Global temperature rise is set to cross 1.5°C, likely within the next few years, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights – but it is still possible to bring temperatures down and achieve the global goals in the Paris Agreement 🌍️ 🔗 tyndall.ac.uk/news/limitin...

Limiting Overshoot: UN report sets out path to return below 1.5°C - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

The world is set to cross 1.5°C global warming, but can still limit, adapt to and return from higher temperatures with rapid, collective and global climate action.

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We've been away recently, but this news is worth repeating. Congratulations to Prof Karen Heywood OBE FRS on receiving The Royal Society's Bakerian Medal and Lecture, one of the UK's highest scientific honours. Read more below

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Congratulations to Prof Karen Heywood from @ueaenv.bsky.social for her win of the Royal Society Bakerian Medal and Lecture 2027. Over more than three decades at UEA, Prof Heywood has led major ocean research expeditions and advanced the use of autonomous ocean gliders. Read more: bit.ly/4qHcHRo

How can UK farming adapt to a future of more frequent droughts? UEA's Prof Neil Ward says stronger action is needed to ensure agriculture can withstand growing pressure on water resources as the climate changes. Read more: bit.ly/4wXuupP

University of East Anglia (UEA)@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Prof Neil Ward from @ueaenv.bsky.social is calling for greater action to help UK farming withstand future droughts as climate change increases pressure on water resources. Read more: https://bit.ly/4wXuupP #ResearchMatters #Droughts

Researchers from our @ueaenv.bsky.social and @developmentuea.bsky.social have highlighted how rising temperatures and changing daylight conditions are creating new inequalities in cities, with the greatest impacts often falling on the most vulnerable communities. #ResearchMatters #ClimateChange

New partnership between BeZero Carbon and the University of East Anglia comes at a critical moment for global fire risk 🔥 ⬇️ Here's what it will add to the State of Wildfires Project www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...

BeZero partners with the State of Wildfires Project to analyse global wildfire risk

Carbon ratings agency BeZero Carbon has partnered with the University of East Anglia (UEA) to fund the State of Wildfires Project, a major international scientific initiative tracking the causes and…

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We're so delighted to see UEA's climate research recognised on the global stage and the breadth of climate expertise at UEA reflected in the Project Cosmos initiative. Congratulations to everyone whose work has contributed to this fantastic achievement.

University of East Anglia (UEA)@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

UEA and our researchers have been ranked among the top 20 in a major new global ranking of the most-cited authors, publications and institutions in climate science. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4f0AVk9 @ueaenv.bsky.social @tyndallcentre.bsky.social @climateuea.bsky.social #ProjectCosmos

This latest study showcases how researchers from across UEA are combining knowledge from climate and health to generate insights with real-world relevance. Another excellent example of the collaborative research that we champion. Congratulations to everyone involved.

University of East Anglia (UEA)@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Researchers from our @ueaenv.bsky.social and @ueamedical.bsky.social have found even modest, short-term changes in weather can have a measurable impact on demand for NHS mental health services across England. Read more: https://bit.ly/44q4yqh #ResearchMatters #MentalHealth #Heatwave

Could microbes help protect our food supply from rising seas? New research from @biouea.bsky.social explores how beneficial soil microbes could help crops withstand increasing soil salinity caused by sea-level rise – offering a potential lifeline for coastal agriculture. Read more: bit.ly/4vvkCTv

New research led by UEA shows UK rivers are facing a future of more extreme swings between drought and flooding; a phenomenon known as “hydroclimatic whiplash” As the climate warms, these rapid shifts could become much more frequent. Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...

Despite the second-lowest global area burned since 2002, 2025 saw record insured wildfire losses. New research from the @tyndallcentre.bsky.social shows that where fires occur matters as much as how much burns, with growing impacts on people, property and ecosystems in a warming world. #Wildfires

Dr Matthew Jones, from @ueaenv.bsky.social and the @tyndallcentre.bsky.social, has contributed to a new analysis of carbon emissions from the 2025 Dava Moor Fire in Scotland, the UK's first megafire. Read more on our website: https://bit.ly/4donN8X #Wildfires #ResearchMatters

Dr Phil Williamson from @ueaenv.bsky.social is the first author of an article published in response to a piece calling for a rethink of ‘additionality’ requirements in carbon markets, to better recognise Indigenous stewardship and conservation. Read more: https://bit.ly/4uFx2Hn #ResearchMatters

Are you a researcher/practitioner interested in the communication/visualisation of climate + environmental assessments for policy & practice? 📅Join our 'Creating clarity from complexity' workshop, 9-10 July: showcase innovative practice, share ideas and build collaborations ⬇️

Creating Clarity from Complexity Workshop - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

This two-day interdisciplinary workshop will share up-to-date understandings, challenges and opportunities for communicating climate and environmental assessments with diverse audiences.

