Reposted by maryhgagenMet4Cast @met4cast.net · 15/08/2026Sub-surface ocean temperatures in the Pacific have now reached 9.96°C above average, significantly warmer than the previous record event in 1997. This El Niño continues to set new records. Nobody alive today has witnessed an event of this magnitude. 3186120
Reposted by maryhgagenProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Europe's forests are hitting a tipping point. 6.5 Pg of aboveground biomass lost since 1985, with annual losses surging 46% since 2018. Climate-driven disturbances are accelerating carbon losses and weakening one of Europe's most important natural carbon sinks. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 07251
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Urban woodland should be designated as essential infrastructure, in the same way that grey is … interesting new report re urban woodland in Wales nation.cymru/news/wales-l...nation.cymruWales-led study calls for greater protection of urban forestsNation.Cymru Staff Researchers in Wales are calling for urban forests to be treated as “essential infrastructure” as cities face rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves. A new global study, le... 000
Reposted by maryhgagenKate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Scientists warned you about: ♨️ more/longer/hotter heatwaves (hot planet=hot weather) 🌀 stronger storms (warm water=hurricane food) 🌧️ downpours (warm air holds more water vapor) 🌵 droughts (warm air is thirstier) 🔥 fire weather (hotter, drier) 🌊 sea level rise (land ice melts, warm water expands) 10313125
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Chatted wildfire impacts with Radio 4 PM tday. Climate scientists like me see our weather getting hotter, drier, wetter, more intense, extreme & variable - wildfire scientists see an extending fire season & drying (= easy ignition ) of what we call vegetation but they call fuel. 110
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/press-centre... 11 million UK people live in neighbourhoods with less than 10% tree cover. Big trees give climate benefits all year, shade in summer, flood control in winter, pollution help all year. Retaining what we have should be a requirement, planting more is urgentwoodlandtrust.org.ukWelsh 'Tree Deserts' Lead To Poor Health - Woodland Trust 000
Reposted by maryhgagenThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 09/07/2026British trees struggle to survive as temperatures get higher, and many die.tcnv.linkHeatwaves: why British trees are shedding branches and dyingBritish trees struggle to survive as temperatures get higher, and many die. 22726
Reposted by maryhgagenSummer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I ran an absolutely 100% human, zero AI-involvement at any stage passage of my writing through an "AI detector," curious if it could really tell human from AI work, and it said my own writing was "84% AI written" then asked I wanted to pay to have it "humanized." So there's that to keep in mind. 10654071526
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Come and join a department full of people working on climate, social and environmental issues at @swanseauni.bsky.social Geography, on the UK’s first undergraduate BSc in Env. Sci and the Climate Emergency- Where will a geography degree take you ? youtu.be/No2NIS1ttYc?...youtu.beBSc Environmental Science and the Climate EmergencyYouTube video by Science at Swansea University 010
Reposted by maryhgagenWWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 26/06/2026It's official: analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social reveals that human-caused #ClimateChange is 'unequivocally' to blame for the #Heatwave currently affecting much of Europe. ⚠️ The science cannot be ignored. Temperatures will keep rising until we reach #NetZero emissions. 🌡️earth.orgOngoing European Heatwave 'Virtually Impossible' 50 Years AgoThe ongoing heatwave baking much of Europe is the most severe ever recorded in the region, according to a World Weather Attribution analysis. 13718
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026It’s normal, it’s like ‘76” - it’s on a 1+d warming super charger - we had one in May. - it’s coming from the fastest warming continent - the seas are so warm too =hot+humid - climate change = more frequent & intense extremes It’s not 76, this is + a climate change boost #heatwave 020
Reposted by maryhgagenMet Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 24/06/2026The UK has provisionally set a new daily maximum air temperature record for June, with 36.1°C reported at Gosport, Hampshire today. Read: www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new... 112346
Reposted by maryhgagenLeo 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" 451588792
Reposted by maryhgagenHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/ 11789665
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026This is a really great contextual for the current #heatwave 👍 000
Reposted by maryhgagenDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The ‘silent killer’: what you need to know about heatwaves How spells of hot weather put us in danger and what measures we can take to protect ourselves #climatecrisis #heatwave www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comThe ‘silent killer’: what you need to know about heatwavesHow spells of hot weather put us in danger and what measures we can take to protect ourselves 56136
