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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Climate science in peril just when we need it most. My OpEd piece with Mark Ogge from the Australia Institute. Time to turn this ship around. www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science...

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Climate science under attack just when we need it most

Instead of Australia leading the fight to stop climate change, we are now one of the worst offenders fuelling it.

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@profmattengland.bsky.social #72 4 the heat in the ocean doesn’t just stay there. Parts of the Mediterranean are up to 6°C hotter than the long-term average. Europe is sweltering through a record-breaking heatwave june 2026. theconversation.com/the-worlds-o... bsky.app/profile/prof...

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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

On my way to The Australian National University to visit a fantastic group of friends and colleagues at the @anu-rses.bsky.social to work on a project exploring representation of Antarctic margin processes in global ocean models. 🇦🇶 🧊 🌊

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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🧊 An excellent piece by Caitlin Fitzsimmons in @sydmorningherald.bsky.social on troubling recent changes in Antarctica. Featuring ACEAS Deputy Director @profmattengland.bsky.social (UNSW), CI Dr Linda Armbrecht (UTAS), and @antarctic.bsky.social's Dr @edoddridge.bsky.social (UTAS).

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A crying glacier and a shivering ice shelf: A beautiful, tragic story

What scientists saw in Antarctica this summer could affect the weather everywhere from Cairns to Cannes.

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 01/03/2026

does anyone have any insight into whether this is a legit conclusion? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Anthropogenic activities are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposure to these increasing atmospheric CO2 levels can negatively impact the normal physiology of organisms. However, directly assessing this in humans is very difficult. We analysed serum bicarbonate (HCO3−), calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) levels from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1999 to 2020 as indirect proxies for atmospheric CO2 exposure. Over this period, average bicarbonate levels in this population show an increasing trend which parallels rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Both Ca and P have decreased steadily over the same period. If these trends continue, blood bicarbonate values could be at the limit of the accepted healthy range in half a century, and Ca and P will be at the limit of their healthy ranges by the end of this century. Studies indicate that, after this time, elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide, leading to CO2 accumulation in the body, has the potential to cause a range of adverse health effects. These findings highlight the urgent need for significant reductions in anthropogenic CO2 emissions to safeguard public health.

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Adele Morrison @adele-morrison.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Come join us! 3 year postdoc available to work with @profmattengland.bsky.social, @mad-ros.bsky.social and myself at ANU on modelling ocean - ice shelf interactions. Closes 4th March. If you're going to Ocean Sciences and want to chat about it, let me know! jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · 29/12/2025

Vale Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE The Academy is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our Fellows, Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 recognising her leadership in the field of marine ecology, 🧵 vimeo.com/762105195

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Fellow Johnston

This is "Fellow Johnston" by Australian Academy of Science on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Antarctica and the Southern Ocean hold critical clues about our changing climate – understanding this change is essential for communities worldwide. Watch our latest video to find out how ACEAS is improving physical climate and ecosystem projections. 🎬 Watch now: youtu.be/Us2a4ulf404

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From Data to Decisions: How ACEAS Improves Climate and Ecosystem Projections

YouTube video by ACEAS

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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

New research published today in @nature.com shows the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) – the Southern Hemisphere’s most influential climate driver – has reached its most positive state in more than a millennium. Read the Nature paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Southern Annular Mode dynamics, projections and impacts in a changing climate - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) has shifted towards its positive phase owing to ozone depletion and increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. This Review discusses the dynamics, trends and projections...

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Want a state-of-the-art explainer on the big changes occurring in the Antarctic? Check out this recent briefing, delivered to COP30 @iccinet.bsky.social Very much designed for the non-expert, so don't be afraid to dip in! www.youtube.com/live/YjYkKvw... 1/2

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Policy Briefing: Emerging Evidence of Abrupt Changes in the Antarctic Environment

YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative

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Alexandra Scherer 🦋 @twixscherer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The weakening of the atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC - potentially causing cooler winters in Europe as often explained by @rahmstorf.bsky.social) is only part of the even faster weakening of global ocean circulation that could harm nutrients transport to the sea surface #Antarcic 🧪

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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

“This is a wake-up call,” said author and ACEAS Deputy Director, @profmattengland.bsky.social (UNSW). “The evidence shows us clearly that the MOC has slowed down, and if this trend continues the impacts on human societies, climate and ecosystems will be profound.”

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"The pace of change is already at about a 30% decline. This just tells you how critically urgent carbon emissions reductions are, because we need to give this overturning circulation every chance of not tipping over what seems to be a very perilous & near tipping point" #ClimateEmergency #Antarctica

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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

If you’re interested in why the #Antarctic overturning circulation is very likely closer to a tipping point than the #AMOC, I touch on the topic in this 10 minute talk presented virtually today at #COP30. Starts at approx. 20 min mark.

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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Attention all Subantarctic Mode Water enthusiasts ☺️; check out this lovely new paper led by Zhi Li with Sjoerd Groeskamp, @alexhaumann.bsky.social Ivana Cerovečki and Lynne Talley; exploring propagating signals of SAMW anomalies tracing their origins to the tropics. doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...

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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🧊 New research reveals an overlooked Antarctic process that may skew sea level rise projections. ☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath. 🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...

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Overlooked melting in East Antarctica could skew sea level rise projections - ACEAS

New research into how East Antarctica’s ice shelves melt reveals future global sea-level rise predictions could be significantly underestimated.

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Jens Terhaar @polarocean.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Why have the sea surface temperature suddenly risen in 2023/24? 🌊 Is it true that climate models cannot simulate such SST jumps? What is common to such jumps? How will SSTs evolve over the next months and years? Are we in uncharted territory? More from our recent study in Nature is here👇

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Record sea surface temperature jump in 2023–2024 unlikely but not unexpected - Nature

Observations and climate models suggest that the global sea surface temperature jump in 2023–2024 was not unexpected and would have been nearly impossible without anthropogenic warming.

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

#Matt_England 2021 post64 @profmattengland.bsky.social 6 pumps run the global ocean current. 2 northern pumps are 15% weak #AMOC 4 southern pump are 30% weak #AOC agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #TP2.16.2 x.com/bratananium/...

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Jens Daniel Müller @jens-d-mueller.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Finally, some excellent resources on the 2023 SST anomalies: @polarocean.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/pola... @trackow.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/trac... bsky.app/profile/mice... @tguinaldo.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/tgui... @profmattengland.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/prof...

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

#7A2.12 #AMOC and #AOC influences: 8. Teleconnections to Other Global Climate Impacts and Tipping Points. @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social What happens in the Atlantic doesn't just stay in the Atlantic. @profmattengland.bsky.social What happens in the Antarctic doesn't just stay in the Antarctic.

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

post52.3 ice shelves melt, from ocean below. "It’s from the ocean back to the ice, and then back into the ocean again, that can trigger a runaway change where we do see the overturning potentially collapse altogether" @profmattengland.bsky.social said. // same as #AMOC grist.org/climate/anta...

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

#Matt_England 2025 post54 @profmattengland.bsky.social 1) ice shelves melt 2) Antarctic Overturning circulation slows 3) Less nutrients for phytoplankton moves up 4) less fish 5) less food for humans @polarrobs.bsky.social go.nature.com/45H0bqS grist.org/climate/anta...

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

#Matt_England 2025 post61 The relentless warming of Antarctica and its surrounding waters is a long-term trend — a sort of chronic sickness for the far south. @profmattengland.bsky.social "Every fraction of a degree" matters go.nature.com/45H0bqS grist.org/climate/anta...

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

We looked at impacts of a shutdown of the AMOC on Australia in our Tipping Points workshop report for the National Climate Risk Assessment. Unlike N.Hem, it may enhance warming in the S.Hem/Australian region, and could induce a La Nina-like wetting of northern Australia www.csiro.au/-/media/Envi...

Figure 6 from Orihuela-Pinto et al. 2022 available at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01380-y

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

#Matt_England 2025 post45 @profmattengland.bsky.social The 25 page pdf is available. note: There is a regime shift 2015 figure 1a. Antarctica is 20Mkm² (bigger than Russia) go.nature.com/45H0bqS bsky.app/profile/natu...

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CLIVAR @wcrp-clivar.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Next week! Remember to mark your calendar for the next webinar on marine heatwaves. Register to receive joining instructions: mailchi.mp/clivar.org/m...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

This Nature article argues that the recent declines in Antarctic sea-ice, ice-sheet, abyssal meridional overturning circulation (MOC), and marine species habitats point to a potential abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment: 🌊🧪🥼❄️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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AGU Advances @aguadvances.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

"American science has no need to be "Restored" to a "Gold Standard:" American science has already set the "Gold Standard" for scientific research and publishing for over 80 years." Read the full Editorial by the #AGUPubs Editors-in-Chief: doi.org/10.1029/2025... #GoldStandardScience

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The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America

This EO is an unconstitutional attempt to censor and punish U.S. scientists for publishing science that doesn't fit a political agenda This misleading and false misrepresentation of U.S. scientif...

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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Part 2 of my interview with Robyn Williams on the ABC Science Show, where we discuss funding cuts to US climate science, the threats of sea-level rise, and whether we're already too late to deal with climate change. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Is the scientific chaos being echoed in modern America? - ABC listen

Cuts are widespread across US science and research impacting climate monitoring. Understanding how climate is changing is vital if we are to have any hope in reducing our impact and preparing for a ch...

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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

This week I joined the wonderful Robyn Williams on the ABC Science Show to discuss our recent North Atlantic Nature paper plus a range of other topics — marine heat waves, polar vortex wobbles, the AMOC, and the deep cost of climate inaction. Part 2 airs next week. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Oceans are becoming hotter, long-term trends show - ABC listen

Matthew England is studying global changes in ocean heat and circulation. The AMOC - the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is showing signs of slowing, and as it does, impacts are being felt...

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Mika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

20 straight days with 30 °C in Finland! Truly unprecedented heatwave still in full swing with maximum today about 32-33 degrees. Even the Arctic regions (e.g. Sodankylä Tähtelä) have seen three weeks above 25 °C, and may rival tomorrow their August heat records.

Forecast 2-m temperatures today in Finland, based on the MEPS regional model.

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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Our piece in @theconversation.com today: As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk theconversation.com/as-us-climat... And it's not just Australia that will lose out. Forecasting all around the world will be set back decades if these cuts go through.

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As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk

For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at risk

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Our article on the impacts US cuts to NOAA/NASA/NSF could have on Australian and global weather and climate and oceans monitoring and forecasting - and the steps Australia needs to protect itself. Written with a significant group of amazing co-authors theconversation.com/as-us-climat...

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As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk

For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at risk

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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Congratulations @adele-morrison.bsky.social !!! Awarded the IAPSO ECR Medal in Busan today!! Amazing accolade for an exceptional scientist and all-round great person.

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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

For anyone interested in a deeper dive into our recent Nature paper on the 2023 N. Atlantic marine heatwave nature.com/articles/s41... plus some discussion of recent work related to the SMOC, @danmiller999.bsky.social does an outstanding job as host with cameos from @LeonSimons8.bsky.social 👇👇👇

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Dan Miller @danmiller999.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Thursday at 3pm PT (special day/time) on Climate Chat: Cause of Extreme North Atlantic Warming in 2023 with @profmattengland.bsky.social. We'll also discuss AMOC & S. Ocean. LinkedIn link: www.linkedin.com/events/73511...

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Cause of Extreme North Atlantic Warming in 2023 with Matthew England | LinkedIn

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Professor Matthew England FAA @profmattengland.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Look forward to chatting with @danmiller999.bsky.social & @leonsimons.bsky.social this Friday 8am AEST (Thursday afternoon/evening US time). Will cover a range of topics: the 2023 North Atlantic marine heatwave, Southern Ocean circulation and the AMOC

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