David Jones
@ozhillbilly.bsky.social
Climate scientist and collector of pets, fossils and rocks, and sports gear
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I spoke about heat records, NCRA, Antarctica and the arts on Einstein-a-Go-Go (3RRR) this morning. Listen at:
www.rrr.org.au/shared/broad...
www.rrr.org.au/shared/broad...
February 1, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I spoke about heat records, NCRA, Antarctica and the arts on Einstein-a-Go-Go (3RRR) this morning. Listen at:
www.rrr.org.au/shared/broad...
www.rrr.org.au/shared/broad...
#Melbourne is so parched. 3mm of rain in the past six weeks and repeated heatwaves. Example of an intense flash drought coming on top of an ordinary rainfall year.
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 AM
#Melbourne is so parched. 3mm of rain in the past six weeks and repeated heatwaves. Example of an intense flash drought coming on top of an ordinary rainfall year.
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These are being historic days in The Caribbean:
Heat Records and cold records are being broken at the same time.
Stay tuned:
In a couple of hours i will start posting
There is a lot to talk about here...
Below: Nassau,Bahamas yesterday
Photo:Torrell Glinton
Heat Records and cold records are being broken at the same time.
Stay tuned:
In a couple of hours i will start posting
There is a lot to talk about here...
Below: Nassau,Bahamas yesterday
Photo:Torrell Glinton
February 2, 2026 at 1:18 PM
These are being historic days in The Caribbean:
Heat Records and cold records are being broken at the same time.
Stay tuned:
In a couple of hours i will start posting
There is a lot to talk about here...
Below: Nassau,Bahamas yesterday
Photo:Torrell Glinton
Heat Records and cold records are being broken at the same time.
Stay tuned:
In a couple of hours i will start posting
There is a lot to talk about here...
Below: Nassau,Bahamas yesterday
Photo:Torrell Glinton
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Major X8.11 flare from sunspot region 4366
Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/flare
Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/flare
February 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Major X8.11 flare from sunspot region 4366
Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/flare
Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/flare
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Major X1.65 flare from sunspot region 4366
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Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/flare
February 2, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Major X1.65 flare from sunspot region 4366
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Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/flare
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Phil has spoken. More winter!
February 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Phil has spoken. More winter!
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This is something you don't see every day...
Actually, hardly ever...
Last night was a record cold night in Guantanamo Bay US Military station and a record hot night in US Virgin Islands (St Thomas AP).
Actually, hardly ever...
Last night was a record cold night in Guantanamo Bay US Military station and a record hot night in US Virgin Islands (St Thomas AP).
February 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
This is something you don't see every day...
Actually, hardly ever...
Last night was a record cold night in Guantanamo Bay US Military station and a record hot night in US Virgin Islands (St Thomas AP).
Actually, hardly ever...
Last night was a record cold night in Guantanamo Bay US Military station and a record hot night in US Virgin Islands (St Thomas AP).
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There’s no tipping point beyond which ocean acidification kills corals, new research shows. With every creeping bit of acidification, corals just continue to die off. 🧪🌊 eos.org/articles/cor...
Coral Diversity Drops as Ocean Acidifies - Eos
As seawater becomes steadily more acidic, complex branching corals die off and are replaced with hard boulder corals and algae.
eos.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
There’s no tipping point beyond which ocean acidification kills corals, new research shows. With every creeping bit of acidification, corals just continue to die off. 🧪🌊 eos.org/articles/cor...
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How cold has this winter been so far? The first 2/3 of winter 2025-26 is the 7th warmest on record for the Contiguous U.S.
February 2, 2026 at 3:22 AM
How cold has this winter been so far? The first 2/3 of winter 2025-26 is the 7th warmest on record for the Contiguous U.S.
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Measles has one of the highest basic reproduction numbers (R₀) of any disease (12 to 18), meaning one infected person can spread it to 12 to 18 others in a fully susceptible population, making it extremely contagious. Need 95% vaccination status to achieve herd immunity. Get vaccinated!!
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Measles has one of the highest basic reproduction numbers (R₀) of any disease (12 to 18), meaning one infected person can spread it to 12 to 18 others in a fully susceptible population, making it extremely contagious. Need 95% vaccination status to achieve herd immunity. Get vaccinated!!
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February has just started and heat records are falling in all Continents.
In South America heat waves are one after another and yesterday 1 February a new monthly record of highest Temperature was set in Rio Grande do Norte State
with 40.0C in Caicò.
More records on the way...
In South America heat waves are one after another and yesterday 1 February a new monthly record of highest Temperature was set in Rio Grande do Norte State
with 40.0C in Caicò.
More records on the way...
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM
February has just started and heat records are falling in all Continents.
In South America heat waves are one after another and yesterday 1 February a new monthly record of highest Temperature was set in Rio Grande do Norte State
with 40.0C in Caicò.
More records on the way...
In South America heat waves are one after another and yesterday 1 February a new monthly record of highest Temperature was set in Rio Grande do Norte State
with 40.0C in Caicò.
More records on the way...
