Paul Young
@pjyng.bsky.social
Climate and risk | Head of Science, JBA Risk Management | Visiting Prof, Newcastle Uni | Ex full time Academic
Views my own | Hot takes are probably someone else's
Views my own | Hot takes are probably someone else's
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How slashing university research grants impacts Colorado’s economy and national innovation – a CU Boulder administrator explains
theconversation.com/how-slashing...
theconversation.com/how-slashing...
How slashing university research grants impacts Colorado’s economy and national innovation – a CU Boulder administrator explains
Federal funding cuts in the billions have impacted dozens of universities in the US.
theconversation.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How slashing university research grants impacts Colorado’s economy and national innovation – a CU Boulder administrator explains
theconversation.com/how-slashing...
theconversation.com/how-slashing...
A circumzenithal arc? Anyway, nice clear skies on the Costa del Morecambe, but bracing for some “this is not normal, the world is on fire” weather this weekend
July 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A circumzenithal arc? Anyway, nice clear skies on the Costa del Morecambe, but bracing for some “this is not normal, the world is on fire” weather this weekend
If you're as concerned as me about the pace and scale of proposed staff cuts and department closures at UK universities, this piece arguing for a new regulatory framework is worth a read 👇
isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
A New Regulatory Framework for University Cuts
isrf.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If you're as concerned as me about the pace and scale of proposed staff cuts and department closures at UK universities, this piece arguing for a new regulatory framework is worth a read 👇
isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
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Updated Climate Visuals
(1) Warming stripes for atmosphere and ocean
(2) Climate indicators (adding land humidity for 2024)
(3) UK climate indicators (adding some 2024 data)
ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
(1) Warming stripes for atmosphere and ocean
(2) Climate indicators (adding land humidity for 2024)
(3) UK climate indicators (adding some 2024 data)
ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
May 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Updated Climate Visuals
(1) Warming stripes for atmosphere and ocean
(2) Climate indicators (adding land humidity for 2024)
(3) UK climate indicators (adding some 2024 data)
ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
(1) Warming stripes for atmosphere and ocean
(2) Climate indicators (adding land humidity for 2024)
(3) UK climate indicators (adding some 2024 data)
ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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Coming soon: a website showing exactly how much warmer or cooler than usual the UK is right now.
If you live in the north-west of England it is currently a lot warmer than usual for the time of year and time of day.
If you live in the north-west of England it is currently a lot warmer than usual for the time of year and time of day.
May 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Coming soon: a website showing exactly how much warmer or cooler than usual the UK is right now.
If you live in the north-west of England it is currently a lot warmer than usual for the time of year and time of day.
If you live in the north-west of England it is currently a lot warmer than usual for the time of year and time of day.
Great to have extended the climate stripes up and down and to have documented their genesis!
Interested the stratosphere signal? See Box 5-1 of the 2018 WMO Ozone Assessment:
👉🏼 csl.noaa.gov/assessments/...
Thanks to NCAR's Bill Randel & John Starr for the extended stratospheric temperature data.
Interested the stratosphere signal? See Box 5-1 of the 2018 WMO Ozone Assessment:
👉🏼 csl.noaa.gov/assessments/...
Thanks to NCAR's Bill Randel & John Starr for the extended stratospheric temperature data.
The Warming Stripes have now been extended downwards into the ocean and upwards into the stratosphere!
Collaborative paper which tells the story of how the stripes were developed, and discusses their extension across the Earth system, is now available in BAMS: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
Collaborative paper which tells the story of how the stripes were developed, and discusses their extension across the Earth system, is now available in BAMS: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
May 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Great to have extended the climate stripes up and down and to have documented their genesis!
Interested the stratosphere signal? See Box 5-1 of the 2018 WMO Ozone Assessment:
👉🏼 csl.noaa.gov/assessments/...
Thanks to NCAR's Bill Randel & John Starr for the extended stratospheric temperature data.
