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umsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 9h

Next confirmation came in that we are heading towards a neurotoxic ocean: highly toxic Pseudo nitschia species are spreading from pole to pole

A neurotoxic ocean means a neurotoxic hydrological cycle

Its as easy as that on a water planet!

First rule on a water planet never fuck the #oceans...

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 9h

In Denmark if you're left-leaning or young, you're much more likely to understand that wolves are positive for ecosystems. If you're right-wing or older, the chances diminish substantially.

Why 40 wolves have shaken Danish politics.
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Why 40 wolves have shaken Danish politics

Even this small number has sparked fierce debates over livestock and public safety in one of Europe's most intensively farmed countries

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umsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 10h

Next confirmation that we trigger now a synchronization of feedbacks and circulation systems

ENSO could undergo a regime shift into an oscillatory regime synchronizing with other climate modes - bahm!

Will likely start to appear in the 30s as warming will now further accelerate...

#climate

Global climate mode resonance due to rapidly intensifying El Niño-Southern Oscillation - Nature Communications

The authors of this study perform simulations with a high-resolution climate model and show that global warming may trigger an abrupt shift in the tropical climate system towards stronger and more pre...

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 8h

Just by following some news from Vancouver and British Columbia in general, I am impressed.

Folks don't seem to like the oil pipeline, First Nations are thinking about forests in a new way, and the provincial capital is applying active mobility measures.

That's standing out in North America.

#BC

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 20h

'Water shortage forces Iraq to tighten crop plan...

Agriculture Ministry advisor Mahdi Dhamad al-Qaisi told Shafaq News that this year’s summer agricultural plan banned rice cultivation, which consumes large amounts of water, as part of efforts to address the shortage.'

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Water shortage forces Iraq to tighten crop plan - Shafaq News

Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq is facing an acute irrigation crisis as declining water inflows from neighboring countries force authorities to restrict crop cultivation, a senior official said Wednesda

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 19h

'Floods devastate paddy crops [Nepal]

“The flood has caused widespread damage to various crops, but the destruction of rice has been the most severe...Farmers are facing severe hardship as the floods have washed away paddy that was close to ripening.”'

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Floods devastate paddy crops worth Rs 50 million in Jhapa

JHAPA: Heavy floods triggered by incessant rainfall between October 4 and 6 have destroyed 463.42 hectares of paddy fields in Jhapa, causing significant losses to local farmers. According to Sagar Bis...

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 19h

'As global warming looms, mikan farmers switching to avocados.

Rising temps are reshaping crop suitability in Japan, with projections indicating that traditional mikan cultivation areas may become increasingly unsuitable, while avocado production zones expand.'

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As global warming looms, mikan farmers switching to avocados • EastFruit

Rising temperatures are reshaping crop suitability in Japan, with projections indicating that traditional mikan cultivation areas may become increasingly unsuitable, while avocado production zones exp...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People

The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

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umsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 1d

Sea surface temperatures had been one main driver of the global temperature jump in 2023/24

Waited for that one a long time...

"Why was the 2023 jump in global temperature so extreme?"; www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

#climate #earth

Shows the contribution of sea surface temperatures to global air temperatures. In 2023/24 it made a jump with SSTs going up by some 0.3°C what had been enormous...

Marine heatwaves did not only increase in 2023/24, but in terms of persistence they made a sudden jump by some 100% if the average of the last previous years is taken.

A map of marine heatwaves during El Nino years of 1997, 2016, and 2023. Also here they did make a jump and covered much larger areas.

A map showing where global SSTs reached exceptional levels. Large areas of the oceans reached new maximum SSTs...

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 1d

Roughly 20% of Australia flooded from extreme rainfall on one day (an area double Texas was covered in rainwater), drowning hundreds of thousands of farm animals.

That was in a 2025 climate - the climate of 2030, just 5 years from now will be *much* more extreme due to fossil fuels.

Sustainable Farming @sustainablefarming.bsky.social · 1d

Farming yields in the UK are already under pressure.

Such extreme floods would create additional pressure on farming and might even make farming impossible in many parts of the UK.

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Sustainable Farming @sustainablefarming.bsky.social · Apr 30

The effects on agriculture in Morocco, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria will be devastating.

