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Grethel Aguilar, the #IUCN director general, called the declines of both species “a wake-up call on the realities of #ClimateChange.”
Though most humans will never see #Antarctica, the frozen continent’s #environment & #ecosystems are vital to the entire planet. Its #SeaIce reflects some of the sun’s energy back into space, keeping the #Earth cool. Its cold, dense, nutrient-rich waters drive the global #ocean circulation system & support some of the world’s most important fisheries.
If #EmperorPenguins & #AntarcticFurSeals are suffering, Aguilar said, it means that humans should be worried too.
#climate #environment #GlobalWarming #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife #MarineLife #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science
Two iconic #SouthPole species, the #EmperorPenguin & the #AntarcticFurSeal, have been officially declared #endangered by the world’s leading #conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their #habitats caused by #GlobalWarming.
#climate #environment #wildlife #MarineLife #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/04/09/emperor-penguin-endangered-antarctic-fur-seal/
“#EmperorPenguins are a sentinel species that tell us about our changing world & how well we are controlling #GreenhouseGas #emissions,” Philip Trathan, a member of the IUCN specialist group that determined the species’ #conservation status, said in a statement Thursday.
#climate #environment #GlobalWarming #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife #MarineLife #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science
𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: "𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝"
If you're into science or medicine, you may have heard of journals like Cell or The Lancet. You might also be familiar with their parent company Elsevier / RELX, and their predatory practices: sometimes charging more than 10,000 dollars for publications whose running costs don't reach a tenth of that amount.
What you might not know is that beyond pocketing public research money, Elsevier is also contributing to climate breakdown, pouring millions into tools and journals providing information about areas yet to be exploited for oil and gas extraction, as well as new technologies needed to dig up oil more efficiently in the Arctic and the Canadian tar sands. The motto of one of their online tools, Geofacets, used to be that, thanks to it, “exploration has never been more seamless.”
But that's the tip of the iceberg. For years, RELX's political action committee REPAC has been providing support to climate denialist politicians in the US, preventing carbon mitigation bills from reaching a vote in Congress.
I document this and other complicities of big academic publishers in my new book Science in Resistance, where I interview Kip Lyall, a former employee of the journal Cell, who was fired after asking too many questions about the company's fossil fuel ties.
Excerpt below. 👇
#Science #OpenScience #Fossilfuels #Climate #Climate #Activism #Journal
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Extract from my book Science in Resistance on the fossil complicity of Elsevier in climate collapse.
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I think my 10 year-old iPhone is half the age of the product line so far.
The people that are mentioned in here like Louis Rossmann save on so much waste by simply repairing all the electronics we use in our lives.
Right to repair is an environmental measure as well as an economic one
"On March 31, 2026, a rarely convened federal panel with the authority to override endangered species protections voted to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from key provisions of the Endangered Species Act, a move drawing sharp criticism from environmental groups and raising concerns about already imperiled marine life."
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climate
https://wildhunt.org/2026/04/god-squad-waives-species-protections-for-gulf-drilling-amid-broader-policy-shift.html
2026 so far: hottest and driest in US history yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/the-... #climate #wildfires #forestfires
2/2: Many of our Spring wildflowers started blooming in January & February this year, including this Lupine I illustrated in my Perpetual Journal. Read more on my blog https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/mid-winter-flowers
#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #blog #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecosystem #ecology #nature #outdoors #ClimateChange #climate #flower #wildflower #Lupine #BloomScrolling #Spring
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My 2026 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of a Lupine in bloom during the week of January 29 - February 4 in Tucson, AZ.
#photosynthesis #plants #nature #solar #solarpower #sun #infrastructure #UrbanPlanning #urban #UrbanLife #CityPlanning #activism #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeIsReal #electricity
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[Photo of a batch of solar panels in a field]
Don't cover our fields
[Photo of a batch of solar panels covering a car park]
Cover our car parks
A surprising number of people had heard of solarpunk!
