Robyn Ramsden
@dragonermine.bsky.social
Student, parent, wife. She/her.
Stop burning fossil fuels.
Born at 330 ppm CO2
Stop burning fossil fuels.
Born at 330 ppm CO2
This will be worth a read. But not at 5 in the morning.
Today, a new report from University of Exeter and Carbon Tracker shows how the economic models used by governments, central banks and investors are increasingly understating risks as we head toward 2°C.
Read the full report here: greenfuturessolutions.com/news/recalib...
Read the full report here: greenfuturessolutions.com/news/recalib...
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
This will be worth a read. But not at 5 in the morning.
We are changing planet in ways we don’t fully understand. By we I mean everyone except climate scientists. They know. The rest of us are in denial or don’t care. Or ‘the problem is to big, what can I do?’
#stopburningfossilfuels
#stopburningfossilfuels
Greenhouse gases absorb heat radiation, causing more heat to accumulate in the oceans and lower atmosphere (the troposphere).
But the higher layers of the atmosphere cool down.
This will continue until a new Earth's Energy Imbalance is reached with the greenhouse gas forcing.
By @edhawkins.org:
But the higher layers of the atmosphere cool down.
This will continue until a new Earth's Energy Imbalance is reached with the greenhouse gas forcing.
By @edhawkins.org:
February 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
We are changing planet in ways we don’t fully understand. By we I mean everyone except climate scientists. They know. The rest of us are in denial or don’t care. Or ‘the problem is to big, what can I do?’
#stopburningfossilfuels
#stopburningfossilfuels
At the Baring Head measuring station near Wellington it is 423.7 ppm.
#stopburningfossilfuels
#stopburningfossilfuels
427.97 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 31-Jan-2026
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
February 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
At the Baring Head measuring station near Wellington it is 423.7 ppm.
#stopburningfossilfuels
#stopburningfossilfuels
How has this govt let the minority parties have so much influence? Time for a change before they drag us any further down. Get writing to your MPs. Tell them Jones & Watts made the wrong call that wasn’t theirs to make. Vote them out #stopburningfossilfuels
Shane Jones shut down NZ involvement in 'road map' away from fossil fuels
'Minister Jones does not want New Zealand to join the declaration', officials told New Zealand's team at the annual global climate summit.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
How has this govt let the minority parties have so much influence? Time for a change before they drag us any further down. Get writing to your MPs. Tell them Jones & Watts made the wrong call that wasn’t theirs to make. Vote them out #stopburningfossilfuels
I’m grateful for the help my parents give me, especially now I’m recovering from major surgery.
But Dad hates educated people because he sees them as dumb, lacking common sense and practical ability.
I’m educated. Two undergraduate degrees.
He is silent when I point this out.
It still hurts.
But Dad hates educated people because he sees them as dumb, lacking common sense and practical ability.
I’m educated. Two undergraduate degrees.
He is silent when I point this out.
It still hurts.
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I’m grateful for the help my parents give me, especially now I’m recovering from major surgery.
But Dad hates educated people because he sees them as dumb, lacking common sense and practical ability.
I’m educated. Two undergraduate degrees.
He is silent when I point this out.
It still hurts.
But Dad hates educated people because he sees them as dumb, lacking common sense and practical ability.
I’m educated. Two undergraduate degrees.
He is silent when I point this out.
It still hurts.
What was GNS has a landslide database. I know this because a friend used to be in the landslide team. Which our current government cut to save money for tax cuts for their rich mates. I also use to ‘dob in a landslide’ when I found them. So the answers are there, you just have to look.
Independent review ordered into Mauao landslide as iwi call for answers
Independent review ordered into Mauao landslide as iwi call for answers
Tauranga City Council has ordered an independent review into events leading up to the Mauao landslide, as Ngāi Te Rangi call for a full investigation into what caused it.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 11:14 PM
What was GNS has a landslide database. I know this because a friend used to be in the landslide team. Which our current government cut to save money for tax cuts for their rich mates. I also use to ‘dob in a landslide’ when I found them. So the answers are there, you just have to look.
Last night I attended a talk on the 1855 Wairarapa fault rupture.
