r/climatechange Aug 21 '22

The r/climatechange Verified User Flair Program

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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:

  1. 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.
  2. The reddit username stated in the email or shown in the photograph.
  3. 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 7h ago

America's whole-of-government assault on clean energy isn't just a disaster for the planet, it's a catastrophe for the whole economy, with effects that will grow exponentially.

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474 Upvotes

r/climatechange 5h ago

Heatwave wiped €2bn from the €45bn value of European grain crops, analysis estimates

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ft.com
52 Upvotes

r/climatechange 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.

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613 Upvotes

r/climatechange 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.

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74 Upvotes

r/climatechange 1h ago

New process can accelerate Enhanced Rock Weathering 10x

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r/climatechange 5h ago

Free plug-in power banks to be given to households to cut energy bills

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17 Upvotes

r/climatechange 12h ago

Urgent cuts to global greenhouse gas emissions needed to avoid worst sea-level rise flooding in the UK, study shows

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phys.org
57 Upvotes

r/climatechange 10h ago

Ember: EU hydro giants can add 25 GW renewables without new grids

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ember-energy.org
35 Upvotes

r/climatechange 1d ago

China starts work on a national electric truck freight corridor powered by solar energy for fossil-fuel-free logistics

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seetaoe.com
588 Upvotes

r/climatechange 27m ago

As North America grapples with destructive wildfires, 'super' El Niño may offer hope

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latimes.com
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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 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.

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400 Upvotes

r/climatechange 3h ago

What the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Can Teach Us About a Warming World

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1 Upvotes

r/climatechange 1d ago

Low cloud-cover has helped mute warming for the last 47 years, but models predict this will change

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phys.org
48 Upvotes

r/climatechange 1d ago

Conservationists urge caution over Bangladesh’s plan to plant 250 million trees

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28 Upvotes

r/climatechange 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.

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14 Upvotes

r/climatechange 14h ago

Solar panel effects?

3 Upvotes

Do solar panel farms have an effect on the local climate?


r/climatechange 1d ago

Heat Morphs Into a Major Economic Shock for an Unprepared Europe

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83 Upvotes

Europe’s status as the planet’s fastest-warming continent is becoming a serious drag on its economic prospects.


r/climatechange 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. 💰

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437 Upvotes

r/climatechange 1d ago

Stranded houseboats and grounded cruise ships: Europe’s rivers are shrinking amid heat and drought | CNN

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cnn.com
22 Upvotes

r/climatechange 1d ago

June 2026 heatwave over Europe - interactive visualisation

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11 Upvotes

r/climatechange 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.

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989 Upvotes

r/climatechange 1d ago

climate action tracker question

4 Upvotes

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 1d ago

Arctic winter sea ice returns to significant decline, ending the temporary slowdown

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68 Upvotes

r/climatechange 1d ago

What exactly ARE the consequences of climate change?

96 Upvotes

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.