Well gone Andrew, a great piece of science communication.
February 2, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Well gone Andrew, a great piece of science communication.
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Thanks Adam Morgan for asking me and Sarah Kirkpatrick to be involved in this ABC News story about the heatwaves. Normalising the difficult conversations about climate risk is important, and it’s a credit to the ABC.
youtu.be/goMyuDCKS9M?...
youtu.be/goMyuDCKS9M?...
Australians to experience more 50C days as heatwaves intensify, experts say | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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February 1, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Thanks Adam Morgan for asking me and Sarah Kirkpatrick to be involved in this ABC News story about the heatwaves. Normalising the difficult conversations about climate risk is important, and it’s a credit to the ABC.
youtu.be/goMyuDCKS9M?...
youtu.be/goMyuDCKS9M?...
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Arctic in Disarry!! It’s been the story of the winter so far. Warm-Blocky Arctic displacing cold airmasses southward. It’s how a rapidly warming Arctic - at a rate 4X the global average - and record low Arctic sea ice - helps enhance the patterns that lead to mid-latitude cold air outbreaks… 1/
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Arctic in Disarry!! It’s been the story of the winter so far. Warm-Blocky Arctic displacing cold airmasses southward. It’s how a rapidly warming Arctic - at a rate 4X the global average - and record low Arctic sea ice - helps enhance the patterns that lead to mid-latitude cold air outbreaks… 1/
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Record heat in SOUTH AFRICA
During the past exceptional heat wave with temperatures up to 46C, more records fell on the highlands.
On Jan 26th,Temperatures over 42C up to 1500m asl !
42.4C Dohne all time record
42.4C Umtata monthly record, 0.1C from all time
During the past exceptional heat wave with temperatures up to 46C, more records fell on the highlands.
On Jan 26th,Temperatures over 42C up to 1500m asl !
42.4C Dohne all time record
42.4C Umtata monthly record, 0.1C from all time
February 1, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Record heat in SOUTH AFRICA
During the past exceptional heat wave with temperatures up to 46C, more records fell on the highlands.
On Jan 26th,Temperatures over 42C up to 1500m asl !
42.4C Dohne all time record
42.4C Umtata monthly record, 0.1C from all time
During the past exceptional heat wave with temperatures up to 46C, more records fell on the highlands.
On Jan 26th,Temperatures over 42C up to 1500m asl !
42.4C Dohne all time record
42.4C Umtata monthly record, 0.1C from all time
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Here's how the records stacked up during the recent heatwave over central and southern Australia. All-month maximum temperature records at individual stations with 25+ year histories are highlighted.
February 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Here's how the records stacked up during the recent heatwave over central and southern Australia. All-month maximum temperature records at individual stations with 25+ year histories are highlighted.
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Here is what is often not understood: Adaptation has physical limits and when those are reached there is only one option - retreat
#ClimateCrisis #Adaptation
#ClimateCrisis #Adaptation
‘Feels like a losing battle’: the fight against flooding in Somerset
Emergency pumps are deployed in attempt to stop water inundating homes around River Parrett
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Here is what is often not understood: Adaptation has physical limits and when those are reached there is only one option - retreat
#ClimateCrisis #Adaptation
#ClimateCrisis #Adaptation
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Yesterday in Australia two autistic children were murdered by their parents. @australia.theguardian.com felt compelled to report that "The family were described on social media as a lovely couple and a good family." Lovely couples don't murder children.
January 30, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Yesterday in Australia two autistic children were murdered by their parents. @australia.theguardian.com felt compelled to report that "The family were described on social media as a lovely couple and a good family." Lovely couples don't murder children.
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'Up to 380 people may have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean last week as Cyclone Harry battered southern Italy and Malta, the Italian coastguard has said, as a shipwreck with the loss of 50 lives was confirmed by Maltese authorities.'
[Italy] Hundreds feared dead in attempt to cross Mediterranean during cyclone www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... #FossilFuels #ClimateCollapse #Cyclone #Storm #Mediterranean #Europe
Hundreds feared dead in attempt to cross Mediterranean during cyclone
Fifty killed in one incident as Italian authorities estimate 380 people may have drowned last week
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 AM
'Up to 380 people may have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean last week as Cyclone Harry battered southern Italy and Malta, the Italian coastguard has said, as a shipwreck with the loss of 50 lives was confirmed by Maltese authorities.'
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January 31, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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AUSTRALIA RECORD HEAT 30 JANUARY
All time records high temperatures broken yesterday
all in South Australia in this historic 50 degrees dy
Table courtesy of Laurier Williams:
All time records high temperatures broken yesterday
all in South Australia in this historic 50 degrees dy
Table courtesy of Laurier Williams:
January 31, 2026 at 10:25 AM
AUSTRALIA RECORD HEAT 30 JANUARY
All time records high temperatures broken yesterday
all in South Australia in this historic 50 degrees dy
Table courtesy of Laurier Williams:
All time records high temperatures broken yesterday
all in South Australia in this historic 50 degrees dy
Table courtesy of Laurier Williams: