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Dr. Aaron Thierry

@thierryaaron.bsky.social

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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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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Nov 26

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 🧵

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2h

We can't keep up...

Yesterday we reached 90,000 members. Today we're at 95,000.

Be part of the Green surge. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 2h

When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying.

If you squint, you might be able to see how much energy generated by Big Oil comes from renewables.

For BP and Shell, it's less than half a percent.

For Exxon and Chevron? ZERO, according to a new study.

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Tad DeLay @taddelay.bsky.social · 1h

Walter Benjamin said politicians opposing fascism betray us by 1) a stubborn faith in progress, 2) confidence in mass resistance, and 3) servile integration in an uncontrollable apparatus.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 1h

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2h

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 8h

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

4000 people have signed up to sue poultry producers.

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.com

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 3d

A reminder for everyone to ask their MP to go to this. Politicians must know the facts on the threat & solutions. And crucially, they need to have been publicly seen to have been informed, so they can't say they didn't know.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 26d

I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

www.nebriefing.org

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4h

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d

Last month observed above average temperatures across large portions of both the #Greenland and #Antarctic Ice Sheets. Anywhere in dark red shading is more than 5°C warmer than the 1981-2010 climatological average.

Data available from doi.org/10.24381/cds...

Map of Greenland showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in September 2025. Red shading is shown for warmer than average temperatures, and blue shading is shown colder than average temperatures. Anomalies are calculated relative to 1981-2010.

Polar stereographic map of 2-m air temperature anomalies in the Antarctic for September 2025. Red shading is shown for warmer anomalies, and blue shading is shown for colder anomalies. There is a sharp gradient in temperature anomalies across the region. Anomalies are calculated relative to a 1981-2010 baseline.

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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 4h

Very important paper by @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social that shows, as I have argued, that tax policy is climate policy. We cannot phaseout #fossilfuels without attacking their wealth.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 4h

When will the climate change coastal property bubble pop? A significant acceleration in coastal flooding from a lunar orbit shift (mid-2030s) will significantly stress the market. My 2024 post: "When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down?"
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...

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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 4h

Oh c’mon. Good for the UK defense and intel chiefs for the analysis, bad on the politicians for trying to hide it. Suppressing this report doesn’t make the risk go away.

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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Jeannette Eggers @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social · Jan 25

Emergency times call for emergency actions. Besides... there is no research on a dead planet.
Every researcher should read this paper.
"Currently, we are striving to achieve professional success, but not our collective survival."
This is madness.

“No research on a dead planet”: preserving the socio-ecological conditions for academia

Emergency declarations, most academics continue to operate according to 'businessas-usual'. However, such passivity increases the risk of climate impacts so severe as to threaten the persistence of or...

www.frontiersin.org

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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 6h

*ON SALE NOW*

ANDREAS MALM in conversation with ADRIENNE BULLER

Marking the release of his book 'The Long Heat', Malm leads this vital discussion on the climate crisis and how we can act and come together for change.

@versobooks.bsky.social

TICKETS 👇

Andreas Malm in Conversation with Adrienne Buller | Barbican

Best-selling author and activist Andreas Malm leads a vital discussion on the climate crisis, exploring how we can act and come together with hope for change.

www.barbican.org.uk

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MACRODOSE @macrodosepod.bsky.social · 1d

"The only industry in the world that has moved a similar scale of mass as 5 billion tons...is surprise, surprise: the petroleum industry."

THIS WEEK: @meadwaj.bsky.social is joined by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social to discuss climate overshoot, carbon sucking and data centres 🌪️

patreon.com/macrodose

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 9h

Interesting-looking article on how technological developments are used as a "technofix" is used to delay real action to reduce emissions in the aviation sector doi.org/10.1080/2158...

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 9h

"For millions of Dhaka's residents, the challenges are immediate and relentless. Climate-induced migration continues to swell the city's population as rising sea levels, cyclones, and salinity devastate coastal livelihoods."

cc @wanderinggaia.bsky.social

www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/d...

Dhaka struggles to house climate migrants and growing population

Despite hundreds of acres of government land lying unused, only a handful of the nearly 50 housing projects launched over the past two decades have been completed, hampered by bureaucratic delays and ...

www.tbsnews.net

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 9h

This is a good listen...

open.spotify.com/episode/0gQw...

The Energy Transition Myth (w/ Jean-Baptiste Fressoz)

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 1d

What are 'derailment risks' and how are they rapidly increasing? Join me for an in-person & online panel discussion at Chatham House, London: 28 OCTOBER 2025 — 5:00PM TO 6:00PM
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

How should the world confront climate derailment risks?

In this event, expert panellists discuss climate derailment risks, and how these risks can be tackled.

www.chathamhouse.org

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 2d

Episode 2 of @overshootpod.bsky.social is out!

I ask: who’s going to clean up the mess?

We hear the story of how climate plans are dependent on one big idea

But it might not even work, and we didn’t vote for it

And it all started in Swedish paper mills...

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open.spotify.com/episode/49H1...

Episode 2: Carbon Suckers

open.spotify.com

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 20h

Great interview of climate scientist Mike Mann and virologist Peter Hotez on the war on science by special interest groups. My colleague Mann endured vicious attacks after his pioneering (and solidly confirmed) ‘hockey stick’ curve of #globalwarming.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science

From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...

www.pbs.org

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 13h

"If nothing is done to limit greenhouse gas emissions, simulations show that some Middle Eastern cities could experience a never-before-seen combination of temperature & humidity that would be beyond the limit of human survival"

#ClimateEmergency

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 13h

" #Qatar plans to more than double its LNG output from 77 million mtpa to 160 mtpa by 2030."

#ClimateEmergency

oilprice.com/Energy/Natur...

Qatar Looks To Double Its LNG Output By 2030 | OilPrice.com

Qatar's LNG boost will come from the expansion of its North Field gas reserves and projects like the Golden Pass terminal in Texas.

oilprice.com

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 16h

A partner to this similarly jaw-dropping chart...

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