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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Could someone please tell the government that “please don’t have barbecues” doesn’t warrant the same noise as “incoming nuclear strike”. I’ll be in the corner recovering.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We decided last year to plan for the inevitable impact of climate change on heatwaves in the UK, and had air conditioning fitted on our bedrooms to give a space to escape the heat. We also have solar panels - an old and cheap setup, but they bring in a bit of power on sunny days.

A diagram of my house’s energy use. Solar panels are generating 2.7kW of energy, of which 1.2kW is being used by the house and 1.5kW is being exported to the grid.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Things are starting to move fast. It’s not too late to act, but it’s much too late to wait.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 23/06/2026

The UK's June maximum temperature record is expected to be broken this week, and the highest minimum temperature record may be broken as well The high temperatures only tell part of the story however, as high humidity will add to how uncomfortable it is both by day and night🌡️

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Europe is burning up, and these extreme temperatures are only going to become more frequent and severe. It's time that we start talking adaptation (while keeping up our efforts at mitigation of course) Extreme temps are most impactful for the most vulnerable: the very young, the very old, the sick

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

There is a certain irony in London Climate Action Week events betting forced to cancel because of..checks notes.. climate change. Sad that we’re foiled by our own discipline, but this is the responsible action given the extreme heat forecast this week. #LCAW2026

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 23/06/2026

Happy birthday to the heatwave of 1976 which began today 50 years ago, peaking at 35.9°C. If a comparable heatwave happened in the current climate it would be 3-4°C hotter, peaking at 38-39°C. And the actual forecast is for temperatures of 38-39°C in the next few days with a red heatwave warning.

The summer of 1976 translated into a warmer climate.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I’m getting a bit bored with our inability to keep a Prime Minister in office. Glad our political parties aren’t blindly pandering to their leaders, but perhaps a bit less infighting and a bit more working to make things better for the country? Please? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Starmer announces resignation as prime minister and says replacement will be in place by September - UK politics live

The prime minister confirmed he is stepping down as leader of the Labour party

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It’s London Climate Action Week! And how appropriate that a major heatwave is settling in across much of Europe. For most of us, an uncomfortable inconvenience. For the vulnerable, a severe health risk. And for everyone, a reminder that climate change is already here. #LCAW2026

A temperature map of the UK from the Met office, showing temperatures as high as 39 Celsius across southern England on Wednesday.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

In deeply unsurprising news, the Earth continues to warm and the climate stripes continue their trip into the dark reds. This will only continue to drive more and more extreme weather. The best time to act is today. www.reading.ac.uk/news/2026/Un... @unirdg-met.bsky.social @edhawkins.org

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Attendance at US-based science conferences is bouncing around this year but generally down. #AGU25 has ~10k fewer this year! I explored these trends for @nature.com — including solutions to keep conferences local & productive: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

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Scientists skip key US meetings — and seize on smaller alternatives

Researchers are devising creative ways to get together as Trump’s policies curb travel to US gatherings.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

As the end of the week is nearing, a couple of observations on the American Geophysical Union fall meeting 2025. First, the elephant in the room: science in the USA has taken a beating this year, and the announcement of the closure of NCAR demonstrates that we're still in the thick of it.

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Kaptein von BØfjell @vonblefjell.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Are you a meteorologist/atmospheric scientist/climate scientist? Do you want to work in Chicago? Do you want to research weather and climate impacts on commodities prices and the wider economy? Come work with me at LSEG.

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LSEG hiring Research Specialist, Weather in Chicago, IL | LinkedIn

Posted 1:01:28 AM. LSEG Commodities Research is a distributed team of 100+ analysts proud to deliver insights for the…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

In not great climate news today, it seems we've been severely underestimating the Earth's energy imbalance. There have been warning signs that climate projections aren't keeping up with the observed changes, and this would at least in part explain why. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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(PDF) Earth's Energy Imbalance More Than Doubled in Recent Decades

PDF | Plain Language Summary Global warming is caused by the imbalance between the incoming radiation from the Sun and the reflected and outgoing... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...

