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Climate News@climatenews.bsky.social |
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News about the status of our changing climate and environment and the actions being taken to mitigate the risks of climate change. Main areas of focus are on climate data, ecological research and renewable energy.
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John Smillie
@johnsmillie42.bsky.social
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techxplore.com/news/2024-07...
Bonkers. Still lab scale, but a team has created an anode free, solid state, sodium battery. It's basically just sodium and an aluminum (some powdered) current collector. Huge theoretical potential for abundance, fast charging, high density.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
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1. Ireland was once c. 80% rich, native forest 2. It's now c. 1% 3. Most of that 1% is dying due to overgrazing 4. The invasive alien species most responsible IME are either protected (sika deer), or there's a campaign to make them so (feral goats) I *really* despair at times. 🌎
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
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Bringing lynx home to Ireland wouldn't just help revive ailing ecosystems.
Sharing the land again with this exquisite cat would add a spark of frisson to our own lives, expanding our imaginative universe into new realms.
Let's do this. #Rewilding 🌍
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Peter
@peterdutoit.com
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In this #EnROADS simulation we took action across the entire system and managed to keep temperatures just below 2ºC
Whichever way we sliced this, breaching 1.5ºC was unavoidable. (1.65ºC by 2040)
This is the world we must prepare for.
Scenario here en-roads.climateinteractive.org/scenario.htm...
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Willem Huiskamp
@willemh.bsky.social
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Carbon footprints among different income deciles in Germany are pretty similar.... until you look at transport. Once again, a very strong argument for a frequent fliers tax.
www.diw.de/documents/pu...
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Oilfield Witness
@oilfieldwitness.bsky.social
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This Bloomberg article notes that this large ongoing methane leak in Thailand is visible from space and likely due to improperly combusting flares. Also, "Methane releases at the platform aren’t the result of leaks and the facility remains safe for operations." Just business as usual.
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Justin Mikulka
@justinmikulka.bsky.social
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We are poised to make the same mistakes with carbon capture storage that we made with fracking. Did you know they are passing laws in states to exempt oil and gas companies from future liability for injected CO2?
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Annie Leymarie
@annieleymarie.bsky.social
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We started early 😟
nat.au.dk/en/about-the...
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Peter
@peterdutoit.com
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Background global instrument readings.
+1.3°C of heating (latest 5-year avg.)
+1.63C (12-month runing mean)
419.3 ppm CO2 (2023 average)
1902 ppb CH4 (2023 average)
Permanent +1.5°C imminent
www.instagram.com/reel/C8_Q_EX...
#Beryl
#ClimateCrisis
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Will Yeates
@wyeates.bsky.social
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Climate News
@climatenews.bsky.social
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The ever brilliant Simon Clark has put together a U.K. election special looking at what Labour, Conservatives, Lib Dems, Reform UK, and other major political parties say about climate policy. He provides a handy rating for each party and recommendations for which party to vote for.
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Climate News
@climatenews.bsky.social
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“Inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Beryl.
Earth is breathtaking.”
- @wxnb.bsky.social
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Climate News
@climatenews.bsky.social
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Please share widely
@dougparr.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @annieleymarie.bsky.social
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Climate News
@climatenews.bsky.social
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The ever brilliant Simon Clark has put together a U.K. election special looking at what Labour, Conservatives, Lib Dems, Reform UK, and other major political parties say about climate policy. He provides a handy rating for each party and recommendations for which party to vote for.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
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Wrapped around an oak in the woods, a Gordian knot of ivy stems, in turn carpeted in mosses + polypody fern. This is an Irish rainforest. 🌎
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
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Now, an old stone wall is just bare rock. But with sheep gone, wild native trees are sprouting all around. As they close in, raising humidity levels, a great diversity of mosses, ferns, etc, will race to colonise. Nothing beats witnessing a rainforest ecosystem form. 🌎
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Annie Leymarie
@annieleymarie.bsky.social
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Well done Dorset Council (UK)! Buying a dairy farm for reforesting or rewilding is the way to go! It will cut down on water pollution, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and other climate impacts, biodiversity loss, water use - & improve human health!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Climate News
@climatenews.bsky.social
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“Inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Beryl.
