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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · Aug 15

🥳🚨🤩 Job opportunity with me at Uni Lausanne working on the REAL project!

2 year Postdoctoral position in postgrowth climate mitigation modelling focused on food, biomass, land-use

Link here for details and application. Deadline 15 Sept!
tinyurl.com/33rfw3xz

Opportunités de carrière : Postdoctoral position in postgrowth climate mitigation modelling focused on food, biomass, land-use (22432)

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Manon Globensky @manonglobensky.bsky.social · Aug 10

Les États-Unis font la guerre à la science du climat.

« C’est une tentative de mise en cause de la solidité scientifique du lien entre ce réchauffement et les émissions de gaz à effet de serre », dit @jpvanypersele.bsky.social ‬ ancien vice-président du GIEC

ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

La science du climat à l’épreuve | OHdio | Radio-Canada

Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Tout terrain : La science du climat à l’épreuve

ici.radio-canada.ca

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ralph Keeling in The Economist

www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

Donald Trump’s war on climate science has staggering implications

Even a policy of “drill, baby, drill” would imply more climate research, not its evisceration, says Ralph Keeling

www.economist.com

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Jess Fanzo @jessfanzo.bsky.social · Jul 30

We members of the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium raise our voices against the intentional deprivation of food and aid in Gaza, and in other countries, including Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen. The Lancet commentary: shorturl.at/oGYqA. ST4N call to action: shorturl.at/Jssyb

The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure

As scientists and members of the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium (ST4N) who have been Standing Together For Nutrition during recent crises, we use evidence of the impact of crises on nutrit...

www.thelancet.com

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Jun 19

Here’s the first page of our new article on the value of NOAA to the United States, which starts on page ~175~ of this free PDF book.

In the business, posting a full page of text with refs and footnotes as part of a giant PDF is called a ~teaser~

cepr.org/publications...

CHAPTER 13
Downsizing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Valerie J. Karplus and Costa Samaras
Carnegie Mellon University

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plays a vital role in the United States' ability to anticipate and respond to short- and long-term threats to security, health, and resilience. NOAA is an agency within the Department of Commerce that tracks and predicts changes in weather, climate, coastal lands, and oceans, enabling actions that prevent damage to life and property. From avoiding deaths due to extreme weather, to averting collisions of objects in space, to informing decisions of farmers and fishers, NOAA offices constantly generate trusted, open information that has profound, tangible benefits for people and businesses. NOAA is facing the potential of losing more than 25% of its current $6 billion budget.' Without NOAA, the US economy will be no match for everyday events, and woefully unprepared for climate change.
As one of the world's premier weather and climate change research agencies, NOAA provides data, tools, and information to help advance the scientific understanding of climate change and its impacts.? Essential weather data used widely across both the public and private sectors in the US originates with NOAA.' Helping the public and businesses understand how heat,* drought,' floods," sea level rise,' and other hazards are changing can allow communities to better prepare for climate change and manage impacts. However, risk from climate impacts is a combination of how hazards change, if people and infrastructure are in harm's way of these hazards, and how vulnerable these communities are to damages when extreme weather shows up. NOAA connects these concepts and serves as a critical climate resilience agency, enabling communities to assess climate risks and take action.® NOAA provides on-the-ground resources for communities to build up the local workforce and capacity

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Jean-Pascal van Ypersele @jpvanypersele.bsky.social · Jul 3

Offre d’emploi dans mon équipe de la Plate-forme wallonne pour le #GIEC. Date limite: 21 juillet minuit.

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Jean-Pascal van Ypersele @jpvanypersele.bsky.social · Jun 21

Today! #ShowYourStripes

Bernadette Woods Placky @bernwoodsplacky.bsky.social · Jun 21

Tomorrow is #ShowYourStripes day!
Sport those stripes. Spark climate conversations.

Read more here, from the #VoloFoundation:
volofoundation.org/news/stripes...

@edhawkins.org @weatherprof.bsky.social #Tammam
@climatecentral.org #WarmingStripes #Stripes

Stripes That Spark Action: A Global Invitation to Talk Climate - VoLo Foundation

On June 21, climate data becomes both art and action through Show Your Stripes Day. Bernadette Woods Placky of Climate Central explains how these bold visuals spark global conversations about our warm...

volofoundation.org

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Jean-Pascal van Ypersele @jpvanypersele.bsky.social · Jun 21

« The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plays a vital role in the United States' ability to anticipate and respond to short- and long-term threats to security, health, and resilience. » This vital role is under threat. Please read👇

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Jun 19

Here’s the first page of our new article on the value of NOAA to the United States, which starts on page ~175~ of this free PDF book.

In the business, posting a full page of text with refs and footnotes as part of a giant PDF is called a ~teaser~

cepr.org/publications...

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Bernadette Woods Placky @bernwoodsplacky.bsky.social · Jun 21

Tomorrow is #ShowYourStripes day!
Sport those stripes. Spark climate conversations.

Read more here, from the #VoloFoundation:
volofoundation.org/news/stripes...

