John Marsham
@johnmarsham.bsky.social
Prof of Atmospheric Science, Weather, Climate, Tropical Meteorology, Communicating the Climate Crisis
Incredible how we have normalised weather extremes in news, and now energy systems of two countries really struggling. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor
Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output
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Hi @yougov.co.uk, you left off the correct answer which is "This will be one of the coolest summers of the rest of our lives and they will keep getting hotter and hotter until we stop burning fossil fuels".
Er @dailytelegraphnews.bsky.social you know what really really increases risk of wildfires (and collapse of food water and global civilisation)? Not reaching net zero and world getting hotter and hotter and hotter. You seem to have missed that bit. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Fossil fuel funded right has done a great job weaponising this. People support climate action. But here apparently simple logical arguments are generally wrong. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling
Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns
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I always compare our possible future warming with last ice age, to show why it's so huge and rapid. This is a great summary of that possible change theconversation.com/impact-of-cl...
Impact of climate change may be equivalent to 3.3 million years of transformations in tropical vegetation
Changes that took millions of years can now happen in a matter of decades, and this accelerated rythm can be destructive, with dangerous consequences for the planet
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Serial heatwaves, unprecedented leaps between old and new temperature extremes, mass evacuations - and speechless governments. Because the words they would have to say in their second sentences are “fossil fuels”. And they mostly just cannot. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
France and Spain race to control wildfires as more than 250,000 evacuated – live
Meanwhile, in the UK, a blaze in the Cairngorms national park has been described as ‘very serious’ by Scotland’s first minister
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And again missing key info: wind has saved consumers 100s billions £s already. I make that already a >10x bigger saving/year for consumers than the possible future £10/year cost they focus on here www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
Analysis: Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 – new study
Writing for The Conversation, Colm O'Shea and Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) challenge common assumptions that the wind industry has a negative impact on the UK economy. They present evidence t...
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Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social · last wk.The Times has done it again! The juxtaposition of an image of our climate changed hell beneath a leading article undermining the energy transition. Conclusion? It's certainly no editorial accident.
"Imagine the conservative wins to be gained from rolling out renewables. Economic? Lower prices. Patriotic? No longer held hostage by foreign dictators." I don't agree with everything here - but encouraging to see this in the Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...
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Wonder what todays young kids will say when shown this news paper in 20 years time?
Jon Worth@jonworth.eu · 2w agoI‘m fascinated by this front page posted by @adamjschwarz.bsky.social Did the people assembling that know the juxtaposition? Was it people lower in the hierarchy who dared do this, against the editorial line? Or no one assembling this front page made the connection?
This is a former editor of the Murdoch-owned Sun newspaper commenting over on Twitter...
@dailytelegraph.bsky.social when will you report in same article, not only the driving role of climate crisis, but also that phasing out fossil fuels (net zero) now cheapest option for UK, & costs less than one fossil fuel crisis (Ukraine war), let alone 2 (Iran) www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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@dailymail.co.uk when will you report in same article, not only the driving role of climate crisis, but also that phasing out fossil fuels (net zero) now cheapest option for UK, and costs less than one fossil fuel crisis (e.g. Ukraine war), let alone two (Iran) www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Army called in as 200,000 flee wildfires in Spain and France
Huge forest blazes have become out of control and are threatening towns across Europe, with Brits evacuated as high winds on Saturday are expected to spread the flames further.
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I think from @zackbornstein.bsky.social "Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.” . So so true.
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2w agoYesterday afternoon 14:09 in Lacanau Océan in France. A pale red sun through the smoke tinged everything in Mars style orange. Welcome in the climate emergency! Despite all denial of the fossil fuel lobby, it’s scientific fact: CO2 emissions heat up Earth & make fires worse. 🔥🔥🔥
Fires understandably getting the headlines, but meanwhile out of sight - ecosystems threatened and people barely notice. Loire is at a historic low, and at least 16% of rivers dried up . www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘Without us, they are doomed’: volunteers save fish from French rivers drying up in heatwaves
Fish being moved to oxygenated flowing water further downstream as water levels drop across country
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Congratulations Ben Maybee for km-scale-summit-26.org best poster award. Great to see @universityofleeds.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social (with @metoffice.gov.uk & others) talks & posters getting a lot of attention. An intense week - but the huge potential in coming years is clear.
