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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf

@rahmstorf.bsky.social

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Climate scientist, professor of Physics of the Oceans in Potsdam. Opinions my own.

Stefan Rahmstorf is a German oceanographer and climatologist. Since 2000, he has been a Professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University. He studied physical oceanography at Bangor University and received his Ph.D. in oceanography from Victoria University of Wellington (1990). His work focuses on the role of ocean currents in climate change. He was one of the lead authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. .. more

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 1d

Great interview of climate scientist Mike Mann and virologist Peter Hotez on the war on science by special interest groups. My colleague Mann endured vicious attacks after his pioneering (and solidly confirmed) ‘hockey stick’ curve of #globalwarming.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science

From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about attacks is true, for sure. Have a look under any random post of mine on X since Musk took it over.
But it has been going on ever since I started communicating publically about climate 30 years ago as a young postdoc.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2d

In reality, the prevailing view of climate science has always been to expect global warming, and warming has been predicted correctly since we have numerical climate models. See e.g. www.realclimate.org/index.php/cl...

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2d

I'm just preparing a talk on climate disinformation. Because Trump used it in his UN speech, I'm including the old story of the forged Time Magazine cover, supposedly showing that climate scientists predicted a coming Ice Age.
"Climate sceptics" don't have honest arguments so resort to fake news.

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Reposted by Katja Rietzler

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 3d

“Bivalve records are really amazing. They are like the tree rings of the sea. They offer a continuous, annually resolved record of ocean conditions.”
New study finds #AMOC destabilization since 1950 "suggesting that the region is moving toward a tipping point."🌊
insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...

New Study Shows Disruption of Ocean Currents That Stabilize the Global Climate - Inside Climate News

Clam shell growth rings contain clues about the looming potential for a tipping point into climate collapse.

insideclimatenews.org

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Reposted by Stefan Rahmstorf, Matthew Søberg Shugart

Reposted by Tuomas Mattila

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent, well-informed new podcast! Like a ship entering a storm, we’re now entering the overshoot - a world above 1.5 degrees C #globalwarming. This requires a whole new mindset,
explored by Laurie Laybourn.

Overshoot Podcast @overshootpod.bsky.social · 4d

Overshoot Episode 1: Uncharted Territory

If the world didn’t win, has it lost?

We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next

Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...

PART 1: Uncharted Territory

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Reposted by Stefan Rahmstorf, Tuomas Mattila

Overshoot Podcast @overshootpod.bsky.social · 4d

PART 1: Uncharted Territory

open.spotify.com

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Reposted by Guntram B. Wolff, Cary L. Cooper, Stefan Rahmstorf , and 6 more Guntram B. Wolff, Cary L. Cooper, Stefan Rahmstorf, Raphaël Arlettaz, Maurice Mulvenna, Michał Bilewicz, Marina Jirotka, Steve Keen, Dominic Bryan

Reposted by Stefan Rahmstorf

Özden Terli @terliwetter.bsky.social · 5d

Auf die Frage, was denn beim Extremwetterkongress über Trumps Äußerungen zur globalen Erhitzung gesagt wird....:

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 5d

Was die einen als “grüne Experimente” diffamieren können die Menschen in vielen anderen Städten längst als Lebensqualität genießen: Kopenhagen, Amsterdam, Wien, Barcelona, Paris, Utrecht, Helsinki…
Weniger Emissionen, weniger Stau für alle, die dann noch Auto fahren wollen & weniger Verkehrstote…

Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · Jul 31

Helsinki hat diese Woche das erreicht, wovon viele 🇩🇪 Städte nur träumen. In den letzten 12 Monaten gab es keinen einzigen tödlichen Verkehrsunfall und nur 277 Verletzte. Zum Vergleich: In der ähnlich großen Stadt Leipzig gab es 2024 über 4200 Verletzte und 38 Tote. Die 🇫🇮 Hauptstadt weitet...(1/2)

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 6d

ClimateAdam fact checks Trump’s UN speech, in his unique style: both enlightening and entertaining.
If you don’t yet subscribe to him, consider it!
youtu.be/lEEwAcQ-zpU?...

Climate Scientist Reacts to Trump's UN Speech

YouTube video by ClimateAdam

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 7d

“We are the most intellectual species to walk the planet, but we’re not intelligent. If you’re intelligent you don’t destroy your only home.”

Dr. Jane Goodall

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 7d

Vox understands color psychology. Fire=red.

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 7d

There is "no room for indifference or resignation."

Pope Leo nails the climate message.

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Reposted by Stefan Rahmstorf, Katja Rietzler

Seth Borenstein @borenbears.bsky.social · 7d

apnews.com/article/wild... Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980s

Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980s

A new study shows that the world's most damaging wildfires are happening four times more often now compared to the 1980s.

apnews.com

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Reposted by Stefan Rahmstorf, Katja Rietzler

Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 7d

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds

Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries

www.theguardian.com

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Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Graeme S. Cumming, Stefan Rahmstorf , and 7 more Richard S.J. Tol, Graeme S. Cumming, Stefan Rahmstorf, Peter Thorne, Benjamin I. Cook, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Brian J. Harvey, Richard Davy, Anthony Burke, Ryan K. Brook

Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 7d

Published today: our new paper showing a 44-year trend of increasing global wildfire disasters (fatalities and economic losses) due to climate change-induced extreme weather. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires

Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

www.science.org

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Reposted by Anders Levermann, Dominik Wiedenhofer

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall 😢
youtu.be/mpi6zAg_OII?...

Remembering legendary conservationist Jane Goodall

YouTube video by Good Morning America

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Reposted by Marten Winter, Christopher Wright