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Elizabeth Cooper

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mathematical models | earth system | climate change | data assimilation | she/her

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 02/10/2026
Another "need to extend the y-axis" moment... Average temperature in Central England for Jan-Sep for each year since 1772. It is 0.8°C higher in 2026 than any other previous year.
Timeseries of average Jan-Sep temperature for Central England with huge jump up in 2026
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 15/09/2026
Do I know any journalists or folks with large platforms who might be up for promoting the launch of some new trans-inclusive fieldwork guidance from researchers at a UK university? It's almost ready for launch and I want to make sure they're seen and used by as many people as possible...
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The ECMWF seasonal ensemble has just updated for September, and it continues to suggest that a soon record-strength El Niño will exert a very strong tilt in the odds toward wet conditions across the U.S. southern tier, including all of California, the Lower Colorado, and SE U.S.
Plot showing data from ECMWF SEAS5 seasonal model September update. It depicts the most likely "tercile" of precipitation during Jan-Mar 2027, and California is painted as "upper tercile" with 70-100% confidence.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A striking finding from global drought experiments: Trees show little evidence of physiological acclimation to drought. The inner hydraulic machinery stays the same. The safety margin shrinks. That’s a very different, more vulnerable picture of forest resilience. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Declining hydraulic safety in a drier world | PNAS
Forests worldwide are increasingly exposed to soil drought under climate change, with their fates depending on the ability to maintain essential fu...
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Inspired by Cofnas, I’m going to go on the record and say that, “…all mediocre white men would almost completely "disappear from almost all high-profile positions outside of [roles requiring mediocre white men]" in a world of full meritocracy.
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Short-sighted, stupid cuts to the UKRI budget include shutting down Jodrell Bank, the icon of British astronomy. (Many other cuts too, including 20% to our brand new @vrubinobs.bsky.social). Interesting politically to shut down a major facility in...um..Manchester 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
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Nature @nature.com · 27/07/2026
Can commercial funding fill a hole of £42 million a year in the finances of some of the United Kingdom’s flagship science laboratories and facilities? go.nature.com/4bcxRjL
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The existential choice facing UK physics facilities: commercialize or close
The national synchrotron source, a laser facility and a particle accelerator are under threat of closure unless cash is found.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 11/07/2026
The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them Every heatwave and every summer is hotter than it would otherwise have been without past greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from burning fossil fuels. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them
With some still unable to accept humanity’s role in climate chaos, we tackle common misconceptions and deceptions
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Renato Braghiere @renatobrgh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🔥 Call for abstracts: AGU26 GC057 — Fire Representations in Earth System Models and New Frontiers in Observations. We welcome work on fire processes, ESMs, land–atmosphere feedbacks, human dimensions, benchmarking, and observations. Submit: agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr...
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/06/2026
++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 25/06/2026
So, people of Reading, did you struggle to sleep last night? It was the warmest night on record for the town. The minimum (20.9°C) was warmer than typical June daytime maximum temperatures. Burning fossil fuels has made this heatwave hotter than it would have been without those emissions.
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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Remember kids - this is one of the coolest summers of the rest of your life.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 21/05/2026
One of the UK’s leading experts on weather and flooding, Professor Hannah Cloke OBE, has been appointed Regius Professor of Meteorology & Climate at the University of Reading. The title of Regius Professor was awarded to University of Reading by the Queen in 2013. www.reading.ac.uk/news/2026/Un...
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Losing it and taping tinfoil to all my windows.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 16/06/2026
Heard about El Niño? Here's 6 things to know ⤵️
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Renato Braghiere @renatobrgh.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🌱 Tree roots are leaking carbon into the soil right now and we still don't fully understand why! 🚨 doi.org/10.1111/1365... New paper out in Functional Ecology. we measured root carbon exudation across 11 tree species. Some trees release twice as much carbon as others! 🍄🌲 👇
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 08/05/2026
Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on.