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In a new piece for @uk.theconversation.com, Dr Reetika Subramanian explores what women’s work songs in rural India reveal about a changing climate. A powerful look at how lived experience becomes climate knowledge. theconversation.com/what-womens-...

What women’s work songs reveal about the changing climate

Long before climate science named the crisis, women across the world were registering these shifts in another language – through song.

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Chris Packham, naturalist and Springwatch presenter, visited our campus last week! 🌳🐦 Biomedicine graduate Dr Gab Astorga and Evolutionary Biology Professor Ben Garrod asked Chris about the importance of time in nature and how we can help the environment. #ChrisPackham

🌍 Happy Earth Day from ClimateUEA We connect researchers, students, and partners working across climate science, policy, business, and society - turning evidence into action. This Earth Day, we celebrate collaboration, curiosity, and commitment to change. #EarthDay #ClimateUEA #Sustainability

Prof Robert Nicholls from @tyndallcentre.bsky.social has co-authored a study that says that relocating the city of Venice is among four potential options that could help it adapt to future sea-level rise. Read more: https://bit.ly/4tl8inJ @climateuea.bsky.social #ResearchMatters #NewStudy

Dr Mark Tebboth from @developmentuea.bsky.social has been the lead author of an opinion piece that says a new UK Government report on global biodiversity loss and national security risks distorting evidence and driving ineffective policy. Read more: https://bit.ly/4viBb55 #ResearchMatters

Prof Carlos Peres, from @ueaenv.bsky.social has been a researcher on a study that has found that improving the landscapes surrounding forest remnants can dramatically increase their ability to retain bird species. Read more: https://bit.ly/4v2Gup8 #NewStudy #ResearchMatters #Birds

Check out the Tyndall Centre's 2025-2030 research strategy, focusing on how we will advance interdisciplinary #ClimateResearch, strengthen collaboration across partner institutes, and maximise research impact over the next 5 years ⬇️ tyndall.ac.uk/research-str...

Research strategy: 2025-2030

This research strategy sets out the Tyndall Centre's priorities and approach for the next five years, as we remain a thought-leading, internationally

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Professor Corinne Le Quéré FRS, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science and Professor at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social, made a special address at the Royal Society earlier today. Watch now and read the full address on our website: royalsociety.org/news/2026/03...

Prof Benjamin Santer from@ueaenv.bsky.social has sought to set the record straight over “demonstrably incorrect” claims made in a major US government report that misrepresented his work and downplayed the role of human activity in global warming. Read more: https://bit.ly/4r2ZxMY #ResearchMatters

Very proud to have co-authored a new book, Subnational Climate Leadership Dynamics Among Under2 Coalition Members, alongside the brilliant Jale Tosun, Simon Bulian, Joan Enguer, and Emiliano Levario Saad. It is available for free and open access here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007....

Subnational Climate Leadership Dynamics Among Under2 Coalition Members

This open access book analyzes climate action taken by subnational governments around the world participating in the Under2 Coalition

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A new study co-authored by researchers from @tyndallcentre.bsky.social and Norwich Business School has found that countries with stricter and better-targeted climate policies cut carbon emissions faster. Read more: https://bit.ly/4tVMQGk @ecioxford.bsky.social #ResearchMatters #CarbonEmissions

Decoding nature’s temperature signatures 🌡️🌍 New findings from UEA's School of Environmental Sciences & Massachusetts Institute of Technology highlight how large-scale eruptions and wildfires leave clear climatic fingerprints at the global scale. www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...

Dr Jeff Price from @tyndallcentre.bsky.social is the lead author on the most comprehensive assessment to date of how climate change threatens biodiversity in more than 98,000 protected areas worldwide. #ReserachMatters #ClimateChange #Biodiversity

Research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) shows how many tropical cities are predicted to warm faster than expected under 2°C of global warming. Read more: https://bit.ly/4khpy9G #ResearchMatters #Academia #ThisIsUEA

Prof Robert Nicholls has co-authored a study revealing how fast the world’s deltas are sinking. Led by the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social, Irvine and involving @tyndallcentre.bsky.sociall, the study shows that millions of people are at risk of flooding. Read more: https://bit.ly/459eULY #NewStudy

2025 has been confirmed as the third warmest year on record, following 2024 and 2023, in a series stretching back to 1850. Data from the Met Office, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social shows 2025 was 1.41 °C above the average for 1850-1900. Read more 👉 bit.ly/3NkfQH9

A new study led by researchers from @developmentuea.bsky.social has found that social justice must be at the heart of global restoration initiatives if ecosystem degradation is to be addressed effectively. Read more on our website: https://bit.ly/3Y8tmzB #SocialJustice #ResearchMatters