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Jeremy Schmidt

@jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social

Environmental Geographer QMUL; Author of *Water: abundance, scarcity, and security in the age of humanity* (NYU Press); NEW BOOK: Landlocked: water, energy and planetary politics in Alberta (w/Chicago): https://shorturl.at/aPnVO

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Kevin J. Kircher@kevinjkircher.com · 4w ago

This is wild. 93% of the renewable electricity generation added to the Irish grid over that last decade now powers data centers, rather than reducing fossil fuel use. Data centers have pretty much annihilated the health and climate benefits those renewables could have provided.

Hannah Daly@hannahdaly.ie · 4w ago

What is even more striking is that data centre demand has matched 93% of the growth in renewable electricity generation (wind + solar + hydro) over the past decade. If we measure since 2020, data centre demand has grown nearly 3-times faster than renewable electricity growth.

Jeremy Schmidt@jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · last mo.

It is amazing to see the Met Office give such clear warnings, and to note that the UK's guidance for schools doesn't include explicit guidance on Extreme Heat events (beyond one small nod to not use a fan if it is over +35...): educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/hot-...

Hot weather and heatwaves: guidance for schools and other education settings

There are several ways that schools can make changes to keep children safe in hot weather, especially as children are more at risk of becoming ill with heat-related issues than adults.  The UK Health ...

educationhub.blog.gov.uk

Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · last mo.

An exceptional heatwave is developing this week with record-breaking June temperatures highly likely, particularly for England and Wales 🌡️ Following the heat in May 2026, it would be the first time since 1911 that two consecutive months have observed record temperatures

Map of forecast temperatures across the UK on Monday 22 June 2026. Northern Ireland / Scotland = 15-23℃ Wales / England = 24-33℃
Jeremy Schmidt@jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'll take my environmental solutions slow, steady, and with these sorts of fellows: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

How eight beavers solved a decades-old Tube flooding problem

The creatures were reintroduced in 2023 after being hunted to extinction 400 years ago

independent.co.uk

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 2mo ago

‘Termination shock’: trust our expert warnings on geoengineering’s planetary risks | New op-ed in @theguardian.com by Ray Pierrehumbert (@climatebook.bsky.social), Julia Slingo, @valmasdel.bsky.social & yours truly: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

KinarNicholas.bsky.social@kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hydrology Paper of the Day @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social @cameronharrington.bsky.social on understanding water weaponisation across the solid, liquid and gas states: an acceleration over the past century; spatial geographies of vulnerability and dissent; and understanding a synthesis of ideas.

Cameron Harrington@cameronharrington.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Pleased to share a new article from @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social and I, published in @politicalgeography.bsky.social. In the paper we make sense of a rise in water weaponisation by extending ideas of ambient vulnerability. Open access and available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Jeremy Schmidt@jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It is devastating to keep reading news like the below, and we've been working to rethink water weaponisation to capture events like this and the myriad other ways conflict is violently exploiting water. Our new paper is out today: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.ft.com/content/155d...

Iran says 20,000 people left without water after US hits reservoir tanks

Washington says its jets targeted air defence and radar sites after Iranian forces downed American helicopter

ft.com

Jeremy Schmidt@jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New Paper! @cameronharrington.bsky.social and I have been grappling with how accelerating water weaponisation requires a new approach to violence across they hydrosphere. Very happy to see it out and open-access with @politicalgeography.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ambient water weaponisation: The permeation of violence in the hydrosphere

Water weaponisation is proliferating in ways standard accounts do not adequately identify or explain. This article offers a novel conceptualisation of…

sciencedirect.com

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In the UK (and not just the UK) university sector, we're living, working, thinking and being made redundant (sic) with and by emergencies. Join Wendy Brown, Margot Finn, Eva von Redecker and Sasha Roseneil, convened by Paul Gilroy and John Sabapathy, for 'Learning in Emergency States'. 5 June. 1/2

Learning in Emergency States: Flourishing, Universities, and the Future

A panel discussion with Wendy Brown (IAS, Princeton), Margot Finn (UCL), Eva von Redecker (H-U, Berlin), Sasha Roseneil (Sussex). Convened by Paul Gilroy & John Sabapathy

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Area@areajournal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If you have any tips or resources for best practice when writing alt text in academic publications, please share them below. We'd love to hear from you as we compile our guidelines for authors.

RGS-IBG Higher Ed@rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Do you use a screen reader? The RGS journals are introducing alt text for all article figures, and we want to hear from you. What best practices would you like to see, and what are the most common mistakes you notice in your academic reading? Comment below or get in touch at journals@rgs.org.

Computer monitor displaying the words 'ALT TEXT' in bold black font on a white screen against a purple gradient background.
Jonny Darling@jonnydarling.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Reading for the Area Prize each spring is a really lovely opportunity to engage with all the amazing early career work being produced across the discipline and that @areajournal.bsky.social is proud to publish. Well done to Maddie, Stefano, and Rosie on their excellent papers! @rgs.org

Area@areajournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🏆Area Prize Announcement!🏆 This year's Area Prize for the best paper written by an ECR has been awarded to 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞 for her paper 'Sensing the sky's edge: Atmospheric insights into the Korean demilitarised zone' ⬇️ doi.org/10.1111/area... @maddiejoyce.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social

Screenshot of the 2025 Area Prize-winner announcement: Madelaine Joyce (Royal Holloway University of London, UK) “Sensing the sky’s edge: Atmospheric insights into the Korean demilitarised zone” With this innovative article, Madelaine Joyce pushes cultural and political geographers to attend closely and creatively to both affective and material atmospheres. Taking the anticipation of an encounter with the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea as both prompt and problematic for rethinking borders across fog, radio signals, and no-go zones, Joyce’s article is a deserving Area Prize winner.
TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New in TIBG: 'Green refrontierisation: Critical cartographies of the hydrogen rush in Africa' by William Monteith This paper provides a critical cartographic analysis of the green hydrogen maps within the reports of European states, lobby groups & investment bodies. doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geo

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers by William Monteith (2026) entitled: 'Green Refrontierisation: Critical Cartographies of the Hydrogen Rush in Africa' with a red banner at the top. Land is a critical requirement of low-carbon energy transitions, driving global land acquisitions on an unprecedented scale. Under pressure to diversify and decarbonise their energy mix, European states and investors have begun to map the ‘green hydrogen potential’ of territories on the African continent, producing powerful new visualisations of energy space. This article provides a critical cartographic analysis of the green hydrogen (GH2) maps present within the reports of European states, lobby groups and investment bodies to examine the role of geographical knowledge in the production of low-carbon energy frontiers. It identifies three spatio-political strategies present within these maps: spatialising hydrogen potential, territorialising hydrogen space and (re)mobilising fossil fuel infrastructure. Together, these strategies form part of a broader process that I term ‘green refrontierisation’: the assembling of low-carbon energy frontiers atop the remnants of colonial and carbon frontiers. Through a particular focus on the Namibian case, the article's findings advance debates at the intersection of energy geographies and critical cartography by demonstrating how low-carbon energy frontiers (re)spatialise land around a series of dynamic environmental processes rather than the subterranean resources that have historically guided geographical thinking.