Interested the stratosphere signal? See Box 5-1 of the 2018 WMO Ozone Assessment:
👉🏼 csl.noaa.gov/assessments/...
Thanks to NCAR's Bill Randel & John Starr for the extended stratospheric temperature data.
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Just heard that staff are being told this morning that EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) will be completely shut down by the end of April.... because who needs research or development on environmental issues?
April 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Just heard that staff are being told this morning that EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) will be completely shut down by the end of April.... because who needs research or development on environmental issues?
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In this article @lindenashcroft.bsky.social and I look at the latest WMO report on the climate in 2024. In a nutshell- the climate is moving further away from its pre-industrial state because of our greenhouse gas emissions. We need to get to net zero ASAP theconversation.com/flooding-in-...
Flooding in the Sahara, Amazon tributaries drying and warming tipping over 1.5°C – 2024 broke all the wrong records
The atmosphere now has the highest carbon dioxide levels in the last 800,000 years – and global heat records have toppled yet again. Coincidence? Of course not
theconversation.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
In this article @lindenashcroft.bsky.social and I look at the latest WMO report on the climate in 2024. In a nutshell- the climate is moving further away from its pre-industrial state because of our greenhouse gas emissions. We need to get to net zero ASAP theconversation.com/flooding-in-...
With everything going on (*waves hands*), I've found this diagnosis from George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison a good read:
www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534...
You can hear George being interviewed on the Disorder podcast too:
open.spotify.com/episode/3lUM...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534...
You can hear George being interviewed on the Disorder podcast too:
open.spotify.com/episode/3lUM...
The Invisible Doctrine
This book is dynamite' - Caroline Lucas | 'Fantastic' - Mark Ruffalo
We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our...
www.penguin.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
With everything going on (*waves hands*), I've found this diagnosis from George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison a good read:
www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534...
You can hear George being interviewed on the Disorder podcast too:
open.spotify.com/episode/3lUM...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534...
You can hear George being interviewed on the Disorder podcast too:
open.spotify.com/episode/3lUM...
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From @guardian-climate.bsky.social: The Trump administration is stripping away support for scientific research in the US and overseas that contains a word it finds particularly inconvenient: “climate.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions ‘climate’
US government stripping funds from domestic and overseas research amid warnings for health and public safety
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
From @guardian-climate.bsky.social: The Trump administration is stripping away support for scientific research in the US and overseas that contains a word it finds particularly inconvenient: “climate.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Have also heard of US friends removing anything climate-related from email signatures etc. if they have fed clients :-(
February 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Have also heard of US friends removing anything climate-related from email signatures etc. if they have fed clients :-(
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It's only taken me about, ooh, five years to sort... but here we have it, a workshop for early career women in sustainability!
Come along and/or tell your friends. Brilliant speakers, great chance to meet some amazing people.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/she-is-susta...
Come along and/or tell your friends. Brilliant speakers, great chance to meet some amazing people.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/she-is-susta...
"March 24th Early Careers in Sustainability Workshop" at Imperial College London
Tickets are now available for March 24th Early Careers in Sustainability Workshop at Imperial College London, Grantham Institute Climate Change. on Monday 24th March 2025 at 9:30AM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
www.ticketsource.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's only taken me about, ooh, five years to sort... but here we have it, a workshop for early career women in sustainability!
Come along and/or tell your friends. Brilliant speakers, great chance to meet some amazing people.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/she-is-susta...
Come along and/or tell your friends. Brilliant speakers, great chance to meet some amazing people.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/she-is-susta...
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🚨 New competitively funded PhD opportunity! 🚨
Applications are open for a 3 year funded PhD on indoor air quality, behaviour change and health.
🔬 Find out more here: www.stir.ac.uk/research/res...
#airquality #airpollution #behaviourchange
Applications are open for a 3 year funded PhD on indoor air quality, behaviour change and health.
🔬 Find out more here: www.stir.ac.uk/research/res...
