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@ozhillbilly

Climate scientist and collector of pets, fossils and rocks, and sports gear

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One of our favourites but they are fully crazy chickens.

06.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eucalyptus regnans growing above #Maydena #Tasmania

06.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Significant acceleration of global warming since 2015, finds news PIK study with @rahmstorf.bsky.social
Recent warming: around ~0.35Β°C per decade.
1970–2015 average: just under 0.2Β°C per dec.
➑️Current rate is higher than in any decade since records began in 1880.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

06.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 12

Remarkable warmth.

06.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One other chart for summer… Coral Sea surface temperatures hit a record high for the summer just past…
(Via BoM)

06.03.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El NiΓ±o

The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

06.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 454 πŸ” 289 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 30

First 40C of the year in INDIA today
3 stations with 40C
13 International (and many more States) stations >39C.

The early March harshest heat wave in history will keep intensifying until mind month,than the temperatures will flatten until returning to just slightly above normal

06.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Juneau Intl Airport has received at least 1" of snow on 10 consecutive days. This ties their longest streak on record. Sadly, it will not snow today. @alaskawx.bsky.social @alaska.bsky.social

06.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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🌑️EXCEPTIONAL HEAT
Believe it or not,those are the Highest MINIMUMS temperatures in each State tonight,typical of JUNE
76 Florida
75 Texas
72 Louisiana,Mississippi
69 Oklahoma,Alabama
66 Georgia,Arkansas,Tennessee
65 South Carolina
64 Virginia
63 Missouri,North Carolina,Kentucky

06.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
The great court, British Museum

The great court, British Museum

I don't think I'll ever not be impressed by the roof over the Great Court at the British Museum

06.03.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2
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6th March 2026

We ventured into Melbourne to a friend’s apartment for the afternoon. Such a difference to our little village of 1200 people!!

06.03.2026 11:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@drjamesehansen.bsky.social assumed a moderate El Nino for his 1.7Β°C projection.

"we suggest that even a moderately strong El Nino may yield record global temperature already in 2026 and still greater temperature in 2027."
jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...

05.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Has got a bit of a 1997 look to it.

06.03.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Nino3.4 region sea surface temperature forecast.

Nino3.4 region sea surface temperature forecast.

Wow, that's a monster signal for El NiΓ±o in today's new ECMWF seasonal forecast.

05.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 10
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Central Australia and adjacent areas have been sweating under an unusually humid air mass for weeks now, but the pattern is easing.

06.03.2026 04:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sadly the Harmful Algal Bloom off South Australia may have had a little boost with the recent rain and heat. Satellite images from 5 March. The red areas indicate Chlorophyll A which is what the algae produce, and the second image is the real colour you can see from space
go.nasa.gov/3PjpGKc

06.03.2026 04:58 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Silt from SA's Lake Frome is a major contributor when south east Australia sees raised dust in dry, windy periods. Currently, the lake is full of water. link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/k46c

06.03.2026 05:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Safe to say that the European (ECMWF) seasonal ENSO forecast model has an opinion...

This would be quite the El NiΓ±o from June into peak Atlantic hurricane season.

REMINDER: This is simply one model ensemble projection. Far from a guarantee, but helpful to try to identify early signals.

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05.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Northwest Bay and Bruny Island looking picture perfect for Friday morning.

05.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Six trillion ways to solve climate change Β» Yale Climate Connections New research shows that mixing and matching manageable climate policy 'wedges' can add up to real solutions.

A new paper on the "stabilization wedge" idea was published in the journal Science today. The authors provide 36 wedge strategies that together can be mixed and matched into more than 6 trillion combinations able to limit global warming to 1.5Β°C. @bhensonweather.bsky.social has a detailed analysis:

05.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Come March, the buds on the tree's begin to burst, this #dataviz shows the timing of bud burst for different tree species across the UK. The black lines show the timing in the Spring for the years 2000 to 2025 and the blue line is the average day for that species.

05.03.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

That’s great EC. Opening operational systems to the research and academic community is so important for training future scientists.

05.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A weather chart showing pressure systems and rainfall over the North Atlantic and Western Europe, with coloured precipitation areas and labelled storm tracks.

A weather chart showing pressure systems and rainfall over the North Atlantic and Western Europe, with coloured precipitation areas and labelled storm tracks.

πŸ“£ OpenIFS is now open source!

The move will make it easier to collaborate andβ€―generateβ€―new ideas.

βž‘οΈβ€―www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

05.03.2026 09:18 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Doesn’t seem proportionate to the crime :(

05.03.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hundreds of moon jellyfish wash ashore at Sandy Bay’s Long Beach Beachgoers at Long Beach were unable to walk on the sand…

They are going gangbusters in #Tasmania riding warming oceans. Trying to convince the kids we should try cooking them just in case that’s their future 😁 pulsetasmania.com.au/news/hundred...

05.03.2026 08:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jellyfish have survived all 5 mass extinctions which goes to show the best way to succeed in this world is to not have a brain or heart

04.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 835 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 23
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Let's check in and see how much winters have warmed over the last 50 years. πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

05.03.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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China just had their warmest winter on record. πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

05.03.2026 05:31 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A black and white lop-eared bunny sits on a gray floor against a light wall.

A black and white lop-eared bunny sits on a gray floor against a light wall.

04.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 1786 πŸ” 291 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 9
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RECORD HEAT WAVE IN SOUTH ASIA
A heat never seen been before this time of the year in India,Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Temperatures already close to 40C in Rajastan north of 30N, 2C/3C above the early March records.
The heat will just get worse:a March which will be like an April.

04.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4