A Rechter
@nuclearpastaphyswx.bsky.social
Physics student at University Leiden (LION), amateur meteorologist, knows most about fluid dynamics of breaking water waves over symetrically sloped bathymetry.
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Confirmed world record. #Hurricane #Melissa produced a wind gust reading of 252mph. A Hurricane Hunter dropsonde recorded this gust at 657 feet above the sea, breaking the old record of Typhoon Megi (248 mph in 2010). #wx
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Confirmed world record. #Hurricane #Melissa produced a wind gust reading of 252mph. A Hurricane Hunter dropsonde recorded this gust at 657 feet above the sea, breaking the old record of Typhoon Megi (248 mph in 2010). #wx
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Every Category 4 and 5 Atlantic hurricane since 2020, all together, in one group photo.
H/t to @ferragamowx.bsky.social for the inspiration.
H/t to @ferragamowx.bsky.social for the inspiration.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Every Category 4 and 5 Atlantic hurricane since 2020, all together, in one group photo.
H/t to @ferragamowx.bsky.social for the inspiration.
H/t to @ferragamowx.bsky.social for the inspiration.
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Hurricane Melissa, Oct. 2025.
Breaking through the eyewall of one of the strongest Category 5 storms in history.
250+ mph winds, extreme turbulence, and dangerous g-forces — but this is the moment we’ve trained for.
🎨: @zorrito.bsky.social
Breaking through the eyewall of one of the strongest Category 5 storms in history.
250+ mph winds, extreme turbulence, and dangerous g-forces — but this is the moment we’ve trained for.
🎨: @zorrito.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hurricane Melissa, Oct. 2025.
Breaking through the eyewall of one of the strongest Category 5 storms in history.
250+ mph winds, extreme turbulence, and dangerous g-forces — but this is the moment we’ve trained for.
🎨: @zorrito.bsky.social
Breaking through the eyewall of one of the strongest Category 5 storms in history.
250+ mph winds, extreme turbulence, and dangerous g-forces — but this is the moment we’ve trained for.
🎨: @zorrito.bsky.social
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A legacy of 2025’s Atlantic hurricane season is how fast storms intensified over unusually hot oceans.
5 hurricanes.
4 saw Extreme Rapid Intensification (58+ mph in 24 hrs).
Ocean heat encountered made more likely by climate change:
• Melissa: 500–900x
• Humberto: up to 90x
• Erin: up to 100x
5 hurricanes.
4 saw Extreme Rapid Intensification (58+ mph in 24 hrs).
Ocean heat encountered made more likely by climate change:
• Melissa: 500–900x
• Humberto: up to 90x
• Erin: up to 100x
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A legacy of 2025’s Atlantic hurricane season is how fast storms intensified over unusually hot oceans.
5 hurricanes.
4 saw Extreme Rapid Intensification (58+ mph in 24 hrs).
Ocean heat encountered made more likely by climate change:
• Melissa: 500–900x
• Humberto: up to 90x
• Erin: up to 100x
5 hurricanes.
4 saw Extreme Rapid Intensification (58+ mph in 24 hrs).
Ocean heat encountered made more likely by climate change:
• Melissa: 500–900x
• Humberto: up to 90x
• Erin: up to 100x
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On Tuesday I wrote to Sofia, asking her either to attach a note to the film and to the platforms on which it is shown, explaining that I was interviewed under false pretences; or to re-edit the film, removing my contribution. I have not received a reply.
1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...
GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]
YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
On Tuesday I wrote to Sofia, asking her either to attach a note to the film and to the platforms on which it is shown, explaining that I was interviewed under false pretences; or to re-edit the film, removing my contribution. I have not received a reply.
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
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Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.
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Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
The forgotten women of quantum physics
Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
www.newscientist.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
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Incredible footage of volcanic eruption of a dormant volcano in Ethiopia from a commercial plane.
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Incredible footage of volcanic eruption of a dormant volcano in Ethiopia from a commercial plane.
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
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27.11.2025
'Terrifying scenes are emerging as destructive flooding hits Nagari Maninjau, Kecamatan Tanjung Raya, Kabupaten Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia today.
The death toll in Sumatra has reached 61.🇮🇩🙏'
via WeatherMonitors [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
'Terrifying scenes are emerging as destructive flooding hits Nagari Maninjau, Kecamatan Tanjung Raya, Kabupaten Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia today.
The death toll in Sumatra has reached 61.🇮🇩🙏'
via WeatherMonitors [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
27.11.2025
'Terrifying scenes are emerging as destructive flooding hits Nagari Maninjau, Kecamatan Tanjung Raya, Kabupaten Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia today.