#airquality #airpollution #behaviourchange
Improving indoor air quality and health through data-supported behaviour changes | Research | University of Stirling
Explore a co-funded PhD opportunity in Improving indoor air quality and health through data-supported behaviour changes.
www.stir.ac.uk
February 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🚨 New competitively funded PhD opportunity! 🚨
Applications are open for a 3 year funded PhD on indoor air quality, behaviour change and health.
🔬 Find out more here: www.stir.ac.uk/research/res...
#airquality #airpollution #behaviourchange
Applications are open for a 3 year funded PhD on indoor air quality, behaviour change and health.
🔬 Find out more here: www.stir.ac.uk/research/res...
#airquality #airpollution #behaviourchange
Interested in the history, practice, and sociology of risk?
Lucy Easthope's "At your peril" series for the BBC is well worth a listen, especially at only 5 x 15 mins!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
Lucy Easthope's "At your peril" series for the BBC is well worth a listen, especially at only 5 x 15 mins!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - At Your Own Peril - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of At Your Own Peril on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Interested in the history, practice, and sociology of risk?
Lucy Easthope's "At your peril" series for the BBC is well worth a listen, especially at only 5 x 15 mins!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
Lucy Easthope's "At your peril" series for the BBC is well worth a listen, especially at only 5 x 15 mins!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
"Global warming has accelerated: Are the United Nations and public well informed?"
New from from Jim Hansen et al, covering sci, policy, justice, and railing against GCM underestimates of change.
If you're in climate, I expect you'll be asked about it!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New from from Jim Hansen et al, covering sci, policy, justice, and railing against GCM underestimates of change.
If you're in climate, I expect you'll be asked about it!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed?
Global temperature leaped more than 0.4°C (0.7°F) during the past two years, the 12-month average peaking in August 2024 at +1.6°C relative to the temperature at the beginning of last century (the ...
www.tandfonline.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Global warming has accelerated: Are the United Nations and public well informed?"
New from from Jim Hansen et al, covering sci, policy, justice, and railing against GCM underestimates of change.
If you're in climate, I expect you'll be asked about it!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New from from Jim Hansen et al, covering sci, policy, justice, and railing against GCM underestimates of change.
If you're in climate, I expect you'll be asked about it!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What's the energy mix for the UK's power right now? Last week? Last month? Since 2012?
Perhaps, like me, you're late to the party on these excellent visuals and resources from software dev Kate Morley:
grid.iamkate.com
Perhaps, like me, you're late to the party on these excellent visuals and resources from software dev Kate Morley:
grid.iamkate.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
What's the energy mix for the UK's power right now? Last week? Last month? Since 2012?
Perhaps, like me, you're late to the party on these excellent visuals and resources from software dev Kate Morley:
grid.iamkate.com
Perhaps, like me, you're late to the party on these excellent visuals and resources from software dev Kate Morley:
grid.iamkate.com
The impact of #stormEowyn in Morecambe, NW England 😱
Pic is from my son who is on a work placement in a light industrial estate.
Pic is from my son who is on a work placement in a light industrial estate.
January 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The impact of #stormEowyn in Morecambe, NW England 😱
Pic is from my son who is on a work placement in a light industrial estate.
Pic is from my son who is on a work placement in a light industrial estate.
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The jet stream that helped dump a foot of snow on the Gulf Coast is now accelerating over the Atlantic, helping fuel the strongest storm on record over Ireland with 100 mph gusts and 50 ft waves! It is so strong NOAA sent a hurricane hunter to Ireland to collect data!
#Eowyn
#Eowyn
January 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The jet stream that helped dump a foot of snow on the Gulf Coast is now accelerating over the Atlantic, helping fuel the strongest storm on record over Ireland with 100 mph gusts and 50 ft waves! It is so strong NOAA sent a hurricane hunter to Ireland to collect data!
#Eowyn
#Eowyn
CA Wildfires: GallagerRe have completed an "event response", giving an overview and insurance angle regarding these horrific events.
