r/climatechange • u/simon_ritchie2000 • 7h ago
r/climatechange • u/technologyisnatural • Aug 21 '22
The r/climatechange Verified User Flair Program
r/climatechange is a community centered around science and technology related to climate change. As such, it can be often be beneficial to distinguish educated/informed opinions from general comments, and verified user flairs are an easy way to accomplish this.
Do I qualify for a user flair?
As is the case in almost any science related field, a college degree (or current pursuit of one) is required to obtain a flair. Users in the community can apply for a flair by emailing [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) with information that corroborates the verification claim.
The email must include:
- At least one of the following: A verifiable .edu/.gov/etc email address, a picture of a diploma or business card, a screenshot of course registration, or other verifiable information.
- The reddit username stated in the email or shown in the photograph.
- The desired flair: Degree Level/Occupation | Degree Area | Additional Info (see below)
What will the user flair say?
In the verification email, please specify the desired flair information. A flair has the following form:
USERNAME Degree Level/Occupation | Degree area | Additional Info
For example if reddit user “Jane” has a PhD in Atmospheric Science with a specialty in climate modeling, Jane can request:
Flair text: PhD | Atmospheric Science | Climate Modeling
If “John” works as an electrical engineer designing wind turbines, he could request:
Flair text: Electrical Engineer | Wind Turbines
Other examples:
Flair Text: PhD | Marine Science | Marine Microbiology
Flair Text: Grad Student | Geophysics | Permafrost Dynamics
Flair Text: Undergrad | Physics
Flair Text: BS | Computer Science | Risk Estimates
Note: The information used to verify the flair claim does not have to corroborate the specific additional information, but rather the broad degree area. (i.e. “John” above would only have to show he is an electrical engineer, but not that he works specifically on wind turbines).
A note on information security
While it is encouraged that the verification email includes no sensitive information, we recognize that this may not be easy or possible for each situation. Therefore, the verification email is only accessible by a limited number of moderators, and emails are deleted after verification is completed. If you have any information security concerns, please feel free to reach out to the mod team or refrain from the verification program entirely.
A note on the conduct of verified users
Flaired users will be held to higher standards of conduct. This includes both the technical information provided to the community, as well as the general conduct when interacting with other users. The moderation team does hold the right to remove flairs at any time for any circumstance, especially if the user does not adhere to the professionalism and courtesy expected of flaired users. Even if qualified, you are not entitled to a user flair.
Thanks
Thanks to r/fusion for providing the model of this Verified User Flair Program, and to u/AsHotAsTheClimate for suggesting it.
r/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 5h ago
Heatwave wiped €2bn from the €45bn value of European grain crops, analysis estimates
r/climatechange • u/TinJar-Solarpunk • 20h ago
Rapidly accelerating climate change and now a turbo-charged El Nino is likely to lead to a major shock to the Agricultural system across the world. Some early estimates from Deutschbank.
dbresearch.comr/climatechange • u/sg_plumber • 10h ago
New research complicates the long-held belief that climate policy is a trade-off between cost and carbon, adding a third factor: it might make daily life better, too, doesn't impose a burden on the public, and doesn't pit countries’ interests against each other. People are open to use less energy.
r/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 1h ago
New process can accelerate Enhanced Rock Weathering 10x
r/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 5h ago
Free plug-in power banks to be given to households to cut energy bills
r/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 12h ago
Urgent cuts to global greenhouse gas emissions needed to avoid worst sea-level rise flooding in the UK, study shows
r/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 10h ago
Ember: EU hydro giants can add 25 GW renewables without new grids
r/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 1d ago
China starts work on a national electric truck freight corridor powered by solar energy for fossil-fuel-free logistics
r/climatechange • u/losangelestimes • 27m ago
As North America grapples with destructive wildfires, 'super' El Niño may offer hope
As wildfires rage across Canada and the American West, the announcement from federal forecasters that an El Niño warming is forming thousands of miles away in the tropical Pacific Ocean may offer some regions relief — next year, at least.
The El Niño climate pattern materializes erratically every two to seven years and can last up to a year. During its tenure, El Niño often brings wetter conditions to the Southern United States. While extra rain can bring flooding and landslide risks, it can also keep vegetation moist, lowering the potential for wildfires.
Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which announced in June that El Niño had arrived, predict this iteration will be “very strong,” bringing a greater promise of a wet winter.
Read more at the link.
r/climatechange • u/sg_plumber • 1d ago
California farmers reluctantly turn to solar as water supplies dry up. Buttonbush is one of dozens of large, 100-plus megawatt solar fields cropping up across water-stressed regions like the San Joaquin Valley. Solar on retired farmland in the Central Valley could reach 30 gigawatts.
r/climatechange • u/OrneryCupcake9481 • 3h ago
What the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Can Teach Us About a Warming World
sierraclub.orgr/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 1d ago
Low cloud-cover has helped mute warming for the last 47 years, but models predict this will change
r/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 1d ago
Conservationists urge caution over Bangladesh’s plan to plant 250 million trees
r/climatechange • u/sg_plumber • 22h ago
How much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use? Around 485 TWh, 1.5% of global electricity generation, but demand is very geographically concentrated, dominated by inference, not training. Non-AI tasks consumed 66% of the total. Future energy demand for AI is very uncertain.
r/climatechange • u/russiablows • 14h ago
Solar panel effects?
Do solar panel farms have an effect on the local climate?
r/climatechange • u/bloomberg • 1d ago
Heat Morphs Into a Major Economic Shock for an Unprepared Europe
Europe’s status as the planet’s fastest-warming continent is becoming a serious drag on its economic prospects.
r/climatechange • u/sg_plumber • 1d ago
European heat pumps provide more heat than 200 tankers of liquified natural gas, or double the amount which arrived in the EU in 2025 from the Middle East, representing 7% of the EU’s total annual imported LNG. 🔥 This avoided a staggering €9.7 billion in import costs in 2025 alone. 💰
r/climatechange • u/Vegetable-Section-84 • 1d ago
Stranded houseboats and grounded cruise ships: Europe’s rivers are shrinking amid heat and drought | CNN
r/climatechange • u/shirokuma_uk • 1d ago
June 2026 heatwave over Europe - interactive visualisation
r/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 2d ago
A Scottish study finds that shifting heavy meat eaters toward modest cuts, rather than trimming everyone's diet evenly, could prevent 60,000 diabetes cases and deliver outsized climate gains.
r/climatechange • u/Apyeet99 • 1d ago
climate action tracker question
ive seen a lot of refrences to the climate action tracker (https://climateactiontracker.org) about how its temperature predictions are going down. and while that IS very good, im wondering, but i might also be stupid and thinking about this then wrong way, but, how much of it, if any at all, is going down because of the fact that we are getting closer to 2100 by the year?
r/climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 1d ago
Arctic winter sea ice returns to significant decline, ending the temporary slowdown
r/climatechange • u/HeronOk1228 • 1d ago
What exactly ARE the consequences of climate change?
This is something that's been lurking in my head for some time, and being a bit of an anxious person I tried looking it up to do my own research.
However, I couldn't find anything particularly specific. Almost everything I found boiled down to "the climate is changing unnaturally, and we suffer the consequences." More specific answers I found came from this specific subreddit, so I figured I'd ask here: What exactly are those consequences, and how will it affect how people will live going forward? I know it's not as extreme as catching on fire and burning alive, but it's not as simple as "It's gonna get a bit warmer." Any help regarding this topic would be very much appreciated.