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University of Exeter

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We're delighted to share that 2 of our climate researchers have been honoured in the King’s Birthday List! Prof @coxypm.bsky.social‬ has been appointed CBE for services to science & climate modelling. Prof Tim Lenton has been appointed OBE for services to understanding climate tipping points.
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June 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM

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Carbon Brief

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NEW – ‘Significant’ risk of Amazon forest dieback if global warming overshoots 1.5C | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @gergmunday.bsky.social Nico Wunderling @davidamckay.bsky.social David Lapola @chrisd-jones.bsky.social

‘Significant’ risk of Amazon forest dieback if global warming overshoots 1.5C - Carbon Brief

Even passing 1.5C of global warming temporarily would trigger a “significant” risk of Amazon forest “dieback”, says a new study.

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May 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM

Rebecca Varney

@rebeccamayvarney.bsky.social

Exciting to see this @carbonbrief.org article on our new Nature Climate Change paper published this week 🌳
www.carbonbrief.org/significant-...

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‘Significant’ risk of Amazon forest dieback if global warming overshoots 1.5C - Carbon Brief

Even passing 1.5C of global warming temporarily would trigger a “significant” risk of Amazon forest “dieback”, says a new study.

www.carbonbrief.org

May 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM

Rebecca Varney

@rebeccamayvarney.bsky.social

New Nature Climate Change paper on the risks of irreversible impacts on forest ecosystems under emissions pathways designed to meet the Paris Agreement temperature goals 🌳

➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02327-9

Risks of unavoidable impacts on forests at 1.5 °C with and without overshoot - Nature Climate Change

The authors assess the risk of overshoot beyond 1.5 °C warming, using three scenarios with minimal overshoot, brief overshoot and sustained overshoot. They show a risk of long-term Amazon dieback, whi...

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May 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM

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Gregory Munday

@gergmunday.bsky.social

New paper on the risks of forest ecosystem impacts under emissions pathways designed to meet the Paris Agreement temperature goals is out today in Nature Climate Change! 🌳

Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02327-9

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May 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM

Rebecca Varney

@rebeccamayvarney.bsky.social

New GMD paper out last week presenting the PRIME framework. This enables forcing of land surface models without coupling to an Earth system model to assess climate change impacts 🌍