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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Italians have the most cars among EU countries. Not surprised, I was honestly pretty shocked by the traffic and air quality in Rome 😔.

Number of passenger cars per thousand inhabitants in 2025 from Eurostat.
First five countries: Italy 709, Finland 671, Cyprus 670, Luxembourg 668, Poland 639
Germany on eleventh place 593
EU mean value 584
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/bookmark/eee88022-6ad6-456a-8d78-17faa042a3ef?lang=en&createdAt=2026-09-24T09:35:17Z

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There’s still so much potential for #ClimateAction in traffic. 60% of European CO2 emissions in traffic are from cars. Last year, 17% of new cars in the EU were electric vehicles. German text on car traffic in the EU: www.destatis.de/Europa/DE/Th...

Carbon dioxide emissions from road traffic in the EU in 2024: 60% from passenger cars and motorcycles, 27% from heavy-duty trucks and buses, 12% from light commercial vehicles; a total of 758 million metric tons. Source: https://www.destatis.de/Europa/DE/Thema/Verkehr/Auto.html

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Preliminary Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania election results: the chancellor’s party CDU (Christian Democratic Union) now below 5%, which means they will not have a seat in the state parliament anymore.

Preliminary Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania election results. Social democrats 35.5%, Afd 38.2%, Christian democrats 4.9%.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Nooo Looks like another win for the extremist Afd party in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. What’s wrong with people? Where should this lead us? www.dw.com/en/top-stori...

First numbers for the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election. Social democrats 35.6%, Afd 37.1%, all other parties well below 10%.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My new favorite pastime is checking websites for AI generated images. Just kidding but I love the new EU rules, so informative. I hope people will take them seriously and comply with them. AI generated images need to be marked in a professional context, but not in a private context.

Screenshot of Deutsche Bahn (German rail service provider) website at https://int.bahn.de/en showing four images, two of them marked as AI generated.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Entwicklung der Kaufkraft in Deutschland in den letzten 18 Jahren. Dargestellt ist der Reallohnindex, also der durchschnittliche Lohn nach Abzug der Inflation.

Entwicklung des Reallohnindex in Deutschland von 2007 bis 2025. Quelle: Statistisches Bundesamt, https://genesis.destatis.de/datenbank/online/url/5de3601e
Im gezeigten Zeitraum von 18 Jahren ist der Reallohnindex zweimal leicht gefallen (2009 und 2013, um je 0,2 Punkte) und zweimal stärker (2020 um 1,3 Punkte und 2022 um 4,1 Punkte), ansonsten gestiegen.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The EU Copernicus Emergency Management Service has been activated to provide satellite imagery assessment for Nepal. mapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/activations/...

Damage assessment for Timure Area Of Interest. Buildings, roads, and a bridge were destroyed.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hier sieht man deutlich dass sich beim Verkehr seit 1990 kaum etwas verändert hat. Von klimadashboard.de/emissionen Aktuelle Förderung für Elektroautos: www.adac.de/rund-ums-fah...

Deutschlands Emissionen nach Sektoren (Energie, Industrie, Gebäude, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft, Abfallwirtschaft) von 1990 bis 2025. Verkehr ist der zweitgrößte Sektor, im Vergleich zu 1990 ist allerdings kaum Änderung erkennbar.
Von https://klimadashboard.de/emissionen.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I like that @meteofrance.com shows deviations of minimum and maximum temperatures from a location’s monthly mean. meteofrance.com/previsions-m...

Today’s minimum temperature of 20C and maximum of 42C for Bordeaux with a deviation from the July mean of 4 degrees and 14 degrees, respectively

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

French newspaper front page today

Today’s front page of French regional newspaper Sud Ouest showing the headline ‘L’apocalypse’ (The apocalypse) and a picture of the region’s wildfire

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

More than 5,000 people are estimated to have died in Germany during the recent heatwave. Just look at the peak on the right, the dashed black line are reported deaths. The red line is a model estimate, and the blue line is a model estimate without heat. www.rki.de/SharedDocs/B...

