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Tom Matthews

@tkrmatthews86

Climate scientist at King's College London | National Geographic Explorer | URKI Future Leaders Fellow. All views expressed are my own.

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To all heading to the 🇵🇸 March tomorrow remember that what Braverman wants is for things to kick off so she can push her weak boss to agree to more crackdowns on peaceful protest. Don’t give her and her hard right followers who will be turning up the satisfaction 1/2

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Latest photo of conditions near Everest Base Camp in Nepal (5315 m) looking toward the summit of Mt. Everest. Credit: National Geographic & Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition

Latest photo of conditions near Everest Base Camp in Nepal (5315 m) looking toward the summit of Mt. Everest.

Credit: National Geographic & Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition
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Would love to hear perspectives on the name of our #Risk MSc King's Geography: forms.office.com/e/uyKExzHQQe -- survey apparently takes an average of 40 seconds to complete!

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Come work with us! Three posts: Lecturer in Climate and Society Lecturer in Climate Change and Environmental Science Lecturer in Geopolitics kcl.ac.uk/jobs/search?te…

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Want to help understand the most threatening climate extremes *before* they impact society for the first time? If so, consider applying for a four-year research position to do exactly that! tinyurl.com/38bxumtk #climatechange #academicjobs #extremeweather #extremeclimate

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We know that climate change may soon drive heat waves hot enough to overwhelm even the young and healthy. But what are the societal impacts of this approaching threat? Come work King's Geography to find out! tinyurl.com/2uu4jt7b #climatechange #extremeheat #adaptation

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Tune into National Geographic TV or Disney+ UK from this Sunday (13/10) to see 'Expedition Amazon' featuring our very own Tom Matthews, as he scales the spectacular Nevado Ausangate to install one of the world's highest weather stations. #PerpetualPlanet kcl.ac.uk/news/national-…

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A friend in need after a bad accident in Peru. Many hands make light work, so please help if you can, however small -- your kindness will help Gumercindo and his family: gofund.me/c6cea772. Please also re-tweet

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Tom Matthews Cascade Tuholske & I find that peak values of wet-bulb temperature and heat index often occur in the evening or even overnight. As the moisture-laden sea breeze pushes inland, humid heat rises right alongside, overwhelming the daytime temperature max.

<a href="/TkrMatthews86/">Tom Matthews</a> <a href="/Tuholske/">Cascade Tuholske</a> &amp; I find that peak values of wet-bulb temperature and heat index often occur in the evening or even overnight. As the moisture-laden sea breeze pushes inland, humid heat rises right alongside, overwhelming the daytime temperature max.
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All around the Gulf, we see the same thing: humid heat is highest with an onshore wind -- which can be sustained, in exceptional cases, for nearly the whole diurnal cycle. SSTs around 35C are the proximate cause of this sultriness.

All around the Gulf, we see the same thing: humid heat is highest with an onshore wind -- which can be sustained, in exceptional cases, for nearly the whole diurnal cycle. SSTs around 35C are the proximate cause of this sultriness.
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Metrics (WBGT, UTCI) with radiation have a typical afternoon peak. But Tw & HI, widely discussed in recent years, apply well to indoor/shaded conditions. We consider them incomplete yet valuable signposts on the way toward a full, locally relevant portrait of heat-stress risk.

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The Gulf region sits at the very vanguard of climate-change-driven heat threats. How humid heat plays out there, in all its complexity, is essential for planning heat resilience across impacted people and sectors — particularly for risks that may have counterintuitive elements.

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Excited to share the below news about a new weather station network on the highest mountain in the Americas. Argentine partners at IANIGLA - CONICET led by Pierre Pitte were exceptional. Excited to watch/analyze data! Tom Matthews Mount Washington Observatory (MWOBS) National Geographic Society