Dr Chloe Brimicombe
@chlobrim.bsky.social
🌞 Climate Scientist
☔ Science engagement manager (maternity cover) @rmets.org
🥵 Often found talking about heat and other extreme weather.
Own views 👀
#heatwaves #scicomm
☔ Science engagement manager (maternity cover) @rmets.org
🥵 Often found talking about heat and other extreme weather.
Own views 👀
#heatwaves #scicomm
Fire at #COP30 we think it was in the arts and culture pavilion behind the African pavilion. It got worse when it hit the roof. I was down the other end by the green zone.
BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Fire at #COP30 we think it was in the arts and culture pavilion behind the African pavilion. It got worse when it hit the roof. I was down the other end by the green zone.
Reposted by Dr Chloe Brimicombe
In case you're wondering just how far corporate lobbyists have gone to get into COP30 to push the idea that AI will solve climate change (and never you mind about all the energy it guzzles)....
🔴 NEW - Corporate Giant KPMG Accused of ‘Sneaking’ into COP30
Several senior staff members have gained entry without disclosing their real employer.
📝 @rtakver.bsky.social
Several senior staff members have gained entry without disclosing their real employer.
📝 @rtakver.bsky.social
Corporate Giant KPMG Accused of ‘Sneaking’ into COP30
Multinational consulting firm KPMG has been accused of using underhand methods to gain access to this year’s COP30 climate summit. Critics allege that the firm has been using seemingly unaffiliated ad...
www.desmog.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In case you're wondering just how far corporate lobbyists have gone to get into COP30 to push the idea that AI will solve climate change (and never you mind about all the energy it guzzles)....
@yorkshiretea.bsky.social can you please do a partnership with the UK pavilion at the Climate COP next year? Had to bring my own teabags - would be really cool given the impacts of #climate on tea production.
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@yorkshiretea.bsky.social can you please do a partnership with the UK pavilion at the Climate COP next year? Had to bring my own teabags - would be really cool given the impacts of #climate on tea production.
Made it to #COP30 excited to be helping the pearl @uniofreading.bsky.social with their COPCAS studio and attending events or colleagues and collaborators.
Be great to connect - if you have recommendations please let me know! Also so happy to help with anything.
Be great to connect - if you have recommendations please let me know! Also so happy to help with anything.
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Made it to #COP30 excited to be helping the pearl @uniofreading.bsky.social with their COPCAS studio and attending events or colleagues and collaborators.
Be great to connect - if you have recommendations please let me know! Also so happy to help with anything.
Be great to connect - if you have recommendations please let me know! Also so happy to help with anything.
Was stubbornly optimistic at the BBC's #climatecreatives 2025 with @rgsibg.bsky.social. I learnt so much about storytelling and changing narratives. And that the @nhm.org has a pond! Which I'm interested in for urban cooling research. Met so many interesting people.
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Was stubbornly optimistic at the BBC's #climatecreatives 2025 with @rgsibg.bsky.social. I learnt so much about storytelling and changing narratives. And that the @nhm.org has a pond! Which I'm interested in for urban cooling research. Met so many interesting people.
📢 Just had the most amazing experience communicating heat and compound hazards impacts on BBC breakfast. Thank you to @richardabetts.bsky.social for suggesting me and everyone at the BBC who were so lovely!
#scicomm #scisky
#scicomm #scisky
August 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📢 Just had the most amazing experience communicating heat and compound hazards impacts on BBC breakfast. Thank you to @richardabetts.bsky.social for suggesting me and everyone at the BBC who were so lovely!
#scicomm #scisky
#scicomm #scisky
Thanks to @eciu.net for providing a summary of my independent article! So useful see below👇
#scicomm #scisky
#scicomm #scisky
Why this latest European heatwave is so different – and more worrying – than the rest, a 🧵 breakdown of article by @chlobrim.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...
Why the latest European heatwave is so different – and more worrying – than the rest
As the UK bakes in its fourth heatwave of the year and wildfires sweep across southern Europe, climate scientist Chloe Brimicombe explains how extreme heat is affecting everything from our health to a country’s economy – and why the latest heatwave patterns are some of the most worrying
www.independent.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I did an interview with @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning on the likelihood of the driest and sunniest summer on record. Then I listed impacts - this combo really affects food systems! Beyond summer. Like the potato. Which is important because personally I like food.
#scicomm #scisky
#scicomm #scisky
August 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I did an interview with @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning on the likelihood of the driest and sunniest summer on record. Then I listed impacts - this combo really affects food systems! Beyond summer. Like the potato. Which is important because personally I like food.
