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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

How high it lifts my car or Kate Willett's bike (at least according to Tom Peterson ...)

Screenshot from the discussion of Peterson et al., 2011 (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2011GL048442) discussion commenting how much changes in moist enthalpy in the lowermost boundary layer would raise my car and Kate Willett's bike.

Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You won’t be offended if I don’t wait up to find out whether you made it? I have a lovely view of the trains coming in and out. Tomorrow evening I start back to Ireland which is equally liable to mishaps but only Paris tomorrow as meeting only finishes late

Screenshot of Googlemaps from hotel 🏨 cornavin right next to Geneva station 🚉

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It feels a little like the editorial team at the Irish mail on Sunday may have gone rogue on the owners as this is the second one they’ve asked for. Note the headlines are theirs obviously. My view is you have to talk to everyone before folks pile on here.

A comment piece in the irish mail on Sunday on the unep overshoot report, Ireland’s carbon tax and the upcoming ets2.

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Absolutely gutted to return from ipcc lead author meeting to find this is what is considered ‘clearing windthrow’ still. This was a thriving ecosystem with natural regrowth and a family of pine martens. No more …

Clearly cut ‘windthrow’ at the small subset of rahane woods.

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I try not to go on planes very often. Do they always smoke like this nowadays? My bag has not made it this far which was extra bit of excitement. Looking forward to a hectic @ipcc.bsky.social lead author meeting for the special report on climate and cities in bhopal

Air India flight to Bhopal boarding. There is a lot of fog coming from the air ventilation system

An even more spooky view boarding through thick fog

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Filing under clouds I’ve never seen before these two little horseshoe clouds are at exact height of the top of the wind turbines and about one full turbine rotation apart but just the two so I’m a bit flummoxed here. Clouds are middle right and lower left

Two very weird little clouds low in the atmosphere shaped a little like horseshoe against high cirrus

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Did you try taking only a hand car on? I miss the twizy …

Side of the wrapped twizy using graphics from 2013 ipcc report about future projections

The other side of the twizy about attribution to human causes

The rear of the twizy making a very bad pun ‘when shall we stop?’ Using the brake lights as the top of the thermometers. In retrospect it’s a wonder no lunatic climate denier didn’t rear end it out of spite

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m so dizzy my head is spinning Like a whirlpool if never ends And it’s Ulysses making it spin Ulysses making me dizzy

Ulysses tracking showing us going around and around in a big circle

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

After the highlife on the ferry a figurative (not literal) fall down to earth. The ignominy of its journey on to London is real …

Shoved between seats in the great western service to London from Holyhead… no views or anything here…

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A guard of honour… there is a helicopter hovering about 20ft above the sea

Helicopter hovering below the deck height

Framing might help see it … between the two white supports is a hovering helicopter

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Holyhead honing into view. It’s a reasonably strong nor’easter and we all know such a set up has never caused issues at Holyhead…

Painting looking out pensively at Holyhead hoping the captain has worked out how to park the ferry at the pier in a nor’easter without buggering up the pier for the next 6 months

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Youngest is unwittingly in after sharing the mandatory photo of the poolbeg chimneys

Artwork admiring the poolbeg chimneys as we turned the boat around to leave

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Taking the youngest on a trip to London for couple of days and also courier (again) for @beccathorne.bsky.social art work to a competition. We’ve decided (might be the royal we, getting shade from youngest) to photo document its journey.

Art work made it past ferry check in by walking fast past security. Here the art is admiring the fair city of Dublin

Art work waving goodbye to Dublin as we pass the lighthouse at the port entrance

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Well we are definitely being primed on what observations are required for adaptation… ticking off those ecvs … surface wind, surface temperature, surface humidity, precipitation and lightning @esa.int

Oxford at 19.30 the day after the solstice. It should be bright daylight… absolutely hosing it dow

Africa’s from uk showing approaching mesoscale system

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The second pier is still out of action. The Stena ferry must have given it quite the whack

Work’s ongoing at the second ferry berth. Large crane on temporary pontoon

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

At least some people took up the challenge and the answer was clear to one of the questions. On the other a clear divide between users and c3s staff. All very interesting and already discussing next steps with team and our technical officer…

The same poster but with stickers and post its applied making it look much prettier in my view.

