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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne
@soniaseneviratne.bsky.social
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Professor at ETH Zurich, IPCC WGI Vice-chair.
#Climate #Extremes #Land.
Citizen/mum/scientist. Personal account.
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter11.pdf
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Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne is a Swiss climate scientist, professor at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science of the ETH Zurich. She is a specialist of extreme climate events. .. more

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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · Sep 6
New starter pack with @ipcc.bsky.social #AR7 scientists (bureau, authors, REs)! Full list: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
For SR cities scientists see separate starter pack!
@dianaurge.bsky.social @sherilee.bsky.social @siir-kilkis.bsky.social @janfuglestvedt.bsky.social
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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 1d
"Our findings show that #SRM only proves beneficial under a narrow intersection of robust global mitigation, extremely low failure risk, & gradual phase-out. Paradoxically, the same governance failures that make SRM politically attractive undermine the very conditions needed for its safe operation."

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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 1d
New discussion paper just dropped that’s taken shall we say a little work to get this far … essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... please be kind. Not on an at all sensitive topic in the slightest.
How well can we quantify when 1.5 °C of global warming has been exceeded?
Abstract. Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement agreed to limit the long-term increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to keep temperatures below 1.5 °C relative to p...
essd.copernicus.org

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Rosie A. Fisher

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Richard Allan @rpallanuk.bsky.social · 1d
Artificially offsetting greenhouse gas warming using solar geoengineering to reflect away sunlight may be more costly than without if cut off suddenly, leading to “termination shock” of rapid warming: @iopp-environment.bsky.social study via @newscientist.com

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Economic assessment of SRM under socio-political and geophysical tipping dynamics
Economic assessment of SRM under socio-political and geophysical tipping dynamics, Estrada, Francisco, Bastien-Olvera, Bernardo A, Calderon-Bustamante, Oscar, Altamirano, Miguel A, Muñoz-Sánchez, Rodrigo, Moreno-Cruz, Juan, Botzen, Wouter
iopscience.iop.org

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Sara Constantino, Peter Jacobs

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 3d
Very exciting to share that @climatecentral.org is hiring a Climate Data Scientist to join a new climate services effort focused on advancing predictions of risks and hazards on seasonal-to-decadal timescales. The application closes on February 9, 2026 at 5pm ET, & the description can be found here:
Climate Data Scientist | Climate Central
Climate Central is seeking a highly-skilled Climate Data Scientist to join our team. Reporting to the Vice President for Science, the scientist will be part of a new initiative in climate services to ...
www.climatecentral.org

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 7d
Wind and solar used to play a niche role when I started to work on energy in 2004.

Last year they overtook fossil generation in the EU for the first time.

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Brian J. Enquist, Brian A. Nosek , and 4 more

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 9d
“The speed, the scope and the severity of the attacks on science are beyond anything we’ve ever seen,” says @gretchentg.bsky.social.

My @nature.com story on the human toll of the 2nd Trump presidency.

Thx to @dochfroehlich.bsky.social, @briannosek.bsky.social, @katharinehayhoe.com & others.
‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
www.nature.com

Reposted by Jennifer Bussell, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Stacie B. Dusetzina , and 3 more

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9d
This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.
‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
www.nature.com

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Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 12d
A rare bit of good news from the US. House republicans seem to be pushing back against Trump's huge proposed cuts to science.

NSF, NASA, NOAA - all look set to be near flat, or - for DOE - even a slight increase.

www.economist.com/united-state...

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Brigitte Nerlich, Peter Thorne

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 14d
Important and timely wide-ranging interview with one of the world's most influential climate scientists.

Some of what he tells @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org is, frankly, breathtaking.

A call to action for all scientists, not just those focused on climate change.

Reposted by Valerie M. Delmotte, Sonia I. Seneviratne, John Kennedy

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 15d
The global warming trend continued in 2025. Each of the past 11 years (2015–2025) has been among the 11 warmest on record. Explore more data from #CopernicusClimate in the Global Climate Highlights 2025. #GCH2025

🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

@ecmwf.int

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Wim Thiery, Erich Fischer , and 2 more

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Sam Burgess @oceanterra.org · 15d
2025 global climate highlights are out:
🌡️ 2025 was 3rd warmest year on record, 1.47ºC above the preindustrial level
📈 2023-2025 is the first three year period above 1.5ºC (according to ERA5)
🌍 The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record

See: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

⚒️🧪🌊

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Tobias Kuemmerle

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 16d
Biofuels are absurdly inefficient compared to electric vehicles.