The movement is growing!
But most had not read any: there just aren't that many stories out there (which is why I started the podcast,to collect a list of recommended #solarpunk reads).
#climate #green #fiction
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Netherlands reports sharp rise in tick bites amid climate concerns
Tick bite reports in the Netherlands rose 41% over the past year, reaching 10,795 cases, the highest level in five years, according to national monitoring data. Experts also cited figures of nearly 11,000 cases last year, marking a similar record high and reinforcing concerns of a sustained upward trend driven by environmental and behavioral factors
NASA climate scientist Kate Marvel explains why she left, citing attacks on science. She joins thousands of PhDs out of federal service, while those that remain face self-censorship.
Read more → https://grist.org/science/kate-marvel-nasa-departure-human-nature-book/
Fifteen laws in 11 states that could immunize the fossil fuel industry from climate-related legal claims have either been passed or are being debated.
Many bills are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.
https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FossilFuels #Oil #Gas #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Law
Suspect in Hacking of Climate Activists Is Extradited to New York
Prosecutors say Amit Forlit ran a global hacking operation on behalf of a Washington lobbying group that aimed to thwart environmental lawsuits against oil companies.
How climate science is sneakily getting funded under Trump
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At the Department of Agriculture’s research division, everyone knows there’s one word they should never say, according to Ethan Roberts. “The forbidden C-word” — climate. Roberts, union president at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois, […]
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How climate science is sneakily getting funded under Trump
Suspect in Hacking of Climate Activists Is Extradited to New York | Prosecutors say Amit Forlit ran a global hacking operation on behalf of a Washington lobbying group that aimed to thwart environmental lawsuits against oil companies. https://www.bocvip.com/1287206/suspect-in-hacking-of-climate-activists-is-extradited-to-new-york-prosecutors-say-amit-forlit-ran-a-global-hacking-operation-on-behalf-of-a-washington-lobbying-group-that-aimed-to-thwart-environment/ #CLIMATE
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Suspect in Hacking of Climate Activists Is Extradited to New York | Prosecutors say Amit Forlit ran a global hacking operation on behalf of a Washington lobbying group that aimed to thwart environmental lawsuits against oil companies.
Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?
An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
There's a decent chance that at some point today Britain will be running entirely without fossil fuel energy — for the first time since 1882: https://archive.ph/YmYZV
It's difficult to get folks to focus on the real impact of policy lately during this downward spiral into populism, but Labour's energy policy and efforts to decarbonise the grid are going extraordinarily well.
The Guardian: Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of prolonged marine heatwave
Researchers warn the high-pressure conditions could disrupt marine life and ecosystems if it continues
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/high-ocean-temperatures-california-marine-heatwave
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 298
Bumblebee antennae (which the #bees use to ‘smell’) that had been exposed to 40°C heat events continued to have greatly impaired scent responses 24 hours later (in cooler ‘normal’ temps) & no consistent pattern of recovery.
#bumblebees
#climate
#nature #biodiversity
#science #education
#worldbeesanctuary
90-Day Famine Clock: The Global Food Crisis Nobody Sees
How QatarEnergy's LNG force majeure triggers a fertilizer crisis that threatens global food security. The Haber-Bosch connection nobody is covering.
https://theboard.world/articles/energy/90-day-famine-clock-lng-force-majeure-global-food-crisis
#Climatechange could threaten monarch mass migration
#Mexico’s suitable #monarchbutterfly overwintering habitat could shift south as climate changes in decades to come, researchers report in PLOS #Climate. That could lengthen an already arduous journey and increase the energy required to make the trip. That extra distance might push some individuals to stay in Mexico instead of continuing north, says Carolina Ureta, biologist at National Autonomous University of Mexico.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/monarch-butterfly-migration-climate
We've had several days of unseasonably hot and humid weather for autumn. The dew point reached 26°C, making the climate as humid as in the Amazon. Yes, it's Buenos Aires and we're relatively close to the Atlantic coast, but for autumn this is not normal. My asthma has been bothering me quite a bit these days.
But what surprised me most is that one of the trees I have at home grew huge mushrooms, about 15 cm tall, in just 3 days. I think they're very beautiful and they're not toxic to animals. Anyway, my cats ignore them; it's lizard season.
#Heat #humidity #climate #mushrooms
The Chevron Plant That Broke the Fertilizer Market — And...
Chevron's Wheatstone LNG plant outage triggered a global fertilizer crisis, driving urea prices up 50% amid China and Russia export bans. Analysis of market impact through 2024.
https://theboard.world/articles/energy/chevron-plant-broke-fertilizer-market-not-war-zone
The water crisis in the western U.S. could mean a bad wildfire season.
@Climate247 reports: "Not only was the winter of 2025-2026 the warmest ever recorded in the West, it was also a winter with historically little snowfall. Now, as a result, the Western snowpack is at its lowest level in decades."
#Climate #ClimateChange #Wildfires #Environment #Water #Science
China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working
Independent researchers in the U.S. have confirmed that China has managed to create a new carbon sink out of portions of Earth’s second-largest ‘mobile desert.’
#climate-change
https://gizmodo.com/china-is-trying-to-grow-new-forests-in-a-notorious-mega-desert-its-working-2000741708
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Taklamakan Desert Foresrt Cold Spots
"Even Thailand’s Prime Minister is driving a BYD EV amid surging gas prices."
"BYD (making cars for just twenty years) sold 120,000 NEVs --> overseas <-- in March, but the EV giant says this is just the start"
BYD is now the top seller in China, and during March 2026 alone, sold 120,000 outside China.
Now its opening 20 dealerships in Canada, this year.
https://electrek.co/2026/04/01/byd-sold-120000-nevs-overseas-claiming-this-is-just-the-start/
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@wired.com@web.brid.gy
A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant
Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.
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A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant
Google teams up with gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals
Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/02/google-ai-datacenter
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Shareholder activists accuse BP of trying to weaken climate transparency
A group of green investors have accused the oil major of seeking to cut the amount of climate-related information that it has to share
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/agm-dutch-paris-b2950976.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
In Europe, lobbyists are using soaring fuel prices to make the case for more dirty energy
The argument for transitioning to renewables seems stronger than ever – and yet, attacks mount on the carbon price scheme that underpins the EU’s success at cutting pollution
I attended this webinar on Tuesday. The risks of continued investment in fossil fuels is astounding, yet governments continue to push it as a solution.
Here’s Tova Gaster’s report:
“...Canada’s stalled progress on climate finance disclosure standards makes it impossible for investors and the public to fully understand the scale of fossil fuel risk exposure.”
“Industry lobbyists and some forecasters have framed international oil price spikes as an opportunity for Canada to expand its domestic extraction and production capacity.”
“However, panelists emphasized that fossil fuel infrastructure is a long-term investment, ill-equipped to respond to short-term economic shocks—or to withstand a shift from fossil fuels to clean electricity that will likely be accelerated by the energy price shock.”
Who Gets to Block the Sun? Stardust sold geoengineering to investors. Now it needs to sell it to the public.
Nearly Half of Climate-Vulnerable Countries Outpace US in Solar Adoption: Report
The report reveals a dramatic cost reduction in solar batteries and electrotech, bringing the upfront cost below that of fossil power
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Between 2016 and 2025 rooftop solar installations accounted for 81% of the new generating capacity in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 #climate #solar www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
I love this chart.
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A graph charting the date of Kyoto's cherry blossoms each year since the year 800. The trend line wobbles up and down trending slightly down until around 1900 before trending sharply upward, looking exponential toward the very end of the chart (present day).
@MediaRevolution there are now nation-wide screenings of the film in the UK over the next few months:
https://www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
See if there's one near you.
#activism #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #EnergySecurity #FoodSecurity #Climate
The economic insanity of North Sea oil and gas #UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3AnLL2vR9I&t
#MassExtinction #ecology #environment #Climate #ClimateJustice #EndFossilFuels #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown
Extreme heat from climate change linked to smaller babies
Exposure to extreme heat conditions is resulting in more babies being born with low birth weight, according to a new study involving Adelaide University
Low birth weight is already a major neonatal health issue in Pakistan, leading to neonatal mortality and impaired long-term health problems such as stunted growth or cognitive defects
https://www.newswise.com/articles/extreme-heat-from-climate-change-linked-to-smaller-babies
The collision underscores the growing battle in the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean over the future of Antarctic krill, a shrimplike crustacean central to the diet of whales and critical buffer to global warming that’s also in demand for use in health supplements, fishmeal and other products
https://archive.ph/bIIys#selection-389.0-393.252
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #ClimateStrike
https://substack.com/@jimehansen/note/c-236053169?r=7frnz
"Super #warming is clear. Look for a #global# temperature soon of at least +1.7C, even if the "Super" #ElNino turns out to be half-baked."
For the love all that you hold dear - #US #Canada #Europe - please open your borders and allow people from #Asia #Africa to escape the hell that they are hurtling toward. Don't wait for the catastrophe to happen.
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction #adaptation #migration #immigration #justice #humanrights #survival
The Chevron Plant That Broke the Fertilizer Market — And It Was Not Even in the War Zone
LNG feeds ammonia production. A cyclone delayed Chevron Wheatstone restart by weeks. Here is the cascade nobody mapped.
https://theboard.world/articles/energy/chevron-plant-broke-fertilizer-market-not-war-zone
Stats from the insane recent heat wave as it passed through Las Vegas:
Old record monthly high for March: 93°F
New record monthly high for March: 98°F
Old mark for consecutive days at record highs: 7
New mark for consecutive days at record highs: 12
Not only was this the hottest March on record, it would also qualify as the hottest ever April. 👀
This wasn't a "normal" heat wave. The fact we stayed at 20-25°F above average for so long is beyond nuts! We're screwed.
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Screenshot of a local Vegas news' weather report for March 2026. A meteorologist is standing next to a calendar-style grid of the month's daily high temperatures. Of the 31 days, 1 was below average, 2 at average, 15 above average, plus 13 more in record territory. The overall temp for the month was 12.2° F hotter than normal.
Terrifying satellite image show enormous area of Alaska is melting https://www.bocvip.com/1279146/terrifying-satellite-image-show-enormous-area-of-alaska-is-melting/ #CLIMATE
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Terrifying satellite image show enormous area of Alaska is melting
Something very strange is happening to tornadoes across the U.S. And scientists are baffled.
From @sciencefocus: "After another explosive start to tornado season, twisters are cropping up in unexpected places – and the big picture isn’t looking any clearer."
US scientists are escaping to Norway amid Trump’s anti-climate agenda, minister says
At least 23 research scientists have left the US for Norway in the wake of Trump returning to office, including to six pioneering climate programmes
April 1 is supposed to be peak snow in California. Forget that this year
“This particular year is as clear an indication of the influence of climate change as anything we’ve seen,” said Peter Gleick, a leading water scientist and co-founder of the Pacific Institute. “Climate change is influencing California’s water system quickly and severely.”
Archived copies of the article:
- web.archive.org — has text but not graphs
- ghostarchive.org — missing photos and graphs
- archive.today — has full content but be aware that this site sometimes modifies archived pages
You can also put a ‘.’ after the ‘.com’ and before the ‘/’ in the URL
‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists | Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory
“Climate change is going to result in a lot of these extreme events worsening,” said Dr Abby Frazier, a climatologist and assistant professor at Clark University, who added that compound events, where hazards overlap or occur in quick succession, are on the rise. The heat and the drought this year, served as a one-two punch, and will work together to produce greater dangers from fire.
Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms
Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Wisconsin-sized chunk of Alaskan permafrost is thawing: Geoscientists say climate may never be the same
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-wisconsin-sized-chunk-alaskan-permafrost.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Invisible plumes and ‘terrible pollution’: the reality of the US gas sites rated ‘grade A’ | Investigation into reliability of methane certification issued by MiQ reveals weakness of voluntary model
Atlanta Flood Prevention Efforts are Causing ‘Climate Gentrification’ in its Black Communities
New infrastructure in neighborhoods that have borne the brunt of seasonal floods is making them safer — and more expensive
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
@extremetemps
MARCH 2026 MOST ANOMALOUS MONTH IN US HISTORY
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS MARCH 1910 8.5F above 1881 1910 baseline
That considring EACH OWN previous 30yrs baseline for every month. So GW is already discounted here. March 2026 wins anyway.
#ClimateChange
#GlobalWarming
#Climate
https://bsky.app/profile/extremetemps.bsky.social/post/3mie7z43g6c2h
Disturbing case study in censorship and self-censorship: climate scientists trying to do their work without using the word "climate".
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/to-keep-climate-science-alive-researchers-are-speaking-in-code
#BannedWords #Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
"In these regions, you can already see climate change, because sea ice is already melting," Sharoni explains. "And our model shows that proteins in polar plankton have been declining, while carbs and lipids are increasing."
https://www.miragenews.com/climate-change-may-produce-fast-food-1647774/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
"Iran war sparks renewables boom as Europeans rush to buy solar, heat pumps and EVs...
French online used-car retailer Aramisauto [saw] its EV sales almost double between the middle of February and 9 March...
German renewable energy firm Enpal BV tells Bloomberg that inquiries for solar panels and heat pumps have risen by around 30 per cent"
#IranWar #Hormuz #Solar #EV #BEV #Renewables #Energy #Climate #EU #UE #Europe
And fossil fuel companies recognized that as well. The Biden administration was a clear lesson for fossil fuels: under a democracy, they will lose their business model. So they’ve made a calculated decision to fund authoritarianism, because under authoritarianism, they win.
This is fossil fueled fascism. If we want to stop the climate crisis, we need a democracy that can’t be bought
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Lessons of the #BronzeAge collapse: we need to conserve #water, and rethink #supplychains for starters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkT2BPOoiw
Way ahead of you Cline: my take from 2021 here https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/visions-of-a-post-supply-chain-society-commentary/ #archaeology #hittites #inequality #greece #egypt #sustainability #drought #climate #farming #agriculture
In agriculture, supporting women’s access to resources and information builds climate resilience and reduces climate impacts on households and communities. For example, closing gender gaps in agriculture could increase global gross domestic product by nearly $1 trillion and lower the number of people affected by food insecurity by 45 million
https://unsdg.un.org/latest/stories/why-gender-equality-crucial-tackling-climate-change
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
CALFIRE: CALIFORNIA INVITES PUBLIC INPUT ON STATEWIDE URBAN FOREST CANOPY PLAN
New strategic plan to expand urban tree canopy 10 percent by 2035
"...Sacramento – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)’s Urban and Community Forestry Program is inviting residents, local governments, nonprofits, and other partners across California to participate in upcoming public comment opportunities for Greening the Golden State: Urban Forest Canopy Plan for California — a strategic plan to expand urban tree canopy 10 percent by 2035....The public comment process includes opportunities to review draft concepts and provide feedback through an online engagement platform. Input gathered during this process will directly inform the development of the final plan. The public comment session will close at 5:00 PM PST on April 30, 2026. Community members can learn more about the plan, view materials, and submit comments here. "
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/74741b4e64024df898c6b254ca226099/page/Homepage
#trees #climate #climateemergency #california #forestry
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CALIFORNIA INVITES PUBLIC INPUT ON STATEWIDE URBAN FOREST CANOPY PLAN
New strategic plan to expand urban tree canopy 10 percent by 2035
Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Farenheit
Trump administration cuts turned rural towns into sitting ducks for disasters
The Trump administration has delayed billions of dollars for projects to protect Americans from floods, wildfires and hurricanes. Local leaders are increasingly anxious
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
uspol,climate [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Scientists Just Discovered an Amazing New Superfamily of Creatures Deep in the Ocean
#animals #climate-desk #corporations #donald-trump #environment #politics #science
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/scientists-discovered-new-superfamily-creatures-species-pacific-ocean-clarion-clipperton-zone-deep-sea-mining/
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A map of the Pacific Ocean, with the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, in between Hawaii and Mexico, shaded in purple.
Dung beetles remove faeces from wild animals in forests and thus inhibit the spread of parasites. They work the dung into the soil and thus supply nutrients to plants. They fulfil this task both in European commercial forests and in the Amazon. However, rising temperatures could lead to a decline in species diversity and population sizes of dung beetles
https://www.eurasiareview.com/29032026-climate-change-threatens-dung-beetles-in-the-amazon/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Trump Is Now Bribing Energy Companies With Your Taxpayer Dollars | What everyone gets from a strange deal to pay a company nearly $1 billion to abandon a wind project
Archived copies of the article:
- web.archive.org
- archive.today — sometimes modifies archived pages
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles
Citing national security, the Trump administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections for endangered animals—even if it could cause their extinction.
People don't realize their own hypocrisy.
Stop flying several times a year, it's bad for the planet...
Rationalizes flying several times a year.
US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/us-climate-damage-research
#UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #USpol #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Wait, making people's lives healthier while providing much needed employment?!? Un-possible!
Read more → https://grist.org/cities/can-replacing-illinois-toxic-lead-pipes-lead-to-a-workforce-boon/
Research + Self Promo [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
It was an honor to be interviewed by @neil_selwyn for the #Education #Technology #Society #podcast he runs on #Critical #EdTech.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/episodes/18914799-ed-tech-as-climate-criminal
It was about this research thread I've been pursuing for a while on Higher Ed's complicity in the excesses of the #tech sector. I have a position paper in the pipeline with an Irish Journal on EdTech, not super clear when that will be out. The provocation is: "EdTech as Climate Criminal".
Meanwhile, this was only possible thanks to the amazing work and research by loads of brilliant folx, many of who are right here on #mastodon and #lurk.
Huge thank you to @neil_selwyn @ketan @titipi @Aepasek @rra @l03s @320x200 @jasonkoebler @parismarx @decentral1se @alcstrt @djoerd @olivia @praxeology @latentspace @danmcquillan @gerrymcgovern + so many more contributors to the #permacomputing and #degrowth ideas and all my colleagues at the #climate #justice #universities #union #CJUU @index
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More than 100 daily high temperature records are expected in the US through Sunday, forecasts show
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/high-temperature-records-expected-heat-wave-forecast/
House Bucks GOP Leadership and Approves Battery Recycling Program https://www.bocvip.com/1270943/house-bucks-gop-leadership-and-approves-battery-recycling-program/ #CLIMATE
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House Bucks GOP Leadership and Approves Battery Recycling Program
"Dozens of British businesses pledge to set science-based emissions targets"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange
https://www.edie.net/dozens-of-british-businesses-pledge-to-set-science-based-emissions-targets/
I really, truly, fucking despise people such as this Mary Franson shit bird.
#USpol
#Climate
“They don't think Jesus is going to fix the climate, they think they can throw their garbage in the oceans, burn the forests, pollute the air, drill Baby drill, and instead of having to face the consequences, Jesus will show up and whisk them all away to Christian Heaven where they get to live in paradise while smugly laughing at the sinners burning down below.” - Jim Wright
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/my-faith-is-not-in-climate-change?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQyQ3ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe9Z_3ePjfkbDeS8zHCtjLFWOgiJpHijWWEa5QxjhwhHa-k3oZG7qtxoI5d0w_aem_zaArA9aXDRUSHVoENMtqZg
They hung electrical heaters across patches of a flowery grass meadow up in the Rockies and raised the air and top soil temperature by 2C. 😁
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/flowers-heated-2c-meadow-climate-crisis-experiment-rocky-mountains-aoe
Then they paid 6000$ per year on electricity and waited for 29 years to see how the heated patches might change compared to their surrounding.
The soil changed its composition of fungi and microbes, and became 20% drier. The plants changed to more shrubs.
I'd like to know a few more things. Like, nothing else was changed but temperature? So not more moisture in the air, not more rain, and in changed patterns.
Then the experiment's outcome isn't a blueprint for what's in store for the rest of that meadow.
Also: the shrub-ification is a bit odd. Did grazing wildlife avoid the warmed patches because of, maybe, the electrical humming?
I assume, these questions get addressed in the text but the paper is paywalled. https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2510936123
Church leaders criticise Christian owner of GB News over channel’s climate attacks
Paul Marshall also challenged over his own ‘misleading’ statements and £1.8bn of fossil fuel investments in his hedge fund
GB News is a far-right channel intended to get Reform elected.
Wealthy Investors Are Targeting Foes of Clean Energy, and They Want Revenge [US]
Renewable energy leaders said their industry got “rolled” in President Trump’s tax bill. Now they’re fighting back, starting in Texas.
The war dogs couldn’t give a damn about climate change – so where does that leave us?
The current, utterly amoral, surge into multiple wars across the globe is confirmation that the thugs in the driving seat have no interest whatsoever in addressing climate change. Where the future of the planet is concerned, we are on our own. So we’d better get our defences organised – and fast…
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The US Has Already Caused $10 Trillion in Climate Damages—and the Math Gets Worse
Individual climate actions have tangible monetary consequences, researchers say. But that goes both ways.
#climate-change
https://gizmodo.com/the-us-has-already-caused-10-trillion-in-climate-damages-and-the-math-gets-worse-2000737560
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A person watches a fierce wildfire raging on a hillside.
“Borrowed Time” addresses a decade of environmental damage — cities burning, extreme weather events, displaced wildlife, losses that won’t reverse. “It’s going to take intention and it’s going to take abandoning some level of profit motive and holding corporations accountable,” Elter says
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Only a handful of countries, including Andorra, Estonia, and Iceland in Europe, remained within the WHO’s annual guideline of 5 micrograms per cubic meter. The remaining compliant countries were mostly island nations and territories such as Australia, Barbados, and Bermuda
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UK system failing both nature and economic growth, report finds
The Public Accounts Committee's latest report lands at an uncomfortable moment for environmental policy in the UK. With statutory targets looming
https://insideecology.com/2026/03/25/uk-system-failing-both-nature-and-economic-growth-report-finds/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
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Iran war has already released a staggering amount of CO2 — and the destruction of schools, homes and buildings is the biggest source
In a new analysis, researchers estimated direct, indirect and future greenhouse gas emissions that were created i...
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#climate-change #planet-earth
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/iran-war-has-already-released-a-staggering-amount-of-co2-and-the-destruction-of-schools-homes-and-buildings-is-the-biggest-source
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Satellite image showing a smoke plume rising from a fire at an oil storage facility in Oman caused by an Iranian airstrike.
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O.O
"Global sea surface temperatures continue breaking daily records, with Mar. 23 having a preliminary SST of 21.141°C, ahead of the previous daily record of 21.118°C set in 2024."
https://bsky.app/profile/climatecasino.net/post/3mhsudqgot227
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February 2026 nominally 2nd warmest February on record
Average
- global temperature 1.55 ± 0.12 °C (2.78 ± 0.22 °F)
- land temperatures 2.55 ± 0.30 °C (4.59 ± 0.55 °F)
- ocean temperatures 1.04 ± 0.17 °C (1.87 ± 0.30 °F)
above 1850-1900 average
https://berkeleyearth.org/february-2026-temperature-update/
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