Dr. Aaron Thierry
@thierryaaron.bsky.social
Graduate student at Cardiff University - researching the role of science and scientists in the climate movement. PhD in Ecology. Activism. Climate communications.
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Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
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I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
tcnv.link
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
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The western U.S. faces its lowest snowpack on record despite average or above-average rainfall. Warmer temperatures mean more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, and will worsen droughts in areas like the Pacific Northwest and the Colorado River Basin.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
February 3, 2026 at 6:27 AM
The western U.S. faces its lowest snowpack on record despite average or above-average rainfall. Warmer temperatures mean more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, and will worsen droughts in areas like the Pacific Northwest and the Colorado River Basin.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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More than 50 heat records were broken across Australia in the last week of January, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 AM
More than 50 heat records were broken across Australia in the last week of January, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
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I just found this podcast "Lawless Planet" thanks to @drilledmedia.bsky.social for the recommendation!
Check out episode "Surveillance and Sabotage on the Dakota Access Pipeline"
"Post 9-11 tactics used on American activists all spurred by a private security firm deputized by a fossil fuel co."
Check out episode "Surveillance and Sabotage on the Dakota Access Pipeline"
"Post 9-11 tactics used on American activists all spurred by a private security firm deputized by a fossil fuel co."
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I just found this podcast "Lawless Planet" thanks to @drilledmedia.bsky.social for the recommendation!
Check out episode "Surveillance and Sabotage on the Dakota Access Pipeline"
"Post 9-11 tactics used on American activists all spurred by a private security firm deputized by a fossil fuel co."
Check out episode "Surveillance and Sabotage on the Dakota Access Pipeline"
"Post 9-11 tactics used on American activists all spurred by a private security firm deputized by a fossil fuel co."
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Climate displacement in Wales as Council spends over £2.5million to protect residents
#Rhondda #ClimateChange #Wales
climatewithbrian.com/2026/02/02/w...
#Rhondda #ClimateChange #Wales
climatewithbrian.com/2026/02/02/w...
Welsh Council to spend over £2.5 million to protect residents from climate change
Homes at severe flood risk to be demolished by council Councillors for Rhondda Cynon Taf council have approved the acquisition of 16 homes in Ynysybwl, which have been described as at ‘severe flood…
climatewithbrian.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Climate displacement in Wales as Council spends over £2.5million to protect residents
#Rhondda #ClimateChange #Wales
climatewithbrian.com/2026/02/02/w...
#Rhondda #ClimateChange #Wales
climatewithbrian.com/2026/02/02/w...
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CAL FIRE’s thoughts are with the people and firefighters in Chile as catastrophic wildfires continue to burn across central and southern regions, forcing more than 50,000 people to evacuate and killing at least 18 people.
#ChileWildfires #WildfireResponse
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
#ChileWildfires #WildfireResponse
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Chilean president declares state of catastrophe as wildfires kill at least 18
Fires blaze through 8,500 hectares, forcing 50,000 people to evacuate as firefighters struggle to extinguish flames
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
CAL FIRE’s thoughts are with the people and firefighters in Chile as catastrophic wildfires continue to burn across central and southern regions, forcing more than 50,000 people to evacuate and killing at least 18 people.
#ChileWildfires #WildfireResponse
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
#ChileWildfires #WildfireResponse
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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IPSO' response: "[Papers can] choose which pieces of information they publish.They are not obliged to do a comparison of other cost pathways and entitled to focus on the headline figure. [We] did not identify sufficient grounds to investigate a possible breach of Clause 1" A cherry picker's charter.
February 2, 2026 at 11:50 PM
IPSO' response: "[Papers can] choose which pieces of information they publish.They are not obliged to do a comparison of other cost pathways and entitled to focus on the headline figure. [We] did not identify sufficient grounds to investigate a possible breach of Clause 1" A cherry picker's charter.
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Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
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New publication out by CSL Director @jeffcolgan.bsky.social! Check it out to learn more about whether the 2015 Paris Agreement shifted corporate strategy in the automotive sector:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Driving decarbonization? Corporate responses to the Paris climate agreement in the global automotive sector
Did firms accelerate decarbonization as a result of the 2015 Paris Agreement, particularly in industries where low-carbon options were technologically…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
New publication out by CSL Director @jeffcolgan.bsky.social! Check it out to learn more about whether the 2015 Paris Agreement shifted corporate strategy in the automotive sector:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Possibly the best thing we can do (now) to cut emissions and energy bills is build more rooftop solar. My new paper in Climatic Change pins low deployment and racial inequality on high up-front costs:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And this @volts.wtf episode walks through how to fix that!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And this @volts.wtf episode walks through how to fix that!
