Sam Burgess
@oceanterra.org
Climate | ocean | science policy & diplomacy | Copernicus Climate Change Service, @ECMWF | Partner to @edhawkins.org | ex 🐼 | Views own | 🌍 🌡🌊 🛰 🪸| Born on Wurundjeri Country | 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 |
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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...
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🌡️ 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...
⚒️🧪🌊
Mountains of change in our #climate. Climate change is a risk multiplier and impacts every single person on our planet.
For more @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social data see: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
Data visualisation by @annalombardi.bsky.social, inspired by Joy Division and the BBC 🌍🌊🧪⚒️
For more @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social data see: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
Data visualisation by @annalombardi.bsky.social, inspired by Joy Division and the BBC 🌍🌊🧪⚒️
January 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Mountains of change in our #climate. Climate change is a risk multiplier and impacts every single person on our planet.
For more @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social data see: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
Data visualisation by @annalombardi.bsky.social, inspired by Joy Division and the BBC 🌍🌊🧪⚒️
For more @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social data see: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
Data visualisation by @annalombardi.bsky.social, inspired by Joy Division and the BBC 🌍🌊🧪⚒️
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...
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🌡️ 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...
⚒️🧪🌊
January 14, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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...
⚒️🧪🌊
🌡️ 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...
⚒️🧪🌊
The latest #climate update from Copernicus shows that 2025 is on course to be:
- joint 2nd warmest year, tied with 2023 and behind 2024 (warmest year)
- November 2025 was the 3rd warmest November globally
For more: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2...
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- joint 2nd warmest year, tied with 2023 and behind 2024 (warmest year)
- November 2025 was the 3rd warmest November globally
For more: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2...
🌏🌡️⚒️🧪🌊
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The latest #climate update from Copernicus shows that 2025 is on course to be:
- joint 2nd warmest year, tied with 2023 and behind 2024 (warmest year)
- November 2025 was the 3rd warmest November globally
For more: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2...
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- joint 2nd warmest year, tied with 2023 and behind 2024 (warmest year)
- November 2025 was the 3rd warmest November globally
For more: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2...
🌏🌡️⚒️🧪🌊
Autumnal forest stomp with purple jelly disc fungi amongst beautiful birch colours 🍄🍂🧪
#fungi #forestbathing #autumn
#fungi #forestbathing #autumn
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Autumnal forest stomp with purple jelly disc fungi amongst beautiful birch colours 🍄🍂🧪
#fungi #forestbathing #autumn
#fungi #forestbathing #autumn
Latest #Climate data shows a podium finish for 2025
We are in the decade where the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change
Average global temperature for 2023–2025 is likely to exceed 1.5°C, the first three-year average to do so 🌡️🌏🧪⚒️
We are in the decade where the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change
Average global temperature for 2023–2025 is likely to exceed 1.5°C, the first three-year average to do so 🌡️🌏🧪⚒️
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Latest #Climate data shows a podium finish for 2025
We are in the decade where the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change
Average global temperature for 2023–2025 is likely to exceed 1.5°C, the first three-year average to do so 🌡️🌏🧪⚒️
We are in the decade where the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change
Average global temperature for 2023–2025 is likely to exceed 1.5°C, the first three-year average to do so 🌡️🌏🧪⚒️
Another fantastic #dataviz for the cover of the latest @unep.org #Emissions Gap Report
Off Target:
- only 1/3 of countries submitted updated NDCs
- We are likely to exceed 1.5ºC this decade
- analysis of limiting overshoot to 1.8ºC
Off Target:
- only 1/3 of countries submitted updated NDCs
- We are likely to exceed 1.5ºC this decade
- analysis of limiting overshoot to 1.8ºC
New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope.
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Another fantastic #dataviz for the cover of the latest @unep.org #Emissions Gap Report
Off Target:
- only 1/3 of countries submitted updated NDCs
- We are likely to exceed 1.5ºC this decade
- analysis of limiting overshoot to 1.8ºC
Off Target:
- only 1/3 of countries submitted updated NDCs
- We are likely to exceed 1.5ºC this decade
- analysis of limiting overshoot to 1.8ºC
Reposted by Sam Burgess
Trends in November temperatures over land areas (where we live) for the last 50 years... 🔥
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Trends in November temperatures over land areas (where we live) for the last 50 years... 🔥
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Such an easy switch to make! Now there are so many great resources to help consumers make more #climate friendly choices.
