Pierre Friedlingstein
Born at 321 ppm. Climate & Carbon Cycle Scientist. Prof @UniofExeter Directeur de Recherche @CNRS @GlobalCarbonProject
- Reposted by Pierre Friedlingstein*DEADLINE EXTENDED* February 8 Submit your suggestions and nominate (yourself or others) as a co-author for the 2026 edition of the 10 New Insights in Climate Science
- What climate insights are policymakers missing? If you’re working on new or emerging climate research, now’s the time to surface it. Help shape the 2026 10 New Insights in Climate Science. Submit by 31 Jan 2026: form.jotform.com/Future_Earth...
- Reposted by Pierre FriedlingsteinFollowing coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
- Reposted by Pierre FriedlingsteinI'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
- Reposted by Pierre FriedlingsteinI've put together my predictions for 2026 and 2027 temperatures over at The Climate Brink. I expect 2026 will likely end up similar to 2023 and 2025 at ~1.4C, while 2027 will likely be considerably warmer (conditional on El Nino): www.theclimatebrink....
- Reposted by Pierre FriedlingsteinThe Global Carbon Project has just published the most comprehensive Global Hydrogen Budget to date. H2, although not a GHG, has an indirect Global Warming Potential 37 times more potent than CO2. Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/hydrogen-emi... Research paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Pierre FriedlingsteinPlease read www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
- Reposted by Pierre FriedlingsteinI really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
- For once, some good news about the Amazon tropical forest 🌳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Pierre FriedlingsteinEager for more details? 👀 Check our full Research Highlight here:bit.ly/4qMYPEy With @docaharper.bsky.social from @universityofga.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk, Gabriel Abrahão, from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social and @rosieafisher.bsky.social, from @cicero.oslo.no
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- At #COP30 last week, India highlighted the impossibility of 1.5C and the reliance on CDR for overshoot scenarios. Interview with @glenpeters.bsky.social about Paris Agreement temperature goals, where we need to go and how to get there. drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
- 👏 “When it comes to climate change, the “end of the world” and “good for you” are “the two lowest-probability outcomes”. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Pierre FriedlingsteinDirect air capture is not currently viable strategy. Likely increases carbon pollution (more carbon energy required to than saved). See @mzjacobson.bsky.social's work: news.stanford.edu/stories/2019... & Joe Romm's review for our center (@penncssm.bsky.social): bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upen...
- Reposted by Pierre FriedlingsteinAu GIEC, une bataille très politique autour des dates de publication du prochain rapport d’évaluation. Pour la 4e fois en 2 ans, les pays n’ont pas réussi à s’accorder sur son calendrier. Certains pays veulent repousser sa parution pour amoindrir l’action climatique www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
- Reposted by Pierre FriedlingsteinHow much CO₂ can the world emit while limiting global temperature rise?
