Peter Gibbs
@petergibbs.bsky.social
Lived in Antarctica for two years. Chair of BBC Gardeners' Question Time. Weatherman. Conservation volunteer. Fellow RMetS and RGS.
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Large parts of Sri Lanka are likely to see exceptional rainfall through the coming days, with some areas seeing more than one month's worth of rainfall within 4 days ⤵️
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Large parts of Sri Lanka are likely to see exceptional rainfall through the coming days, with some areas seeing more than one month's worth of rainfall within 4 days ⤵️
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There are several extreme historical UK & Ireland windstorms which are of interest to insurance companies to understand wind risks, e.g. January 1884 dropped to <930mb over Scotland.
Postdoc position in Reading (working with Aon & QBE) to explore these risks: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Postdoc position in Reading (working with Aon & QBE) to explore these risks: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
There are several extreme historical UK & Ireland windstorms which are of interest to insurance companies to understand wind risks, e.g. January 1884 dropped to <930mb over Scotland.
Postdoc position in Reading (working with Aon & QBE) to explore these risks: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Postdoc position in Reading (working with Aon & QBE) to explore these risks: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
What an inspiring story. I do a lot of voluntary conservation work and it's dominated by grey-haired retirees, so it's heartening to see young folk getting involved
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
What an inspiring story. I do a lot of voluntary conservation work and it's dominated by grey-haired retirees, so it's heartening to see young folk getting involved
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Springline Project - a unique collaboration between ecologists, artists and local communities to create this stunning 10-metre mural that we revealed to a packed audience in Cholsey on Friday! Thank you to everyone who made this happen #MendtheGap @annadillon.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Springline Project - a unique collaboration between ecologists, artists and local communities to create this stunning 10-metre mural that we revealed to a packed audience in Cholsey on Friday! Thank you to everyone who made this happen #MendtheGap @annadillon.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
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Trevor, you're the 3rd person to have reported seeing Hawthorn both fruiting & flowering this week! The other 2 were over on X.
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Trevor, you're the 3rd person to have reported seeing Hawthorn both fruiting & flowering this week! The other 2 were over on X.
A tatty-looking field scabious clinging on through the first hard frosts of winter, while a freshly flowering hogweed shrugs off the chill #wildflowerhour
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A tatty-looking field scabious clinging on through the first hard frosts of winter, while a freshly flowering hogweed shrugs off the chill #wildflowerhour
Sunday morning in Hambleden @chilternsnl.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sunday morning in Hambleden @chilternsnl.bsky.social
I spoke about attempts to break this catastrophic drought through cloud seeding in the latest Naked Scientists podcast
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I spoke about attempts to break this catastrophic drought through cloud seeding in the latest Naked Scientists podcast
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
I spoke to Chris Smith on The Naked Scientist podcast about whether cloud seeding could bring an end to the devastating drought affecting Iran, with their biggest cities on the brink of running dry.
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
Small modular reactors for Wales, and moss survives in space
Plus, will cloud seeding alleviate Iran's water shortage...
www.thenakedscientists.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I spoke to Chris Smith on The Naked Scientist podcast about whether cloud seeding could bring an end to the devastating drought affecting Iran, with their biggest cities on the brink of running dry.
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
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Two exciting postdoc positions available!
Historical windstorms - working with two insurance companies to explore UK wind risks: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Extreme event storylines - working as part of a EU collaboration on event attribution: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Historical windstorms - working with two insurance companies to explore UK wind risks: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Extreme event storylines - working as part of a EU collaboration on event attribution: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Two exciting postdoc positions available!
Historical windstorms - working with two insurance companies to explore UK wind risks: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Extreme event storylines - working as part of a EU collaboration on event attribution: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Historical windstorms - working with two insurance companies to explore UK wind risks: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Extreme event storylines - working as part of a EU collaboration on event attribution: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Afternoon stroll on the Thames floodplain
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Afternoon stroll on the Thames floodplain
Beautiful capture of snow cover over the Pennines and Lake District fells from #NASA Terra satellite. Oh to be up in the hills on a day like this!
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Beautiful capture of snow cover over the Pennines and Lake District fells from #NASA Terra satellite. Oh to be up in the hills on a day like this!
Amidst all the AI overhype, one application is living up to the promises
Hurricane forecasting: Humans are still King, but AI is catching up?!
