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Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research

ICYM - Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation

- Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research

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In a few weeks, we'll be publishing the finding that [redacted] people die every year because of climate change, equivalent to a loss of $[redacted]T USD, every year.

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Screenshot showing the Climate Shift Index Alerts at Climate Central for exploring the log to see a sampling of recent events linked to climate change using the CSI tool.

Check out our new alert system at @climatecentral.org for the rapid attribution of climate extremes around the world (including information on temperature extremes, marine heatwaves, tropical cyclones, wildfires, and more to come): www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

bar chart showing deaths associate with extreme heat with and without climate change in 12 European cities

About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

Excerpt from proposed NOAA budget showing zero funding for Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes

Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.

GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.

This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.

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"...it was a massive shift. And it really helps to highlight how hot this massive heat spell was.

The record highs are far outpacing the record lows...and that is a sign that things are out of balance." - @bernwoodsplacky.bsky.social

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Mark Butcher 1) Sandra used AI to write a report 2) Bill used AI to summarise the report 3) Bill used AI to write questions about the report 4) Sandra used AI to respond to the questions 5) Bill used AI to create a presentation about the report 6) Jane used AI to take notes from the presentation 7) Jane’s team used AI to summarise the notes she shared No one wrote the report, no one ever read the report, no one understood the questions or the answers. No business value was achieved But but but AI adds business value

Even linkedin gets it

Magnificent. Keep going until the whale, at least...

New job opportunity @maynoothuniversity.ie as a lecturer in hydroclimatology, climate resilience and adaptation working with me (don't let that put you off) and a wonderful set of colleagues in the climate space. tinyurl.com/4kuyt3hu should work as a link. Closes 20th July

A profile image of Dr Garyfallos Konstantinoudis with overlaid text that reads: Nearly 600 heat-related deaths expected in UK heatwave. “Heatwaves are an underappreciated threat in the UK and they’re becoming more dangerous with climate change. This weekend, people need to follow heat-health advice and check on older people, particularly those living alone.” Dr Garyfallos Konstantinoudis, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment

Heatwaves are silent killers, increasing risks for vulnerable people and exacerbating existing conditions.

Rapid analysis by the Grantham Institute and @lshtm.bsky.social estimates that nearly 600 lives will be lost due to the current UK heatwave.

Read it here: www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...

The heat above 32°C in southeast England tomorrow will be 100 times more likely due to fossil fuel-driven warming 🌡️📈

Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work.

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THIS. For so many people, 30+ degrees in the UK is not 'oh what a lovely day' weather. For every numpty on social media saying "climate change isn't that bad, we'll have proper summers at last" there are who knows how many other people suffering in silence...

Feels so much like a tinfoil conspiracy I find it hard to truly absorb but it's a fact:

Oil & gas companies knew about climate change since at least the '70s, lied & created fake doubt to stop action. And today people will die in a heatwave that wouldn't have been a heatwave without their products.

As somebody from Florida now living in Oxford,
32C *is* dangerously hot when virtually no houses and very few public buildings have aircon and almost all of them are masonry built and designed to retain heat, you cannot be comparing hot weather here to heat in a place EQUIPPED for it, come tf on

In all seriousness, heatwaves - especially when they occur relatively early in the season like this one - can be dangerous. Drink plenty of water, stay out of the sun, layer on the factor 50. And check in on your vulnerable relatives and friends, who might be really struggling in the heat!

If you want to join me in obsessively tracking the development of high temps across the UK, check out istheukhotrightnow.com (temperatures hit more than 12C above normal for the time of year at some stations - officially 'roasting'!)

New @wwattribution.bsky.social rapid analysis shows that the current heatwave probably wouldn't have qualified as a heatwave without a boost from all that fossil fuel pollution - www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

call me crazy but I don't think we should.

Are you a journalist writing about a current heatwave?

The images you choose are critical to the story.

The @climateoutreach.bsky.social team have shown some ideas here which help stress the risks rather than the typical ice creams: www.climatevisuals.org/how-do-you-p...

Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy - Climatic Change Effective communication is critical in efforts to limit and manage the risks of climate change. One empirical approach to crafting effective communication is to start with communication objectives, that is, the attitudes and actions one seeks to influence, then identify the beliefs that are most strongly associated with those objectives, and end by developing and delivering messages to promote those beliefs. This planning process can be iterative over time as the relevant key beliefs evolve. Here, we use data from a US nationally-representative survey conducted in 2023 (n = 1,011) to assess the degree to which six key truths often used by communicators to predict important attitudes (support for government action on climate change) and behaviors (seeking and sharing information about climate change, and engaging in political advocacy to support climate action): (1) climate change is happening (‘It’s real’); (2) human activity is causing climate change (‘It’s us’); (3) there is a scientific consensus about human-caused climate change (‘Experts agree’); (4) climate change harms people (‘It’s bad’); (5) a majority of people are concerned about climate change and support climate action (‘Others care’); and (6) actions can be taken to limit the harm (‘There’s hope’). We found that all six key truths are highly predictive of at least one, and in some instances many, of the attitudinal and behavioral outcomes analyzed. These findings suggest that communicating the six key truths about climate change has the potential to help build public and political will for climate solutions.

NEW: We explored the role of understanding six “key truths” about climate change:
-It’s real
-It’s us
-Experts agree
-It’s bad
-Others care
-There’s hope.

Understanding these facts predicts pro-climate attitudes and support for climate policies - read on:

This is incredible

The Day the Mountains Won How a Peruvian farmer sued a German coal giant and helped create a legal blueprint to hold fossil producers accountable for climate harms.

A couple weeks ago much of the international press got a really significant climate ruling utterly, completely wrong. @roycerk2.bsky.social got the story right for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/Peru-RWE

In mid-May, temperatures soared in Greenland and Iceland. Climate change made the record-breaking heat about 3°C hotter.

Our latest rapid study is a reminder that cold climate countries are also experiencing unprecedented heat and a warning that it is driving rapid ice loss ☀️🧊

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ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600 And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.

Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.

ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.

Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer.

Countdown to #ShowYourStripes Day on the 1st day of summer: 12 days!

Each line represents one year
🔵Cooler-than-average temp
🔴Above-average temp

Find your city's stripes here 👉 observablehq.com/@climatecent...

Fantastic. US town says no to a massive data centre after establishing its pollution would cause over $30m in extra health costs. Impressive!

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

🌍 June 2 is #HeatActionDay.

A new report from @wwattribution.bsky.social, @ifrc.org, and @climatecentral.org reveals how climate change has fueled extreme heat over the past year.

🧵 on key findings: 👇 #BeatTheHeat