A great piece in @ourworldindata.org

ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to liquid biofuels. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?
ourworldindata.org

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 16d
NEW – Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2025 | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org

Read here: buff.ly/sF3cD1c

Reposted by Valerie M. Delmotte, Sonia I. Seneviratne

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 16d
US scientists push back as Trump eyes Greenland
An open letter organized by US-based researchers who work in Greenland opposes any takeover of the territory.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Photo of two researchers as they carry a newly logged ice core to a shelving unit in a storage area within the Greenland ice sheet. (Lukasz Larsson Warzecha/Getty)

Reposted by Valerie M. Delmotte, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Dominique Bourg , and 2 more

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 17d
Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com

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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 18d
Very sad start of the year in Switzerland with so many dead & injured young people. My thoughts go to the families, their communities & loved ones. Many victims came from Lutry where I grew up and/or attended the gymnase de Chamblandes, my high school many years ago.
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/...
Switzerland holds minute’s silence for Crans-Montana bar fire victims
Switzerland came to a standstill on Friday as church bells rang nationwide and a minute’s silence honoured the victims of the bar fire in Crans‑Montana.
www.swissinfo.ch

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Andrew Watkins

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Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick @sarahinscience.bsky.social · 20d
the @australia.theguardian.com published an oped by me today.
This heatwave is bad.
The bushfires it is enabling are also bad.
Climate scientists & meteorologists are incredibly concerned about the next 48 hours.
And this is just a taste of what's to come.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now | Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
During black summer, my daughters were too young to know what was happening. Now, amid another Australian heatwave, they deserve answers
www.theguardian.com

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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 20d
IPCC Statement: The @ipcc.bsky.social is an organisation consisting of governments that are members of the UN or WMO. "[P]articipation in the work & processes of the IPCC is voluntary, free & open to all WMO & UN Member countries -with or without a formal announcement."
www.ipcc.ch/2026/01/08/s...
IPCC Statement on the US announcement to withdraw from participation in IPCC — IPCC
www.ipcc.ch

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Peter Thorne, Timon McPhearson

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 20d
It appears there is no withdraw process for @ipcc.bsky.social, participation in which is voluntary, free and open to all UN and WMO members. So the Trump administration’s supposed withdraw means less than their June firing of all the staff of the State Dept’s Office of Global Change
IPCC Statement on the US announcement to withdraw from participation in IPCC — IPCC
www.ipcc.ch

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 21d
Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...
Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so | CNN
The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies.
www.cnn.com

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 22d
Can't claim my own data are quite as convincing, but when I deleted my Twitter account in August 2022, it took <1 month to get the same "engagement." If anything, it meant more (direct) journalist pings, including from @npr.org: "I miss seeing your posts..., have a minute to talk?"

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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 23d
Warning: This article might make you mad.
Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much. » Yale Climate Connections
Data centers are consuming more kilowatts than ever, but the price they pay for that electricity has risen only a little.
yaleclimateconnections.org

Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, Du Toit

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 24d
🌐 Introducing the Copernicus Data Stores Applications Catalogue! A curated collection of interactive tools built on data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).
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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 24d
📢 Working on land atmosphere-interactions and their role in shaping climate extremes?

🌍 Consider submitting an abstract to our European Geosciences Union (@egu.eu) 2026 session:

Land-atmosphere interactions and climate extremes (CL4.4): www.egu26.eu/session/56763

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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 24d
Registration is now open for experts interested in reviewing the first draft of the IPCC Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers!

Register here 🔗 https://apps.ipcc.ch/comments/slcf/ until midnight CET on 13 February 2026.

Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/SLCFfod

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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · Dec 29
Un excellent article dans @letemps.ch sur la situation des scientifiques du climat aux USA:
www.letemps.ch/sciences/le-...
@weatherwest.bsky.social @effetsdeterre.bsky.social

Reposted by Valerie M. Delmotte, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Peter A. Stott , and 1 more

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Adam Sobel @adamsobel.bsky.social · Dec 21
Some reflections after returning back from a conference at which I and 20,000 colleagues learned that the Trump administration intends to dismantle #NCAR. This outrage should not happen. deepconvection.substack.com/p/save-ncar
Save NCAR
Field notes from New Orleans, where I and 20,000 colleagues learned that Trump intends to destroy the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
deepconvection.substack.com

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Dec 18
If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
agu.quorum.us