For those unfamiliar, event response reports are often produced by the industry during/just after events with big $$ losses.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/gallag...
For those unfamiliar, event response reports are often produced by the industry during/just after events with big $$ losses.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/gallag...
Gallagher Re on LinkedIn: Gallagher Re Event Response - Southern CA Wildfires
Please see below for event commentary relating to the ongoing devastation from the Southern California / Los Angles #wildfires including financial loss…
www.linkedin.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
CA Wildfires: GallagerRe have completed an "event response", giving an overview and insurance angle regarding these horrific events.
For those unfamiliar, event response reports are often produced by the industry during/just after events with big $$ losses.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/gallag...
For those unfamiliar, event response reports are often produced by the industry during/just after events with big $$ losses.
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/gallag...
Interested in how we can get academia/industry collaborations working?
I'll be drawing on experiences at JBA and my old academic life at this workshop in Reading tomorrow, while also learning from others.
If you're there too, let's introduce ourselves.
www.rmets.org/event/advanc...
I'll be drawing on experiences at JBA and my old academic life at this workshop in Reading tomorrow, while also learning from others.
If you're there too, let's introduce ourselves.
www.rmets.org/event/advanc...
Advancing Collaboration between the Insurance Sector and Academia
This workshop offers a platform for researchers in the insurance and catastrophe modelling industries to share their ongoing research and associated challenges with other natural catastrophe researche...
www.rmets.org
January 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Interested in how we can get academia/industry collaborations working?
I'll be drawing on experiences at JBA and my old academic life at this workshop in Reading tomorrow, while also learning from others.
If you're there too, let's introduce ourselves.
www.rmets.org/event/advanc...
I'll be drawing on experiences at JBA and my old academic life at this workshop in Reading tomorrow, while also learning from others.
If you're there too, let's introduce ourselves.
www.rmets.org/event/advanc...
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With all the news about the latest data showing that temperatures in 2024 were 1.6°C warmer than pre-industrial levels, many have asked what this means for the 1.5°C of the UN Paris Agreement.
A short 🧵that aims to distinguish the signal from the noise (1)
A short 🧵that aims to distinguish the signal from the noise (1)
January 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
With all the news about the latest data showing that temperatures in 2024 were 1.6°C warmer than pre-industrial levels, many have asked what this means for the 1.5°C of the UN Paris Agreement.
A short 🧵that aims to distinguish the signal from the noise (1)
A short 🧵that aims to distinguish the signal from the noise (1)
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NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
January 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
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In 2024, all four domains (NH land, NH ocean, SH land, SH ocean) had their warmest annual temperatures on record.
(Based on the CRUTEM and HadSST datasets that go into HadCRUT)
(Based on the CRUTEM and HadSST datasets that go into HadCRUT)
January 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In 2024, all four domains (NH land, NH ocean, SH land, SH ocean) had their warmest annual temperatures on record.
(Based on the CRUTEM and HadSST datasets that go into HadCRUT)
(Based on the CRUTEM and HadSST datasets that go into HadCRUT)
ICYMI - Report on 2024 weather extremes, by World Weather Attribution with Climate Central:
www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-b...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-b...
When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024 – World Weather Attribution
www.worldweatherattribution.org
January 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
ICYMI - Report on 2024 weather extremes, by World Weather Attribution with Climate Central:
www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-b...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-b...
Who knew there are (or were) more shipping forecast areas than the standard ones? This old map has also got some different names (e.g., Finisterre for Fitzroy).
Source: Royal Museums Greenwich FB page
(c) Crown Copyright. Photo: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Source: Royal Museums Greenwich FB page
(c) Crown Copyright. Photo: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
January 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Who knew there are (or were) more shipping forecast areas than the standard ones? This old map has also got some different names (e.g., Finisterre for Fitzroy).
Source: Royal Museums Greenwich FB page
(c) Crown Copyright. Photo: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Source: Royal Museums Greenwich FB page
(c) Crown Copyright. Photo: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich