Till Kuhlbrodt
@tkuhlb.bsky.social
Physics of the Ocean and climate science. Earth System Modelling. Based in the UK.
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Since 2024 I am 95% out of action because I have Long Covid.
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long covid
missing even the years
of unhappy work
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(Poem by gomp: @gompart.bsky.social)
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Since 2024 I am 95% out of action because I have Long Covid.
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long covid
missing even the years
of unhappy work
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(Poem by gomp: @gompart.bsky.social)
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Till Kuhlbrodt
@tkuhlb.bsky.social
· Aug 11
This is an excellent question. Putting myself in the loop because I don’t want to miss the answers. (If there are any at all 😬)
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Scientific publishing is dead. It just doesn't know it yet. But what comes next?
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Scientific publishing is dead. It just doesn't know it yet. But what comes next?
This is a really good map of Covid PCR test positivity in England and Scotland. Updated weekly.
#LongCovid #Coronavirus #Covid19
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
#LongCovid #Coronavirus #Covid19
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
Covid PCR Test Positivity (7-day rolling average)
Heatmap showing the latest covid PCR test positivity (7-day rolling average) sourced from the UKHSA data.go.uk API.
jamestindall.info
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This is a really good map of Covid PCR test positivity in England and Scotland. Updated weekly.
#LongCovid #Coronavirus #Covid19
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
#LongCovid #Coronavirus #Covid19
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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At the #nationalemergencybriefing we heard a disturbing summary of just how bad it could get if #climate inaction continues
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
www.newscientist.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
At the #nationalemergencybriefing we heard a disturbing summary of just how bad it could get if #climate inaction continues
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
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Wildfire particles and water being injected into stratosphere by “overshooting” storms: in increasing amounts, and higher up, as climate change generates more fires and more powerful storms.
No-one knows yet exactly what effect this will have, but it will have one…
No-one knows yet exactly what effect this will have, but it will have one…
Scientists flew a plane through powerful summer storms. They found a lower stratosphere that looked “more like a smoke cloud” than the typically pristine area they expected. 🧪🔥☁️
eos.org/articles/som...
eos.org/articles/som...
Some Summer Storms Spit Sooty Particles into the Stratosphere - Eos
Earth’s typically pristine stratosphere is filling with particles from wildfires and additional moisture due to strong convective storms.
eos.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Wildfire particles and water being injected into stratosphere by “overshooting” storms: in increasing amounts, and higher up, as climate change generates more fires and more powerful storms.
No-one knows yet exactly what effect this will have, but it will have one…
No-one knows yet exactly what effect this will have, but it will have one…
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The Arctic has just set a new record low for this time of year.
As of 26 November 2025, sea ice extent is the lowest on record for the date based on OSI SAF sea ice climate data (1978–2024).
Image from @osi-saf.eumetsat.int cryo.met.no/en/sea-ice-i...
#Arctic #Climate
As of 26 November 2025, sea ice extent is the lowest on record for the date based on OSI SAF sea ice climate data (1978–2024).
Image from @osi-saf.eumetsat.int cryo.met.no/en/sea-ice-i...
#Arctic #Climate
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The Arctic has just set a new record low for this time of year.
As of 26 November 2025, sea ice extent is the lowest on record for the date based on OSI SAF sea ice climate data (1978–2024).
Image from @osi-saf.eumetsat.int cryo.met.no/en/sea-ice-i...
#Arctic #Climate
As of 26 November 2025, sea ice extent is the lowest on record for the date based on OSI SAF sea ice climate data (1978–2024).
Image from @osi-saf.eumetsat.int cryo.met.no/en/sea-ice-i...
#Arctic #Climate
Subsidising home insulation in Britain is an absolute no-brainer. It makes people’s homes more comfy; it cuts down their energy bills; and it helps reaching net zero (reduced gas usage).
The Labour government has now completely abolished these subsidies.
1/3 🧵
The Labour government has now completely abolished these subsidies.
1/3 🧵
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Subsidising home insulation in Britain is an absolute no-brainer. It makes people’s homes more comfy; it cuts down their energy bills; and it helps reaching net zero (reduced gas usage).
The Labour government has now completely abolished these subsidies.
1/3 🧵
The Labour government has now completely abolished these subsidies.
1/3 🧵
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Govt has just slipped out its North Sea Future Plan while all eyes are on the budget.
Glad govt sticking to manifesto promises not to grant new licenses but disappointing to see tie-backs allowed - a needless concession to an industry in decline that won't help energy security.
Glad govt sticking to manifesto promises not to grant new licenses but disappointing to see tie-backs allowed - a needless concession to an industry in decline that won't help energy security.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Govt has just slipped out its North Sea Future Plan while all eyes are on the budget.
