At noon Devon was at the top the national daily high temperature leader board. In particular, we were ahead of Somerset for a change! 3/n Image: @roostweather.bsky.social

By 9:20 Dartmoor had emerged from the gloom and the 3rd day of the latest #heatwave here in West Devon was fully under way: west-devon.info/2026/07/the-... #WestDevonWx 4/4

FYI @petagna.bsky.social @roostweather.bsky.social @richardabetts.bsky.social "The Met Office Press Office still hasn't returned my call and/or emails. Perhaps they don't work weekends and/or they're overwhelmed by "sceptical" enquiries from the #Torygraph and the #DailyFail?" 1/n

It has been confirmed that we have now been suffering from an official #heatwave for 6 days, going by the nearby official weather station at the @rothamsted.ac.uk research farm at North Wyke. #WestDevonWx Image: @roostweather.bsky.social 1/n

The all time record high temperature for South West England is 36 °C, set in Bude during the long hot summer of 2022. That record may well be broken later today, albeit inland rather than on the coast. 🚨🥵 #Drought2026?

@west-devon.info · 3mo ago

Yesterday was the hottest day of the #heatwave so far in West Devon: west-devon.info/2026/06/the-... It's forecast to be slightly cooler here today. However, it looks as though the new UK record high June temperature will be broken in Somerset today! #WestDevonWx Images: @meteologix.com 1/n

The rumbles of thunder are getting closer, and it looks like the rain (or worse!) will be here soon. #WestDevonWx Map via @netweather.tv

We just published a paper in Geoscience Communication where we measure the impact of reading climate myth rebuttals available on our Skeptical Science homepage - a technically challenging research with some nuanced, complex results. sks.to/sksexperiment (1/n)

Our team is having fun at the #CBQuiz 2026 organized by @carbonbrief.org! And the questions are tricky yet again - to nobody's surprise, of course! @kenrice.bsky.social @baerbelw.bsky.social @jim-hunt.bsky.social @dananuccitelli.bsky.social

Speaking of sewage pollution in Exmouth, and elsewhere in South West England 👇 west-devon.info/2026/02/febr... Our #WestDevonCSO database reveals the truth that South West Water's #WaterFitLive map hides:

At long last deep geothermal energy is powering the electricity grid in Cornwall: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "The water, super-heated by rocks, will help drive turbines to generate electricity for 10,000 homes, but will also provide the UK's first domestic supply of lithium" 1/

Earth's heat to produce electricity for homes in UK clean energy first

Water super-heated by rocks will also provide the UK's first domestic supply of the critical mineral lithium.

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Unlikely as it may seem, the United Kingdom's @metoffice.gov.uk has issued yet another weather warning for 🚨heavy rain🚨 across #Devon and #Cornwall. The latest in a long line of recent warnings starts at 6 AM tomorrow morning and continues overnight into Thursday. #WestDevonWx

The number of active combined sewer overflows across Devon and Cornwall is gradually reducing: west-devon.info/2026/02/febr... However, the multi week #sewage "spills" affecting the "bathing beaches" at Woolacombe, Torcross, Plymouth and Coastguards beach on the Erme estuary continue. 1/

If you are resident in Devon or Cornwall you may have noticed that we've had a lot of rain recently? Which has some unfortunate side effects. Here are today's updates on coastal and inland #SewagePollution from South West Water and Water UK respectively: west-devon.info/2026/02/febr... 1/

FYI @tom--scott.bsky.social @greenpartymolly.bsky.social @docrichard46.bsky.social @westcountryvoices.bsky.social @westenglandbylines.co.uk @theprsd.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @skentelbery.bsky.social @adamvaughan.bsky.social 👇

@west-devon.info · 8mo ago

If you are resident in Devon or Cornwall you may have noticed that we've had a lot of rain recently? Which has some unfortunate side effects. Here are today's updates on coastal and inland #SewagePollution from South West Water and Water UK respectively: west-devon.info/2026/02/febr... 1/

ERA5 data for January 2026 has still not made it over to @noaa.gov's "Web-based Reanalyses Intercomparison Tools". Rather belatedly here is our @nsidc.bsky.social #Arctic sea ice news replacement service, reverting to the NCEP/NCAR R1 reanalysis: greatwhitecon.info/2026/02/fact...

