ISB (International Society of Biometeorology)
@biometeorology.bsky.social
International Society of Biometeorology promotes interdisciplinary collaboration among those studying weather and climate on plant, animal, and human life.
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Registration is now open for the 24th International Congress of Biometeorology, 13 - 16 July 2026 in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Abstracts are being accepted through January 2026.
Early registration ends on 15 May.
We look forward to seeing you in Novi Sad!
Register: www.dgt.uns.ac.rs/icb2026/
Abstracts are being accepted through January 2026.
Early registration ends on 15 May.
We look forward to seeing you in Novi Sad!
Register: www.dgt.uns.ac.rs/icb2026/
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Laurence Rouil, CAMS Director, highlights the evolution of CO₂ in the atmosphere & how it is driven by human activity & impacts climate change. "With this, I hope global leaders are equipped with the insight to turn ambition into action."
#CopernicusAtmosphere #COP30
#CopernicusAtmosphere #COP30
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Laurence Rouil, CAMS Director, highlights the evolution of CO₂ in the atmosphere & how it is driven by human activity & impacts climate change. "With this, I hope global leaders are equipped with the insight to turn ambition into action."
#CopernicusAtmosphere #COP30
#CopernicusAtmosphere #COP30
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🆕 Short course: Visualising Fires in Spain with Sentinel-3 Data
🗓️ 25 November
🕐 12:00 – 13:30 UTC
📍 Online
This EUMETSAT short course will explore how S-3 data can be used to monitor & visualise recent wildfire activity across Spain and Europe. 🔥
Find out more and register here 👉 bit.ly/4qG2sfB
🗓️ 25 November
🕐 12:00 – 13:30 UTC
📍 Online
This EUMETSAT short course will explore how S-3 data can be used to monitor & visualise recent wildfire activity across Spain and Europe. 🔥
Find out more and register here 👉 bit.ly/4qG2sfB
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🆕 Short course: Visualising Fires in Spain with Sentinel-3 Data
🗓️ 25 November
🕐 12:00 – 13:30 UTC
📍 Online
This EUMETSAT short course will explore how S-3 data can be used to monitor & visualise recent wildfire activity across Spain and Europe. 🔥
Find out more and register here 👉 bit.ly/4qG2sfB
🗓️ 25 November
🕐 12:00 – 13:30 UTC
📍 Online
This EUMETSAT short course will explore how S-3 data can be used to monitor & visualise recent wildfire activity across Spain and Europe. 🔥
Find out more and register here 👉 bit.ly/4qG2sfB
Climate and health? ✅
Investing in #ClimateAction is not just about the planet. It is about people.
US$ 11 billion a year could build climate-resilient health systems, costing less than US$ 2 per person worldwide.
Let's call on your leaders to put health at the heart of every climate plan! 👉bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
US$ 11 billion a year could build climate-resilient health systems, costing less than US$ 2 per person worldwide.
Let's call on your leaders to put health at the heart of every climate plan! 👉bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Climate and health? ✅
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Kicking yourself because you missed Mark Duffell's recent Botanical Skills Webinar on the etymology of scientific names?
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Kicking yourself because you missed Mark Duffell's recent Botanical Skills Webinar on the etymology of scientific names?
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
Marine bioclimate?
“The Great Dying” wiped out 81% of all marine life hundreds of millions of years ago. New @aguadvances.bsky.social research suggests some phytoplankton may have survived by heading north.
eos.org/research-spo...
eos.org/research-spo...
How Algae Helped Some Life Outlast Extinction - Eos
Cooler waters near Norway’s north provided a refuge for phytoplankton during the Great Dying, a new study suggests.
eos.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Marine bioclimate?
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"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
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🏠 New data published in the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown reveals global losses reached US$318 billion in 2024 due to extreme weather.
💻 Visit lancetcountdown.org to learn more.
#LancetClimate25
💻 Visit lancetcountdown.org to learn more.
#LancetClimate25
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🏠 New data published in the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown reveals global losses reached US$318 billion in 2024 due to extreme weather.
💻 Visit lancetcountdown.org to learn more.
#LancetClimate25
💻 Visit lancetcountdown.org to learn more.
#LancetClimate25
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SOUTH AFRICA RECORD HEAT
Overheated berg winds on the coast of Western Cape with temperatures up to 42C and records of hot nights as well:
NOVEMBER RECORDS
Molteno min 22.5 max 36.3
Min 20.6 Langebaanweg -First tropical night in spring
Min 19.2 Lamberts Bay
More heat coming
Overheated berg winds on the coast of Western Cape with temperatures up to 42C and records of hot nights as well:
NOVEMBER RECORDS
Molteno min 22.5 max 36.3
Min 20.6 Langebaanweg -First tropical night in spring
Min 19.2 Lamberts Bay
More heat coming
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
SOUTH AFRICA RECORD HEAT
Overheated berg winds on the coast of Western Cape with temperatures up to 42C and records of hot nights as well:
NOVEMBER RECORDS
Molteno min 22.5 max 36.3
Min 20.6 Langebaanweg -First tropical night in spring
Min 19.2 Lamberts Bay
More heat coming
Overheated berg winds on the coast of Western Cape with temperatures up to 42C and records of hot nights as well:
NOVEMBER RECORDS
Molteno min 22.5 max 36.3
Min 20.6 Langebaanweg -First tropical night in spring
Min 19.2 Lamberts Bay
More heat coming
Registration is now open for the 24th International Congress of Biometeorology, 13 - 16 July 2026 in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Abstracts are being accepted through January 2026.
