Eduardo Alastrué de Asenjo

@edualastrue.bsky.social

Climate Modelling 🌐 | Ocean Circulation / AMOC 🌊 | Extremes 🔥❄️ Postdoc @esrah.uni-hamburg.de (he/him) edualas.github.io

🌊 Finally, there will be an #EGU26 session about the AMOC! Specifically, about the impacts of AMOC weakening, very broadly defined - from paleo to the future, form observations to modelling, from physics to economics, ... Please do submit - Looking forward to a great session 😊 More details 👇

Eduardo Alastrué de Asenjo@edualastrue.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Planning to attend #EGU26? Interested in the impacts of AMOC weakening? New session alert! 🚨🌊🧪 ITS2.5/CL0.5: "AMOC impacts: physical, biogeochemical, and societal" Check out our interdisciplinary session description & submit your abstract here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...

Poster advertising EGU26 session ITS2.5/CL0.5, titled "AMOC impacts: Physical, Biogeochemical, and Societal"

It was a privilege to attend the Overshoot Conference at @iiasa.ac.at! We had really insightful interdisciplinary sessions on such a fundamental challenge for climate science and policy. Lots of food for thought & work to do! 💡 Also, I'm really grateful to have received the Poster Prize Award! 🏅😊

Poster prize winners on stage at the Overshoot Conference
IIASA@iiasa.ac.at · 10mo ago

🎬 And that’s a wrap on the #OvershootConference! A huge thank you to our Scientific Steering Committee, Organizing Committee, and every single speaker and participant whose insights, questions, and collaboration made this event such a success.

One day full of scientific discourse and networking: We used our time at the CLICCS Retreat last week to share the latest research and gather our forces for the next funding phase. Also, we honored our new Köppen Award Winner Youssef Ibrahim - congratulations!

A group photo of all participants.
Photo: Laura BertaGrischa Perino and Leonard Borchert giving a talk on their project.Youssef Ibrahim is honored with the Köppen Award.

🚨 New paper alert! 🧪 🔥 How would heat extremes in Europe evolve under long-term net-zero emissions? Find out in our ERL article, co-written with @andrewkingclimate.bsky.social and Tilo Tiehn iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... Here’s a quick summary (1/n) 🧵

European heat extremes under net-zero emissions - IOPscience

European heat extremes under net-zero emissions, Alastrué de Asenjo, Eduardo, King, Andrew David, Ziehn, Tilo

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ESRAH University of Hamburg@esrah.uni-hamburg.de · last yr.

🌡️ Europe’s #heat extremes won’t stop, even at net-zero. Each year of delay locks in hotter and more frequent extremes for centuries. Mediterranean heatwaves could even be 30x more likely if the Paris Agreement is reached ten years late. 🧪 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... @edualastrue.bsky.social

A photo of the lead researcher Eduardo Alastrué de Asenjo and a quote: “The bad news: Even if we were to stop emitting greenhouse gases immediately, extreme heat in Europe would continue to occur. The good news: The sooner we achieve net-zero emissions, the sooner we can prevent extremes from getting even hotter for centuries to come. Every year counts.”

🚨 New paper alert! 🧪 🔥 How would heat extremes in Europe evolve under long-term net-zero emissions? Find out in our ERL article, co-written with @andrewkingclimate.bsky.social and Tilo Tiehn iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... Here’s a quick summary (1/n) 🧵

European heat extremes under net-zero emissions - IOPscience

European heat extremes under net-zero emissions, Alastrué de Asenjo, Eduardo, King, Andrew David, Ziehn, Tilo

iopscience.iop.org

ESRAH University of Hamburg@esrah.uni-hamburg.de · last yr.

🌡️ Europe’s #heat extremes won’t stop, even at net-zero. Each year of delay locks in hotter and more frequent extremes for centuries. Mediterranean heatwaves could even be 30x more likely if the Paris Agreement is reached ten years late. 🧪 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... @edualastrue.bsky.social

A photo of the lead researcher Eduardo Alastrué de Asenjo and a quote: “The bad news: Even if we were to stop emitting greenhouse gases immediately, extreme heat in Europe would continue to occur. The good news: The sooner we achieve net-zero emissions, the sooner we can prevent extremes from getting even hotter for centuries to come. Every year counts.”

It was a huge honour to attend today’s symposium for the 50th anniversary of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology! 🎂 It’s so fascinating to see how important the institute has been for climate research, and also very exciting to look at what’s still ahead! 👏🏻

Picture of a talk at the MPI 50th anniversary symposiumLogo of the symposium that reads “50 Years of Probing the Earth System: Lessons Learned and Future Directions“

Sea surface temperatures for March 20th are below 2024 values but are still the second hottest ever for this day (20.94°C, 0.40°C anomaly wrt 1991-2023)🔥🌊 SATs spatial signal has large temperature anomalies over Central-East Asia, Eastern N. America, North-West Africa, & Eastern Weddell Sea coast 🌍

Daily sea surface temperatures in ERA5, highlighting 20th of March 2025 values with respect to 2024. Credit: C3S/ECMWFMap of surface air temperature anomaly for the 20th of March 2025, with respect to the 1991-2020 reference period. Credit: C3S/ECMWF
Eduardo Alastrué de Asenjo@edualastrue.bsky.social · last yr.

Unprecedented temperatures for this time of year 🌡️ After a couple of weeks below 2024 levels, global mean surface air temperatures reached a new 20th March ERA5 daily record, with 14.29°C 🥵 Credit: C3S/ECMWF

Daily global mean surface air temperatures in ERA5, showing unprecedented record temperatures for the 20th of March, 2025. Credit: C3S/ECMWF