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Climate scientist modelling extreme events in a changing climate, Associate Professor @vubrussel.bsky.social. Previously research fellow @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social and @ethz.ch. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/wimthiery/ .. more

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · May 12

Will you live an unprecedented life?

In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Born into the Climate Crisis 2. An unprecedented life: Protecting children’s rights in a changing climate | Save the Children’s Resource Centre

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it is a pressing reality that children are facing today. Despite having contributed the least to the climate crisis, the inherent intergenerational injustic...

resourcecentre.savethechildren.net

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 1d

Op deze dag waarop belgische universiteiten protesteren tegen de kille besparingen op hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek, komt deze boodschap van het Nobelprijscommité duidelijk binnen.

Nature @nature.com · 1d

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com/4hj9NNV

Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

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Nature @nature.com · 1d

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com/4hj9NNV

Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 2d

MILESTONE | Wind and solar generated OVER HALF of the UK’s electricity for the first time ⚡🇬🇧

Wind produced 7.7 TWh, while solar reached 1.7 TWh, driven by strong capacity growth and favourable weather conditions.

From our Electricity Data Explorer
🔗 loom.ly/TwPNYos

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Reposted by Wim Thiery, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Bartosz Bartkowski

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

A reminder.

Humanity has never removed an atmospheric pollutant at a global, continental or, even, regional scale — we have only ever shut down the source and let nature do the clearing up. This is the case for chlorofluorocarbons and stratospheric ozone destruction, for sulfur dioxide and acid rain, and for sulfur and nitrogen oxides and photochemical smog. We must be prepared for CDR to be a failure, leaving us to rely on the environment to stabilize atmospheric CO₂ over thousands of years. This is another argument for rapid decarbonization.

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 4d

"Time prijst de ‘revolutionaire’ toepassing MeteoSaver, een uitvinding van VUB-wetenschappers, als een van de beste uitvindingen van 2025. ‘We vullen grote gaten in de klimaatwetenschap’, zegt onderzoeker Derrick Muheki." www.demorgen.be/nieuws/we-vu...

‘We vullen grote gaten in de klimaatwetenschap’: VUB-tool MeteoSaver door ‘Time’ geprezen als een van de beste uitvindingen van 2025

Time prijst de ‘revolutionaire’ toepassing MeteoSaver, een uitvinding van VUB-wetenschappers, als een van de beste uitvindingen van 2025. ‘We vullen grote gaten in de klimaatwetenschap’, zegt onderzoe...

www.demorgen.be

Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 4d

@vubrussel.bsky.social press release: "VUB software for rescuing historical weather data receives TIME recognition among world’s top-400 Best Inventions of 2025" www.vub.be/en/news/vub-...

VUB software for rescuing historical weather data receives T

Brussels, 10 October 2025 — A groundbreaking tool developed at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has been recognised by TIME as one of the Best...

www.vub.be

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 4d

“With MeteoSaver, we can digitise and rescue meteorological archives worldwide” Interview with MeteoSaver lead developer @derrickmuheki.bsky.social www.vub.be/en/news/mete...

MeteoSaver: VUB tool rescues historic climate data worldwide

Transcription tool by VUB researcher Derrick Muheki earns special mention in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025

www.vub.be

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 4d

MILESTONE | This September, EU solar generation already surpassed 2024's total.

In the whole of 2024, solar generated 301 TWh of EU power. By September 2025, it reached 312 TWh.

Get the latest data updates via Ember’s data explorer 🔍
https://ember-energy.org/data/electricity-data-explorer/

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 4d

Paper (in review): egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Software: github.com/VUB-HYDR/Met...
@edhawkins.org @peterthorne.bsky.social

MeteoSaver v1.0: a machine-learning based software for the transcription of historical weather data

Abstract. Archives of observed weather data present unique opportunities for scientists to obtain long time series of the historical climate for many regions of the world. Unfortunately, most of these...

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 4d

Read up on Derrick's data rescue adventures: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Revolutionary’ AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models

Specialist machine-learning models are helping researchers to transcribe centuries-old handwritten records.

www.nature.com

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Reposted by Peter Thorne, Ed Hawkins

Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 4d

Honored to see our MeteoSaver software featured among the @time.com top-400 best inventions of 2025. MeteoSaver is a open-source weather data rescue software developed by @derrickmuheki.bsky.social working @hydr-vub.bsky.social @vubrussel.bsky.social

time.com/collections/...

MeteoSaver: The Best Inventions of 2025: Special Mentions

Find out why MeteoSaver earned a special mention on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions.

time.com

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15d

Renewables are a masterclass in learning-by-doing. Each doubling of deployment cuts costs via experience curves: better manufacturing, finance & supply chains.

Result:

Solar now cheapest new power in many regions
Falling battery costs enable flexibility
Electrification gets more attractive

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 16d

Lopende projectoproep voor interuniversitair wetenschappelijke onderzoek in Vlaanderen wordt geannuleerd als gevolg van besparingen Vlaamse regering.

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 18d

In our new study led by Delphine Ramon in @ioppublishing.bsky.social, we project exposure to dangerous heat stress around Lake Victoria under a high-end scenario. By end of century, up to 122 million people may experience dangerous heat stress for more than 5% of the year doi.org/10.1088/1748...

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 22d

Today’s kids will see climate extremes unknown to generations past
www.nasw.org/article/toda...

Today’s kids will see climate extremes unknown to generations past

More than half of children born in 2020 will experience a number of heatwaves endured by only one in 10,000 people living in pre-industrial climates, according to a study published in May in the journ...

www.nasw.org

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Harry Zekollari @harryzeko.bsky.social · 23d

Over the last decade, glaciers in the European Alps have lost more than 15% of their area.

New study by Codruț-Andrei Diaconu, introducing automated tool to map and quantify glacier area changes (+uncertainties)!

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Together with @jlbamber.bsky.social

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Belgian Climate Centre @climatecentrebe.bsky.social · 23d

🏭 A VUB report shows Belgian industry can cut emissions by 90% by 2040. Key steps are electrifying heat and using carbon capture. But the next 5 years are crucial for building CO₂ and power grid infrastructure. Action is needed now. #ClimateAction #Belgium
🔗 www.brussels-school.be/research/pub...

DEEPIN - Deep Industrial greenhouse gas reductions in Belgium

The DEEPIN — Deep Industrial greenhouse gas reductions in Belgium report is authored by BSoG-VUB researchers Tomas Wyns, Stijn Van der Perre and Gauri Khandekar.

www.brussels-school.be

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 23d

Many congratulations for this important recognition!

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 27d

Don't sleep on the good news, folks. It's rare these days. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind...

Analysis: India’s power-sector CO2 falls for only second time in half a century - Carbon Brief

India’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its power sector fell by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025 and by 2% over the past 12 months

www.carbonbrief.org

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 27d

Open access article by Quilcaille et al., 2025 now out in print: www.nature.com/nature/volum...

Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 27d

"ja, ons land kan zijn industrie behouden én de uitstoot tegelijk sterk terugdringen. Het is [...] mogelijk om de CO2-uitstoot tegen 2050 met minstens 90 % af te bouwen. Bovendien kan dat met technologieën die vandaag al bestaan, of ten laatste tegen 2040 beschikbaar [..] zijn" vrtnws.be/p.8e0Eb9WJM

Belgische industrie kan wel degelijk overleven én de klimaatdoelen halen... als we deze 5 stappen zetten | VRT NWS: nieuws

De Belgische industrie kan minstens 90 procent van zijn CO2-uitstoot terugdringen tegen 2050. Dat kan bovendien met technologieën die nu al bestaan, of ten laatste tegen 2040 uitgerold kunnen worden, ...

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 28d

The open-source MeteoSaver software is available from GitHub (github.com/VUB-HYDR/Met...) and the paper describing the software is currently under review in @egu.eu GMD: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

MeteoSaver v1.0: a machine-learning based software for the transcription of historical weather data

egusphere.copernicus.org

Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 28d

With valuable insights from Marlies van der Schee (@knmi.nl), @edhawkins.org (@uniofreading.bsky.social), Martin Stendel (DMI) and Stefan Brönnimann (university of Bern)

Reposted by Ed Hawkins

Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · 28d

"Revolutionary AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models": News article @nature.com describing efforts of @hydr-vub.bsky.social Researcher @derrickmuheki.bsky.social to rescue weather records from DR Congo using the MeteoSaver software he developed:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Revolutionary’ AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models

Specialist machine-learning models are helping researchers to transcribe centuries-old handwritten records.

www.nature.com

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 28d

AI tools are starting to help scientists fill gaps in our knowledge of how weather and climate has varied in the past, with a focus on instrumental weather observations stored in paper archives worldwide

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Revolutionary’ AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models

Specialist machine-learning models are helping researchers to transcribe centuries-old handwritten records.

www.nature.com

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 28d

The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

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Belgian Climate Centre @climatecentrebe.bsky.social · Sep 12

🏭 A new Nature study (incl. VUB) links heatwaves to carbon majors. For 🇧🇪 Belgium’s 2003 & 2022 heatwaves, China Coal was the top corporate contributor. 25% of all studied heatwaves were ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · Sep 11

Steenkool-, olie-, gas- en cementbedrijven maken hittegolven erger

www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

Steenkool-, olie-, gas- en cementbedrijven maken hittegolven erger: klimaatwetenschappers wijzen 'koolstofreuzen' met de vinger | VRT NWS: nieuws

180 grote fossiele en cementbedrijven zijn door hun uitstoot van broeikasgassen verantwoordelijk voor de helft van de toename van hittegolven, blijkt uit nieuw onderzoek waar ook Belgische wetenschapp...

www.vrt.be

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Wim Thiery @wimthiery.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oliebedrijven en andere grote uitstoters maakten hittegolven erger

www.standaard.be/natuur-en-we...

Oliebedrijven en andere grote uitstoters maakten hittegolven erger

Wetenschappers hebben aangetoond hoezeer de grootste uitstoters van broeikasgassen, inclusief de oliebedrijven, hittegolven in de hand hebben gewerkt. Dat kan munitie leveren voor wie met klimaatzaken naar de rechter trekt.

www.standaard.be

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Sep 11

A paper in Nature suggests a quarter of heatwave events from 2000-23 would have been near impossible without anthropogenic climate change. The paper also indicates that major carbon emitters are responsible for around 50% of the increase in intensity of these events. ⚒️ 🧪

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

go.nature.com

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