February 2, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Possibly the best thing we can do (now) to cut emissions and energy bills is build more rooftop solar. My new paper in Climatic Change pins low deployment and racial inequality on high up-front costs:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And this @volts.wtf episode walks through how to fix that!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And this @volts.wtf episode walks through how to fix that!
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Chinese hydrogel coating boosts solar panel output by 13%, ideal for hot regions
Researchers say cooling innovation can lower temperature of overheated ‘hotspots’ on solar cells that can cause panel failure and fire risk.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Researchers say cooling innovation can lower temperature of overheated ‘hotspots’ on solar cells that can cause panel failure and fire risk.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Chinese hydrogel coating boosts solar panel output by 13%, ideal for hot regions
Researchers say cooling innovation can lower temperature of overheated ‘hotspots’ on solar cells that can cause panel failure and fire risk.
www.scmp.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Chinese hydrogel coating boosts solar panel output by 13%, ideal for hot regions
Researchers say cooling innovation can lower temperature of overheated ‘hotspots’ on solar cells that can cause panel failure and fire risk.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Researchers say cooling innovation can lower temperature of overheated ‘hotspots’ on solar cells that can cause panel failure and fire risk.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
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By the middle of this century, there could be fewer than 20 countries with the right conditions and infrastructure to host the Winter Games, according to a 2024 study.
Here’s what the future could look like for 93 possible Olympic host locations:
Here’s what the future could look like for 93 possible Olympic host locations:
Climate change is making the Winter Olympics harder to host
Fewer countries will be cold enough to produce enough snow, even with machines. See where.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
By the middle of this century, there could be fewer than 20 countries with the right conditions and infrastructure to host the Winter Games, according to a 2024 study.
Here’s what the future could look like for 93 possible Olympic host locations:
Here’s what the future could look like for 93 possible Olympic host locations:
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Lead (Pb) in archived hair in Salt Lake City.
"Lead (Pb) in archived hair documents a decline in lead exposure to humans since the establishment of the US Environmental Protection Agency "
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Lead (Pb) in archived hair documents a decline in lead exposure to humans since the establishment of the US Environmental Protection Agency "
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
February 2, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Lead (Pb) in archived hair in Salt Lake City.
"Lead (Pb) in archived hair documents a decline in lead exposure to humans since the establishment of the US Environmental Protection Agency "
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Lead (Pb) in archived hair documents a decline in lead exposure to humans since the establishment of the US Environmental Protection Agency "
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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NPR: The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...
The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review
The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental standards.
www.npr.org
February 3, 2026 at 12:40 AM
NPR: The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...
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Internal emails show Department of Energy's debunked climate science report was reviewed by scientists internally, who found it "biased," "misleading," and "hypocritical." Contrarian authors tailored their work to ensure it focused on weakening climate regulations. www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
DOE scientists blasted climate report ordered up by boss
Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five climate contrarians to write about global warming. Department experts pushed back on the findings.
www.eenews.net
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Internal emails show Department of Energy's debunked climate science report was reviewed by scientists internally, who found it "biased," "misleading," and "hypocritical." Contrarian authors tailored their work to ensure it focused on weakening climate regulations. www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
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What if preventing catastrophic biological threats requires not just better science, but better collaboration across borders, disciplines, & communities?
Watch ASRA Network members explore the intersections & interactions in biosecurity risk in episode 4 of Cross Currents: youtu.be/MoGk0hfq1P4?...
Watch ASRA Network members explore the intersections & interactions in biosecurity risk in episode 4 of Cross Currents: youtu.be/MoGk0hfq1P4?...
February 2, 2026 at 12:46 PM
What if preventing catastrophic biological threats requires not just better science, but better collaboration across borders, disciplines, & communities?
Watch ASRA Network members explore the intersections & interactions in biosecurity risk in episode 4 of Cross Currents: youtu.be/MoGk0hfq1P4?...
Watch ASRA Network members explore the intersections & interactions in biosecurity risk in episode 4 of Cross Currents: youtu.be/MoGk0hfq1P4?...
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How can elite sport become a climate leader?
Read more about the barriers and how to overcome them in our new study:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Read more about the barriers and how to overcome them in our new study:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Climate Action Delay Discourses in the Sports Sector: Insights From Interviews With Athletes and Staff
There is a major contradiction between the current model of international elite sport and efforts to mitigate climate change. This study investigates climate action delay discourses within the sports...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:19 PM
How can elite sport become a climate leader?
Read more about the barriers and how to overcome them in our new study:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Read more about the barriers and how to overcome them in our new study:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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HSS Dissertation Travel Grant to support travel to sources for PhD students in history of science and technology working on their dissertation. Grants may be up to US$2,500. Grad students from any university are eligible
Deadline Tuesday, March 31.
hssonline.org/page/dissert...