Early registration ends on 15 May.
We look forward to seeing you in Novi Sad!
Register: www.dgt.uns.ac.rs/icb2026/
Abstracts are being accepted through January 2026.
Early registration ends on 15 May.
We look forward to seeing you in Novi Sad!
Register: www.dgt.uns.ac.rs/icb2026/
November 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Registration is now open for the 24th International Congress of Biometeorology, 13 - 16 July 2026 in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Abstracts are being accepted through January 2026.
Early registration ends on 15 May.
We look forward to seeing you in Novi Sad!
Register: www.dgt.uns.ac.rs/icb2026/
Abstracts are being accepted through January 2026.
Early registration ends on 15 May.
We look forward to seeing you in Novi Sad!
Register: www.dgt.uns.ac.rs/icb2026/
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Join us for a high-level science-to-policy dialogue ahead of #COP30, hosted by @ox.ac.uk & Embassy of Brazil. With Amb. Antonio Patriota, we'll explore forest conservation, climate, & the upcoming Tropical Forest Forever Facility launching soon. Don’t miss it! oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Join us for a high-level science-to-policy dialogue ahead of #COP30, hosted by @ox.ac.uk & Embassy of Brazil. With Amb. Antonio Patriota, we'll explore forest conservation, climate, & the upcoming Tropical Forest Forever Facility launching soon. Don’t miss it! oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
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Recent research shows low sea ice is changing #phytoplankton bloom timing and composition in the Southern Ocean.
“Phytoplankton are the ocean’s version of the Amazon rainforest,” says ACEAS lead author Tamara Schlosser from @utas.edu.au.
🔗 Read the news article: antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
“Phytoplankton are the ocean’s version of the Amazon rainforest,” says ACEAS lead author Tamara Schlosser from @utas.edu.au.
🔗 Read the news article: antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
Microscopic shifts, global stakes – how Antarctic sea ice loss is disrupting ocean ecosystems - ACEAS
Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is shr...
antarctic.org.au
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Recent research shows low sea ice is changing #phytoplankton bloom timing and composition in the Southern Ocean.
“Phytoplankton are the ocean’s version of the Amazon rainforest,” says ACEAS lead author Tamara Schlosser from @utas.edu.au.
🔗 Read the news article: antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
“Phytoplankton are the ocean’s version of the Amazon rainforest,” says ACEAS lead author Tamara Schlosser from @utas.edu.au.
🔗 Read the news article: antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...
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🗺️ NEW European Peatland Map (EPM2025) is LIVE & FREE! 🌿 A comprehensive resource for research, policy & conservation – showing peatlands all over Europe. Let’s protect these vital ecosystems! 🌍 👉 greifswaldmoor.de/gmc-schrifte...
September 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🗺️ NEW European Peatland Map (EPM2025) is LIVE & FREE! 🌿 A comprehensive resource for research, policy & conservation – showing peatlands all over Europe. Let’s protect these vital ecosystems! 🌍 👉 greifswaldmoor.de/gmc-schrifte...
Heat Kills.
The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
September 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Heat Kills.
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📸 We want your photos!
If you've taken an image that brings a health story to life, enter it in our #LancetHighlights photography competition.
Submit by Nov 12—on any health-related topic and from any country or setting. More info: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2
If you've taken an image that brings a health story to life, enter it in our #LancetHighlights photography competition.
Submit by Nov 12—on any health-related topic and from any country or setting. More info: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2
September 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📸 We want your photos!
If you've taken an image that brings a health story to life, enter it in our #LancetHighlights photography competition.
Submit by Nov 12—on any health-related topic and from any country or setting. More info: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2
If you've taken an image that brings a health story to life, enter it in our #LancetHighlights photography competition.
Submit by Nov 12—on any health-related topic and from any country or setting. More info: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2
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🌍 On Thursday, September 25, 2025, join @cchyale.bsky.social & The New York Academy of Medicine for our flagship event on sustainable health systems during Climate Week NYC! 🌿
Learn more & register today: HealthSystemsClimateAction.com
#ClimateHealth #SustainableHealthcare #YCCCH #NYAM
Learn more & register today: HealthSystemsClimateAction.com
#ClimateHealth #SustainableHealthcare #YCCCH #NYAM
September 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🌍 On Thursday, September 25, 2025, join @cchyale.bsky.social & The New York Academy of Medicine for our flagship event on sustainable health systems during Climate Week NYC! 🌿
Learn more & register today: HealthSystemsClimateAction.com
#ClimateHealth #SustainableHealthcare #YCCCH #NYAM
Learn more & register today: HealthSystemsClimateAction.com
#ClimateHealth #SustainableHealthcare #YCCCH #NYAM
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🌍 Today is the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
Thanks to the #MontrealProtocol, the EU has cut ozone-depleting substances by 99% since 1986. The ozone layer is healing — continued action is key.