Astonishingly yesterday afternoon's weather forecast did not include heavy rain! We took the opportunity to take a trip to the seaside. As did lots of other people! The morning sun had all but disappeared behind the clouds, and it was very wet underfoot on the coast path. 1/

Peering into the future: "The rocket boots might well propel our protagonist majestically skywards, but they might also hurtle him into the side of a mountain at the speed of sound." diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/p...

Peering into the future

In films1, the hero/genius issues commands to a disembodied computer voice which then effortlessly manufactures a pair of rocket boots. Donning the boots, the hero – without practice – …

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It's been a long time since a sunny day was forecast, and we had a clear view of Dartmoor under a blue sky. #WestDevonWx 1/2

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

Having virtually signed @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social's Slapton Sands petition I decided to take a closer look at #sewage pollution along that stretch of the south coast of Devon. Here is what I discovered👇 "The Torcross CSO has been continuously overflowing into Start Bay since January 20th." 1/n

Here are the South West Water and Water UK maps of active combined sewer overflows across Devon and Cornwall at 10 AM this morning👇 As if they aren't bad enough, by this afternoon the forecast heavy rain has arrived. Cc: @skentelbery.bsky.social @grumpygirdle.bsky.social @carvemag.bsky.social 1/n

A quote from me on the BBC 👇 "Water campaigner Jim Hunt... said it sounded like South West Water was 'kicking the can down the road, crossing their fingers that we don't have a dry spring and summer. They have dodged a bullet the past two summers'" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Drought2026 1/n

January storms boost Devon and Cornwall reservoir levels

Persistent January rainfall means reservoir levels are

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A quote from me on the BBC 👇 "Water campaigner Jim Hunt... said it sounded like South West Water was 'kicking the can down the road, crossing their fingers that we don't have a dry spring and summer. They have dodged a bullet the past two summers'" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Drought2026 1/n

January storms boost Devon and Cornwall reservoir levels

Persistent January rainfall means reservoir levels are

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Recent heavy rain across South West England has had the beneficial side effect of significantly increasing the water levels of our reservoirs: west-devon.info/2026/01/wint... "More help is at hand due to heavy rain caused by the recent passage of #StormChandra across the UK" #Drought2026? 1/n

Thanks @mrjamesob.bsky.social! I scanned the QR code, and as well as the original news release I found this one: news.gwr.com/news/great-w... "On Saturday [the record-breaking Class 230 train] will replace its diesel counterpart, starting with the 0530 departure from West Ealing to Greenford."

James O’Brien@mrjamesob.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Living the dream.

A recent example illustrates a perennial problem with publicly available #SewagePollution information in the UK. A multi-day overflow at #Exmouth finished at some point overnight. You can't see that when using SWW's #WaterFitLive web site though. However, see the #WestDevonCSO database! 5/n

By way of example, from here in the far South West of England 👇 #Drought2026?

Leana Hosea@leanahosea.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Even with climate change, we have enough water if we manage resources right. We need a well funded, well staffed regulator empowered to enforce rules, an overhaul of business use of water, repairs to leaking pipes, + to act to drinking water sources from forever chemical contamination.

Even with climate change, we have enough water if we manage resources right. We need a well funded, well staffed regulator empowered to enforce rules, an overhaul of business use of water, repairs to leaking pipes, + to act to drinking water sources from forever chemical contamination.

River Action@riveractionuk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“This isn’t a question of if we run out of water - it’s when.” - James Wallace, CEO of River Action This is not a scarcity problem. It’s a water security crisis driven by a system that leaks BILLIONS of litres, pollutes rivers & over-abstracts from the environment.👇 www.lbc.co.uk/article/wate...

🚨The Environment Agency's flood warning for the Lower River Torridge has now turned RED 🚨 "Properties and low lying areas will start to flood from around 4:00PM on Tuesday. The main areas of concern are Taddiport and Weare Giffard." check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/target-area/... 3/n

There are now many 🚨flood warnings🚨 across the South West Peninsula. Another unfortunate side effect of the recent rain is #SewagePollution all around our coast. Our local big beach break at Widemouth Bay has been suffering since 6:38 PM last night. #WaterQuality 2/n