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Robert Pietzcker @rpietzcker.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🎉 What a timing! Right before the #AccelerateEU comm proposing an electrification target came out, our new study was published in Nature Communications, showing that electrification is not just an option—it’s at the core for the EU to meet its 2040 climate targets! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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2040 greenhouse gas reduction targets and energy transitions in line with the EU Green Deal - Nature Communications
This study explores the EU’s 2040 climate target. Analysis of over 300 scenarios shows that an 80–93% emissions cut by 2040 (central estimate 86%) is cost efficient, requiring rapid wind and solar exp...
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 23/04/2026
The world is warming. Every country is warming. www.ShowYourStripes.info #ShowYourStripes
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Great to be partnering with National Garden Scheme on The Big British Garden Survey to reveal the wildlife thriving in our gardens 🦋🐞. Record what you see and help build a national picture of UK #biodiversity. Join in: ngs.org.uk/the-big-brit... 🧪 @abigaillowe.bsky.social
Common drone fly on flowerSilver Y moth on flowerButterfly on flower and headline The Big British Garden Survey
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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 21/04/2026
🌱Our partners from @ukceh.bsky.social and the National Garden Scheme invite citizens to discover and record the wildlife in their own gardens in the #BigBritishGardenSurvey Learn more 👉https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/building-picture-wildlife-our-gardens
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Building a picture of wildlife in our gardens
UKCEH scientists are working with the National Garden Scheme on the Big British Garden Survey. This project encourages everyone to discover and record the wildlife visiting their gardens using simple ...
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
If you don't want GitHub Copilot trained on your code, you've been automatically opted in. You have until April 24th to opt out.
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Working with hydrological data? We want to help improve access to hydrological datasets through the Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure digital platform! Join our feedback session on notebook-based access to FDRI's gridded time series data with Python & R. 🧪 Sign up: tinyurl.com/4ya8xuj8
Three images showing FDRI logo, map of UK showing hourly rainfall, and overhead view of a river in flood with headline text Accessing gridded time series data with Python and R notebooks
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today. You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov
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Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 09/03/2026
The decision by @ukri.org to scrap the UK's flying atmospheric laboratory (FAAM) after spending >£40M on an upgrade & with zero consultation, is short sighted. FAAM has saved the UK economy more than it costs through responding to disasters. 400 scientists respond: www.thetimes.com/article/406e...
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Scientists up in arms as flying lab has its wings clipped
Faam, the airborne laboratory deployed after the eruption of an Icelandic volcano shut airspace in 2010, will be grounded after government funding was cut
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
💦 Sign up for the National River Flow Archive's 2-part webinar series: Exploring the UK’s hydrological data archives and tools Learn about the data systems that underpin research, water resource management & environmental decision‑making across the country 🔗
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Upcoming webinar series: Exploring the UK’s hydrological data archives and tools | National River Flow Archive
The Surface and Groundwater Archives (SAGA) Committee is pleased to announce a two-part webinar series  designed to showcase the UK’s most important hydrological data archives, monitoring programmes, and forecasting tools. Together, these sessions will offer valuable insight into the data systems...
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Amulya Chevuturi @amulyachevuturi.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Great opportunity for students and professionals looking to strengthen their skills in hydroclimate data and science via hands-on training 👇 Applications are now open for the free online UKCEH Summer School (13–16 July 2026): hydro-jules.org/data-driven-... #Hydroclimate #DataScience #SummerSchool
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 06/03/2026
Today I want to talk about Jess’ Rule and Martha’s Rule, two new initiatives across NHS England that I think are really important and you should know about. Tl;dr: if your symptoms are not improving or getting worse, at home or in hospital, you have the right and Drs the responsibility to review.
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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
👇🏻What the far right say about Muslims, immigrants and asylum seekers, they said 100 years ago about my grandparents.
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I have to do Career Day at my kids' school, what's a good way to teach them about science? I was thinking of giving them a fun activity and then making them fill out a lot of paperwork before abruptly canceling it
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
NEW: A key finding about how intense thunderstorms develop could help improve the certainty about the location of upcoming storms on hot days 🌩️ #EarlyWarnings See our news: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/thunde... 🧪 1/
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Jonathan Beverley @jbeverley.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
My poster is now up and will be there until Friday! I’ll be presenting Thursday 4-6pm, come and hear about how we can use seasonal forecasts to diagnose coupled climate model errors #OSM26
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
📢 Applications open soon for a FREE online course on Data-driven Approaches to Hydrological Science. Running in July, this is for postgrad students, ECRs and professionals in consultancies, monitoring agencies & related industries seeking to strengthen skills. 🧪 hydro-jules.org/data-driven-...
Rainfall graph imposed over raindrops plus text Online summer school Data-driven approaches to hydrological science
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
📣 2026 Student Summer Internships are OPEN for applications! We’re recruiting SEVEN interns across our National Capability programmes at our Bangor, Lancaster & Wallingford sites. Superb opportunity for hands-on experience in environmental science & applied research. Details ⬇️ 1/
Group of seven stand in front of meteorological station at UKCEH Wallingford, plus text detailing 2026 summer student internship information
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Amulya Chevuturi @amulyachevuturi.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🌍 @ukceh.bsky.social Summer Internships 2026 🌍 Fully funded six‑week internships running 22Jun – 31Jul. Learn more and apply: #NC-UK: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/... #Hydro-JULES: hydro-jules.org/hydro-jules-... Applications close 25 Mar 2026. #Internship #ECR #STEMCareers #EnvironmentalResearch
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Well done Rajeev on your first PhD paper! A breakdown of the key points below: 🧶 Extending a model supply region methodology to incorporate a climate variability criterion www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Towards resilient renewable energy deployment in Africa through a weather-aware optimization framework - npj Clean Energy
npj Clean Energy - Towards resilient renewable energy deployment in Africa through a weather-aware optimization framework
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 26/01/2026
I don’t dress for men; I dress so I can twirl and say to other women “it has POCKETS”
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Is anyone aware of any papers, blogs, reports, etc, arguing against age-based awards, lecture competitions, etc? Thanks!
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Renato Braghiere @renatobrgh.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
New paper out in JAMES (Jan 2026): “ClimaLand: A Land Surface Model Designed to Enable Data-Driven Parameterizations” (Deck, Braghiere et al.). I’m excited to be a co-lead on this CliMA land-model milestone. doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Are you a PhD student interested in using museum collections in your research? Our next free doctoral training webinar takes place next Wednesday. Join us for guidance and examples of uncovering marginalised and minoritised stories in collections. collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/doc...
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Doctoral Training Programme: What's Not There? Absences in Collections | Museums and Collections
Explore techniques to research 'against the grain' and uncover marginalised stories.
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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.eu · 05/01/2026
📢 Working on land atmosphere-interactions and their role in shaping climate extremes? 🌍 Consider submitting an abstract to our European Geosciences Union (@egu.eu) 2026 session: Land-atmosphere interactions and climate extremes (CL4.4): www.egu26.eu/session/56763
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
“Huge if true.” - me to my bathroom scales, 27 December.
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 #AGU25 #climate
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Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science
Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 15/12/2025
Reposting this thread for anyone still in search of Christmas gifts (last orders on Sunday for those in the UK)
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Renato Braghiere @renatobrgh.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
New in AGU Advances: a community vision for a sustained, actionable greenhouse gas observing system. We highlight how tighter integration of top-down and bottom-up approaches can sharpen attribution and bring carbon information closer to management scales. doi.org/10.1029/2025... #GHG #Carbon
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Anna Harper (she/her) @docaharper.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Excellent summary of the work I contributed to in @esm2025.bsky.social, an EU-funded project that ends this year. Here are my key take-aways in a 🧵 , but I recommend reading this Research Highlight if you want to know more! Several papers are in preparation from this work, so stay tuned.
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ESM2025 @esm2025.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Land-use strategies must account not only for C storage potential, but also for wider impacts on food systems, water resources & ecosystems:🔎bit.ly/4qMYPEy @docaharper.bsky.social @universityofga.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk G.A. @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @rosieafisher.bsky.social @cicero.oslo.no
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Can We Count on the Land? Exploring the Uncertainty of Land-based Mitigation Strategies
How Earth System Models assess land-based carbon removal (AR, BECCS): carbon-cycle responses, and local climate side-effects; and how Integrated Assessment Models then asses socio-economic constraints that shape decision-ready deployment.
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Elizabeth Cooper @drlizcooper.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Interested in river flow modelling? This EGU session will be great - abstract submissions are open now!
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