Earth is breathtaking.”
- @wxnb.bsky.social
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Jon Worth
@jon.gruene.social.ap.brid.gy
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It’s sort of like this 1️⃣ Where do I want to go? 2️⃣ Is the trip time reasonable? 3️⃣ Is there an option when I want to go? 4️⃣ Is there a direct train I can take? I’m aware that *for some types of travellers* direct connections matter more than others. But it’s just one of many […]
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
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A tiny, rare fragment of wild native habitat around a rushing river at Puleen, Beara. These places exist only because they're inaccessible to sheep + other grazers.
We *know* what's required for nature to return. #Rewilding 🌎
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Justin Mikulka
@justinmikulka.bsky.social
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I've written a lot about abandoned oil and gas wells and how the industry is setting up to walk away from its responsibility to pay to clean up that mess. We would be in the dark about a lot of this without the excellent work from CarbonTracker. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDms...
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Joseph D. Ortiz
@earthsciinfo.bsky.social
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Germany and the UK shifting from diesel-electric to electric trains. 🧪🔌💡 railuk.com/electrificat...
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Annie Leymarie
@annieleymarie.bsky.social
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Navigating the space between doomism and hopium!
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Jon Worth
@jon.gruene.social.ap.brid.gy
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Agh
Greenpeace has a new report about missing *direct* connections between European capital cities
PDF:
www.greenpeace.de/publikationen/Greenpeace_Report_Direktzug_0.pdf
This is somehow right and wrong simultaneously. Sure, some routes we need are missing. *But* for example I’d […]
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Climate News
@climatenews.bsky.social
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“Hurricane Beryl has officially become the strongest June Atlantic hurricane on record & it has accomplished this feat *east* of the Lesser Antilles. It’s going to be a very long season” - Eric Webb
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Zack Labe
@zlabe.bsky.social
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The mean global sea surface temperature averaged over the last three months was the highest on record relative to any other March to May period...
Data from NOAA ERSSTv5: psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...
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Annie Leymarie
@annieleymarie.bsky.social
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People seem to love seeing tiny EV cars. So why are they still swayed by the marketing for monstrous SUVs? 🤔
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
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Justin Mikulka
@justinmikulka.bsky.social
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Two years ago I did a lot of research into options for decarbonizing aviation No one was talking seriously about batteries then for anything other than electric taxis and maybe blimps. Things change fast. For the record, I'm pro-blimp. And anti sustainable aviation fuel, which is a scam.
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Sustainable Farming
@sustainablefarming.bsky.social
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The West is warming and drying so fast that a crucial drought-monitoring tool can't keep up, study says
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Mark Lemley
@marklemley.bsky.social
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Shorter Supreme Court: you can go to jail for being homeless, but not for trying to overthrow the government of the United States 
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Jesse D. Jenkins
@jessejenkins.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court just blew up four decades of precedent today, in a decision that will make it harder for executive agencies to protect the environment, public health, worker safety and more.
www.axios.com/2024/06/28/s...
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Sustainable Farming
@sustainablefarming.bsky.social
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This has been obvious for over a decade. Now the chickens have come home to roost but all the chicks will be dying.
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Adam Levy
@climateadam.bsky.social
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Methane is devastating our climate, but cutting it would be a huge (easy) win.
So why are emissions still going up?! 📈
youtu.be/EzLnqj1Xt3U
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Julius Garbe
@juliusgarbe.bsky.social
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Must-Watch / Must-Know for everyone!
Are people aware that the #Cryosphere (Earth’s frozen parts) features several #TippingPoints with catastrophic global impacts? ❄️🧊🏔
⬇️ Pam Pearson, Director of ICCI, about the importance & urgency of serious #ClimateAction
🎞 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR0a...
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Climate Plots
@climate-plots.bsky.social
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Antarctic sea ice extent anomalies converted to standard deviations, by year
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Bluesky
@bsky.app
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Today, we’re releasing starter packs — personalized invites that allow you to bring friends directly into your slice of Bluesky! 🚀 Update to version 1.87 of the app or refresh desktop to create a starter pack. (It may take a moment for version 1.87 to appear in the iOS App/Google Play stores.)
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson
@eliotjacobson.bsky.social
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Your 'moment of doom' for June 27, 2024 ~ an ironic twist.
“At this point ... anything that cools down the water is probably going to help. So even though the corals are getting beaten up by the storms, it actually is helpful to cool the water down.”
www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/c...
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Tim Baxter
@timinclimate.bsky.social
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I finally got around to watching this video Adam made about methane, which is more-or-less my day job lately. I'd say "ten out of ten. no notes", but I sent him one small note. I'm an obstreperous bugger. That said, this is the best lay explainer on methane I've seen. You should watch it. 👇
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Justin Mikulka
@justinmikulka.bsky.social
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Did BP learn from the previous disasters? They sure did! Just smile and cut the ridiculously small check. "Separately, BP agreed this month to pay $125,000 to settle violations identified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration related to the accident."
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Andy Reisinger
@andyreisinger.bsky.social
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The Government of Denmark had just agreed to a tax on livestock emissions. €40 in 2030, rising to €100 in 2035. Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says: "We will be the first country in the world with a CO2 tax on agriculture.” Looks like New Zealand is now distinctly behind in that race.
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Annie Leymarie
@annieleymarie.bsky.social
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Bravo Denmark!
"Denmark has made history this week: it took a bold step in reducing the country’s emissions, setting an example for the rest of the world. Denmark became the first country globally to introduce a carbon tax for livestock emissions."
carbonherald.com/denmark-beco...
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Jon Worth
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Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 26 27 Jun 2024 - Prishtinë - Pejë - Prishtinë - Tirana
Crossing these borders:
Future Line – Prizren 🇽🇰 - Kukës 🇦🇱
These borders on the borders map […]
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
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At a time of global nature + climate collapse, around 90% of Irish so-called 'forests' are industrial plantations: total disasters on all counts, except profit. It's just criminal. 🌎
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Mongabay
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A new study suggests we can save thousands of the most threatened animals & plants from extinction by protecting just a tiny fraction of the Earth. Protecting the majority of species would cost approximately $34 billion per year — or around 16% of Elon Musk’s current net worth. Read more:
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Doug Parr
@dougparr.bsky.social
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What's depressing about this is that it's been known for years and little has happened to change it, despite it being necessary
Part of the blame lies with the gas industry for promoting confusion about home heating by its bogus promotion of hydrogen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Doug Parr
@dougparr.bsky.social
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The state of England's rivers wasn't great in 2013, but the rise in raw sewage dumping has been key in meaning not a single river of good quality in 2019
It is likely to have got worse since then
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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Peter Gleick
@petergleick.bsky.social
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Story on groundwater depletion in the Ogallala aquifer on PBS News Hour tonight, with comments by me on growing climate change risks.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Justin Mikulka
@justinmikulka.bsky.social
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Reminder. "An analysis by CERES estimated that leaks or 'fugitive emissions' accounted for less than 10% of the total methane emissions resulting from oil and gas production. The problem isn’t leaks. The problem is the standard operating procedures of the 'normal' extraction of oil and gas"
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Peter
@peterdutoit.com
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“We've made a Faustian bargain here and the first Faustian payment is now due, because the reduction in aerosols is accelerating global warming."—James Hansen
#ClimateLiteracy
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️
@napaaqtuk.bsky.social
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I'm lucky to be part of this eco-evo expt led by @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social. If you heard me talk about introducing stickleback into lakes near Kenai, AK, this is the design & implementation of the project. Thanks @danielbolnick.bsky.social for including me.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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