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Flossie Brown

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Aditya Sengupta @adisen99.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
In our new preprint, members of 'Fresh Eyes on CMIP' led by @flossie-brown.bsky.social and @sabinebischof.bsky.social synthesise key systematic biases across the Earth System in @wcrp-cmip.org CMIP models across different generations. egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
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Fresh Eyes on CMIP Model Biases: Diagnosing Biases Across CMIP Generations and Implications for CMIP7
Abstract. The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) simulates standardized experiments spanning historical, future, and hypothetical conditions, to better understand the Earth system's evolutio...
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Flossie Brown @flossie-brown.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
My Genossenschaft is in the Guardian! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Could Zurich’s housing cooperatives be the solution to the rest of Europe’s housing crisis? | Peter Apps
One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block, says Inside Housing’s Peter Apps
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IGAC Early Career Researchers @igac-ecr.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Huge congratulations to the six Best Poster Prize winners of the #ECRConference2025! 🥳 Hannah Kessenich Vasu Singh Biplob Dey Mishka Rawatlal Stephanie Elkins Pablo Lichtig Your research was outstanding. See you at the iCACGP-IGAC 2026 Science Conference! #ECR #AtmosphericScience #PhD #SciComm
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 22/10/2025
JUST PUBLISHED – Analysis: Just 28% of countries have released nature pledges a year after UN deadline ✍️ By @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org ➡️ Read here: buff.ly/sD9gxZK
Countries with national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) by the 21 October 2024 deadline (light green) and after (dark green). Source: UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Map by Joe Goodman for Carbon Brief.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
If we’re going to have Chinese style autocracy in the US, I’d also like the renewable energy infrastructure, high speed rail, electric vehicles, investment in science, and good food.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended indefinitely after host’s Charlie Kirk comments
ABC says late-night show will not air for foreseeable future after Kimmel accused Republicans of ‘doing everything they can to score political points’ from Kirk’s killing
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Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Deforestation kills Forest clearance has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found. This is a local effect in addition to global heating. Article by me. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find
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Colette Heald @coletteheald.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Are you interested in biosphere-atmosphere interactions, global modeling, and living in Zurich? If so, this postdoc position might be for you! Please share with any interested colleagues: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Atmospheric Chemistry
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 24/07/2025
📰The #CIJ_ICJ has spoken—fossil fuel production is no longer just bad policy, it’s a violation of international law. Read our NYT op-ed on why this ruling is a legal game-changer for climate justice. nyti.ms/3IKYNvs
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Opinion | Climate Science Is Now the Law
A landmark legal ruling leaves no doubt that continuing fossil fuel production and use, let alone expanding it, violates the law.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
1. Researching this week’s column, I felt that I understood at last just why, on so many issues – benefits, Gaza, environmental and planning laws, anti-protest laws, bank deregulation, fiscal rules etc - Labour is out-Torying the Tories. Why it has become so cruel, so destructive and so spineless. 🧵
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
One of the astonishing aspects of our times is that once-progressive parties are rushing us towards dystopia almost as fast as the far right is. This week's column is about what we might now face and how to contest it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but this repressive government is | George Monbiot
With their illiberal attitudes and ever more draconian use of technology to crack down on protest, it is ministers who now imperil our rights, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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IGAC Early Career Researchers @igac-ecr.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Only 14h left to be considered in the early registration/abract submission raffle - 15 IGAC eco bags to be shipped to lucky winners tomorrow!!
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 23/06/2025
NEW – Guest post: Investigating how volcanic eruptions can affect climate projections | Dr May Chim, Dr Thomas J Aubry @cjsmith.be‬ Prof Anja Schmidt Read here: buff.ly/P4ZH3OE
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Flossie Brown @flossie-brown.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I am co-convening the very broad topic of 🌏 "Persistent Biases in Climate Model Performance: Insights from CMIP5 to CMIP6" 🌍 with Sabine Bischof, Robert Fajber, Sifan Koriche and Ankur Srivastava. Please share and consider submitting an abstract by the deadline 13th August.
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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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Pierre Friedlingstein @pfriedling.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Great article about GISS being homeless 😢
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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Here are two examples they discuss in the article, Bolivia and Brazil. 2/2
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Rebecca Varney @rebeccamayvarney.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New Nature Climate Change paper on the risks of irreversible impacts on forest ecosystems under emissions pathways designed to meet the Paris Agreement temperature goals 🌳 ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02327-9
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Risks of unavoidable impacts on forests at 1.5 °C with and without overshoot - Nature Climate Change
The authors assess the risk of overshoot beyond 1.5 °C warming, using three scenarios with minimal overshoot, brief overshoot and sustained overshoot. They show a risk of long-term Amazon dieback, whi...
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Flossie Brown @flossie-brown.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Atmospheric Chemistry ECRs attending #EGU25 : Join the #IGAC #ECR Networking event on Monday! Connect with the IGAC group, network and explore some exciting science together SIGN UP HERE: bit.ly/42sv0hq @igac-ecr.bsky.social @egu.eu @igacproject.bsky.social
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Georgia Elliott-Smith @georgiaes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Today, my @fightingdirty.bsky.social co-director, George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social writes about how flawed regulation & water company greed puts industrial waste on our plates. Please help us change the law by supporting our work 🙏🌍❤️ fightingdirty.org www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot
Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Over 2 billion people rely on glacier and snowmelt for fresh water.🚰 Today's World Day for Glaciers highlights their crucial roles. 🌍 From mass loss data to the European Alps' shrinkage, explore key insights in our article. 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/inaugural-wo... #C3S #WorldGlacierDay
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IGAC Early Career Researchers @igac-ecr.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
📢 Join the next IGAC-iCACGP Early Career Seminar! 🗓️ March 25th, 3-4 PM (UTC) 🎤 Speakers: 🔸 Mahendar Chand Rajwar (ARIES, India) 🔸 Connor Barker (UCL, UK) 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/ECR-Seminar3 #AtmosChem #ECR #ScienceSeminar
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IGAC Early Career Researchers @igac-ecr.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
📣 Join our slack community! 📣 The IGAC-iCACGP ECR SSC has created a slack workspace for all ECRs in atmospheric chemistry, where you can discuss your recent field campaign, publications, upcoming conferences and many other things with the rest of the community! 🔗 bit.ly/IGACECRSLACK
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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
With @ethzurich.bsky.social colleagues & friends, we decided to #StandUpForScience this afternoon to express our support for our US colleagues. Science is a common good. Thanks to all those who joined so spontaneously! @usyseth.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
All websites that depend on NOAA data should display something like this. earth.nullschool.net
Weather and climate data shown on this website and countless others are at risk.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the U.S. agency responsible for global weather forecasting, hurricane prediction, ocean observation, and many other services vital to public safety. Its satellites, supercomputers, and research teams provide essential data that help us understand our planet and protect lives.

On February 27, the new U.S. administration initiated mass firings at NOAA. These actions are unethical and deeply disruptive to the talented scientists and engineers who dedicate themselves to the public good. The firings, along with expected budget cuts, have serious implications for the availability and quality of weather forecasts produced by the United States. They must be reversed immediately.

Much of the data on this website is downloaded directly from NOAA's servers. In this environment of uncertainty, access could be disrupted at any time. While I'll strive to keep all features on this website functional and switch to alternative data sources if necessary, some datasets have no substitute if they go offline.

If this concerns you, speak up. Share on social media. And if you're in the U.S., contact your representatives.

- Cameron
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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
‘If not fire, we’ll be killed by hunger’: villagers continue to feel fallout from Bolivia’s worst wildfires, Benjamin Swift @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘If not fire, we’ll be killed by hunger’: villagers continue to feel fallout from Bolivia’s worst wildfires
Food shortages and health issues continue after vast areas of forest and farmland burned last year
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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is a big deal. AI forecasts look to be up to 20% better, and take ONE THOUSAND TIMES LESS ENERGY at time of forecast.
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Libby Whittemore @libbage55.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
If you want to know how concerned to be about climate change, talk to a climate scientist. Very. If you want to know how concerned to be about the rise of fascism, talk to a historian. The ones I’ve spoken to are as concerned about our time as any other time in the last 100 years.
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IGAC Early Career Researchers @igac-ecr.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
📢 Three days to go till our next workshop event! ⬇️ Sign up using the link below bit.ly/IGAC-ECR-Wor...
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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Cool visuals of record heat. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised
In oceans and on land, from the north to the south pole, records were smashed for the monthly average temperature
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 21/01/2025
Beautiful visualisation of changes in Swiss temperatures since 1864 www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/ueber-uns/me... Graphic by Simon Scherrer
Dataviz of changes in Swiss temperatures using a mountainous landscape
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Flossie Brown @flossie-brown.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
🚨New study showing Sorghum bicolor is highly resistant to ozone damage 🚨 peerj.com/articles/18844 Congratulations to Mst Nahid Farha and @awcheesman.bsky.social on the publication in @peerj.bsky.social.
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Examining ozone effects on the tropical C4 crop Sorghum bicolor
Ozone (O3), a major air pollutant, can negatively impact plant growth and yield. While O3 impacts have been widely documented in crops such as wheat and soybean, few studies have looked at the effects...
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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Does public #trust in scientists suffer or grow when they #advocate for #climate policies? ✊ We tested this during the referendum on the #Swiss Climate Protection Law on 18 June 2023 – which was preceded by a statement by 252 scientists supporting the law 🗳️ Paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Flossie Brown @flossie-brown.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🚨 !!New paper!! 🚨 I evaluated surface O3 in UKESM1 before leaving the UK*: acp.copernicus.org/articles/24/... * for unrelated reasons
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Performance evaluation of UKESM1 for surface ozone across the pan-tropics
Abstract. Surface ozone monitoring sites in the tropics are limited, despite the risk that surface ozone poses to human health, tropical forest and crop productivity. Atmospheric chemistry models allo...
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