Prof Bill McGuire
@profbillmcguire.bsky.social
Volcanologist, climate scientist, writer, broadcaster, activist, socialist, best-selling author of HOTHOUSE EARTH: AN INHABITANT'S GUIDE. Born @ 313
Home town, Llanelli (South Wales) - lives in the wonderful Peak District
Website: billmcguire.co.uk
Home town, Llanelli (South Wales) - lives in the wonderful Peak District
Website: billmcguire.co.uk
This truly beggars belief
Apparently young people are pricing themselves out of jobs due to their massive salaries
I have never heard such disingenuous drivel
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Apparently young people are pricing themselves out of jobs due to their massive salaries
I have never heard such disingenuous drivel
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage
Exclusive: Blair-era minister echoes concerns about young people being priced out of jobs, in intervention likely to dismay Labour MPs
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This truly beggars belief
Apparently young people are pricing themselves out of jobs due to their massive salaries
I have never heard such disingenuous drivel
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Apparently young people are pricing themselves out of jobs due to their massive salaries
I have never heard such disingenuous drivel
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Great. Don't give a f*ck for sea life will you?
As usual, nature alwsys comes last
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
As usual, nature alwsys comes last
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Ukraine attacks Russian ‘shadow’ tanker off Libyan coast
Reportedly critical drone strike is first in Mediterranean since full-scale invasion began as maritime conflict grows
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Great. Don't give a f*ck for sea life will you?
As usual, nature alwsys comes last
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
As usual, nature alwsys comes last
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Mind-boggling!
The UK can no longer even broadcast it's own sports events
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The UK can no longer even broadcast it's own sports events
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC replaced by TNT Sports as Commonwealth Games live broadcaster
The subscription channel takes over from the BBC which had been the principal partner since 1954 and provided free-to-air coverage.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Mind-boggling!
The UK can no longer even broadcast it's own sports events
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The UK can no longer even broadcast it's own sports events
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For those out there who still think of anthropogenic climate breakdown as a blip
It takes around 400,000 years for nature to completely remove a tonne of CO2 released by human activities
It takes around 400,000 years for nature to completely remove a tonne of CO2 released by human activities
December 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
For those out there who still think of anthropogenic climate breakdown as a blip
It takes around 400,000 years for nature to completely remove a tonne of CO2 released by human activities
It takes around 400,000 years for nature to completely remove a tonne of CO2 released by human activities
“Climate change is at the heart of this government’s agenda"
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists
Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Climate change is at the heart of this government’s agenda"
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
To which the only response can be - bollox
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
These are more than plausible, and we are utterly unprepared - as a country and a global community
Close to half of climate scientists polled expect a 3C or more temperature rise - including me
A return to Pliocene conditions is the best we can hope for
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Close to half of climate scientists polled expect a 3C or more temperature rise - including me
A return to Pliocene conditions is the best we can hope for
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists
Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
These are more than plausible, and we are utterly unprepared - as a country and a global community
Close to half of climate scientists polled expect a 3C or more temperature rise - including me
A return to Pliocene conditions is the best we can hope for
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Close to half of climate scientists polled expect a 3C or more temperature rise - including me
A return to Pliocene conditions is the best we can hope for
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Great - if annoyingly animated - report about our Achilles heel on a heating planet - food supply
One study (not shown here) suggests crop yields could fall 30% by 2050, when the population could be up by 50%
More than a halving of calories per head
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One study (not shown here) suggests crop yields could fall 30% by 2050, when the population could be up by 50%
More than a halving of calories per head
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril - in maps and charts
From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Great - if annoyingly animated - report about our Achilles heel on a heating planet - food supply
One study (not shown here) suggests crop yields could fall 30% by 2050, when the population could be up by 50%
More than a halving of calories per head
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One study (not shown here) suggests crop yields could fall 30% by 2050, when the population could be up by 50%
More than a halving of calories per head
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Ministers hint at further relaxation of zero emission mandate"
The latest rowback on cutting emissions
It really does beggar belief
Climate crisis - what climate crisis?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The latest rowback on cutting emissions
It really does beggar belief
Climate crisis - what climate crisis?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK to bring forward review of EV sales targets from 2027 to next year
Ministers hint at further relaxation of zero emission mandate but say will not follow EU move to dilute 2035 petrol cars ban
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Ministers hint at further relaxation of zero emission mandate"
The latest rowback on cutting emissions
It really does beggar belief
Climate crisis - what climate crisis?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The latest rowback on cutting emissions
It really does beggar belief
Climate crisis - what climate crisis?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Our predicament in a nutshell
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our predicament in a nutshell
If you are a smoker and care about the climate, here is another reason for stopping
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fctc.who.int/newsroom/spo...
