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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My first comment piece in @theguardian.com is on a topic very close to my heart; the threat that the #ClimateCrisis poses to my local community in South Wales.
Here's a thread with a few extra thoughts from me 🧵
Here's a thread with a few extra thoughts from me 🧵
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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...
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Come join us! 3 year postdoc available to work with @profmattengland.bsky.social, @mad-ros.bsky.social and myself at ANU on modelling ocean - ice shelf interactions.
Closes 4th March. If you're going to Ocean Sciences and want to chat about it, let me know!
jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
Closes 4th March. If you're going to Ocean Sciences and want to chat about it, let me know!
jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
February 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Come join us! 3 year postdoc available to work with @profmattengland.bsky.social, @mad-ros.bsky.social and myself at ANU on modelling ocean - ice shelf interactions.
Closes 4th March. If you're going to Ocean Sciences and want to chat about it, let me know!
jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
Closes 4th March. If you're going to Ocean Sciences and want to chat about it, let me know!
jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
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Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth.
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
Accounting for methane from natural gas infrastructure in United States greenhouse gas emission estimates
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that United States net greenhouse gas emissions have declined over the last two decades and are no…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth.
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
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"Ghost forests" occur when rising sea levels and #flooding push saltwater inland, killing coastal #trees. Researchers are now finding more lifeless trees along the Southeastern coast and racing to find solutions to save the #ecosystems they inhabit.
Virginia researchers reveal widespread coastal 'ghost forests'
A team at the University of Virginia recently mapped millions of dead trees from Maine to South Carolina.
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"Ghost forests" occur when rising sea levels and #flooding push saltwater inland, killing coastal #trees. Researchers are now finding more lifeless trees along the Southeastern coast and racing to find solutions to save the #ecosystems they inhabit.
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People are struggling.
We need to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services.
My interview with #BBCLauraK
Great to see Green Party membership rising once again!
youtu.be/lMmDM_PvHyc?...
We need to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services.
My interview with #BBCLauraK
Great to see Green Party membership rising once again!
youtu.be/lMmDM_PvHyc?...
Green Party is the party "of the 99%", says leader Zack Polanski | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
YouTube video by BBC Politics
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
People are struggling.
We need to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services.
My interview with #BBCLauraK
Great to see Green Party membership rising once again!
youtu.be/lMmDM_PvHyc?...
We need to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services.
My interview with #BBCLauraK
Great to see Green Party membership rising once again!
youtu.be/lMmDM_PvHyc?...
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👇 Help us SHOCK the establishment
💪 Campaign days will be posted here
✉️ SIGN UP to the mailing list at the bottom of the page
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💪 Campaign days will be posted here
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greenparty.org.uk/get-involved/national-action-days/
National Action Days - Green Party
Now is the time to get involved and get Greens elected. See below for action days across the country and sign up now to be part of a winning team.
greenparty.org.uk
February 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
👇 Help us SHOCK the establishment
💪 Campaign days will be posted here
✉️ SIGN UP to the mailing list at the bottom of the page
greenparty.org.uk/get-involved/national-action-days/
💪 Campaign days will be posted here
✉️ SIGN UP to the mailing list at the bottom of the page
greenparty.org.uk/get-involved/national-action-days/
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The "AMOC is no longer a distant #climate scenario but a national & global security risk
European defence analyses & new scientific research come to the same conclusion: this is a form of systemic risk that governments must plan for now"
- Prof. Rockström & Iceland's Climate Minister Jóhannsson
🧵
European defence analyses & new scientific research come to the same conclusion: this is a form of systemic risk that governments must plan for now"
- Prof. Rockström & Iceland's Climate Minister Jóhannsson
🧵
DN Debatt. ”Vi vet inte var tippningspunkten ligger – men den närmar sig”
Vad händer om Golfströmmen stannar av? Den senaste forskningen tyder på att vi kan närma oss så kallade tippningspunkter.
www.dn.se
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 AM
The "AMOC is no longer a distant #climate scenario but a national & global security risk
European defence analyses & new scientific research come to the same conclusion: this is a form of systemic risk that governments must plan for now"
- Prof. Rockström & Iceland's Climate Minister Jóhannsson
🧵
European defence analyses & new scientific research come to the same conclusion: this is a form of systemic risk that governments must plan for now"
- Prof. Rockström & Iceland's Climate Minister Jóhannsson
🧵
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Likely the same in many oil/gas zones.
