Mat Collins
@matcollins.bsky.social
Prof. in Climate Change at the University of Exeter. Head of Department of Maths & Stats. Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Climate. https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/4409-mat-collins
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Position available!
The Ocean University of China (OUC) and WCRP invite applications for the position of Director of the CLIVAR IPO, based in Qingdao, China.
🗓 Deadline: 30 November 2025
Submit your application to: hpalanisamy@wmo.int
and linxiaop@ouc.edu.cn
More info: https://loom.ly/v7m8koo
The Ocean University of China (OUC) and WCRP invite applications for the position of Director of the CLIVAR IPO, based in Qingdao, China.
🗓 Deadline: 30 November 2025
Submit your application to: hpalanisamy@wmo.int
and linxiaop@ouc.edu.cn
More info: https://loom.ly/v7m8koo
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Position available!
The Ocean University of China (OUC) and WCRP invite applications for the position of Director of the CLIVAR IPO, based in Qingdao, China.
🗓 Deadline: 30 November 2025
Submit your application to: hpalanisamy@wmo.int
and linxiaop@ouc.edu.cn
More info: https://loom.ly/v7m8koo
The Ocean University of China (OUC) and WCRP invite applications for the position of Director of the CLIVAR IPO, based in Qingdao, China.
🗓 Deadline: 30 November 2025
Submit your application to: hpalanisamy@wmo.int
and linxiaop@ouc.edu.cn
More info: https://loom.ly/v7m8koo
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With COP30 under way and the 2025 Global Carbon Budget published later this week, it's great timing for Professor Pierre Friedlingstein @pfriedling.bsky.social to appear on The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 🧪🎧👇
The Life Scientific - Pierre Friedlingstein on carbon’s pivotal role in climate change - BBC Sounds
Pierre Friedlingstein on the pivotal role of carbon in predicting climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
With COP30 under way and the 2025 Global Carbon Budget published later this week, it's great timing for Professor Pierre Friedlingstein @pfriedling.bsky.social to appear on The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 🧪🎧👇
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New Postdoc opportunity with us in AOPP, Oxford!
🌍 Postdoc research opportunity: Predictability and Climate Dynamics - University of Oxford, UK
📚 The position sits within the Predictability of Weather and Climate and Climate Dynamics research groups in Oxford’s Department of Physics.
@timwoollings.bsky.social
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
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📚 The position sits within the Predictability of Weather and Climate and Climate Dynamics research groups in Oxford’s Department of Physics.
@timwoollings.bsky.social
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New Postdoc opportunity with us in AOPP, Oxford!
Bridging Ocean-Climate Science and Society in Southeast Asia and Beyond. New @wcrp-clivar.bsky.social Research Topic in @frontiersin.bsky.social in Climate. Please consider submitting a paper.
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Bridging Ocean-Climate Science and Society in Southeast Asia and Beyond. New @wcrp-clivar.bsky.social Research Topic in @frontiersin.bsky.social in Climate. Please consider submitting a paper.
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🌍 We’re hiring — help shape the future of health and climate!@UKHSA is recruiting for a role focused on Economics, Health, and Climate Change.
Check it out by clicking: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi....
Check it out by clicking: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi....
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🌍 We’re hiring — help shape the future of health and climate!@UKHSA is recruiting for a role focused on Economics, Health, and Climate Change.
Check it out by clicking: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi....
Check it out by clicking: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi....
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Position available!
The Ocean University of China (OUC) and WCRP invite applications for the position of Director of the CLIVAR IPO, based in Qingdao, China.
🗓 Deadline: 30 November 2025
Submit your application to: hpalanisamy@wmo.int
and linxiaop@ouc.edu.cn
More info: https://loom.ly/v7m8koo
The Ocean University of China (OUC) and WCRP invite applications for the position of Director of the CLIVAR IPO, based in Qingdao, China.
🗓 Deadline: 30 November 2025
Submit your application to: hpalanisamy@wmo.int
and linxiaop@ouc.edu.cn
More info: https://loom.ly/v7m8koo
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Position available!
The Ocean University of China (OUC) and WCRP invite applications for the position of Director of the CLIVAR IPO, based in Qingdao, China.
🗓 Deadline: 30 November 2025
Submit your application to: hpalanisamy@wmo.int
and linxiaop@ouc.edu.cn
More info: https://loom.ly/v7m8koo
The Ocean University of China (OUC) and WCRP invite applications for the position of Director of the CLIVAR IPO, based in Qingdao, China.