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Vikki Thompson @vikkithompson.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Are you interested in extreme event attribution and attending #EGU25? Come along to our networking session to discuss the strengths and challenges of different methods. meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio... @marylouathanase.bsky.social

Poster, text: Networking Session: Comparing methods for extreme event attribution. Conveners: Vikki Thompson, Shirin Ermis, and Marylou Athanase. EGU General Assembly 2025. Friday 12.45-13.45 in room 2.43. Three images of extreme event attribution techniques. QR code links to https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/55165

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Good morning from windy UK. 84% low-carbin power. Negative priced electricity.

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Ollie Wing @oejwing.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

They've really sharpened my view of what good-faith actors in the climate risk industrial complex should try to achieve: treat models as metaphors, be transparent about value judgements, present results with humility, and make decisions which are robust to uncertainty - not paralyzed by it.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Sun at its highest point on the shortest day in York, UK. Beautiful wintery day.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Some positive news! Even coming off the back of a government that did precious little for the UK’s climate commitments, we’re still seeing a seemingly unstoppable rise in renewable energy. Goes to show that the economics of renewable energy just make sense now, and that’s a big deal.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 05/12/2024

How did global air temperatures vary before 1850? We can now answer this from direct instrumental observations. The new GloSAT dataset is under review! Morice et al.: essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...

Timeseries of global average air temperature back to the 1780s

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Zoom Earth @zoom.earth · 06/12/2024

Here comes #StormDarragh 🌬️

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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

One of my favourite data discoveries this year: Google's mind-blowing ARCO-ERA5 dataset: hourly data for ~300 climate variables, available globally from 1940! 🤯 Loadable with a single line of Python code from a single cloud-friendly Zarr file! Below: a month of wind waves + swell: 🌊

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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

**New Paper Alert** Thrilled to finally announce the release of our Part 1 paper that re-evaluates and quantifies (normalizes) historical US hurricane losses. This builds upon previous work by introducing counties affected by the radius of maximum wind. journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal... (1/n)

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Ayesha Tandon @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org · 18/11/2024

I'm super excited to share @carbonbrief.org's new and improved attribution map! Use the map to explore 600+ extreme weather attribution studies from all around the world: buff.ly/3URzsmI And check out my in-depth Q&A on attribution for all you need to know about this evolving field: buff.ly/4hRt4Gc

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Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world - Carbon Brief

Attribution studies calculate whether, and by how much, climate change affected the intensity, frequency or impact of extremes – Carbon Brief has mapped every published study on how climate change has...

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Vikki Thompson @vikkithompson.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

#StormBert is bringing strong winds, rain, and snow to parts of Ireland and the UK over the weekend. Similar events have happened before, such as Storm Diana in 2018, but... (1/2)

Maps of three similar sea level pressure patterns over the UK 23rd Nov 2024, 27th Oct 2005, and 28th Nov 2018.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Feeling Storm Bert up close and personal today, with a roof that has started a new career as a sieve.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I'm not sorry to see the back of this season. I'm sure it'll prove to be an interesting #climatechange data point in the future, but.. urgh. The season's "b" storm hitting and maintaining cat 5 really was a sign of Not Good things to come.

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

#Dataviz with #knitting is the crossover that I didn’t expect to see today, but I’m here for it

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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Any #climate friends in the UK looking to help educate the next generation?

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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Are you a scientist interested in a career working on assessing natural hazards? @ruarirhodes.bsky.social is one of the climate specialists on my team, and wrote a great introduction to careers in insurance for atmospheric scientists - have a look!

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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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Ruari Rhodes @ruarirhodes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Natural hazards friends! Ever thought about working in insurance but no idea where to start? I’ve put together a beginners guide to the insurance industry with the Royal Meteorological Society: 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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