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.
tcnv.link
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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🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Acknowledging the historic presence of justice in climate research, in Nature Climate Change: doi.org/10.1038/s415... - w/ @julianagyeman.bsky.social, @pkashwan.bsky.social, @danielle-rivera.bsky.social, Stacia Ryder, @dschlosberg.bsky.social & @farhanasultana.com #climatejustice
December 16, 2024 at 10:38 AM
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Acknowledging the historic presence of justice in climate research, in Nature Climate Change: doi.org/10.1038/s415... - w/ @julianagyeman.bsky.social, @pkashwan.bsky.social, @danielle-rivera.bsky.social, Stacia Ryder, @dschlosberg.bsky.social & @farhanasultana.com #climatejustice
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Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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"This would increase total global methane emissions by about 10% compared to the current level, which would contribute to faster climate change than what is currently expected in the IPCC's worst-case scenario."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Higher methane emissions from warmer lakes and reservoirs may exacerbate worst-case climate scenario
Emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from lakes and reservoirs risk doubling by the end of the century due to climate change, according to a new study from Linköping University, Sweden, and NASA Am...
phys.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"This would increase total global methane emissions by about 10% compared to the current level, which would contribute to faster climate change than what is currently expected in the IPCC's worst-case scenario."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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Presented today.
The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the impacts of potential Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapse and provides recommendations for policy actions.
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the impacts of potential Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapse and provides recommendations for policy actions.
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping
This report is the outcome of the Nordic Council of Minister’s sponsored workshop arranged in October 21-24, 2025 in Helsinki and Rovaniemi, Finland as part of Finland’s council presidency theme resil...
pub.norden.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Presented today.
The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the impacts of potential Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapse and provides recommendations for policy actions.
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the impacts of potential Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapse and provides recommendations for policy actions.
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
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Once a distant climate risk, the destabilisation of the Atlantic Ocean circulation (#AMOC) is becoming a real security concern. PIK director Johan Rockström and Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson outline what can be done about it.
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
Climate risk becomes a matter of security
The destabilisation of the #AMOC is no longer a distant scenario - it’s a national and global security risk. Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson and I outline actions to tackle this thre...
www.linkedin.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Once a distant climate risk, the destabilisation of the Atlantic Ocean circulation (#AMOC) is becoming a real security concern. PIK director Johan Rockström and Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson outline what can be done about it.
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
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I'm so proud of what my @docsforclimate.bsky.social colleagues accomplished last year, and so grateful they continue to press onward & upward despite ferocious headwinds created by the poisonous US political environment.
My hat is off to them. 🎩
@mason4c.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
My hat is off to them. 🎩
@mason4c.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
2025 Annual Report: Courage in Community - The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)
Our 2025 Annual Report: Courage in Community highlights our collective efforts and our resolve to continue this important work.
medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I'm so proud of what my @docsforclimate.bsky.social colleagues accomplished last year, and so grateful they continue to press onward & upward despite ferocious headwinds created by the poisonous US political environment.
My hat is off to them. 🎩
@mason4c.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
My hat is off to them. 🎩
@mason4c.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
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New! Transactions B special issue on The biosphere in the Anthropocene: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3... Hope you like the cover and lineup!
February 6, 2026 at 3:45 AM
New! Transactions B special issue on The biosphere in the Anthropocene: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3... Hope you like the cover and lineup!
"Met Eireann warned this morning that “very heavy rain” would batter Ireland’s already saturated ground and high tides leading to further flooding"
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateCrisis
DART 'suspended' as huge waves leave Dublin track under 'several feet of water'
SEVERAL Irish Rail services have been hit by suspensions and delays this afternoon due to extreme flooding on the tracks. Dublin, Louth, Waterford and Wicklow have been under a Status Orange rain w…
www.thesun.ie
February 6, 2026 at 5:18 AM
"Met Eireann warned this morning that “very heavy rain” would batter Ireland’s already saturated ground and high tides leading to further flooding"
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateCrisis
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During a dive last year in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, researchers documented a giant phantom jelly, a deep-sea species rarely seen since it was discovered a little over a century ago. “There was a mixture of excitement and disbelief,” said one marine biologist. trib.al/HfkWfp4
February 5, 2026 at 8:14 PM
During a dive last year in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, researchers documented a giant phantom jelly, a deep-sea species rarely seen since it was discovered a little over a century ago. “There was a mixture of excitement and disbelief,” said one marine biologist. trib.al/HfkWfp4
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Agrivoltaics: "not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.”
