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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣

German oceanographer and climatologist
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📣 Just out: our new study on the 'cold blob' in the Northern Atlantic. Is that due to ocean currents bringing less heat there, or due to more heat being lost through the sea surface? Our data analysis strongly suggests it's due to #AMOC slowing. https://t.co/Po7mmOSiGC https://t.co/TwI4MXK9RK #ColdBlob #AMOC #OceanCurrents #Nospecificcountriesarementionedinthetweet.

This BBC documentary by Jonathan Renouf on abrupt climate change due to ocean circulation tipping is one of the best. From 1999, with top experts like Overpeck, Alley & the late Wally Broecker, it's chillingly current: that risk looks much higher now. https://t.co/ATcIdnZuWT #ClimateChange #OceanCirculation #Documentary #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.

Has the Atlantic overturning #AMOC shut down before? It very likely has, e.g. during Heinrich Event 4 around 40.000 years ago, in response to ice sliding into the Atlantic the water. Climate model simulations of this agree well with paleoclimate data. https://t.co/oMbj34EvJj #ClimateChange #Paleoclimate #AMOC #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.

Still popular after decades: climate science deniers deceive the public with various mislabeled Greenland ice core data curves. I have about 20 versions in my collection… #ClimateScience #IceCoreData #Misinformation #GL #DK

(TR) This should be clear to every person. It is scientific consensus. All countries have agreed to limit the warming to 1.5 degrees in the Paris Agreement after decades of intense debate for good reasons. This is already not achievable without overshooting.

Ein wichtiges Lehrstück über fossile Anti-Klimaschutz-Propaganda. Vor allem weil offenbar einige Politiker auf das absurde Narrativ hereingefallen sind. Wer Verantwortung trägt sollte besonders auf verlässliche Informationsquellen achten. https://t.co/RsceruMOWx #Klimaschutz #FossileEnergie #Politik

A new study by Allen et al. shows just what the New Scientist headline says. That's in fact not unexpected: warming slows #AMOC, and that's what removing aerosol pollution does. 🌊 New Scientist 👉 https://t.co/QyoJjdrjSE The paper 👉 https://t.co/u17MNaPKDC #ClimateChange #AMOC #Aerosols #Thetweetdoesnotspecificallymentionanycountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

RT @PIK_Climate: 🚨 FACTCHECK: PIK Director @jrockstrom spoke to The @AP to counter the misinformation being spread about the scientific com… #FactCheck #ClimateScience #Misinformation #Nospecificcountriesarementionedinthetweet.

(TR) That the CO2 emissions do not rise as sharply as assumed in 2011 in the 'worst-case' scenario (RCP8.5) is at least partially a success of climate policy. It is an important step in the right direction, but by no means a reason for alarm.

(TR) Good explanation by Zeke Hausfather from 2 years ago on why the "worst case" emissions scenario RCP8.5 is fortunately no longer plausible: this is a success of the ongoing energy transition worldwide! The emissions curve is flattening. It must now drop rapidly.

RT @AukeHoekstra: Interesting new paper documents clearly how the IAEA has been overestimating the growth of nuclear time and time again.… #IAEA #Nuclear #Research #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.

Nothing. (Original: Why are scientists more concerned than ever before? DW TV has a clip on the risk of instability of the Atlantic ocean overturning circulation #AMOC. https://t.co/bhQLuQfK6z) #ClimateChange #OceanScience #GlobalWarming #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthearticle.

Even without the climate crisis, the energy transition would make sense. However, the climate crisis means that it must happen very quickly now, thanks to decades of delay. (Original: Selbst ohne Klimakrise wäre die Energiewende vernünftig. Die Klimakrise bedeutet allerdings, dass es jetzt sehr schnell gehen muss, dank jahrzehntelanger Verschleppung.) #EnergyTransition #ClimateCrisis #SustainableFuture #Thearticledoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

Breaking: our new study just published shows that a stable or strengthening ocean current into the Nordic Seas is not a sign of a stable Atlantic overturning #AMOC. On the contrary, it is a physically expected result of an AMOC weakening. Open access: https://t.co/ssKLF4EYDp -