Madeleine Cuff

Madeleine Cuff

@tinymaddie.bsky.social

Environment reporter for New Scientist mag, covering all things climate change

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Madeleine Cuff
@tinymaddie.bsky.social

Wonderful reporting

Josh Spero@joshspero.ft.com

Love @londoncentric.media's fresh overnight reportage from the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street -- full of London characters and dynamics, plus great pictures www.londoncentric.media/p/oxford-str...

londoncentric.mediaWhile you were asleep, Oxford Street was pedestrianisedPhoto essay: We spent the night with the team making it happen • The last bus is packed • The taxi drivers don’t know • The pedicabs don’t care

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PIK_climate
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social

Even if every country delivers its climate pledges, the world is on track for around 2.6°C of warming by 2100, says the new UN Emissions Gap Report. PIK’s Johan Rockström warns the damage could be greater still: if the US steps back, others may follow. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...

economictimes.indiatimes.comThe world is falling further behind on climate action, and the US looms largeHumanity is heading towards a hotter world due to increasing carbon emissions primarily from the United States. The United Nations Environment Programme has updated its climate projections,…
Madeleine Cuff
@tinymaddie.bsky.social

Blame Trump for Paris Agreement failure. If nations meet *all* their climate promises, (big IF) world would warm by 2.1°C by 2100. Last year that was 1.9°C but (included US efforts) US obstruction has added 0.2°C to current best case warming outcome www.newscientist.com/article/2594...

newscientist.comUN says 1.5°C is over and world is on track for 2.8°C of global warming | New ScientistThe best-case scenario now is that the planet will only temporarily breach 1.5°C of warming, but current climate pledges fall way short of that hope

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan
@elliemaeohagan.bsky.social

The IPCC is pretty clear that if we want a safe climate there can be no new oil and gas. But every country thinks it has some special reason for why it should be the exception

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Adam Vaughan
@adamvaughan.bsky.social

Wednesday dissonance. UN: World needs to cut carbon emissions 45% to stand any chance of coming back under global warming danger limit of 1.5C this century. UK: Would you like another gas field? #Jackdaw #northsea #fossilfuels #climatechange

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Jacob Aron
@jjaron.bsky.social

It's fine, I'm sure it's not urgent

Adam Vaughan@adamvaughan.bsky.social

The IPCC, the UN's climate science panel, has failed to agree a timeline for its next next big report. Was due in 2028, but some countries have been pushing for it to be delayed until 2029.

Madeleine Cuff
@tinymaddie.bsky.social

Are these going to be the right species that can cope w/ climate change? & is there going to be ££ to ensure new trees survive? “There’s always capital funding, so you can buy the trees, but you can’t necessarily maintain them" I'm told by those in the sector www.newscientist.com/article/2591...

newscientist.comUrban trees in south-east England can't cope with the changing climate | New ScientistIn cities such as London, trees are already struggling with hot and dry summers. Botanists warn that we need to start replacing them with drought-adapted species
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comHalf a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says governmentExclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
Madeleine Cuff
@tinymaddie.bsky.social

HALF of all the young trees planted by @treesforcities.bsky.social in the last year in London died in the summer drought - for almost all of the city's trees, their days are numbered www.newscientist.com/article/2591...

newscientist.comUrban trees in south-east England can't cope with the changing climate | New ScientistIn cities such as London, trees are already struggling with hot and dry summers. Botanists warn that we need to start replacing them with drought-adapted species

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Jessica Elgot
@jessicaelgot.bsky.social

New - Marc Stears, the director of UCL Policy Lab, is joining Number 10 as a special advisor to Andy Burnham. Close to Ed Miliband, Stears has done a lot of work and research recently on the splintering progressive vote, especially stressing the importance of climate

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Michael Le Page
@mjflepage.bsky.social

Initial analyses of satellite images and seismic data by @watershedlab.bsky.social & @kristencook.bsky.social suggest that the collapse of a high glacier caused the flash flood disaster in Nepal www.newscientist.com/article/2586...

newscientist.comA glacier collapse is most likely cause of the Nepal disaster | New ScientistMelting snow appears to have weakened a steep glacier at an altitude of 5 kilometres, causing it to plummet around a kilometre into the river valley below
Madeleine Cuff
@tinymaddie.bsky.social

It's not often that a very small change can make a big climate difference, but that's the case when it comes to contrails New trial from @newsfromgoogle.bsky.social & @metoffice.gov.uk and others will test airspace-wide action against planet-warming contrails www.newscientist.com/article/2585...

newscientist.comPlanes flying over the Atlantic will be re-routed to avoid contrails | New ScientistOperation Blue Skies is the world’s first trial to deploy contrail avoidance measures across an entire airspace, aiming to lower the climate impact of flights on a large scale

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Luke Tryl
@luketryl.bsky.social

🧵Weather maybe getting cooler, but what has been the impact of recent heatwaves on public attitudes to and salience of climate and net zero? Two thirds of the public say they are worried about hot weather and 86% think climate change at least partially responsible.

