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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wow! Can we clone this man? Asking for every American City! 😍

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For those of us who love boron for what it can tell us about past ocean pH and atmospheric CO₂, this is a fun reminder of just how versatile this remarkable element really is. Paging @thefosterlab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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There’s a new form of boron — and it’s really weird

A boron phase prepared under pressure is a million times more conductive than chemists expected, and can be stretched.

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🔈 On October 13th I’m giving the Public Lecture at the Geological Society in London. ☢️ I’ll be talking about my current favourite topic: the geological storage of nuclear waste. The talk will be online too, so please join if you can! ➡️ @geolsoc.bsky.social www.geolsoc.org.uk/events/the-g...

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The geological disposal of nuclear waste and its role in the Energy Transition - Public Lecture | The Geological Society of London

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 25/09/2026

How hot & dry was your UK summer? Excellent interactive tool to explore how hot this summer was: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UK summer 2026: BBC postcode lookup shows how hot and dry it was

Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere.

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Current [El Nino] forecasts suggest that the 2026 event could push global mean surface temperatures in 2027 to almost 1.8°C above pre-industrial levels" 😱 Good rundown of El Nino impacts via @zekehausfather.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions!

Screenshot of a scientific journal paywall

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026

I have a new piece out in Nature today on the record-breaking 2026/2027 El Niño, what impacts we should expect, and how governments can prepare. The Niño3.4 region is currently running more than 1C hotter than any prior event on record, and we remain months away from the peak www.nature.com/artic...

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak The planet is entering uncharted territory. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026

I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This image went viral a few months ago. Data centres are energy hungry and can cause substantial grid constraints and in worst case new fossil generation. But there is a silver lining: we can use some of the waste heat for district heating. More here: janrosenow.substack.com/p/district-h...

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 18/09/2026

Some folks are holding up the unusually quiet Atlantic hurricane season as some sort of "gotcha" for climate scientists. But low Atlantic hurricane activity has long been the signature of strong El Nino events, as memorably shown back in 1997:

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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Of course they are... 🙄

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We don’t have to choose which existential risk deserves our attention. Climate change is real and urgent. AI risks are real and potentially profound. We should be able to hold both ideas at once and tackle both. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/c...

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We should be more scared of climate change destroying humanity than AI

With everyone warning of an AI extinction event within a decade, we seem to have forgotten about the climate crisis already here – and its knock-on effects, from financial crises and conflict to new d...

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David A. McKay @davidamckay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1.5 degrees is coming – does that mean we’ll soon cross a *physical* limit? New post from me, on a perspective piece @smconstantino.bsky.social & I had out recently in Environmental Research Letters, arguing what it says on the tin: that 'Tipping points do not make 1.5 °C a physical climate limit'

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Welcome to the limit

1.5 degrees is coming – does that mean we’ll soon cross a physical climate limit?

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Not to be pedantic but Christopher Harborne has already given £25 million to Reform and Ben Delo £8 million. So the figure isn’t £72 million - it’s £105 million.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I hope we are not too late. Come on, Labour. Get your finger out!

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

More on flipping plankton: Why Do These Fossil Shells Flip Their Spirals Every Few Millennia? www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-these...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

How is this bully able to just act like this with free rein?

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Syd Barhey Esq. FCA. #FBPE @barheys.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Call to action ? Change the bloomin law and make sure no one can buy influence in this way. The Representation of the People Bill is making its way through Parliament right now - amend it and fix this. Thats all the action thats needed. #UKLabour

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Truly disgusting social media post from one of Brexit's most influential backers.

Arron Banks

Going through Heathrow today, there wasn't one
white face in security or airport services. The
Home office is staffed by the type of people we
are trying to keep out! What hope?

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H e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Spiralling global temperatures, visualisation by Ed Hawkins. #Visualisation #GlobalWarming #Climate

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EAG @eageo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New in #GPLetters by Custado et al: "Triple oxygen isotopes improve our ability to reconstruct lake evaporation". Dive in here: buff.ly/HXv6anK #OpenAccess

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you happen to live within travelling distance of #Portsmouth

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.

Facebook post showing the photo of three white women on a train with a group of black-clad, masked men being shared to a group called ‘South east patriots’

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

From ancient greenhouse worlds to ice ages, Earth’s past offers vital clues to its future. Explore the 40th anniversary special collection from Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. eos.org/editors-vox/...

