Last minute call up for the last cricket game of the season. Match starts in 15min and I just left Crewe on a late train. #arse
Mike Pitts
@pittso.bsky.social
Deputy Director at Innovate UK for Heat & Buildings. Welsh. Chemist. Hypenotic. ChesterSciBar. Catalyst Science Discovery Centre. Passionate about the power of stories and innovation. Some whimsy. Opinions own.
There’s “off the charts” and there’s France’s absolutely bonkers June & July 2026 temperatures (see black line below). Bad things are happening. Fast.
Pop quiz ahead of next week's talk. Which of the following is the odd one out? 🤔❓ 1 - Frogs 2 - Toads 3 - Penguins Join us on Tuesday to see if you got it right! ℹ️https://fb.me/e/7889w0pAe
Cycling around Chester is hard with so many ignorant and lazy drivers.
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
Excess deaths caused by heatwaves in England ‘almost double’ so far this year
Excess deaths caused by heatwaves in England ‘almost double’ so far this year
UKHSA estimates 2,877 heat-associated deaths during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice the number in summer 2025 The number of excess deaths caused by heatwaves has almost doubled so far this year in England compared with 2025, the UK Health Security Agency, has said. There were 2,877 heat-associated deaths during the heatwaves in May and June this year, a report has estimated, almost double the figure reported from the UK heatwaves in June to August last year. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
Next month we're heading to Madagascar to hear about it's amazing biodiversity and what happens when an new species is introduced. What damage can a couple of toads do? 🐸 Join us to find out 📆11th Aug 📍 @storyhouselive.bsky.social 🗣️ @raisinmeister.bsky.social fb.me/e/7889w0pAe
Changing gas stove/hob to electric can help asthmatics as much - or more - than drugs - study #airpollution Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find
Team in Ohio finds swapping to electric has ‘very large’ impact, despite study being scaled back by Trump cuts
theguardian.com
"the Lancet model finds: 36% of the world’s heat deaths are attributed to Europe, which is home to less than 10% of the world’s people. And the annual death toll is rising" www.economist.com/internationa... From The Economist
The geopolitics of air-conditioning
Heatwaves are making access to AC a political problem around the world
economist.com
Been literally off grid for the last four days. No phone reception, compost loos, but my car meant the campsite could have power: two fridges, lights, music and pumps all run from it.
Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
climatecoloredgoggles.com
Lovely way to spend the evening. My lad playing up in the u13 team for a cup match. Sunny and not too hot.
What if the ocean current keeping Britain warm started to slow down? ☔ The AMOC acts like a giant conveyor belt, moving heat from the tropics to our shores. Models predict that the AMOC could slow down or collapse – potentially leading to new extremes in weather. 🧵1/2
As of July 19th update, the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature is now more than 3.7 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean. With the warming just getting started, this El Nino is still in charted territory, but just barely.
Well, the temperature in the Pacific Ocean along the Nino 3.4 region of the equator has shot up so high, so fast, that they have had to expand the chart. So no, we've never measured or experienced anything like it. Watch for the next incoming record deadly heat dome.
The wildfire pall remains palpable across Manchester City centre today, four days later.
"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
Enduring a heavily delayed return from Edinburgh. Trespassers on the railway. Really hope they were caught and face consequences. WCML a mess.
Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.
Ordered some kick ass wine from Italy. After a month of trying the company have given up trying to get it through customs and refunded me. I’m sad and miss the single market.
Chemistry’s economic contribution in gross value added grew by 18% between 2019 to 2023, the report finds, and its overall annual contribution to the UK economy is approximately equivalent to the whole tourism sector. @rsc.org @frankbriggs.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemist...
Chemistry delivers £60.5 billion to the UK economy and makes local economies more resilient, says RSC report
Report reveals how chemical sciences contribute to key sectors and industries, and warns that university closures, rising energy costs and geopolitical instability threaten future growth
chemistryworld.com
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