Today the 171 year anniversary of that event.
Most interesting takeaway was that there appears to be evidence that quakes occur in batches with relatively quiet phases in between.
ngangaruwakapuke.nz
Today the 171 year anniversary of that event.
Most interesting takeaway was that there appears to be evidence that quakes occur in batches with relatively quiet phases in between.
ngangaruwakapuke.nz
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ngangaruwakapuke.nz
January 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Last night I attended a talk on the 1855 Wairarapa fault rupture.
Today the 171 year anniversary of that event.
Most interesting takeaway was that there appears to be evidence that quakes occur in batches with relatively quiet phases in between.
ngangaruwakapuke.nz
Today the 171 year anniversary of that event.
Most interesting takeaway was that there appears to be evidence that quakes occur in batches with relatively quiet phases in between.
ngangaruwakapuke.nz
I grew up on a farm.
When I left home and went to Uni I lived near a 24 hr service station. I could and did go for ice cream at 2 am.
33 yrs later I live in a small town that shuts at 9 pm.
It’s 11 pm and I want ice cream.
We don’t have any.
Milk it is.
When I left home and went to Uni I lived near a 24 hr service station. I could and did go for ice cream at 2 am.
33 yrs later I live in a small town that shuts at 9 pm.
It’s 11 pm and I want ice cream.
We don’t have any.
Milk it is.
January 22, 2026 at 10:03 AM
I grew up on a farm.
When I left home and went to Uni I lived near a 24 hr service station. I could and did go for ice cream at 2 am.
33 yrs later I live in a small town that shuts at 9 pm.
It’s 11 pm and I want ice cream.
We don’t have any.
Milk it is.
When I left home and went to Uni I lived near a 24 hr service station. I could and did go for ice cream at 2 am.
33 yrs later I live in a small town that shuts at 9 pm.
It’s 11 pm and I want ice cream.
We don’t have any.
Milk it is.
I’m going back to University! I’m so excited!
It’s going to be a lot of work juggling 1 homeschooling and 1 at college and still recovering from major surgery, but I’m so excited!
Education is awesome!
Honours in Climate Change Science and Policy.
Who says you can’t have a career change after 50.
It’s going to be a lot of work juggling 1 homeschooling and 1 at college and still recovering from major surgery, but I’m so excited!
Education is awesome!
Honours in Climate Change Science and Policy.
Who says you can’t have a career change after 50.
January 20, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I’m going back to University! I’m so excited!
It’s going to be a lot of work juggling 1 homeschooling and 1 at college and still recovering from major surgery, but I’m so excited!
Education is awesome!
Honours in Climate Change Science and Policy.
Who says you can’t have a career change after 50.
It’s going to be a lot of work juggling 1 homeschooling and 1 at college and still recovering from major surgery, but I’m so excited!
Education is awesome!
Honours in Climate Change Science and Policy.
Who says you can’t have a career change after 50.
We have 7 bookshops in a town of ~3,000 people. We host a Booktown Festival every May. I’m told we get ~10,000 people through over the weekend of the festival. I’ve run the bookbinding workshop for the last 10 years. I’m beginning preparations for this year.
#Booksky
#Booksky
January 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
We have 7 bookshops in a town of ~3,000 people. We host a Booktown Festival every May. I’m told we get ~10,000 people through over the weekend of the festival. I’ve run the bookbinding workshop for the last 10 years. I’m beginning preparations for this year.
#Booksky
#Booksky
I came across this content creator because he plays Vintage Story, my son plays it and I wanted to check it out. I’m a geologist so his channel stuck out. Turns out it’s more than just videos of a game. Geology for the win!
youtu.be/Rmk6vAQN2p4?...
youtu.be/Rmk6vAQN2p4?...
The Scale of Climate Change
YouTube video by Gneiss Name
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I came across this content creator because he plays Vintage Story, my son plays it and I wanted to check it out. I’m a geologist so his channel stuck out. Turns out it’s more than just videos of a game. Geology for the win!
youtu.be/Rmk6vAQN2p4?...
youtu.be/Rmk6vAQN2p4?...