Glad govt sticking to manifesto promises not to grant new licenses but disappointing to see tie-backs allowed - a needless concession to an industry in decline that won't help energy security.
Glad govt sticking to manifesto promises not to grant new licenses but disappointing to see tie-backs allowed - a needless concession to an industry in decline that won't help energy security.
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It is indefensible that the Chancellor is cutting vital home insulation funding, one of the best ways to lower bills.
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It is indefensible that the Chancellor is cutting vital home insulation funding, one of the best ways to lower bills.
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In Oslo, four articulated buses trapped themselves in a roundabout yesterday.
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
– Vet ikke hva jeg er mest imponert over: At de klarte å komme seg inn i situasjonen, eller at de kom seg ut av den
Mandag kveld bød på komiske scener fra Alexander Kiellands plass.
www.ao.no
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In Oslo, four articulated buses trapped themselves in a roundabout yesterday.
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
"I don't know what I'm most impressed with: That they managed to get into the situation, or that they got out of it."
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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The 12-month running mean global temperature anomaly continues to fall from its peak (temporary), which is mostly in response to cooler conditions over the equatorial Pacific Ocean during the last year (weak La Niña state).
➡️ Graphic available by zacklabe.com/climate-chan... 🌊⚒️🧪
➡️ Graphic available by zacklabe.com/climate-chan... 🌊⚒️🧪
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The 12-month running mean global temperature anomaly continues to fall from its peak (temporary), which is mostly in response to cooler conditions over the equatorial Pacific Ocean during the last year (weak La Niña state).
➡️ Graphic available by zacklabe.com/climate-chan... 🌊⚒️🧪
➡️ Graphic available by zacklabe.com/climate-chan... 🌊⚒️🧪
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You can appreciate the scale of the unusual polar warming in Oct 2025 when you look at both poles at once. Antarctica was not just warmer than average on net, it was anomalously warm almost everywhere & by quite a bit (& this is with a rel. warm ref period, '86/15). Similar for the high Arctic. 🥵🧪⚒️🌊
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
You can appreciate the scale of the unusual polar warming in Oct 2025 when you look at both poles at once. Antarctica was not just warmer than average on net, it was anomalously warm almost everywhere & by quite a bit (& this is with a rel. warm ref period, '86/15). Similar for the high Arctic. 🥵🧪⚒️🌊
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What's interesting as the Thanksgiving Holiday arrives? The first @bgc-argo.bsky.social profiling floats begin to emerge from under Antarctic sea ice each year. Float 5905383 is the first @soccomproject.bsky.social float for 2025/26. It has spent 7.9 years operating under ice.
#argofloats #oneargo
#argofloats #oneargo
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Eager for more details?
👀 Check our full Research Highlight here:bit.ly/4qMYPEy
With @docaharper.bsky.social from @universityofga.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk, Gabriel Abrahão, from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social and @rosieafisher.bsky.social, from @cicero.oslo.no
👀 Check our full Research Highlight here:bit.ly/4qMYPEy
With @docaharper.bsky.social from @universityofga.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk, Gabriel Abrahão, from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social and @rosieafisher.bsky.social, from @cicero.oslo.no
Can We Count on the Land? Exploring the Uncertainty of Land-based Mitigation Strategies
How Earth System Models assess land-based carbon removal (AR, BECCS): carbon-cycle responses, and local climate side-effects; and how Integrated Assessment Models then asses socio-economic constraints that shape decision-ready deployment.
www.esm2025.eu
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Eager for more details?
👀 Check our full Research Highlight here:bit.ly/4qMYPEy
With @docaharper.bsky.social from @universityofga.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk, Gabriel Abrahão, from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social and @rosieafisher.bsky.social, from @cicero.oslo.no
👀 Check our full Research Highlight here:bit.ly/4qMYPEy
With @docaharper.bsky.social from @universityofga.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk, Gabriel Abrahão, from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social and @rosieafisher.bsky.social, from @cicero.oslo.no
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Stop violence against women - at home and online.
The latest @who.int report shows that 1 in 3 women face physical or sexual violence.
Online abuse is rising.
EU-funded research offers hope.
New tools can help detect and prevent domestic and online abuse: link.europa.eu/Nqh3Cw
🧪 #SciComm
The latest @who.int report shows that 1 in 3 women face physical or sexual violence.
Online abuse is rising.
EU-funded research offers hope.
New tools can help detect and prevent domestic and online abuse: link.europa.eu/Nqh3Cw
🧪 #SciComm
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Stop violence against women - at home and online.
The latest @who.int report shows that 1 in 3 women face physical or sexual violence.
Online abuse is rising.
EU-funded research offers hope.
New tools can help detect and prevent domestic and online abuse: link.europa.eu/Nqh3Cw
🧪 #SciComm
The latest @who.int report shows that 1 in 3 women face physical or sexual violence.