#scicomm #scisky
#scicomm #scisky
Wrote an article this week for the independent, which was a lot of fun and a great opportunity. Key takeaways: really exciting weather pattern, rain mid-UK heatwave. There is a Broccoli shortage it is a temperate plant. More #climateaction! #scicomm #scisky
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Why the latest European heatwave is so different – and more worrying – than the rest
As the UK bakes in its fourth heatwave of the year and wildfires sweep across southern Europe, climate scientist Chloe Brimicombe explains how changing weather patterns affect everything from our heal...
www.independent.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Wrote an article this week for the independent, which was a lot of fun and a great opportunity. Key takeaways: really exciting weather pattern, rain mid-UK heatwave. There is a Broccoli shortage it is a temperate plant. More #climateaction! #scicomm #scisky
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
A clip from BBC 5 live ended up on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social news at 8pm (thanks to @simonleewx.com for the spot). And then my brain clocked with the world service - I told millions of people about heatwaves 😅. I was a kid who made fake radio shows so a nice overlap moment 😊.
August 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A clip from BBC 5 live ended up on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social news at 8pm (thanks to @simonleewx.com for the spot). And then my brain clocked with the world service - I told millions of people about heatwaves 😅. I was a kid who made fake radio shows so a nice overlap moment 😊.
Contributed a comment and talked through this piece a while back. Great to see it out. Important findings for England mirroring what we see in other countries and raising questions on vulnerability.
I really like writing and helping contribute to work like this.
#scicomm #scisky #heatwaves
I really like writing and helping contribute to work like this.
#scicomm #scisky #heatwaves
NEW – Analysis: England’s most ethnically diverse areas are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @vernerviisas.bsky.social w/ comment from @profangelhsu.bsky.social @charleshsimpson.bsky.social Emma Howard Boyd @chlobrim.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/boWI6M1
Read here: buff.ly/boWI6M1
August 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Contributed a comment and talked through this piece a while back. Great to see it out. Important findings for England mirroring what we see in other countries and raising questions on vulnerability.
I really like writing and helping contribute to work like this.
#scicomm #scisky #heatwaves
I really like writing and helping contribute to work like this.
#scicomm #scisky #heatwaves
Busy day talking about all sorts of things. Thank you to BBC 5-live and BBC news for having me talk about heat, drought and wildfires.
I want to mention the below on the BBC world service on water and energy usage of data centers: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#scicomm #scisky #heatwave
I want to mention the below on the BBC world service on water and energy usage of data centers: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#scicomm #scisky #heatwave
August 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Busy day talking about all sorts of things. Thank you to BBC 5-live and BBC news for having me talk about heat, drought and wildfires.
I want to mention the below on the BBC world service on water and energy usage of data centers: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#scicomm #scisky #heatwave
I want to mention the below on the BBC world service on water and energy usage of data centers: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#scicomm #scisky #heatwave
Reposted by Dr Chloe Brimicombe
NEW – Analysis: England’s most ethnically diverse areas are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @vernerviisas.bsky.social w/ comment from @profangelhsu.bsky.social @charleshsimpson.bsky.social Emma Howard Boyd @chlobrim.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/boWI6M1
Read here: buff.ly/boWI6M1
August 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW – Analysis: England’s most ethnically diverse areas are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @vernerviisas.bsky.social w/ comment from @profangelhsu.bsky.social @charleshsimpson.bsky.social Emma Howard Boyd @chlobrim.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/boWI6M1
Read here: buff.ly/boWI6M1
Thunderstorms mid-heatwave - there's this band on the radar in the South West. I don't remember in the UK - like in central Europe common.
@simonleewx.com?
@simonleewx.com?
August 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Thunderstorms mid-heatwave - there's this band on the radar in the South West. I don't remember in the UK - like in central Europe common.
@simonleewx.com?
@simonleewx.com?
💧 New co-author paper. Thank you to Dr Cheng He for the opportunity to contribute.
Rainfall variability and under-five child mortality in 59 low- and middle-income countries ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#rainfall #child #climatechange #scisky @1verofilippi.bsky.social
Rainfall variability and under-five child mortality in 59 low- and middle-income countries ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#rainfall #child #climatechange #scisky @1verofilippi.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
💧 New co-author paper. Thank you to Dr Cheng He for the opportunity to contribute.
Rainfall variability and under-five child mortality in 59 low- and middle-income countries ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#rainfall #child #climatechange #scisky @1verofilippi.bsky.social
Rainfall variability and under-five child mortality in 59 low- and middle-income countries ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#rainfall #child #climatechange #scisky @1verofilippi.bsky.social
🚒 Heat, Wildfire, Drought - Summer 2025. We've seen the worst wildfire since 1949 this past week in France. I spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social about the impacts of individual hazards and combined ahead of the 4th UK heatwave.
My dream is a heat docu series and book 😁!?
#ClimateChange #SciComm
My dream is a heat docu series and book 😁!?
