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Peter Stott

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Climate Scientist at Met Office and University of Exeter. Author of Hot Air: The Inside Story of the Battle Against Climate Change Denial

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Peter A. Stott MBE is a climate scientist who leads the Climate Monitoring and Attribution team of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research at the Met Office in Exeter, UK. He is an expert on anthropogenic and natural causes of climate change. .. more

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 4d

‘HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS,’ EMILY DICKINSON
famously wrote, and that often leads to pictures of doves sitting quietly and looking sweet, but what if hope is an albatross that can soar for years without stopping, or an osprey that can haul a thrashing salmon out of rough waters?

HOPE, FOR ME, COMES
FROM THE PAST’
BY ESSAYIST REBECCA SOLNIT
‘HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS,’ EMILY DICKINSON
famously wrote, and that often leads to pictures of doves sitting
quietly and looking sweet, but what if hope is an albatross that
can soar for years without stopping, or an osprey that can haul
a thrashing salmon out of rough waters? People tend to think
hope is fluffy and frail, but it’s the force that has kept people going in the worst circumstances, the commitment to pursue the possibilities even when they seem remote.
There are so many things hope is not: it is not optimism, which
assumes that the future will be fine, and which requires nothing
of us, any more than cynicism, despair, defeatism and doomerism do. It is not a prophesy of the future, since it arises in part from recognising that we make the future in the present and that it will be shaped by countless factors, visible and invisible, including our own participation. It is not an upbeat feeling or a feeling at all, since people in the worst circumstances have hoped that their efforts to free themselves might be met with success, that their bleakcondition might not be permanent or that their children might live to see a better time.

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Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations on 35 years of science, service and shrewdness!

Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · 13d

My Swiss-born wife has insisted we do this regularly for years and it has always seemed entirely sensible (and nicely bracing in winter) but I didn't realise it was called house-burping.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14d

To reiterate: (The fact that he had a gun he never drew is immaterial; the videos show that they attacked him before they knew it; they murdered him after they confiscated it.)

This Cold Winter, Love Is a Superpower

There are great days and terrible days in history, days a nation or world changed, that you remember forever. For me that's the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the Zapatistas, 9/11, Hurricane Kat...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 15d

Another day , another caring person murdered #minneapolis #poetry #fury #love

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Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · 17d

Great to see climate attribution studies featuring as one of the 21 best ideas of the 21st century in today's @newscientist.com . Net zero is another of the best ideas. With me on my Italian summer holidays and Dave Frame and Myles Allen running a climate model on the train to @metoffice.gov.uk

Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · 20d

It's all a bit noisy having your brain and then your heart scanned but it's good to be part of this. My dad had dementia (which I attribute to heading too many leather footballers as a young man) and it's good to feel that my brain might help cure such a horrible disease in future.

Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · 20d

Taking train to Bristol to spend 4 hours being scanned (again) as part of the Biobank project. Feels good to be doing something positive by adding some extra data points to this extraordinary project that is improving healthcare. The power of evidence led scientific research! www.ukbiobank.ac.uk

Health research data for the world

We follow the lives of half a million volunteers to learn who falls ill and why, so scientists around the world can create better ways to diagnose, prevent and treat diseases for everyone, everywhere.

www.ukbiobank.ac.uk

Reposted by Scott C. Doney, Peter A. Stott, Jonathan T. Overpeck

Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 21d

Atmospheric chemist Susan Solomon was born #OTD in 1956.

Solomon, working with colleagues at NOAA, proposed/confirmed the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole, chlorofluorocarbons. She led the Nat'l Ozone Expedition to Antarctica to collect evidence & was the only woman on the team. #WomenInSTEM (1/2)

Professional portrait of atmospheric scientist Susan Solomon. She has short, tousled gray hair, wears large round dark-framed glasses, and is smiling gently. She is dressed in a textured navy-blue blazer over a black top, with a bright multicolored floral/paisley scarf tied at the neck. Her arms are crossed confidently in front of her chest. She wears a silver watch on her left wrist. The background shows a softly blurred indoor space with warm architectural tones.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 23d

Just saw this and had to share - PS22 Chorus performing The Cure - goodnight

m.youtube.com/watch?v=7KtW...

