Luciana Prado
@lufprado.bsky.social
Climate Scientist | Paleoclimate | Climate Variability and Change | Professor of Climate Sciences at Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil | IPCC AR7 Lead Author |
Born @ 342 ppm. Personal profile. Books & Climate.
Born @ 342 ppm. Personal profile. Books & Climate.
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Which option do we choose - act or delay?
These are the 'warning' stripes highlighting global choices. Do we act rapidly and keep global temperatures below 2°C, or delay and end up in a 3°C world (or worse)?
These are the 'warning' stripes highlighting global choices. Do we act rapidly and keep global temperatures below 2°C, or delay and end up in a 3°C world (or worse)?
January 15, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Which option do we choose - act or delay?
These are the 'warning' stripes highlighting global choices. Do we act rapidly and keep global temperatures below 2°C, or delay and end up in a 3°C world (or worse)?
These are the 'warning' stripes highlighting global choices. Do we act rapidly and keep global temperatures below 2°C, or delay and end up in a 3°C world (or worse)?
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Ocean Heat Content Sets Another Record in 2025
'Global ocean warming continued unabated in 2025 in response to increased greenhouse gas concentrations and recent reductions in sulfate aerosols'
I'm hoping this preliminary @mercatorocean.bsky.social estimate for 2025 is wrong...🫣
'Global ocean warming continued unabated in 2025 in response to increased greenhouse gas concentrations and recent reductions in sulfate aerosols'
I'm hoping this preliminary @mercatorocean.bsky.social estimate for 2025 is wrong...🫣
January 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Ocean Heat Content Sets Another Record in 2025
'Global ocean warming continued unabated in 2025 in response to increased greenhouse gas concentrations and recent reductions in sulfate aerosols'
I'm hoping this preliminary @mercatorocean.bsky.social estimate for 2025 is wrong...🫣
'Global ocean warming continued unabated in 2025 in response to increased greenhouse gas concentrations and recent reductions in sulfate aerosols'
I'm hoping this preliminary @mercatorocean.bsky.social estimate for 2025 is wrong...🫣
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NEW – Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2025 | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
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January 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
NEW – Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2025 | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
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📈 It's official from NOAA. 2025 was the fourth-hottest year on record (since 1895) for the contiguous U.S. 🔥
Average temperatures for the contiguous U.S. in 2025 were 2.6°F (1.4°C) warmer than the 20th century (1901-2000) average.
🧵 Let's dig in a little deeper.
Average temperatures for the contiguous U.S. in 2025 were 2.6°F (1.4°C) warmer than the 20th century (1901-2000) average.
🧵 Let's dig in a little deeper.
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
📈 It's official from NOAA. 2025 was the fourth-hottest year on record (since 1895) for the contiguous U.S. 🔥
Average temperatures for the contiguous U.S. in 2025 were 2.6°F (1.4°C) warmer than the 20th century (1901-2000) average.
🧵 Let's dig in a little deeper.
Average temperatures for the contiguous U.S. in 2025 were 2.6°F (1.4°C) warmer than the 20th century (1901-2000) average.
🧵 Let's dig in a little deeper.
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La production d'électricité à partir du charbon a diminué à la fois en Chine et en Inde en 2025, la première baisse simultanée en un demi-siècle, après que chaque pays a ajouté des quantités record d'énergie propre www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coa...
Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records - Carbon Brief
Coal power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, after each nation added record amounts of clean energy
www.carbonbrief.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:34 AM
La production d'électricité à partir du charbon a diminué à la fois en Chine et en Inde en 2025, la première baisse simultanée en un demi-siècle, après que chaque pays a ajouté des quantités record d'énergie propre www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coa...
