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Emma Tompkins

@eltompkins.bsky.social

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Prof of climate adaptation. Uni of Southampton. Options to reduce damaging weather and climate impacts. Side interest in holopelagic sargassum, nuisance seaweeds, space and cats. Mother of twins. New electric car owner. Swimmer.

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Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · 9d

Ah thank you for this beauty to make me smile!

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 9d

Do you remember this?

Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.

Screen grab of a tweet from Sir Stephen Fry on 29 August 2019. It is a quote of a headline about the Cerne Abbas Giant 'Giant's erection to be polished by hand for two weeks'. His quote is 'I think we can all agree this is a fine headline'. The National Trust replied under saying, 'Hi Stephen, our top priority has always been taking care of our members.'

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Emma L. Tompkins

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 9d

Fast-forward to 2025 and Sir Stephen Fry is supporting our appeal to safeguard the Giant’s lair.

Your donation today will help us raise the funds we need to rise to the occasion: buff.ly/j1w0Mbn

White text on green background reading, 'This is a very rare opportunity to protect a huge swathe of beautiful and biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant. Please join me in supporting this important appeal.' Sir Stephen Fry.

An illustration of the Cerne Abbas Giant is on the bottom of the post

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Emma L. Tompkins

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 9d

Do you remember this?

Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.

Reposted by Emma L. Tompkins

Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 25d

After 9 straight years with a landfalling hurricane—and a record 5 straight (2020-2024) with a major hurricane landfall—the U.S. escaped any hurricane landfalls in 2025. With the unprecedented disarray affecting FEMA and NOAA, we were extremely fortunate not to be tested by a major hurricane!

A Cat 4 and 5 extravaganza: A look back at the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season » Yale Climate Connections

Extraordinarily, three of 2025’s 13 named storms (23%) reached Category 5 strength: Erin, Humberto, and Melissa.

yaleclimateconnections.org

Reposted by Jonathan M. Gilligan

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · 25d

Excited to share #PhD in @unisouthampton.bsky.social with www.findaphd.com/phds/project... on “The Volcanic Mind” using volcanic risk reduction lessons to explore how resilience emerges from the interplay between emotional trust and deliberative confidence in times of crisis

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Benjamin I. Cook, Emma L. Tompkins

Tim Osborn @timosbornclim.bsky.social · 25d

If you’d like to hear Ben Santer talking about this “arc of history” from the IPCC’s discernible influence finding 30 years ago to the present, then his talk at CRU’s 50th anniversary is a nice intro to climate fingerprinting youtu.be/ZinW-m2GDvU?...

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Emma L. Tompkins

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 26d

A wonderful and extremely personal review of the state of climate science 30 years on by one of the world's leading #climate scientists.

thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-cl...

A climate scientist reflects on 30 years fighting the 'forces of unreason'

Thirty years ago, the IPCC agreed on a historic finding: “The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.”

thebulletin.org

Reposted by Stelios Katsanevakis, Emma L. Tompkins, Dana R. Fisher

Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 26d

From Copernicus: This shows how the expected date for breaching 1.5C has been creeping ever closer in recent years. The orange date shows the baseline for the extrapolation; the red date shows when 1.5C is breached based on the trend...

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · 26d

Surreal but excellent video about how we interact with nature. I’d have loved a sci-fi ending where killer bacteria lead the next transformation…

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 26d

The Fast Track is a Shane Jones fever dream.

Reposted by Emma L. Tompkins

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 26d

The Fast Track is a Shane Jones fever dream.

Reposted by Emma L. Tompkins

Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · Nov 19

❄️ We’ve issued an amber warning for snow, with further warnings for snow and ice across parts of the UK.

Stay safe with our #WeatherReady tips

www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/me...

Reposted by Emma L. Tompkins

School of Geography and Environmental Science @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social · Oct 24

GCSE students from three local schools came onto campus to learn about the flood risks affecting Southampton.

They took part in interactive workshops with
the More Than Maps team, learning about the models and methods used to assess and adapt to flood risks.

southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...

Students draw flood-adapted homes as part of the workshop

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Oct 22

Thank you SO MUCH for doing this. I use these graphics in an @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social 3rd year module on #climateadaptation. This year I lamented the absence of evidence with students and shared this screenshot instead. Hiding climate impact evidence does not stop climate change!

Reposted by Emma L. Tompkins

Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · Oct 22

@climatecentral.org hired the NOAA scientist who was in charge of maintaining the billion dollar weather disaster data set and is going to continue it! Here is the new home of the Billion Dollar Disaster's data set: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...

Reposted by Glenn H. Shepard, Emma L. Tompkins

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Oct 22

Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s.

This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!

The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.

U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Climate Central

Explore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts.

www.climatecentral.org

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Oct 22

Exciting #PhD with @vickydominguez.bsky.social @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social "Flood-driven habitat change and the spread of aquatic invasive species at University of Southampton" www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Oct 14

Exciting ecology #PhD opportunity with @vickydominguez.bsky.social at @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social using stable isotopes, #remotesensing and #ecologicalmodelling to find out more about the #biodiversity of afrotropical river systems.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

PhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & Europe

FindAPhD is a comprehensive guide to PhD studentships and postgraduate research degrees

FindAPhD.com

Reposted by Emma L. Tompkins

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · Oct 8

We've got some fantastic nature news to brighten your day 🎉

Wicken Fen has become the first UK nature reserve to record an incredible 10,000 species. A moth that imitates a wasp was the 10,000th species to be recorded. This work is possible thanks to a major grant from The Nature Recovery Project.

A close-up of a glow-worm with a black plated body and a bright green glowing tail clinging to a stem of grass in the dark

A dark grey moth with bright beige splodges on its wings. It sits of a bright green leaf against a black background

A small brown bird with a cream chest and darker brown tail feathers perches on a reed against a background of blurred brown and green reeds

Reposted by Emma L. Tompkins, Andrew Novak

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Oct 2

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Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Sep 28

#Rydercup - why am i watching someone warm up? I haven’t seen any shots from Lowry, Hatton or Macintyre - are they still playing @skysportspl.bsky.social

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Sep 28

#Rydercup fails by @skysportspl.bsky.social 1. Endless shots of fans, players walking, landscape or so-mo of players staring - missing the golf. 2. SOOO many adverts - missing the golf. 3. Split screen of 2 simultaneously shots - why? Who can watch both? @bbc or @itv pls take back #rydercup

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Sep 27

@skysportpl.bsky.social worst #RyderCup ever due to TOO MANY ADVERTS so missing a lot of golf and horrible braying mob creating miserable viewing.

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Sep 2

You ask where this is going … perhaps (1) Elon has realised that men should bear more responsibility for contraception and stop leaving this burden to women. Or (2) he will try to ban contraception to make women constantly pregnant! Who knows? Note: you don’t know me - my question is said with irony

Reposted by Emma L. Tompkins

Michael Lomotey @michaellomotey.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our new season of urban stargazing events starts on Tuesday 16th September at 6.30pm. Introduction to Urban Stargazing including an exclusive walk into the reserve to identify constellations (weather permitting - we’ll still go out but be wary of cloud cover). www.wildlondon.org.uk/events/2025-...

Stargazing at Walthamstow: An Introduction to Urban Astronomy | London Wildlife Trust

Join Stow Stargazers at Walthamstow to learn about and practice urban astronomy and enjoy the reserve after hours.

www.wildlondon.org.uk

Reposted by John Kennedy, Silvia Secchi, Emma L. Tompkins , and 1 more John Kennedy, Silvia Secchi, Emma L. Tompkins, Santiago Gassó

Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · Aug 30

If you were a user or admirer of NOAA’s amazing climate.gov website - which has had all the good stuff (e.g., actual data and climate monitoring indices) removed by government - some web and data gurus/guerrillas are about to launch a recreation at climate.us.
Follow @climate.us for launch updates.

Climate.us

climate.us

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Aug 25

Same happened to me. I reported it to the journal editor who is taking action, and our uni library services who are following up. we pay huge amounts for access to high quality journals - the journal publishers need to take action

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Aug 25

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Aug 9

Full moon?

Emma Tompkins @eltompkins.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thank you SO much for this - I laughed and laughed and laughed and then searched through my booze cabinet to see if there was any sherry at the back - I’m now making the custard!

Reposted by Sabine Pahl, Randall A. Kramer, Bulgaria , and 9 more Sabine Pahl, Randall A. Kramer, Bulgaria, Halvard Leira, Caroline Fohlin, Emma L. Tompkins, Robert MacDonald, Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Aija Leiponen, Meredith Farkas, Jesse D. Berman, Fabian Holt

Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

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