Gareth S Jones
@garethsjones.bsky.social
Welsh climate scientist mostly found buried in the pages of a good book, or wandering the footpaths of East Devon. Also on https://toot.wales/@garethsjones
I hate Python.
The computer language of course and not the reptile.
The computer language of course and not the reptile.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I hate Python.
The computer language of course and not the reptile.
The computer language of course and not the reptile.
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Our heat pump doing it’s job taking in cold air, extracting energy to heat our house and exhaling even colder air that has kept the dusting of snow happy in its artificial frost hollow long after it had melted away elsewhere!
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Our heat pump doing it’s job taking in cold air, extracting energy to heat our house and exhaling even colder air that has kept the dusting of snow happy in its artificial frost hollow long after it had melted away elsewhere!
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On this day, in 1897, Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar. In an entry from, 31st May 1918 Bevan appears for being a conscientious objector during the First World War.
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
On this day, in 1897, Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar. In an entry from, 31st May 1918 Bevan appears for being a conscientious objector during the First World War.
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@naomialderman.bsky.social's new book: "A friend - who’s read the book - texted me yesterday to say “I see they’ve decided to burn Tim Davie at the stake today”. And so I thought it was probably the right time to put this extract on Substack." naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
the BBC and why it needs defending
even if you don't always agree with it, and sometimes it does things that you think are outright terrible
naomialderman.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
@naomialderman.bsky.social's new book: "A friend - who’s read the book - texted me yesterday to say “I see they’ve decided to burn Tim Davie at the stake today”. And so I thought it was probably the right time to put this extract on Substack." naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
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Don’t overlook the plastic footprint of fireworks
Letter to the Editor
go.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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It's ironic that brighter car head lights may be making cycling less safe. Rather than being able to see road features & cyclists, drivers are blinded.
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This can render some roads completely unsafe for cycling. Unfair!
#roadsafety #cycling
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This can render some roads completely unsafe for cycling. Unfair!
#roadsafety #cycling
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night
Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It's ironic that brighter car head lights may be making cycling less safe. Rather than being able to see road features & cyclists, drivers are blinded.
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This can render some roads completely unsafe for cycling. Unfair!
#roadsafety #cycling
www.bbc.com/news/article...
👀 🌕🌕
This can render some roads completely unsafe for cycling. Unfair!
#roadsafety #cycling
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fascinating stories from Victor Spinetti. My Mam knew him and we knew his family... and their chip shop ... in my home village of Cwm in Wales :-)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
That Reminds Me - Series 2 - Victor Spinetti - BBC Sounds
From The Beatles to Sir Laurence Olivier. The actor reminisces about his career.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Fascinating stories from Victor Spinetti. My Mam knew him and we knew his family... and their chip shop ... in my home village of Cwm in Wales :-)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Interesting study that finds similar behaviour to what we found in the HadGEM3 climate model (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) that heat can be brought to the surface of the Southern Ocean in a cooling climate, with temporary warming.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Southern Ocean Heat Burp in a Cooling World
Under net-negative CO2 emissions and global cooling ocean heat release causes substantial centennial scale atmospheric warming The ocean heat release originates from Southern Ocean deep convectio...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Interesting study that finds similar behaviour to what we found in the HadGEM3 climate model (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) that heat can be brought to the surface of the Southern Ocean in a cooling climate, with temporary warming.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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Well done people of Exeter for turning up and opposing the far right marching on our streets. My Swiss immigrant wife and I met several other non-Brits today who have made their home here and who were also part of the "This is what community looks like" brigade.
October 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Well done people of Exeter for turning up and opposing the far right marching on our streets. My Swiss immigrant wife and I met several other non-Brits today who have made their home here and who were also part of the "This is what community looks like" brigade.
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Exeter is for everyone!
Anti-fascist counter-protest earlier today.
Anti-fascist counter-protest earlier today.
October 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Exeter is for everyone!
Anti-fascist counter-protest earlier today.
Anti-fascist counter-protest earlier today.
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It's my last BBC Radio 3 Sound of Cinema tomorrow, and I will be saying a proper goodbye. So tomorrow's show is an argument for the intellectual depth and richness of the film music, and how it should never be treated like wallpaper. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sound of Cinema, A place for ideas
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's my last BBC Radio 3 Sound of Cinema tomorrow, and I will be saying a proper goodbye. So tomorrow's show is an argument for the intellectual depth and richness of the film music, and how it should never be treated like wallpaper. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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This is a good corrective to the BS narrative flowing through the Pielke/AEI/NYP/EID/DOE nexus. Their argument is designed so that we can never ever attribute extreme events to emissions - even singular events that would have *never* [for some suitable finite approximation] have happened before.