Smoking causes 84 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions each year
The health impacts of tobacco are widely known. What is less well known is the negative impact tobacco use has on the environment.
fctc.who.int
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
If you are a smoker and care about the climate, here is another reason for stopping
fctc.who.int/newsroom/spo...
fctc.who.int/newsroom/spo...
This obnoxious individual is an anti-climate action billionaire
Why, FFS, is he being handed more than £100 million of tax payer's money, so that he can rake in even more cash
Indefensible and despicable
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Why, FFS, is he being handed more than £100 million of tax payer's money, so that he can rake in even more cash
Indefensible and despicable
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Government invests £120m to save UK’s last ethylene plant
Funding for billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos plant in Scotland will help safeguard 500 jobs
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This obnoxious individual is an anti-climate action billionaire
Why, FFS, is he being handed more than £100 million of tax payer's money, so that he can rake in even more cash
Indefensible and despicable
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Why, FFS, is he being handed more than £100 million of tax payer's money, so that he can rake in even more cash
Indefensible and despicable
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The huge polar amplification of heating continues
Tipping of the Greenland Ice Sheet all but certain now, locking-in an eventual ~7m rise
Say goodbye to much of Florida, and coastal towns and cities across the planet
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Tipping of the Greenland Ice Sheet all but certain now, locking-in an eventual ~7m rise
Say goodbye to much of Florida, and coastal towns and cities across the planet
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The huge polar amplification of heating continues
Tipping of the Greenland Ice Sheet all but certain now, locking-in an eventual ~7m rise
Say goodbye to much of Florida, and coastal towns and cities across the planet
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Tipping of the Greenland Ice Sheet all but certain now, locking-in an eventual ~7m rise
Say goodbye to much of Florida, and coastal towns and cities across the planet
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Articles like this by @johnharris1969.bsky.social in @theguardian.com - and there are plenty similar pieces around - always remind me how lucky I am never to have owned a smartphone 😊
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This year, I have seen a glimmer of hope: people are ditching a life led on screens for the real thing | John Harris
Whether it’s nightclubs banning phones or a drop in online dating, there are signs that we’re rediscovering the joy of being in the moment, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Articles like this by @johnharris1969.bsky.social in @theguardian.com - and there are plenty similar pieces around - always remind me how lucky I am never to have owned a smartphone 😊
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"this could cut the rate of warming by a third in 10 years and halve it by 2040, keeping the 1.5C goal in sight"
Get real
By 2040, 1.5C will have vanished over the horizon, while 2C looms ever closer, if it hasen't already arrived
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Get real
By 2040, 1.5C will have vanished over the horizon, while 2C looms ever closer, if it hasen't already arrived
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane | Mia Mottley
The oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out, says the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"this could cut the rate of warming by a third in 10 years and halve it by 2040, keeping the 1.5C goal in sight"
Get real
By 2040, 1.5C will have vanished over the horizon, while 2C looms ever closer, if it hasen't already arrived
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Get real
By 2040, 1.5C will have vanished over the horizon, while 2C looms ever closer, if it hasen't already arrived
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No big deal Morrisons
Climate breakdown will ensure you won't even be around in 2065
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Climate breakdown will ensure you won't even be around in 2065
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Morrisons becomes first UK supermarket to delay net zero targets
Britain’s fifth-biggest grocer postpones goal by 15 years to 2050, saying revised plan will now cover entire supply chain
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
No big deal Morrisons
Climate breakdown will ensure you won't even be around in 2065
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Climate breakdown will ensure you won't even be around in 2065
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Looks like it could be another devastating wildfire season in Oz
Wildfires are one of the signature hazards of climate breakdown
However they start, there is nothing natural about these any longer as heat and drought hugely amplify impacts
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wildfires are one of the signature hazards of climate breakdown
However they start, there is nothing natural about these any longer as heat and drought hugely amplify impacts
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Weather tracker: Australia bushfires could be most dangerous since ‘black summer’
Fires are burning across NSW, with Tasmania also facing an emergency, while in the US, Washington state braces for floods
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Looks like it could be another devastating wildfire season in Oz
Wildfires are one of the signature hazards of climate breakdown
However they start, there is nothing natural about these any longer as heat and drought hugely amplify impacts
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wildfires are one of the signature hazards of climate breakdown
However they start, there is nothing natural about these any longer as heat and drought hugely amplify impacts
