Dr Ella Gilbert
@drgilbz.bsky.social
Head in the clouds, heart in the ice.
Climate scientist & presenter, massive cloud nerd.
Represented for TV & books by Natalia Lucas at United Agents.
Climate scientist & presenter, massive cloud nerd.
Represented for TV & books by Natalia Lucas at United Agents.
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I'm leaving academia (for now)
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
youtu.be
It's Halloween, and to celebrate (?) I made a big scary decision...
I love climate research and polar science, but academia broke me. And more importantly, I feel like climate comms is where I can have more impact.
... So I've left academia. Wish me luck 🎃
More here: youtu.be/mw6miP-v1Ds
I love climate research and polar science, but academia broke me. And more importantly, I feel like climate comms is where I can have more impact.
... So I've left academia. Wish me luck 🎃
More here: youtu.be/mw6miP-v1Ds
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
What's your fave cloud? Mine's a lenticular 😎
Mostly cos they look like UFOs, and also cos they are formed by air flowing over an obstacles 🏔️
This causes invisible waves in the atmosphere like the ripples in a river that are formed by water flowing around a rock.
📸 @drgilbz.bsky.social
Mostly cos they look like UFOs, and also cos they are formed by air flowing over an obstacles 🏔️
This causes invisible waves in the atmosphere like the ripples in a river that are formed by water flowing around a rock.
📸 @drgilbz.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
What's your fave cloud? Mine's a lenticular 😎
Mostly cos they look like UFOs, and also cos they are formed by air flowing over an obstacles 🏔️
This causes invisible waves in the atmosphere like the ripples in a river that are formed by water flowing around a rock.
📸 @drgilbz.bsky.social
Mostly cos they look like UFOs, and also cos they are formed by air flowing over an obstacles 🏔️
This causes invisible waves in the atmosphere like the ripples in a river that are formed by water flowing around a rock.
📸 @drgilbz.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
even if she didn't want to, I'm so glad @drgilbz.bsky.social made this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZH9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZH9...
I didn't wanna make a COP30 video
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
even if she didn't want to, I'm so glad @drgilbz.bsky.social made this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZH9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZH9...
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
Our very own @drgilbz.bsky.social is involved in this epic series.
Come along to a NOVA show to hear her speak more about how ice age climates have shaped our beautiful planet 🌍
Come along to a NOVA show to hear her speak more about how ice age climates have shaped our beautiful planet 🌍
Something VERY exciting is coming 👀
Discover the secret lives of ancient animals and how they handled the huge climate shifts of the ice age 🌎 🧊 📈
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is streaming November 26th, only on Apple TV #PrehistoricPlanet #AppleTV
Watch the trailer here: youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
Discover the secret lives of ancient animals and how they handled the huge climate shifts of the ice age 🌎 🧊 📈
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is streaming November 26th, only on Apple TV #PrehistoricPlanet #AppleTV
Watch the trailer here: youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Our very own @drgilbz.bsky.social is involved in this epic series.
Come along to a NOVA show to hear her speak more about how ice age climates have shaped our beautiful planet 🌍
Come along to a NOVA show to hear her speak more about how ice age climates have shaped our beautiful planet 🌍
Something VERY exciting is coming 👀
Discover the secret lives of ancient animals and how they handled the huge climate shifts of the ice age 🌎 🧊 📈
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is streaming November 26th, only on Apple TV #PrehistoricPlanet #AppleTV
Watch the trailer here: youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
Discover the secret lives of ancient animals and how they handled the huge climate shifts of the ice age 🌎 🧊 📈
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is streaming November 26th, only on Apple TV #PrehistoricPlanet #AppleTV
Watch the trailer here: youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Something VERY exciting is coming 👀
Discover the secret lives of ancient animals and how they handled the huge climate shifts of the ice age 🌎 🧊 📈
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is streaming November 26th, only on Apple TV #PrehistoricPlanet #AppleTV
Watch the trailer here: youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
Discover the secret lives of ancient animals and how they handled the huge climate shifts of the ice age 🌎 🧊 📈
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is streaming November 26th, only on Apple TV #PrehistoricPlanet #AppleTV
Watch the trailer here: youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
How much carbon budget do we have left if we want to stay below 1.5˚C?
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
How much carbon budget do we have left if we want to stay below 1.5˚C?
