Yi-Ling Hwong

Postdoctoral research fellow @ISTAustria & @IIASAVienna. Previously @ccrc_unsw, @CERN & @MSF. I research #clouds and their impact on #climate.

[Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong]

Always be suspicious of someone who is incapable of laughing at themself. One has to be able to appreciate that as sombre as it can be, life is also absurd and improbable, and the only way to get through it is with humour, grace, and humility. #SundayThoughts

[Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong]

My paper on the unreasonable efficiency of rain evaporation removal in triggering convective organization is published! Plain language: when rain is prevented from evaporating under the clouds, clouds become more tightly clumped and now we know why:

https://t.co/xLoilfMVuh

[Clover Hogan @cloverhogan]

The most insidious form of climate denial is no longer, "It's not happening," but the belief that incremental or tech solutions will solve this crisis.

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[Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong]

Quotable quote from #procliasisimip 2024 workshop. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of progress. @EdwardByers on emulating climate impacts and vulnerability hotspots

#climate #climateimpact @ISIMIPImpacts @IIASAVienna

[Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong]

My first column article is published in @Newsflix_at ! I wrote about clouds (what else 🙃), their memory and how they hold the key to many climate mysteries:
https://t.co/WBLBFA7aA0

[ISTAustria @ISTAustria]

Congratulations to @ISTAustria Postdoc @yilinghwong - winner in the category "Exposure to policy-making" at the #MSCA 2023 Pitch Competition.

[FECYT @FECYT_Ciencia]

➡ Los ganadores de los #MSCAAwards reciben sus galardones:
✅Linda Brodnicke @LBrodnicke
✅Yann Robiou du Pont @yann_rdp
✅Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong
✅Neus Escobar de @BC3Research

@MSCActions

[ISTAustria @ISTAustria]

@ISTAustria cloud scientist @yilinghwong is among the finalists for the #MSCA 2023 Awards. 🥳 Tune in to watch their pitches on bridging science and policy-making and vote for your favorite one! Yi-Ling's will be on Nov 15, 9 AM 👉 https://t.co/fLGVri4LVC

[Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong]

I am one of the finalists of the Marie Curie Actions #MSCA science policy pitch competition taking place on 14 and 15 November in Toledo, Spain! The finals will be broadcasted online, and you can vote for your favourite candidate 😉

[Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong]

Brilliant talk by @KNubez on the TAMS tracking system for MCSs that she developed. On top of her fantastic work her energy is amazing 🤩 #wco3

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

We've all seen these charts. They go viral on social media every few months, with claims that "green growth is happening".

Is green growth really happening? We assess this question empirically in a new article out today in The Lancet Planetary Health: 🧵https://t.co/xzElT61Xj6

[Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong]

Every #climate scientist’s mood

[ISTAustria @ISTAustria]

In an interview with C/O Vienna Magazine, they talked about their work, their motivations, and what clouds mean to them: https://t.co/kcDNqzDoYD

[ISTAustria @ISTAustria]

Have you looked up into the clouds today? ☁️⛅️
ISTA scientists @yilinghwong and @andreastoellner study clouds in the lab and in computer simulations to understand their formation and their effect on the climate.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

This image from today's IPCC synthesis report is brutal. The existing policy trajectory represents a profound failure of our governments, and of our international political system. We need much more aggressive mitigation and much stronger international cooperation.

[AMS Publications @AMSPublications]

Fuchs, David, @StevenSherwood4, Darryn Waugh, @v2dixit, @ProfMattEngland, @yilinghwong, and Olivier Geoffroy. "Midlatitude Jet Position Spread Linked to Atmospheric Convective Types", Journal of Climate 36, 4 (2023): 1247-1265, https://t.co/fdxhLbmDyU #JClimate

[Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong]

Great thread on a common misunderstanding about #climate science: if we only have data on the last few hundred years, how can we make accurate predictions about future climates?

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of how climate science operates. A short 🧵:

[ISTAustria @ISTAustria]

The HARMONY project was selected by @esa to become the 10th Earth Explorer. Caroline Muller, Assistant Prof @istaustria will be in the mission advisory group of 2 satellites, planned to launch in 2029, to measure winds at high resolution and cloud motion. https://t.co/SBrkjo09il

[Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong]

Retweeting this mostly as a note to self #climate #climateconversation #SciComm

[Jennifer Marlon @JMarlonPhD]

Was reminded today of this excellent list of scientific jargon to avoid, from R Somerville and @ClimateComms long ago but still completely relevant, especially as climate change work has become even more interdisciplinary.

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

More and more countries achieve to decouple economic growth from CO₂ emissions.

Just made this new chart that shows the evidence for 25 countries. Growth is up, emissions down.

[Yi-Ling Hwong @yilinghwong]

@AstroBonology @AussieAstrobio @clarefletcher42 @dr_isa_kingsley Massive congrats Bonnie! So, so happy for all of you :-)