David Jones
@ozhillbilly.bsky.social
Climate scientist and collector of pets, fossils and rocks, and sports gear
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6th February 2026
Remember the Australian movie/series “Picnic at Hanging Rock”?
I climbed it today with our US visitor.
Remember the Australian movie/series “Picnic at Hanging Rock”?
I climbed it today with our US visitor.
February 6, 2026 at 10:55 AM
6th February 2026
Remember the Australian movie/series “Picnic at Hanging Rock”?
I climbed it today with our US visitor.
Remember the Australian movie/series “Picnic at Hanging Rock”?
I climbed it today with our US visitor.
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100 years of changing February sea ice...
Total data set available from 1850 through 2017. Summary of methods: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p.... More sea ice reconstructions at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Total data set available from 1850 through 2017. Summary of methods: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p.... More sea ice reconstructions at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
100 years of changing February sea ice...
Total data set available from 1850 through 2017. Summary of methods: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p.... More sea ice reconstructions at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Total data set available from 1850 through 2017. Summary of methods: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p.... More sea ice reconstructions at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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26 days in a row with rain in Reading. Longest such sequence on record in observations at the University going back to 1908.
February 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
26 days in a row with rain in Reading. Longest such sequence on record in observations at the University going back to 1908.
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A new all-electric double-decker Climate Stripes bus has started taking passengers around Reading today.
The bus shows the warming stripes for Reading back to the 1860s and will hopefully help start climate conversations amongst passengers.
#ShowYourStripes
The bus shows the warming stripes for Reading back to the 1860s and will hopefully help start climate conversations amongst passengers.
#ShowYourStripes
February 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
A new all-electric double-decker Climate Stripes bus has started taking passengers around Reading today.
The bus shows the warming stripes for Reading back to the 1860s and will hopefully help start climate conversations amongst passengers.
#ShowYourStripes
The bus shows the warming stripes for Reading back to the 1860s and will hopefully help start climate conversations amongst passengers.
#ShowYourStripes
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“A few days ago, sunspot 4366 didn't exist. Now it is a behemoth almost half the size of the great Carrington sunspot. Rapid growth is making the sunspot unstable. It has unleashed dozens of solar flares in past 24 hours, including a powerful X8-class flare” www.spaceweather.com
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February 2, 2026 at 10:58 PM
“A few days ago, sunspot 4366 didn't exist. Now it is a behemoth almost half the size of the great Carrington sunspot. Rapid growth is making the sunspot unstable. It has unleashed dozens of solar flares in past 24 hours, including a powerful X8-class flare” www.spaceweather.com
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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
Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/flare
Follow live on https://www.spaceweather.live/l/flare
February 2, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Major X1.65 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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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...
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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)
youtu.be
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.
