Clair Barnes
@clairbarnes.bsky.social
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Stats/data nerd and researcher at www.worldweatherattribution.org. Mostly handmade. She/her.
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
defenddemocracy.bsky.social
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
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edhawkins.org
We will regret not acting faster on climate change.
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katharinehayhoe.com
My favourite Jane Goodall quotes....so many, so to the point, so wise. How different the world would be if enough people listened to her.
"People think hope is wishful thinking, and actually hope is about action." Quote from the Wiser Than Me podcast with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. "Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in  harmony can we achieve our true potential." Graphic by the Jane Goodall Institute of South Africa. "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." Graphic by Ariana Huffington on Instagram.
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michael-w-busch.bsky.social
I was reminded today of the logo for ESA's Planetary Defence Office.

I think it wins over the NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office and JAXA Planetary Defense logos.
The logo of the European Space Agency's Planetary Defence office is a cartoon T-Rex distressed by the appearance of an impacting asteroid in a starry sky.  Under the logo is written "Dinosaurs didn't have a space agency".
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granthamicl.bsky.social
📈Climate change-driven summer heat led to an additional 16,500 deaths in 854 European cities, a new study led by the Grantham Institute and the @lshtm.bsky.social estimates 🧵

Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.
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sfrost.bsky.social
Almost 900 fewer people have been injured on Welsh roads since the default speed limit was lowered from 30 to 20mph two years ago

Casualties on 20 to 30mph roads between July and September 2024 were the lowest for the three month-period since records began in 1979

👏 Evidence-led policy
Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales
Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.
www.bbc.co.uk
clairbarnes.bsky.social
The extremely hot, dry weather conditions that primed Spain and Portugal for this year's catastrophic wildfire season are no longer a rare occurrence thanks to human-caused warming. This probably shouldn't come as a surprise, but if it does, the full study is @wwattribution.bsky.social...
Extreme fire weather conditions in Spain and Portugal now common due to climate change – World Weather Attribution
www.worldweatherattribution.org
clairbarnes.bsky.social
Puptribution? I'm game!
clairbarnes.bsky.social
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campaigncc.bsky.social
Inappropriate media photos illustrating heatwaves - this one wins a special prize for having a caption about increased drowning accidents.
Via @ketanjoshi.co
Headline:
Researchers: The risk of summer heatwave in Norway doubled in seven years
This summer's heatwave in Norway, Sweden and Finland was made ten times more likely due to man-made climate change.
Photo:
People joyously leaping off a boat into the sea
Caption:
The researchers write that this year’s heatwave led to an increase in the number of drowning accidents in Finland, Norway and Sweden
clairbarnes.bsky.social
Finland and Scandinavia were sweltering under a relentless heatwave a few weeks ago, with local temps exceeding 30C for days on end... @wwattribution.bsky.social found that prolonged high temps like these are twice as likely to happen now as in 2018 -> tinyurl.com/42m7z2uc
Intense two-week heatwave in Fennoscandia hotter and more likely due to climate change – World Weather Attribution
www.worldweatherattribution.org
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dpcarrington.bsky.social
ICYM - Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation

- Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation
Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research
www.theguardian.com
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carlsonlab.bsky.social
In a few weeks, we'll be publishing the finding that [redacted] people die every year because of climate change, equivalent to a loss of $[redacted]T USD, every year.

Here's what it costs us to open that publication to you. We have no federal grants for that work, and can't apply for them.
$12,690 OA fees for Nature Climate Change
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zacklabe.com
Check out our new alert system at @climatecentral.org for the rapid attribution of climate extremes around the world (including information on temperature extremes, marine heatwaves, tropical cyclones, wildfires, and more to come): www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Screenshot showing the Climate Shift Index Alerts at Climate Central for exploring the log to see a sampling of recent events linked to climate change using the CSI tool.
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frediotto.bsky.social
About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
bar chart showing deaths associate with extreme heat with and without climate change in 12 European cities
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rarohde.bsky.social
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.

GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.

This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.

www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
Excerpt from proposed NOAA budget showing zero funding for Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes
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climatecentral.org
"...it was a massive shift. And it really helps to highlight how hot this massive heat spell was.

The record highs are far outpacing the record lows...and that is a sign that things are out of balance." - @bernwoodsplacky.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9dM...
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spavel.bsky.social
Even linkedin gets it
Mark Butcher   

1) Sandra used AI to write a report
2) Bill used AI to summarise the report
3) Bill used AI to write questions about the report
4) Sandra used AI to respond to the questions
5) Bill used AI to create a presentation about the report 
6) Jane used AI to take notes from the presentation 
7) Jane’s team used AI to summarise the notes she shared 

No one wrote the report, no one ever read the report, no one understood the questions or the answers.

No business value was achieved 

But but but AI adds business value
clairbarnes.bsky.social
Magnificent. Keep going until the whale, at least...
adamcsharp.bsky.social
What do you think is the greatest ever TV news clip? For me this can never be beaten...
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peterthorne.bsky.social
New job opportunity @maynoothuniversity.ie as a lecturer in hydroclimatology, climate resilience and adaptation working with me (don't let that put you off) and a wonderful set of colleagues in the climate space. tinyurl.com/4kuyt3hu should work as a link. Closes 20th July
Job Description Details
tinyurl.com
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granthamicl.bsky.social
Heatwaves are silent killers, increasing risks for vulnerable people and exacerbating existing conditions.

Rapid analysis by the Grantham Institute and @lshtm.bsky.social estimates that nearly 600 lives will be lost due to the current UK heatwave.

Read it here: www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
A profile image of Dr Garyfallos Konstantinoudis with overlaid text that reads: Nearly 600 heat-related deaths expected in UK heatwave. “Heatwaves are an underappreciated threat in the UK and they’re becoming more dangerous with climate change. This weekend, people need to follow heat-health advice and check on older people, particularly those living alone.” Dr Garyfallos Konstantinoudis, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment
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wwattribution.bsky.social
The heat above 32°C in southeast England tomorrow will be 100 times more likely due to fossil fuel-driven warming 🌡️📈

Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work.

🧵
clairbarnes.bsky.social
THIS. For so many people, 30+ degrees in the UK is not 'oh what a lovely day' weather. For every numpty on social media saying "climate change isn't that bad, we'll have proper summers at last" there are who knows how many other people suffering in silence...
oldenoughtosay.com
I have so many opinions about people being snarky about the heat first because I dislike assholery and second because I am spending the day caring for my MiL, who has advanced MS with heat reactive symptoms, and a toddler who just threw up all over the car seat and is riddled with heat rash
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leobarasi.bsky.social
Feels so much like a tinfoil conspiracy I find it hard to truly absorb but it's a fact:

Oil & gas companies knew about climate change since at least the '70s, lied & created fake doubt to stop action. And today people will die in a heatwave that wouldn't have been a heatwave without their products.
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oldenoughtosay.com
As somebody from Florida now living in Oxford,
32C *is* dangerously hot when virtually no houses and very few public buildings have aircon and almost all of them are masonry built and designed to retain heat, you cannot be comparing hot weather here to heat in a place EQUIPPED for it, come tf on
pavsmith.bsky.social
as a "bloody forrener" to these lands, the term:

"dangerous 32°C days"

give me a wry smile.

1. that's not hot.
2. unless you upright monkeys stop poisoning your planet, 32 degrees will be relatively pleasant sometime in the near future.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
⚠️ Climate change makes dangerous 32°C days in England 100 times more likely

Extreme heat an “overlooked threat” in UK impacting human health, NHS and economy, scientists warn

By Brian McHugh
@brianmchugh.bsky.social