Half a century after observations of starlight proved general relativity, we were just beginning to understand the most basic facts of our own planet.

🧵 Record-breaking day for Great Britain's electricity system! ⚡ 1/ On 22 April, we hit a new zero-carbon record, with zero-carbon sources providing 98.8% of our electricity.

For the first time in history, clean power met every single unit of new global demand. Fossil generation didn't just plateau, it fell by 38 TWh, even as the global economy grew by 3.2%. No recession needed to kill the rise: this is structural >Solar alone met 75% of new global demand >Renewables (33.8%) officially crushed coal (33.0%) for the first time in 100 years >Total fossil generation is now in a permanent terminal plateau If you think gas is the "bridge," it’s already burning. With stationary battery costs down a staggering 45% in just 1 year, there is nowhere left for gas to hide when the sun goes down The economics are settled. The electrification of everything is accelerating. Betting on fossil fuels today is exactly like betting on whale oil while Edison was turning on the lightbulb

The oldest maximum temperature date record on record (based on @TorroUK records) has been exceeded this afternoon provisionally, with 24.2°C at Mona on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The previous record was 23.6°C set at Oxford in 1859 - 167 YEARS AGO!

"Earthrise" - one of the most iconic photographs ever taken, wasn't planned! As the world awaits the images from the Artemis II fly-by later today, how was was the original "Earthrise" photograph, captured? Here's part of an hour long interview I did with @cspanhistory recently.

It appears the 365-day running mean for the global sea-surface temperature may have bottomed out and may be on the way up again. Fun fact: the current SST is hotter than any recorded SST prior to 2023.

THE EARLY YEARS Modern Moonlight Limited Clear Neon Yellow LP / CD Preorder: resident-music.com/product/e… 10 years after their last album (which we seem to recall being a BIG hit amongst: ourselves! (& many more)), The Early Years return with a striking work of cerebral, somewhat intoxicating rock, capable of transporting us to dimensions well worth spending a lot of time in

There's been a saga in the Sheffield subreddit where people are going to a specific co-op on eccy road and delighting in the freezers that are seemingly tuned to a C# chord. reddit.com/r/sheffield/s/ymn… Someone finally recorded it, it's fucking beautiful.

This is either the least skilled or most skilled run I’ve ever seen on moguls, but I can’t tell which.

Grazalema, Spain, received over 2,000 mm (78 inches) of rain in just the last 20 days. Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.

Govt suppressed this horrifying report last year, sneaking it out now while attention elsewhere, no doubt hoping to bury dire implications of likely ecosystem collapse. Ministers must urgently step up, change direction & restore vital life support systems theguardian.com/environment/…

#BCStorm #BCwx #BCStormWatch #SpaceWeather #Aurora A major impact just a short while ago from the X1.95 flare-related CME, which has arrived earlier than anticipated! Bt values are in the ~25-50nT range with a peak of 90 nT (RECORD) on arrival, Bz has been mainly strong south (below -25), and G4 conditions have already been experienced, with up to G5 is possible if said conditions persist! This is with solar wind speeds unavailable due to the radiation storm, which are likely near or above 1000 km/s! Historic impact all round, including the S4/severe radiation storm we are currently experiencing! Overall, this is by far one of the (if not the) strongest CME impacts since the October '03 event (& the strongest this solar cycle), & one of the strongest solar radiation storms on record (& the strongest this solar cycle), surpassing the October '03 event. Southern BC, get ready...

#StormGoretti latest peak wind gusts Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight) - 74mph Camborne (Cornwall) - 81mph Culdrose (Cornwall) - 90mph St Mary's (Scilly) - 99mph

Dawn over Sheffield

🌇 Due to a quirk of the Earth's orbit (not quite circular), sunset times vary very little in December. In the northern hemisphere, it will become slightly sooner through to 7th, then change very little through 18th, before starting to shift later (very slowly at first).

Sorby Hall of Residence on Endliffe Vale Road in 1968, demolished by controlled explosion 2006. #Sheffield

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025. Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.

2025 delivered the warmest 1st-6th November in the 254-year Hadley mean CET series, knocking 1996 down to 2nd. For 1st-7th, the record highest is nearly 0.5°C lower. Today is extremely mild again for the CET region. So we can expect that record to be well beaten by 2025.

Here’s William Shatner covering of Elton John's “Rocket Man” back in 1978. Absolutely glorious. Zero shits given.

10:25 am. Frightening power. Whiteout. Roofs teaing off. Gusts like bombs going off. Painful ears. Praise the lord for solid concrete. 962 mb