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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · Jun 5

Many congratulations 🎉 to @eunicelo.bsky.social and @climatedann.bsky.social who have been jointly presented with the RMetS Award for Impact 2024!

Climate change is affecting our health - University of Bristol research is helping us understand and adress these impacts.

More: tinyurl.com/3e9e3rcf

L-r: Professor Dann Mitchell and Dr Eunice Lo

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Apr 28

Abstract submission now open for the UK National Climate Impacts meeting. Climate and health focus on one day, and a general impacts/risks focus on the other. We would love to see you. @eunicelo.bsky.social @richardabetts.bsky.social @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social www.climatebristol.org/projects/nci...

National Climate Impacts & Risk Meetings – Bristol Climate Dynamics Group

www.climatebristol.org

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Apr 9

Really exciting climate conference covering key science aspects on the approach to #COP30. Some very high profile speakers, and lots of time for engagement. Me & @richardabetts.bsky.social are running the Extremes, Impacts & Adaptation session 🥵🧊🏥 exeterclimateforum.com @coxypm.bsky.social

Peter Cox (@coxypm.bsky.social)

Climate scientist who believes that the world is simpler than it looks. Director of Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter

coxypm.bsky.social

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Apr 8

I know Phil well from his Bristol time as PVC - he's a good one to have. Has a lot of time for atmospheric science too. You should do well by him Corwin :)

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · Feb 19

Listen to climate scientist Professor Lizzie Kendon talking about predicting the future climate on the Festival of Tomorrow podcast.

creators.spotify.com/pod/show/fes...
@metoffice.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

Episode 1 : Predicting The Future Climate by The Festival of Tomorrow Podcast

What does climate change mean for the UK, and how can we prepare?Professor Elizabeth Kendon from Bristol University and the MET Office, and Professor Hannah Cloke from the University of Reading discus...

creators.spotify.com

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · Feb 18

What is the fate of a pulse of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere?

After release, the CO2 is gradually taken up by land & ocean, roughly in equal parts for the first 50 years, but the land saturates while the ocean continues to take up carbon.

acp.copernicus.org/articles/13/...

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Feb 11

I seem to have the same problem. Doing a science victory on civ 7 counts as work though

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Feb 7

Anyone interested in climate attribution, check out how the latest models will look. The design and implementation is particularly exciting, as we move from 'concentration driven' to 'emissions driven' models. Comments on our paper are very welcome egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project (DAMIP v2.0) contribution to CMIP7

Abstract. The first version of the Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project (DAMIP v1.0) coordinated key simulations exploring the role of individual forcings in past, current and futur...

egusphere.copernicus.org

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Feb 7

Looks great - did you look at any neurodegenerative markers? They have some in UK Biobank. And are you planning on looking at future climate change? We could really do with some of that in CCRA4. We could do this through BREATHE if you aren't already doing it

Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 29

Thanks for this summary Ben - any idea when WG2 and WG3 will release their drafts?

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Jan 24

Floods and landslides in Indonesia leave at least 20 dead

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Weather tracker: Floods and landslides in Indonesia leave at least 20 dead

Bridges collapse and houses and cars buried in thick mud after intense rainfall triggers landslides in central Java

www.theguardian.com

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 23

The weather and climate advisory committee to @metoffice.bsky.social disbands early for some of us, as the Chief Scientific Officer does his first ever forecast, warning us to change travel plans in light of the red warning alert they have just announced

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Dr Eunice Lo @eunicelo.bsky.social · Jan 21

Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement will harm American lives. My paper showed that there would be many thousands of extra heatwave deaths a year.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Increasing mitigation ambition to meet the Paris Agreement’s temperature goal avoids substantial heat-related mortality in U.S. cities

Increasing climate commitments to meet the Paris Agreement goal avoids large numbers of heat-related deaths in U.S. cities.

www.science.org

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Jan 21

"The health burden of climate change is much larger than we have realized," says @climatedann.bsky.social

"Persistent exposure to heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and more will take a toll on people’s bodies. We must learn how this will manifest"

#climatecrisis
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

www.nature.com

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 21

Why don’t we know the full human health cost of climate change yet? In this @nature.com short paper published today, I share some thoughts on long-exposures, slow onset events, and other invisible health tolls www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why we still don’t know the mounting health risks of climate change