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Will you look at that @icarus-maynooth.bsky.social in the talk on the new era6 reanalysis given by Hans Hersbach of @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

Maynooth University mentioned in a slide of era6 improvements

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

At the @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social and just hung our interactive poster and I’m hoping we get some good engagement with the interactive ‘features’ 😂

Poster seeking feedback on global land holdings featuring Tina turner, queen and avril lavigne (it’s probably best not to ask …)

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Out of fairness to everyone else I probably should share the photo my colleague shared …

Scientist getting real about climate change by shedding their wardrobe in totality

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The magic of an outside live broadcast. That van looks hot. Outside is hot enough.

Rte broadcast van in blazing sun and
30C(ish) heat

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Anyone want to hazard a guess roughly where RTE want me for the six o'clock news? Its May for goodness sake. In Ireland. 30C should be illegal under any and all circumstances.

Met Eireann's 1600 observations table showing 30C in Gurteen

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Finally we went to the maharees where the community presented the actions they had taken to address substantial degradation to the tombolo dune system. They presented their adaptation plan which will be key to protecting this unique environment.

View from the beach back to the dingle peninsula

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We were shown some of the biodiversity measures. The amount of insects and birds was a reminder of the Overton window shift because it took me back to what was ‘normal’ 20-30 years ago

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Next we went to dinny galvin’s farm in the west Kerry dairy farmers sustainable energy community. He had to take on the farm at 16 and has self taught on energy self-sufficiency and biodiversity. Very inspiring and honest discussion on realities on the ground. Lots of food for thought

Dinny giving forth in front of his shed with solar panels on top

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I really should have put down some thoughts on the @ccacireland.bsky.social adaptation committee meeting in Kerry last week. Was a very inspiring set of visits organised by the secretariat and Dingle hub team who are truly inspiring. 1/n

Hiking down a narrow lane (too narrow for the bus) to a farm

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Rolling off the ferry at Holyhead to get to Suffolk for my stepfather’s 80th and my younger brother bets no way I make it without charging. A bets a bet although I maybe hoped it wouldn’t be quite this close. Tbf it’s 50km over the advertised range. (1/2) - stay for the kicker

Slow tortoise dash board symbol - a first

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The juxtaposition in my timeline is *chef’s kiss*

Two posts juxtaposed one pointing to the new islanded data centre that will add c. 1% to national emissions and the other from DCEE expounding on growing renewables

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Easy does it because this is the pier Stena broke

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

It was going so well. Then it kind of didn’t. If Stena have put their boat in first there will be utter uproar

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Three’s a crowd Stena. Hopefully the Stena owned port doesn’t do the dirty when they sort out their broken down boat…

Not the Stena ferry that needs to be moving

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Here is the offending stena line ship that has had ramps up and just been sat like that for 3 hours. If only Stena hadn’t broken the second berth …

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Its mercifully calm but its starting to get tempers raised that we are sat outside the port for now 2 1/2 hours looking at a stranded stena line ship that has itself been loaded for the past 3 or so hours. This is going to take a loooooooong time to resolve with just 1 berth operating.

screencap of text on details of ferry delay

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Obligatory leaving Dublin port photo. Seas are flat calm right now. Long may it continue. Also it’s not raining. Doubling down on my confusion so …

Leaving Dublin port. Lighthouse on the right blue sky, sun and flat seas

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I’m confused. I could have sworn I just drove to Dublin port to catch a ferry and not the airport. It is never ever ever this busy. The buses at Holyhead are going to be crazy

Waiting area for the 7.30 sailing to Holyhead with 200ish passengers by foot

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

While we might need arts degrees perhaps English degrees are more relevant here @irishtimes.com or at the very least spell checking

Screenshot from Irish times site with degree spelt with three e’s at the end

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Quite the sky this morning. Even better it’s not raining (yet …)

Sky looking south west with dawn sun lighting up the stratocumulus clouds from below

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

North wales looking a little soggy

Rainbow behind flooded fields from the train to Birmingham

Stopping at Liam Dutton’s favourite train station on Anglesey

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Better half has put homegrown kale in dinner. Can neither confirm nor deny whether she is reading this thread

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I know the world is a proverbial dumpster fire and there are bigger things to worry about but my employers @maynoothuniversity.ie have just enforced adding a super long disclaimer to each and every email. 🧵

screenshot of the very long email disclaimer being auto-added

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Research Assistant position closing 25th: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr... to work on the @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social contract on access to global land meteorological holdings.