John Marsham
Prof of Atmospheric Science, Weather, Climate, Tropical Meteorology, Communicating the Climate Crisis
- Great PhD work by James Bassford in @agu.org Geophys.Res.Lett. Using statistical mechanics concepts he explains why one model can capture the bimodal water vapour distribution over tropical oceans, & another cannot essopenarchive.org/users/593994...
- One dead, 1000s evacuated, I imagine this will affect UK food supplies(?) and it's not even in the UK news ... We have normalised ClimateCrisis extremes far quicker than I thought we would (I know there's a lot in the news just now) www.euronews.com/2026/02/05/a...
- The Olympics are allowing oil and gas companies to sponsor the Games – even as fossil fuels threaten the future of winter sports. Add your name and urge them to end fossil fuel sponsorship for good >> act.gp/4rnOGOu
- Reposted by John MarshamThank you to South Hams District Council for backing the #NationalEmergencyBriefing. We hope to see many other councils following suit. Suggested template motion below to share with your local councillors. @southhamsdc.bsky.social #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
- Reposted by John MarshamMy comment to the misleading Ecotricity report post almost got more likes than their post - let’s at least match theirs. www.linkedin.com/posts/ecotri...
- Mike Stanton, the chair of the Somerset Rivers Authority. “It may be that in the next 50 years, perhaps in the next 20, some homes around here will have to be abandoned.”
- The Somerset Levels used to be under the sea, and with 2m of sea-level rise possible within 75 years, and several more metres rise thereafter, resettlement is the only long-term solution www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- This event has been tragically under-reported in UK news
- Reposted by John MarshamNEW ANALYSIS: UK household electricity bills have risen over the last 5 years. BUT: Despite frequent claims that net zero is to blame: 2/3 of the increase is because of high gas prices shows new @ukerc.bsky.social report. Arguably without renewable energy the UK would see even higher bills today.
- Compared with most UK journalism, it's refreshing to see a reporter stating straight up these are climate crisis stories. It shouldn't be. But you really don't see much UK media treating UK floods like that
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- I've long thought that our climate crisis response must urgently learn from this. The experts were shouting it's not safe, but the management didn't want to hear that message. They wanted to carry on. Climate scientists often say it will be "catastrophic" without rapidly phasing out fossil fuels...
- Floods in UK - but no mention of Climate Emergency by BBC. To me, incredibly poor journalism to report on events but not on known reasons for them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Please sign and share. To act with the urgency we need, we need media to tell the truth
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- Reposted by John MarshamPlease help take the National Emergency Briefing across the country by donating to our People's Emergency Briefing film crowdfunder, if you can. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-people... Thank you to the many who have already donated. #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
- A "good" day to start @envleeds.bsky.social undergrad teaching on "SOEE3701 Modelling Extreme Weather Events" and MSc "SOEE56M Climate Risk". I should have grabbed the warnings image when more were in place. Thanks all for battling thro rain to make a 9am, and for great q's! Science to practise!
- Reposted by John MarshamHUGE moment for the EU car market as battery EVs overtake petrol cars for the first time ever But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite? Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
- Yes - but also ~17% of budget for 2deg, ie we have even less time than many quite well informed people think, and we already know that we have a lot less time than many people show should know better think (i.e. MPs)
- Reposted by John MarshamWe are facing an extremely serious threat. There is much we can do, but action will not happen until the public is informed. Please ask your MP to sign the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis. #NEB2025 www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
- Reposted by John MarshamIn other news, I was inadvertently racist at school, I inadvertently lied about my house purchase to avoid tax and inadvertently led a party that was infiltrated by Russia.
- Really excited about this project with KNUST, Cambridge @ucadsenegal.bsky.social @theturing.bsky.social et al. There is potential to really transform weather forecasts for Africa in the next decade - with far more forecasting & science done in Africa www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
- ClimateCrisis everywhere. Of course behind/affects Europe-USA-Greenland headline geopolitics. Meanwhile extremes enhanced by climate crisis cause lesser headlines: Tragedy in NZ. Floods in UK. Tragedy in Spain (train crash was due to collapsed wall after months of drought + heavy rain ).
- Reports are getting starker and starker in their warnings www.theguardian.com/environment/... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Reposted by John Marsham"The UK does not have enough land to feed its population and rear livestock: a wholesale change in consumer diets would be required." re: the challenge of food security under nature collapse. from a UK govt national security assessment out today… assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
- It's hard providing news quotes that succinctly cover threat & solutions to empower action without being "too long". Thanks @dailymail.co.uk @yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk @independent.ie for using quote & @financialtimes.com for some of it. (Links in thread) www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
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- I'd been wondering how Tehran's water crisis linked to protests. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
- Reposted by John MarshamLatest on 'Honest' Bob Jenrick joining Reform.
