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Hannah Bloomfield

@hcbloomfield19.bsky.social
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Academic track fellow at Newcastle University. CGFI, Bristol, Reading and UEA alumni. Climate impacts, renewable energy, extreme weather, running, books, GF cake, and dogs. Especially dogs. (she/her)

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Vikki Thompson @vikkithompson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🔥🥵🔥This summer the UK is experiencing unprecedented wildfires - many near urban areas. Following the heatwave of 2022 we showed climate change is leading to increasing fire weather in the UK. doi.org/10.1002/cli2... @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social @nathanaelmelia.bsky.social @climatedann.bsky.social
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Detecting Rising Wildfire Risks for South East England
In July 2022 southeast England experienced a record breaking heatwave and unprecedented wildfires in urban areas. We investigate fire weather trends since 1960 in southeast England using a large ense...
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Hourly disaggregation of daily wind projections: an analogue-based, spatially coherent approach to support energy applications - exciting new ideas about how we get around the lack of hourly surface wind outputs for energy modelling doi.org/10.1088/2753... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
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Hourly disaggregation of daily wind projections: an analogue-based, spatially coherent approach to support energy applications
Hourly disaggregation of daily wind projections: an analogue-based, spatially coherent approach to support energy applications, Benseddik, Zainab, Bloomfield, Hannah, Rougé, Charles
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Way to make me keep time... Put my husband as the following talk 😂
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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 22/05/2026
A pleasure to host @timwoollings.bsky.social, Ken Mylne, @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social & @drchriswhite.bsky.social yesterday for the annual @earthscista.bsky.social symposium, this year on "From dynamics to impacts: Weather in a warming world". Thank you all for visiting and giving such great talks!
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Come and do a PhD with me! Understanding the Risk of Damaging and Disruptive U.S. Winter Weather in a Changing Climate Drop me an email if you're interested and find out more here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Academic friends please share!!
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Kai Kornhuber @kornhuber.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Don’t miss our @egu.eu session ‘Physical Climate risk assessment for the financial and insurance sectors’ Thur May 7th, orals 8:30 - 15:45 in room D1🟪, posters 16:15-18:00 in X3🟪 @mattpriestley.bsky.social, A. Ciullo, @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social, @natalieslord.bsky.social @riskkan.bsky.social
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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 14/04/2026
Great to be in a remarkably sunny Glasgow and connect with familiar & new faces for the first general meeting of the ANTICIPATE COST Action @anticipate-action.bsky.social, led by @drchriswhite.bsky.social on extended-range multi-hazard predictions and early warnings.
Chris White introducing the ANTICIPATE COST Action on extended-range multi-hazard predictions and early warnings
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COST Action ANTICIPATE @anticipate-action.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Excited to kick things off 🚀 Introducing ANTICIPATE, a new @costprogramme.bsky.social EU COST Action bringing together multi-hazard researchers, forecasters and stakeholders from across Europe, led by @drchriswhite.bsky.social and Pauline Rivoire.
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I have been offline for 6 days and have >200 emails... this in itself isn't so bad. But what's making me sad is the amount of people who are emailing back WHILE THEY'RE ON HOLIDAY. Damnit academia, why do you make us feel like we have to do this?! #alsoguilty.
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Oh hey risk day! It's been a good while since I made a poster (before COVID!!) and it was lots of fun putting this together. But I always underestimate how long this takes compared to writing a talk. Paper coming sooooon 🤞🤞
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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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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I think the hours slogging into the github website in COVID were now totally worth it for the amount of clutter Chatgpt has stripped from it to answer the prompt 'can you draw a picture of me at work?' All it needs is some dog.
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Got back from holidays and starting to think about your EGU abstract that's due next week? Well if you're working and/or researching in the world of physical climate risks for the finance sector then I might be able to save you some time hunting for a session to submit too.... pick this one!! :)
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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Solar panels: now in goat-resistant flavor
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
It's that time again!! Newcastle University's Climate risks and resilience CPD course is now available for registration for a January start! 🥳 A £100 early-bird discount is available for those signing up before December 19th. Details and sign-up here: cpd.ncl.ac.uk/courses/cour...
