Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne
Professor at ETH Zurich, IPCC WGI Vice-chair.
#Climate #Extremes #Land.
Citizen/mum/scientist. Personal account.
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- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneWill you live an unprecedented life? In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor... Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne📢 Hot off the press: our new study in Nature, led by Luke Grant and @wimthiery.bsky.social, shows how climate change is redefining what it means to live an "unprecedented life"—facing climate extremes that would have been nearly impossible without human influence. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne🚨 Research by VUB and ETH Zurich shows millions of children will suffer most from heatwaves, crop failures, floods, fires and storms due to climate change. We must act now to protect their future! ➡️ go.ethz.ch/2i
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne@wimthiery.bsky.social presenting our new paper "Global emergence of unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes" at #EGU25. Stay tuned for the paper led by Luke Grant, @innevanderkelen.bsky.social, @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social, @lukasgudmundsson.bsky.social published on 8 May.
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneGoodbye GISS building, with your broken HVAC, stuck elevators, ugly carpet, and brilliant minds.
- NASA is canceling the lease of its NYC climate center, made famous when its first-floor diner, Tom's, appeared o̶n̶ ̶"̶S̶e̶i̶n̶f̶e̶l̶d̶"̶ in a Suzanne Vega song. Staff are expected to work remotely until a new space is found. 🎁🔗 with @lorengrush.bsky.social : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneGISS has famously been located above the Seinfeld restaurant for decades. Reprisal against Columbia or climate -- or both? GSA cancelled the lease, not NASA, a source says. GISS does not house supercompute -- its climate models are run at NASA Goddard in Md. Still a major disruption for its staff.
- NASA is terminating its lease for the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a major center for global warming research, @nasawatch.bsky.social reports. nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneExclusive: The director of the National Science Foundation announced his resignation today, 16 months before his 6-year term ends, in a letter to staff obtained by Science. scim.ag/42vc3fn
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- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneCan confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
- NSF has posted an “update on priorities.” They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants. And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneThe 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences. Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneI wrote a piece for @theconversation.com about how space tourism drives climate breakdown - well beyond any emissions from the rocket itself. Celebrities and other leaders have huge potential to catalyse climate action, but not like this... theconversation.com/why-katy-per...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneA record increase in atmospheric CO2 according to data released by NOAA gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/..., much higher than projected in the Global Carbon Budget essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/.... This occurred in the presence of an El Niño (red bars, data also from NOAA!). What does this mean? 1/
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneThe #ESOTC2024 report is out! Explore the contrasts across Europe, from the dry and often record-warm conditions in the east to warm but wet conditions in the west. #ESOTC2024 is a joint effort between #CopernicusClimate and @wmo-global.bsky.social, together with over 100 scientists. bit.ly/3G9MdEX
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- Some good news: Major nations agree on first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases with plan that targets shipping "The agreement, reached with the United States notably absent, takes effect in 2027." apnews.com/article/ship...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneBREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency. Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneÉtude factuelle, systematique, de la place accordée par les médias audiovisuels à la désinformation par rapport au changement climatique. A lire quotaclimat.org/actualites/d...
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- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneIn its continued effort to stifle free speech and assembly, the Trump Administration's State Department has revoked student visas for dozens of students who participated in protests against the government of Israel's actions in Gaza, several new reports confirm...(Continued)
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- Globale Umverteilung von Wasser: Die Erde trocknet aus. s. auch letzten Sachstandsbericht des Weltklimarats/IPCC: www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w... www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w... @lese66.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimawandel-...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneAlmost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects. Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
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- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneWe all know what's going on here, right? Tariffs not as economic policy, but purely to consolidate political power. From here on out, every day for Trump will be one of CEOs, presidents, prime ministers showing up to grovel, kiss the ring, ask for special favors.
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneNEW: Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that are not inhabited by humans, as part of a global trade war aimed at asserting US dominance. The Heard and McDonald Islands are known for their populations of penguins.
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- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneInteresting read (10 to 15 minutes) on factors driving public trust or mistrust in science. #disinformation #science #society #trust #mistrust @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social @mss7676.bsky.social
- How does #Disinformation affect public trust in science? Can healthy scepticism be good? A debate with Sonia Seneviratne, Mike S. Schäfer and former Swiss Chancellor Walter Thurnherr. Welcome to our first contribution of our focus week on trust. Article: ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneHow does #Disinformation affect public trust in science? Can healthy scepticism be good? A debate with Sonia Seneviratne, Mike S. Schäfer and former Swiss Chancellor Walter Thurnherr. Welcome to our first contribution of our focus week on trust. Article: ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
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- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneThis doesn't look good, folks www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneCarney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
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- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneBREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneElon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.
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- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneHow does disinformation impact public trust in science? Join climate researcher @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social, communication scientist Mike S. Schaefer and former Swiss Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr for a debate on this critical issue. 👉 ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratnePreliminary data suggests that the global average increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration in 2024 will be a record. Not just a little record, but 25% higher than the previous record. (This is the global average, as opposed to Moana Loa) gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/... 1/
- Interview dans @letemps.bsky.social sur la situation de la recherche aux USA. La situation est très préoccupante et il est essentiel de soutenir les chercheurs américains. L'Europe va devoir prendre le relai et jouer un rôle moteur durant les prochaines années. www.letemps.ch/sciences/son...
- Reposted by Prof. Sonia I SeneviratneThis isn't anti-DEI - it's retelling history as a story with only white men in it. The tale of the Navajo Code Talkers is essential to understanding the Allies' victory in WWII. Removing it because the people involved were non-white is segregationism.
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