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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 1d

Australia’s only shrew has been declared extinct. Australia leads the world in mammal extinctions and ranks second for loss of biodiversity. We need better funding for conservation action and stronger environmental laws to uphold our international commitments to prevent further extinctions 🧪

A photo of a small, black-furred shrew climbing on a branch with text overlay that says "Australia’s only shrew declared extinct. Australia continues to lead the world in mammal extinctions."

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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 1d

Coral die-off marks Earth’s first climate ‘tipping point’, scientists say
A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Coral die-off marks Earth’s first climate ‘tipping point’, scientists say

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

www.nature.com

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co2ppm.bsky.social @co2ppm.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Text screen grab - "We can no longer talk about tipping points as a future risk," said Prof Tim Lenton at the University of Exeter's Global Systems Institute. "The first tipping of widespread dieback of warm water coral reefs is already under way."

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 1d

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

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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

www.theguardian.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 1d

Some first hand accounts from Kwigillingok and Kipnuk in the thread.

Additional reporting here: alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

As Western Sydney University prepares to shed hundreds of staff due to its dire finances, leaked documents reveal it is paying consultants as much as $2,850 a day.

Uni staff 'very, very angry' as high-paid consultants work on redundancies

As Western Sydney University prepares to shed hundreds of staff due to its dire finances, leaked documents reveal it is paying consultants as much as $2,850 a day.

www.abc.net.au

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d

Substantial losses of #Arctic sea ice concentration are found in October. The largest declining trends extend from parts of the East Siberian Sea to the Chukchi Sea.

Sea ice concentration = fraction of ice-cover. More info on recent Arctic climate: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...

Graphic showing a polar stereographic map of October 2024 Arctic sea ice concentration anomalies with anomalies from -50% in red shading to +50% in blue shading. More areas are below normal than above normal.

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 2d

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 2d

And while we’re at doing what’s necessary … let’s stop approving new #coal #gas Australia! #climate #auspol @Murraywatt
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand

www.theguardian.com

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 2d

Haha, glory be.

Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve tried to get some details on our critical mineral strategy, but it turns out information about our rocks are matters of national security 🤷‍♂️. I have appealed this #FOI refusal. We have the right to know. 2/2 #auspol

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🕸️🕷️ 🥀 Nani🥀🕷️🕸️ @sinmachine.is.severed.fyi · 3d

Politicians are NOT coming to “save us.”

We are our liberators.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 3d

Air temperatures, soil temperatures and reanalyses all agree on how the UK’s climate has warmed & varied over the past decades.

Don’t listen to the usual critics who try to claim otherwise…

climatelabbook.substack.com/p/monitoring...

Monitoring changes in UK temperature

Multiple sources of data agree on long-term observed trends

climatelabbook.substack.com

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Denise Wu @denisewu.bsky.social · 4d

Frog Brigade outside of the ICE facility at the “war torn” Portland frontline.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty good sign that the work is both impactful and effectively communicated.

Ken Rice @kenrice.bsky.social · 5d

www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

www.eenews.net

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co2ppm.bsky.social @co2ppm.bsky.social · 3d

youtu.be/Gvg242U2YfQ

How The World SOUNDS To Animals

YouTube video by Benn Jordan

youtu.be

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 3d

Climate warming

The cost of extreme weather in Europe has doubled this decade

Worsening climate impacts could cut EU GDP by 7% by the end of the century if warming surpasses 1.5°C

A LESSON FOR ALL OF US as we face summer

𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄?

www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

Cost of Europe's extreme weather has doubled this decade

Europe is being forced to foot an ever-growing bill as damage from weather and climate-related extremes exceeded €44.5 billion in recent years.

www.euronews.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 4d

Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries, saving hundreds of billions of dollars, report @iea.org

- including UK, Germany and Chile etc

Story by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...