Make that ~60 000 people evacuated in France & Spain. We need politicians to tell the truth & whole truth.
John Marsham@johnmarsham.bsky.social · 2w agoBadenoch says "our carbon emissions have increased because of this law" [i.e. net-zero by 2050]. This is not true. Our emissions have not increased. There should be outrage - both the deception & spreading fossil-fuel disinfo. Meanwhile 20000 evacuated as France burns eciu.net/media/press-...
Badenoch says "our carbon emissions have increased because of this law" [i.e. net-zero by 2050]. This is not true. Our emissions have not increased. There should be outrage - both the deception & spreading fossil-fuel disinfo. Meanwhile 20000 evacuated as France burns eciu.net/media/press-...
France evacuates 20,000 as wildfires spread in south-west
Most of those evacuated were tourists from campsites around Arcachon Bay in France's Gironde region.
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The UK needs honest conversations on this. Unlike warming, sea-level rise will carry long after we have phased out fossil fuels, and rapidly phasing out fossil fuels now should bring huge benefits (eg www.nature.com/articles/d41...)
Doug Parr@dougparr.bsky.social · 2w agoSharp increase in long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action A ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’, including collapse of ice sheets, suggests up to 13 million people in UK face long-term risk of coastal flooding, say researchers at Univ Bristol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Great turn out for Addingham @nebriefing.bsky.social screening. Constituents please write to Robbie Moore MP to ask he signup to support a national briefing on the NEB website - it's only asking for information. www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/2628482... www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2628482...
Packed Addingham screening highlights climate emergency concerns
Almost 100 people gathered at Addingham Village Hall on Friday, July 3, to watch the People’s Emergency Briefing.
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A former tabloid journalist lays out the receipts: BBC News are more or less openly campaigning for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea - under the influence of the billionaire-owned media. 🧵🛢️🍿 Part 1 of 4.
Auspicious start for train journey to Hamburg km-scale modelling summit. A bus replacement service! Was and only short , so should be fine. Just as long as eurostar is not on a bus replacement.....
If only a dedicated group of scientists had warned us about the record heat, torrential flooding, continental scale wildfires, and apocalyptic orange skies
Great to see @stottpeter.bsky.social 's article in the @theconversation.com about our Nature comment (www.nature.com/articles/d41...) on need for global assessment of avoidable climate change risks. We can't have policy makers able to say "We didn't know". theconversation.com/why-climate-...
Why climate scientists need to talk more about the very worst-case scenarios
London probably won’t disappear beneath the waves. But we still need to understand the most dangerous outcomes that remain possible – and avoidable.
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72% of media articles failed to say what caused event that killed around 2700 UK people, let alone who caused it & why. I imagine most didn't say how how bad it could get, how we can take action, or the win-wins of acting now (only 5% mentioned net zero). www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis
Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating
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What should be surprising is tories against rapid phase out of fossil fuels, when its now cheapest for UK, aids national security & their former energy minister called it 'economic opportunity of 21st century'. We need media to call them out on this mych more www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Kemi Badenoch zeros in on Tory MPs who believe in climate crisis – and those who don’t
Despite the party polling at 19%, Conservative leader only wants ideologically sound on board – or rather, those who think the same as her
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I imagine unintentionally misleading in @theguardian.com "Burnham also faces pressure to drive down the cost of electricity generation, which relies heavily on expensive imported gas" suggesting UK gas would bring down price - it won't! www.theguardian.com/business/202... @dpcarrington.bsky.social
North Sea oil industry urges Burnham to approve new drilling in UK waters
Lobby appeals to prospective PM’s reindustrialisation agenda as it pushes for Rosebank and Jackdaw approval
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ICYMI, the head of the International Energy Agency told the EU that it is electrifying too damn slowly.
Europe’s slow electrification is a ‘major mistake’, warns IEA chief
Fatih Birol says EU should have moved faster to achieve energy independence after 2022 gas crisis
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"From July 1, 2026, households in New South Wales, South Australia, and southeastern Queensland can access at least three hours of free electricity each day through a new initiative called the Solar Sharer Offer" via No One Cares
