Professor, Climate Science | heatwaves | ANU Fenner School | Deputy Director Engagement & Impact, @21centuryweather | convening lead author @IPCC AR7 | co-host totally cooked podcast | @AMOS president | Climate Comms | Mother | Runner | #ADHD
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
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so I haven't posted here in AGES, but thought I'd sure my recent TEDx talk.
Would do it again in a heart beat!
It's on why net zero is no longer enough, and that adaption is imperative.
Massive shout-out to the ACCESS climate model, which is under grave threat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXJL...
View from my front yard in #CANBERRA this afternoon.
The fire is 300km away, in Victoria.
Much of Australia is currently in a heatwave, in some places the hottest temps for >15 years.
Cool change forcasted in south-east from tomorrow onwards, but this is a recipe for disaster for firefighting
Current conditions in #Canberra, sun set roughly and hour ago
We are 600m above sea level - would be roughly 6deg hotter if we had no elevation.
It's 28 degrees at 8.30am in #Canberra. My girls are making the most of outside time while they can. A north-westerly is getting stronger -not good for fire weather. Fingers crossed we see this thru unscathed.
Thinking of everyone affected by the #Victorianfires.
the @australia.theguardian.com published an oped by me today.
This heatwave is bad.
The bushfires it is enabling are also bad.
Climate scientists & meteorologists are incredibly concerned about the next 48 hours.
And this is just a taste of what's to come.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So devastating 😢
Emma was a fabulous all-rounder.
Terrific scientist, articulate Communicator, brilliant advocate for women in science.
She will be deeply missed.
theconversation.com/emma-johnsto...
Yeah......this ain't a great forecast.
Word on the street it will rival the heatwaves of 2009 and 1939.
Some inland parts of Australia will get into the high 40s. The last i checked, some models were Predicting low 50s in some inland places.
Im really nervous about this one.
#heatwave #Australia
Our research on the emissions & projected impacts of new fossil fuel projects has been making news this week.
Joined by my co-authors @andrewkingclimate.bsky.social @raindrop-herder.bsky.social, we take a deeper look on the latest episode of Totally Cooked.
Available wherever you get your podcasts
@sarahinscience.bsky.social on undermining CSIRO's ACCESS(AustralianCommunity Climate& Earth System Simulator) model
"To put it as bluntly as I can, this is serious shit.
If we don't hv an Australian climate model, we are shooting ourselves in the foot when it comes to adapting to climate change."
🚨New paper on heatwaves in a net zero world 🚨
In our study, led by @sarahinscience.bsky.social, we find that the intensity, length and frequency of heatwaves do not return to pre-industrial levels under net zero - and in many regions barely improve at all.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
