Mike Barry

Director Mikebarryeco Ltd. Trustee Blueprint for Better Biz. Ex Director Sustainable Biz M&S born 322.16 ppm CO2

[Mike Barry @planamikebarry]

Shutting down X - heading over to - Mike Barry (@planamikebarry.bsky.social) — Bluesky

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

Turis rain gauge data has been retrieved and it’s incredible

680mm daily total
179mm in one hour - an all time Spanish record
42mm in 10 minutes

The average annual rainfall for this location of 475mm was recorded in 3 hours 20 minutes!

Frankly terrifying. Via @AEMET_CValencia

[Brendan May @bmay]

Spain yesterday. Morons say this is poor drainage or something.

[Jeff Berardelli @WeatherProf]

Once again Europe has found itself a victim of severe blocking, resulting in 13” of rain in just 4 hours near #Valencia #Spain, with devastating flooding!
Below you can see the storm cut off from steering stuck in between blocking in all directions. #Flood

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

October 2023 - September 2024 was the wettest hydrological year on record for the UK.

2023/24 average river flows were also the highest on record.

Via https://t.co/TKawnrsaUg

[James Murray @James_BG]

Your periodic reminder that 15 years ago the entire global financial system nearly collapsed cos of a relatively small number of mortgage defaults in the US. This is what people mean when they talk about climate change being a systemic risk.

[Ed Hawkins @ed_hawkins]

Wildlife populations have plummeted by 73% since 1970.

An update to the biodiversity stripes by @findingnature.

https://t.co/eNn1R8oT38

[James Murray @James_BG]

Big news in climate circles as the hugely respected @ELPinchbeck is confirmed as the new chief executive of @theCCCuk. https://t.co/Y1y75I9zMV

[Mike Barry @planamikebarry]

Brilliant news @ELPinchbeck 👏👏

[Climate Change Committee @theCCCuk]

The Committee is delighted to announce Emma Pinchbeck - @ELPinchbeck - will be joining the Climate Change Committee as Chief Executive from 11 November. https://t.co/DhZgqTnB1d

[Johan Rockström @jrockstrom]

Devastating hurricanes, heatwaves, floods, and wildfires - we are entering uncharted waters, and cannot exclude environmental chaos as the 2024 State of the Climate Report shows. Important new report out now.

[Aaron Regunberg @AaronRegunberg]

I see @MichaelEMann's 1982 Exxon internal report and raise you a 1980 presentation by API to Exxon, Chevron, and BP predicting that 2.5 degrees of global warming would be so devastating to human civilization it would to bring "world economic growth to a halt."

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

Another scale busting map!

September rainfall for the UK.

Huge variation but parts of southern England seeing over three & a half times their average rainfall.

Incredibly Bedfordshire & Oxfordshire saw their wettest month (of any month) in at least 188 years.

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

Biltmore Village in Asheville, North Carolina after the floodwater receded. Again, I have no words. These images speak for themselves.....

[Professor Mark Maslin 👋 𝕏 @ProfMarkMaslin]

🚨We have now breached 7 out of the 9 planetary boundaries

🔴Climate change
🔴Biosphere integrity
🔴Biogeochemical flows
🔴Land-system change
🔴Freshwater use
🔴Introduction of novel entities
🟠Ocean acidification
🟢ozone depletion
🟢aerosol loading

https://t.co/8PxOJL1ji4

[Johan Rockström @jrockstrom]

For the first time Patient Earth goes through a full Health Check. The verdict is clear - the patient is in critical condition. The 1st Planetary health check gives us the quantitative diagnosis required to guide the transformations for a safe landing https://t.co/O7ZqP6Npj8

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

🧵 I've put together this thread to show just how much flooding has happened around the world, and this is only for the month of September—and it's not even over yet! Please share this because I don't think the message is getting out there.

Türkiye...
https://t.co/LCPBafy4Xj

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

Important new research.

Slow moving & “stuck” summer weather systems projected to become much more frequent due to climate change, exacerbating already extreme conditions.

Hotter, more prolonged heatwaves, longer droughts, prolonged flooding rainfall.

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

Video stills from Japan, South Korea, Spain and Turkey yesterday.

Bit of a theme developing.

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

The reality of what our new climate is doing.

And remember this is just the start.

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

OMG! Aerial view of the fires in Portugal.....