Toby P. Jones

Always amazes me when we compare historical extremes to the present, gives such a clear example of our changing climate!

30.07.2025 08:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I talked to a NOAA colleague yesterday who told me that 75% of the federal employees of his division have left and he’s worried about their ability to get work done even if Congress funds NOAA at some level. The devastation to science will be felt for generations.

16.07.2025 04:24 — 👍 5422    🔁 1845    💬 115    📌 96

Per, @metoffice.gov.uk:

34.7°C in London today. That’s not just rare -- it is excessive heat amplified by climate change.

Climate Shift Index shows this level of heat is now at least THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY due to man-made heat-trapping pollution.

This is summer for the UK in a warming world.

01.07.2025 17:56 — 👍 38    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 4

Comparing temperature anomalies in summer 1976 and summer 2024

As we seem to, yet again, be talking about the hot UK summer of 1976, a reminder that the UK is not the world.

Yes, it was hot that summer over our small region, but the bigger picture tells a different story.

And, we've had hotter UK summers since.

18.06.2025 10:56 — 👍 107    🔁 32    💬 5    📌 3

Happy #DevonDay ♥️

What an incredible part of the country!

#ECFC #SemperFidelis

04.06.2025 07:46 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

New Study Reinforces Worries About Pulses of Rapid Sea Level Rise - Inside Climate News An analysis of peat layers at the bottom of the North Sea shows how fast sea level rose during the end of the last ice age, when Earth was warming at a similar rate as today.

With global warming, there is no new normal, only ever-accelerating change until we stop increasing CO2.

20.05.2025 09:36 — 👍 64    🔁 35    💬 3    📌 2

Enjoy the UK summer while it lasts....!

07.05.2025 15:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fun climate fact of the day. Last time there was this much CO2 in the atmosphere there were no humans on Earth.

22.04.2025 14:23 — 👍 60    🔁 35    💬 5    📌 0

I mean, I guess he was correct to be worried...

09.04.2025 10:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Was lucky enough to hear Ed talk about this project recently, the impact of people coming together has had a significant impact on our understanding of the UK's past (and future) climate!

26.03.2025 11:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🔥 Check out our new paper 🔥

Our research reveals that the very high fire danger in the UK in 2022 was at least six times more likely due to human-induced #ClimateChange

You can find the paper here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#Attribution #Wildfires

11.03.2025 13:39 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Image of a pot of fondue. There was bread, pickles, potatoes (not shown) and pear (hidden behind a candle) to dip in!

View from my hotel room in Karlsruhe, overlooking train tracks, with two trains visible.

"Catch box" microphone that is soft so can be thrown across the room.

I'm back from the 10th European Windstorms workshop in Bern, a few (non-academic) things I learnt:
1. Pear is really nice to dip in fondue.
2. Travelling by train in Europe is amazing, especially using Interrail!
3. If I can throw the microphone I am much more likely to ask a question...

12.02.2025 10:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Was great to attend the @rmets.org Insurance Special interest group's event "Advancing Collaboration between the Insurance Sector and Academia" yesterday.

Lots of great conversation which will hopefully lead to collaboration in the future!

15.01.2025 12:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Photo of fields with snowy hills in the distance

Photo of snowy fields and hills

Just when I thought I was on the wrong side of the train, I was lucky enough to see some of the picturesque snowy Lake District on my train to Glasgow!

08.01.2025 13:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Poster advertising Toby Jones's 10th January talk "Correlation of Wind and Precipitation Severity of European Cyclones".

On 10th Jan I will be presenting work on wind-precipitation correlation from European cyclones at the @rmets.org "Postgraduate Student Showcase", starting at 6pm.

It's a hybrid event, held in Edinburgh and via Zoom. Just register using the link below:
www.rmets.org/event/post-g...

See you there!

03.01.2025 11:59 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Map of the UK, shaded for different climate zones

Bivariate colour maps, with a UK climate example.

Even on the scale of the UK we have different climate zones, from relatively cold & wet, to warm & dry.

www.datawim.com/post/creatin...

[Thanks: @annalombardi.bsky.social, @oceanterra.org]

27.11.2024 13:55 — 👍 151    🔁 29    💬 5    📌 3