Ali Withers

Climate Visuals @reuters. Former VJ @nbcnews @business + video/doc work @washingtonpost @tv2dk @BBC @thenation
Contact: [email protected]

[Ali Withers @AliWithers_]

Spent two years talking to people about how climate, access to land and disappearing wilderness are affecting small communities. It's been a dream job. Looking for a new home to place more climate stories now that @NBCLeftField is shutting down.

[Ali Withers @AliWithers_]

Your monthly reminder that scientists continue to observe that we are in unchartered climate territory. With @KateAbnett
https://t.co/Ty0zjNO12W

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

Every wildfire starts with an ignition – downed powerlines, lightning, arson – and we can do a lot to reduce these.

But in California the number of fires has dropped while the area burned has doubled. What has changed is conditions, not ignitions:

[Reuters @Reuters]

2024 was the first year above 1.5C of global warming, scientists say https://t.co/SLZFcqvJxe

[Ali Withers @AliWithers_]

The winds fuelling Los Angeles fires aren't a typical Santa Ana. Anomalously strong winds are blowing off the back of a strangely shaped storm system over the lower Colorado River Valley and being amplified by a "mountain wave" event.

Explainer: https://t.co/0oYCY2bZML

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Nearly all of US states are facing droughts, an unprecedented number https://t.co/4Ejd1xuqcU

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

2024 is now virtually certain to be the warmest year on record, and will be above 1.5C in most surface temperature datasets, including Copernicus/ECMWF's ERA5 shown here:

[Ed King @edking_I]

PNG will not attend #COP29 says PM... 'We will no longer tolerate empty promises and inaction, while our people suffer the devastating consequences of climate change' https://t.co/iQPmbHXKJD

[Gloria Dickie @GloriaDickie]

My special report for @Reuters is out today, exploring a terrifying question: could retreating glaciers, caused by climate change, kick off a global surge in volcanic activity? And might some Icelandic volcanoes already be responding to the loss of ice? https://t.co/oow7JrOaeH

[Elizabeth Kolbert @ElizKolbert]

If you want to know why scientists are so worried about the threat of #AMOC collapse, I try to explain it here: https://t.co/9k9shPJCxy

[Reuters @Reuters]

A new UN report warns that current policies could lead to a global temperature rise of over 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, which is twice the 1.5-degree-Celsius limit set in the Paris Agreement https://t.co/RNHMX3MHA7

[Ali Withers @AliWithers_]

Top scientists are warning of an AMOC tipping point this century.

"If Britain and Ireland become like northern Norway, that has tremendous consequences. Our finding is that this is not a low probability," — Professor Peter Ditlevsen

"This is not something you easily adapt to."

[Reuters @Reuters]

Climate scientists warn Nordic ministers of changing Atlantic Ocean current https://t.co/9A56aqwsAO

[Elizabeth Kolbert @ElizKolbert]

Conspiracy theories about weather manipulation are, unfortunately, the logical next step in climate denialism, and the traction they are getting shows how hard it is to get out of this absurdly terrifying loop. https://t.co/sqUR6jxroQ

[Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff]

Tried to make sense of the very brief and historically specific moment in time when net-zero pledges were all the rage, and what’s succeeded them https://t.co/aK7Hkyzezf

[Zoë Schlanger @zoeschlanger]

I spoke to a bunch of climate scientists about Hurricane Milton. Everyone was shocked, no one was surprised. Gift link: https://t.co/ieEjbAN1AI

[Emily Atkin @emorwee]

ICYMI: Chevron has broken ground on "Ultra high pressure" offshore drilling

This new tech allows fossil fuel companies to drill deeper into the ocean than ever before — 1/3 deeper than Deepwater Horizon

And they're advertising it as climate-friendly

https://t.co/K8dHsCXEcK

[Prof. Jason Box ⚡️ @climate_ice]

The planet is losing its reflective polar cap with a 22% reduction in the reflectivity of Arctic sea ice since 1980. https://t.co/W6az2oFjOc

[Dr Friederike Otto @FrediOtto]

Deadly rainfall in Central Europe twice as likely due to our continued burning of fossil fuels - @WWAttribution study. Early warning meant deaths were avoided, but plans to strengthen flood defences have been implemented way too slowly.

[Jeff Masters @DrJeffMasters]

Three huge flood disasters on 3 continents have killed over 1,500 and cost over $15 billion over the past month--Typhhon Yagi in Asia, Storm Boris in Europe, and monsoon floods in Africa: https://t.co/ECkGtEvJ9W

[Valerie Volcovici @ValerieVolco]

Here's a look at a produced water treatment pilot project at the New Mexico-Texas border. In water-stressed New Mexico, using this water is the center of a major debate over its health impacts and the future of the oil and gas industry. Video by Evan Garcia @AliWithers_

[Ian James @ByIanJames]

The last two dams have been breached, and the Klamath River is flowing freely for the first time in more than a century. Here are some views of the river running through the drained reservoirs. https://t.co/xZ5UbZjJx4