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University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social · 22h

This focused lecture explores decolonial approaches to African and Black material cultures, embodied heritages, natural resources, law, and extractive legacies shaped by Africa–Europe entanglements.
www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BHM
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Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · 19h

Applications for funded social science PhD studentships at @exeter.ac.uk are now open. These projects are student led, and the deadline for applications is 9 Jan.

@cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @ecehh.org @exetergses.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social

ESRC SWDTP | Postgraduate Study - PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter

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Helen Millman @helenmillman.bsky.social · 2d

Our new Global Tipping Points report is out today: global-tipping-points.org

Read the whole thing here: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...

#GTPR2025 #COP30

@exeter.ac.uk @wwf.org.uk @gsiexeter.bsky.social
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social @wwfbrasil.bsky.social

Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact

Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.

global-tipping-points.org

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d

“Only with a combination of decisive policy & civil society action can the world tip its trajectory from facing existential Earth system tipping point risks to seizing positive tipping point opportunities.” - Prof. Tim Lenton, @gsiexeter.bsky.social

#ClimateEmergency

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs under way, as world reaches first tipping point With global warming set to breach 1.5°C, world dangerously close to further catastrophic tipping points T...

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Global Systems Institute @gsiexeter.bsky.social · 2d

📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025 📢

💡 A new report provides a temperature check on the status of dangerous Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.

Read the full report: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...
#GTPR2025 #COP30

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Prof Ceri Lewis @cezzalew.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations Beatriz, Tim, Paul and team on this important new study! @gsiexeter.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Recent and early 20th century destabilization of the subpolar North Atlantic recorded in bivalves

Clams reveal North Atlantic destabilization in the early 20th century and at present.

www.science.org

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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 13d

The Amazon is nearing a potential tipping point, driven by deforestation & climate change

Join a webinar exploring the latest science

15 Oct 15:30-17:00 CEST
Register futureearth.confetti.events/tipping-poin... @gsiexeter.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @wcrpclimate.bsky.social

An image of deforested land separated from a section of forest, with the following words laid over: The future of the Amazon: Deforestation, Climate and tipping points

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Global Systems Institute @gsiexeter.bsky.social · 23d

www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

Why some tipping points may be positive for the planet

Unpredictable and abrupt changes in the climate are fast approaching, but the rapid uptake of electric vehicles and solar power shows that societies can also ‘tip’ in ways that might head off the wors...

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University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social · Sep 9

Want to develop as a researcher, leader and collaborator? Apply now for the #GW4Crucible 2026 programme:

gw4.ac.uk/gw4-crucible...

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@ecehh.org @hls.exeter.ac.uk @uniexecec.bsky.social
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GW4 Alliance @gw4alliance.bsky.social · Sep 3

Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, #GW4Crucible 2026, offers an opportunity for #ECRs from a range of disciplines to come together and initiate new collaborations and research that will imagine new futures:

gw4.ac.uk/news/gw4-cru...

GW4 Crucible 2026 invites early career researchers to imagine new futures - GW4

GW4 Crucible offers a unique opportunity for future research leaders from different disciplines to come together and, for next year’s theme celebrating 10 years, develop innovative research imagining ...

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Global Systems Institute @gsiexeter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Delighted to see our Assistant Director @cezzalew.bsky.social being recognised for her amazing work investigating carbon stores on the seabed 🙌🐛🌊🌍

Prof Ceri Lewis @cezzalew.bsky.social · Aug 28

What a fun day. So honoured to be included in this list of incredible women! @exetermarine.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social www.womanandhome.com/life/inspira...

Meet Britain's most amazing women

Introducing the woman&home Amazing Women Awards 2025, in association with NHS Charities Together

www.womanandhome.com

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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · Aug 15

This week: how to fix the climate crisis with @drkatemarvel.bsky.social and Tim ‘tipping point’ Lenton and @tinymaddie.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social

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Climate special: How to fix the climate crisis with Tim Lenton and Kate Marvel

The world, the universe and us · Episode

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Global Systems Institute @gsiexeter.bsky.social · Aug 13

Great to see coverage of @exeterassembly.bsky.social's Cool Hub initiative yesterday, providing water and a place to cool down in Exeter city centre.

This initiative serves as a key example of the need for community adaptation in response to the climate crisis.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiv1...

