What happens when a physicist concerned about planetary heating in the 1970s gets a property that was fully wrecked by years of sheep-farming, with almost no trees?
My environmentalist sister, Lis, tracked one down to find out – and it's mind-blowing!
Over 3,000 trees in & still growing more from seed, it's a gorgeous wonderland of a place to live – eco-friendly, biodiverse, off-grid, & protected against extreme weather events... 1/3
As a physician, I can attest that masks protect against many threats to our health, including pollution, wildfire smoke, infectious diseases, and allergens. All of us, and especially disabled and immunocompromised folks, need to be able to wear masks freely in public spaces. Please sign and share this petition against the North Carolina mask ban. #COVID#MaskUp#ClimateChange#disabilityhttps://chng.it/C7XNnpx9gL
With extreme weather impacting all parts of the world, Climate Change isn’t going away anytime soon. These magazines keep us informed of the ongoing crisis, from the latest solutions like renewable energy to fighting misinformation, and beyond.
Climate Change: From stories about scaling up renewable energy to pioneering work in solar fuels to carbon capture and storage technologies, this magazine covers the burgeoning global shift to low-carbon economies. @climate-change-AnthropoceneMag
Climate Change and Weather Misinformation: As the United States constantly battles natural disasters — from hurricanes to fires, and more — authorities are also fighting misinformation that is affecting their ability to do their jobs. Here, we will share links to articles about the falsehoods. @climate-change-and-weather-mis
Climate Change and Wine: Documentating the effects of climate change on the wine world. @climate-change-wine-WineEncore
Climate Change Science: Bloomberg Green reports on the latest research related to climate change, including extreme weather events, ice levels, impacts to ecosystems, ocean temperatures, and more. @climate-change-science-Bloombe
Environment and Climate Change: How can the world achieve inclusive economic growth while combating climate change and other natural resource challenges? @environment-and-climate-change
I'm looking for British artists - ideally from marginal backgrounds, including BIPOC, disabled, working class, queer etc, who work on the environment and climate from an activist perspective. If can think of any names (or if that describes you!) please do let me know.
And boost for visibility please - thank you all kindly
Climate Change presents a range of dire environmental and health challenges. Add brain disease to the list. New research shows that as weather conditions worsen, certain brain diseases — stroke, migraines, meningitis, even Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s — follow suit. Read more from Science Alert: https://flip.it/RDG4WP#Science#ClimateChange#Health#Brain#Neurology
There’s a new playbook being written right now when it comes to the future of social media. The early-mover advantage is still in effect, and there’s a lot to figure out. Gone are opaque algorithms and the whims of any single company.
The fediverse represents a chance for quality journalism to shine again.
We talked to two leaders at fedi-forward publications — @TheConversationUS's @BostonAbrams, and @404mediaco's @jasonkoebler — about why they’re investing in the open social web, what they’ve learned so far, and their advice for other publishers just getting started.
Catastrophic #flood destruction in #Brazil could worsen with more rain on the way
#ExtremeFlooding in Brazil over the last several weeks may be made worse by additional rainfall late this week.
By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior weather editor
Published May 15, 2024
"AccuWeather meteorologists say that massive flooding that has plagued southern Brazil for weeks could worsen as additional storms enter the flood-ravaged area.
"Heavy rain has repeatedly doused southern Brazil and Uruguay since late April, causing both short-term creek and long-term river flooding.
"The death toll has risen to 149, with 124 still missing, ABC News reported Tuesday.
"Over 30,000 soldiers and police have been deployed to rescue nearly 70,000 people and 10,000 animals, but the spread of disinformation is slowing rescue and recovery, according to the Associated Press.
"A flood at the beginning of May devastated the city of Rio Grande do Sul when the Taquari River reached a new 150-year record height -- by 12 feet (4 meters). MetSul Meteorologia, a weather media organization in Brazil, said that in 30 years of covering weather, they had never observed such catastrophic destruction.
"Unfortunately, more rain is in the forecast next week."
How "kitty cats" are wrecking the home insurance industry in the U.S. No, not the felines!
Learn about "nat cats" and "kitty cats" in a new @grist report: "Supercharged thunderstorms and tornadoes are ravaging the Midwest, driving insurance costs to record highs."
As sea levels rise, DeSantis signs bill deleting climate change mentions from Florida state law.
As Florida copes with rising seas and record temperatures, lawmakers are going to exceptional lengths to delete many mentions of climate change from state laws in a new bill that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law on Wednesday. #ClimateChange
Southern Brazil 🇧🇷 is under a massive flood (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXhighMI44s) as I post this, which covers 80% of Rio Grande do Sul, and we need donations for food, water, anything to restore the homes that have been lost by this tragedy. Yes, 100+ died and more than 200.000+ people had to leave their houses due to the flood and the rain will continue to affect us until the end of May.
I'll list donation links here 👇
Well referenced article by a thinktank based in #Pakistan summarizing the mechanism for #ClimateChange derived food inflation being observed in the country.
Doesn't add anything new except the fact none of the listed issues are predictions - they are observations and cited.
#ClimateCrisis is here, and as in the Global North, farmers/gardeners can see it clearly, but the rest barely.
2023 was the northern hemisphere’s hottest summer in 2,000 years
“Looking back at the past 2,000 years, the team searched for the warmest summers on record to see how they compared to 2023. They found that the hottest June to August in the pre-industrial era was in 246 CE when temperatures were around 0.88⁰C above average.
This record stood for over 1,000 years, before being broken repeatedly since the late 1990s.”
2023 was the northern hemisphere’s hottest summer in 2,000 years
“Looking back at the past 2,000 years, the team searched for the warmest summers on record to see how they compared to 2023. They found that the hottest June to August in the pre-industrial era was in 246 CE when temperatures were around 0.88⁰C above average.
This record stood for over 1,000 years, before being broken repeatedly since the late 1990s.”
what the fuck do we do. theyve destroyed communication in gaza. they keep bombing. we don't even know how bad it is. if it was that bad when the world was watching. Jesus.
"“It was already pretty grim. And now it’s catastrophic,”
"While decades of war means that Afghanistan faces unique challenges, it’s not the only country that has been inundated with severe rain since the start of 2024. Extreme flooding this spring has displaced nearly a quarter million people in East Africa and half a million in southern Brazil."
“With the latest incident, Afghanistan joins a long list of Global South countries grappling with floods this year. And this is as the world continues funding the climate crisis by expanding fossil fuels and industrial agriculture.” (Teresa Anderson)