UK Earth System Model

Hello bluesky! We'll be posting updates on the UK Earth system model developments, how we are using it, papers and how we collaborate with EU and international partners. If you have any questions, I'll try to field them😅 go.bsky.app/HyHzfYJ

🌊 How could a collapse in North Atlantic ocean circulation put fisheries at risk? 🐟 Climate model projections suggest that weakening convection in the subpolar gyre could reduce nutrient supply and marine productivity. @noc.ac.uk 🔗 Read: terrafirma.ac.uk/north-atlant...

🧊 What happens when Antarctic ice shelves collapse? Researchers have developed CANOBI, a new high-resolution modelling system to help investigate how ice shelf collapse could affect ocean circulation, glacier flow and future sea-level rise. @bas.ac.uk 🔗 Read: terrafirma.ac.uk/scientists-d...

🚀 The UKESM LinkedIn page is now live! Join our growing community and follow us to stay up to date with the latest research, publications and developments. 🌍 www.linkedin.com/company/ukesm/

“The Rapid Evaluation Framework brings together climate scientists and Earth observation researchers to quickly check how accurately climate simulations reflect reality. The better we can do that, the more reliable our picture of future climate change” climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

Read this excellent CarbonBrief article if you want to know the facts and evidence behind climate change.

Climate models are getting more powerful and more complex. But how do scientists know they're performing well? 🔍🌍 Our UKESM expert contributed to explain how benchmarking builds confidence in the models that inform our understanding of climate change. eos.org/editors-vox/... eos.org/editors-vox/...

🌊 New research explored how the North Atlantic subpolar gyre & its phytoplankton bloom might respond to different levels of global warming, and identified a possible tipping threshold. terrafirma.ac.uk/limiting-war... 📖 Read doi.org/10.1029/2025... @noc.ac.uk @dryool.bsky.social @ukesm.bsky.social

Further to a post from last week, we've now got a shiny press release for our work using the @ukesm.bsky.social model on the recovery of the #Phytoplankton bloom of the #NorthAtlantic #SubpolarGyre after reaching #NetZero at different warming levels ... 🌊

🚨New publication alert!🚨 🌊 My colleague, Sophy Oliver (et al.) used idealised @tipmip.bsky.social simulations of the @ukesm.bsky.social model to study the fate of the #NorthAtlantic #SubpolarGyre and its recovery following #NetZero after reaching different temperatures. Reader: it does not end well.

Find out how EU climate research projects can better support Early-Career Researchers! Read more on the OptimESM website optimesm-he.eu/2026/06/15/b... #ECR #climateresearch #optimESM

We're hiring a (Senior) Scientist in Earth System Modelling. Check out the links below, apply now, and share! @metoffice.gov.uk @horizoneu.bsky.social 📆 Closing date: 26 June 2026 📍 Exeter HQ Met Office 🌐 careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/sear... careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/sear...

Call for Early Career Researchers: Join and Lead Fresh Eyes on CMIP (Deadline: 30 May 2026) www.wcrp-climate.org/news/wcrp-ne...

🌍 Help shape CMIP – join Fresh Eyes today Fresh Eyes on CMIP bring together climate scientists, data users, and tool developers to improve accessibility, usability, and impact. ✅ Flexible time commitment ✅ Influence community practice ✅ Leadership opportunities 👉 Join us: zurl.co/kBHJ5

We're looking forward to the upcoming @egu.eu EGU26 from 3–8 May! Explore our TerraFIRMA & UKESM related talks and posters: terrafirma.ac.uk/terrafirma-a... @ukesm.bsky.social

We're looking forward to the upcoming @egu.eu EGU26 from 3–8 May! Explore our UKESM & TerraFIRMA related talks and posters: ukesm.ac.uk/2026/05/01/u... @terrafirmaclimate.bsky.social

🌍Post-doctoral research opportunity on Earth-System modeling and ice sheet-climate interactions @cnrisac.bsky.social @eu-liquidice.bsky.social ⏲️Deadline: 10 May 🌐More info: selezionionline.cnr.it/jconon/call-... docs.google.com/document/d/1...

📚PhD scholarship opportunity on Multi-scale modelling of #climatechange impacts on Mediterranean coastal systems at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in collaboration with the Italian National Research Council & @cnrisac.bsky.social 🌐More info: www.unive.it/web/en/2161/... csrcc.it/fileadmin/us...