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Zeke Hausfather
@zekehausfather.com

With all August model runs now in (except for SINTEX-F), we now expect this year's El Niño event to peak sometime between October and December at a stunning 4C in the Niño3.4 region. To see all the latest numbers, check out the Climate Dashboard: dashboard.theclimate...

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Michael Le Page
@mjflepage.bsky.social

This really surprised me: a major source of certain pesticides in rivers is hand-washing by pet 🦮🐈 owners 🧪 “We detected [pesticides] in the wash-off even before we asked people to stroke their pets, so they’re just constantly on the hands of pet owners” www.newscientist.com/article/2583...

newscientist.comShould you stop using preventive flea treatments on your pets? | New ScientistIt has been assumed for decades that tick and flea treatments for pets pose no threat to wildlife or people, but there’s growing evidence that we have got it wrong

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Dr. Aaron Thierry
@thierryaaron.bsky.social

A first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible. 0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024. The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade. The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates. We're not remotely ready!

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New Scientist
@newscientist.com

The super El Niño now developing in the tropical Pacific has a 90 per cent chance of becoming the strongest in 150 years, breaking global temperature records and unleashing extreme weather

newscientist.comThis El Niño will be the hottest by a huge margin | New ScientistThe super El Niño now developing in the tropical Pacific has a 90 per cent chance of becoming the strongest in 150 years, breaking global temperature records and unleashing extreme weather
Madeleine Cuff
@tinymaddie.bsky.social

Back to (paid) work today after quite a few months off caring for the newest and tiniest member of the gang. If you've got any story tips, promising research, gossip, good memes pls share

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Jacob Aron
@jjaron.bsky.social

The future of solar power is bright, finds @tinymaddie.bsky.social *Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper *Batteries are good, and getting better *Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine www.newscientist.com/article/2500...

newscientist.comSolar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you thinkSolar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us to power the planet on sunshine

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Jacob Aron
@jjaron.bsky.social

Here is our exclusive survey asking leading climate scientists to give their views on solar geoengineering: *66% believe we will see it attempted this century *52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor" *81% want an international treaty to manage risk www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

newscientist.comExclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet
Madeleine Cuff
@tinymaddie.bsky.social

Climate scientists believe humans will launch risky schemes to block radiation from the sun in a desperate bid to cool global temperatures before the end of the century - read more in our @newscientist.com excl from myself & @jamesdinneen.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

newscientist.comExclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet
Madeleine Cuff
@tinymaddie.bsky.social

For those interested in this topic, @jamesdinneen.bsky.social wrote a great feature on the faltering land carbon sink this month for @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2497...

newscientist.comOne of Earth’s most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it?For decades, forest, grasslands and other land ecosystems have collectively absorbed up to a third of the carbon dioxide we emit each year - but this climate buffer may be collapsing far sooner than a...
Madeleine Cuff@tinymaddie.bsky.social

This is.... not good www.newscientist.com/article/2500... Particularly because scientists increasingly suspect that the planet is locked in a vicious feedback loop, where climate impacts like drought & marine heatwaves are dampening the planet's natural ability to take up carbon

newscientist.comCO2 levels in Earth's atmosphere jumped by a record amount in 2024The global average concentration of CO2 surged by 3.5 parts per million to reach 423.9 ppm last year, fuelling worries that the planet’s ability to soak up excess carbon is weakening
Madeleine Cuff
@tinymaddie.bsky.social

This is.... not good www.newscientist.com/article/2500... Particularly because scientists increasingly suspect that the planet is locked in a vicious feedback loop, where climate impacts like drought & marine heatwaves are dampening the planet's natural ability to take up carbon

newscientist.comCO2 levels in Earth's atmosphere jumped by a record amount in 2024The global average concentration of CO2 surged by 3.5 parts per million to reach 423.9 ppm last year, fuelling worries that the planet’s ability to soak up excess carbon is weakening

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Michael Le Page
@mjflepage.bsky.social

Aargh! Needless to say, a record rise in CO2 is really bad. By @tinymaddie.bsky.social 🧪 I think this means the CO2 rise was even higher than forecast by the Met Office, but that's based on a different measure so I'll need @richardabetts.bsky.social to confirm www.newscientist.com/article/2500...

newscientist.comCO2 levels in Earth's atmosphere jumped by a record amount in 2024The global average concentration of CO2 surged by 3.5 parts per million to reach 423.9 ppm last year, fuelling worries that the planet’s ability to soak up excess carbon is weakening