Abbildung 2. Verlauf der Sterbefallzahlen (schwarz) im Zeitraum 2025 bis KW 26/2026 wie vom Statistischen Bundesamt berichtet. Die Zahlen der letzten neun KW können noch durch Nachmeldungen beeinflusst werden und sind gestrichelt dargestellt. Außerhalb des Sommerhalbjahres (KW 15 bis 40) sind die Sterbefallzahlen ausgegraut. Die rote Linie zeigt den modellierten Verlauf der Anzahl von Sterbefällen mit Hitze, die blaue Linie den modellierten Verlauf ohne Hitze. Der Effekt der Hitze zeigt sich vor allem in Wochen, in denen die bundesweite Wochenmitteltemperatur 20°C überschreitet (WMT, gelbe Fläche). Wird die 20 °C Schwelle nur in einzelnen Bundesländern überschritten, können leichte Abweichungen zwischen der modellierten Anzahl von Sterbefällen mit und ohne Hitze (rote und blaue Linie) auch außerhalb gekennzeichneter Hitzewochen auftreten.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

And lots of insects. Can you spot this one?

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Typical old-school German summer day: bike ride to the lake along fairytale-style cornfields with poppies and cornflowers

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It’s hot! Heat warnings are shown in purple, thunderstorms in yellow and orange.

Map of Germany showing heat warnings in purple and thunderstorms in yellow and orange

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Was going to make a ‘first asparagus of the season’ post yesterday but then I forgot to take a picture. So here’s today’s ‘first asparagus leftover’ risotto!

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

People will take to the streets in four major German cities this Saturday to protest against the government’s plans to limit renewable energy installation. Organizers demand to rather focus on upgrading the power grid and installing storage capacities. erneuerbare-energien-verteidigen.de

Map of Germany showing the four locations of the demonstrations on April, 18: Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, and Munich. From https://erneuerbare-energien-verteidigen.de/demos/.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

This is insane. Show this to everyone who’s not up for protests yet.

Liberal Democracy Index level in the USA from 1955 to 2025 compared to the regional average for Western Europe and North America. Sharp declines during Trump presidencies 1 and 2 are marked in red.
Source: https://www.v-dem.net/documents/75/V-Dem_Institute_Democracy_Report_2026_lowres.pdf

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Every weather forecast starts with a global model and relies on international data exchange. Data come from surface stations and weather balloons. Ocean buoys and ships. Aircraft and satellites. wmo.int/site/world-m...

Schematic depiction of Global Observing System data sources from https://wmo.int/site/knowledge-hub/programmes-and-initiatives/global-observing-system-gos

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Sending you some sunshine against the dark of reality.

Just the sun, a blue sky, and some clouds

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Snow storms looking all pretty this year. Mystic in the sky and in shape on the radar.

Radar image of Germany showing a circular snow formation

Picture of the sun behind clouds and smoke with two birds flying by

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Quite some snow chaos going on in Europe right now but recent radar images look quite pretty.

Radar image showing circular rain and snow structures over Germany

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

This winter is so broken. We don’t even bother having a diurnal temperature cycle anymore. The year is slowly coming to an end and everything and everyone quits work, so, ok, fine with me, we’ve had enough weather for the year.

Temperature forecast for a few days with hardly any variation

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Walking along my busy street on this foggy winter‘s day, the air smells really bad and I wish for an EV revolution.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I’ve been randomly zooming into this satellite image of a Jamaican neighborhood and it’s just devastating. No tree left standing, houses without roofs or completely destroyed. Nature is a force bigger than us. We should not mess with it. Hoping for #ClimateAction at @cop30brazil.bsky.social 🙏.

Satellite imagery before hurricane Melissa hit this Jamaican neighborhood, date unknown. Trees in full leaf and some houses visible. Source: https://mapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/activations/EMSR847/

Satellite imagery of November, 1, 2025 after hurricane Melissa hit this Jamaican neighborhood. All trees brought down, all houses lost roof or destroyed. Source: https://mapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/activations/EMSR847/

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

”The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index has rated Iceland the most gender-equal country for the last 16 years.”

