Leigh Storey
@clstorey.bsky.social
dad, husband, engineer, submariner, triathlete - helping scientists count fish and penguins #AIMP #FMRI
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The Met Office global average temperature forecast for 2026 suggests another year above 1.4 °C compared to pre-industrial levels (1850-1900), being the fourth year in succession exceeding 1.4 °C. Prior to this surge, the global temperature has never exceeded 1.3 °C.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/491qWrE
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/491qWrE
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Met Office global average temperature forecast for 2026 suggests another year above 1.4 °C compared to pre-industrial levels (1850-1900), being the fourth year in succession exceeding 1.4 °C. Prior to this surge, the global temperature has never exceeded 1.3 °C.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/491qWrE
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/491qWrE
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Recent research reveals that deep-sea mining could dramatically threaten 30 species of sharks, rays, and ghost sharks whose habitats overlap with proposed mining zones, further endangering species already at risk of extinction.
Read more in Science Daily: https://ow.ly/CtSN50XG94U
Read more in Science Daily: https://ow.ly/CtSN50XG94U
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Recent research reveals that deep-sea mining could dramatically threaten 30 species of sharks, rays, and ghost sharks whose habitats overlap with proposed mining zones, further endangering species already at risk of extinction.
Read more in Science Daily: https://ow.ly/CtSN50XG94U
Read more in Science Daily: https://ow.ly/CtSN50XG94U
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The 2025 #Arctic Report Card is a must read where Surface air temperatures across the Arctic from October 2024 through September 2025 were the warmest recorded since 1900.
arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/...
arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/...
Report Card 2025 - NOAA Arctic
Arctic Report Card: Update for 2025 Twenty years of tracking rapid Arctic warming and change Archive of Previous Arctic Report Cards Arctic Report Card 2025 2025 Headlines and Overview Vital Signs Oth...
arctic.noaa.gov
December 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The 2025 #Arctic Report Card is a must read where Surface air temperatures across the Arctic from October 2024 through September 2025 were the warmest recorded since 1900.
arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/...
arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/...
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Among the places with Highest positive temperature anomalies this month we have GREENLAND
For example so far this month the average temperature at Narsarsuaq has been +2.9C which is a whopping +8.4C above the 1991/2020 norm and it's even 1C warmer than its OCTOBER average:Crazy
For example so far this month the average temperature at Narsarsuaq has been +2.9C which is a whopping +8.4C above the 1991/2020 norm and it's even 1C warmer than its OCTOBER average:Crazy
December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Among the places with Highest positive temperature anomalies this month we have GREENLAND
For example so far this month the average temperature at Narsarsuaq has been +2.9C which is a whopping +8.4C above the 1991/2020 norm and it's even 1C warmer than its OCTOBER average:Crazy
For example so far this month the average temperature at Narsarsuaq has been +2.9C which is a whopping +8.4C above the 1991/2020 norm and it's even 1C warmer than its OCTOBER average:Crazy
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The latest UK Hydrological Summary has been published 🌧️
November was UK's wettest month so far in 2025 & many areas have shifted from drought concerns to flood risk.
Groundwater levels notably low and reservoir levels still below average in parts. Winter rainfall amount will be crucial.
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November was UK's wettest month so far in 2025 & many areas have shifted from drought concerns to flood risk.
Groundwater levels notably low and reservoir levels still below average in parts. Winter rainfall amount will be crucial.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The latest UK Hydrological Summary has been published 🌧️
November was UK's wettest month so far in 2025 & many areas have shifted from drought concerns to flood risk.
Groundwater levels notably low and reservoir levels still below average in parts. Winter rainfall amount will be crucial.
🧪 1/
November was UK's wettest month so far in 2025 & many areas have shifted from drought concerns to flood risk.
Groundwater levels notably low and reservoir levels still below average in parts. Winter rainfall amount will be crucial.
🧪 1/
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Warming oceans are having widespread and often negative effects on migratory seabirds, new research involving UKCEH shows.
The study compared seasonal sea surface temperatures with seabird numbers to quantify effects on reproduction, survival & population trends. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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The study compared seasonal sea surface temperatures with seabird numbers to quantify effects on reproduction, survival & population trends. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Demographic responses of North Atlantic seabirds to seasonal ocean warming | PNAS
Climate-driven ocean warming is profoundly reshaping marine ecosystems, with cascading
effects on biodiversity and trophic interactions. For migrat...
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Warming oceans are having widespread and often negative effects on migratory seabirds, new research involving UKCEH shows.