‘Agrivoltaics is not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges’
Scientists have conducted a six-sphere literature analysis of agrivoltaics, considering sustainability, soil–crop productivity, socioeconomic resilience, solar power generation, spatial efficiency, an...
www.pv-magazine.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Agrivoltaics: "not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.”
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BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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Blaming renewables for high energy bills misses the point, writes Dr Simon Evans. It’s volatile gas prices that continue to dominate household costs, despite the claims of some politicians.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/expen...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/expen...
Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills
High gas prices, not green policies, remain the main reason UK households are paying more for electricity
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Blaming renewables for high energy bills misses the point, writes Dr Simon Evans. It’s volatile gas prices that continue to dominate household costs, despite the claims of some politicians.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/expen...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/expen...
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The world is going to blow past the 1.5 C goal of the Paris Accords. Even limiting global warming to 2 C will be very hard.
But we might still be able to pull it off if we change tactics, and focus more attention on climate “Emergency Brakes”.
globalecoguy.org/hitting-the-...
But we might still be able to pull it off if we change tactics, and focus more attention on climate “Emergency Brakes”.
globalecoguy.org/hitting-the-...
Hitting the “Emergency Brake” on Climate
There’s a hard truth about climate change: Meeting the Paris Accords — and limiting global warming to 1.5˚C or “well below” 2˚C — requires…
globalecoguy.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The world is going to blow past the 1.5 C goal of the Paris Accords. Even limiting global warming to 2 C will be very hard.
But we might still be able to pull it off if we change tactics, and focus more attention on climate “Emergency Brakes”.
globalecoguy.org/hitting-the-...
But we might still be able to pull it off if we change tactics, and focus more attention on climate “Emergency Brakes”.
globalecoguy.org/hitting-the-...
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Perhaps it was coincidental timing, but nothing underscores the collapse of the Washington Post like firing most of the Pulitzer prize winning #climate reporters the very same day as their opinion pages publishes a BS screed by climate misinformer Bjorn Lomborg.
February 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Perhaps it was coincidental timing, but nothing underscores the collapse of the Washington Post like firing most of the Pulitzer prize winning #climate reporters the very same day as their opinion pages publishes a BS screed by climate misinformer Bjorn Lomborg.
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In addition to decimating the Washington Post Jeff Bezos is also the vanguard of a new 'insidious form of climate denial.'
Read @rtakver.bsky.social's fascinating @desmog.com interview with @adambecker.bsky.social about the sci-fi delusions guiding Big Tech.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Read @rtakver.bsky.social's fascinating @desmog.com interview with @adambecker.bsky.social about the sci-fi delusions guiding Big Tech.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technolog...
www.desmog.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
In addition to decimating the Washington Post Jeff Bezos is also the vanguard of a new 'insidious form of climate denial.'
Read @rtakver.bsky.social's fascinating @desmog.com interview with @adambecker.bsky.social about the sci-fi delusions guiding Big Tech.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Read @rtakver.bsky.social's fascinating @desmog.com interview with @adambecker.bsky.social about the sci-fi delusions guiding Big Tech.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
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After disastrous and *unprecedented* quantities of rain, the entire town of Grazalema in Cádiz province is being evacuated because of the risk of landslides.
www.europasur.es/noticias-pro...
www.europasur.es/noticias-pro...
February 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
After disastrous and *unprecedented* quantities of rain, the entire town of Grazalema in Cádiz province is being evacuated because of the risk of landslides.
www.europasur.es/noticias-pro...
www.europasur.es/noticias-pro...