🗓 Deadline: 30 November 2025
Submit your application to: hpalanisamy@wmo.int
and linxiaop@ouc.edu.cn
More info: https://loom.ly/v7m8koo
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Come and join us developing AI for solving climate problems. careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/sear...
Met Office Careers
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September 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Come and join us developing AI for solving climate problems. careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/sear...
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We are delighted to share that our Honorary Professor Tim Smyth has been appointed as the new Director of Science at @pml.ac.uk!
We look forward to seeing Professor Smyth thrive in this role. 🙌
You can find out more via PML's website here - pml.ac.uk/news/pml-app...
🧪🌍🐟🌊🦑🦤🎣
We look forward to seeing Professor Smyth thrive in this role. 🙌
You can find out more via PML's website here - pml.ac.uk/news/pml-app...
🧪🌍🐟🌊🦑🦤🎣
September 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We are delighted to share that our Honorary Professor Tim Smyth has been appointed as the new Director of Science at @pml.ac.uk!
We look forward to seeing Professor Smyth thrive in this role. 🙌
You can find out more via PML's website here - pml.ac.uk/news/pml-app...
🧪🌍🐟🌊🦑🦤🎣
We look forward to seeing Professor Smyth thrive in this role. 🙌
You can find out more via PML's website here - pml.ac.uk/news/pml-app...
🧪🌍🐟🌊🦑🦤🎣
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Three University of Exeter scientists have been appointed as authors for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report
Read more here 👇
Read more here 👇
Three Exeter experts appointed for new IPCC report
Three University of Exeter scientists have been appointed as authors for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report. The IPCC is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate
news.exeter.ac.uk
September 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Three University of Exeter scientists have been appointed as authors for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report
Read more here 👇
Read more here 👇
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Arctic sea ice has melted more slowly for the past 20 years, despite global warming, a study led by @markengland.bsky.social finds.
Climate modelling suggests this is due to ‘natural climate variations’ and will be followed by faster-than-average sea ice decline.
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Climate modelling suggests this is due to ‘natural climate variations’ and will be followed by faster-than-average sea ice decline.
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Temporary slowdown in melting of Arctic sea ice, study finds
Arctic sea ice has been melting at a slower rate for the past 20 years, despite human-induced global warming. This comes at a time of record warming, debates about whether global warming is accelerati...
news.exeter.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Arctic sea ice has melted more slowly for the past 20 years, despite global warming, a study led by @markengland.bsky.social finds.
Climate modelling suggests this is due to ‘natural climate variations’ and will be followed by faster-than-average sea ice decline.
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Climate modelling suggests this is due to ‘natural climate variations’ and will be followed by faster-than-average sea ice decline.
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
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Our recent paper @natgeosci.nature.com shows that over the Med, marine heatwaves are linked to subtropical ridges rather than atmospheric blocking, the typical cause of atmospheric heatwaves in central Europe.
The brilliant ECRs Giulia Bonino and Ronan McAdam led this work!
🌊Link in the comments.
The brilliant ECRs Giulia Bonino and Ronan McAdam led this work!
🌊Link in the comments.
August 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Our recent paper @natgeosci.nature.com shows that over the Med, marine heatwaves are linked to subtropical ridges rather than atmospheric blocking, the typical cause of atmospheric heatwaves in central Europe.
The brilliant ECRs Giulia Bonino and Ronan McAdam led this work!
🌊Link in the comments.
The brilliant ECRs Giulia Bonino and Ronan McAdam led this work!
🌊Link in the comments.
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Don't miss the session at the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting convened by members of the Tropical Basin Interactions Research Focus group, which will discuss the importance of teleconnections between tropical basins and the global climate. Submit your abstract by 20 August.
Check more: shorturl.at/3YMne
Check more: shorturl.at/3YMne
August 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Don't miss the session at the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting convened by members of the Tropical Basin Interactions Research Focus group, which will discuss the importance of teleconnections between tropical basins and the global climate. Submit your abstract by 20 August.
Check more: shorturl.at/3YMne
Check more: shorturl.at/3YMne
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Our paper showing the differences between European and African weather forecast accuracy has appeared online. The results will not surprise meteorologists, but the international development community needs to hear this.
Weather forecasting in Africa needs to be done differently.
Weather forecasting in Africa needs to be done differently.
New paper from Richard Keane
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Both physical and machine-learning (ML) models "perform better on smaller scales and shorter lead times at middle latitudes and on larger scales and longer lead times at tropical latitudes."
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Both physical and machine-learning (ML) models "perform better on smaller scales and shorter lead times at middle latitudes and on larger scales and longer lead times at tropical latitudes."