The study compared seasonal sea surface temperatures with seabird numbers to quantify effects on reproduction, survival & population trends. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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The study compared seasonal sea surface temperatures with seabird numbers to quantify effects on reproduction, survival & population trends. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Glaciers are key for climate, ecosystems & water supply.
@nature.com publishes research on their extinction.
Some still think that can wait or allow dirty solutions much longer.
The good news is that we have already effective & affordable technologies to cut emissions!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com publishes research on their extinction.
Some still think that can wait or allow dirty solutions much longer.
The good news is that we have already effective & affordable technologies to cut emissions!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century - Nature Climate Change
Many mountain glaciers will disappear with warming. Here the authors assess how many glaciers will disappear per year under different warming scenarios, finding that a peak in glacier loss will happen...
www.nature.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Glaciers are key for climate, ecosystems & water supply.
@nature.com publishes research on their extinction.
Some still think that can wait or allow dirty solutions much longer.
The good news is that we have already effective & affordable technologies to cut emissions!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com publishes research on their extinction.
Some still think that can wait or allow dirty solutions much longer.
The good news is that we have already effective & affordable technologies to cut emissions!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A pocket of very warm air (relative to average) over the North Pole enabled highs to reach above freezing Sunday. Meanwhile temps in the Midwest struggled to get above zero.
Upside down day.
Upside down day.
December 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A pocket of very warm air (relative to average) over the North Pole enabled highs to reach above freezing Sunday. Meanwhile temps in the Midwest struggled to get above zero.
Upside down day.
Upside down day.
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In the world we live in today, that is 1.3C warmer due to our continued burning of fossil fuels, the extreme rainfall leading to disastrous flooding in many parts of Asia is up to 50 to 160% more intense - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasing-h...
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
In the world we live in today, that is 1.3C warmer due to our continued burning of fossil fuels, the extreme rainfall leading to disastrous flooding in many parts of Asia is up to 50 to 160% more intense - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasing-h...
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On day 12 of #BODCDataAdvent, the BODC data elves bring to you model outputs containing seabed mobility projections from the North Western European sh'elf'😉 from 1992-2093 (version 2). Check it out for yourself: www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
❄️🌟🌊🎅🎄
❄️🌟🌊🎅🎄
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
On day 12 of #BODCDataAdvent, the BODC data elves bring to you model outputs containing seabed mobility projections from the North Western European sh'elf'😉 from 1992-2093 (version 2). Check it out for yourself: www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
❄️🌟🌊🎅🎄
❄️🌟🌊🎅🎄
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Deep sea mining is very bad for deep sea ecosystems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/climate/deep-sea-mining-ecosystem.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.9cee.Vp5TK3vmrPxv&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/climate/deep-sea-mining-ecosystem.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.9cee.Vp5TK3vmrPxv&smid=url-share
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Deep sea mining is very bad for deep sea ecosystems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/climate/deep-sea-mining-ecosystem.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.9cee.Vp5TK3vmrPxv&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/climate/deep-sea-mining-ecosystem.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.9cee.Vp5TK3vmrPxv&smid=url-share
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Plastic tape (eg Sellotape) isn't recyclable – and if you put tape-covered wrapping paper in the recycling bin, it can contaminate the paper recycling. Using recyclable paper tape is one solution.
littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/casc...
littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/casc...
December 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Plastic tape (eg Sellotape) isn't recyclable – and if you put tape-covered wrapping paper in the recycling bin, it can contaminate the paper recycling. Using recyclable paper tape is one solution.
littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/casc...
littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/casc...
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The average thickness of #Arctic sea ice reached a new all-time minimum this year (in this dataset)... 📉
More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
December 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The average thickness of #Arctic sea ice reached a new all-time minimum this year (in this dataset)... 📉
More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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🚨We need your help🚨 #Shearwaters are washing up on beaches, particularly around #Tathra. Some #seabirds are still alive. Please do not touch the #birds. Instead, take photos & submit your observations to our new portal ➡️ adriftlab.org/beached-bird... (also, please share this) #ornithology #OzBirds
Report beached birds, beach-washed birds, seabird mass mortalities
Report beached birds, seabirds, and mutton birds. Help us gather data on seabird mass mortality events as a citizen scientist.