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
I've been gabbling excitedly about this for a lil' while, but... it's getting real!
🌍✨🔭 I'm developing a live science show - think SPECTACLE - with my brilliant colleague Charly.
It's gonna be great, and I'm super hyped 👀
Go give Nova a follow to stay in the loop 👉 @nova-earth-astro.bsky.social
🌍✨🔭 I'm developing a live science show - think SPECTACLE - with my brilliant colleague Charly.
It's gonna be great, and I'm super hyped 👀
Go give Nova a follow to stay in the loop 👉 @nova-earth-astro.bsky.social
Hey BSky! We're new.
Nova Astro & Earth is a new live science show about - you guessed it - astro and earth science.
Brought to you by astronomer Charlotte Fuller and climate scientist @drgilbz.bsky.social, we're coming soon to a theatre near you...
Watch this space* 🔭
(*bad puns guaranteed)
Nova Astro & Earth is a new live science show about - you guessed it - astro and earth science.
Brought to you by astronomer Charlotte Fuller and climate scientist @drgilbz.bsky.social, we're coming soon to a theatre near you...
Watch this space* 🔭
(*bad puns guaranteed)
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I've been gabbling excitedly about this for a lil' while, but... it's getting real!
🌍✨🔭 I'm developing a live science show - think SPECTACLE - with my brilliant colleague Charly.
It's gonna be great, and I'm super hyped 👀
Go give Nova a follow to stay in the loop 👉 @nova-earth-astro.bsky.social
🌍✨🔭 I'm developing a live science show - think SPECTACLE - with my brilliant colleague Charly.
It's gonna be great, and I'm super hyped 👀
Go give Nova a follow to stay in the loop 👉 @nova-earth-astro.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
All you need to know about Bill Gates' long-standing and misguided take on climate change.
'The solution to the climate crisis isn’t going to come from the fairy-dust-sprinkled flying unicorns that are the “benevolent plutocrats.” They don’t exist.'
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
'The solution to the climate crisis isn’t going to come from the fairy-dust-sprinkled flying unicorns that are the “benevolent plutocrats.” They don’t exist.'
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
Michael Mann to Bill Gates: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
All you need to know about Bill Gates' long-standing and misguided take on climate change.
'The solution to the climate crisis isn’t going to come from the fairy-dust-sprinkled flying unicorns that are the “benevolent plutocrats.” They don’t exist.'
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
'The solution to the climate crisis isn’t going to come from the fairy-dust-sprinkled flying unicorns that are the “benevolent plutocrats.” They don’t exist.'
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
Impact of flights on global warming severely underestimated by many carbon calculators & offset schemes that don’t properly account for taxiing, sub-optimal routing or non-CO2 climate effects which are larger component:
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
www.newscientist.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Impact of flights on global warming severely underestimated by many carbon calculators & offset schemes that don’t properly account for taxiing, sub-optimal routing or non-CO2 climate effects which are larger component:
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
It's Halloween, and to celebrate (?) I made a big scary decision...
I love climate research and polar science, but academia broke me. And more importantly, I feel like climate comms is where I can have more impact.
... So I've left academia. Wish me luck 🎃
More here: youtu.be/mw6miP-v1Ds
I love climate research and polar science, but academia broke me. And more importantly, I feel like climate comms is where I can have more impact.
... So I've left academia. Wish me luck 🎃
More here: youtu.be/mw6miP-v1Ds
I'm leaving academia (for now)
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
It's Halloween, and to celebrate (?) I made a big scary decision...
I love climate research and polar science, but academia broke me. And more importantly, I feel like climate comms is where I can have more impact.
... So I've left academia. Wish me luck 🎃
More here: youtu.be/mw6miP-v1Ds
I love climate research and polar science, but academia broke me. And more importantly, I feel like climate comms is where I can have more impact.
... So I've left academia. Wish me luck 🎃
More here: youtu.be/mw6miP-v1Ds
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
🪸 Coral reefs are already reaching breaking point - and we're rapidly approaching other critical climate red lines.
That's according to the latest tipping points report that came out last week.
Watch here: youtu.be/p9S_IKwwyeM
That's according to the latest tipping points report that came out last week.
Watch here: youtu.be/p9S_IKwwyeM
We've reached the climate's first tipping point
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🪸 Coral reefs are already reaching breaking point - and we're rapidly approaching other critical climate red lines.
