This article says climate change is “believed to have played a role” in the UK's extreme heat this week.
As a climate scientist, let me fact-check that.
First, climate change is not a religion. No belief is required. It is about evidence.
And the evidence has been crystal clear for more than two decades: climate change is making heat waves hotter, longer, more frequent and more dangerous.
In fact, science has advanced far beyond saying climate change merely “played a role.” Today, we can quantify how much more likely and how much hotter climate change made a specific event.
Here's the bottom line:
Climate is changing. Humans are responsible. And we are experiencing the impacts now. That’s the bad news.
The good news is that solutions already exist, and the majority of people care - 89%, around the world!
But meaningful action depends on helping people understand not just what is happening: we need to know how it affects our lives (this heat wave being example A today) and what we can do about it.
That’s the opportunity this reporting missed.
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A magnificent shout out to @OxfordNUJ member @hedgehoghugh, currently heading to London to receive the Clarivate Award for Communicating Zoology from the Zoological Society of London, for his book ‘Cull of the Wild’
#oxford#journalism@OfficialZSL
Congratulations Hugh. His book 'Cull of the Wild' was awarded the 2025 ZSL Clarivate Award for Communicating Zoology and we're off to London for him to receive it this afternoon 🤩
@hedgehoghugh@Bloomsbury#cullofthewild#book#bookaward
Solidarity with Baroness Doreen Lawrence giving evidence at the #spycops public inquiry today, because the undercover #police spied on her family after the racist murder of her son.
#StephenLawrence#InstitutionalRacism
Very much worth watching the documentary 'Stephen: The Murder That Changed a Nation'.
This *should* be on @BBCiPlayer permanently as a resource.
@RoganProduction — anywhere else to watch?
#spycops
The #spycops report claims that Suresh Grover told the public meeting that Doreen and Neville Lawrence had privately separated but were staying together for the sake of the campaign. Doreen says she wonders if this actually comes from phone hacking.
Filmed this at the #Oxford#LiftTheBan protest. Campaigners held placards, sang and clapped. Many were arrested under terrorism charges due to the words on their placards. @DefendourJuries
OXFORD ARRESTS
This woman clutches a photo of two Gazan children who belong to a family she has supported for many years, as she is carried to a police van following arrest under the Terrorism Act.
Her act of “terrorism”? Holding a sign with seven words on it.
🎥: @cameraZoe
OXFORD ARRESTS
This woman clutches a photo of two Gazan children who belong to a family she has supported for many years, as she is carried to a police van following arrest under the Terrorism Act.
Her act of “terrorism”? Holding a sign with seven words on it.
🎥: @cameraZoe
Within 24 hours of Stephen Lawrence's murder, someone walked into the local police station and gave the names of the killers to the police, but was turned away #spycops
Sitting in the Undercover Police Enquiry listening the Baroness Doreen Laurence recounting the death of her son, Stephen Lawrence, and subsequent investigation and inquiries.
#spycops
Two protests happening on different sides of the road. 'Send them back' on one side and 'we're all part of an International Community' on the other.
This took part in #Oxford outsidea hotel housing #asylum seekers.
#RefugeesWelcome#Refugees#AntiFascist
BREAKING: in response to the assassination of Aljazeera's journalists, the world's journalists have today refused to report anything that Israel says.
Amazing.