Online abuse is rising.
EU-funded research offers hope.
New tools can help detect and prevent domestic and online abuse: link.europa.eu/Nqh3Cw
🧪 #SciComm
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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This paper did not get that much attention when it came out, but it deserves more. Welcome to "Climate Nowcasting" as a new term in the lexicon...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This paper did not get that much attention when it came out, but it deserves more. Welcome to "Climate Nowcasting" as a new term in the lexicon...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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New paper alert: Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilization effect in Earth System Models. Outstanding work by lead author Sian Kou-Giesbrecht
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New paper alert: Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilization effect in Earth System Models. Outstanding work by lead author Sian Kou-Giesbrecht
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
In other words, Mounjaro works for your body like stratospheric aerosol injection works for global climate.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
People who stop using Mounjaro suffer reversal of health benefits, says study
Ceasing use of jabs brings regained weight plus loss of benefits regarding ‘bad’ cholesterol and blood pressure
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In other words, Mounjaro works for your body like stratospheric aerosol injection works for global climate.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Still think it’s pretty silly that the company involved here won’t say what their Miracle Particle is. Zero environmental impact? Cool!
My take on the general idea of having for-profit companies involved in the field:
Letting Silicon Valley Geoengineer the Atmosphere Will End Badly
We already have plenty of evidence of what happens when things better left to governments — which in this case might decide to never flip the switch at all — are ceded to private industry.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Still think it’s pretty silly that the company involved here won’t say what their Miracle Particle is. Zero environmental impact? Cool!
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A waking death
A century before Long Covid, encephalitis lethargica left survivors frozen in time-living reminders of what happens when a pandemic ends but its patients remain
Long Covid..ME/CFS.. medicine still struggles to explain
By Ming Yang
healthchecksonhistory.substack.com/p/a-waking-d...
A century before Long Covid, encephalitis lethargica left survivors frozen in time-living reminders of what happens when a pandemic ends but its patients remain
Long Covid..ME/CFS.. medicine still struggles to explain
By Ming Yang
healthchecksonhistory.substack.com/p/a-waking-d...
A waking death
A century before Long Covid, encephalitis lethargica left survivors frozen in time- living reminders of what happens when a pandemic ends but its patients remain.
healthchecksonhistory.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A waking death
A century before Long Covid, encephalitis lethargica left survivors frozen in time-living reminders of what happens when a pandemic ends but its patients remain
Long Covid..ME/CFS.. medicine still struggles to explain
By Ming Yang
healthchecksonhistory.substack.com/p/a-waking-d...
A century before Long Covid, encephalitis lethargica left survivors frozen in time-living reminders of what happens when a pandemic ends but its patients remain
Long Covid..ME/CFS.. medicine still struggles to explain
By Ming Yang
healthchecksonhistory.substack.com/p/a-waking-d...
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🌡️ 🇩🇪 à l'instar de Strasbourg qui a connu sa nuit de novembre la plus froide depuis 1998 (-9.2 °C cette nuit contre -9.9 °C le 23-11-1998), c'est toute l'Europe centrale qui grelotte ce matin. L'Allemagne a vécu une des nuits de novembre les plus froides de ce siècle avec des mini jusqu'à -18 °C.
Freezing cold in Central Europe! Severe frost in Germany with lows of up to -18 °C. Regionally, the coldest November night in 20 years.
A temperature of -34 °C was measured at Funtensee (a high-altitude karst lake @kachelmannwetter.com)
A temperature of -34 °C was measured at Funtensee (a high-altitude karst lake @kachelmannwetter.com)
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🌡️ 🇩🇪 à l'instar de Strasbourg qui a connu sa nuit de novembre la plus froide depuis 1998 (-9.2 °C cette nuit contre -9.9 °C le 23-11-1998), c'est toute l'Europe centrale qui grelotte ce matin. L'Allemagne a vécu une des nuits de novembre les plus froides de ce siècle avec des mini jusqu'à -18 °C.
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Als Sozialwissenschaftler kann ich mit großer Sicherheit sagen, es ist höchste Zeit, sich mit den Konsequenzen des Scheiterns zu beschäftigen, um darauf möglichst gut vorbereitet zu sein, damit möglichst human umzugehen. Aber nicht einmal das schaffen wir weil Tabu im Fortschrittnarrativ der Moderne
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Als Sozialwissenschaftler kann ich mit großer Sicherheit sagen, es ist höchste Zeit, sich mit den Konsequenzen des Scheiterns zu beschäftigen, um darauf möglichst gut vorbereitet zu sein, damit möglichst human umzugehen. Aber nicht einmal das schaffen wir weil Tabu im Fortschrittnarrativ der Moderne