Peter Thorne
@peterthorne.bsky.social
Climate scientist, director ICARUS Climate Research Centre, Maynooth University, Ireland, author IPCC AR6, member Ireland's climate change advisory council, Chair GCOS AOPC. www.peter-thorne.net
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A new meditation app that embraces climate breakdown.
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A new meditation app that embraces climate breakdown.
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
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🔊 We have contact! Communication has been established with Copernicus Sentinel-6B. 👋
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🔊 We have contact! Communication has been established with Copernicus Sentinel-6B. 👋
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
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Interesting look at mode share across 800 cities worldwide. City size and income tell you a lot about how people get around. And, well… Dublin doesn’t come out looking great. Not exactly a stronghold of public or active transport.
#ReimagineDublin
#ReimagineDublin
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Interesting look at mode share across 800 cities worldwide. City size and income tell you a lot about how people get around. And, well… Dublin doesn’t come out looking great. Not exactly a stronghold of public or active transport.
#ReimagineDublin
#ReimagineDublin
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Irish govt: Perfect! Let's make it mandatory for every home to have a data centre in a shed in the back garden, next to the Airbnb shed. www.bbc.com/news/article...
'I heat my Essex home with a data centre in the shed' - BBC News
"It's fantastic because it's eco-friendly...We're not burning any gases," says Terrence Bridges.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Irish govt: Perfect! Let's make it mandatory for every home to have a data centre in a shed in the back garden, next to the Airbnb shed. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Since 2020, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich has been the reference mission for high-precision ocean altimetry.
With the launch of #Sentinel6B, this vital record will continue into the next decade, extending a legacy that began with TOPEX/Poseidon in 1992.
Learn more at our launch hub: bit.ly/3M5yVfp
With the launch of #Sentinel6B, this vital record will continue into the next decade, extending a legacy that began with TOPEX/Poseidon in 1992.
Learn more at our launch hub: bit.ly/3M5yVfp
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Since 2020, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich has been the reference mission for high-precision ocean altimetry.
With the launch of #Sentinel6B, this vital record will continue into the next decade, extending a legacy that began with TOPEX/Poseidon in 1992.
Learn more at our launch hub: bit.ly/3M5yVfp
With the launch of #Sentinel6B, this vital record will continue into the next decade, extending a legacy that began with TOPEX/Poseidon in 1992.
Learn more at our launch hub: bit.ly/3M5yVfp
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“If COP were a pointless exercise, it wouldn’t be targeted so heavily by the fossil fuel industry.”
Spot on by @amywestervelt.bsky.social @roycerk2.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social in this fantastic recap of #COP30 so far:
drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
Spot on by @amywestervelt.bsky.social @roycerk2.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social in this fantastic recap of #COP30 so far:
drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
COP30 So Far: Protestors, Polluters and Paying for Pollution
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“If COP were a pointless exercise, it wouldn’t be targeted so heavily by the fossil fuel industry.”
Spot on by @amywestervelt.bsky.social @roycerk2.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social in this fantastic recap of #COP30 so far:
drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
Spot on by @amywestervelt.bsky.social @roycerk2.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social in this fantastic recap of #COP30 so far:
drilled.media/news/COP30-w...
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In the early hours of this morning, following 119.6mm of rainfall in 12hrs, the River Monnow burst its banks and flooded Monmouth. The usual river level is just under 2m, this morning it was 6.63m- even higher than the record-breaking level during the floods in 2020 (6.57m). Absolutely devastating.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In the early hours of this morning, following 119.6mm of rainfall in 12hrs, the River Monnow burst its banks and flooded Monmouth. The usual river level is just under 2m, this morning it was 6.63m- even higher than the record-breaking level during the floods in 2020 (6.57m). Absolutely devastating.
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My fear is scientists will just sit by & be complicit. Saying you are for 1.5C or net zero is not ambition.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
Rich, historical polluter countries that had the highest legal responsibility to take climate action failed. And now some of these same countries are speaking about '1.5C ambition'. What a charade
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
My fear is scientists will just sit by & be complicit. Saying you are for 1.5C or net zero is not ambition.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
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We live in a world of extremes, now more than ever.
Three months agp, Cleddon Shoots above the Wye River, was bone dry. Today, it is a torrent.
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We live in a world of extremes, now more than ever.
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The notion that someone who is in their 20's can't have experienced climate change (supposedly due to an IPCC definition) is utter crap. It's embarrassing for a supposedly serious academic to be so disingenuous.
"AEI Fellow Roger Pielke Jr.’s Talk at Cornell Climate Impact Speaker Series Sparks Controversy" by Andrea Kim for the #CornellSun: www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
AEI Fellow Roger Pielke Jr.’s Talk at Cornell Climate Impact Speaker Series Sparks Controversy
Roger Pielke Jr. spoke at Cornell Atkinson’s Climate Impact Series on Wednesday, eliciting concerns from members of the scientific community due to his ties to the American Enterprise Institute and it...
www.cornellsun.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The notion that someone who is in their 20's can't have experienced climate change (supposedly due to an IPCC definition) is utter crap. It's embarrassing for a supposedly serious academic to be so disingenuous.
