Peter Cox

Acceleration of Global Warming and Climate Tipping Points with Peter Cox In this Climate Chat episode, Leon Simons interviews University of Exeter climate scientist Peter Cox about the acceleration of global warming, climate tipping points, and other climate-related subjec...

Sunday 7/27 at 10am PT on Climate Chat: @leonsimons.bsky.social interviews U of Exeter climate scientist Peter Cox on Acceleration of Global Warming and Climate Tipping Points.
#GlobalWarming
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An excellent @carbonbrief.org article from @robmcsweeney.bsky.social based on discussion at the Global Tipping Points Conference last week. @gsiexeter.bsky.social

Aerial view of illegal Amazon deforestation. Credit: Paralaxis / Alamy Stock Photo

NEW – Experts: Which climate tipping point is the most concerning? | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org

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Deadly 'early summer’ heatwave moves across Europe as climate scientists ring alarm bells Fire evacuations in Greece and Turkey while temperatures in Spain and Portugal hit 46C

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Invisible enemies: A plastic crisis in our marine protected areas When Galapagos turtle specialist Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez found particles in the bodies of dead turtles, he realised they had a plastic problem.

Nice article by Oceanographic magazine about our Galapagos plastics research programme.
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‘Positive cascades could help accelerate change’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis The world has been too optimistic about the risk to humanity and planet – but devastation can still be avoided, says Timothy Lenton

Great interview with Tim about Global Tipping Points.
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Climate week in Exeter comes at 'critical time', expert says The Exeter Climate Forum gets underway as a second heat alert in two weeks is issued.

Great to see the BBC covering our Climate Forum, which is taking place this week: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today is #ShowYourStripesDay

I made a high resolution version of the global warming stripes by using monthly rather than annual temperatures.

🎉 We’re SOLD OUT! 🎉

The GTP conference is officially at capacity — thank you to everyone who secured their spot! 🌍💥

We can’t wait to welcome an incredible line up of speakers to Exeter, including special guest Tulio Andrade, Head of the CoP30 Climate Negotiation team. 🌱🗣️

We will overshoot 1.5°C of global warming, that is quite certain…but it’s not game over. The damage will be real — species loss, food insecurity, climate chaos — but if we act fast, we can still bring temperatures back down.

Many thanks, @cezzalew.bsky.social!

Many thanks Sue!

Prof Lisa Roberts, President and Vice-Chancellor, said: “Everybody at the University of Exeter is thrilled that Tim and Peter have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to climate science in the King's Birthday Honours List.
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“Tim has dedicated his entire career to climate and Earth systems science, leading globally significant research that has been both impactful for individuals, communities and businesses.
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Prof Lenton, Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science, said: “It was a total surprise and I felt deeply honoured and humbled. Having worked for decades to highlight the risks for all of us from climate tipping points, it means a lot to have that recognised by the government and the King”
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We're delighted to share that 2 of our climate researchers have been honoured in the King’s Birthday List! Prof @coxypm.bsky.social‬ has been appointed CBE for services to science & climate modelling. Prof Tim Lenton has been appointed OBE for services to understanding climate tipping points.
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Most of the human caused climate forcing (that what forces the climate to change) uncertainty is due to the enormous aerosol uncertainty.

See grey 90% range around the thick black 'Total anthropogenic' line.

Reducing this uncertainty is paramount!

Many care about the actual science, while some pretend to care while openly campaigning against the science.

We will all lose when geoengineering will be implemented without the crucial research being done to mitigate risks.

Not to mention scapegoating aerosol research.

H/t @coxypm.bsky.social

Always wanted to enjoy the beauty of Devon?

Keen to talk about climate change 🌏 and solutions 🔌💡?

You’ve got one week left to submit your abstract for the Exeter Climate Conference!

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With @emilywallace.bsky.social, @coxypm.bsky.social, and more

A mind expanding meeting in a wonderful location. Thanks for the invite, Sandy, Colin, and the LEMONTREE team!

There has never been a more important time to discuss climate change, and here is an opportunity to do just that with a brilliant list of speakers and panellists. Register for the Exeter Research Conference before 30th April for early bird rates: exeterclimateforum.com/exeter-clima...

Yep, it's a problematic time to talk about "quick fixes". Fortunately, those most interested in quick fixes, don't see climate change as a problem....:-o

All reasonable concerns. However, most climate change risks scale with global warming, and SRM is the only way that we know to reduce global warming quickly. So, I think we should be studying SRM openly and without stigma, including the challenging governance and equity issues.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
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Yep, that's a big risk that underlies the 'moral hazard' argument against geoengineering. But for SRM, at least, we could only allow counteracting the warming due to Air Quality improvements, and not that due to greenhouse gas increases.

Could taking carbon out of the sea cool down the planet? - BBC News A pilot project will test whether it is a useful way of fighting climate change.

Excellent article on the SeaCURE project. SeaCURE is creating an additional carbon sink by removing CO2 from seawater. @gsiexeter.bsky.social, @plymouthmarine.bsky.social

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

AUSTRALIA ENDLESS SUMMER

We are entering the second half of the climatological autumn and temperatures are still higher than in mid summer in Southern Australia.
Today Cape Willoughby had a minimum temperature of 22.6C, by far its hottest night ever recorded in April.

🌿 Day 1 of the LEMONTREE EEO-LSM workshop kicks off at Dartington Hall, Devon!
A group of invited global experts are gathering to brainstorm how Eco-Evolutionary Optimality (EEO) can make land surface models (LSMs) simpler & more robust.