Mid‐Latitude Versus Tropical Scales of Predictability and Their Implications for Forecasting
We show that forecasts perform better in mid-latitudes on shorter scales, and better in tropical latitudes on longer scales (quantified here over Europe and Africa), with a ‘crossover’ at 5–7 days, f....
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Our paper showing the differences between European and African weather forecast accuracy has appeared online. The results will not surprise meteorologists, but the international development community needs to hear this.
Weather forecasting in Africa needs to be done differently.
Weather forecasting in Africa needs to be done differently.
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Apply now to join CLIVAR’s global scientific community!
The 2025 Open Call for New Members of the CLIVAR Panels and Scientific Steering Group (SSG) is officially open. More info: https://loom.ly/AbjLBtI
🗓️ Deadline: 3 October 2025
#CLIVAR #WCRP #ClimateScience #OceanScience
The 2025 Open Call for New Members of the CLIVAR Panels and Scientific Steering Group (SSG) is officially open. More info: https://loom.ly/AbjLBtI
🗓️ Deadline: 3 October 2025
#CLIVAR #WCRP #ClimateScience #OceanScience
August 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Apply now to join CLIVAR’s global scientific community!
The 2025 Open Call for New Members of the CLIVAR Panels and Scientific Steering Group (SSG) is officially open. More info: https://loom.ly/AbjLBtI
🗓️ Deadline: 3 October 2025
#CLIVAR #WCRP #ClimateScience #OceanScience
The 2025 Open Call for New Members of the CLIVAR Panels and Scientific Steering Group (SSG) is officially open. More info: https://loom.ly/AbjLBtI
🗓️ Deadline: 3 October 2025
#CLIVAR #WCRP #ClimateScience #OceanScience
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During 2002-22, the Antarctic lower stratosphere cooled, a sign of decreasing ozone. A new study showed that this cooling was driven by a slowdown of the atmospheric motion that transports ozone poleward. Removing this effect showed a continued healing of the ozone layer. 🌊🧪👍 doi.org/10.1029/2025...
August 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
During 2002-22, the Antarctic lower stratosphere cooled, a sign of decreasing ozone. A new study showed that this cooling was driven by a slowdown of the atmospheric motion that transports ozone poleward. Removing this effect showed a continued healing of the ozone layer. 🌊🧪👍 doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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[Science Highlights] Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols Together Shape a pIOD-like Warming Pattern in the Indian Ocean
Take a look at a new paper published in Climate Dynamics by CLIVAR members: Lu Dong, Fengfei Song, Bolan Gan and Agus Santoso, director of the ICPO.
Find out more: shorturl.at/VBGGt
Take a look at a new paper published in Climate Dynamics by CLIVAR members: Lu Dong, Fengfei Song, Bolan Gan and Agus Santoso, director of the ICPO.
Find out more: shorturl.at/VBGGt
August 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
[Science Highlights] Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols Together Shape a pIOD-like Warming Pattern in the Indian Ocean
Take a look at a new paper published in Climate Dynamics by CLIVAR members: Lu Dong, Fengfei Song, Bolan Gan and Agus Santoso, director of the ICPO.
Find out more: shorturl.at/VBGGt
Take a look at a new paper published in Climate Dynamics by CLIVAR members: Lu Dong, Fengfei Song, Bolan Gan and Agus Santoso, director of the ICPO.
Find out more: shorturl.at/VBGGt
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Big El Niños 🌊 usually come with big 🌎 teleconnections.
The one in 2023/24 didn't. Why?
Rainfall anomalies in the tropical Pacific were suppressed due to greater warming in Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Led by Lei Zhang, with @matcollins.bsky.social
@cires.colorado.edu
The one in 2023/24 didn't. Why?
Rainfall anomalies in the tropical Pacific were suppressed due to greater warming in Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Led by Lei Zhang, with @matcollins.bsky.social
@cires.colorado.edu
The 2023/24 El Niño event exhibited unusually weak extratropical teleconnections - Communications Earth & Environment
Extreme sea surface temperature warming in the tropical Indian Ocean and Atlantic in 2023 suppressed the rainfall pattern induced by the 2023/24 El Niño, reducing its tropical and extra-tropical impac...
www.nature.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Big El Niños 🌊 usually come with big 🌎 teleconnections.
The one in 2023/24 didn't. Why?
Rainfall anomalies in the tropical Pacific were suppressed due to greater warming in Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Led by Lei Zhang, with @matcollins.bsky.social
@cires.colorado.edu
The one in 2023/24 didn't. Why?