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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 🧵
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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Wollt ihr euch nicht von Desinformation zum Klimawandel für dumm verkaufen lassen? Dann ist dieser Vortrag das richtige! Er zeigt den Stand der Wissenschaft, aber auch die häufigsten Tricks der Klimatäuscher. Holt euch einen Tee und schaut gerne mal rein!
youtu.be/fMcm1ku-NOw?...
youtu.be/fMcm1ku-NOw?...
Die Klimakrise in der öffentlichen Debatte zwischen Wissenschaft, Querdenkern und Lobbyisten
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
February 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Wollt ihr euch nicht von Desinformation zum Klimawandel für dumm verkaufen lassen? Dann ist dieser Vortrag das richtige! Er zeigt den Stand der Wissenschaft, aber auch die häufigsten Tricks der Klimatäuscher. Holt euch einen Tee und schaut gerne mal rein!
youtu.be/fMcm1ku-NOw?...
youtu.be/fMcm1ku-NOw?...
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While I am delighted to see this work published after collaborating with some of the field's greatest scientists, I am deeply unsettled by the consequences a potential AMOC collapse would have on communities and ecosystems. Here is to hoping global leaders take note. pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping
This report is the outcome of the Nordic Council of Minister’s sponsored workshop arranged in October 21-24, 2025 in Helsinki and Rovaniemi, Finland as part of Finland’s council presidency theme resil...
pub.norden.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
While I am delighted to see this work published after collaborating with some of the field's greatest scientists, I am deeply unsettled by the consequences a potential AMOC collapse would have on communities and ecosystems. Here is to hoping global leaders take note. pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
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Your periodic reminder that the economic models that suggest climate change will knock a couple of percent of future GDP - models that are used widely by governments, investors, and businesses - are almost certainly complete garbage. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525211...
'Flawed advice': Economic models accused of 'chronically underpricing' climate risks
New analysis from Carbon Tracker warns governments and businesses are continuing to ignore systemic climate risks that could crash global economy
www.businessgreen.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Your periodic reminder that the economic models that suggest climate change will knock a couple of percent of future GDP - models that are used widely by governments, investors, and businesses - are almost certainly complete garbage. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525211...
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Just out today: The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the risk of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC) shutdown. 🌊
Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework".
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework".
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping
This report is the outcome of the Nordic Council of Minister’s sponsored workshop arranged in October 21-24, 2025 in Helsinki and Rovaniemi, Finland as part of Finland’s council presidency theme resil...
pub.norden.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Just out today: The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the risk of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC) shutdown. 🌊
Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework".
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework".
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
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In a recent study, scientists looked at the venues of 19 past Winter Olympics to see how each might hold up under future climate change.
They found that by midcentury, four former host cities would no longer have a reliable climate for hosting the Games.
medium.com/the-new-clim...
They found that by midcentury, four former host cities would no longer have a reliable climate for hosting the Games.
medium.com/the-new-clim...
Climate Change Threatens the Winter Olympics’ Future
Innovations have made recent Winter Games possible, but even snowmaking has limits
medium.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In a recent study, scientists looked at the venues of 19 past Winter Olympics to see how each might hold up under future climate change.
They found that by midcentury, four former host cities would no longer have a reliable climate for hosting the Games.
medium.com/the-new-clim...
They found that by midcentury, four former host cities would no longer have a reliable climate for hosting the Games.
medium.com/the-new-clim...
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I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S.
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
February 5, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S.
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
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This year's Climate Fiction Prize longlist looks great. Read all of last year's list, haven't read any of these yet. Time to get stuck in.
Explore the longlist - The Climate Fiction Prize
Explore the inaugural longlist for the Climate Fiction Prize
climatefictionprize.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
This year's Climate Fiction Prize longlist looks great. Read all of last year's list, haven't read any of these yet. Time to get stuck in.
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Some actual bona fide good news. The domestic clean tech market is absolutely booming and is poised to keep growing. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525218...
'An extraordinary signal': UK homes installed renewables every 90 seconds in 2025
Solar panel, heat pump, and battery storage installations grew 34 per cent year-on-year, driven by government funding and new build installations
www.businessgreen.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Some actual bona fide good news. The domestic clean tech market is absolutely booming and is poised to keep growing. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525218...