The death toll in Sumatra has reached 61.🇮🇩🙏'
via WeatherMonitors [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
'Terrifying scenes are emerging as destructive flooding hits Nagari Maninjau, Kecamatan Tanjung Raya, Kabupaten Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia today.
The death toll in Sumatra has reached 61.🇮🇩🙏'
via WeatherMonitors [X] #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
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Dagblad @trouw.nl maakte een mooi overzicht van de mogelijke coalities.
Voor elk van de drie modellen zijn er argumenten.
Voor het landsbelang is er maar een.
Maar mevrouw Yeşilgöz blokkeert dat.
Persoonlijk belang boven landsbelang bij de VVD.
Voor elk van de drie modellen zijn er argumenten.
Voor het landsbelang is er maar een.
Maar mevrouw Yeşilgöz blokkeert dat.
Persoonlijk belang boven landsbelang bij de VVD.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Dagblad @trouw.nl maakte een mooi overzicht van de mogelijke coalities.
Voor elk van de drie modellen zijn er argumenten.
Voor het landsbelang is er maar een.
Maar mevrouw Yeşilgöz blokkeert dat.
Persoonlijk belang boven landsbelang bij de VVD.
Voor elk van de drie modellen zijn er argumenten.
Voor het landsbelang is er maar een.
Maar mevrouw Yeşilgöz blokkeert dat.
Persoonlijk belang boven landsbelang bij de VVD.
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Een kabinet kan alléén gevormd worden met democratische partijen die de rechtsstaat respecteren. De VVD doet dat niet. Ik heb tegen de verkenner gezegd dat daar eerst maar eens de schijnwerpers op moeten worden gezet.
Laten we ophouden met doen alsof het normaal is dat de VVD allerlei eisen stelt.
Laten we ophouden met doen alsof het normaal is dat de VVD allerlei eisen stelt.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Een kabinet kan alléén gevormd worden met democratische partijen die de rechtsstaat respecteren. De VVD doet dat niet. Ik heb tegen de verkenner gezegd dat daar eerst maar eens de schijnwerpers op moeten worden gezet.
Laten we ophouden met doen alsof het normaal is dat de VVD allerlei eisen stelt.
Laten we ophouden met doen alsof het normaal is dat de VVD allerlei eisen stelt.
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Precies. Iedereen is veel te beleefd tegen de VVD, die al jaren liegend, bedriegend en intimiderend de boel stagneert. Waarom horen we Jetten of Bontenbal nooit gewoon zeggen: 'Hou eerst eens op met liegen voordat je je grote mond opentrekt, onbetrouwbaar sujet.'
Is dat nou teveel gevraagd?!
Is dat nou teveel gevraagd?!
Een kabinet kan alléén gevormd worden met democratische partijen die de rechtsstaat respecteren. De VVD doet dat niet. Ik heb tegen de verkenner gezegd dat daar eerst maar eens de schijnwerpers op moeten worden gezet.
Laten we ophouden met doen alsof het normaal is dat de VVD allerlei eisen stelt.
Laten we ophouden met doen alsof het normaal is dat de VVD allerlei eisen stelt.
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Precies. Iedereen is veel te beleefd tegen de VVD, die al jaren liegend, bedriegend en intimiderend de boel stagneert. Waarom horen we Jetten of Bontenbal nooit gewoon zeggen: 'Hou eerst eens op met liegen voordat je je grote mond opentrekt, onbetrouwbaar sujet.'
Is dat nou teveel gevraagd?!
Is dat nou teveel gevraagd?!
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Onze democratie zou van iedereen moeten zijn. Maar de praktijk is anders.
Voor mensen met een beperking is stemmen niet vanzelfsprekend. Laat zich zelf verkiesbaar stellen. Dat moet anders!
Opinie van @wheelienick.bsky.social en mij vandaag in het AD! 👇🏼
www.ad.nl/praat-mee/op...
Voor mensen met een beperking is stemmen niet vanzelfsprekend. Laat zich zelf verkiesbaar stellen. Dat moet anders!
Opinie van @wheelienick.bsky.social en mij vandaag in het AD! 👇🏼
www.ad.nl/praat-mee/op...
Opinie GroenLinks-PvdA: ‘Mensen met een beperking worden ontmoedigd politiek actief te zijn, dat is een gemiste kans’
Stemmen is voor veel mensen vanzelfsprekend. De praktijk is anders, stellen Lisa Westerveld en Nick Bootsman. Wie een beperking heeft, loopt tegen problemen aan. Wie politiek actief wil zijn, helemaal...
www.ad.nl
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Onze democratie zou van iedereen moeten zijn. Maar de praktijk is anders.
Voor mensen met een beperking is stemmen niet vanzelfsprekend. Laat zich zelf verkiesbaar stellen. Dat moet anders!