Cleaning up Alberta's fossil fuel industry could cost an estimated $260 billion, internal regulatory documents warn.
The staggering financial liabilities for the energy industry’s graveyard of spent facilities
www.nationalobserver.com/2018/11/01/n...
Cleaning up Alberta's fossil fuel industry could cost an estimated $260 billion, internal regulatory documents warn.
The staggering financial liabilities for the energy industry’s graveyard of spent facilities
www.nationalobserver.com/2018/11/01/n...
Alberta regulator privately estimates oilpatch's financial liabilities are hundreds of billions more than what it told the public
The staggering estimate of $260 billion in financial liabilities for the oil and gas industry’s graveyard of spent facilities were spelled out by a high-ranking official of the Alberta Energy Regulato...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Likely the same in many oil/gas zones.
Cleaning up Alberta's fossil fuel industry could cost an estimated $260 billion, internal regulatory documents warn.
The staggering financial liabilities for the energy industry’s graveyard of spent facilities
www.nationalobserver.com/2018/11/01/n...
Cleaning up Alberta's fossil fuel industry could cost an estimated $260 billion, internal regulatory documents warn.
The staggering financial liabilities for the energy industry’s graveyard of spent facilities
www.nationalobserver.com/2018/11/01/n...
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Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
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Nobel winner and senior scientists slam cuts to UK physics.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Nobel winner and senior scientists slam cuts to UK physics - Research Professional News
Science and Technology Facilities Council’s £162 million cost-saving measures “will have catastrophic consequences”, government warned
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Nobel winner and senior scientists slam cuts to UK physics.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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Completely unsustainable and makes Rachel Reeves’s comments earlier this week even more objectionable.
This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
February 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Completely unsustainable and makes Rachel Reeves’s comments earlier this week even more objectionable.
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‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how the #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:52 AM
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how the #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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gulp
New study: global-scale coral bleaching-level heat stress has persisted for almost the entirety of the last decade, bringing many reef areas into an era of near-annual bleaching
#coralreefs
#climatecrisis
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New study: global-scale coral bleaching-level heat stress has persisted for almost the entirety of the last decade, bringing many reef areas into an era of near-annual bleaching
#coralreefs
#climatecrisis
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The 4th global coral bleaching event: ushering in an era of near-annual bleaching - Coral Reefs
Increasingly frequent marine heatwaves have escalated the prevalence and extent of mass coral bleaching events. Global-scale coral bleaching events (GCBEs) can unfold when marine heatwaves impact reef...
link.springer.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
gulp
New study: global-scale coral bleaching-level heat stress has persisted for almost the entirety of the last decade, bringing many reef areas into an era of near-annual bleaching
#coralreefs
#climatecrisis
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New study: global-scale coral bleaching-level heat stress has persisted for almost the entirety of the last decade, bringing many reef areas into an era of near-annual bleaching
#coralreefs
#climatecrisis
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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'De media zijn een grotere bedreiging dan de fossiele brandstofindustrie.' Klimaatactivist George Monbiot hekelt de houding van media die liever hun kop in het zand steken als het gaat om de klimaatcrisis. (Jan 2024)
January 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
'De media zijn een grotere bedreiging dan de fossiele brandstofindustrie.' Klimaatactivist George Monbiot hekelt de houding van media die liever hun kop in het zand steken als het gaat om de klimaatcrisis. (Jan 2024)
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There was an Nordic AMOC tipping workshop in Helsinki in October 2025 following out of this letter and a report would go to Nordic ministries
jpi-climate.eu/event/nordic...
jpi-climate.eu/event/nordic...
Nordic Tipping Week – JPI Climate
jpi-climate.eu
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 AM
There was an Nordic AMOC tipping workshop in Helsinki in October 2025 following out of this letter and a report would go to Nordic ministries
jpi-climate.eu/event/nordic...
jpi-climate.eu/event/nordic...