Rainfall anomalies in the tropical Pacific were suppressed due to greater warming in Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Led by Lei Zhang, with @matcollins.bsky.social
@cires.colorado.edu
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Job alert: we are looking for a postdoc to join the Atmospheric Dynamics group in Oxford to study Arctic atmospheric dynamics. The focus is on energy transfers between scales and implications for predictability. More details here: tinyurl.com/yc6h4b35
Job Details
tinyurl.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Job alert: we are looking for a postdoc to join the Atmospheric Dynamics group in Oxford to study Arctic atmospheric dynamics. The focus is on energy transfers between scales and implications for predictability. More details here: tinyurl.com/yc6h4b35
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The 2023-24 El Nino, despite being ranked the 4th strongest since 1979, exhibited an unusually weak teleconnection pattern. A new study showed that warm tropical Indian & Atlantic suppressed tropical Pacific rainfall response to El Nino, and thus was mainly responsible: 🌊🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s432...
July 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The 2023-24 El Nino, despite being ranked the 4th strongest since 1979, exhibited an unusually weak teleconnection pattern. A new study showed that warm tropical Indian & Atlantic suppressed tropical Pacific rainfall response to El Nino, and thus was mainly responsible: 🌊🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s432...
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Are you still exploring your options for university this year? We have some places available via clearing, so take a look at our website to find out more and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/cleari...
July 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Are you still exploring your options for university this year? We have some places available via clearing, so take a look at our website to find out more and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/cleari...
New paper! Zhang et al., The 2023/24 El Niño event exhibited unusually weak extratropical teleconnections. We show that this was due to warm SSTs in both the tropical Indian and Atlantic basins. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
July 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New paper! Zhang et al., The 2023/24 El Niño event exhibited unusually weak extratropical teleconnections. We show that this was due to warm SSTs in both the tropical Indian and Atlantic basins. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Prof. Sulochana Gadgil is no more. diptivk.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/r...
Remembering Prof. Sulochana Gadgil: A Personal Tribute
I just heard the heartbreaking news that Prof. Sulochana Gadgil is no more. It feels like a deeply personal loss. Her name is well known in the world of climate science—an acclaimed monsoon meteoro…
diptivk.wordpress.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Prof. Sulochana Gadgil is no more. diptivk.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/r...
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Join Us !
🌪️🌡️🌧️ A new fully funded PhD (Ref: 5569) supported by @exeter.ac.uk and @metoffice.gov.uk is uncovering just that—exploring how heatwaves, storms, and more shape life indoors, especially for those in social housing.
👉 Apply now: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
🌪️🌡️🌧️ A new fully funded PhD (Ref: 5569) supported by @exeter.ac.uk and @metoffice.gov.uk is uncovering just that—exploring how heatwaves, storms, and more shape life indoors, especially for those in social housing.
👉 Apply now: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Extreme weather and indoor environm | University of Exeter
Climate change leads to more extreme weather in the UK and triggers public health responses.
www.exeter.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Join Us !
🌪️🌡️🌧️ A new fully funded PhD (Ref: 5569) supported by @exeter.ac.uk and @metoffice.gov.uk is uncovering just that—exploring how heatwaves, storms, and more shape life indoors, especially for those in social housing.
👉 Apply now: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
🌪️🌡️🌧️ A new fully funded PhD (Ref: 5569) supported by @exeter.ac.uk and @metoffice.gov.uk is uncovering just that—exploring how heatwaves, storms, and more shape life indoors, especially for those in social housing.
👉 Apply now: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Standard campus wildlife shots @exeter.ac.uk
July 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Standard campus wildlife shots @exeter.ac.uk
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In this new paper we describe the trade off between forecast precision and accuracy. The smaller the location you are considering, the lower your forecast accuracy and to get acceptable accuracy we need to increase the spatial scale, the longer we try to predict
In this new paper we describe the trade off between forecast precision and accuracy. The smaller the location you are considering, the lower your forecast accuracy and to get acceptable accuracy we need to increase the spatial scale, the longer we try to predict
Balancing accuracy versus precision: Enhancing the usability of sub-seasonal forecasts
Forecasts are essential for climate adaptation and preparedness, such as in early warning systems and impact models. A key limitation to their practic…
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July 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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In this new paper we describe the trade off between forecast precision and accuracy. The smaller the location you are considering, the lower your forecast accuracy and to get acceptable accuracy we need to increase the spatial scale, the longer we try to predict
In this new paper we describe the trade off between forecast precision and accuracy. The smaller the location you are considering, the lower your forecast accuracy and to get acceptable accuracy we need to increase the spatial scale, the longer we try to predict