Opinie van @wheelienick.bsky.social en mij vandaag in het AD! 👇🏼
www.ad.nl/praat-mee/op...
Voor mensen met een beperking is stemmen niet vanzelfsprekend. Laat zich zelf verkiesbaar stellen. Dat moet anders!
Opinie van @wheelienick.bsky.social en mij vandaag in het AD! 👇🏼
www.ad.nl/praat-mee/op...
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T geeft ook maar weer eens ruimte aan deze transfoob, die als Plasterklite het Britse Cass Review (niet peer reviewed, in meerdere medische vakbladen onderuit gehaald) aan mag halen & bang mag maken over "onnodige operaties" voor jongeren. Nog één die het rapport van de Gezondheidsraad niet afwacht.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
T geeft ook maar weer eens ruimte aan deze transfoob, die als Plasterklite het Britse Cass Review (niet peer reviewed, in meerdere medische vakbladen onderuit gehaald) aan mag halen & bang mag maken over "onnodige operaties" voor jongeren. Nog één die het rapport van de Gezondheidsraad niet afwacht.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Right-wing and EPP ministers in the EU Council chose to shift billions in investment outside the EU, rather than investing in climate action inside Europe.
💚 We Greens will continue to push the EU to be the climate champion.
💚 We Greens will continue to push the EU to be the climate champion.
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Right-wing and EPP ministers in the EU Council chose to shift billions in investment outside the EU, rather than investing in climate action inside Europe.
💚 We Greens will continue to push the EU to be the climate champion.
💚 We Greens will continue to push the EU to be the climate champion.
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Tornado tracks by rating (left) and duration (right)
While highly rated/long-tracked tornadoes are biased towards the Southeast, long-duration tors are found even up to the High Plains.
Credit to @theasandmael.bsky.social for her incredible dataset!!
While highly rated/long-tracked tornadoes are biased towards the Southeast, long-duration tors are found even up to the High Plains.
Credit to @theasandmael.bsky.social for her incredible dataset!!
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Tornado tracks by rating (left) and duration (right)
While highly rated/long-tracked tornadoes are biased towards the Southeast, long-duration tors are found even up to the High Plains.
Credit to @theasandmael.bsky.social for her incredible dataset!!
While highly rated/long-tracked tornadoes are biased towards the Southeast, long-duration tors are found even up to the High Plains.
Credit to @theasandmael.bsky.social for her incredible dataset!!
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Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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Gates' subtle anti-renewables messaging, possibly related to his investments in small modular nuclear reactors, was well known, but this is next level: financially supporting a guy whose core business it is to argue for less climate action.
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Gates' subtle anti-renewables messaging, possibly related to his investments in small modular nuclear reactors, was well known, but this is next level: financially supporting a guy whose core business it is to argue for less climate action.
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This is one of those times when social media is important. I don't trust most major news organizations to do much with this photo, even though it speaks volumes about this moment in our nation's history. But the image going viral will get it seen, and might push news orgs to use and discuss it.
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is one of those times when social media is important. I don't trust most major news organizations to do much with this photo, even though it speaks volumes about this moment in our nation's history. But the image going viral will get it seen, and might push news orgs to use and discuss it.
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In 2002, West Antarctica's Larsen B ice shelf suddenly collapsed. In this series of NASA satellite images, pools of meltwater are visible as parallel blue lines. The shelf soon disintegrated into slush and ice bergs that later drifted out to sea. www.quantamagazine.org/how-soon-wil...
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
In 2002, West Antarctica's Larsen B ice shelf suddenly collapsed. In this series of NASA satellite images, pools of meltwater are visible as parallel blue lines. The shelf soon disintegrated into slush and ice bergs that later drifted out to sea. www.quantamagazine.org/how-soon-wil...
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The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite is launching soon and will help us understand our oceans even better 🌊
In this video, experts from @mercatorocean.bsky.social & GEO Blue Planet explain how satellite observations are key to understanding & protecting our planet’s future.
Watch now: bit.ly/47WdMNf
In this video, experts from @mercatorocean.bsky.social & GEO Blue Planet explain how satellite observations are key to understanding & protecting our planet’s future.
Watch now: bit.ly/47WdMNf
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite is launching soon and will help us understand our oceans even better 🌊
In this video, experts from @mercatorocean.bsky.social & GEO Blue Planet explain how satellite observations are key to understanding & protecting our planet’s future.
Watch now: bit.ly/47WdMNf
In this video, experts from @mercatorocean.bsky.social & GEO Blue Planet explain how satellite observations are key to understanding & protecting our planet’s future.
Watch now: bit.ly/47WdMNf
