Tim Mitchell
@timmitchell.bsky.social
Climate scientist at the Met Office. I build climate services.
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🌡️ Ce mardi a été dans la continuité de la journée de lundi, avec des températures très élevées. Les 38 à 40 °C ont été quasi généralisés sur le pays.
Notre point sur la #canicule : meteofrance.com/actualites-e...
Notre point sur la #canicule : meteofrance.com/actualites-e...
July 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🌡️ Ce mardi a été dans la continuité de la journée de lundi, avec des températures très élevées. Les 38 à 40 °C ont été quasi généralisés sur le pays.
Notre point sur la #canicule : meteofrance.com/actualites-e...
Notre point sur la #canicule : meteofrance.com/actualites-e...
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🌡️ En 2014, Evelyne Dhéliat projettait des prévisions de températures en août 2050, pour alerter sur le réchauffement climatique.
Des prévisions alarmantes déjà devenues une réalité.
#canicule
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Des prévisions alarmantes déjà devenues une réalité.
#canicule
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« Lorsque Météo France m’a envoyé les températures de 2050, j’ai dit que c’était impossible »
En 2014, Évelyne Dhéliat présente un bulletin météo qui anticipe les températures du 18 août 2050. Ce bulletin est depuis massivement partagé à chaque épisode de canicule et les températures ne sont p...
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June 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🌡️ En 2014, Evelyne Dhéliat projettait des prévisions de températures en août 2050, pour alerter sur le réchauffement climatique.
Des prévisions alarmantes déjà devenues une réalité.
#canicule
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Des prévisions alarmantes déjà devenues une réalité.
#canicule
larevuedesmedias.ina.fr/evelyne-dhel...
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Le mois d'août illustré par une baignade dans la rivière dans les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry nous rappelle que le Moyen Âge devait aussi s'adapter à la forte chaleur qui pouvait survenir l'été. Arrêtons-nous un instant sur les moyens médiévaux de se préserver de la #canicule ⬇️ 1/14
July 1, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Le mois d'août illustré par une baignade dans la rivière dans les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry nous rappelle que le Moyen Âge devait aussi s'adapter à la forte chaleur qui pouvait survenir l'été. Arrêtons-nous un instant sur les moyens médiévaux de se préserver de la #canicule ⬇️ 1/14
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The new Climate Adaptation Research and Innovation Framework (CARIF) describes the research and innovation needed to enable UK adaptation. In our blog, find out how our science informs adaptation advice to government and business to protect the UK from the worst climate change impacts.
Climate change is happening. We can see it in our observations. But adaptation to climate change needs to keep up with the weather
We keep seeing evidence that our climate is changing rapidly, with more extreme weather causing casualties, damage to infrastructure and businesses, and degradation of our natural environment.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
April 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The new Climate Adaptation Research and Innovation Framework (CARIF) describes the research and innovation needed to enable UK adaptation. In our blog, find out how our science informs adaptation advice to government and business to protect the UK from the worst climate change impacts.
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🌤️ Connaissez-vous le Cumulus Baguettus ? ☁️
Ce nuage rare, visible par temps clair, ne circule que tout début #avril à l’arrivée du printemps. Sa forme allongée évoque une baguette de pain, d’où son joli surnom ! 🥖
👀 L’avez-vous déjà aperçu dans le ciel ?
Ce nuage rare, visible par temps clair, ne circule que tout début #avril à l’arrivée du printemps. Sa forme allongée évoque une baguette de pain, d’où son joli surnom ! 🥖
👀 L’avez-vous déjà aperçu dans le ciel ?
April 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🌤️ Connaissez-vous le Cumulus Baguettus ? ☁️
Ce nuage rare, visible par temps clair, ne circule que tout début #avril à l’arrivée du printemps. Sa forme allongée évoque une baguette de pain, d’où son joli surnom ! 🥖
👀 L’avez-vous déjà aperçu dans le ciel ?
Ce nuage rare, visible par temps clair, ne circule que tout début #avril à l’arrivée du printemps. Sa forme allongée évoque une baguette de pain, d’où son joli surnom ! 🥖
👀 L’avez-vous déjà aperçu dans le ciel ?
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Grab a cuppa & check out our new documentary! 🍵💖
The video celebrates the collaboration between UK & China-based scientists researching the impact of #ClimateChange on tea growing & supporting farmers in making climate-informed decisions!
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The video celebrates the collaboration between UK & China-based scientists researching the impact of #ClimateChange on tea growing & supporting farmers in making climate-informed decisions!