Here's a website that helps you switch to a greener bank.
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
Investments should build a better future, not destroy it.
makemymoneymatter.co.uk/banks/
October 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Such an easy switch to make! Now there are so many great resources to help consumers make more #climate friendly choices.
Magpie inkcaps and porcelain #fungi spotted during the team retreat in Bonn this week #mycology #forestbathing #naturerestoration 🍄🌳🧪⚒️🏞️
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Magpie inkcaps and porcelain #fungi spotted during the team retreat in Bonn this week #mycology #forestbathing #naturerestoration 🍄🌳🧪⚒️🏞️
September 2025 was the third warmest on record
Persistently high land and sea surface temperatures reflect the continuing influence of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere 🌍⚒️🧪🌊
For more: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-t...
Persistently high land and sea surface temperatures reflect the continuing influence of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere 🌍⚒️🧪🌊
For more: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-t...
October 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
September 2025 was the third warmest on record
Persistently high land and sea surface temperatures reflect the continuing influence of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere 🌍⚒️🧪🌊
For more: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-t...
Persistently high land and sea surface temperatures reflect the continuing influence of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere 🌍⚒️🧪🌊
For more: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-t...
The @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social climate monitoring application #Climate Pulse has been updated. Same climate monitoring data with new features and better layout. 🌏🌊⚒️🧪
User feedback always welcome so let us know what you would like to see updated in the next version:
pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
User feedback always welcome so let us know what you would like to see updated in the next version:
pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
October 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social climate monitoring application #Climate Pulse has been updated. Same climate monitoring data with new features and better layout. 🌏🌊⚒️🧪
User feedback always welcome so let us know what you would like to see updated in the next version:
pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
User feedback always welcome so let us know what you would like to see updated in the next version:
pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
ClimatePulse has been updated!
Still with @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #ERA5 and two days behind real time. New layout, with better maps, easier to display different regions and compare different years data.
Let us know if you have feedback for future updates 🌏🌊⚒️🧪🌡️
Check it out 👇
Still with @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #ERA5 and two days behind real time. New layout, with better maps, easier to display different regions and compare different years data.
Let us know if you have feedback for future updates 🌏🌊⚒️🧪🌡️
Check it out 👇
Climate Pulse
Near-real time updates of key global climate variables from the the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
ClimatePulse has been updated!
Still with @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #ERA5 and two days behind real time. New layout, with better maps, easier to display different regions and compare different years data.
Let us know if you have feedback for future updates 🌏🌊⚒️🧪🌡️
Check it out 👇
Still with @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #ERA5 and two days behind real time. New layout, with better maps, easier to display different regions and compare different years data.
Let us know if you have feedback for future updates 🌏🌊⚒️🧪🌡️
Check it out 👇
New @eea.europa.eu report on #environment and #climate
is a shocking read ...
🍃 EU’s “carbon sink” has declined by 30% in a decade as logging, wildfires and pests damage forests
💧 Water stress already affects one in three Europeans
🦡 > 80% of protected habitats are in poor/bad state
🗺️🧪⚒️🌊🌍
is a shocking read ...
🍃 EU’s “carbon sink” has declined by 30% in a decade as logging, wildfires and pests damage forests
💧 Water stress already affects one in three Europeans
🦡 > 80% of protected habitats are in poor/bad state
🗺️🧪⚒️🌊🌍
Europe’s environment and climate: knowledge for resilience, prosperity and sustainability
www.eea.europa.eu
September 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
New @eea.europa.eu report on #environment and #climate
is a shocking read ...
🍃 EU’s “carbon sink” has declined by 30% in a decade as logging, wildfires and pests damage forests
💧 Water stress already affects one in three Europeans
🦡 > 80% of protected habitats are in poor/bad state
🗺️🧪⚒️🌊🌍
is a shocking read ...