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As we near the end of the first week of #COP30, this passage from the current version of the global stocktake text (on progress towards the Paris Agreement goals) captures state of the negotiations:
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
As we near the end of the first week of #COP30, this passage from the current version of the global stocktake text (on progress towards the Paris Agreement goals) captures state of the negotiations:
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This is brilliant.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is brilliant.
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A major incident was declared in South Wales after "severe and widespread flooding" was brought on by the "devastating" impact of Storm Claudia
Major incident declared after flooding in Wales
A major incident was declared in South Wales after "severe and widespread flooding" was brought on by the "devastating" impact of Storm Claudia.
www.rte.ie
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A major incident was declared in South Wales after "severe and widespread flooding" was brought on by the "devastating" impact of Storm Claudia
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If you’d like the chance to support a brilliant cause and win my painting, Water Washed By Wind, please, please enter this prize draw! www.givewheel.com/fundraising/... There is an option for free entry, but all donations hugely appreciated. Thank you! 🙏 🙂
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
If you’d like the chance to support a brilliant cause and win my painting, Water Washed By Wind, please, please enter this prize draw! www.givewheel.com/fundraising/... There is an option for free entry, but all donations hugely appreciated. Thank you! 🙏 🙂
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Storm Claudia brought lots of rain leading to flooding as well as widespread travel disruption
Top totals include Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire recording 96 mm since Friday 14th November 0700 am👇
Top totals include Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire recording 96 mm since Friday 14th November 0700 am👇
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Storm Claudia brought lots of rain leading to flooding as well as widespread travel disruption
Top totals include Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire recording 96 mm since Friday 14th November 0700 am👇
Top totals include Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire recording 96 mm since Friday 14th November 0700 am👇
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
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🥼❄️ ⚒️ #climate #scicomm
We need to change the way we talk about global sea level rise. Talking in only global averages doesn't help with vulnerability and risk assessment. See the latest Glaciers & Whatnot to learn why 👇 open.substack.com/pub/glaciers...
We need to change the way we talk about global sea level rise. Talking in only global averages doesn't help with vulnerability and risk assessment. See the latest Glaciers & Whatnot to learn why 👇 open.substack.com/pub/glaciers...
The Uniformity Problem
Human-caused climate change is everywhere, but that doesn't mean it's the same everywhere
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🥼❄️ ⚒️ #climate #scicomm
We need to change the way we talk about global sea level rise. Talking in only global averages doesn't help with vulnerability and risk assessment. See the latest Glaciers & Whatnot to learn why 👇 open.substack.com/pub/glaciers...
We need to change the way we talk about global sea level rise. Talking in only global averages doesn't help with vulnerability and risk assessment. See the latest Glaciers & Whatnot to learn why 👇 open.substack.com/pub/glaciers...
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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This is important work!
From Imperial College:
“Through rapid studies, we deliver close to real-time estimates of how climate change has influenced the impacts of specific extreme weather events.”
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From Imperial College:
“Through rapid studies, we deliver close to real-time estimates of how climate change has influenced the impacts of specific extreme weather events.”
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November 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This is important work!
From Imperial College:
“Through rapid studies, we deliver close to real-time estimates of how climate change has influenced the impacts of specific extreme weather events.”
1/2
From Imperial College:
“Through rapid studies, we deliver close to real-time estimates of how climate change has influenced the impacts of specific extreme weather events.”
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This is good communication - a simple message clearly articulated. The fossil-ocracy arguments around affordability are distortions of reality.
Politicians in Australia keep saying that the net zero target will cost too much, but multiple analyses, including from Treasury, show that it is actually *much cheaper* for the economy than not doing more
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is good communication - a simple message clearly articulated. The fossil-ocracy arguments around affordability are distortions of reality.
So glad I’m starting my travel to Brussels later this weekend and not today. This sailing left Dublin 12 hours ago and is still waiting for the wind to drop to berth at Holyhead. Fingers crossed sailings resume tomorrow okay.
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So glad I’m starting my travel to Brussels later this weekend and not today. This sailing left Dublin 12 hours ago and is still waiting for the wind to drop to berth at Holyhead. Fingers crossed sailings resume tomorrow okay.
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This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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In the global electrification race China is marching ahead.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In the global electrification race China is marching ahead.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
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Reports on 2025 GHG emissions and trends are dropping during #COP30. Please find attached the social media conversation you are about to have!
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reports on 2025 GHG emissions and trends are dropping during #COP30. Please find attached the social media conversation you are about to have!
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The Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced persons for appointment as a member of the Climate Change Advisory Council. The candidate booklet is available here shorturl.at/T6j4G
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced persons for appointment as a member of the Climate Change Advisory Council. The candidate booklet is available here shorturl.at/T6j4G