2025 ranking with Iceland on top, followed by Finland, Norway, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Sweden, Republic of Moldova, Namibia, Germany, and Ireland.
Source: World Economic Forum, https://assets.weforum.org/editor/responsive_large_webp_L4NQdKtKZZA9cH0VJMJipxioqQeNvZ2eCaX1ijPX7LU.webp

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

That is such a great summary of climate change from AMS!

Screenshot of the summary of climate change from the cited AMS statement: https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-ams/ams-statements/statements-of-the-ams-in-force/the-practice-and-assessment-of-science-five-foundational-flaws-in-the-department-of-energys-2025-climate-report/

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I’m counting 7 Copernicus emergency activations (which does not mean there are seven fires, just that for those seven events satellite-based assessment was requested). Take a closer look and toggle on and off current satellite images and burnt area delineations: mapping.emergency.copernicus.eu

Sample screenshot of on-going wildfire assessment in Spain, before-event image

Sample screenshot of on-going wildfire assessment in Spain, after-event image showing some burnt areas on the right side

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Der Sommer ist trotz viel Regen „besser“ als früher, also zumindest wärmer. Bis heute in Berlin-Tempelhof 33 Sommertage statt „früher“ 21. „Früher“ ist bei mir 1961-1990, aber ihr könnt euch das selbst aussuchen und auch andere Orte auswählen: klimadashboard.de/charts/8378b...

Screenshot von klimadashboard.de: Statistiken der Sommertage (mindestens 25 Grad), Hitzetage (mindestens 30 Grad) und Tropennächte (nicht kühler als 20 Grad) bisher in diesem Jahr im Vergleich zur Referenzperiode 1961-1990 für die Wetterstation Berlin-Tempelhof. 33 Sommertage bisher (1961-1990: 21). 7 Hitzetage (1961-1990: 4). 0 Tropennächte (1961-1990: 1).

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Interesting comparisons of urban and surrounding, more rural, weather stations during the latest heatwave in Germany to be found at this German weather service website: www.dwd.de/DE/klimaumwe... Differences most pronounced during night hours, for Munich and Freiburg.

Time series of hourly temperature measurements for Munich city and Munich airport and difference between the two stations from the end of June to the beginning of July 2025.
Sample values July 2, 2025, 3:00 a.m. Munich city: 18.5 degrees, Munich airport: 12.4 degrees, difference: 6.1 degrees
Source: German Weather Service https://www.dwd.de/DE/klimaumwelt/klimaforschung/klimawirk/stadtpl/projekt_waermeinseln/sksm/sksm_node.html

Time series of hourly temperature measurements for Freiburg center and Freiburg and difference between the two stations from the end of June to the beginning of July 2025.
Sample values July 2, 2025, 3:00 a.m. Freiburg-Mitte: 23.7 degrees, Freiburg: 19.6 degrees, difference: 4.1 degrees
Source: German Weather Service https://www.dwd.de/DE/klimaumwelt/klimaforschung/klimawirk/stadtpl/projekt_waermeinseln/sksm/sksm_node.html

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Früher war Deutschland im Mittel 8,2 Grad warm (1961-1990), heute sind es schon 9,3 Grad (1991-2020). #Hitze Quelle: @dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social

Temperaturanomalie Deutschland 1881-2020 relativ zur Referenzperiode 1961-1990. In den letzten Jahrzehnten zunehmend positive Anomalien, also wärmere Jahre im Vergleich zum Referenzzeitraum. Zusätzlich ist die Zunahme der 30-jährigen Mitteltemperatur von 8,2 Grad (1961-1990) über 8,6 Grad (1971-2000) und 8,9 Grad (1981-2010) bis zum aktuellen Klimamittelwert von 9,3 Grad (1991-2020) dargestellt.
Quelle: Deutscher Wetterdienst
https://www.dwd.de/DE/service/lexikon/begriffe/K/Klimatologische_Referenzperiode_bild.png?__blob=poster&v=3

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The AI version of ECMWF‘s IFS model had a better 2-meter temperature during high-pressure winter conditions in this study over southern Germany. This was linked to a better representation of low-level cloud cover.

