Dr Ella Gilbert
@drgilbz
Head in the clouds, heart in the ice. Climate scientist & presenter, massive cloud nerd. Represented for TV & books by Natalia Lucas at United Agents.
Hating this sticky uk heat? Same. To avoid more of it we need to reduce the planet's thermostat by cutting our emissions. AND we need to plan for these conditions - adapting our homes, worklives and behaviour to cope.
1976 was long, hot and dry. But our climate has changed and this week's heatwave is now hotter and stickier as a result. We're likely to break 1976's température record today. And more concerningly, humidity is hovering at potentially dangerous levels. Take care out there.
Drilling more fossil fuels outta the north sea is dumb AF. Here's 5 reasons why. #ClimateCrisis #IranWar
It's a myth that Net Zero will cost us. What will *really* cost us is climate heating. Heatwaves cost lives, floods and storms cost millions in property damage, wildfires and droughts cost our environment. Cost of climate inaction >> cost of action. Acting now = an investment in the future.
Discussing a subject close to my heart first on the Sky News newspaper review this morning: Heathrow expansion. It's simple: there is no way we can have a safe, liveable climate and expand London's airport capacity.
Busy media day for me today. First up: reviewing the papers this morning over on Sky News' breakfast show 📰 Next up: watching prehistoric planet - out today on apple TV 🥳 4 am wake-up calls ain't for the faint hearted 😴
Something VERY exciting is coming 👀 Discover the secret lives of ancient animals and how they handled the huge climate shifts of the ice age 🌎 🧊 📈 Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is streaming November 26th, only on Apple TV #PrehistoricPlanet #AppleTV Watch the trailer here: youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
Are you at #EGU25? Do you have exciting climate / polar science results to share? Do you wanna appear in an EGU-themed vid for my YouTube channel? Come say hi, I'm friendlier than I look (it's just the resting cockney face, promise). Please share with anyone who'd be up for it 😘
No YOU'RE going down an early noughties pop culture rabbit hole for a science video
Really psyched to be included on this list of climate creators for 2025 from @harvardcchange.bsky.social and @piqueaction.bsky.social Check out the other creators here t.co/DP3gSINObc They're all doing great work :)
🗻The effects of atmospheric rivers in West Antarctica are strongly controlled by the steep terrain. The slopes also drive warming near the surface, and ramp up the production of snow via a phenomenon called the seeder-feeder effect. Fig from wasatchweatherweenies.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-... 5/8
All the models simulate rain (so does ERA5) but whereas they all agree on snowfall, rain is not such a clear picture. Hi-res really helps here, and it's all we've got to go on because there are no observations of rainfall in this region - this really should change! 4/8
But it's not just snow we see in the results - oh no. ☔Rain is also falling at sub-zero temperatures over the ice shelves and even over the ice streams of Thwaites and Pine Island. Rain (dark blue contours) falls above the melt line (dashed) in this figure, showing a transect through PIG. 3/8
We use hi-res regional modelling to look at two atmospheric river cases (winter & summer). Observations are scarce in this region and we have obs of snowfall only over Thwaites (thanks to AMIGOS sensors). All models do well, and better than ERA5 ⬇️ This makes hi-res modelling essential! 2/8
A lesson in cognitive dissonance in 8 parts. News summary courtesy of @carbonbrief.org
The LA #wildfires are being driven by a combo of human, weather & #climate factors: a perfect storm that's turbocharging the impacts of an already devastating blaze. #ClimateChange increases the size & severity of fires, meaning more people will be exposed to these terrifying extremes in future.
Wasn't aware that haircuts were something that one could agree or disagree with, but here we are.
Fossil-fuelled extreme events are already dangerous, and they're getting worse. The bottom line is: we're not doing enough, and we're not doing it fast enough to avoid further disasters like we see in Valencia. Speaking on @bbc5live about the devastating Spanish floods.
Have you listened to the British Antarctic Survey's new podcast series yet? In this episode we spoke about the challenges of communicating the science of the climate crisis It was a really great chat (if I do so so myself 😂) 🎧 Listen on YouTube/Spotify/Apple podcasts (link in comments)
Not my usual subject material, although one close to my heart (IYKYK). My op-ed in the Big Issue today on why Imane Khelif's #olympic gold medal is a victory against hate. "Sport should bring us together, not tear us apart." Read the full article here: www.bigissue.com/opinion/iman...
Wahoo! We love handshakes 🤝 Was great to be at the Royal Meteorological Society's annual meeting last month to accept my 2022 award for Emerging Communicator and to celebrate becoming FRMetS. Congrats to all the other winners and fellows from 2022 & 2023 🥳
Atmospheric rivers can drive wild extremes in #Antarctica, delivering huge amounts of heat, snow, and even rain. Find out what they mean for the #climate in my new video: ▶️ youtu.be/FetkI1lkBG8 Featuring expert commentary from @jonathanwille.bsky.social
If you don't think we're changing our climate at breakneck speed, you're really not paying attention. From @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social's latest analysis showing record air & ocean temperatures for February.
#Antarctic sea ice just reached its joint second-lowest minimum, according to NSIDC. It's clear that urgent action is required to curb rapid heating at the poles, but is this evidence of a 'regime shift'? Watch here: youtu.be/yNpdMVf5CY8