Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Gave a public talk as part of a physics conference at our Technical University. None of the usual pseudo skepticism by retired engineers etc. Maybe the mere presence of 100 independent physicists ensured a respectful atmosphere where only fact-based arguments were brought forward. 020
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Early October morning from the Hochschwab plateau. 000
Reposted by Douglas MaraunWegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Der Klimawandel – Vergangenheit, Ursachen und mögliche Zukünfte | Public Talk mit @dmaraun.bsky.social im Rahmen des OePG CMD Joint Meeting 2026 📆 22.09., 18:30 | HS P1 @tugraz.bsky.social, Petersgasse 16 Alle Infos > www.uni-graz.at/de/veranstal... 123
Reposted by Douglas MaraunKai Kornhuber @kornhuber.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Excited to share our new perspective on Usable Compound Event Research: nhess.copernicus.org/articles/26/... We provide principles to navigate the pressing needs for more granular climate risk information in times of increasingly complex extreme weather events. @iiasa.ac.at @riskkan.bsky.socialnhess.copernicus.orgInvited perspectives: Towards usable compound event researchAbstract. Supporting stakeholders with science-based decision-making to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts is a central mandate of the climate research community. In particular, mapping out ... 12115
Reposted by Douglas MaraunClimate Change Centre Austria / CCCA @ccca.ac.at · 05/06/2026Kürzungen bei Klimaschutz, Anpassung und Wissenschaft gefährden unsere Zukunft. Österreich braucht mehr Investitionen in Innovation und Klimaschutz, nicht weniger. Wer heute spart, zahlt morgen doppelt. Hier ist die ganze Stellungnahme zum Nachlesen: ccca.ac.at/news/detail/....ccca.ac.atCCCA-Presseaussendung: Wer heute kürzt, zahlt morgen doppelt 02211
Reposted by Douglas MaraunJustin S. Mankin @jsmankin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Rainfall intensity matters as much as how much rain falls. New in Nature: Corey Lesk and I show that daily-scale concentration of precipitation dries the land over the long-run, an effect as strong as total precipitation is climatological wetting. Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comMore concentrated precipitation decreases terrestrial water storage - NatureConcentration of precipitation in large events decreases land water availability, and this effect will further increase with a future warming climate. 413766
Reposted by Douglas MaraunWegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Study with us @uni-graz.at to navigate #ClimateChange! 🎓🌱🌏 Join us for an info event on our MSc programme "Climate Change and Transformation Science" and get insights into the programme and chat with lecturers & students. 📆 18.05., 3pm CEST | online All info 👉 wegcenter.uni-graz.at/ccts 157
Reposted by Douglas MaraunTim Osborn @timosbornclim.bsky.social · 05/05/2026The Royal Meteorological Society @rmets.org recently wrote a piece celebrating influential women in weather and climate. It’s well worth a read on any day, not just on International Women’s Day www.rmets.org/metmatters/t...rmets.orgTen influential women in weather and climate - past and presentTo mark International Women’s Day, here are some of the influential women who changed weather and climate science globally, from scientific breakthroughs to public communication. 12012
Reposted by Douglas MaraunAmnesty International @amnesty.org · 21/04/2026What is the State of the World’s Human Rights today? Our report examines 144 countries and paints a picture of States playing with a fire that threatens to scorch the future for generations to come. Read more: amn.st/63321B6A1y7 amn.stState of the World's Human Rights 2026Amnesty International State of the World's Human Rights. 97666
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Working on climate storylines and climate risk? Then check out our new collection with @janasillmann.bsky.social, Martha Vogel & Massimiliano Pittore in Env. Res. Clim., now open for submissions: iopscience.iop.org/collections/...iopscience.iop.orgFocus on Climate and Risk Storylines: Advancing Narrative Approaches for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction - IOPscience 041
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 11/04/2026This year, we were early enough. After a warm spell, followed by a cool and rainy day, we found several female Fire Salamanders on their way to give birth to their larvae. 030
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Having some people realising their better options out there might in fact be a better option for all staying on this planet. 000
Reposted by Douglas MaraunDaniel Huppmann @danielhuppmann.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Heute war der erste Jour Fixe der neuen Vorstandsperiode, und ich freu mich auf die neue Aufgabe als Obmann des #CCCA - gemeinsam mit @alinabrad.bsky.social @dmaraun.bsky.social et al. im Vorstand und einem großartigen Team im Servicezentrum und der Geschäftsstelle! 1142
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Ich freue mich auf die Zusammenarbeit! @wegenercenter.bsky.social @uni-graz.at 020
Reposted by Douglas MaraunIPBES @ipbes.net · 13/02/2026#DidYouKnow many conservation policies lack strong scientific evidence? The @ipbes.net #BizBiodiversity report highlights the urgent need for better data on what works and what doesn’t. Let's build a future where decisions are evidence-based! More with @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comBiodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix itGlobally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction, but often interventions intended to protect biodiversity are not rooted in robust research. The field has an opportunity to chan... 2194