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Matt Priestley @mattpriestley.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Alongside @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social, we've written an insight as to why the insurance industry is impacted by, and requires an understanding of, weather and climate. Check it out in the post below👇👇
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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 24/11/2025
The importance of weather and climate science in the insurance industry "Insight" article in @rmets.org Weather from @mattpriestley.bsky.social & @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/wea....
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The importance of weather and climate science in the insurance industry
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Kai Kornhuber @kornhuber.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Excited to announce our #EGU26 session on Climate Risk Assessment for Finance & Insurance Sectors with @mattpriestley.bsky.social A. Ciullo @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social @natalieslord.bsky.social meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio... @iiasa.ac.at @riskkan.bsky.social @lamont.columbia.edu
Announcement for the EGU session on Climate Risk Assessment, including QR code and short description.
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Return train London --> Brussels for only £70 and 2 hours each way. Cheaper than the equivalent flight, and less faff at each end. The clean travel revolution is happening! 🙌 (Let's not mention my Leeds --> London train is more £ than the whole rest put together....)
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
With all of these different weather regimes/patterns/teleconnections/TCTs* how do you decide which ones to use to predict at different lead times? Well we've had a go at finding you the answer! rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Nice work led by Kristian. *my personal favourite! :)
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Balancing Informativity and Predictability in Circulation Type Forecasts: A Case Study of Energy Demand in Great Britain
Circulation types can be a powerful tool for assimilating meteorological information into applications, such as forecasts of energy demand. However, there are usually many different circulation type ...
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
One of my favourite interactions with the peer review system came up as a Google memory today 😂
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
My wonderful University have just completed the paperwork on a grant I had that ran from Oct 2023 - Mar 2025. And they're confused why I'm not particularly interested... It's been FINISHED two months 😂🤦‍♀️ Makes me feel less bad about that fence i've been meaning to paint for 2 years in my garden...
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This time last year at #EGU I met Jim Wilczack and he invited me to join him and an excellent team on this perspective piece that we've had published today! It's helping a little with my EGU FOMO :) pubs.aip.org/aip/jrse/art...
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Wind and solar energy droughts: Potential impacts on energy system dynamics and research needs
This Perspective article provides a brief overview of the topic of wind and solar energy droughts (henceforth WSDs). It does not attempt to provide a complete l
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Dr Eunice Lo @eunicelo.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Abstract submission to the 5th National Climate Impacts & Risks Meeting (Bristol 18-19 Sept 2025) is now open! www.climatebristol.org/projects/nci... We're interested in all climate impacts and adaptation, with a day dedicated to health. Come join us!
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National Climate Impacts & Risk Meetings – Bristol Climate Dynamics Group
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The latest paper led by Kieran (with a little help from me) where we compare the traditional regression-based techniques that I've used a lot over Europe, to more complex machine learning methods to model state-wise Indian demand. Lots of open data available too! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Building and explaining data-driven energy demand models for Indian states - IOPscienceSearch
Building and explaining data-driven energy demand models for Indian states, Hunt, Kieran M R, Bloomfield, Hannah C
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Excited to be involved in one of these exciting UKRI funded projects. www.ukri.org/news/africa-... More calls like this please! :) #capacitybuilding #climateresilience #energymeteorology
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Africa-UK physics projects to drive collaboration and innovation
A major new initiative is now underway to advance scientific research, innovation, and economic development across sub-Saharan Africa.