I love this graph! It shows our steady shift to higher temperatures. Clearly we live in a temperature range which we are steadily moving in the wrong direction.
#stopburningfossilfuels
#stopburningfossilfuels
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I love this graph! It shows our steady shift to higher temperatures. Clearly we live in a temperature range which we are steadily moving in the wrong direction.
#stopburningfossilfuels
#stopburningfossilfuels
Poop. Only 95% renewables today. We are burning coal and gas. We don’t need to, we have the capability to use battery storage to get through the evening peak.
#stopburningfossilfuels
#stopburningfossilfuels
January 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Poop. Only 95% renewables today. We are burning coal and gas. We don’t need to, we have the capability to use battery storage to get through the evening peak.
#stopburningfossilfuels
#stopburningfossilfuels
What can I say? This is a known knowable for decades. Climate Scientists have been warning us for decades. And yet here we are.
Of course making changes is hard, but from personal experience they save money and are cleaner, better for us over all.
#stopburningfossilfuels
Of course making changes is hard, but from personal experience they save money and are cleaner, better for us over all.
#stopburningfossilfuels
“The data shows a planet warming faster than policy response, storms intensifying alongside rising seas, and economic losses concentrating where resilience is weakest. Climate risk is now a planning variable, rather than a forecast uncertainty.” www.forbes.com/sites/dianne...
In 2026, Climate Change Is No Longer A Theoretical Risk
In 2026, climate change threatens human safety, natural systems & economic stability, as data shows accelerating warming, stronger storms, rising seas and growing losses.
www.forbes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
What can I say? This is a known knowable for decades. Climate Scientists have been warning us for decades. And yet here we are.
Of course making changes is hard, but from personal experience they save money and are cleaner, better for us over all.
#stopburningfossilfuels
Of course making changes is hard, but from personal experience they save money and are cleaner, better for us over all.
#stopburningfossilfuels
Never too late for climate action. If you can walk, if you can’t walk, cycle, if you can’t cycle take the bus/train. Next time you replace a fossil fuel engine buy electric instead. Write to your MP’s and Ministers. #stopburningfossilfuels
Yeah, 1.5C is basically here. We'll just have to live with the consequences of 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 etc until we can't adapt any more.
But it's never too late for #climateaction
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But it's never too late for #climateaction
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
US plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget to keep 1.5C limit
Exclusive: ClimatePartner analysis shows how move would risk plunging Earth further into climate catastrophe
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Never too late for climate action. If you can walk, if you can’t walk, cycle, if you can’t cycle take the bus/train. Next time you replace a fossil fuel engine buy electric instead. Write to your MP’s and Ministers. #stopburningfossilfuels
It’s gonna be hot today. As my husband has been saying for the last few years ‘summer is coming’.
NEW ZEALAND HEAT WAVE
The hot air from Australia battered New Zealand with extreme heat up To 37,2C in Napier Municipal station.
January Records were broken in few stations including Hastings and also Kaikoura which rose to 34,3C tying its all time highest Temperature in history
The hot air from Australia battered New Zealand with extreme heat up To 37,2C in Napier Municipal station.
January Records were broken in few stations including Hastings and also Kaikoura which rose to 34,3C tying its all time highest Temperature in history
January 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
It’s gonna be hot today. As my husband has been saying for the last few years ‘summer is coming’.
Oh boy. Here we go.
#stopburningfossilfuels
#stopburningfossilfuels
The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record
Ocean Temperatures Just Hit a Dire New Record
The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record
www.scientificamerican.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Oh boy. Here we go.
#stopburningfossilfuels
#stopburningfossilfuels
I miss having a cat. We had to say goodbye to Neo back in August. I miss cuddles and kisses. 😞
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I miss having a cat. We had to say goodbye to Neo back in August. I miss cuddles and kisses. 😞
This climate change in action. We need to stop thinking of CC as a future issue and think of it as a current issue. The number of hot days, 25°C and over has steadily increased. We are the frog in the slowly boiling pot. When will we learn? The world is already on fire.
Live: Temperatures set to soar as heat alerts issued
Live: Temperatures set to soar as heat alerts issued
Temperatures are forecast to top 30 degrees in many places, and heat alerts have been issued for Hastings, Napier, Whakatāne, Motueka, Blenheim and Kaikōura. Fire and Emergency warned extreme heat...
www.rnz.co.nz
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This climate change in action. We need to stop thinking of CC as a future issue and think of it as a current issue. The number of hot days, 25°C and over has steadily increased. We are the frog in the slowly boiling pot. When will we learn? The world is already on fire.
So I don’t loose this really interesting article on Climate Change.
Hotter heatwaves, heavier rains, stronger storms and bigger wildfires - these are just some of the ways climate change is loading the weather dice against us, putting us all at risk.
All the extreme weather we've had lately isn't anything new, right?
YouTube video by Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
So I don’t loose this really interesting article on Climate Change.
Looks like we’ve got some more work to do.
Reduce your emissions, help others reduce theirs.
Write to your MP’s and Ministers telling them to reduce theirs governments emissions and talk to anyone who will listen.
We don’t need to be doing it perfectly we just need to be doing it.
Reduce your emissions, help others reduce theirs.
Write to your MP’s and Ministers telling them to reduce theirs governments emissions and talk to anyone who will listen.
We don’t need to be doing it perfectly we just need to be doing it.
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
And it's a wrap. The year 2025 came in at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, making it the 3rd warmest year on record behind 2023 (1.48°C) and 2024 (1.60°C), and likely the 3rd warmest in the last 120,000 years.
Code Yikes!
And it's a wrap. The year 2025 came in at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, making it the 3rd warmest year on record behind 2023 (1.48°C) and 2024 (1.60°C), and likely the 3rd warmest in the last 120,000 years.
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Looks like we’ve got some more work to do.
Reduce your emissions, help others reduce theirs.
Write to your MP’s and Ministers telling them to reduce theirs governments emissions and talk to anyone who will listen.
We don’t need to be doing it perfectly we just need to be doing it.
Reduce your emissions, help others reduce theirs.
Write to your MP’s and Ministers telling them to reduce theirs governments emissions and talk to anyone who will listen.
We don’t need to be doing it perfectly we just need to be doing it.
Happy New Year. We made it out alive, if battered, bruised and with new scars. We lost our beloved Neo (18yrs). We lost 3 chickens 😞 gained 2. We did go fully electric ⚡️ and replaced our roof with white steel. The bad outweighs the good. But we are alive. So into the future we go.
December 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Happy New Year. We made it out alive, if battered, bruised and with new scars. We lost our beloved Neo (18yrs). We lost 3 chickens 😞 gained 2. We did go fully electric ⚡️ and replaced our roof with white steel. The bad outweighs the good. But we are alive. So into the future we go.
I read Shaun Hendy’s #nofly book not long after it came out. To be fair I’d not been flying for years anyway. We have had one flight since, coming home from our first family holiday in a decade. So our sons would have the experience. I always look for alternatives now.
Analysis: For a country that prides itself on being clean and green, Aotearoa has an outsized problem in the skies.
Why you should consider a 'flight diet' in 2026
newsroom.co.nz
December 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I read Shaun Hendy’s #nofly book not long after it came out. To be fair I’d not been flying for years anyway. We have had one flight since, coming home from our first family holiday in a decade. So our sons would have the experience. I always look for alternatives now.
Another text book. Written by astrophysicists. It’s a fantastic blend of graphics, introduction of ideas and expanded concepts. I carry it around with me. I do have a hard time reading white text on coloured pages. But other than that it’s excellent. Would recommend.
December 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Another text book. Written by astrophysicists. It’s a fantastic blend of graphics, introduction of ideas and expanded concepts. I carry it around with me. I do have a hard time reading white text on coloured pages. But other than that it’s excellent. Would recommend.
I’m currently reading this book. All my studies have been focused on mitigation not adaptation. Since I hope to do a paper on CC adaptation next year, I thought it time I started reading about it. Published in 2024.
December 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I’m currently reading this book. All my studies have been focused on mitigation not adaptation. Since I hope to do a paper on CC adaptation next year, I thought it time I started reading about it. Published in 2024.