Chris Vernon

I'm 1/3 way though his book, great companion to yours, really fascinating. Just wish there was more acknowledgement of uncertainty. Too much stuff is presented as fact, where really there is significant uncertainty over what actually happened thousands of years ago. Archaeology isn't time machine!

Yeah, I'm 1/3 the way thought, it's really fascinating. I just wish there was more acknowledgement of the uncertainty. Too much stuff is presented as fact, where really, there is significant uncertainty over what actually happened thousands of years ago. Archaeology isn't a time machine!

Yeah, I'm 1/3 the way thought, it's really fascinating. I just wish there was more acknowledgement of the uncertainty. Too much stuff is presented as fact, where really, there is significant uncertainty over what actually happened thousands of years ago. Archaeology isn't a time machine!

Or you could grab Luke Kemp's new book, Goliath's Curse. Some fascinating stuff might be right up your street.

Sea Level Mis-information from DOE Here in the USA, the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a report titled “A Critical Review of the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.” It is a product of the &#8…

Is sea level around the US accelerating? If you actually do the analysis, instead of just repeating talking points from decades ago, the answer is yes.
tamino.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/s...

Youngsters camping out in the garden... "Oh no, you've got bats! They're so noisy I won't be able to sleep!"
Feeling old, I haven't heard bats for decades!

Europe needs a step change in STEM funding - offer a home to many great US researchers.

US is crazy, most of their 'success' over the last century has been on the back of STEM breakthroughs and development. US turning its back on science is madness.

Isn't like the first rule of journalism or something to *always* be critical/negative. Journalists really struggle to see and call out positive stuff.

I just published an explainer on aerosols and their role in the climate that I've been working on for the past few months! It includes both how aerosols work, how emissions have changed, and how thats driven recent warming: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Red line graph time series of monthly carbon dioxide abundance from January 1959 through May 2025. There is a seasonal cycle and long-term increasing trend. Current levels of CO2 are at 431 ppm. This is the Keeling Curve graph. A line for CO2 10 years ago is also annotated.

🚨 Carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels set a new monthly *record high* in May 2025 - 430.51 ppm (seasonal maximum)

This is the second largest May-May increase in this dataset (3.6 ppm higher than 2024). This is not good... 🫣

Data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

South Korea gender divide update 😲

Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)

Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)

Think you owe Andy an apology, it's not nice to accuse a talented artist of being AI.

“UK workers have to make do with a third less capital per hour than their counterparts in higher-productivity peer countries… This has accumulated from decades of under-investment in equipment, research and development, training and infrastructure, by both the public and private sector.”

Well it couldn't be next year as there isn't the capacity to spend the extra cash (sensibly). It takes time to build capacity on the supply side.

If, against the odds, Golden Dome actually happens and is effective against ICBMs, won't that just encourage EMP nukes hidden in satellites, possibly for years, to be used in a first strike, clearing the way for ICBMs?

Line graph time series of 2025's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to 1981-2010 climatological statistics. The graph shows the seasonal cycle, and ice-free conditions are indicated at 1 million square kilometers. Sea ice is currently well below average for late May..

Line graph time series of 2025's daily Antarctic sea ice extent compared to 1981-2010 climatological statistics. The graph shows the seasonal cycle, and ice-free conditions are indicated at 1 million square kilometers. Sea ice is currently well below average for late May.

Friday Ice Update - Both poles (Arctic and Antarctic) are about two standard deviations below average (1981-2010)...

+ More visuals: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ Data from @nsidc.bsky.social: nsidc.org/data/seaice_...

That's daft, HE is a massive export industry £20-30bn and represents one of the largest employers in many UK cities. ... before you even think about educating many of the next generation of workers.

"We're not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean."

WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2025-2029)

Latest WMO decadal update is available:

- 80% chance that at least one of the next five years will exceed 2024 as the warmest on record

- 70% chance that 5-year average warming for 2025-2029 will be more than 1.5 °C

wmo.int/publication-...

Telegraph frequency run this kind of article, including explainers on how the wealthy can dodge various taxes.

Greenland's ice represents a little over 7m of sea level rise were it all to melt. The rise wouldn't be at all uniform with some coasts seeing a lot more and some a lot less.

Line graph time series of annual maximum Arctic sea ice volume for each year from 1979 to 2025. There is a long-term decreasing trend, but still large year-to-year variability. 2025 is highlight on this graph along with a linear least squares trend line. Data is from PIOMAS v2.1.

This year set the 2nd lowest annual maximum (boreal winter) #Arctic sea-ice volume on record in the PIOMAS data set. This follows "ice extent" reaching a new lowest annual maximum in 2025. Not a good winter for sea ice!

Compare the annual maximum and minimum at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Graph showing violence in England and Wales down 75% over 25 years

A huge, quiet success: violence has fallen 75% in a generation:

There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

Remember, those higher energy bills mean more imported gas, weakening our balance of payments, increasing the trade deficit and hugely weakening the local economy because that money can't be spent locally if it's been sent to Qatar or the US.

Remember, those higher energy bills mean more imported gas, weakening our balance of payments, increasing the trade deficit and hugely weakening the local economy because that money can't be spent locally if it's been sent to Qatar or the US.

Private Eye calls out "former newspaper" Daily Telegraph over its woeful coverage of net-zero

Yes, but those past reversals weren't due to additional clean energy.

How widespread / extreme is this view? From the UK/European point of view, fleeing US academics might represent an opportunity to accelerate European research and inject some much needed entrepreneurial spirit into our institutions.

I'm seeing 4.1% in the Jun-Aug'24 quarter compared to 4.5% in the Jan-Mar'25 quarter. The difference between those two numbers is 9.8%.