🍃 EU’s “carbon sink” has declined by 30% in a decade as logging, wildfires and pests damage forests
💧 Water stress already affects one in three Europeans
🦡 > 80% of protected habitats are in poor/bad state
🗺️🧪⚒️🌊🌍
Weekend recharge with fungi hunting in local Oxfordshire woodlands
This autumn seems to be a great season for fly agarics 🍄🍄🟫🌳🍂
#fungi #mycology #forestbathing
This autumn seems to be a great season for fly agarics 🍄🍄🟫🌳🍂
#fungi #mycology #forestbathing
September 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Weekend recharge with fungi hunting in local Oxfordshire woodlands
This autumn seems to be a great season for fly agarics 🍄🍄🟫🌳🍂
#fungi #mycology #forestbathing
This autumn seems to be a great season for fly agarics 🍄🍄🟫🌳🍂
#fungi #mycology #forestbathing
On these occasions - full respect to the people of the UK, who also christened 'Boaty McBoatface'
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🇬🇧🛤️🍁🚆
September 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
On these occasions - full respect to the people of the UK, who also christened 'Boaty McBoatface'
🇬🇧🛤️🍁🚆
🇬🇧🛤️🍁🚆
Latest data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social show that August 2025 was the third warmest on record globally (after 2023 and 2024).
Europe had its fourth warmest summer season, with some countries such as the UK having their warmest summer on record.
Europe had its fourth warmest summer season, with some countries such as the UK having their warmest summer on record.
September 9, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Latest data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social show that August 2025 was the third warmest on record globally (after 2023 and 2024).
Europe had its fourth warmest summer season, with some countries such as the UK having their warmest summer on record.
Europe had its fourth warmest summer season, with some countries such as the UK having their warmest summer on record.
Thanks @davidho.bsky.social for the wonderful portrait and inclusion in your #scientist portraits! A delightful evening with you and @helenczerski.bsky.social and my smile is a reflection on that rather than the state of the world 🌊🌡️🌎
@oceanterra.org is the Deputy Director of @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social who works at the science-policy interface to improve understanding of climate risks and uptake of climate services.
September 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Thanks @davidho.bsky.social for the wonderful portrait and inclusion in your #scientist portraits! A delightful evening with you and @helenczerski.bsky.social and my smile is a reflection on that rather than the state of the world 🌊🌡️🌎
Heat Stress - have you experienced a #heatwave in 2025?
Find out how heatwaves and coldwaves have changed across the world with @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social new application
Thermal Trace. 🌡️⚒️🧪🛰️🌍
Check out the new application here:
thermaltrace.climate.copernicus.eu
Find out how heatwaves and coldwaves have changed across the world with @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social new application
Thermal Trace. 🌡️⚒️🧪🛰️🌍
Check out the new application here:
thermaltrace.climate.copernicus.eu
August 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Heat Stress - have you experienced a #heatwave in 2025?
Find out how heatwaves and coldwaves have changed across the world with @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social new application
Thermal Trace. 🌡️⚒️🧪🛰️🌍
Check out the new application here:
thermaltrace.climate.copernicus.eu
Find out how heatwaves and coldwaves have changed across the world with @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social new application
Thermal Trace. 🌡️⚒️🧪🛰️🌍
Check out the new application here:
thermaltrace.climate.copernicus.eu
Reposted by Sam Burgess
Incredible growth in the scale of devastating Iberian Peninsula #wildfires through mid-August reflected in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS estimated fire emissions with Spain reaching it's highest annual total of past 23 years (& Portugal's since 2017) @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int #IIFF
August 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Incredible growth in the scale of devastating Iberian Peninsula #wildfires through mid-August reflected in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS estimated fire emissions with Spain reaching it's highest annual total of past 23 years (& Portugal's since 2017) @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int #IIFF
Excellent #dataviz of European summer #wildfires by the @data.ft.com team
Our warmer world is increasing the risk of wildfires through
🌡️ More frequent and intense heatwaves
🔥 Droughts and hotter, dryer springs/summers lead to dryer soils and fuel loads
#ClimateAction 🧪⚒️🗺️
Our warmer world is increasing the risk of wildfires through
🌡️ More frequent and intense heatwaves
🔥 Droughts and hotter, dryer springs/summers lead to dryer soils and fuel loads
#ClimateAction 🧪⚒️🗺️
Animation showing fires detected across Europe since July 15.
