David Jones
@ozhillbilly.bsky.social
Climate scientist and collector of pets, fossils and rocks, and sports gear
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A notably “warm” start to meteorological winter across Europe only far north of Norway, Finland and Sweden have escaped.
The first half has been perhaps been the warmest on record this December though is not expected to exceed 2015... (1/2)
The first half has been perhaps been the warmest on record this December though is not expected to exceed 2015... (1/2)
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A notably “warm” start to meteorological winter across Europe only far north of Norway, Finland and Sweden have escaped.
The first half has been perhaps been the warmest on record this December though is not expected to exceed 2015... (1/2)
The first half has been perhaps been the warmest on record this December though is not expected to exceed 2015... (1/2)
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13th December 2025
Hay to Trentham and home. A total of 16,767kms in 76 days and we were welcomed by storms!!!
Hay to Trentham and home. A total of 16,767kms in 76 days and we were welcomed by storms!!!
December 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
13th December 2025
Hay to Trentham and home. A total of 16,767kms in 76 days and we were welcomed by storms!!!
Hay to Trentham and home. A total of 16,767kms in 76 days and we were welcomed by storms!!!
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Town of Jeddah,dubbed "The Saudi granny" is ending 2025 with a yearly average temperature of 31.0C,one of the world's highest.
Jeddah is one of the fastest warming cities in the world and the last cooler than average month was April 2020,almost 6 years ago !
Jeddah is one of the fastest warming cities in the world and the last cooler than average month was April 2020,almost 6 years ago !
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Town of Jeddah,dubbed "The Saudi granny" is ending 2025 with a yearly average temperature of 31.0C,one of the world's highest.
Jeddah is one of the fastest warming cities in the world and the last cooler than average month was April 2020,almost 6 years ago !
Jeddah is one of the fastest warming cities in the world and the last cooler than average month was April 2020,almost 6 years ago !
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2025 HOTTEST STATIONS FOR EACH CONTINENT
(as per yearly average temperature)
EUROPE-Lindos 🇬🇷
AFRICA-Matam 🇸🇳
ASIA-Makkah 🇸🇦
NORTH AMERICA-Choluteca 🇭🇳
SOUTH AMERICA-Floriano 🇧🇷
AUSTRALIA+OCEANIA-Wyndham 🇦🇺
ANTARCTICA-Palmer Station 🇺🇸
(as per yearly average temperature)
EUROPE-Lindos 🇬🇷
AFRICA-Matam 🇸🇳
ASIA-Makkah 🇸🇦
NORTH AMERICA-Choluteca 🇭🇳
SOUTH AMERICA-Floriano 🇧🇷
AUSTRALIA+OCEANIA-Wyndham 🇦🇺
ANTARCTICA-Palmer Station 🇺🇸
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
2025 HOTTEST STATIONS FOR EACH CONTINENT
(as per yearly average temperature)
EUROPE-Lindos 🇬🇷
AFRICA-Matam 🇸🇳
ASIA-Makkah 🇸🇦
NORTH AMERICA-Choluteca 🇭🇳
SOUTH AMERICA-Floriano 🇧🇷
AUSTRALIA+OCEANIA-Wyndham 🇦🇺
ANTARCTICA-Palmer Station 🇺🇸
(as per yearly average temperature)
EUROPE-Lindos 🇬🇷
AFRICA-Matam 🇸🇳
ASIA-Makkah 🇸🇦
NORTH AMERICA-Choluteca 🇭🇳
SOUTH AMERICA-Floriano 🇧🇷
AUSTRALIA+OCEANIA-Wyndham 🇦🇺
ANTARCTICA-Palmer Station 🇺🇸
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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2025 WORLD HOTTEST STATIONS
While the mentioned Jeddah ended as world's 4th hottest station,the podium this year goes for
Makkah,Saudi Arabia
Matam,Senegal
Tillaberi,Niger
Followed by Yelimane and Nara (Mali),Gizan (Saudi),Tambacounda (Senegal),Dubai (UAE) & In Guezzam (Algeria)
While the mentioned Jeddah ended as world's 4th hottest station,the podium this year goes for
Makkah,Saudi Arabia
Matam,Senegal
Tillaberi,Niger
Followed by Yelimane and Nara (Mali),Gizan (Saudi),Tambacounda (Senegal),Dubai (UAE) & In Guezzam (Algeria)
December 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
2025 WORLD HOTTEST STATIONS
While the mentioned Jeddah ended as world's 4th hottest station,the podium this year goes for
Makkah,Saudi Arabia
Matam,Senegal
Tillaberi,Niger
Followed by Yelimane and Nara (Mali),Gizan (Saudi),Tambacounda (Senegal),Dubai (UAE) & In Guezzam (Algeria)
While the mentioned Jeddah ended as world's 4th hottest station,the podium this year goes for
Makkah,Saudi Arabia
Matam,Senegal
Tillaberi,Niger
Followed by Yelimane and Nara (Mali),Gizan (Saudi),Tambacounda (Senegal),Dubai (UAE) & In Guezzam (Algeria)
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Live: Reports of shots fired at Bondi Beach
Live: Reports of shots fired at Bondi Beach
NSW Police has said it responding to a developing incident at Bondi Beach.
www.sbs.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Live: Reports of shots fired at Bondi Beach
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This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
December 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
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The cost of grid-scale solar plus batteries has become so cheap that spreading solar power out over 24 hours is now cost-competive with building new natural gas plants in many cases.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The cost of grid-scale solar plus batteries has become so cheap that spreading solar power out over 24 hours is now cost-competive with building new natural gas plants in many cases.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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bondi beach sometime tonight
December 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
bondi beach sometime tonight
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bondi beach shooting
December 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
bondi beach shooting
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Absolutely crazy December warmth continues in
CENTRAL ASIA
In mountainous areas temperatures are locally more than 20C above normal.
Unbelievable in KYRGYZSTAN Mountains
Ak Terek 1748m asl yesterday max. 15.5C
today min +3.0 (like in September)
Should be DEEP freezing.
CENTRAL ASIA
In mountainous areas temperatures are locally more than 20C above normal.
Unbelievable in KYRGYZSTAN Mountains
Ak Terek 1748m asl yesterday max. 15.5C
today min +3.0 (like in September)
Should be DEEP freezing.
December 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Absolutely crazy December warmth continues in
CENTRAL ASIA
In mountainous areas temperatures are locally more than 20C above normal.
Unbelievable in KYRGYZSTAN Mountains
Ak Terek 1748m asl yesterday max. 15.5C
today min +3.0 (like in September)
Should be DEEP freezing.
CENTRAL ASIA
In mountainous areas temperatures are locally more than 20C above normal.
Unbelievable in KYRGYZSTAN Mountains
Ak Terek 1748m asl yesterday max. 15.5C
today min +3.0 (like in September)
Should be DEEP freezing.
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Can someone please explain how humanity is supposed to adapt to this?
Climate change is making these severe events more severe and more frequent. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables #spain
Climate change is making these severe events more severe and more frequent. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables #spain
December 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Can someone please explain how humanity is supposed to adapt to this?
Climate change is making these severe events more severe and more frequent. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables #spain
Climate change is making these severe events more severe and more frequent. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables #spain
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Every disaster movie starts with someone ignoring a scientist…
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Every disaster movie starts with someone ignoring a scientist…
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Prior to today, the greatest hourly precip value at PAFA since 1950 with a temp of -9F or colder was 0.04". That has been exceeded 5 times today. So while it is never too cold to snow, this is an exceptional "cold snow" event.
December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Prior to today, the greatest hourly precip value at PAFA since 1950 with a temp of -9F or colder was 0.04". That has been exceeded 5 times today. So while it is never too cold to snow, this is an exceptional "cold snow" event.
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On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
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Fuligo Septica on a tree stump. It's a plasmodial slime mould, amazing organisms, not a fungus, plant or animal.
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Fuligo Septica on a tree stump. It's a plasmodial slime mould, amazing organisms, not a fungus, plant or animal.
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Reconstructing November #Arctic sea ice extent since 1850...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at doi.org/10.7265/jj4s...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at doi.org/10.7265/jj4s...
December 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Reconstructing November #Arctic sea ice extent since 1850...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at doi.org/10.7265/jj4s...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at doi.org/10.7265/jj4s...
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Today I was in a tree surrounded by cranky gang gang cockatoos
December 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Today I was in a tree surrounded by cranky gang gang cockatoos
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Brutally hot night in SOUTH AFRICA
the highest night temperatures ever seen in the central western highlands
30/32C all night in Beaufort area
At dawn temperatures eased a bit but remained exceptional in some areas with Mins 20/25C at 500/1500m asl
A sharp cooling is on the way
the highest night temperatures ever seen in the central western highlands
30/32C all night in Beaufort area
At dawn temperatures eased a bit but remained exceptional in some areas with Mins 20/25C at 500/1500m asl
A sharp cooling is on the way
Another record heat wave in SOUTH AFRICA
Overheated berg wind towards the coast with up to 42.9C at Patensie, just 0.1C from its December record.
Next night might be exceptional and places like East London can have its record hottest night.
Overheated berg wind towards the coast with up to 42.9C at Patensie, just 0.1C from its December record.
Next night might be exceptional and places like East London can have its record hottest night.
December 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Brutally hot night in SOUTH AFRICA
the highest night temperatures ever seen in the central western highlands
30/32C all night in Beaufort area
At dawn temperatures eased a bit but remained exceptional in some areas with Mins 20/25C at 500/1500m asl
A sharp cooling is on the way
the highest night temperatures ever seen in the central western highlands
30/32C all night in Beaufort area
At dawn temperatures eased a bit but remained exceptional in some areas with Mins 20/25C at 500/1500m asl
A sharp cooling is on the way
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Looking back at the extreme Iberian Peninsula #wildfires of August 2025, resulting in the highest EU+UK total fire emissions of the past 23 years. A short summary by me and Joe McNorton from the @ecmwf.int autumn newsletter www.ecmwf.int/en/newslette... #iiff #incendiosforestales
December 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Looking back at the extreme Iberian Peninsula #wildfires of August 2025, resulting in the highest EU+UK total fire emissions of the past 23 years. A short summary by me and Joe McNorton from the @ecmwf.int autumn newsletter www.ecmwf.int/en/newslette... #iiff #incendiosforestales
Our ten years of having Pipa as a family member came an end today, sadly taken by cancer. I wasn’t a horse person until we picked these two up from Gumtree a decade ago. I now understand people who have horses. She was such a kind, gentle and friendly horse.
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Our ten years of having Pipa as a family member came an end today, sadly taken by cancer. I wasn’t a horse person until we picked these two up from Gumtree a decade ago. I now understand people who have horses. She was such a kind, gentle and friendly horse.