Persistent exposure to heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and more will take a toll on people’s bodies. We must learn how this will manifest.

www.nature.com

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 15

I look forward to reading this important paper Christopher, thanks for sharing. Last year @eunicelo.bsky.social led a nice comparison of the interplay between non-optimal temperatures and COVID-19 mortality, that you might also find relevant www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Compound mortality impacts from extreme temperatures and the COVID-19 pandemic - Nature Communications

Extreme weather and pandemics are classified as two of the most serious risks facing the UK in its National Risk Register. Here, the authors investigate the compound mortality impacts of extreme high ...

www.nature.com

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 15

How did we ever have some leading our country who would deny basic science 🤔? I am desperately trying to think that Liz Truss was a mildly better PM than Boris Johnson, but she is making it very hard for me. Thanks to Keir Starmer for not being either of them

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Jan 15

Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend UK launch of US climate denial group

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Farage and Truss attend UK launch of US climate denial group

British arm of Heartland, which has taken fossil and Republican funding, to be led by ex-Ukip head Lois Perry

www.theguardian.com

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 15

Well done to my amazing colleagues at Bristol, who have made it into the @carbonbrief.org 10 most talked about climate papers for the second year running. Good work @climatesamwell.bsky.social and Paul Valdes! www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the...

Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2024 - Carbon Brief

Thousands of peer-reviewed journal articles were published over 2024, helping shape online discourse around climate change.

www.carbonbrief.org

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 15

Some amazing climate and health researchers in this starter pack. If you'd like to be added, please reach out!

Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Nov 29

I've created a starter pack for researchers looking at weather, climate, and linking through to different aspects of human health. I've certainly missed loads of very relevant people - so please let me know if you would like to be added.

go.bsky.app/VmEFso3

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 15

Added - and great paper @fuldenbatibeniz.bsky.social ! Hopefully you've seen the similar paper led by @eunicelo.bsky.social focussing more on the weather timescales www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Compound mortality impacts from extreme temperatures and the COVID-19 pandemic - Nature Communications

Extreme weather and pandemics are classified as two of the most serious risks facing the UK in its National Risk Register. Here, the authors investigate the compound mortality impacts of extreme high ...

www.nature.com

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 12

It was given as a gift to David Spiegelhalter when he gave a talk to MI5 on uncertainty - there is a good video on the Oxford Maths Youtube channel 😀

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 10

"Words are easily misunderstood" - climate scientists have standardise some; 'likely' means >66%. But for MI5 'likely' means 55-75% - and they are communicating this better than we do, with "likelihood of needing a coffee refill" @ipcc.bsky.social @valmasdel.bsky.social @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social

See lecture on Oxford Mathematics YouTube channel by Prof Spiegelhalter for more context on the MI5 part!

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 9

Wildfires in London in 2022 destroyed properties - and we've looked at just how unprecedented they were. Not at all relevant for anything else going on, in, say, LA, at the moment 🙄 - well done to @vikkithompson.bsky.social for leading such an important study

Vikki Thompson @vikkithompson.bsky.social · Jan 9

Wildfires aren’t a problem in the UK, right? Wrong. Not on the same scale as we are seeing in LA, but there are thousands of wildfires every year in the UK. In the heatwave of July 2022 wildfires broke out in London.

Our new paper explores the risks: doi.org/10.1002/cli2...

Detecting Rising Wildfire Risks for South East England

In July 2022 southeast England experienced a record breaking heatwave and unprecedented wildfires in urban areas. We investigate fire weather trends since 1960 in southeast England using a large ense....

doi.org

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 9

An outstanding video from some of the team here in Bristol on having a career in extreme weather. Featuring @ailishcraig.bsky.social Regan and Sana www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrFR...

Careers in Extreme Weather

YouTube video by University of Bristol

www.youtube.com

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Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social · Jan 7

Definitely worth following @simonoxfphys.com - one of the best climate communicators out there. Check out the YouTube stuff in particular

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · Jan 6

Hello Bluesky! If you've not seen my stuff before, I make YouTube videos about various topics in climate.
Here's my latest, exploring possible causes for global glaciation in the past:
youtu.be/lYE6LkS_2Go

What would it take for everywhere called Hell to freeze over?

YouTube video by Simon Clark

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