Read @attractamooney.bsky.social and Carmen Muela's report, with great graphics from @janatausch.bsky.social and our talented summer intern Maya de Souza
www.ft.com/content/3ad8...
Read @attractamooney.bsky.social and Carmen Muela's report, with great graphics from @janatausch.bsky.social and our talented summer intern Maya de Souza
www.ft.com/content/3ad8...
August 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Excellent #dataviz of European summer #wildfires by the @data.ft.com team
Our warmer world is increasing the risk of wildfires through
🌡️ More frequent and intense heatwaves
🔥 Droughts and hotter, dryer springs/summers lead to dryer soils and fuel loads
#ClimateAction 🧪⚒️🗺️
Our warmer world is increasing the risk of wildfires through
🌡️ More frequent and intense heatwaves
🔥 Droughts and hotter, dryer springs/summers lead to dryer soils and fuel loads
#ClimateAction 🧪⚒️🗺️
Hugely exciting update from @esa.int and @eumetsat.int - Sentinel 5 successfully launched, once operational this 🛰️ will significantly improve our atmospheric monitoring capabilities for #ClimateAction.
Read more: www.eoportal.org/satellite-mi...
🌡️🌍🧪⚒️🗺️
Read more: www.eoportal.org/satellite-mi...
🌡️🌍🧪⚒️🗺️
August 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Hugely exciting update from @esa.int and @eumetsat.int - Sentinel 5 successfully launched, once operational this 🛰️ will significantly improve our atmospheric monitoring capabilities for #ClimateAction.
Read more: www.eoportal.org/satellite-mi...
🌡️🌍🧪⚒️🗺️
Read more: www.eoportal.org/satellite-mi...
🌡️🌍🧪⚒️🗺️
High sea surface temperatures continue in the #Arctic
Much warmer in the Bering Strait, Canadian Arctic and south of Greenland in August 2025 compared with August 2024. Maps from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ClimatePulse
🌊🧪⚒️❄️ #ClimateAction
Much warmer in the Bering Strait, Canadian Arctic and south of Greenland in August 2025 compared with August 2024. Maps from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ClimatePulse
🌊🧪⚒️❄️ #ClimateAction
August 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
High sea surface temperatures continue in the #Arctic
Much warmer in the Bering Strait, Canadian Arctic and south of Greenland in August 2025 compared with August 2024. Maps from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ClimatePulse
🌊🧪⚒️❄️ #ClimateAction
Much warmer in the Bering Strait, Canadian Arctic and south of Greenland in August 2025 compared with August 2024. Maps from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ClimatePulse
🌊🧪⚒️❄️ #ClimateAction
Heatwaves in June 2025 were intensified by record breaking Mediterranean temperatures more than 5°C above average
Impacts of marine #heatwaves:
🪸🐠 heat stress in marine ecosystems
🌊 📉 reduce oxygen levels effecting ocean industries
🥵 Increase humidity, ⬆️ heat stress for people
➕many more
Impacts of marine #heatwaves:
🪸🐠 heat stress in marine ecosystems
🌊 📉 reduce oxygen levels effecting ocean industries
🥵 Increase humidity, ⬆️ heat stress for people
➕many more
July 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Heatwaves in June 2025 were intensified by record breaking Mediterranean temperatures more than 5°C above average
Impacts of marine #heatwaves:
🪸🐠 heat stress in marine ecosystems
🌊 📉 reduce oxygen levels effecting ocean industries
🥵 Increase humidity, ⬆️ heat stress for people
➕many more
Impacts of marine #heatwaves:
🪸🐠 heat stress in marine ecosystems
🌊 📉 reduce oxygen levels effecting ocean industries
🥵 Increase humidity, ⬆️ heat stress for people
➕many more
🌡️ June 2025 was the 3rd warmest June globally
🥵 June 2025 saw an exceptional #heatwave impact large parts of western Europe
🌊 This heatwave was made more intense by record ocean temperatures.
#climate change means heatwaves are:
🌞more frequent,
📈 more intense &
🌍 impact more people
🧪⚒️
🥵 June 2025 saw an exceptional #heatwave impact large parts of western Europe
🌊 This heatwave was made more intense by record ocean temperatures.
#climate change means heatwaves are:
🌞more frequent,
📈 more intense &
🌍 impact more people
🧪⚒️
July 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM