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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

5 years

A bit more serious than we usually are but still very excited to finally have done a video with @ClimateAdam !!

Hot Mess • PBS

@HotMessPBS

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NEW VIDEO! We know that climate change is making extreme weather even more extreme, but how do scientists actually figure that out? Guest host @ClimateAdam explains:

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

Extreme long-lasting early heat in India and Pakistan that destroyed harvests and affects the whole world through wheat export ban, has become about 30 times more likely due to human-caused climate change - our latest @wxrisk study

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It is hot in Europe & will potentially be extremely hot. These temperatures would have been lower if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. This also means fewer people would have died. Heatwaves are by far the deadliest extremes in Europe (this includes the UK!) @wxrisk

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Heat in Southern Europe 👇 & North America impossible without human-induced climate change - new @WWAttribution study. Totally unsurprising but important result. This is what climate change looks & feels. We need to adapt, we need to stop making it worse.

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3 years

African extreme events are being forgotten again! Really important piece by @daisydunnesci with @harrinluke & @vanessa_vash

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

In UK wird es ab 7. April jeden Tag zur besten Sendezeit 15min Klimanachrichten geben. Das ist so eine wichtige Nachricht. Der Klimawandel findet jeden Tag statt und geht jeden was an. Deutschland, @DasErste @KlimaVorAcht ?

Mickey Carroll

@MickeyCarroll0

3 years

So excited to finally share this! On 7 April, we'll be launching the first daily prime time show on climate change. On TV, Snapchat, YouTube, Insta, Twitter... you name it, we're going to be coating everything in the most important climate change stories around.

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40C in London in July 2022 would have been 36C without human-caused climate change - new rapid @wxrisk study highlights huge role of climate change in deadly heat.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

8 months

I got a prize!! 🌻💐💃

tagesschau

@tagesschau

8 months

Klimawandel und Extremwetter: Umweltpreis für Klimaforscherin Otto #Klimawandel #Umweltforschung #Extremwetter

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

10 years after my PhD I'll finally be a proper academic! Looking very much forward to joining @Grantham_IC @ImperialCollege (& not having to worry about my contract ending soon)

Climate scientist in TIME100 most influential list to join Imperial | Imperial News | Imperial...

SIGN OF THE TIMES - Q&A with Dr Friederike Otto, who has been added to the 2021 TIME100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

www.imperial.ac.uk

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@FrediOtto

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Devastating drought in Horn of Africa would not have been a drought if it wasn't for climate change - striking result in our new @WWAttribution study

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@FrediOtto

2 years

It has been hot over India and the heatwave is forecast to continue, with severe impacts. A heatwave that would have been rare without climate change but is, like heatwaves around the world, much more common now & will become more & more so as long as we burn fossil fuels.

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Dr Friederike Otto

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9 months

Climate Change is a major driver of Canada’s extreme fire season. New @WWAttribution study shows the Pyrocene is well & truly here, thanks to our continued burning of fossil fuels

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New @wxrisk study: Climate change exacerbated extreme rainfall responsible for devastating Pakistan floods but historically rooted vulnerability and inequality also play a crucial role.

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@FrediOtto

3 years

New @wxrisk study: heavy rainfall causing severed floods in Western Europe this summer made a lot more likely by climate change.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

6 months

Stern & grumpy is something I'm usually very (too) good at. This time it was really hard to pull off though!

Climate Science Breakthrough

@ClimateSciBreak

6 months

Climate scientists are tearing their hair out, so why are millions not in the streets demanding #ClimateActionNow ? Watch and share @MrNishKumar helping @FrediOtto rouse the masses in the latest punchy "Climate Science Translated" video! 🔥🌎 #NoNewOil #ClimateCrisis #Language

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

1 year

New @WWAttribution confirms again just how much of game changer climate change is when it comes to extreme heat - April heat in the Mediterranean would have been almost impossible to occur without climate change.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

6 months

Without human-induced climate change, the current drought in Syria, Iraq & Iran, causing millions to abandon their land, would not have been one. New @WWAttribution study disentangling drought, climate change, water management, conflict:

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@FrediOtto

4 years

The prolonged heat in Siberia these last 6 months would have been effectively impossible without climate change - our latest @wxrisk

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

Read on heatwaves in our guide for scientifically correct reporting on extreme weather "Every heatwave in the world is now made stronger and more likely to happen because of human-caused climate change" - ⬇️ rank of June 3-day temperature (1=hottest ever)

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@FrediOtto

4 years

I’m very happy my quotes at the bottom made it in the article. This is why attribution matters. Climate change made Australia’s devastating fire season 30% more likely

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

6 months

Darum geht’s! Danke für’s finden dieses Videos

Daniel ☕️🗞️🚲

@SecretCoAuthor

6 months

Stell dir vor, du betreibst krasse Forschung, bekommst dafür sogar den #Umweltpreis und dann scheitert dein Land schon beim Tempolimit…

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

How climate models got so accurate they earned a Nobel Prize & what we can do thanks to them now & that it still means we have to act! @KHayhoe @gjvoldenborgh @MichaelEMann via @NatGeo

How climate models got so accurate they earned a Nobel Prize

Climate predictions were treated with heavy skepticism just 30 years ago, but they've become our main window into how global warming works.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

4 months

Climate change, not the strong El Nino is the real game changer in driving the exceptional drought in Amazon river basin - home of the the largest rainforest in the world. New & worrying @WWAttribution study

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

Whether it'll be 40C next week or we'll break that record in one of the coming summers is irrelevant. Fact is, 40C is what we now need to be prepared for, thanks to burning fossil fuels. We're not prepared yet & many people will die, whether it'll be 40 or 37C.

Met Office

@metoffice

2 years

Will it really hit 40 C within the next week? ☀️🥵 Here's Alex with an explanation of whether or not we think it's likely to happen 👇

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

How to accurately report on the role of climate change in extreme weather - our new guide for journalists (in 9 different languages (so far))

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@FrediOtto

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Deadly floods in hyper-arid Dubai & Oman made more intense by climate change, El Nino and rapid urbanisation - new @WWAttribution study

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

Out today! @GretaThunberg 's not the IPCC, the science we all agree on. The science & experience that really matter. Honoured to be among authors, who all want to make this world better for all @NaomiOreskes @ElizKolbert @KHayhoe @sunitanar @MathaiWanjira

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

New @wxrisk study: the Pacific Northwest 2021 heatwave is still rare in today’s climate, yet would be virtually impossible without human-caused climate change. As warming continues, it will become a lot less rare. - Thanks amazing team!!

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@FrediOtto

6 months

Extreme heat, rendering difficult lives even harder. New @WWAttribution study of a heatwave you probably have never heard of. Extreme heat in subsaharan Africa - made by burning fossil fuels, ignored by all.

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@FrediOtto

3 years

Ha! I won a prize.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

Every heatwave occurring today is made more likely and more intense by human-induced climate change. In some cases local factors enhance or counteract this effect. - For the numbers on the PNW wait for our team @wxrisk @gjvoldenborgh we're working hard on them!

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

Disasters are human-made, whether or not climate change is playing a role in the hazard. We need to put vulnerability and equity at the centre of proactive and engaging disaster laws and policies. New paper by @EmmanuelRaju7 , Emily & myself.

Stop blaming the climate for disasters

Communications Earth & Environment - Disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability. We must acknowledge the human-made components of both vulnerability and hazard and emphasize human agency...

www.nature.com

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

Today is #EqualPayDay , tomorrow is #InternationalWomensDay2022 . We'll celebrate women. Great, BUT, every other time we talk to a woman or about one, can we all just ask us if we would treat a man the same? Unlearning patriarchy is a daily challenge, no matter our gender.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

😯 🤩

nature

@Nature

2 years

Nature's 10: An Omicron investigator, a Mars explorer and an AI ethics pioneer are some of the people who helped to shape science in 2021

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

My op-ed in the @financialtimes - How heatwaves became climate change’s silent killer .

How heatwaves became climate change’s silent killer

More than floods or droughts, soaring temperatures chart the impact of humans on the environment

www.ft.com

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

Just FYI, turned 40 on Monday, definitely not taking any shit anymore!

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

4 years

Yeah!!!!!

Greystone Books

@greystonebooks

4 years

We’re excited to share our first cover from our fall 2020 lineup! #AngryWeather , by University of Oxford researcher @FrediOtto , works to solve a pressing climate question: Can we pin the blame for extreme weather events on humans? This groundbreaking book hits shelves Sept. 15!

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

1 year

It’s done!!! Now we need to sleep for the next decade - thank you all you incredible people, you know who you are!!

Peter Thorne

@climpeter

1 year

And breathe ... IPCC AR6 SYR approved

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

Hitzewelle ohne Einfluss des Klimawandels "praktisch unmöglich"- Gute Zusammenfassung unserer @wxrisk Studie auf Deutsch @zeitonline

USA und Kanada: Hitzewelle ohne Einfluss des Klimawandels "praktisch unmöglich"

Eine Studie zur Extremwetterlage in Kanada und den USA zeigt: Schuld ist der Klimawandel. Bei weiterer Erderwärmung könnten solche Phänomene häufiger auftreten.

www.zeit.de

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

This is fantastic news! Congratulations @Maisa_Rojas !!❤️💐🌍 One of the best climate scientists and humans out there will be Chile's environment minister.

La Tercera

@latercera

2 years

El #gabinete de Boric | La climatóloga Maisa Rojas asumirá la cartera de Medio Ambiente

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

It's approved!! This was such an amazing experience, so proud to be a small part of this great team and what we have achieved. Too many people to tag... Congratulations & huge thank yous!!

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

6 years

I am at the @IPCC_CH WG1 lead author meeting, wearing a lead author badge. Meeting another lead author with different area of expertise, his very first question: "So, who is your supervisor at Oxford?" I'd be a very impressive student being a lead author! #everydaysexism

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

Prolonged Siberia heat study now peer-reviewed. Numbers are unchanged, prose is much nicer. A staggering example of just how much of a game changer climate change is on heat.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

No words. Just sad. I miss you Geert Jan.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

Geert Jan passed away on October 12, 2021. We mourn the loss of our friend and colleague, we celebrate his life in this, his final scientific paper. It is on extreme heat - climate change's big, silent killer. Title "We can do better" So, let's!

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 months

Extreme heat in West Africa much hotter than it used to be because of our burning of fossil fuels. Still there's basically no warning or research on the impacts and risks associated with heat such deadly heat. New @WWAttribution study:

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

Aus unserem Leitfaden zur wissenschaftlich korrekten Berichterstattung zu Wetterextreme: "JEDE Hitzewelle ist aufgrund des menschengemachten Klimawandels nun stärker und wahrscheinlicher" -

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

10 months

So often we feel like a broken record, so it's really great to get acknowledgement for communicating the reality of the #ClimateCrisis . Thank you to @RMetS for honouring my work & that of the whole @WWAttribution team in the 2022 awards .

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

It’s been said before, but really, colleagues, stop working weekends. At least, shut up about it. Stop telling me, your colleagues & particularly your students about it. The job will never be done anyway. Don’t take all joy out of an important, great, difficult job we can do.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

I found some words. Hope it feels right for the many of you who miss him too.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

1 year

South & Southeast Asian humid heatwave shows again huge impact of climate change on heat. Despite this only 1 out of the 4 countries analysed has heat action plans in place.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

4 years

As a scientist it's not so easy to sign a letter you would have phrased differently, with all the caveats in - but this is so important because it particularly highlights that we need strong democracies and fight inequalities to truly face climate change, we need you EU!

Greta Thunberg

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4 years

Over 80 000 have now signed our open letter to EU- and global leaders! Some of the new names include Billie Eilish, Susan Sarandon and Paul Rudd. Sign & share here: We will deliver the signatures. Together we'll make our leaders #FaceTheClimateEmergency

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

5 months

Finally holding a copy of my new book, feels like a good way to end a difficult, hot year. If you read German you can get one too very soon (28th). English is 2024th first project.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

6 months

It's an incredible honour & amazing for the work from @WWAttribution to get the #Umweltpreis . Two people were missed very much: Geert Jan should have been standing on the stage next to me & #Bundespr äsident, my dad next to me & my fabulous sister @eledsora . #uwp23

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

Human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe. In fig. SPM3 we show this, with the most novel map @IPCC_CH has ever seen. Decolonising geography! @PaolaAArias2 @nagelamorelli @ed_hawkins

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@FrediOtto

23 days

Without our continued burning of fossil fuels, extreme heat in Sahel that killed hundreds ay the end of Ramadan would not have happened. New @WWAttribution study

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@FrediOtto

1 year

One of the truly synthetic figures in the @IPCC_CH AR6 synthesis report showing that "those who have least contributed to climate change to date being most vulnerable to its impacts"

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@FrediOtto

1 year

Hanging in there @PaolaAArias2 @sorensson_anna after the first all-night deliberations to finish the approval of the @IPCC_CH Synthesis Report to close the 6th assessment cycle with lots of new science to (again) highlight the need & support urgent action.

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@FrediOtto

9 months

Many weather-related disasters this decade have been harbingers of what is to come - new paper with @EmmanuelRaju7 explores what we learned & still need to learn to safe livelihoods

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@FrediOtto

5 months

Horn of Africa floods, hitting people already suffering from years of drought, made 2x as intense by climate change & 2x by the Indian Dipole @WWAttribution find. IOD will come and go, until we stop burning fossil fuels, the climate signal will get worse.

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@FrediOtto

2 years

This is really big news!! It could make the Paris Agreement much more powerful & more laws to to be written to recognise it’s about saving humans, not saving the climate.

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@petra_minnerop

2 years

Brazilian court world's first to recognise Paris Agreement as human rights treaty via @ClimateHome

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

3 years

This is so important.

Carbon Brief

@CarbonBrief

3 years

NEW | Analysis: The lack of diversity in climate-science research | @ayeshatandon Carbon Brief finds that women and researchers from the global south are under-represented in highly-cited climate-science research 🔬 THREAD

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@FrediOtto

2 years

We're still working on answering how large the role of climate change in the ongoing heatwave in South Asia is, but here is how the results will be useful beyond assessing current impacts & inform adaptation to extreme heat.

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@FrediOtto

4 years

Today is the day - Angry Weather will be on the shelves. I tried to write non-fiction for people like me, who very much prefer a novel. How & why we do science instead of facts, & of course people!

Angry Weather

A pioneering scientist solves a pressing climate question: Can we pin the blame for individual extreme weather events on humans?

greystonebooks.com

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@FrediOtto

2 years

Given there is some (deliberate) misunderstanding: We need to stop blaming ONLY climate or nature, we need to acknowledge drivers of disasters local AND international, even if that makes snappy headlines more challenging.

Yale Environment 360

@YaleE360

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“Stop blaming the climate for disasters,” says Friederike Otto, climatologist and co-founder @wxrisk . Scientists are increasingly warning that blaming disasters solely on climate change lets policymakers off the hook for poor planning.

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@FrediOtto

5 years

If you (unknown colleague, journalist...) want something from me, do NOT address me as Mrs. Otto. I'm not Mr Otto's wife & whether I'm married or not is completely irrelevant. If you can't bring yourself to use my title, use my first name or at least Ms.

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@FrediOtto

2 years

new @wxrisk study - drought in Madagascar: Role of Climate Change is small, but huge drought impacts are reminder that climate change is hitting a world in which billions of people live in poverty & many are not adapted to today's climate.

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@FrediOtto

3 years

Good morning from an increasingly rare Oxford view.

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@FrediOtto

2 years

The real question is: how can this rapid increase in heat we showed in our @wxrisk study be met by equally rapid adaptation? The 2C result is the number we really need to focus on. @harrinluke

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@FrediOtto

5 years

This is not a good headline. The only thing we can say now is that the impacts are likely made more severe through increased rainfall & sea level rise. Not the storms themselves. The point about vulnerability & exposure is important.

Climate change making storms like Idai more severe, say experts

Destructive power of storms likely to increase in future as world warms up

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@FrediOtto

1 year

The approval of the @IPCC_CH has been criticised here a lot last week & there are certainly things to improve, in particular equity & equality. It’s important not to forget that it is unique & powerful for science, policy & civil society to write such an important report together

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3 years

Really nice portrait of me. But WWA is not me, it's @gjvoldenborgh and me & many more. Without Geert Jan it wouldn't exist, if I'm the heart he's the head. via @business

Climate Scientists Created a SWAT Team for Weather Disasters

Friederike Otto and her colleagues jump into action during heat waves, floods, and fires to pinpoint if global warming is to blame.

www.bloomberg.com

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@FrediOtto

2 years

Climate change plays a role in the recent storms in Southeast Africa, but other factors are at least as important.

Don’t let climate change take all the blame

knowablemagazine.org

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@FrediOtto

5 years

Having my own book in print on my desk is actually really exciting. Only in German right now but - even more exciting there will be a translation soon!

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@FrediOtto

3 years

This is a really big win for everyone who plans to still be alive after 2030!

Petra Minnerop

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!!Constitutional complaints against the Federal Climate Change Act partially successful: fundamental rights are violated by the fact that the emission amounts allowed until 2030 substantially narrow the remaining options for reducing emissions after 2030

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Our @IPCC_CH SPM3 hexagon figure has made @TheEconomist Daily chart! Highlighting new regional evidence on extremes @angelamorelli @PaolaAArias2 @ed_hawkins @MelichatGo

Where is climate change being felt most acutely?

The IPCC report concludes for the first time that humans are unequivocally responsible for global warming, and shows where the impact is greatest

www.economist.com

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@FrediOtto

3 years

Thank you @ymalhi & Sarah & Myles for your kind words & @ecioxford for being "home" for the last 10 years.

ECI, Univ of Oxford

@ecioxford

3 years

After a meteoric decade in climate research, @FrediOtto , who was listed in the 2021 Time 100 list of influential people, is leaving ECI to join @Grantham_IC . "Fredi and her collaborators have transformed the conversation around climate change" - @ymalhi

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3 years

Can please everyone watch this before every writing or talking about climate change again?!?!! Please.

Dr Adam Levy

@ClimateAdam

3 years

When it comes to climate, doing nothing won't cost nothing. FULL VID ▶️

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1 year

My book, Angry Weather, is out today in paperback!! Unfortunately no bookstore in London seem to have it, I tried. But you can order it & I assure you: It's way more exciting than the stuff the stores do have on climate science!

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@FrediOtto

4 years

Hearing "dust bowl" most think of severe drought, but heat waves played a huge role - our new paper highlights the importance of looking at all aspects of compounding disasters & looks at the role of #ClimateChange

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@FrediOtto

3 years

UK, as all the other big historic emitters agreed in Paris Agreement, Article 4 to act with their "... highest possible ambition, reflecting its common but differentiated responsibilities and [] capabilities" - new fossil infrastructure is not compatible with this.

Daisy Dunne

@daisydunnesci

3 years

Exclusive: 70 climate scientists urge PM to end new oil and gas investment ahead of Cop26 List includes @FrediOtto @DrJamesEHansen @MichaelEMann

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Great explanation of how & why ⁦ @gjvoldenborgh ⁩ & I & all the scientists working with ⁦ @wxrisk ⁩ “Revolutionize Weather Attribution Work” | Time

These Scientists Linked June's Heat Wave to Climate Change in 9 Days

Their work could revolutionize how we talk about the climate

time.com

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@FrediOtto

3 years

There are many thinks to improve with climate models, but they do not systematically underestimate the types of extreme events we've just experienced. My op-ed drafted before @ClimateFlavors "unpopular opinion" but helped over the line by it!

Are extreme events worse than climate scientists projected?

The death toll, lack of preparedness and ignorance of even the possibility that weather can be deadly is shocking for me as a scientist.

thehill.com

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@FrediOtto

3 years

FYI: Ohne den menschengemachten Klimawandel wären Hitzewellen wie wir sie in Europe zuletzt oft erleben deutlich seltener. Die Wissenschaft ist da ganz klar. Beispiele hier: Hitzewellen sind in Europa mit großem Abstand die tödlichsten Wetterereignisse.

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@FrediOtto

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To improve conditions for #WomenInScience we all need to unlearn patriarchy. And here’s hope: my son’s first holiday (i.e. no school dress code) activity 💅 & he’s not being bullied!! Symbolic, I know, but makes me very happy.

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@FrediOtto

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How we under- and overestimate the role of climate change in extreme weather impacts: a new review after more than a decade of event attribution with @BennethClarke @RupertS_Smith @harrinluke & hexagons!

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@FrediOtto

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No criteria currently exist to measure loss and damage and measure adaptation success, while certainly not the only problem this evidence gap hinders climate justice on an international scale, with the new @IPCC_CH cycle just starting, we need to do better

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@FrediOtto

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If you ever want to attribute an extreme weather event, here is your cookbook: Including all the @wxrisk experience of 5 years and over 30 fast and slow studies...it got a bit nerdy... @gjvoldenborgh @RobertVautard @mkvaalst @RoopSingh @AndrewKingClim

A protocol for probabilistic extreme event attribution analyses

Abstract. Over the last few years, methods have been developed to answer questions on the effect of global warming on recent extreme events. Many “event attribution” studies have now been performed,...

ascmo.copernicus.org

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@FrediOtto

3 years

On Sunday, Kim Stanley Robinson will talk about fiction in climate science & science in climate fiction. And who knows what else - really looking forward!

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@FrediOtto

3 years

Huge congratulations for my first Oxford Dphil student @ClimateLisa for passing her viva just now with minor corrections!!! So proud of you Lisa, incredibly well done & such important work. 🥂🤗

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@FrediOtto

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Not all extremes in 2020 showed the fingerprints of climate change, but many did and those most vulnerable paid for more intense floods and searing heat: 2020 in extreme weather | Environment | The Guardian

Floods, storms and searing heat: 2020 in extreme weather

While Covid has dominated the news, the world has also felt the effects of human-driven global heating

www.theguardian.com

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@FrediOtto

4 years

Heatwaves are dangerous & we know that climate change is making them hotter & more frequent also in Africa - so why are their impacts not reported over the continent? Luke & I try to find out &

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@FrediOtto

2 years

New job! - Join me @Grantham_IC to work with many of the most fun & interesting people in climate science @wxrisk @XaidaProject on cutting edge questions around attribution of extreme weather:

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@FrediOtto

4 years

Since you ask: Yes, climate change is playing a big role in heatwaves like we just experience, making them more frequent and more intense - See lots of studies e.g. . Heatwaves are killers & don't just hit Europe

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@FrediOtto

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@schnellenbachj Über welche Themen erlauben Sie mir als Physikerin & promovierter Philosophin denn zu sprechen? Eine Liste wäre hilfreich, möchte doch nicht noch mehr arme, gebeutelte Männeregos ankratzen.

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@FrediOtto

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@KobusingeRose1 @IPCC_CH @schipper_lisa @antonioguterres We’re all here!! We’ve done a huge amount of the work….

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

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🔥☀️⛈️The hottest June on record, the hottest day ever, record shattering rainfall in Rwanda - what is the role of climate change? We know so much now, we don't always need to an attribution study to answer. But sometimes you do - here's when (& where):

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@FrediOtto

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Summer is only starting today, but large parts of South America, already suffered two record breaking heat waves. Our new @wxrisk study shows they would be not as hot if it wasn't for climate change. Early heat is particularly deadly.

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@FrediOtto

3 years

The role of climate change in food insecurity is very far from straightforward, here we use event attribution framing to understand the 2007 Lesotho drought finding how strong trade dependencies led to non-lineaer climate impacts.

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Dr Friederike Otto

@FrediOtto

2 years

In case anyone still doubted that weather is relevant across society and not boring, for all the wrong reasons. @kinfolkmag did a really nice interview & even nicer pics.

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