Peter Thorne
@peterthorne.bsky.social
Climate scientist, director ICARUS Climate Research Centre, Maynooth University, Ireland, author IPCC AR6, member Ireland's climate change advisory council, Chair GCOS AOPC. www.peter-thorne.net
I know the world is a proverbial dumpster fire and there are bigger things to worry about but my employers @maynoothuniversity.ie have just enforced adding a super long disclaimer to each and every email. 🧵
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
I know the world is a proverbial dumpster fire and there are bigger things to worry about but my employers @maynoothuniversity.ie have just enforced adding a super long disclaimer to each and every email. 🧵
Research Assistant position closing 25th: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr... to work on the @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social contract on access to global land meteorological holdings.
January 20, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Research Assistant position closing 25th: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr... to work on the @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social contract on access to global land meteorological holdings.
Views coming into Zurich were okay too (and yes I’d really rather not have flown but slow travel really wasn’t viable)
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Views coming into Zurich were okay too (and yes I’d really rather not have flown but slow travel really wasn’t viable)
The descent on the train to Lausanne rarely disappoints
December 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The descent on the train to Lausanne rarely disappoints
New Batman movie being filmed in Dublin?
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New Batman movie being filmed in Dublin?
Home for the next 16 hours thanks to Italian strike tomorrow buggering up the train legs to Paris.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Home for the next 16 hours thanks to Italian strike tomorrow buggering up the train legs to Paris.
He’s travelling light
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
He’s travelling light
I’ve had worse commutes
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I’ve had worse commutes
I cannot begin to imagine the relief for these passengers.
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I cannot begin to imagine the relief for these passengers.
Maybe it’s finally going to dock?
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Maybe it’s finally going to dock?
I’d be giving up the will to live by now
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’d be giving up the will to live by now
So glad I’m starting my travel to Brussels later this weekend and not today. This sailing left Dublin 12 hours ago and is still waiting for the wind to drop to berth at Holyhead. Fingers crossed sailings resume tomorrow okay.
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So glad I’m starting my travel to Brussels later this weekend and not today. This sailing left Dublin 12 hours ago and is still waiting for the wind to drop to berth at Holyhead. Fingers crossed sailings resume tomorrow okay.
At this giving a talk on use of satellite data in @ipcc.bsky.social reports later this morning. The audio folks have me tangled in all sorts of wires. Feel a little like a trussed chicken
October 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
At this giving a talk on use of satellite data in @ipcc.bsky.social reports later this morning. The audio folks have me tangled in all sorts of wires. Feel a little like a trussed chicken
Good morning Dublin
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Good morning Dublin
Who said slow travel wasn’t full of glamour? One of the pros is very liberal baggage limits. I saw someone bring out a thermarest and sleeping bag once at Holyhead. The jealousy was real. Turns out it was also entirely justified. #snugasabuginarug
October 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Who said slow travel wasn’t full of glamour? One of the pros is very liberal baggage limits. I saw someone bring out a thermarest and sleeping bag once at Holyhead. The jealousy was real. Turns out it was also entirely justified. #snugasabuginarug
In nice things we apparently can’t have here’s tgv high speed train getting from Paris to Reims in about 40 minutes which is about the fastest I can get from maynooth to Dublin which is a full 25km. Imagine these dublin to cork, Galway, Belfast and letterkenny. Let’s not mention the crossing sun am
October 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In nice things we apparently can’t have here’s tgv high speed train getting from Paris to Reims in about 40 minutes which is about the fastest I can get from maynooth to Dublin which is a full 25km. Imagine these dublin to cork, Galway, Belfast and letterkenny. Let’s not mention the crossing sun am
This is an interesting piece www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... but amen in particular to the two paragraphs in this screenshot
October 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This is an interesting piece www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... but amen in particular to the two paragraphs in this screenshot
Starting out to meetings in London with @wwattribution.bsky.social to discuss @wasitusie.bsky.social collaboration and then next week an @ipcc.bsky.social special report related meeting. The captain expects a smooth crossing. Pump it into my veins 🤣
October 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Starting out to meetings in London with @wwattribution.bsky.social to discuss @wasitusie.bsky.social collaboration and then next week an @ipcc.bsky.social special report related meeting. The captain expects a smooth crossing. Pump it into my veins 🤣
trending increasingly north in ECMWF model runs with worst winds staying offshore but Scotland potentially taking a hit. Lets see what the runs later today bring.
October 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
trending increasingly north in ECMWF model runs with worst winds staying offshore but Scotland potentially taking a hit. Lets see what the runs later today bring.
trending spicier but there is huge ensemble spread still. If I were in the north west I would be playing pretty darn close attention to forecasts over the next couple of days til this gets 'locked in'
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
trending spicier but there is huge ensemble spread still. If I were in the north west I would be playing pretty darn close attention to forecasts over the next couple of days til this gets 'locked in'
Met Eireann warnings will presumably drop any time now. Still a way off and this is more uncertain than the usual being a post-tropical cyclone but if this ECMWF forecast verifies the norther half of the country is in for a rough old Friday afternoon and evening
September 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Met Eireann warnings will presumably drop any time now. Still a way off and this is more uncertain than the usual being a post-tropical cyclone but if this ECMWF forecast verifies the norther half of the country is in for a rough old Friday afternoon and evening
I think the met Éireann duty forecaster must have had electric picnic on the brain …
August 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I think the met Éireann duty forecaster must have had electric picnic on the brain …
Making the 12Z visibility obs
August 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Making the 12Z visibility obs