PS22 Chorus "Lovesong" The Cure

YouTube video by PS22 Chorus

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Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · 24d

Ben Santer, an outstanding scientist and historically significant figure in the development of understanding of climate change, is relocating to the UK. Very much looking forward to him visiting the @metoffice.gov.uk to talk about our common research interests.

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 25d

NEW – Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org

Read here:

Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science - Carbon Brief

In an interview with Carbon Brief, Santer says the Trump administration is “engaged in a systematic attempt to dismantle climate science”

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 25d

NEW – Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org

Read here:

Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science - Carbon Brief

In an interview with Carbon Brief, Santer says the Trump administration is “engaged in a systematic attempt to dismantle climate science”

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Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · Jan 10

At least your team won in the ethics category.

Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · Jan 10

The detailed account on the BBC website censors this bit and states "The ICE agent swears". Why that editorial decision? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Video filmed by ICE agent who shot Minneapolis woman emerges

The clip shows the moments before gunfire rang out on a Minneapolis street.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · Jan 8

As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now | Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick #Climate

As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now | Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick

During black summer, my daughters were too young to know what was happening. Now, amid another Australian heatwave, they deserve answers

www.theguardian.com

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Jan 8

How grotesque the mixture of ambivalence and retreat into useful lies has been to see from news shows , bigots , bots and right wing politicians talking about Renee Nicole Good

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Jan 8

Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night.

www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

www.nytimes.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jan 8

The US has some of the world’s best climate scientists (and more of them than anywhere else) & has contributed disproportionately to understanding the climate system. It’s idiotic for the US to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & the IPCC but it’s on brand for this regime.

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

www.whitehouse.gov

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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · Jan 7

50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning.

After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.

Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · Jan 4

Really enjoying reading the biography of Crick by @matthewcobb.bsky.social. Got me thinking about archives and collecting an archive of the International Detection and Attribution Group (see my book Hot Air). Here are four key members - Wehner, Allen, Hegerl, Tett at an IDAG meeting in the 1990s.

Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · Dec 31

Turned out it was option (a). 😀

Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · Dec 31

Now fixed. I was able to download the pass this morning and import my ticket into my wallet. This was either because a) the nice chap on the LFC chat (not a bot!) did contact the IT guys who fixed it b) the system (which system?) re-sets over night c) everything's better after a good night's sleep.

Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · Dec 30

I'm an age when a former time seemed much easier. In the 80s I went to Anfield with my dad with paper tickets bought by post. Today I bought a ticket for FA Cup vs Barnsley but got into a tangle with my NFC pass on my phone that remains unresolved with help desk so as it stands can't use my ticket 😒

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · Dec 22

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The more I think about it, the more I incline to the opinion that the most important thing of all is not to lose hope and faith in life itself.
Anyone who does so is lost, regardless of what good fortune may befall him. And so, from the bottom of my heart, my New Year's wish is that you not lose your hope, faith and ability to delight in the world-even if the world is the way it is. If you can manage that, everything else will come; if you give in, nothing can help you.
Václav Havel
Letter to his wife, Olga
21st December 1980

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Adam Sobel @adamsobel.bsky.social · Dec 21

Some reflections after returning back from a conference at which I and 20,000 colleagues learned that the Trump administration intends to dismantle #NCAR. This outrage should not happen. deepconvection.substack.com/p/save-ncar

Save NCAR

Field notes from New Orleans, where I and 20,000 colleagues learned that Trump intends to destroy the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

deepconvection.substack.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Dec 20

Read this from Ben Santer (very famous climate scientist for those who don’t know) about what NCAR means and what dismantling it will do.

Threatening NCAR, Trump administration seeks to extinguish a beacon of climate science

The Trump administration’s world view is that the US doesn’t need a climate science brain trust because it doesn’t like what the brains say.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Dec 17

I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.

Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center

Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...

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Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · Dec 16

Am on a train to Amsterdam. Lady opposite me on phone (for some reason on speaker carriage can hear every word of conversation) discussing some travel issue - her interlocutor "Thanks to f***ing brexit" then follows some great complicated story about travel issues due to "f***ing brexit".