Pop-up Cool Hub on BBC Spotlight 12th August 2025

YouTube video by Exeter Community Assembly

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Prof Ceri Lewis @cezzalew.bsky.social · Aug 12

Nice news piece on Canadian national news about our Convex SeascapeSurveywork. youtube.com/watch?v=DXhI... watch from 17:30 @exetermarine.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social

Wildfires remain out of control across Canada | CTV National News at 11 for Monday, Aug 11, 2025

YouTube video by CTV News

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Prof Ceri Lewis @cezzalew.bsky.social · Aug 8

We are in Saguenay fjord, Canada for our next Convex Seascape Survey bioturbation experiment 😀 Working with colleagues from Southampton and Laval University. @exetermarine.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · Aug 11

Any good news?

Yes actually. Thanks to @gsiexeter.bsky.social's Steve Smith we get a reminder that some tipping points can actually be positive. Great new conversation. news.wickedproblems.uk/p/tipping-po...

Tipping Points. But not all bad. w/Steve Smith

The UK's tipping into an EV market, accelerated by BYD, is a good example of why it's not pointless to try.

news.wickedproblems.uk

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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · Aug 11

🌊 Scientists from University of Exeter and @pml.ac.uk have urged caution in upscaling ocean carbon removal technologies until the environmental impacts are better understood.

@exetermarine.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social @guyhooper.bsky.social

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More research ‘urgently needed’ before ocean carbon capture technology can be scaled up

Scientists from the University of Exeter and Plymouth Marine Laboratory are urging caution in upscaling ocean carbon removal technologies until the environmental impacts are better understood. It foll...

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Global Systems Institute @gsiexeter.bsky.social · Aug 11

www.ft.com/content/6852...

Is there a case for climate optimism?

Two books argue that, despite the gloom, environmental progress is still possible through science and diplomacy

www.ft.com

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louisevenables.bsky.social @louisevenables.bsky.social · Jul 23

🌱 How can a local eco-hub spark lasting change?
Our research explored the impact of a Devon-based hub on pro-environmental behaviour, community inclusion, and wellbeing.
Read more: sites.exeter.ac.uk/per/2025/07/...
#CommunityResearch #Sustainability #PublicEngagement #EcoHub

Impact of a Local Eco-Hub on Pro-Environmental Behaviour, Community Inclusion and Wellbeing

Dr Louise Venables shares insights into a recent collaborative project, working with Dr Daniel Derbyshire, and Nicky Nicholls from Sideshore Community. Supported by the Engaged Participatory Research ...

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Peter Cox @coxypm.bsky.social · Jul 10

An excellent @carbonbrief.org article from @robmcsweeney.bsky.social based on discussion at the Global Tipping Points Conference last week. @gsiexeter.bsky.social

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jul 9

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

Read here: buff.ly/LkitgK7

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

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jul 8

NEW – Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’ | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @gsiexeter.bsky.social @pik-potsdam.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/ECWvN3z

The Global Tipping Points Conference 2025. Credit: Jim Wileman / University of Exeter

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · Jul 7

My latest inspired by a conversation with Jonathon Porritt during last week’s @gsiexeter.bsky.social Global Tipping Points Conference .
jamesdyke.substack.com/p/eco-grief-...

Eco-grief isn't giving up

We failed to stop dangerous climate change and it's perfectly reasonable to despair about that

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Paul Ritchie @paulritchie.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢 Applications welcome for a fully funded PhD project to work on tipping points @utas.edu.au in Australia! Study "Overshoots in Delay Differential Equations" with Dr Courtney Quinn, Prof Michael Charleston and myself (@gsiexeter.bsky.social). Closing date 1st August www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...

Available projects for research degrees | University of Tasmania - Overshoots in Delay Differential Equations

Recently, it has become clear that carbon emissions are not being redu...

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Global Systems Institute @gsiexeter.bsky.social · Jul 7

www.ft.com/content/6390...

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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Kai Greenlees @kaigreenlees.bsky.social · Jul 5

Appreciate the opportunity to write my first article with @uk.theconversation.com during the @gsiexeter.bsky.social Global Tipping Points Conference which reinforced the need to rapidly respond to climate tipping by leveraging positive tipping in our social, technical and environmental systems

The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Jul 3

Electric vehicle sales are racing ahead in the UK – but the switch to heat pumps is lagging behind.

UK may be on verge of triggering a ‘positive tipping point’ for tackling climate change

Electric vehicle sales are racing ahead in the UK – but the switch to heat pumps is lagging behind.

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