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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · May 7

Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #FutureGenerations #EnvironmentalImpact

Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds

Exposure to extreme climate events will increase two to seven times more for those born in 2020 compared with those in 1960, a new study warns.

www.livescience.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 3h

Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change #Science #Biology #Ecology #ClimateChange #MarineLife #Conservation

Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change

Marine mammals are being forced into new and more dangerous waters, scientists warn.

arstechnica.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 19h

Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says #Science #Biology #Ecology #CoffeeDeforestation #Sustainability #ClimateChange

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 23h

Extreme Droughts Could Wipe Out Centuries of Carbon Storage in Peatlands #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #DroughtImpact #ClimateChange #Peatlands

Extreme Droughts Could Wipe Out Centuries of Carbon Storage in Peatlands

A two-month drought in a Minnesota bog has revealed an unsettling vulnerability in one of Earth's most important carbon vaults. Despite covering just 3%

scienceblog.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 1d

Your Emissions Bill Will Come Due in the Year 2300 #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #Sustainability #FutureGenerations

Your Emissions Bill Will Come Due in the Year 2300

The carbon dioxide you release today does not simply vanish. It lingers, accumulates, and centuries from now will still be pushing seawater over coastal

scienceblog.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 1d

What’s next for carbon removal? #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #CarbonRemoval #ClimateChange #Sustainability

What’s next for carbon removal?

Companies have still drawn down only enough CO2 to cancel out a few hours of US emissions. Here’s what it will take to really scale up the sector.

www.technologyreview.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 1d

Millions of Buildings Threatened by Rising Seas This Century, Study Warns #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #RisingSeas #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact

Millions of Buildings Threatened by Rising Seas This Century, Study Warns

Rising seas threaten millions of lives and livelihoods in coastal regions, along with untold swaths of vital infrastructure.

www.sciencealert.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 2d

Facing a Hostile Administration, U.S. Offshore Wind Is in Retreat #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #ClimateChange

Facing a Hostile Administration, U.S. Offshore Wind Is in Retreat

Offshore wind had been poised to take off along the East Coast, with about 30 utility-scale farms planned. But the Trump administration’s opposition to wind power has caused most of those projects to...

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 2d

Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms #Science #Biology #Ecology #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #IcelandMosquitoes

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 2d

First Mosquitoes Found in Iceland, Likely Due to a Shifting Climate #Science #Biology #Ecology #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Iceland

First Mosquitoes Found in Iceland, Likely Due to a Shifting Climate

Learn more about the discovery of the first mosquitoes in Iceland, and what that could mean for its future.

www.discovermagazine.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 2d

Earth’s Falling Reflectivity Means the Planet Is Getting Darker—And Hotter #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #Reflectivity #GlobalWarming

Earth’s Falling Reflectivity Means the Planet Is Getting Darker—And Hotter

The planet’s brightness is dimming—changing rainfall, circulation and temperature

www.scientificamerican.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 3d

Biggest Meat Producers Unleashing More Methane Than Biggest Oil Firms #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #MethaneEmissions #ClimateChange #Sustainability

Biggest Meat Producers Unleashing More Methane Than Biggest Oil Firms

Published at the Yale School of the Environment

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 3d

“Catastrophic Consequences”: Scientists Warn of Abrupt, Irreversible Antarctic Collapse #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #Antarctica #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact

scitechdaily.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 3d

New Report Finds Efforts to Slow Climate Change Are Working—Just Not Fast Enough #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact #Sustainability

New Report Finds Efforts to Slow Climate Change Are Working—Just Not Fast Enough

By virtually every key metric, efforts to fight climate change are going too slowly, according to findings by a coalition of climate groups. In some cases, things are moving in the wrong direction.

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 3d

Mosquitoes Have Started Appearing in One of The Last Places on Earth Without Them #Science #Biology #Ecology #Mosquitoes #EcosystemImpact #ClimateChange

Mosquitoes Have Started Appearing in One of The Last Places on Earth Without Them

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland in a first for the island nation, which has long been one of the world's mosquito-free places, a researcher told AFP Monday.

www.sciencealert.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 3d

Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100 #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #SolarGeoengineering #ClimateScience

Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100

An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet

www.newscientist.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 3d

Biodiversity: A missing link in combating climate change #Science #Biology #Ecology #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Conservation

Biodiversity: A missing link in combating climate change

With healthy populations of animals that disperse seeds, tropical forests can absorb up to four times more carbon.

www.technologyreview.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 4d

The Hidden Landscape Holding Back the Sea #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #ClimateChange #SeaLevelRise

The Hidden Landscape Holding Back the Sea

The Hidden Landscape Holding Back the Sea: The fate of our planet’s coasts rests on the bedrock of Antarctica.

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 4d

Climate Models Missed Something Big About the Southern Ocean. The Truth Is More Worrying #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #SouthernOcean #ClimateModels

scitechdaily.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 4d

How Soon Will the Seas Rise? #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #SeaLevelRise #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalScience

How Soon Will the Seas Rise? | Quanta Magazine

The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen — and how fast — is anything but settled.

www.quantamagazine.org

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 4d

Melting Arctic Ice Awakens a Surprising Source of Life #Science #Biology #Ecology #ArcticEcosystem #ClimateChange #Biodiversity

Melting Arctic Ice Awakens a Surprising Source of Life

As Arctic sea ice retreats, scientists have discovered a surprising silver lining buried in an otherwise grim story. Bacteria living beneath the ice are

scienceblog.com

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 5d

Warming Made L.A. Wildfires 25 Times Larger #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #Wildfires #ClimateChange #LosAngeles

Warming Made L.A. Wildfires 25 Times Larger

Published at the Yale School of the Environment

Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 5d

The Download: a promising retina implant, and how climate change affects flowers #Science #HealthandMedicine #MedicalTechnology #RetinaImplant #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact

The Download: a promising retina implant, and how climate change affects flowers

Plus: AWS is working to get its customers' services back online following a major outage

www.technologyreview.com

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Gregory P. Wilson @newguardsrising.bsky.social · 6d

No Kings, Naples, Florida. October 18, 2025. #NoKings 🇺🇸

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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 7d

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Watch live: 'No Kings' protests expected across US

Millions are expected to gather Saturday at “No Kings" rallies in major cities and communities to protest the direction of the country under President Donald Trump.

www.fox32chicago.com