@edhawkins.org @weatherprof.bsky.social #Tammam
@climatecentral.org #WarmingStripes #Stripes

Stripes That Spark Action: A Global Invitation to Talk Climate - VoLo Foundation

On June 21, climate data becomes both art and action through Show Your Stripes Day. Bernadette Woods Placky of Climate Central explains how these bold visuals spark global conversations about our warm...

volofoundation.org

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Jean-Pascal van Ypersele @jpvanypersele.bsky.social · Jun 20

J’étais invité ce soir dans le grand JT de 18h de @TV5MONDE. On y a parlé canicule, objectif de 1.5°C et ce que l’on peut faire (citoyens, gouvernements, acteurs économiques) pour limiter les dégâts. Rediffusion:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=YIuP...
#UrgenceClimatique

Europe : La canicule n'attend même plus l'été

YouTube video by TV5MONDE Info

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Jean-Pascal van Ypersele @jpvanypersele.bsky.social · Jun 10

This should be in top media headlines everywhere. Humanity clearly moves in the wrong direction: adding more and more thermal insulation around the planet, which is already too warm! It is urgent to decarbonise our economies and ways of life. #ClimateEmergency

The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · Jun 5

May 2025 experienced the first 430 ppm+ monthly #co2 average in human history, per Keeling Curve: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/annual-...

Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Passes Another Milestone

For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and Scripp...

scripps.ucsd.edu

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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · Jun 5

May 2025 experienced the first 430 ppm+ monthly #co2 average in human history, per Keeling Curve: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/annual-...

Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Passes Another Milestone

For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and Scripp...

scripps.ucsd.edu

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · Jun 1

Based on daily values, the May average of atmospheric CO₂ at Mauna Loa was ~430.5 ppm; that's 3.6 ppm higher than last year, a big jump again!
#co2 #climatechange #globalwarming

Graph showing daily, weekly and monthly values for the past 13 months. Concentration now near its seasonal high.

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Jean-Pascal van Ypersele @jpvanypersele.bsky.social · Jun 1

La guerre de Trump contre les sciences du climat. Article à relire alors que le GISS, l’un des principaux centres de recherche mondiaux sur le climat, vient d’être expulsé de ses bureaux 👇#WarAgainstScience

Benoît Mathieu @benmathieu.bsky.social · Mar 26

On a tenté de faire le point avec François Massonnet, @jpvanypersele.bsky.social, @fpattyn.bsky.social, @celineguivarch.bsky.social, Bruno Delille et @frabier.bsky.social. [7/]

Le tout est à lire ici, via @lechobe.bsky.social 👇

www.lecho.be/economie-pol...

Les sciences du climat vont-elles s'effondrer?

Les coupes claires effectuées dans les agences gouvernementales américaines mèneront-elles à des désastres climatiques ou météorologiques? L'Europe a-t-elle une carte scientifique à jouer? Attention, ...

www.lecho.be

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Jean-Pascal van Ypersele @jpvanypersele.bsky.social · Jun 1

Shocking! Evicting this very important climate lab from its New York office is the latest act of war against science by the Trump administration. Ultimately, no economy can flourish while neglecting science. This is barbarian. Full solidarity with all GISS personnel! #WarAgainstScience

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · May 31

NASA’s iconic Goddard Institute for Space Studies—home to Jim Hansen and hundreds more scientists, creator of the GISS model and keeper of the global temperature record—has been evicted from its longstanding NYC office above the “Seinfeld” restaurant.

Why? The government told them to move out.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · May 31

NASA’s iconic Goddard Institute for Space Studies—home to Jim Hansen and hundreds more scientists, creator of the GISS model and keeper of the global temperature record—has been evicted from its longstanding NYC office above the “Seinfeld” restaurant.

Why? The government told them to move out.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · May 30

As of today, Elon Musk is thought to be responsible for the death of 300,000 adults and kids due to the illegal closure of USAID (source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...)

That's a 103 deaths per hour, each day. And it will get worse.

His legacy is one of death, destruction, and failure.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · May 29

Thankfully, the village was evacuated already, but one person is missing and everyone else’s homes are destroyed.

Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.

Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud

One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town

www.theguardian.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · May 22

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades

The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

www.nytimes.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Apr 22

You are here.
We've breached 430 ppm CO2.
#climatechange

Graph of CO2 concentrations for the past 800,000 years from the Antarctic ice cores, showing current CO2 levels of 430 ppm are far, far higher than any level over this period, which never exceeded 300 ppm. Also shown is the emergence of Homo sapiens around 200,000 years ago -- so CO2 levels are higher than we've ever experienced.

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Vincent Merckx @vmerckx.bsky.social · Apr 5

Collega Marie Wagemans en ik spraken met @tdiliberto.bsky.social, een van de meer dan 1000 ontslagen personeelsleden van de Amerikaanse atmosfeerdienst NOAA. Hun werk is onmisbaar voor de wereldwijde klimaatwetenschap. @jpvanypersele.bsky.social

www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

"Griezelige tijden": meteoroloog Tom moest vertrekken bij 'KMI van VS' en waarschuwt voor wereldwijde gevolgen van ontslaggolf