the one with three horizontal lines - and select the butterfly!)
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Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
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