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Forty Years of Looking to Earth's Past to Understand Its Future - Eos

From ancient greenhouse worlds to ice ages, Earth's past offers vital clues to its future. Explore the 40th anniversary special collection from Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology.

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Tom Arney @tomarney.com · 04/09/2026

New paper out now in EPSL! Pb isotopes and Rb–Sr geochronology via laser ablation of feldspar grains from West Antarctica. This developing method with some added ML clustering spice exposes crustal fragments, tectonic boundaries and metamorphic events hidden under the ice.

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West Antarctic subglacial geology distinguished by Pb isotopes and Rb–Sr ages in ice-rafted feldspars

Multi-proxy fingerprints via Rb–Sr isochrons from detrital Pb-isotope populations reveal Antarctic geology and set the stage for future studies of ice sheet history.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 01/09/2026

The emissions scenarios underlying the next generation of climate model runs that will be featured in the upcoming IPCC 7th Assessment Report are officially out! I have a big new explainer over at Carbon Brief taking an in-depth look at what they mean and whats changed: www.carbonbrief.org/...

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Gavin Foster @thefosterlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I often despair about the state of our climate (especially after this summer), but this plot of high-end emission scenarios from successive IPCC reports is a welcome bit of good news and shows how far we have come. Still a long way to go but we have started. see www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-th....

Fossil CO2 emissions relative to 1850-1900 for the highest scenario of each climate modelling generation: SRES A1FI (CMIP3, used in AR4), RCP8.5 (CMIP5, AR5), SSP5-8.5 (CMIP6, AR6) and CMIP7’s high, all run through AR6-calibrated FaIR ensemble. Data: SRES database v1.1, RCMIP v5.1, ScenarioMIP database; chart by Carbon Brief. A1F1, RCP8.5 and SSP5-8.5 all increase way faster than current IPCC AR7 High Emission Scenario.

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Permafrost is thawing deeper and it’s happening worldwide. A new study of 156 monitoring sites found that the active layer, the soil that thaws each summer, increased significantly at many sites from 2000–2024. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Long-term monitoring of active layer thickness confirms global permafrost degradation - Communications Earth & Environment

Active-layer thickness increased at 55% and 38% of Arctic and Antarctic sites, and >90% in European, Asian, and South American mountains, driven by increasing thawing degree-days and rainfall, acco...

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

🌊 Marine heat waves are only part of the story In many places, MHWs coincide with extreme acidity. The mechanism varies by region, stratification in some, upwelling in others The result...compound stress for marine life Ocean change doesn’t happen one stressor at a time. eos.org/research-spo...

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Why Marine Heat Waves and Acidification Strike Together - Eos

A chemistry tug-of-war between ocean acidity and carbon in warming oceans determines when and where these damaging events strike.

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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🇪🇸🌍🌎🌏 Spain's new floating ocean solar farm off Gran Canaria makes clean power and fresh water with a 12% boost Spain is also planning 12 more similar facilities by 2029 #Spain #greenenergy #climatechange *link included

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🚨NEW from me: "Because we're burning fossil fuels." Professor Julia Cole tells me the story of how her team created a 1,000-year "thermometer" of coral, showing climate change has intensified El Niño. www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...

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Human-Caused Climate Change Is Making El Niño Stronger, Corals Show

Coral skeletons reveal El Niño is stronger than at any point in 1,000 years. Scientists say human-caused climate change is the reason.

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Genuinely encouraged by this ambition. A 2040 net-zero target sends a powerful signal that Wales is serious about climate action and building a cleaner, more resilient future. Now we need action backed by science, investment and a just transition. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

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Wales sets target of hitting net zero 10 years before UK

The plan sets a target of net zero by 2040 and 'substantive nature recovery' by 2050

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is awesome. Solar on train tracks, solar on irrigation canals (slowing evaporation), solar boosting crops with partial shade on farms, solar reducing urban heat islands in parking lots. (But most of this: not here in the U.S.) Someday this country won't be run by hateful fools.

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Sun-Ways Is Testing Out Train Track Solar Farms (Gift Article)

A pilot program placing solar panels between the rails has proven successful enough that the idea is spreading to Italy, France and Korea.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Our rapid disillusionment with political leaders is treated by much of the media as some kind of pathology. But what I see is these leaders backtracking on their promises, dashing people's hopes and serving the ultra-rich ahead of the rest of the population. Why wouldn't we be disillusioned?

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms.

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.

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