David Harkin 🌍

The NW Highlands - unbeatable scenery and great walks - the area around Ullapool in particular. If staying closer to the Central Belt a trip over to the Isle of Arran would be high on my list - again for great scenery and walks.

Wild that nearly five years have passed.

By popular demand, my latest starter pack is up: CLIMATE COMEDY!

Not your cup of tea? No worries. I've got over two dozen climate-themed packs, from science to finance to mental health to sports. Check them out!

The starter pack we've all been waiting for.

@samlakecomedy.bsky.social

Scientists and comedians join forces to get climate crisis message across Video series launched in which comics translate climate science into down-to-earth language

I discovered the world of climate comedy thanks to @maxboykoff.bsky.social & @mattywin.bsky.social - and it is so therapeutic!

I’d love to curate a starter pack on climate & humour, but I only have 3 accounts, with @belinaraffy.bsky.social.

Baba Brinkman + Chuck Nice aren’t here.

Suggestions? 🧵

I'm currently advertising for 2 post-doc positions: (1) role of natural climate variability in modulating climate projections (2) developing a weather generator for UK and Ireland for climate projections - jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Inside the dash to save the Getty Villa from the Palisades fire: A timeline The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze had reached the grounds. Here's how the staff, museum and precious art were...

The Getty Villa prepared for fire and those preparations and what staff on the ground did worked. Most cultural heritage doesn't have this kind of protection, which is a tangle of many layers, but wow - I'm so glad the Villa made it through

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

2024’s Record-Breaking Heat Brought the World to a Dangerous Threshold. Now What? Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from heating up further.

“1.5C was never the difference between safety + ruin, between hope + despair. It was negotiated by govts trying to answer a big q: What’s the highest global temp increase — and associated level of dangers — societies should strive to avoid?”

Well said @zhonggg.bsky.social & @bradplumer.bsky.social

Spiralling global temperatures: 2024 edition

A map showing the pattern of long-term warming estimated from the HadCRUT5 global temperature dataset

Where has it warmed the most and the least?

Observed warming has not been uniform and matches well the pattern that climate models predict

1. Warming has been greatest over the northern polar regions

2. Warming is generally greater over land than over the oceans

175 maps showing temperature change from 1850 to 2024

Mapping changes in temperature: 2024 edition

Two future possibilities of the future warming stripes - rapid action or delayed action.

What will the future of the warming stripes be?

2024 could be the start of a stabilisation of global temperatures, or it might appear to be a cool year.

Which one of these stories becomes reality depends on our choices today, and every day until then.

We are likely to regret not acting sooner.

Summary of temperature, rainfall and sunshine for the UK in 2024.

Here in the UK, 2024 was the 4th warmest year on record, meaning the last 3 years have had 3 of the 4 warmest years. It was quite wet and a pretty dull year overall.

December has been pretty mild overall, dull and with average rainfall. This #dataviz shows the weather/climate summary for 2024.

2024: provisionally the fourth warmest year on record for the UK Climate statistics from 2024 show the UK is heading outside of the 'envelope of historical weather observations'.

www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

UK 'not ready' for extreme weather, says climate change head The head of the Climate Change Committee calls on the government to invest in adaptations now.

@elpinchbeck.bsky.social is right. Adaptation has been a lesser priority for too long.

Not only are the costs of events like #StormDarragh significant, but climate impacts are holding back the govt's renewal agenda.

More here: green-alliance.org.uk/briefing/ada...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Since I haven't seen one yet, here's a starter pack of scientists actively working in the climate adaptation and resilience space, including researchers as well as climate service providers! 🌎🧪

Time to gradually transition to Bluesky. Excited to share footage from the latest eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula for my first post 🌋

An image showing the front cover of Scotland's Railway Climate Ready Plan. The front cover is comprised of white weather isobars in low pressure formation on a dark blue background.

Introducing myself on Bluesky with some recent work.

In April, I published the Climate Ready Plan for Scotland's Railway - setting out what we're doing over the next 5-years to prepare our railway for changes in our climate.

You can read it here:

www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/u...

What will the world actually look like at 1.5°C of warming? By the time we hit that temperature, further climate changes will already be locked in and unavoidable.

I wrote this on 1.5°C eight years ago

"Depending on climate sensitivity and natural variability, we could conceivably see the first year above 1.5°C as early as the late 2020s – but it is more likely to be later"

It's looking like I was a bit too optimistic 🧵

theconversation.com/what-will-th...

Thank you 😊😊

A super pack, Adam! Thanks for making this 😊 an instant shot of #ClimateHeritage greatness. I'd love to be on the list if I'm still in the club 😂

The climate 'starter packs' from @katharinehayhoe.com are making settling into this new space all the more easier. Thank you, Katharine!! 🌍