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#climatechange #climateservices #collaboration #science #agriculture… | Stacey New
Now looks like a great time to grab a cup of tea 🌱🍵
I am excited to share the release of a documentary showcasing our work on the Tea-CUP (Co-developing…
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March 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Grab a cuppa & check out our new documentary! 🍵💖
The video celebrates the collaboration between UK & China-based scientists researching the impact of #ClimateChange on tea growing & supporting farmers in making climate-informed decisions!
@metoffice.bsky.social
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The video celebrates the collaboration between UK & China-based scientists researching the impact of #ClimateChange on tea growing & supporting farmers in making climate-informed decisions!
@metoffice.bsky.social
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Good to see continued investment in CRU TS. This dataset of gridded observations has been widely used around the world over the last few decades. Its best use is with other environmental datasets, to assess the impacts of climate variability. www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
March 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Good to see continued investment in CRU TS. This dataset of gridded observations has been widely used around the world over the last few decades. Its best use is with other environmental datasets, to assess the impacts of climate variability. www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
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Climate services can drive urban resilience—but how do we bridge the "last mile"?
Key lessons:
✅ Start simple: clear, visual insights first.
✅ Integrate adaptation into broader urban planning.
✅ Frame resilience as an opportunity, not just risk.
📢 buff.ly/vqkwzZj
Key lessons:
✅ Start simple: clear, visual insights first.
✅ Integrate adaptation into broader urban planning.
✅ Frame resilience as an opportunity, not just risk.
📢 buff.ly/vqkwzZj
March 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Climate services can drive urban resilience—but how do we bridge the "last mile"?
Key lessons:
✅ Start simple: clear, visual insights first.
✅ Integrate adaptation into broader urban planning.
✅ Frame resilience as an opportunity, not just risk.
📢 buff.ly/vqkwzZj
Key lessons:
✅ Start simple: clear, visual insights first.
✅ Integrate adaptation into broader urban planning.
✅ Frame resilience as an opportunity, not just risk.
📢 buff.ly/vqkwzZj
This is what environmental justice is - not what you think it is.
This is how it looks in America.
Climate justice is similar, and climate services support it.
This is compassion for those harmed by our environmental destruction, and brave action to defend them.
www.ehn.org/epa-environm...
This is how it looks in America.
Climate justice is similar, and climate services support it.
This is compassion for those harmed by our environmental destruction, and brave action to defend them.
www.ehn.org/epa-environm...
America, this is what environmental justice is — and what we all stand to lose
I ran the US Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice program for almost 11 years. It’s not what this presidential administration says it is.
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February 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is what environmental justice is - not what you think it is.
This is how it looks in America.
Climate justice is similar, and climate services support it.
This is compassion for those harmed by our environmental destruction, and brave action to defend them.
www.ehn.org/epa-environm...
This is how it looks in America.
Climate justice is similar, and climate services support it.
This is compassion for those harmed by our environmental destruction, and brave action to defend them.
www.ehn.org/epa-environm...
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The Fourth UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA4) is due to be laid in Parliament by the UK Government in January 2027
Find out how you can be part of the process submitting more targeted information to inform the Technical Report 👇
bit.ly/4ahnVni
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Find out how you can be part of the process submitting more targeted information to inform the Technical Report 👇
bit.ly/4ahnVni
@thecccuk.bsky.social
Climate Change Risk Assessment Independent Assessment (CCRA4-IA) Technical Report
Informing the next Climate Change Risk Assessment Independent Assessment (CCRA4-IA) Report.
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February 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The Fourth UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA4) is due to be laid in Parliament by the UK Government in January 2027
Find out how you can be part of the process submitting more targeted information to inform the Technical Report 👇
bit.ly/4ahnVni
@thecccuk.bsky.social
Find out how you can be part of the process submitting more targeted information to inform the Technical Report 👇
bit.ly/4ahnVni
@thecccuk.bsky.social
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"I gained tremendous inspiration just from hearing of, and then meeting, other Black meteorologists throughout my career."
#BlackHistoryMonth spotlight: Read our Front Page Blog interview with AMS President-Elect Alan Sealls: bit.ly/41jIU67
#BlackHistoryMonth spotlight: Read our Front Page Blog interview with AMS President-Elect Alan Sealls: bit.ly/41jIU67
February 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"I gained tremendous inspiration just from hearing of, and then meeting, other Black meteorologists throughout my career."
#BlackHistoryMonth spotlight: Read our Front Page Blog interview with AMS President-Elect Alan Sealls: bit.ly/41jIU67
#BlackHistoryMonth spotlight: Read our Front Page Blog interview with AMS President-Elect Alan Sealls: bit.ly/41jIU67
NOAA launched their Equitable Climate Services Action Plan last spring. www.noaa.gov/news/new-noa...
