Dr Claire Bergin
@clairebergin.bsky.social
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Working on Climate Attribution Analysis for Ireland, Climate scientist | Mathematics
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maynoothuniversity.ie
Human-caused climate change made the warm days experienced this summer nine times more likely, and the warm nights 40 times more likely, according to a new study from climatologists at ICARUS, MU's climate research centre, and Met Éireann.

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...
Wooden thermometer under bright sun, showing high temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit, with a clear blue sky.
Reposted by Dr Claire Bergin
wasitusie.bsky.social
"Climate change turned a would-be average Irish
summer into a record breaker" - This was largely due to the high night-time temperatures which are 40 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. See our full report at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20...
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frediotto.bsky.social
The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
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frediotto.bsky.social
Heat & very dry air that used to be rare, now very common in Spain & Portugal, putting huge strain on EU firefighting resources - at 1.3C global warming. Every additional ton of fossil fuels burnt will make European summers even more deadly & dangerous www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-fire...
a graph of high temperatures, daily severity rating and radiative power, showing how heat and DSR built up before fires broke out
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frediotto.bsky.social
One of the strongest, clearest increases in likelihood & intensity, attributable to climate change, I've seen in a complex index like fire weather - the more intense & frequent events in Greece & Türkiye are already outpacing efforts to adapt.
www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...
map of the Aegean coast depicting change in vapour pressure deficit due to climate change
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Delighted to see a study I co-authored be highlighted by RTE news
news.rte.ie
The first rapid attribution analysis on a wildfire in Europe has found that human-caused climate change made the weather conditions that drove deadly fires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer about 22% more intense.
Climate change made wildfires 22% more intense - study
The first rapid attribution analysis on a wildfire in Europe has found that human-caused climate change made the weather conditions that drove deadly fires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer abo...
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Reposted by Dr Claire Bergin
frediotto.bsky.social
Do you want to be part of our amazing team @wwattribution.bsky.social team? If you are a science/comms expert, you can! Please do consider applying - www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Team Photo of WWA team
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eumetsat.int
Smoke from large fires over #Albania and #Greece in this Meteosat-12 image from 13 August, as #wildfires rage across the region.
High heat, dry air and high winds have fuelled the flames, leading to evacuations and challenging thousands of firefighters.
Read more at our website: bit.ly/3Utd42A
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wwattribution.bsky.social
Climate change made the relentless heatwave in Norway, Sweden and Finland about 2°C hotter and at least ten times more likely. Our latest study was published this morning.

“This event should be taken as another reminder that no country is safe from climate change” - @frediotto.bsky.social

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Check out this interesting article by @wwattribution.bsky.social on the recent Fennoscandia heatwave
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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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frediotto.bsky.social
My book - ClimateINJustice is shortlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social ! Really happy about this, as it's not traditional conservation writing - but conserving & fighting for us humans & our rights wainwrightprize.com/shortlist-20...
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A short article on our 'mini-heatwave' study has been published by @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. This is the first report by the new @wasitusie.bsky.social project with @peterthorne.bsky.social. Funded by EPA and in conjunction with Met Éireann and @wwattribution.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Claire Bergin
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.

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