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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 15h

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, landmark report finds

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#ClimateChange #TippingPoint #HeatWaves #Floods #CoralReefs

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 1d

Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30

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Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30

Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first “tipping point” in climate-driven ecosystem collapse.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 2d

New Zealand’s Methane Target Sets Bad Precedent, Scientists Warn

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New Zealand’s Methane Target Sets Bad Precedent, Scientists Warn

New Zealand’s decision to set a less ambitious methane emissions reduction target sets a worrying precedent that other nations may follow, scientists have warned.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 3d

‘We don’t want to disappear’: Tuvalu fights for climate action and survival

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‘We don’t want to disappear’: Tuvalu fights for climate action and survival

Pacific island nation explores new ways to survive climate change but needs help to build protective sea walls now.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 4d

Researchers find methane leaking out of cracks in Antarctic seabed

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Researchers find methane leaking out of cracks in Antarctic seabed

One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic sea floor, researchers have found.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 5d

A MacArthur 'genius' gleans surprising lessons from ancient bones, shards and trash

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#ClimateChange #Archaeology #ClimateAdaptation #Madagascar #Biodiversity

A MacArthur 'genius' gleans surprising lessons from ancient bones, shards and trash

Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned her a MacArthur award.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 6d

Rising trend for warmer temperatures shows in latest monthly climate data

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Rising trend for warmer temperatures shows in latest monthly climate data

Japan, China and Korean peninsula experience record levels since start of October

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 7d

Inhalers produce as much carbon emissions as over 500,000 cars each year, study finds 😯

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Inhalers produce as much carbon emissions as over 500,000 cars each year, study finds

"These emissions drive global warming, exacerbating the very respiratory conditions inhalers are meant to relieve," researchers wrote.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 8d

Where are the climate Republicans?

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Where are the climate Republicans?

Republicans in Congress have gone from trying to develop conservative solutions to climate change to all but ignoring the issue.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 9d

No more clean beautiful coal for California!

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Commentary: California is finally quitting coal. Here's what comes next

To replace a 40-year-old Utah coal plant, Los Angeles is investing in green hydrogen.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 9d

Our favorite idiot president is trying to stop Solar. The bottom line is that Solar is going to win. Why? Because it provides CHEAPER ENERGY! #Trump Is A Loser!

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After gutting subsidies, White House finds new ways to stifle solar

Trump officials are already making their next moves in a campaign to undercut the solar industry.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 9d

Climate impacts are real — denying this is self-defeating

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Climate impacts are real — denying this is self-defeating

The US administration is attempting to undermine efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions. It will ultimately leave that country, and the world, worse off.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10d

I don't think Xi belongs on that list. Certainly not w.r.t. climate: www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 10d

Jane Goodall breaks it all down.

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#ClimateChange #Nature #YouMatter #DoSomething #MakeADifference

From the MadeMeSmile community on Reddit: Dr. Jane Goodall recorded this interview in March 2025, with the understanding that it would be released only after her death

Explore this post and more from the MadeMeSmile community

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 11d

We could use more of this! Old fashioned cooperation and civility. Let’s listen to each other.

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Meet the Lawmakers Trying to Bring Civility Back to Politics

In a growing movement, state legislators in Minnesota, Arkansas, Kansas and beyond are taking on America’s political rage. Opponents are “not the devil.”

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 11d

When Will Companies Grasp the Cost of Climate Change?

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 12d

Pope Leo condemns climate change critics

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Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming - BBC News

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 13d

Climate change generally isn’t a high-priority issue for voters. It should be

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#ClimateChange #CoalMining #FossilFuels #Voters #RenewableEnergy

Letters to the Editor: Climate change generally isn’t a high-priority issue for voters. It should be

'When unnecessary deaths and sickness caused by Trump’s policies, especially those connected to our health, become apparent to all, science and truth should play a more important role in the midterms,...

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 14d

Schwarzenegger downplays Trump and backs Vatican initiative to 'terminate' global warming

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#GlobalWarming #Schwarzenegger #Trump #ClimateAction #VaticanCity

Schwarzenegger downplays Trump and backs Vatican initiative to 'terminate' global warming

Arnold Schwarzenegger is throwing his weight behind the Vatican’s environmental initiative.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 15d

Workers keep dying from heat. Data from inside their bodies shows why

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Workers keep dying from heat. Data from inside their bodies shows why.

Nearly half of Florida farmworkers’ bodies reached dangerous temperatures in one study — but short breaks pulled them back from the danger zone.

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 16d

Giant trees of the Amazon get taller as forests fatten up on carbon dioxide

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#AmazonForests #CarbonDioxide #ClimateChange #TreeGrowth #ClimateResilience

Giant trees of the Amazon get taller as forests fatten up on carbon dioxide

"We're not seeing signs of them dying off," one of the study's lead authors told NBC News. "They are increasing in size and number as well."

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 17d

How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change

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#DOE #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateScience #PollutionRegulation

How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 19d

‘Hidden costs’ of climate emergency are worsening California’s affordability crisis – report

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‘Hidden costs’ of climate emergency are worsening California’s affordability crisis – report

University of California, Berkeley, study found that those who experience severe effects will see upto a $1m in costs

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 20d

Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People

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#GreenEnergy #ClimateScience #Trump #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy

Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People’

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A Climate Change Podcast @aclimatechange.bsky.social · 21d

Ahead of New York climate summit, Climate Watch flags huge emissions gap

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#GlobalWarming #ClimateSummit #ClimateWatch #Emissions #COP30

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