Thomas Frölicher

@froeltho.bsky.social

Professor in Climate and Environmental Physics @unibern, Lead Author @IPCC_CH SROCC, Views are my own

Hi y'all You still have a few days to apply for our open professor position in planetary science in Bern, Switzerland. See more details below! For any questions, feel free to reach out to me. 🔭🧪⚛️#planetSci

Dr. Raphael Marschall@spacemarschall.net · 9mo ago

Hi #planetaryScience folks, we have an open position for a *Professor in Planetary Sciences* at the Space Research & Planetary Sciences Division of the @unibe.ch. Application deadline: *Jan 31, 2026* Full ad: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo... Reach out to me if you have any questions! 🧵 1/5

This Thursday at 10am CET, join us for Climate Coffee! We'll talk about marine heatwaves, high acidity and low oxygen events - big threats to marine ecosystems 🔥 🐋 Findings from a study co-authored with @froeltho.bsky.social and Friedrich Burger 🙌 Link for registration below

OCEAN ICE@oceaniceeu.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Make sure you register for November's Climate Coffee, on 27 November at 10 am CET! This climate coffee is with Natacha Legrix De La Salle on Surface and Subsurface Compound MHW and Biogeochemical Extremes Under Climate Change. Register here: www.eventbrite.dk/e/...

Netflix schauen, Tropenfrüchte essen, Billigmode tragen – die meisten Treibhausgas-Emissionen entstehen durch importierte Güter und Dienstleistungen. Eine Tagung an der Universität Bern rückt diese «grauen Emissionen» ins Zentrum. Donnerstag, 30. Oktober. www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/klimasc...

Klimaschutz im Graubereich

Netflix schauen, Tropenfrüchte essen, Billigmode tragen – die meisten Treibhausgas-Emissionen entstehen durch importierte Güter und Dienstleistungen. Eine Tagung an der Universität Bern rückt diese «g...

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The massive extreme marine heatwave continues to stretch across the entire northern Pacific Ocean. In fact, the magnitude of the sea surface temperature anomalies even grew in August 2025 compared to earlier in the summer. Yikes... 🫠 Data from OISSTv2.1 (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...). 🌊

Global map showing sea surface temperature anomalies in August 2025 relative to 1982 to 2010. Most areas are warmer than average. Red is shown for warmer sea surface temperatures, and blue is shown for colder sea surface temperatures. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1.

🌊 Nacht der Forschung 2025 | University of Bern 🌊 What a fantastic evening! Thank you to the entire ocean modeling team and friends for their incredible effort. For one night, the Kuppelraum transformed into a "true" ocean, full of energy, visited by many, and filled with inspiring conversations.

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🚨 Our latest paper on how #climatechange will affect the distribution of shared fish stocks like #tuna and #billfishes across international borders is out now! 🐟🌍 Read the #OpenAccess article & IOF story below 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Climate change drives shifts in straddling fish stocks in the world’s ocean

As straddling stocks shift between EEZs and the high seas due to climate change, fisheries will require adaptive management.

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UBC Oceans@ubcoceans.bsky.social · last yr.

Fish stocks are on the move due to #climatechange, impacting the sustainability of important #fisheries. 37% of straddling stocks are projected to have significant shifts between EEZs and the high seas by 2030, more than 50% by 2050. oceans.ubc.ca/2025/07/31/s... @julianop.bsky.social

Have you ever wondered why a landlocked country like Switzerland should care about the health of the ocean? Check out our new 2-pager👇 Frölicher, T., & Jaccard, S. (2025). Why Switzerland Needs a Healthy Ocean: Global Interdependence and National Responsibility. Zenodo. lnkd.in/eMp5hN5d

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New work by Lester Kwiatkowski and colleagues suggests that the reduction in coral reef calcification due to climate change may end up enhancing the ocean carbon sink by up to 1.25 Gt CO2 yr-1 by mid century (by even more by 2300) 🌊 www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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This is phenomenal. Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment. It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.

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Sixty-six percent of the entire planet is deep ocean (≥200 m), and a new study shows that less than 0.001%, a total area approximately a tenth of the size of 🇨🇭 has been visualized observed. There is soooo much to be discovered! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How little we’ve seen: A visual coverage estimate of the deep seafloor

In decades of deep-sea exploration, humans have observed only 0.001% of the deep seafloor, leaving 66% of planet Earth unseen.

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Here a new point of view on the response of the global ocean to climate change. In short: we cannot separate temperature from the rest when we look at trends in the dynamics. It is just a starting point. With the great Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A dynamical geography of observed trends in the global ocean

An empirical analysis of upper ocean physics reveals the factors that shape the seascape evolution in response to global warming.

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Am 29. April sprechen Alexander Proelss und Thomas Frölicher über „Meeres-Wissenschaften und Internationales Recht im Klimawandel“. 🗓️ 29. April | 🕓 16:15–17:45 📍 Hörsaal 001, Kollegienhaus, Universität Basel

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