📣 Rapid Evaluation Framework #REF was recently launched. This free-to-use tool enables scientists to rapidly assess how accurately climate models represent the real world 🌐 Read more terrafirma.ac.uk/rapid-evalua... @nceoscience.bsky.social @wcrp-cmip.org #CMIP #CMIP7 #IPCC #ClimateModels

⚪𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗣𝗜-𝗕𝗚𝗖 - 𝗛𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺-𝗔𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 & 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝘅𝗲𝘀 3-year PhD at the @bgc-jena.mpg.de within the GENAI-X project as part of the ELLIS Unit Jena. ‼️Apply until April 9: www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/career/02...

🌍CLIMERI-France is hiring a Scientific officer for the coordination of their research infrastructure on climate modeling. 📆Application deadline: 10 April 2026 🌐More info: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Women scientists' role in the climate research field is increasingly prominent, although they remain under-represented. On 1st April 2026 at 14:00 CET, we bring visibility to the work of women climate researchers through our Collaboration Workshop! Register: buff.ly/AEIPiWq Info: buff.ly/zRKvR9s

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

🚀 We're hiring! Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Earth System Modelling: develop the UKESM2 model and use it to investigate tipping points. 📍 Grade 7 (£41,064–£48,822) Location: Met Office, Exeter 🌍 Apply today! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Closes: 26 February

🚀 We're hiring a Scientific Software Engineer! Join the UKESM team to help develop and optimise the next generation UK Earth System Model for tipping point research. 💼 Grade 7 (£41k–£48k) Location: Met Office, Exeter 🌍 Apply today! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Closes: 26 February.

We’ve refreshed our UKESM website with clearer navigation and easier access to key resources. Feel free to explore the new layout and tell us what else you’d like to see👀💻📱 ukesm.ac.uk

Nature security is shared security. On 20 Nov, join us at the UK Pavilion to explore how protecting biodiversity—from the Amazon to the UK—strengthens global resilience. • Stability • Climate • Health Watch the event live here: youtube.com/live/g1L6RB3...

At #COP30 today - Wildfires: Science, Stories, and Strategies for Resilience in Amazonia UKCEH with Fundacion Avina, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and University of East Anglia UK Pavilion or livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/VNg-QCfYbvQ

Wildfires are becoming a defining climate-related challenge. Their inclusion in the UNFCCC Loss & Damage framework is essential, researchers say. New in @commsearth.nature.com buff.ly/nNXUyyU UKCEH co-author Maria Barbosa is at #COP30 next week to discuss #wildfires science 🔥

6 EU-funded climate & Earth system modelling projects—@esm2025.bsky.social, @optimesm-eu.bsky.social, @tipesm.bsky.social, @climtip.bsky.social, @rescueclimate.bsky.social & NextGEMS—came together for a clustered science-to-policy meeting to present insights.💬🌐 ukesm.ac.uk/climate-rese...

Report reveals climate change increased likelihood of Southern California’s wildfires 🔥 The State of Wildfires report, co-led by the Met Office, @ukceh.bsky.social, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social & @ecmwf.int evidences the link between climate change and wildfire activity. Read more⬇️

TerraFIRMA & UKESM project member Dr Douglas Kelley introduced the latest State of Wildfires report he co-led🔥🌍

Day 3. GA's last morning: Wrap-up & perspectives with @rolandseferian.bsky.social and others. 4.5 years together. In a little over a month the project ends. Today we celebrate what we built in science and in community. #ESM2025inToulouse is over.

Back from our vegan lunch — espresso kicks in. Two rooms, two workshops: •TCRE- @chrisd-jones.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk •ESM Challenges: Complexity, Resolution & AI - chaired by Colin Jones @universityofleeds.bsky.social with presentations for various ESM2025 researchers. #ESM2025inToulouse

GA Day2 kicks off!☕☀️ Keynote#3 "RCMIP2-a framework for simple climate modelling in the IPCC 7th assess & beyond" Why Coordinated Calibration Matters? ➡️It allows us to separate the influence of model structure from calibration choices. @benmsanderson.bsky.social @cicero.oslo.no #ESM2025inToulouse

Now onto 2 collaborative workshops for the community: 📈 Improving the assessment of the transient climate response to cumulative CO₂ chaired by @chrisd-jones.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social 📊: Model Selection workshop, chaired by Eleanor O'Rourke @wcrp-cmip.org #ESM2025inToulouse

Back from lunch at #ESM2025inToulouse! "The REF is a complete end to end system providing a systematic & rapid performance assess. of the expected models participating in the CMIP Assess. Fast Track, supporting the next IPCC AR7 cycle." Ranjini Swaminathan @uniofreading.bsky.social @wcrp-cmip.org

The UKESM team is participating in #ESM2025inToulouse and looks forward to the gathering, sharing and discussion.🌐

The UKESM team is participating in ESM2025 and looks forward to the gathering, sharing and discussion.🌐