- Also scandalous they don't discuss implications. It's like reporting a widespread illness that is increasing human body temperatures, and understanding why, but failing to report that a body temperatures above 40 can be fatal.
- News like this is a rare opportunity to communicate risks of where we are heading & consequences of our actions. Media largely sticks to global temperatures though - which doesn't tell the real story. Why? Stronger dialogue between media & science vital www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by John MarshamThis thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication. I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
- Reposted by John MarshamThe utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on: * Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc AND * Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero I kid you not, it is that stupid
- Reposted by John Marsham🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10
- Even the @theguardian.com has more words on the Golden Globes than the @nebriefing.bsky.social We need quality media like RestIsPolitics to step up and discuss what matters to all politics, and to us all.
- @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social unfortunately couldn’t make the National Emergency Briefing. Would they consider having @mikebernerslee.bsky.social on #Leading?🙏 Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity. #NEB2025
- The Climate Crisis provides essential context for all politics - trade through & conflict over the melting Arctic, mass migration, materials for renewables/batteries, global food & water supplies, fossil-fuel lobbying of parties & govs. How can RestIsPolitics not cover the @nebriefing.bsky.social ?
- @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social unfortunately couldn’t make the National Emergency Briefing. Would they consider having @mikebernerslee.bsky.social on #Leading?🙏 Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity. #NEB2025
- @theguardian.com think you mean 'year rich' in first line. @damiengayle.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
- As Trump talks about seizing Greenland, worth giving this a listen if you haven't already. 10 mins from someone who knows more than most about the need for climate action for UK national security. Please sign & share www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-... www.nebriefing.org/briefings/na...
- Reposted by John MarshamProfessor Suraje Dessai, Principal Fellow at Priestley, has been appointed to the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change. Suraje is one of the 15 independent senior scientific experts appointed to the board climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/suraje-...
- Reposted by John MarshamHuge congratulations to Prof Piers Forster CBE! 🎉Director of the Priestley Centre, who has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours 2026 for his climate science leadership and impact. A brilliant recognition of excellence and action on climate change. 🌍 Read more www.leeds.ac.uk/university-n...
- To me this was a highlight of the @nebriefing.bsky.social A vital perspective from an "establishment source", traditionally listened to by the right-wing, from a sector that knows how to handle risks, threats and emergencies. Well worth a listen.
- Lt General Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE, a recently retired senior army officer, explaining why the climate crisis threatens national security. "We are facing the potential of 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 unless Government takes this seriously" Full talk: link below. #NationalEmergencyBriefing #NEB2025
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- So many news stories on chocolate/food prices before Xmas. @theguardian.com & @thesun.co.uk explain role of climate crisis. @dailymirrornews0.bsky.social @dailymail.co.uk refer to extreme weather, but not WHY. (@dailytelegraph.bsky.social behind pay-wall). www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by John MarshamIf you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
- Great to see Piers Forster raising with @katiewhitemp.bsky.social threat to UK food supply through impacts of climate crisis on global food production, as well as win-win solutions that are desirable irrespective of the crisis (eg heat-pumps, EVs). www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-OE...
- Now over 45 000. Keeps growing sign & share
- Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis. The public have a right to know. Sign the open letter: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-... Now at over 36,000 signatories. #TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
- Reposted by John MarshamLooking for climate experts at #AGU25 right now who can comment on these administration plans to break up UCAR. DMs open.
- My first ever conference (2000ish) I met someone from USA Navy talking about the "Tactical implications of an ice-free Arctic" . UK needs to wake up to threat to national security from climate crisis, and win-win actions on energy, economy and national security www.nebriefing.org/briefings/na...
- Great article following the @nebriefing.bsky.social highlighting sport's role in creating the societal tipping points we need on awareness of and action to address the climate emergency. Sign the open letter here: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-... www.forbes.com/sites/claire...
- Exciting role Royal Met Soc working with @metoffice.gov.uk "Research Assistant to support an exciting project called the State of the Climate for the Agri-Food Sector". "https://www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/royal-meteorological-society/project-based-research-assistant/1048159?tsId=36
- Most Brits want climate action but don't realise others too. Time for a Uk @nebriefing.bsky.social . Please sign the letter & share - we need this to reach all those who want climate action. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
- 37 dead "Experts say the climate crisis is in part responsible for the extreme weather fluctuations seen in the North African state" Say it how it is BBC, "The climate crisis, caused by burning fossil fuels, is driving increases in such extreme weather fluctuations" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