Reposted by maryhgagenDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Some world regions are experiencing up to 50 additional heat stress days annually, when compared to 1950 - Study in Nature Climate Change #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comGlobal heat stress intensification and its expanding footprint on the human population - Nature Climate ChangeThe authors assess global changes in heat stress since 1950, considering daytime extremes, nocturnal heat and compound day–night events. They show multidimensional intensification, with an increased f... 14227
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Hi bbc5live @rachelburden.bsky.social maybe don’t ask a climate scientist on your show, to discuss an extreme weather warning, if you’re going to open with “putting aside climate anxiety” 🤨 It’s pretty reasonable to be worried about our climate these days you know #heatwave 020
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026🌳🌳🌳🌳 big new cc report out today ….Shade might not be enough…. sure there’s going to be a need for more places to have A/C but how about our towns and cities start with retaining the existing shade ?! Stop felling the free air con ! 🌳🌳🌳🌳 010
Reposted by maryhgagenWWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 20/05/2026Floods. Extreme heat. Increasing food prices. The UK is feeling the impacts of #ClimateChange more often and more severely, yet plans to adapt are falling short. The latest @thecccuk.bsky.social risk assessment is clear: the Government must act now to cut emissions and prepare for what is ahead.theguardian.comUK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warnsLandmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050 0145
Reposted by maryhgagenIain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Bikes don't do this.theguardian.comSUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientistsEngineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfaces 14115
Reposted by maryhgagenDavid Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Universities: you must complete a risk assessment and ethical review for this perfectly safe activity. Also universities: please embrace this energy-hungry water-guzzling plagiarism machine that is frequently wrong. Also, it makes you thick and may encourage you to kill yourself. 37927
Reposted by maryhgagenJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Reaching net zero by 2050 is often framed as a cost burden. The UK Climate Change Committee’s latest analysis suggests the opposite. The real risk is fossil fuel dependency. 11645309
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026UK #academic colleagues…take a moment to fill this in if you’re in an organisation who are using redundancy threats timeshighered.survey.fm/uk-redundanc...timeshighered.survey.fmUK Redundancy SurveyThank you for your interest in Times Higher Education's UK Redundancy Survey.Please note that this survey is aimed at current and former staff of UK universities only. We understand that you are very ... 000
Reposted by maryhgagenAndrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 05/01/2026I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below. 024784
Reposted by maryhgagenProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 23/12/20252025 ‘more likely than not’ to be UK’s hottest year on record Met Office says temperatures are tracking ahead of 2022 after year of heatwaves and drought…and record wildfires www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comForecasters say 2025 ‘more likely than not’ to be UK’s hottest year on recordMet Office says temperatures are tracking ahead of 2022 after year of heatwaves and drought, though late cold spell could yet intervene 1167
Reposted by maryhgagenRupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb... 04552
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 06/12/2025This is absolutely the point & why AI shouldn’t be used in education. We need time to develop critical thinking & writing skills . I’m all in favour …as long as no one under about 40 uses it 😁… its use in education means we risk growing a generation who can’t research, or write . 000
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 22/11/2025 NYDF 2014- failed 2020 target to halve forest loss. 🌳🛑 ❌ GLD - 2021 - goals to halt & reverse deforestation by 2030 - off track, slipping each year . 🌳🛑 Let’s give #COP30 🌳 outcomes the “bad boyfriend” test. If your serially cheating partner offered to ‘transition away’ from infidelity…? 🌳🤨 000
Reposted by maryhgagenSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 17/11/2025🗒️ COP30 'PRESIDENCY NOTE': Out overnight, it "summarise[s] key points received & heard" on 4 items: finance, ambition/1.5C, trade & emissions reporting Offers a "preliminary glimpse" of a "package" For now, it reads like "options" text: a list of all parties' ideas 🧵 1/6 1185
Reposted by maryhgagenEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 13/11/2025How much carbon budget do we have left if we want to stay below 1.5˚C? Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C. climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink... 512677
Reposted by maryhgagenDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 13/11/2025World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds - Fossil fuel emissions to hit a record high in 2025 - Analyses also show worrying weakening of the planet’s natural carbon sinks #COP30 #climatecrisis Story by Oliver Milman & me www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWorld still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report findsFossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating 04641
Reposted by maryhgagenEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 12/11/2025Looking for a PhD in climate science? Great opportunity to help modernise one of the iconic climate time series - Central England Temperature. Led by @timosbornclim.bsky.social, with myself and Met Office collaborators: www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...uea.ac.ukPhD Redeveloping Central England Temperature: Modernising a Historic Climate Series, CASE project with Met Office (OSBORNT_U26SCI) 2026/27 | UEAPhD Redeveloping Central England Temperature: Modernising a Historic Climate Series, CASE project with Met Office (OSBORNT_U26SCI) 2026/27 | UEA 04134