Often those who suffer most, get least help. NOAA wanted to fix that.
This is about fairness, equality, being human.
The Plan has gone.
Archive: www.cakex.org/sites/defaul...
Often those who suffer most, get least help. NOAA wanted to fix that.
This is about fairness, equality, being human.
The Plan has gone.
Archive: www.cakex.org/sites/defaul...
February 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
NOAA launched their Equitable Climate Services Action Plan last spring. www.noaa.gov/news/new-noa...
Often those who suffer most, get least help. NOAA wanted to fix that.
This is about fairness, equality, being human.
The Plan has gone.
Archive: www.cakex.org/sites/defaul...
Often those who suffer most, get least help. NOAA wanted to fix that.
This is about fairness, equality, being human.
The Plan has gone.
Archive: www.cakex.org/sites/defaul...
Phil is a true public servant. No-one has made a greater contribution to climatology over the last half-century.
He is a great role model for any early career climatologist. Get to know your data, inside-out and back to front. Build something authoritative from it. Keep improving it. Be useful!
He is a great role model for any early career climatologist. Get to know your data, inside-out and back to front. Build something authoritative from it. Keep improving it. Be useful!
Congratulations to Phil Jones, climatologist at UEA’s Climatic Research Unit, on being awarded an OBE for his services to climatology
December 31, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Phil is a true public servant. No-one has made a greater contribution to climatology over the last half-century.
He is a great role model for any early career climatologist. Get to know your data, inside-out and back to front. Build something authoritative from it. Keep improving it. Be useful!
He is a great role model for any early career climatologist. Get to know your data, inside-out and back to front. Build something authoritative from it. Keep improving it. Be useful!
This is a festive example of a weather service.
A weather service pulls together a forecast and non-weather data (airline priorities). It applies that to a real-world problem (optimal flight path). It delivers the guidance the decision-maker needs.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2024/ho...
A weather service pulls together a forecast and non-weather data (airline priorities). It applies that to a real-world problem (optimal flight path). It delivers the guidance the decision-maker needs.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2024/ho...
How Met Office science is saving Santa’s Christmas journey
Met Office scientists apply aviation technology to complete Santa’s Christmas Eve deliveries when his reindeer are stuck by seasonal sniffles.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
December 26, 2024 at 8:47 AM
This is a festive example of a weather service.
A weather service pulls together a forecast and non-weather data (airline priorities). It applies that to a real-world problem (optimal flight path). It delivers the guidance the decision-maker needs.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2024/ho...
A weather service pulls together a forecast and non-weather data (airline priorities). It applies that to a real-world problem (optimal flight path). It delivers the guidance the decision-maker needs.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2024/ho...
It is great to see the @metoffice.bsky.social Local Authority Climate Service highlighted in the UK government response to the CCC.
We provide councils with tailored climate data to make evidence-based decisions in their climate adaptation planning: climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
We provide councils with tailored climate data to make evidence-based decisions in their climate adaptation planning: climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
December 19, 2024 at 11:22 AM
It is great to see the @metoffice.bsky.social Local Authority Climate Service highlighted in the UK government response to the CCC.
We provide councils with tailored climate data to make evidence-based decisions in their climate adaptation planning: climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
We provide councils with tailored climate data to make evidence-based decisions in their climate adaptation planning: climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
Maps of wildfire risk in Australia (CSIRO/ABC).
You can see the changing weather hazard for your area under climate change: warmer, drier, windy means more risk.
Other maps in preparation include severity: the intensity of burn.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
You can see the changing weather hazard for your area under climate change: warmer, drier, windy means more risk.
Other maps in preparation include severity: the intensity of burn.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
These maps reveal Australia's potential bushfire future for every postcode
As climate change progresses, the CSIRO has created the first detailed national maps to help Australians understand the future risk to their properties.
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Maps of wildfire risk in Australia (CSIRO/ABC).
You can see the changing weather hazard for your area under climate change: warmer, drier, windy means more risk.
Other maps in preparation include severity: the intensity of burn.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
You can see the changing weather hazard for your area under climate change: warmer, drier, windy means more risk.
Other maps in preparation include severity: the intensity of burn.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Visual demo of a climate feedback. Methane bubbling through flooded soil in an area of permafrost thaw. Video credit: Hailey Webb
November 20, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Visual demo of a climate feedback. Methane bubbling through flooded soil in an area of permafrost thaw. Video credit: Hailey Webb
Great visual from @nick-silkstone.bsky.social on the need for heating.