#HPS
Deadline Tuesday, March 31.
hssonline.org/page/dissert...
#HPS
February 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
HSS Dissertation Travel Grant to support travel to sources for PhD students in history of science and technology working on their dissertation. Grants may be up to US$2,500. Grad students from any university are eligible
Deadline Tuesday, March 31.
hssonline.org/page/dissert...
#HPS
Deadline Tuesday, March 31.
hssonline.org/page/dissert...
#HPS
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I think back to the chilling final two paragraphs of Eric Schlosser’s Command and Control.
Now AI is not a nuclear weapon & it is capable of a lot of very good things, but the idea from the book that we are ignoring a technology because we sort of hope it isn't real rings true.
"and they work"
Now AI is not a nuclear weapon & it is capable of a lot of very good things, but the idea from the book that we are ignoring a technology because we sort of hope it isn't real rings true.
"and they work"
February 2, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I think back to the chilling final two paragraphs of Eric Schlosser’s Command and Control.
Now AI is not a nuclear weapon & it is capable of a lot of very good things, but the idea from the book that we are ignoring a technology because we sort of hope it isn't real rings true.
"and they work"
Now AI is not a nuclear weapon & it is capable of a lot of very good things, but the idea from the book that we are ignoring a technology because we sort of hope it isn't real rings true.
"and they work"
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I think this is representative of fossil-fuelled weather extremes reportage not just in Aus but in many countries, where (a) the cause, fossil fuels, is simply never mentioned and (b) the change is treated as essentially inevitable and un-mitigatable, all that's left is figuring out how to 'adapt'
Australians to experience more 50C days as heatwaves intensify, experts say | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I think this is representative of fossil-fuelled weather extremes reportage not just in Aus but in many countries, where (a) the cause, fossil fuels, is simply never mentioned and (b) the change is treated as essentially inevitable and un-mitigatable, all that's left is figuring out how to 'adapt'
A quick fact check on @skepticalscience.bsky.social tells us that:
"Polar bears are in danger of extinction as well as many other species"
Conclusion: Don't trust The Telegraph... and in other news: polar bears shit on ice.
"Polar bears are in danger of extinction as well as many other species"
Conclusion: Don't trust The Telegraph... and in other news: polar bears shit on ice.
February 2, 2026 at 10:19 AM
A quick fact check on @skepticalscience.bsky.social tells us that:
"Polar bears are in danger of extinction as well as many other species"
Conclusion: Don't trust The Telegraph... and in other news: polar bears shit on ice.
"Polar bears are in danger of extinction as well as many other species"
Conclusion: Don't trust The Telegraph... and in other news: polar bears shit on ice.
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Thought provoking 🧵. It's interesting that the examples here are often used in arguments as if they are a knockout blow - but both statements in each pair are true. It's just that one of them will feel more conclusive to you.
The optimist vs pessimist divide in #climate debates isn’t usually about the data.
It’s about how the same graphs are read, what people emphasise, what they discount, and how they interpret pace and stakes.
Here’s what I mean 🧵👇
It’s about how the same graphs are read, what people emphasise, what they discount, and how they interpret pace and stakes.
Here’s what I mean 🧵👇
January 30, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Thought provoking 🧵. It's interesting that the examples here are often used in arguments as if they are a knockout blow - but both statements in each pair are true. It's just that one of them will feel more conclusive to you.
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"We're facing the potential of an ungovernable state unless Government takes this seriously."
We can rise to this challenge, but first we need to face it.
👉 Please ask your MP to join the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing to the nation.
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
We can rise to this challenge, but first we need to face it.
👉 Please ask your MP to join the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing to the nation.
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
February 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
"We're facing the potential of an ungovernable state unless Government takes this seriously."
We can rise to this challenge, but first we need to face it.
👉 Please ask your MP to join the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing to the nation.
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
We can rise to this challenge, but first we need to face it.
👉 Please ask your MP to join the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing to the nation.
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
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Please join our discussion on extreme climate/weather events and tipping systems in the Earth system. 3 February, 2026
Time: 2:00–3:00 pm CET
Webinar link: Join us here: lnkd.in/ec39G6R7
Time: 2:00–3:00 pm CET
Webinar link: Join us here: lnkd.in/ec39G6R7
February 2, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Please join our discussion on extreme climate/weather events and tipping systems in the Earth system. 3 February, 2026
Time: 2:00–3:00 pm CET
Webinar link: Join us here: lnkd.in/ec39G6R7
Time: 2:00–3:00 pm CET
Webinar link: Join us here: lnkd.in/ec39G6R7
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I want to lift up this article once more...there's so much in here that needs to be addressed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I want to lift up this article once more...there's so much in here that needs to be addressed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...