Reposted by maryhgagenSize of Wales | Maint Cymru @sizeofwales.bsky.social · 11/11/2025 New report with @WWFCymru.bsky.social exposes the hidden link between Welsh food, Brazilian deforestation and river pollution in Wales 🌍 Read Food, Forests and Injustice: 👉 sizeofwales.org.uk/news/new-rep... #SizeOfWales #WWFCymru #ClimateAction #COP30 #CymruatCOP30sizeofwales.org.ukNew Report Exposes Hidden Link Between Welsh Food, Brazilian Deforestation and river pollution in Wales - Size of Wales 0107
Reposted by maryhgagenMartha Lincoln @heavyredaction.bsky.social · 25/10/2025New preprint alert! 🚨 “Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University” 9407155
Reposted by maryhgagenRyan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 24/10/2025“CO2 is plant foo…” oh shit! 24217
Reposted by maryhgagenAdam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Water companies’ environmental performance last year was the worst since a government star rating scheme started 14 years ago. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...thetimes.comWater firms given worst rating on record for environmental performanceEngland’s nine main water companies collectively scored 19 stars out of a possible 36 — the worst since the rating system was set up 14 years ago 2199
Reposted by maryhgagenWWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 20/10/2025A threat to the Amazon rainforest is a threat to our entire world. But this precious ecosystem is at risk of reaching an irreversible tipping point, and we need to act now to protect it. Without the Amazon, we lose the fight against #ClimateChange. 👇wwf.org.ukThe Amazon RainforestThe Amazon rainforest plays a vital role in sustaining life on the planet. Yet, this vast, tropical wilderness and its inhabitants are losing the fight. 1236
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 18/10/2025If you’re joining us for today’s @swanseauni.bsky.social open day, stop by and say hi to our 2m inflatable Earthball globe! 😁💚 💙🌍 Where will geography take you? #ucasopenday #ucas #swansea #geographyteacher #unilife #swanseauni 021
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 14/10/2025The 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment is out and can broadly be summarised as “we suck” .“off track” numbers have gone from (2023) 35% to (2024) 45% to (2025) 63% off track from the 2030 goals . These are ridiculous levels of Forest policy failure . news.mongabay.com/short-articl...news.mongabay.comGlobal goal of zero deforestation by 2030 is severely off trackGlobal deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030. The newly published 2025 Forest Declara... 110
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 11/10/2025…and currently in St Mary’s Church Swansea , for #swanseaartweekend . Do go, it’s very lovely ☀️ 010
Reposted by maryhgagenScott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Thoughtful essay “we are in danger of forgetting the greatest untapped resource on any college campus — the professors. We are surrounded by human experts, yet we are being encouraged to take our questions to robots”michigandaily.comAI ate my homework: My experience with the University’s AI toolkitI don’t understand AI enough to properly dislike it. And I’m curious as to why the University is pushing this tool so much if it inherently devalues learning. So I immersed myself in artificial intell... 31711
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Lovely to host some @swanseauni.bsky.social Geography alumni , here in our little corner of Wales , this morning. What a nice part of the job! Enjoyed a few choice quotes -“Geography is essential for everything!” I mean we think so too… 😁💚🌳🌍 Have a great weekend, all, it was a pleasure to meet you! 010
Reposted by maryhgagenJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Do any of you have a fun map-reading and orienteering activity you’d be willing to share? I’d like to see some examples as I’m putting a skill session together for my natural history class. It could be something done in-class, or it could involve an outdoor scavenger hunt-type exercise (1 hour). 194718
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Really enjoyed chatting about plants & sound with @bengarrod.bsky.social for Radio 3s The Essay. We talked about Milburn’s work on xylem cavitation where he recorded the sound it makes through the trunk . But is it tree music ? …🌳🎶 😊 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukThe Essay - Symphony of the Wild - 3. Plant Rhythms - BBC SoundsEvolutionary biologist Ben Garrod uncovers melodies and rhythms across the natural world. 040
Reposted by maryhgagenRoderick Bale @dendrorodbale.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Ship’s floor (oak) reused as lintel. Removed during construction work from Cambrian Place Swansea. Dendro dated to spring summer 1778 and sourced from a locally grown Welsh 🏴 tree! #dendrochronology #wales #archaeology 55312
Reposted by maryhgagenAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Two very important graphs. Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved. The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers. Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 29603261
maryhgagen @maryhgagen.bsky.social · 10/09/2025One of my favourite Welsh treescapes, around the @nationaltrust.org.uk Wales Stackpole lily ponds 💚🌳 Looking very handsome in its end of summer coat 🍁 🍃 060