Dr Ella Gilbert

@drgilbz.bsky.social

Head in the clouds, heart in the ice. Climate scientist & presenter, massive cloud nerd. Represented for TV & books by Natalia Lucas at United Agents.

@thewaroncars.bsky.socialReposted by @drgilbz.bsky.social

On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."

bbc.comBirmingham 20mph limit: a 'life saver' or 'a war on cars'?Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city.
@profpaulbehrens.bsky.socialReposted by @drgilbz.bsky.social

It was good to talk with Ella about food, climate change, energy, and much more. Rarely have the opportunity to talk a bit more widely. You can see from the sheen that it was recorded during one of the heatwaves.

@drgilbz.bsky.social

Nobody asked for this. I'd much rather have a liveable planet that isn't on fire/underwater than endless AI slop for Elon and Donald to post on twitter.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co

Here's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data centres next to the ENTIRE POWER GRIDS OF SEVERAL LARGE COUNTRIES Together, the two gas-burning data centres will emit more than Spain's entire grid, if built

Bar chart comparing 2025 national grid CO2e emissions (grey bars) with two Amazon fossil‑fuelled AI data centres (red bars), showing the Amazon sites at about 33 and 17.5 megatonnes CO2e—higher than many countries' entire power grids.