Out today in Nature, our new paper on the drivers of the extreme summertime heating of the North Atlantic during 2023. Temperatures across much of the basin warmed to record high levels in the space of just a few months. The impacts on climate and ecosystems were severe. A thread

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The more than 1000 job losses at CSIRO reflect a long pattern of underfunding by govt, who have treated science as optional. We need research to build resilience and future industries. Reversing the slide in national research investment has to start now. https://t.co/gepFszB80N

🌊 What is the Meridional Overturning Circulation and why is it important? The Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.

🧊 New research reveals an overlooked Antarctic process could skew sea level rise projections. ☀️ A team led by Dr Fabio Boeira Dias (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctic ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath. https://t.co/ZZ1SRcsus9

The DOE scam climate report tries to deny the obvious observed fact that sea-level rise has been accelerating. A statistician explains in his blog: https://t.co/WcMSAdob5u It’s a long predicted physics effect of a warming planet: continental ice melts faster the warmer it gets.

It beggars belief that our useless media is ignoring graphs such as this from the University of Reading and behaving like everything is OK.

From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – with global ramifications https://t.co/EL8e1CaoyL via @ConversationEDU

Part 2 of my interview with Robyn Williams on the ABC Science Show, where we discuss funding cuts to US climate science, the threats of sea-level rise, and whether we're already too late to deal with climate change. https://t.co/iDyhVCPys2 via @ABCaustralia

This week I joined the wonderful Robyn Williams on the @ABCaustralia Science Show to discuss our recent North Atlantic Nature paper alongside a range of other topics — marine heat waves around Australia, polar vortex wobbles, the AMOC, and the deep cost of climate inaction. Part

Our piece in @ConversationEDU today: As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk https://t.co/8wZN3v204M And it's not just Australia that will lose out. Forecasting all around the world will be set back decades if these cuts go through.

For decades, Australia has relied on data from US satellites, floats and monitoring programs. Planned deep cuts put Australian forecasting at risk @windjunky @tasvo @ProfMattEngland @MonashUni @RMIT @UTAS_ @UTSEngage @UNSW

The Earth has warmed before but never this fast. This graph compares current & projected warming to past extinction-level events. In the past: 🌡️ +5°C took 5,000+ years Now: 🌡️ +5°C could happen in just 200 years This is NOT natural.

Record marine heatwaves may signal permanent shift in the oceans Fierce marine heatwaves recorded globally in 2023 and 2024 Evidence points to start of a fundamental change with devastating consequences for life on Earth https://t.co/symjLCvemN @ProfMattEngland

Landmark ruling in the Advisory Opinion by the ICJ on Climate Change. 1.5 degree C is legally the Planetary limit. All countries are legally obliged to comply. Even fossil-fuel subsidies can be illegal. States have duty to solve the planet crisis and can be held accountable.

For anyone interested in a deeper dive into our recent Nature paper on the 2023 North Atlantic marine heat wave https://t.co/8u5RpgIhP7 plus some discussion of recent findings related to the SMOC, @danmiller999 does an outstanding job as host with cameos from @LeonSimons8 👇👇👇

Insightful Climate Chat with @ProfMattEngland about these extreme ('off the chart') Sea Surface Temperatures over the North Atlantic. We also discussed major ocean currents, AMOC, sea ice, aerosols and more. Link below.

Thursday at 3pm PT (special day/time) on Climate Chat: Cause of Extreme North Atlantic Warming in 2023 with @UNSW @ProfMattEngland. On YouTube & LinkedIn (links in thread). We'll also discuss AMOC & S. Ocean. #ClimateCrisis #AMOC @LeonSimons8 @drivingmzstacey @radsci