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This all women, all early career team is officially on its way to the Wedell Sea, Antarctica to study sea ice and plankton!! Wish us luck in the dreadful Drake Passage 🤞🌊🐧🇦🇶 #oceanography #iceXplankton Krill pun shirts were gifts from co-I Tricia Thibodeau 💗
January 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
This all women, all early career team is officially on its way to the Wedell Sea, Antarctica to study sea ice and plankton!! Wish us luck in the dreadful Drake Passage 🤞🌊🐧🇦🇶 #oceanography #iceXplankton Krill pun shirts were gifts from co-I Tricia Thibodeau 💗
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President Trump announced plans to withdraw the U.S. from the U.N.’s main climate framework and other major climate agreements, though timing remains unclear. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... , climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
January 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
President Trump announced plans to withdraw the U.S. from the U.N.’s main climate framework and other major climate agreements, though timing remains unclear. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... , climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
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#IPCC Chair Jim Skea met today with Norway's Climate & Environment Minister Andreas Bjelland Eriksen. They highlighted IPCC's crucial role in driving global #climateaction and how trusted, policy-relevant science is key to ambitious & inclusive responses to climate change.
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
#IPCC Chair Jim Skea met today with Norway's Climate & Environment Minister Andreas Bjelland Eriksen. They highlighted IPCC's crucial role in driving global #climateaction and how trusted, policy-relevant science is key to ambitious & inclusive responses to climate change.
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The ESM forcing files for #CMIP7 #ScenarioMIP are now up on the Earth System Grid for the two advanced-priority scenarios High (H) and Very Low (VL). CMIP7 H is significantly lower emissions than CMIP6's SSP585 - and VL has more radical near-term decarbonisation than anything we had in CMIP6.
January 8, 2026 at 11:05 AM
The ESM forcing files for #CMIP7 #ScenarioMIP are now up on the Earth System Grid for the two advanced-priority scenarios High (H) and Very Low (VL). CMIP7 H is significantly lower emissions than CMIP6's SSP585 - and VL has more radical near-term decarbonisation than anything we had in CMIP6.
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Looks like this data was quietly updated in the fall for the latest numbers through 2024 - Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI) produced by NOAA...
It is now up to a 54% increase in the influence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since 1990 (AGGI = 1.54; heat trapping)
It is now up to a 54% increase in the influence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since 1990 (AGGI = 1.54; heat trapping)
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Looks like this data was quietly updated in the fall for the latest numbers through 2024 - Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI) produced by NOAA...
It is now up to a 54% increase in the influence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since 1990 (AGGI = 1.54; heat trapping)
It is now up to a 54% increase in the influence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since 1990 (AGGI = 1.54; heat trapping)
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New study by @doniff.bsky.social et al. shows that long-term #ClimateChange systematically alters small-scale #wind variability and its vertical velocity, influencing #cloud microphysics and the Earth’s radiative balance. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Trends in vertical wind velocity variability reveal cloud microphysical feedback - Nature Communications
This study shows that long-term climate change systematically alters small-scale wind variability and its vertical velocity, influencing cloud microphysics and the Earth’s radiative balance.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
New study by @doniff.bsky.social et al. shows that long-term #ClimateChange systematically alters small-scale #wind variability and its vertical velocity, influencing #cloud microphysics and the Earth’s radiative balance. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Q&A: What does China’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate action? | @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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January 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Q&A: What does China’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate action? | @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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Happy 2026!
First daylight of 2026 reaches the entire Atlantic (visible on GOES-19 satellite at (www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/fulldis...)
A #HappyNewYear to all of my @bsky.app followers! Thank you for another year of thoughtful interactions. I learn so much from you all every day. Cheers to 2026!
A #HappyNewYear to all of my @bsky.app followers! Thank you for another year of thoughtful interactions. I learn so much from you all every day. Cheers to 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Happy 2026!
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Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs
go.nature.com/4j1dLeY
go.nature.com/4j1dLeY
Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs
go.nature.com/4j1dLeY
go.nature.com/4j1dLeY
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Check out this year's extreme sea surface temperatures and recent warming across the North Pacific... 🌊
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-November period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-November period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Check out this year's extreme sea surface temperatures and recent warming across the North Pacific... 🌊
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-November period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-November period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
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A paper published in Nature in September suggests a quarter of heatwave events from 2000-23 would have been near impossible without anthropogenic climate change. The paper also indicates that major carbon emitters are responsible for around 50% of the increase in intensity of these events. ⚒️ 🧪
Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature
Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.
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December 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A paper published in Nature in September suggests a quarter of heatwave events from 2000-23 would have been near impossible without anthropogenic climate change. The paper also indicates that major carbon emitters are responsible for around 50% of the increase in intensity of these events. ⚒️ 🧪