#ClimateChange #SciComm
August 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🚒 Heat, Wildfire, Drought - Summer 2025. We've seen the worst wildfire since 1949 this past week in France. I spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social about the impacts of individual hazards and combined ahead of the 4th UK heatwave.
My dream is a heat docu series and book 😁!?
#ClimateChange #SciComm
My dream is a heat docu series and book 😁!?
#ClimateChange #SciComm
3 years ago today I submitted my PhD thesis. I was lucky at the time I had my dream job lined up. Fast-forward now with lots of flip-flops, I am taking a year out of academia to decide what I want to do, at @rmets.org in a diverse cover. If you have any advice, please share.
August 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
3 years ago today I submitted my PhD thesis. I was lucky at the time I had my dream job lined up. Fast-forward now with lots of flip-flops, I am taking a year out of academia to decide what I want to do, at @rmets.org in a diverse cover. If you have any advice, please share.
You can see my France 24 interview from over the weekend below. Was really great to talk about compound hazards and #climatechange
youtu.be/bf-DbYF-I9I?...
youtu.be/bf-DbYF-I9I?...
Europe needs infrastructure overhaul to tackle summer heatwaves, expert says • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
youtu.be
July 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
You can see my France 24 interview from over the weekend below. Was really great to talk about compound hazards and #climatechange
youtu.be/bf-DbYF-I9I?...
youtu.be/bf-DbYF-I9I?...
🥵 It's a #heatwave ... A tropical heatwave. Been a busy day today discussing the heatwave (also drought and wildfires) in the UK and Europe. I spoke about the impacts of mostly the heatwaves but also explaining compound hazards. Thanks to BBC 5 live, LBC news, France 24 and Sky news. #scicomm
July 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🌦️🌂 Had a fantastic first week of my new job, helping out with the @rmets.org early career and student and annual weather and climate conferences in Manchester Metropolitan, Dalton Building. Hope to see everyone and new faces next year!
July 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🌦️🌂 Had a fantastic first week of my new job, helping out with the @rmets.org early career and student and annual weather and climate conferences in Manchester Metropolitan, Dalton Building. Hope to see everyone and new faces next year!
📜 Reached a personal publishing goal today of h-index 10 and h-index10 at 10, a year earlier than I thought! Which was unexpected.
July 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
📜 Reached a personal publishing goal today of h-index 10 and h-index10 at 10, a year earlier than I thought! Which was unexpected.
@rmets.org day 3 of the early career and student conference and annual weather and climate. And my third day working for them! Been super great so far. Amazing research and cake! Even won a mug. 😊 Looking forward to the next 2 days.
July 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@rmets.org day 3 of the early career and student conference and annual weather and climate. And my third day working for them! Been super great so far. Amazing research and cake! Even won a mug. 😊 Looking forward to the next 2 days.
Got this lovely comment on my LinkedIn yesterday. Another day today started off talking to @bbc5live.bsky.social about the European heatwaves, what people get confused about and how prepared the UK is! Still "Woefully unprepared!"
June 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Got this lovely comment on my LinkedIn yesterday. Another day today started off talking to @bbc5live.bsky.social about the European heatwaves, what people get confused about and how prepared the UK is! Still "Woefully unprepared!"
To clarify the influence of heat on maternal health focuses mostly on the baby. There's not much UK research published for either group at all. But globally a 2023 study by former colleagues found we don't even appear to know how breast milk changes during heat.
Concerning about Carrie Johnson. But poses an important question - how many other breastfeeding women in the UK go through similar during high heat? We should have a better plan and messages to protect this group.
#scicomm #heatwave
uk.news.yahoo.com/carrie-johns...
#scicomm #heatwave
uk.news.yahoo.com/carrie-johns...
Carrie Johnson hospitalised with severe dehydration after giving birth
Mrs Johnson revealed that she had also suffered mastitis while her baby was struggling with reflux
uk.news.yahoo.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
To clarify the influence of heat on maternal health focuses mostly on the baby. There's not much UK research published for either group at all. But globally a 2023 study by former colleagues found we don't even appear to know how breast milk changes during heat.
Concerning about Carrie Johnson. But poses an important question - how many other breastfeeding women in the UK go through similar during high heat? We should have a better plan and messages to protect this group.
#scicomm #heatwave
uk.news.yahoo.com/carrie-johns...
#scicomm #heatwave
uk.news.yahoo.com/carrie-johns...
Carrie Johnson hospitalised with severe dehydration after giving birth
Mrs Johnson revealed that she had also suffered mastitis while her baby was struggling with reflux
uk.news.yahoo.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Concerning about Carrie Johnson. But poses an important question - how many other breastfeeding women in the UK go through similar during high heat? We should have a better plan and messages to protect this group.
#scicomm #heatwave
uk.news.yahoo.com/carrie-johns...
#scicomm #heatwave
uk.news.yahoo.com/carrie-johns...