That's according to the latest tipping points report that came out last week.
Watch here: youtu.be/p9S_IKwwyeM
That's according to the latest tipping points report that came out last week.
Watch here: youtu.be/p9S_IKwwyeM
🪸 Coral reefs are already reaching breaking point - and we're rapidly approaching other critical climate red lines.
That's according to the latest tipping points report that came out last week.
Watch here: youtu.be/p9S_IKwwyeM
That's according to the latest tipping points report that came out last week.
Watch here: youtu.be/p9S_IKwwyeM
We've reached the climate's first tipping point
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🪸 Coral reefs are already reaching breaking point - and we're rapidly approaching other critical climate red lines.
That's according to the latest tipping points report that came out last week.
Watch here: youtu.be/p9S_IKwwyeM
That's according to the latest tipping points report that came out last week.
Watch here: youtu.be/p9S_IKwwyeM
Check out our new pre-print showcasing cutting-edge hi-res regional climate model simulations of Antarctica ❄️
Spoiler alert: they're pretty decent 😎
Link here: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Spoiler alert: they're pretty decent 😎
Link here: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
October 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Check out our new pre-print showcasing cutting-edge hi-res regional climate model simulations of Antarctica ❄️
Spoiler alert: they're pretty decent 😎
Link here: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Spoiler alert: they're pretty decent 😎
Link here: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
AI is being used to improve weather and climate prediction... But not in a make-you-dumber, planet-destroying, chatgpt kinda way.
New vid, ft. my best segue yet, here:
youtu.be/7gCbK1f0Zjc
Thanks to Kirstine Dale at the @metoffice.gov.uk for explaining how tech can enhance weather prediction ⛅
New vid, ft. my best segue yet, here:
youtu.be/7gCbK1f0Zjc
Thanks to Kirstine Dale at the @metoffice.gov.uk for explaining how tech can enhance weather prediction ⛅
Is AI about to revolutionise weather & climate forecasting?
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
AI is being used to improve weather and climate prediction... But not in a make-you-dumber, planet-destroying, chatgpt kinda way.
New vid, ft. my best segue yet, here:
youtu.be/7gCbK1f0Zjc
Thanks to Kirstine Dale at the @metoffice.gov.uk for explaining how tech can enhance weather prediction ⛅
New vid, ft. my best segue yet, here:
youtu.be/7gCbK1f0Zjc
Thanks to Kirstine Dale at the @metoffice.gov.uk for explaining how tech can enhance weather prediction ⛅
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
October 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
12 month running average Arctic sea ice area lowest on record.
September 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
12 month running average Arctic sea ice area lowest on record.
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys are one of the most extreme places on Earth 🌍❄️. I talked with @drgilbz.bsky.social about my PhD research on the glaciers there, why they matter for climate and ecosystems, and how they’re changing in a warming world. Check the great video she made below ⬇️
The weirdest place you've never heard of
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
youtu.be
August 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys are one of the most extreme places on Earth 🌍❄️. I talked with @drgilbz.bsky.social about my PhD research on the glaciers there, why they matter for climate and ecosystems, and how they’re changing in a warming world. Check the great video she made below ⬇️
Expanding airports in a climate crisis is criminal.
Already not on track to meet our (too weak) climate targets, an extra runway at Heathrow will cause a vast increase in emissions, driving deaths and health issues for Londoners and the world.
Already not on track to meet our (too weak) climate targets, an extra runway at Heathrow will cause a vast increase in emissions, driving deaths and health issues for Londoners and the world.
What will expanding Heathrow do to UK’s net zero plans?
Government is counting on tech to provide a panacea, but there may be simpler ways to keep climate goals on track
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Expanding airports in a climate crisis is criminal.
Already not on track to meet our (too weak) climate targets, an extra runway at Heathrow will cause a vast increase in emissions, driving deaths and health issues for Londoners and the world.
Already not on track to meet our (too weak) climate targets, an extra runway at Heathrow will cause a vast increase in emissions, driving deaths and health issues for Londoners and the world.
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
We didn’t know East Antarctica was melting like this.