Figure 7 from the cited blog post: Three-day running mean of area-averaged error of T2m (top) and LCC (bottom) for 36 h AIFS Single (solid) and IFS Control (dashed) forecasts for the south Germany box. Thin lines show area-averaged errors prior to smoothing.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Same for #NISAR (planned to be launched starting from June, 18, now, it seems)

Artist‘s depiction of the NISAR satellite with its large radar reflector
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Link: https://nisar.jpl.nasa.gov/news/119/nasas-work-on-nisars-antenna-reflector-nears-completion/

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I did not know the Biomass satellite had an umbrella ☂️ #EarthObservation #Biomass #ClimateChange

Artist’s depiction of the Biomass satellite flying over a forest area with its radar reflector looking like a parasol or umbrella.
Image credit: ESA/ATG medialab CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Link: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/02/Seeing_the_wood_through_the_trees

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Fascinating experiment in order to compare contrails from traditional and hydrogen-fueled aircraft engines. www.dlr.de/en/latest/ne...

In tow:
The Blue Condor and the Arcus Glider 7DT towed by the Egrett to altitudes above nine kilometres, where contrails form.
Image credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

2024, the warmest year on record, came with record-high disaster-related losses, with the US experiencing the highest losses. www.munichre.com/content/dam/...

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

It’s crazy how much harm you can do with just one study. It took 12 years for the faulty study to be retracted, and now, more than a quarter of a century later, there are still people around trying to link MMR vaccines to autism!

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

@ec.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu why are we missing? For some motivation, look at @wwattribution.bsky.social‘s report for 2024: www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-b...

Global map of World Weather Attribution studies in 2024. Most events more severe/likely due to climate change.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2025 knows it as well, climate change is among the key risks/challenges of our time. #ClimateAction #btw2025

Top 10 risks selected by respondents to be most likely to present a material crisis on a global scale in 2025. Number 1, state-based armed conflict, 23%. Number 2, extreme weather events, 14%. Number 3, geoeconomic confrontation, 8%. Source: World Economic Forum, Global Risks Perception Survey 2024-2025

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Schaut euch das mal an! Ja, die Preise sind zeitweise krass gestiegen aber die Löhne haben nachgezogen und die Reallöhne (blau), also Lohn- minus Preissteigerungen, steigen längst wieder. Wenn wir jetzt noch die Wirtschaft in Richtung Zukunftstechnologien lenken läuft der Laden auch wieder!

Entwicklung der Reallöhne, der Nominallöhne und der Verbraucherpreise 1. Quartal 2012 bis 3. Quartal 2024.

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Love this depiction of this year’s hurricanes by @climatecentral.bsky.social

Change in peak wind speed and storm category due to climate change-driven ocean warming

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The prettiest depiction of polarized radiation From Encyclopaedia Britannica: www.britannica.com/science/pola...

Light waves passing through a polarizing filter. Credit: Encyclopaedia Britannica

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Was this hurricane/flood/drought… worse or more likely due to climate change? And what could be done to reduce deadliness and damages? These are the questions that attribution studies answer.

Geographical distribution of the 10 deadliest extreme weather events 2004-2024
Credit: World Weather Attribution

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

That’s interesting. I was quite baffled, though, seeing Germany with a share of 50% or more. I’ve never seen a gas stove in a German household. Couldn’t believe, so checked their source, and it’s obviously a mistake, share in fact is 2.70% in Germany. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta...

Table: Share of fuels in the final energy consumption of the residential sector for cooking, 2022

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steph.space @stephspace.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Save the date: Launch of the long-awaited Sentinel-1C Earth observation satellite from Kourou/French Guiana Tuesday December 3, 2024 If you’re a journalist wanting to watch live, click here: www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...

Artist's impression of Sentinel-1C in its Vega-C launcher

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