Here’s a very simple & limited comparison 5 days out of the best and worst forecasts for #Melissa on left and the season on right.
Not to pile on the GFS/ American model, but it had a bad season overall... 1/
Here’s a very simple & limited comparison 5 days out of the best and worst forecasts for #Melissa on left and the season on right.
Not to pile on the GFS/ American model, but it had a bad season overall... 1/
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Amidst all the AI overhype, one application is living up to the promises
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uksnowmap.com looking good this morning! Send your #uksnow reports if it’s snowing where you are!
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
uksnowmap.com looking good this morning! Send your #uksnow reports if it’s snowing where you are!
@uksnowmap.com Very brief and soggy #uksnow SL6 2/10
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
@uksnowmap.com Very brief and soggy #uksnow SL6 2/10
"Annual total energy consumption for each property was between 40% and 67% lower than the UK average..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows
Analysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"Annual total energy consumption for each property was between 40% and 67% lower than the UK average..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Miscanthus plumes + a low winter sun = 😍
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Miscanthus plumes + a low winter sun = 😍
Coppicing season has begun. Structures around the cut stools are to (hopefully!) protect the regrowth from pesky deer
November 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Coppicing season has begun. Structures around the cut stools are to (hopefully!) protect the regrowth from pesky deer
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In the early hours of this morning, following 119.6mm of rainfall in 12hrs, the River Monnow burst its banks and flooded Monmouth. The usual river level is just under 2m, this morning it was 6.63m- even higher than the record-breaking level during the floods in 2020 (6.57m). Absolutely devastating.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In the early hours of this morning, following 119.6mm of rainfall in 12hrs, the River Monnow burst its banks and flooded Monmouth. The usual river level is just under 2m, this morning it was 6.63m- even higher than the record-breaking level during the floods in 2020 (6.57m). Absolutely devastating.
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An #Asperitas fest over Downside, Surrey as #StormClaudia approached on Thu 13th November
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@metoffice.gov.uk
@thephotohour.bsky.social
@petergibbs.bsky.social #StormHour #loveukweather
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@metoffice.gov.uk
@thephotohour.bsky.social
@petergibbs.bsky.social #StormHour #loveukweather
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
An #Asperitas fest over Downside, Surrey as #StormClaudia approached on Thu 13th November
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@metoffice.gov.uk
@thephotohour.bsky.social
@petergibbs.bsky.social #StormHour #loveukweather
@cloudappsoc.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@metoffice.gov.uk
@thephotohour.bsky.social
@petergibbs.bsky.social #StormHour #loveukweather
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Halley Research Station is open for business!
After a stop at Neumayer, serenaded with a horn farewell, the team reached Halley - only to find one door had reinvented itself as a wall… a wall of snow.
They’re melting it in tea urns for water and slowly getting the station ready for the season.
After a stop at Neumayer, serenaded with a horn farewell, the team reached Halley - only to find one door had reinvented itself as a wall… a wall of snow.
They’re melting it in tea urns for water and slowly getting the station ready for the season.
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Halley Research Station is open for business!
After a stop at Neumayer, serenaded with a horn farewell, the team reached Halley - only to find one door had reinvented itself as a wall… a wall of snow.
They’re melting it in tea urns for water and slowly getting the station ready for the season.
After a stop at Neumayer, serenaded with a horn farewell, the team reached Halley - only to find one door had reinvented itself as a wall… a wall of snow.
They’re melting it in tea urns for water and slowly getting the station ready for the season.
We need the rain - but preferably not all at once
Storm Claudia has arrived and a yellow rain warning is now in force across much of central/southern England and Wales ⚠️
Take care if you are about to travel as flooding and disruption are possible
Amber warnings will also come into force later today as the rain turns heavier
Take care if you are about to travel as flooding and disruption are possible
Amber warnings will also come into force later today as the rain turns heavier
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We need the rain - but preferably not all at once
Boosted by Fohn effect no doubt, but still!
We are not ready for what's coming...
29.8°C in France mid November! 😱
These heat levels are just insane...🥵
Map via @sergezaka.bsky.social
29.8°C in France mid November! 😱
These heat levels are just insane...🥵
Map via @sergezaka.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Boosted by Fohn effect no doubt, but still!