adriftlab.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🚨We need your help🚨 #Shearwaters are washing up on beaches, particularly around #Tathra. Some #seabirds are still alive. Please do not touch the #birds. Instead, take photos & submit your observations to our new portal ➡️ adriftlab.org/beached-bird... (also, please share this) #ornithology #OzBirds
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Penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely starved to death, en masse, due to a 25% drop in food supply levels - a new study finds ⬇️
Some populations are estimated to have fallen by 95% across just eight years ⚠️
t.co/NaaFeZXvwB
@exetermarine.bsky.social
Some populations are estimated to have fallen by 95% across just eight years ⚠️
t.co/NaaFeZXvwB
@exetermarine.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely starved to death, en masse, due to a 25% drop in food supply levels - a new study finds ⬇️
Some populations are estimated to have fallen by 95% across just eight years ⚠️
t.co/NaaFeZXvwB
@exetermarine.bsky.social
Some populations are estimated to have fallen by 95% across just eight years ⚠️
t.co/NaaFeZXvwB
@exetermarine.bsky.social
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It was my experience of deforestation in Borneo when I reached my tipping point.
I stopped flying, became vegan, became an activist with @scientistsforxr.earth, and left academia to become a filmmaker.
Storytelling might have more impact than my work in science.
My film:
fires-and-fascism.co.uk
I stopped flying, became vegan, became an activist with @scientistsforxr.earth, and left academia to become a filmmaker.
Storytelling might have more impact than my work in science.
My film:
fires-and-fascism.co.uk
Satellite images reveal the Martabe gold mine in northern Sumatra has begun expanding toward key habitat used by the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan. Campaigners say the mine's expansion could push the ape to extinction. My latest for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It was my experience of deforestation in Borneo when I reached my tipping point.
I stopped flying, became vegan, became an activist with @scientistsforxr.earth, and left academia to become a filmmaker.
Storytelling might have more impact than my work in science.
My film:
fires-and-fascism.co.uk
I stopped flying, became vegan, became an activist with @scientistsforxr.earth, and left academia to become a filmmaker.
Storytelling might have more impact than my work in science.
My film:
fires-and-fascism.co.uk
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The Kremlin just belssed Trump’s national sexirty strategy. Here’s why substack.com/@lionelbarbe...
Lionel Barber | Substack
Editor of The Financial Times 2005-2020
substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Kremlin just belssed Trump’s national sexirty strategy. Here’s why substack.com/@lionelbarbe...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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How likely is an #AMOC shutdown? Here's our latest study based on 768 runs with 38 standard climate models (the CMIP6 models). Note these do not include any meltwater from Greenland mass loss, so might underestimate the risk a bit. 2/2
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
How likely is an #AMOC shutdown? Here's our latest study based on 768 runs with 38 standard climate models (the CMIP6 models). Note these do not include any meltwater from Greenland mass loss, so might underestimate the risk a bit. 2/2
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports #renewables now 10 times more efficient than new nuclear at CO2 #climate mitigation. Build times for new #nuclear are massively longer than for #solar and #wind. Nuclear costs always ramp.
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports #renewables now 10 times more efficient than new nuclear at CO2 #climate mitigation. Build times for new #nuclear are massively longer than for #solar and #wind. Nuclear costs always ramp.
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NEW – Asia-Pacific faces ‘$500bn-a-year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/tiiGtDk
Read here: buff.ly/tiiGtDk
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NEW – Asia-Pacific faces ‘$500bn-a-year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/tiiGtDk
Read here: buff.ly/tiiGtDk
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Do you treat your dog to prevent fleas? You really need to watch this.
It doesn't hurt and you'll be glad you did.
It doesn't hurt and you'll be glad you did.
Watch my most recent talk at your leisure here:
wsrt.org.uk/news/insect-...
wsrt.org.uk/news/insect-...
Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides with Dave Goulson
wsrt.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Do you treat your dog to prevent fleas? You really need to watch this.
It doesn't hurt and you'll be glad you did.
It doesn't hurt and you'll be glad you did.
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Reposted by Leigh Storey
The UK has become one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world.
In this set of discussion papers, funded researchers discuss examples and approaches to deepen our understanding of place-sensitive nature recovery, exploring the links between people and nature.
In this set of discussion papers, funded researchers discuss examples and approaches to deepen our understanding of place-sensitive nature recovery, exploring the links between people and nature.
Place-sensitive understandings of nature recovery
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The UK has become one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world.
In this set of discussion papers, funded researchers discuss examples and approaches to deepen our understanding of place-sensitive nature recovery, exploring the links between people and nature.
In this set of discussion papers, funded researchers discuss examples and approaches to deepen our understanding of place-sensitive nature recovery, exploring the links between people and nature.