The extreme Mediterranean heat will cause even more extreme flooding even more extreme droughts and even more extreme wild fires than was seen in 2021-2024

2025-2029 will be MUCH worse

Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · Apr 29

Most people don't have a clue about what's coming.

The Mediterranean will be faced with extreme warming and climate change THIS decade.

IPCC provides a false sense of security.

Gross negligence!

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Sustainable Farming @sustainablefarming.bsky.social · 1d

Farming yields in the UK are already under pressure.

Such extreme floods would create additional pressure on farming and might even make farming impossible in many parts of the UK.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 1d

Just simply look at the hurricanes from:
2010-2015

Then compare those to the hurricanes from:
2015-2020

Then compare those to the hurricanes from:
2020-2025

And you’ll instantly see the chaos we will need to prepare for in:
2030-2035

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 3d

global warming potential of gypsum drywall, gypsum fiber drywall vs clay board
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gwp for gypsum board (high), gypsum fibre board (higher), clay board (low, almost nothing in comparison) ökobaudat data

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Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · 1d

Students - please get in touch with me directly if you'd like to discuss potential PhD proposals on the theme of energy system change.

Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · 2d

Applications for funded social science PhD studentships at @exeter.ac.uk are now open. These projects are student led, and the deadline for applications is 9 Jan.

@cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @ecehh.org @exetergses.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social

ESRC SWDTP | Postgraduate Study - PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 1d

Iron is the limiting nutrient at the very base of the ocean food web. It enables photosynthesis, is essential for all marine life and enables significant carbon capture. Fisheries, whaling and pollution reduce the available iron for these vital processes.
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Paying the Iron Price

Iron is a critical part of life in the oceans. It's a limiting nutrient for primary production which sits at the base of the food chain and absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere. Should we be adding more?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 2d

Aloyce Mwakisoma, a renowned plant expert from Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains, was struck and killed by a bus on Oct. 6 near the village of Sanje.

Mwakisoma, who was born and raised in the Udzungwas, had an encyclopedic knowledge of the plants and animals found in his home in the Eastern Arc.

Tanzanian conservationists mourn death of plant expert Aloyce Mwakisoma

Tanzanian conservationists are mourning the tragic death of renowned plant expert Aloyce Mwakisoma, who played a critical role in forest restoration and recently helped identify and describe a giant…

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 2d

The Pope, the Terminator, and a Wicked Problem walk into a bar.

If you told me 2 yrs ago I'd spend a week in the Vatican w them I'd say you were nuts. But then if 20 years ago you told me the Catholic Church would be standing up for climate science vs denialist freaks I'd have you committed.

Confessions of a Climate Pilgrim at the Vatican

The Pope, the Terminator, and a Podcaster walk into a bar...

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 4d

Yes - that would be ideal.

Considering how long it takes to change habits that might happen by 2035 or 2045 and by both those years humanity will already be entirely fucked.

New plan needed if that was your plan.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 4d

JUST TAX BILLIONAIRES
YOU ABSOLUTE NUMPTY

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 4d

We need Nobel Prizes for Climate

- Nobel Prize for Climate Tech
- Nobel Prize for Climate Journalism
- Nobel Prize for Climate Activism
- Nobel Prize for Climate Infrastructure
- Nobel Prize for Climate Success

Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 8d

Nobel Prize for Climate Tech. Should actually be a category going forward. But this'll do for today (gift link) - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chemistry Nobel Given for Molecules That Aid Carbon Capture

Scientists from Japan, the UK and Jordan were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating molecular constructions with potential to help combat climate change.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 4d

Given a choice between
1. Honouring commitments on fighting one of (if not THE) greatest ever threats to humanity - climate breakdown
2. Cute hoor politics

Fianna Fáil opt for ... Cute hoor politics.

Leopards, spots, and all that.

Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 6d

The full quote as reported:

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change,” he said.
“This might be controversial, because I believe in addressing climate change....

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 7d

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 4d

A new study has identified unaccounted for aerosol emissions from forest trees. These large volatile organic compounds were not thought to contribute to secondary aerosol formation, but the new study shows a significant contribution.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#climatechange #aerosols #forests

Unaccounted impacts of diterpene emissions on atmospheric aerosol loadings - Communications Earth & Environment

Diterpenes are an underestimated source of secondary organic aerosol, accounting for up to 13% of the secondary organic aerosol burden from isoprene, according to combined chamber experiments and chemical transport modelling.

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