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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Coral collapse signals Earth’s first climate tipping point.

These global die-offs are a warning: More tipping points could be reached soon. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

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Coral collapse signals Earth's first climate tipping point

The global die-off of coral reefs signals a critical shift in Earth’s climate system with global environmental consequences along with economic ones.

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Wild animals officially recognized as solutions to climate change.

A new resolution passed yesterday that has formally recognized the role of wild animals as critical enablers of solutions to climate change. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis

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Wild animals officially recognised as solutions to climate change - Oceanographic

The role of wild animals as enablers of natural solutions to climate change was recognised at the IUCN World Conservation Congress.

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Coral reef collapse drives world across first climate tipping point.

The dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs means the planet has now reached its first tipping point from human-caused climate change, report finds. #ClimateChange

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Coral reef collapse drives world across first climate tipping point

The dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs means the planet has now reached its first tipping point from human-caused climate change, report finds.

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Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist.

Fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction. #ClimateChange

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Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing widespread dieback.

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’. #ClimateChange

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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 2d

Microplastics are brought into the wilderness on hiking shoes and gear, study shows.

Research comparing Adirondack mountain lakes in New York suggests foot traffic is significant source of pollution. #ClimateChange

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Microplastics are brought into the wilderness on hiking shoes and gear, study shows

Research comparing Adirondack mountain lakes in New York suggests foot traffic is significant source of pollution

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 2d

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains. #ClimateChange

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Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 2d

Wastewater Treatment Plants Channel ‘Forever Chemicals’ Into Waterways Nationwide.

A study across 19 states documented elevated PFAS concentrations downstream of wastewater treatment facilities and fields treated with biosolids. #ClimateChange

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Wastewater Treatment Plants Channel ‘Forever Chemicals’ Into Waterways Nationwide - Inside Climate News

A study by the Waterkeeper Alliance documented elevated PFAS concentrations downstream of wastewater treatment facilities and fields treated with biosolids in 19 states. Unregulated discharge from…

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 2d

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds.

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do. #ClimateChange

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The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 3d

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’. #ClimateChange

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The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’

Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 3d

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy.

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2 million homes. #ClimateChange

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Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 4d

Record-breaking Amazon fires triggered as much CO₂ as an entire country last year.

Fires in the Amazon Rainforest have surged to record-breaking levels, highlighting the region’s ‘growing ecological fragility'. #ClimateChange

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Amazon rainforest released as much CO₂ as Germany from 2024 fires

Fires in the Amazon Rainforest have surged to record-breaking levels, highlighting the region’s ‘growing ecological fragility'.

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 4d

Unreleased: Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on Forever Chemicals.

Scientists found that it could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, but the Trump administration shelved it. #ClimateChange

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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the…

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 4d

Shuttered Canadian Marine Park Warns It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales.

Animal rights activists are calling upon global conservation partners to intervene and find homes for the mammals at Marineland in Niagara Falls, no funds to care for them. #ClimateChange

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Shuttered Canadian Marine Park Warns It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales, Prompting a Global Outcry - Inside Climate News

The uncertain future of 30 beluga whales still living in tanks at Marineland—a shuttered aquarium and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario—has drawn global outcry from animal rights activists…

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 4d

It would be a shame if media and activists showed up to this: #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ai

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Appalachian AI Energy Conference

Join us for Appalachian AI Energy Conferences in Pittsburgh, PA. Learn how businesses in the Appalachian Basin can benefit from the growth of AI.

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 5d

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis.

Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’. #ClimateChange

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More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis

Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Countries in the Sahel region of Africa have made little progress on the “Great Green Wall,” a 5,000-mile-long band of trees planned for the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

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Progress on Africa's 'Great Green Wall' Stalls as Seedlings Die Off

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Total Failure: the $14 billion project has yet to generate even $1 billion in profit for the region. He added that oversupply and weak demand for plastics have made the project unprofitable. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

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Beaver County's Shell plastics plant falling short on promises, report says

A report says the $14 billion project has yet to return even $1 billion in profit to the region.

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Coral Triangle: The giant hidden 'Amazon' beneath the sea that appears somewhat resilient to climate change.

The Coral Triangle is an extremely biodiverse patch of ocean around the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

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Coral Triangle: The giant hidden 'Amazon' beneath the sea that appears somewhat resilient to climate change

The Coral Triangle is an extremely biodiverse patch of ocean around the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Its relatively murky waters appear to shield it against climate change — for now.

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 5d

What are students really learning about climate change?

US, fossil fuel interests and political pressure are shaping the science - and leaving key facts out. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

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What are students really learning about climate change? – DW – 10/10/2025

In classrooms across the US, fossil fuel interests and political pressure are shaping the science - and leaving key facts out. Meet two teachers fighting to keep climate education honest, local, and a...

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 5d

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

Tuvalu’s climate minister says his country is exploring new ways to survive rising sea levels and needs help to build protective sea walls now. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

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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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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak’s dark environmental past is coming to light.

A snapshot of Kodak's history includes cameras, military contracts, and a legacy of environmental damage in the communities it is a part of. #ClimateChange

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Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light

A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Saudi-owned corporate farms are draining Arizona’s desert dry.

Arizona’s lax water laws let corporate farms pump unlimited groundwater to grow alfalfa for cattle overseas, even as local families spend their savings drilling new wells. #ClimateChange

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Saudi-owned corporate farms are draining Arizona’s desert dry

Arizona’s lax water laws let corporate farms pump unlimited groundwater to grow alfalfa for cattle overseas, even as local families spend their savings drilling new wells.

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Solar is crushing gas power in California this year.

The state’s combination of solar and battery plants has pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas prices. #ClimateChange

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Solar is crushing gas power in California this year

The state’s combination of solar and battery plants has pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas…

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Climate News Now @climatenewsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Jane Goodall’s Final Message: ‘Don’t Give Up’

Primatologist and global icon Jane Goodall died last week at 91. Her legacy lives on in the next generation of coservationists, scientists say. #ClimateChange

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Jane Goodall’s Final Message: ‘Don’t Give Up’ - Inside Climate News

Primatologist and global icon Jane Goodall died last week at 91. Her legacy lives on in the next generation of conservationists, scientists say.

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