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Remember, for much of the world - including pretty much all of South and SE Asia that relies on glacier-fed rivers for irrigation -
no glaciers means no water
and no water means no crops
and no crops means no food
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
no glaciers means no water
and no water means no crops
and no crops means no food
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Remember, for much of the world - including pretty much all of South and SE Asia that relies on glacier-fed rivers for irrigation -
no glaciers means no water
and no water means no crops
and no crops means no food
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
no glaciers means no water
and no water means no crops
and no crops means no food
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The obscenity of disaster capitalism
Get paid for making the weapons to destroy a country, and get paid again for rebuilding it
Makes me want to punch someone - hard
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Get paid for making the weapons to destroy a country, and get paid again for rebuilding it
Makes me want to punch someone - hard
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The obscenity of disaster capitalism
Get paid for making the weapons to destroy a country, and get paid again for rebuilding it
Makes me want to punch someone - hard
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Get paid for making the weapons to destroy a country, and get paid again for rebuilding it
Makes me want to punch someone - hard
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Incredible!
Mass shootings are now so common in the US that this was the second shooting experienced by two survivors
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mass shootings are now so common in the US that this was the second shooting experienced by two survivors
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Incredible!
Mass shootings are now so common in the US that this was the second shooting experienced by two survivors
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mass shootings are now so common in the US that this was the second shooting experienced by two survivors
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
You might think that you couldn't make this up, but it's just what the Met Police does
Absolutely disgraceful. And the police wonder why they lack public trust
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/14/police-spied-on-group-set-up-to-expose-wrongdoing-in-met-inquiry-hears
Absolutely disgraceful. And the police wonder why they lack public trust
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/14/police-spied-on-group-set-up-to-expose-wrongdoing-in-met-inquiry-hears
Police spied on group set up to expose wrongdoing in Met, inquiry hears
The HCDA, which sought to expose police corruption and violence, was secretly monitored for a decade
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
You might think that you couldn't make this up, but it's just what the Met Police does
Absolutely disgraceful. And the police wonder why they lack public trust
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/14/police-spied-on-group-set-up-to-expose-wrongdoing-in-met-inquiry-hears
Absolutely disgraceful. And the police wonder why they lack public trust
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/14/police-spied-on-group-set-up-to-expose-wrongdoing-in-met-inquiry-hears
The criminally ignorant Badenoch is at it again
Like Reform UK, the Tory Party is now a climate denier party
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Like Reform UK, the Tory Party is now a climate denier party
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kemi Badenoch: Tories to scrap petrol ban if they win next election
The Conservative Party leader says the policy is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The criminally ignorant Badenoch is at it again
Like Reform UK, the Tory Party is now a climate denier party
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Like Reform UK, the Tory Party is now a climate denier party
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is absolutely vital
We are completely unprepared for the climate chaos that is coming
Please sign now and share
We are completely unprepared for the climate chaos that is coming
Please sign now and share
If we are to survive what is coming, let alone to flourish, then we desperately need the kind of strategic adaptation that false optimism leaves unfunded or even sneered at.
As a small gesture towards such adaptation, please sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Thank You…
As a small gesture towards such adaptation, please sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Thank You…
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that wo...
petition.parliament.uk
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is absolutely vital
We are completely unprepared for the climate chaos that is coming
Please sign now and share
We are completely unprepared for the climate chaos that is coming
Please sign now and share
TBH I think these are pretty redundant
The REAL videos of the Starmer government are easily bad enough
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The REAL videos of the Starmer government are easily bad enough
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
Exclusive: More than 150 anonymous channels using cheap AI tools to spread false stories about Keir Starmer, study finds
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
TBH I think these are pretty redundant
The REAL videos of the Starmer government are easily bad enough
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The REAL videos of the Starmer government are easily bad enough
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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December 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
For a real world take on global heating and climate breakdown (and occasional other stuff), subscribe to my COOL EARTH substack blog
Free and paid (Bill's weekly Climate Catch-up from Feb '26) options available
billmcguire.substack.com
Free and paid (Bill's weekly Climate Catch-up from Feb '26) options available
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