We expect this to diminish as the climate changes.
Anyone who wants to see the numbers and graph for their local area can go to the Local Authority Climate Service. climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
We expect this to diminish as the climate changes.
Anyone who wants to see the numbers and graph for their local area can go to the Local Authority Climate Service. climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
November 27, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Great visual from @nick-silkstone.bsky.social on the need for heating.
We expect this to diminish as the climate changes.
Anyone who wants to see the numbers and graph for their local area can go to the Local Authority Climate Service. climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
We expect this to diminish as the climate changes.
Anyone who wants to see the numbers and graph for their local area can go to the Local Authority Climate Service. climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
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Today at the #COP29 event on climate scenarios, #C3S director Carlo Buontempo highlighted that the near real-time production of climate data has attracted new attention and audiences who are asking interesting questions, e.g., about the Honga-Tonga effect, and the reasons for the sharp rise in CH4.🧵
November 19, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Today at the #COP29 event on climate scenarios, #C3S director Carlo Buontempo highlighted that the near real-time production of climate data has attracted new attention and audiences who are asking interesting questions, e.g., about the Honga-Tonga effect, and the reasons for the sharp rise in CH4.🧵
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So - what's going on here, you might ask. This is Farhana's response to a post referring to two natural scientists - a physicist and an earth scientist - who are asking questions about humans - to each other. Farhana suggests (rightly) that these questions would be better put to social scientists 1/
November 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM
So - what's going on here, you might ask. This is Farhana's response to a post referring to two natural scientists - a physicist and an earth scientist - who are asking questions about humans - to each other. Farhana suggests (rightly) that these questions would be better put to social scientists 1/
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I wrote this on 1.5°C eight years ago
"Depending on climate sensitivity and natural variability, we could conceivably see the first year above 1.5°C as early as the late 2020s – but it is more likely to be later"
It's looking like I was a bit too optimistic 🧵
theconversation.com/what-will-th...
"Depending on climate sensitivity and natural variability, we could conceivably see the first year above 1.5°C as early as the late 2020s – but it is more likely to be later"
It's looking like I was a bit too optimistic 🧵
theconversation.com/what-will-th...
What will the world actually look like at 1.5°C of warming?
By the time we hit that temperature, further climate changes will already be locked in and unavoidable.
theconversation.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:55 PM
I wrote this on 1.5°C eight years ago
"Depending on climate sensitivity and natural variability, we could conceivably see the first year above 1.5°C as early as the late 2020s – but it is more likely to be later"
It's looking like I was a bit too optimistic 🧵
theconversation.com/what-will-th...
"Depending on climate sensitivity and natural variability, we could conceivably see the first year above 1.5°C as early as the late 2020s – but it is more likely to be later"
It's looking like I was a bit too optimistic 🧵
theconversation.com/what-will-th...
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Since I haven't seen one yet, here's a starter pack of scientists actively working in the climate adaptation and resilience space, including researchers as well as climate service providers! 🌎🧪
September 15, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Since I haven't seen one yet, here's a starter pack of scientists actively working in the climate adaptation and resilience space, including researchers as well as climate service providers! 🌎🧪
In 2022 the White House and partners launched a climate service to support American adaptation to climate change.
It is called the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation tool.
It has inspired others, including the UK Local Authority Climate Service.
Have a look!
resilience.climate.gov
It is called the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation tool.
It has inspired others, including the UK Local Authority Climate Service.
Have a look!
resilience.climate.gov
Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation
Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) integrates information from across the federal government to help people consider their local exposure to climate-related hazards.
resilience.climate.gov
November 12, 2024 at 8:02 AM
In 2022 the White House and partners launched a climate service to support American adaptation to climate change.
It is called the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation tool.
It has inspired others, including the UK Local Authority Climate Service.
Have a look!
resilience.climate.gov
It is called the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation tool.
It has inspired others, including the UK Local Authority Climate Service.
Have a look!
resilience.climate.gov
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In today's update to the WMO State of the Global Climate 2024 report for COP29, we show that the current level of global warming is about 1.3°C
This is important because last year the COP28 text said it was only 1.1°C - but this was based on the 2011-2020 average 🧵
library.wmo.int/viewer/69075...
November 11, 2024 at 10:34 PM
In today's update to the WMO State of the Global Climate 2024 report for COP29, we show that the current level of global warming is about 1.3°C
This is important because last year the COP28 text said it was only 1.1°C - but this was based on the 2011-2020 average 🧵
library.wmo.int/viewer/69075...