Reposted by Douglas MaraunDER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 06/02/2026Sir Ian McKellen ist für eindrucksvolle Filmrollen bekannt. Nun hat er in Stephen Colberts »Late Show« gezeigt, was er von der aktuellen US-Politik hält – mithilfe eines 400 Jahre alten Theatermonologs.spiegel.deDonald Trump: Schauspieler Ian McKellen hält Shakespeare-Monolog gegen US-PräsidentSir Ian McKellen ist für eindrucksvolle Filmrollen bekannt. Nun hat er in Stephen Colberts »Late Show« gezeigt, was er von der aktuellen US-Politik hält – mithilfe eines 400 Jahre alten Theatermonologs. 59423
Reposted by Douglas MaraunMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comGladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technologyShe made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman. 13674819119709
Reposted by Douglas MaraunButterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 05/02/2026The latest European Grassland Butterfly Indicator is out. It shows that grassland butterflies have declined by 47% since 1991, indicating a huge loss of grassland biodiversity. The data come from 16,150 transects & 15,000 volunteers. We are calling for urgent action. www.bc-europe.eu/documents/69... 9476155
Reposted by Douglas MaraunOrangutan Land Trust @orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social · 15/01/2026"Deforestation is accelerating, underscoring Indonesia’s reputation as a big GHG emitter...Gross deforestation in Indonesia in 2025 was on track to at least match 2024’s tally, which reflected the most extensive losses since 2019." news.mongabay.com/2026/01/afte... news.mongabay.com/2026/01/afte...news.mongabay.comAfter years of progress, Indonesia risks ‘tragedy’ of a deforestation spikeAfter years of uneven progress, deforestation in Indonesia is poised to accelerate, owing to widespread logging, expanding plantations and mining. In December, Indonesia’s forestry minister, Raja Juli... 0166
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 14/01/2026After a long journey: why user values, power relationships and language have to be accounted for to construct user-relevant trustworthy climate information: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... @wegenercenter.bsky.social @stefansobo.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @leabdiaz.bsky.socialagupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe Importance of Accounting for Stakeholder Values, Power Relationships and Language in Constructing Relevant and Trustworthy Climate InformationAccounting for stakeholder values, power relationships and language is important to construct user-relevant climate information These aspects cannot be treated separately as they influence each o... 143
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Putting Trump's year one into perspective. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comAre Trump’s Actions Unprecedented? We Asked Historians (Again). (Gift Article)An examination of whether his recent moves have no precedent, are relatively common or somewhere in between. 021
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 25/12/2025To be clear: the CEO's of HateAid have recently been awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit for their support of human rights and dignity. Concepts rather alien to the Trump administration. US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints onlineapnews.comUS bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints onlineThe State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints. 020
Reposted by Douglas MaraunWegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Paper in @natcomms.nature.com: Applying fairness in subnational carbon budget allocations. Teresa Lackner, Lukas H. Meyer, Stefan Nabernegg, @karlsteininger.bsky.social & Keith Williges 👇nature.comApplying fairness in subnational carbon budget allocations - Nature CommunicationsThis study develops a distributive justice framework for allocating subnational carbon budgets. Applying it to the EU, it reveals substantial within-country differences in production- and consumption-... 082
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Trump is damaging climate science. Trump is destroying American leadership. Trump is screwing up his country and the future of its children. 030
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Inspiring book. Lots of wisdom, humbleness and respect for nature as well as local communities and their knowledge. www.hachette.co.uk/titles/david...hachette.co.ukOcean** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ** 'Gripping... the wildlife is so fantastical that the images on the page feel like works of the imagination.' Eve... 011
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Finally published: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal... Hope this paper led by @stefansobo.bsky.social will become the new standard in designing regional climate model ensembles.journals.ametsoc.org 032
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Was sagen eigentlich die Poschardts dieser Welt zu dieser Entwicklung? Ist das jetzt nur Disruption? Oder gilt da Meinung ist was ich sage, alles andere ist Hate Speech? 010
Reposted by Douglas MaraunMountain Research Initiative @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social · 17/09/2025📢 Don't miss #IMC25 FS 3.127 on 'Mountain futures – Assessing challenges & co-producing solutions to mountain-social-ecological futures' 🗓️ Talks: 17+18 Sept 2025 | 📍 Venue: Theologie – MS 🖼️ Posters: 17 Sept, 15:00–16:00 LT | 📍 Venue: SOWI – Garden 🔗 buff.ly/cfP74x2 👉 Join us! #OurChangingMountains 011
Reposted by Douglas MaraunProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Here‘s a rare and excellent career opportunity for outstanding physical oceanographers at the Potsdam Institute (PIK) and the University of Potsdam, in beautiful surroundings just outside Berlin. Tell qualified friends or colleagues! 🌊 www.nature.com/naturecareer...nature.comFull Professorship (W3) for Physics of the Oceans - Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg (DE) job with Universität Potsdam | 12844582Founded in 1991, the University of Potsdam has firmly established itself in the scientific landscape and has become an outstanding economic factor ... 212057
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 04/09/2025It should be: trust the scientific method. It will in most cases lead to much better results. This is a subtly different way of communication - honest, not arrogant - and may generate trust rather than scepticism. 050
Reposted by Douglas MaraunWorld Climate Research Programme (WCRP) @wcrpclimate.bsky.social · 13/08/2025The future of climate science is more diverse, more connected, and more collaborative. We need every voice, every perspective, every mind to solve what’s ahead. WCRP is building a climate science community that reflects the world it serves. loom.ly/N9MP6_g #TheHeartOfClimateScience #WCRP 011
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 18/07/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/c...nytimes.comAfter 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them 022
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 05/07/2025theatlantic.comHurricane Science Was Great While It LastedThe U.S. is hacking away at support for state-of-the-art forecasting. 042
Reposted by Douglas MaraunZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 01/07/2025As record heat continues to impact communities across the nation, this is what is in that proposed budget: 🌡️ "With this termination, NOAA will no longer support the National Integrated Heat Health Information System" (aka NIHHIS or heat[dot]gov) Page 186: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul... 413562
Reposted by Douglas MaraunRobert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions. GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc. This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth. www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul... 40865633
Reposted by Douglas MaraunMatthias Huss @matthias-huss.bsky.social · 24/06/2025The tongue of Rhone #Glacier ten days after my last visit. Can you guess how much ice melted away? 1️⃣ meter in terms of thickness! 1️⃣0️⃣ days... And that's just the beginning of the summer season. We know the times are bad for the ice, but still it is hard to accept these numbers! 719872
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Den @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy Autoren Rassismus vorzuwerfen (sie zeigen die Geschichte der Wokeness nicht, wo es doch um den Punkt geht, dass in der aktuellen Debatte viele Menschen, links & rechts, glauben, dass die großen Probleme unter den Tisch fallen) geht am eigentlichen Thema vorbei. 010
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Nein - der Autor ist kein naiver Bewunderer von Thiel, sondern zeigt nur die Faszination auf, die von ihm für viele ausgeht. Wenn Welt-Herausgeber und viele junge Männer heute glauben, die Zerstörung von Institutionen sei etwas tolles, muss das doch herausgearbeitet werden. 020
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Doch - Peter Thiel ist äußerst intelligent. Das macht ihn, zusammen mit seiner libertären Einstellung und den Ideen einer bevorstehenden Apokalypse ja so gefährlich. 020
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Ein beeindruckender und bedrückender Podcast über die Rolle von Peter #Thiel beim Rechtsruck der #USA: www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-peter-th... Ein paar Gedanken zur Diskussion des Podcasts hier auf @bsky.app als Thread.deutschlandfunk.deDie Peter Thiel StoryPeter Thiel ist der Strippenzieher hinter dem kulturellen Rechtsruck in den USA und einer der wichtigsten Unterstützer von Donald Trump. Mit Paypal und Facebook ist er reich geworden. Das ist die Gesc... 331
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Der neue österreichische Klimasachstandsbericht #AAR2 - schon beeindruckend, dass ein kleines Land mit einer kleinen Forscher:innen-Community so ein umfassendes und rigoroses Werk auf die Beine stellt. Freue mich, Teil davon zu sein. @ccca.ac.at @wegenercenter.bsky.social 041
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Interested in our MSc programme with possibilities to specialise in #climate physics or social transformation? Join our info event! @wegenercenter.bsky.social @uni-graz.at 021
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Had an inspiring talk from Dave Stainforth from @granthamlse.bsky.social today at @wegenercenter.bsky.social. What can you learn from models? How to design ensembles? And how to spend our money? 020
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 22/05/2025We had a really interesting talk by Mathias Rotach from @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social here at @wegenercenter.bsky.social. He showed us the complexity in modeling the mountain boundary layer, and that it is still a long way to robustly represent climate change in local mountain valleys. 030
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Weil sie wissenschaftlich teilweise nicht haltbar ist und in vielen Aspekten sehr schwammig, viele der aufgezeigten Ereignisse gab es bereits ohne Klimawandel, die Aufteilung über Warming Levels ist willkürlich. Kurz: die Grafik schafft sehr viel Unklarheit. 110
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Evtl. hat die deutsche IPCC Koordinierungsstelle die übersetzt (z.B in der SPM). Für Ö ist eine in Planung, wird aber erstmal mit Forschung unterfüttert. Am besten Birgit Bednar Friedl vom @wegenercenter.bsky.social fragen, die leitet die Aktivitäten in Ö und war CLA des Europakapitels in AR6 WG2. 010
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 30/04/2025When walking through the forest searching for Salamanders I thought for some seconds that nature doesn't really care about what we and politicians and Trump are doing. But while this is correct, the idea of nature as an untouched idyll is dangerously wrong and misleading kitsch. 020
Reposted by Douglas MaraunCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 30/04/2025Just got mine. Totally expected, but it still sucks. Probably the most for all the work that so many of us put in on behalf of US taxpayers that is now wasted and will never come to fruition. 1942363415
Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Leider so stark gekürzt, dass man nur - und nur teilweise - erahnen kann, was unter robuster Information verstanden wird. 020