Excellent new video from Dr Gilbz @drgilbz.bsky.social
Excellent new video from Dr Gilbz @drgilbz.bsky.social
We didn’t know East Antarctica was melting like this
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
youtu.be
July 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We didn’t know East Antarctica was melting like this.
Excellent new video from Dr Gilbz @drgilbz.bsky.social
Excellent new video from Dr Gilbz @drgilbz.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
I’m delighted to share that our new paper is now out in @natclimate.nature.com! Our long-term, monthly Antarctic-wide dataset of surface meltwater shows that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is becoming increasingly prone to surface meltwater ponding.
Continent-wide mapping shows increasing sensitivity of East Antarctica to meltwater ponding - Nature Climate Change
This study provides a continent-wide assessment of surface meltwater area in Antarctica between 2006 and 2021, highlighting recent increases in magnitude and variability in East Antarctica, with indic...
www.nature.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I’m delighted to share that our new paper is now out in @natclimate.nature.com! Our long-term, monthly Antarctic-wide dataset of surface meltwater shows that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is becoming increasingly prone to surface meltwater ponding.
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
I chatted to the amazing @drgilbz.bsky.social about our new paper (which Ella is also a co-author on!), which suggests that East Antarctica is becoming more prone to surface meltwater ponding. Check out the video below!
We didn’t know East Antarctica was melting like this
YouTube video by Dr Gilbz
www.youtube.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I chatted to the amazing @drgilbz.bsky.social about our new paper (which Ella is also a co-author on!), which suggests that East Antarctica is becoming more prone to surface meltwater ponding. Check out the video below!
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
🌍21st June is #ShowYourStripes day. The bar chart shows the temperature change in the UK up to 2024 compared to the average of 1961-2010 showyourstripes.info
2024 was the warmest year on record. 📣Take action! www.un.org/en/actnow/te...
2024 was the warmest year on record. 📣Take action! www.un.org/en/actnow/te...
June 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🌍21st June is #ShowYourStripes day. The bar chart shows the temperature change in the UK up to 2024 compared to the average of 1961-2010 showyourstripes.info
2024 was the warmest year on record. 📣Take action! www.un.org/en/actnow/te...
2024 was the warmest year on record. 📣Take action! www.un.org/en/actnow/te...
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
📊NEW ANALYSIS📊
Just 3% of the UK population take 30% of the fights. When this government expands UK airports, this 3% benefit the most.
Who are these people? Introducing... the ultra-frequent flyer. Our research with Possible. 1/5
Just 3% of the UK population take 30% of the fights. When this government expands UK airports, this 3% benefit the most.
Who are these people? Introducing... the ultra-frequent flyer. Our research with Possible. 1/5
June 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
📊NEW ANALYSIS📊
Just 3% of the UK population take 30% of the fights. When this government expands UK airports, this 3% benefit the most.
Who are these people? Introducing... the ultra-frequent flyer. Our research with Possible. 1/5
Just 3% of the UK population take 30% of the fights. When this government expands UK airports, this 3% benefit the most.
Who are these people? Introducing... the ultra-frequent flyer. Our research with Possible. 1/5
Reposted by Dr Ella Gilbert
We need a frequent flyer tax not a 3rd LHR runway.
2.8% of UK people are ultra-frequent flyers, 6+ flights/year,
7.7% are frequent 3+ , 17.1% regular 2+
& 72.4% fly once or never in a year.
2.8% of UK people are ultra-frequent flyers, 6+ flights/year,
7.7% are frequent 3+ , 17.1% regular 2+
& 72.4% fly once or never in a year.
📊NEW ANALYSIS📊
Just 3% of the UK population take 30% of the fights. When this government expands UK airports, this 3% benefit the most.
Who are these people? Introducing... the ultra-frequent flyer. Our research with Possible. 1/5
Just 3% of the UK population take 30% of the fights. When this government expands UK airports, this 3% benefit the most.
Who are these people? Introducing... the ultra-frequent flyer. Our research with Possible. 1/5
June 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We need a frequent flyer tax not a 3rd LHR runway.
2.8% of UK people are ultra-frequent flyers, 6+ flights/year,
7.7% are frequent 3+ , 17.1% regular 2+
& 72.4% fly once or never in a year.
2.8% of UK people are ultra-frequent flyers, 6+ flights/year,
7.7% are frequent 3+ , 17.1% regular 2+
& 72.4% fly once or never in a year.