Jim McQuaid

NEW ANALYSIS: Wildfires have already scorched a UK-record land area in 2025, double the previous high – and 4x above average

By Orla Dwyer, Ho Woo Nam + Tom Prater

www.carbonbrief.org/...

The important characterisation of the UK pop'n from More In Common highlights v low levels of trust in most former 'authoritative' professions.

Scientists are the exception.

Trust both fragile & valuable. We scientists must continue to *earn* it. Science communication is more important than ever.

"climate confuser" *applause*

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I missed this last week, it is exactly why I originally joined twitter....
A question posed... and expert knowledge answers.... and then others add to the thread..... @mparrington.bsky.social @drgaryfuller.bsky.social

#AirPollution taking over from tobacco smoke as a significant cause of lung cancer "The mystery rise of lung cancer in non-smokers"

In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring - Inside Climate News Residents in majority-Black north Birmingham, Alabama, have long been subjected to industrial pollution. The new administration has cut funding for a program aimed at measuring the impact.

insideclimatenews.org/news/0706202...

Canada’s #wildfires 🔥 are rewriting the Arctic’s fate ❄️.
This real satellite image 🛰️ shows smoke ☁️ infiltrating Arctic cloud systems.

The result? A dangerous #climate feedback loop ♻️:
Soot darkens snow 🖤, snow absorbs more heat ☀️… and the Arctic melts faster 🧊💧.

Not just a photo 📷. A warning ⚠️.

Climate Change is real, AND HAPPENING NOW! The sooner people (and politicians) take notice EVERY SINGLE DAY the better for people NOW and the next generation(s).....

Why climate is an everyday story – but media coverage still spikes around special environment days and UN summits International media reporting of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations is sporadic.

"Why climate is an everyday story – but media coverage still spikes around special environment days and UN summits" - Thought provoking article in @theconversation.com by @sanammahoozi.bsky.social theconversation.com/why-climate-...

Great thread on the tragedy of the US closing down AirNow.

Researchers Develop Practical Solution to Reduce Emissions and Improve Air Quality from Brick Manufacturing in Bangladesh A new study found that brick kiln owners were willing to implement energy-efficient operational changes after receiving training and support. The social benefits of reduced carbon emissions from these...

The authors of this excellent study are committed to open data, making de-identified data and replication code available in @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social's Dataverse, including baseline data, adoption checklist data, and a combined dataset showing performance over time. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

Attending #ASIC2025 this week, looking forward to meeting lots of like-minded #airquality folk. @goaqs.bsky.social @openaq.org @joinclarity.bsky.social

This is bleak reading

Experts reveal number of deaths avoided if we cut carbon emissions Cutting greenhouse gases will reduce number of deaths from poor air quality, say scientists at the University of Leeds.

The #airpollution benefits of a low carbon future.

"Up to 250,000 deaths from poor air quality could be prevented annually in central and western Europe by 2050."

Research by Connor Clayton, @jimmcquaid.bsky.social et al

Piece by Jonathan Chadwick.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

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With global temperatures in the first quarter of 2025 were the second warmest on record, it has been suggested that 2025 is very likely to be one of the three warmest years on record. @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the....

State of the climate: 2025 close behind 2024 as the hottest start to a year - Carbon Brief Global temperatures in the first quarter of 2025 were the 2nd warmest on record, extending a remarkable run of exceptional warmth that began in July 2023.

This time last year the land was saturated with many fields more like swamps than prime farmland. Yields were reduced by as much as 20% due to the flooding, this year we could see the same impacts BUT due to drought!

"As Yorkshire prepares for what is expected to be the hottest day of the year so far, records show the region has endured its driest combined February, March and April for almost 90 years." Some farms have seen less than 25mm of rain in past 10 weeks, we are in a critical time of year for farmers

Yorkshire's lowest rainfall in 90 years as temperature to soar In February, March and April, just 78mm (3in) of rain fell across the region, the lowest since 1938.

I spoke to Paul Hudson yesterday in lovely warm and sunny Woodhouse Moor about the new normal. Driven by a weakening jetstream (as the acrtic warms), weather patterns flip-flop back & forth and extremes get more extreme.
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Our inter-journal special issue on Biomass burning uncertainties: emissions, chemistry, and physics is now open for paper submissions at agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...! Please consider this special-issue when submitting any biomass burning research to @agu.org journals (see thread).

Imagine going to school, doing maths, physics etc.... and ending up being featured in MoMA..... *applause* @edhawkins.org

Pirouette: Turning Points in Design | MoMA Exhibition. Through Oct 18. Design is a fundamental element of life, an enzyme necessary to our evolution. It helps us cope with change and permeates our personal and social lives, embodying both our ...

If you’re in New York then you can see the Warming Stripes and Climate Spiral on display at MoMA until October

www.moma.org/calendar/exh...

This animation shows A giant #sandstorm 💨, also known as a #haboob 🌪, swept through Chihuahua, #Mexico on April 19, 2025

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The report from the BBURNED-@ileaps.bsky.social Fire UNcertainty in CHemistry Emissions, and Modelling (FUNCHEM) workshop last September can be found in the latest @igacproject.bsky.social newsletter (pp 10-13) igacproject.org/sites/defaul...

not that I am aware of.... if you are, hope it goes well!

WIAC2025 - 6th Workplace and Indoor Aerosols Conference.

May 6, 2025 → May 8, 2025, Angevin Aragonese Castle (Gaeta, Italy).

The place to be to hear from many experts in the field.

wiac2025.eu

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The figure that sparked my interest in the comparison ourworldindata.org/grapher/exce... plus lots of other key charts from the pandemic

On the 5th anniversary of the first UK #lockdown, I looked back on the estimated cumulative excess deaths during #COVID-19 produced by @ourworldindata.org (data via @economist.com & @who.int) and compared to the annual estimate of 7m deaths per year from #AirPollution (also via @who.int)

I really don't think this news has made sufficient shock waves.
Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.