Janet Fraser Barlow

Professor of environmental physics, researching urban meteorology, building ventilation, and being human. Luke Howard Award 2019.

[Department for Energy Security and Net Zero @energygovuk]

Today’s @metoffice report highlights the impacts of the climate crisis, but we are leading with hope and action to tackle it. Our work will protect Britain’s way of life & create a brighter future: warmer homes, cleaner air, good jobs, economic growth, and energy security.

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

This is your regular reminder that COVID is *not* seasonal.

Many of the biggest waves in previous years have fallen in the summer…

…and, as we head into summer once more, there are definite signs of an uptick.

Will this become another full-blown wave? Only time will tell…

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

FACTCHECK: Almost all the headlines on Tony Blair / net-zero are *wildly* inaccurate

REALITY:

1️⃣Net-zero is *only way* to stop warming
2️⃣Blair calls for tech to "turbocharge our path to net-zero"
3️⃣He categorically *does not* say "net-zero is doomed to fail"

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[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

I know coverage of disability benefits can be very distressing. So, I’ve worked with colleagues to make a range of support visible on The Guardian’s site.

If you click on a relevant news story, you’ll see a “drop box” of signposted mental health help as well as benefits advice.

[Soup Dragon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @soupie66]

Tesco, good, occasionally busy later. Sainsbury’s, moderate to good, rough in toilet roll aisle.
Asda, light to moderate, heavy crowds by evening.
M&S and Co-Op, fair.
Waitrose, fair to moderate.
Lidl, rough at first, easing later.
And that’s the end of the Shopping Forecast.

[Humphrey Lean @hwlean]

We are advertising a second PhD on exploitation of experimental 100m scale ensembles. Based @UniRdg_Met with @MetOffice_Sci CASE. https://t.co/GQAsBE3uxp

[Future Urban Ventilation Network @BreathingCity]

📢A new report is out today from the National Engineering Policy Centre discussing how to improve indoor environments through building retrofit. Read it here: https://t.co/l9b2PglOfF

[Janet Fraser Barlow @janetfbarlow]

Postdoctoral research scientist opportunity at Reading working in urban meteorology. Deadline for applications 11th Dec. https://t.co/8UbSPYs6Vn

[Robin Hogan @RobinJHogan]

Job opportunity at #ECMWF working on #EarthCARE lidar data assimilation! A great opportunity to join the ECMWF team working with the data from this exciting new satellite. The position may be held in Reading or Bonn, deadline for applications 15th Dec. https://t.co/gOUFuD9ax4

[Janet Fraser Barlow @janetfbarlow]

@nationalrail on your app you've got the times wrong for the journey between Tilehurst and Reading - arrives Reading at around 10:01 not 10:13. @thetrainline got it right!

[Future Urban Ventilation Network @BreathingCity]

📢Tickets still available!
On 8th November it is #WorldVentil8Day, #BreathingCity is holding a webinar on 'Building the Evidence to Improve Ventilation' from 1-3pm, tickets are free and available here: https://t.co/wUflMOU0Z0

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣 @rahmstorf]

Latest NASA global temperature data.
Earth has never been hotter since Homo sapiens discovered agriculture in the early Holocene. Likely even since 120,000 years ago.
Fossil coal, oil and gas emissions caused it.
We need to stop making it worse.
Yes, we can if we want to. 🧵

[Chris Page - Meteorologist @ChrisPage90]

Here’s a Timelapse of the #comet from Arizona 😍 https://t.co/v4aVdm0pLo

[Miguel Teixeira @MACTeixeira7]

In a collaboration including @DEMec_feup and @NanjingUnivers1, we show in #MonWeaRev @AMSPublications that accounting for nonhydrostatic effects in #orographic gravity #wave drag #parametrization improves WRF's forecast of Northeast China cold vortices: https://t.co/nZLHjnkpYc

[Maarten De Cock @mdc_martinus]

“…this study investigated the airborne transmission of respiratory diseases in the hospital elevator by comparison to the conference room.”

“The results showed that the infection probability in the elevator with 5 min was higher than that in the conference room with 50 min.”

[Gina 😷 SARS2isAirborne #VoteGreen 💚 @Saffiya_Khan1]

“The government’s approach to ventilating children’s classrooms isn’t just late. It is incompetent, complacent, and inadequate”

Bridget knows 😉

[chantzy @chantz_y]

Next-gen nasal vaccines could help end the pandemic

Exciting news from @McMasterU - their team is gearing up to do a Phase 2 trial of
an intranasal vaccine in Canadian cities. This is the most promising mucosal COVID-19 vax under development in 🇨🇦

https://t.co/M84pJfxxMD

[World Ventil8 Day @WorldVentil8Day]

🔵 World Ventil8 Day 2024 🟢

It's 1 month until #WorldVentil8Day & this year's theme is 'Enabling Action' - focusing on both high-level policy engagement and grassroots actions.

Download our toolkit and help us spread the word: https://t.co/GBp04VXrNb

#EnablingAction #WV8D24

[Mind @MindCharity]

People need mental health support now. Not in 6 months. #WorldMentalHealthDay