Prof. Peter Strachan

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse." "This is the new extinction." "We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateCrisis vox.com/2019/4/12/1830…

Climate extremes “We are right now living in a time of historic and unprecedented change and in terms of temperature, on annual, seasonal, monthly and daily timescales, this evidence shows the #climate of the 20th Century has now gone" #ClimateCrisis metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-…

What a trip! Voyage to the end of the world: "Their mission is to gather data on the impact of #climatebreakdown and #pollution on the central #Arctic Ocean’s unique, complex and largely unknown ecosystems before it changes for ever" #ClimateCrisis theguardian.com/environment/20…

"This ongoing ‘#firewave’ is the most widespread that the #UK has seen. We’ve had lots of fires in certain regions before, but we’ve never seen fires burning right across the country like this," said Claire Belcher, University of Exeter #ClimateCrisis theguardian.com/world/2026/jul…

Even with recent cost increases, utility-scale solar remains among the cheapest sources of new electricity. Cleaner power, lower emissions, greater energy security and less exposure to volatile gas prices make the long-term case for #renewables compelling. pv-magazine.com/2026/07/13/u-s…

What an excellent example of community #Renewables in action "The town of Berwick, N.S., is more than halfway to its goal of powering its community with 100 per cent #RenewableEnergy" #NetZero @mzjacobson @harmsy @MarkPlackett1 @pmagn @ECOWARRIORSS cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

Excellent work from @ProfMarkMaslin Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 "#Sustainability, security & affordability do not need to be in conflict. (#RenewableEnergy) is essential for energy security and climate goals." theconversation.com/wind-power-has…

#Climate scientists shouldn't shy away from discussing worst & best case scenarios. Understanding the risks isn't fearmongering; it's essential for informed decisions & meaningful action. Hope is strongest when it's grounded in reality. #ClimateCrisis theconversation.com/why-climate-sc…

A helpful piece on Michigan's permitting of large renewable energy projects, & the new law designed to speed things up, + help local communities be at the table too. MI has an ambitious climate action plan, & recent flood events are one good reason. interlochenpublicradio.org/ipr-news/2026-…

Excellent analysis from @fionaharvey Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention #ClimateCrisis "Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to #globalheating" #ClimateEmergency theguardian.com/environment/20…

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse." "This is the new extinction." "We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateCrisis vox.com/2019/4/12/1830…

Firefighting planes scrambled from south of #France to tackle huge wildfire near #Paris "Human-caused #climatebreakdown is supercharging extreme weather across the world, driving more frequent and more deadly disasters such as #heatwaves and #wildfires" theguardian.com/world/2026/jul…

@ProfStrachan @fionaharvey In this case, the hostilities will most likely be from Climate Deniers! They hate reading the truth

Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of #birdsong in 50 years "In the last 50 years, Britain has lost an astonishing 73 million wild #birds from its landscape, according to the British Trust for #Ornithology" #Nature @Animal_Watch theguardian.com/environment/20…

I've been away from this platform for a few years. Since returning, I've been surprised by the level of abuse and hostility in some exchanges. After sharing one of @fionaharvey's aricles, I've already had to block a few accounts. It was an excellent article, by the way!

Staggering "Over the past century, #England & Wales have lost 98% of wildflower meadows. We have also destroyed half of Britain’s ancient woodland, half of lowland ponds, 90% of freshwater #wetlands and 62% of all “farmland” wild #birds." #Biodiversity theguardian.com/news/2026/jul/…

#Datacentres drive up big tech’s carbon emissions to a third of those of France "#Microsoft, #Amazon & #Google's collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction" #ClimateCrisis theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

What a scandal. Britain's biggest #CommunityEnergy solar farm has been switched off because the grid can't cope. That's not a #RenewableEnergy failure. It's a grid failure. Clean power wasted. Around £2m lost for community members. #NetZero #SolarPower theguardian.com/environment/20…

How bad will it get? What frightens me about the #ClimateCrisis is we don’t know how bad things really are "What we do know is that so far, the effects of heating the #climate are sooner and worse than many scientists projected (in public at least)" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Too hot to ignore The oceans are full of heat, and it’s coming ashore "Nearly 40% of ocean area worldwide is undergoing a marine heatwave, with intense hot patches in the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean" #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis yahoo.com/news/science/a…