🔗 www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
#OzoneDay #ClimateAction
Thanks to the #MontrealProtocol, the EU has cut ozone-depleting substances by 99% since 1986. The ozone layer is healing — continued action is key.
🔗 www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
#OzoneDay #ClimateAction
September 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🌍 Today is the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
Thanks to the #MontrealProtocol, the EU has cut ozone-depleting substances by 99% since 1986. The ozone layer is healing — continued action is key.
🔗 www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
#OzoneDay #ClimateAction
Thanks to the #MontrealProtocol, the EU has cut ozone-depleting substances by 99% since 1986. The ozone layer is healing — continued action is key.
🔗 www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
#OzoneDay #ClimateAction
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Congrats to @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social and colleagues for this important new paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature
Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.
www.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congrats to @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social and colleagues for this important new paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Everybody is talking about heatwaves these days. This morning @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social published a new app about thermal stress and its time evolution. You can access the app here: thermaltrace.climate.copernicus.eu & read more about it here: climate.copernicus.eu/thermal-trac...
Thermal trace: Decades of heat and cold stress data at your fingertips
The new Thermal Trace application, developed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and ECMWF*, allows us to explore, visualise, share and extract over 80 years of thermal stress data in a few...
climate.copernicus.eu
August 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Everybody is talking about heatwaves these days. This morning @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social published a new app about thermal stress and its time evolution. You can access the app here: thermaltrace.climate.copernicus.eu & read more about it here: climate.copernicus.eu/thermal-trac...
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📣Upcoming IPBES Online Global Dialogue Workshops to promote the use of IPBES products in policymaking!
Join us on 9 September from 13.30 - 16.00 (Central European Summer Time).
For registration details, please contact your @ipbes.net and @unbiodiversity.bsky.social national focal points.
Join us on 9 September from 13.30 - 16.00 (Central European Summer Time).
For registration details, please contact your @ipbes.net and @unbiodiversity.bsky.social national focal points.
August 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣Upcoming IPBES Online Global Dialogue Workshops to promote the use of IPBES products in policymaking!
Join us on 9 September from 13.30 - 16.00 (Central European Summer Time).
For registration details, please contact your @ipbes.net and @unbiodiversity.bsky.social national focal points.
Join us on 9 September from 13.30 - 16.00 (Central European Summer Time).
For registration details, please contact your @ipbes.net and @unbiodiversity.bsky.social national focal points.
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A picture is worth a thousand words 📸
If you’ve taken a photo that captures a powerful health story, we want to see it.
Enter the 2025 #LancetHighlights photography competition today: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2
If you’ve taken a photo that captures a powerful health story, we want to see it.
Enter the 2025 #LancetHighlights photography competition today: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2
Highlights 2025 photography competition: illuminating health stories in a single frame
In a single frame a photograph is a powerful way to tell a story and highlight an
important issue. Each year The Lancet invites submissions for the Highlights photography
competition and since 2009 we...
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August 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
A picture is worth a thousand words 📸
If you’ve taken a photo that captures a powerful health story, we want to see it.
Enter the 2025 #LancetHighlights photography competition today: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2
If you’ve taken a photo that captures a powerful health story, we want to see it.
Enter the 2025 #LancetHighlights photography competition today: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2
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Have you explored the July 2025 #C3S Climate Bulletin? It was only the fourth month in the past 25 months with a global-average surface air temperature below the 1.5°C threshold; climate-related events from floods to wildfires continued. Get the details in our summary 🔗 bit.ly/4oxbEll
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Have you explored the July 2025 #C3S Climate Bulletin? It was only the fourth month in the past 25 months with a global-average surface air temperature below the 1.5°C threshold; climate-related events from floods to wildfires continued. Get the details in our summary 🔗 bit.ly/4oxbEll
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Daily Briefing: Europe’s ‘deadly’ heat | Corals bleached | Warming drives dengue
➡️ Read today's full briefing here: buff.ly/SFp50eD
➡️ Sign up to our email briefings: buff.ly/3kFciAO
➡️ Read today's full briefing here: buff.ly/SFp50eD
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August 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Daily Briefing: Europe’s ‘deadly’ heat | Corals bleached | Warming drives dengue
➡️ Read today's full briefing here: buff.ly/SFp50eD
➡️ Sign up to our email briefings: buff.ly/3kFciAO
➡️ Read today's full briefing here: buff.ly/SFp50eD
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Smithsonian Digitizes Pollen From 18,000 Plant Species
#Phenology #plant #climate
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#Phenology #plant #climate
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Smithsonian Digitizes Pollen From 18,000 Plant Species
www.si.edu
August 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Smithsonian Digitizes Pollen From 18,000 Plant Species
#Phenology #plant #climate
www.si.edu/newsdesk/rel...
#Phenology #plant #climate
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