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
An absolute pleasure to work with the Climate Change Committee on this piece of work out today: Reasonable worst case stress test scenarios for the UK energy sector. www.theccc.org.uk/publication/... Key points I'd like anyone to get from this are given in the thread below :)
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
New paper day! Increasingly Seasonal Jet Stream Raises Risk of Co-Occurring Flooding and Extreme Wind in Great Britain rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... The final piece in the CGFI and friends compound wind flood risk puzzle, led by John Hillier :-)
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Join Newcastle University's Climate Change Vulnerability Risk and Adaptation course and gain the expertise to understand, evaluate, and respond to climate-related hazards. Sign up here: lnkd.in/eB8rBGxk
Climate Change: vulnerability impacts and adaptation course. Free pilot programme running for 8 weeks online. Sign up in the link in the post!
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Now this is the kind of advert I can get behind! Great work Science Moms! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYwP... sciencemoms.com
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ByTheTime
YouTube video by Science Moms
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Bittersweet proposal rejection this morning with the feedback: '9/10 Outstanding: The application very strongly meets all the assessment criteria.' What can you even do at this point except just submit again and hope you win the lottery? #rantover #needsomechocolate #someonegiveUKRImorecash
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Vikki Thompson @vikkithompson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Wildfires aren’t a problem in the UK, right? Wrong. Not on the same scale as we are seeing in LA, but there are thousands of wildfires every year in the UK. In the heatwave of July 2022 wildfires broke out in London. Our new paper explores the risks: doi.org/10.1002/cli2...
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Detecting Rising Wildfire Risks for South East England
In July 2022 southeast England experienced a record breaking heatwave and unprecedented wildfires in urban areas. We investigate fire weather trends since 1960 in southeast England using a large ense....
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Great to host Dr Ji-Eun Byun from Glasgow university today for a project meeting and fascinating lunchtime seminar! Now just to finish off the project :)
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I didn't have a single meeting today, spent all day making plots, drinking tea and eating apple crumble...and just needed to shout it into the ether. Sometimes science is still glorious! :) #stillgotit
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Great summary of the @rmets.org 'State of the Climate for the UK Energy Sector 2023/24' report by Ben Hutchins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUFv... Was great to work on this report and see the energy reanalysis used in collaboration with stakeholders. Hopefully we can do even more next year!
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State of the Climate for the UK Energy Sector 2023/24- Ben Hutchins
YouTube video by Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS)
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Happy New Year Bluesky friends! If you're just warming up for the new term here's something to read that I really enjoyed being involved in: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kJtd3QJ-d... A probabilistic risk assessment framework for the impact of extreme events on renewable power plant components.
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Come see me in salon G at 16:50 to hear about how I use high resolution climate data to help prepare future energy systems for weather-driven extremes. Important networking has happened so far today. But I'd love to meet some interested humans as well as puppers! 😂 #AGU24 #pawsitivity
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I'm at #AGU24 drop me a message if you'd like to meet up and talk about anything energy-meteorology or climate impacts!
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Great resource developed by @ruarirhodes.bsky.social for @rmets.bsky.social I've been lucky to explore the world of catastrophe modelling a bit in my research and it's a very cool job option for weather/climate enthusiasts! www.rmets.org/news/atmosph...
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Atmospheric Science in the Insurance Industry
By Ruari Rhodes, Senior Climate Change Analyst at Liberty Mutual Insurance.
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🔔🔔 Call for abstracts for a new session at EGU 2025 "Weather and Climate Science Insights for the Insurance and Financial Sectors" (NH11.4). Co-organised with @mattpriestley.bsky.social , Natalie Lord, @pjyng.bsky.social, and Nikolaos S. Bartsotas. Submit here: lnkd.in/e6MR69gk
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Today in engineering at @newcastleuni.bsky.social we've had a map-themed bake off and a session from PhD students about their recent placements. Not every day is a good one in academia in terms of research culture... But everything is a little better when you're full of cake. 🗺️🍰💬
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This is a super resource for talking about different climate hazards across different parts of the world. Top work @carbonbrief.org !
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Hannah Bloomfield @hcbloomfield19.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Oh hey there bluesky. On a sleepy Sunday evening I've arrived from the dark side. 👋
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