Today from @lesleyclark.bsky.social and @saraschonhardt.bsky.social + contribs from me:
www.eenews.net/articles/cli...
www.eenews.net/articles/cli...
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming
Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.
www.eenews.net
October 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is a good corrective to the BS narrative flowing through the Pielke/AEI/NYP/EID/DOE nexus. Their argument is designed so that we can never ever attribute extreme events to emissions - even singular events that would have *never* [for some suitable finite approximation] have happened before.
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This is pretty grossly misleading. 90-95% of this footprint is associated w/life cycle emissions of manufacturing - and almost nothing from the use of the inhalers (see the Supp Info linked below). Should manufacturing in general reduce it's emissions? Sure, but that isn't specific to asthmatics.
October 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is pretty grossly misleading. 90-95% of this footprint is associated w/life cycle emissions of manufacturing - and almost nothing from the use of the inhalers (see the Supp Info linked below). Should manufacturing in general reduce it's emissions? Sure, but that isn't specific to asthmatics.
End of an era. Very fond memories of family day-trips to Porthcawl and visiting Coney Beach amusement park, during late 70s. Back then there was also a dinosaur park next door ... seeing huge prehistoric (fibreglass) creatures had a big impression on 7 year old me!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Porthcawl's Coney Island funfair closes after 100 years
The sun is finally setting on a much-loved fair that has entertained generations of families.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
End of an era. Very fond memories of family day-trips to Porthcawl and visiting Coney Beach amusement park, during late 70s. Back then there was also a dinosaur park next door ... seeing huge prehistoric (fibreglass) creatures had a big impression on 7 year old me!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Paul Robeson and his wife, Eslanda, were invited as special guests to the Royal National #Eisteddfod of Wales held at Ebbw Vale in August 1958. As this took place before the official opening of the Eisteddfod, he was allowed to speak in English.
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Paul Robeson and his wife, Eslanda, were invited as special guests to the Royal National #Eisteddfod of Wales held at Ebbw Vale in August 1958. As this took place before the official opening of the Eisteddfod, he was allowed to speak in English.
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Still active, an inspiration, and doing conservation work right up to the end. Thank you for being a great and wonderful citizen of this planet, Jane Goodall.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Still active, an inspiration, and doing conservation work right up to the end. Thank you for being a great and wonderful citizen of this planet, Jane Goodall.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Lovely day at Seaton Wetlands (East Devon), where even the birds use the hides. Seeing two kingfishers flying in formation was quite special.
September 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Lovely day at Seaton Wetlands (East Devon), where even the birds use the hides. Seeing two kingfishers flying in formation was quite special.
Apart from forgetting that correlation does not necessarily mean causation, presenting a correlation of 0.2 as being "significant" and being suggestive of a relationship between the solar system's orbit of the galaxy and Earth rock formation is probably optimistic!
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From the grain to galactic scale; Milky Way neutral hydrogen and terrestrial zircon oxygen support coupling of astrophysical and geological processes over deep-time
Neutral hydrogen (HI) is fundamental for tracing spiral structure in galaxies, including the Milky Way, through its 21-cm emission line, revealing features otherwise obscured by dust and gas. However,...
journals.aps.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Apart from forgetting that correlation does not necessarily mean causation, presenting a correlation of 0.2 as being "significant" and being suggestive of a relationship between the solar system's orbit of the galaxy and Earth rock formation is probably optimistic!
journals.aps.org/prresearch/a...
journals.aps.org/prresearch/a...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
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The people I work with are not stupid people and our climate predictions of 30 years ago of global warming have proved to be accurate. Just saying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
September 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The people I work with are not stupid people and our climate predictions of 30 years ago of global warming have proved to be accurate. Just saying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
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This #LochNessMonster photo is doing the rounds on social media, accompanied by a fake story about it being real, and new, and attached to a specific eyewitness event. I see people on Facebook groups thinking that the photo is the 'real deal', sigh. However... 1/n
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This #LochNessMonster photo is doing the rounds on social media, accompanied by a fake story about it being real, and new, and attached to a specific eyewitness event. I see people on Facebook groups thinking that the photo is the 'real deal', sigh. However... 1/n