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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 12h

"New, devastating flood risk facing nearly all UK. Flooding predicted to become so bad that some towns may need to be abandoned, and it’s not even campaigners raising the alarm – but insurers"
#climate
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Wednesday briefing: The new, devastating flood risk facing nearly all of Britain

In today’s newsletter: Flooding across Britain is predicted to become so bad that some towns may need to be abandoned, and it’s not even campaigners raising the alarm – but insurers

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 13h

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.
drtomharris.substack.com/p/paying-the...

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?

drtomharris.substack.com

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Climate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 1d

Sex is cool, but have you ever heckled Andrew Cuomo for 10 minutes straight?

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 11h

Well worth watching 👇

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 14h

NEW EPISODE: Will we survive climate change?

Join our expert panellists as they answer your questions about curbing rising global temperatures and what life could be like in a warmer world.

Listen on your favourite podcast platform: www.lnk.to/AQOSClimateBB

Panel of speakers with the title ‘Can We Survive Climate Change?’ from BBC Studios and The Francis Crick Institute.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 1d

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…

news.mongabay.com

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 1d

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...

news.wickedproblems.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8d

KPMG fined £710,937.50 for dud audit of N Brown Group.

Failed to perform proper accounting checks.

Fines are just another cost of doing Nelsonian audits, passed to other customers

Audits by big firms are worthless, but highly profitable. Partners collect millions, exploit state guaranteed market.

Sanctions against KPMG LLP and Anthony Sykes

www.frc.org.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 5d

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 4d

Great one minute summary of the climate impact from decreasing maritime stratocumulous clouds.

Above warmer oceans, clouds evaporate faster, exposing the dark ocean to direct sunlight, leading to even more warming.

And decreased air pollution from ships reduces cloud droplets and their size:

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 7d

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.

www.bloomberg.com

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 3d

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

www.realclimate.org

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Paul Beckwith @paulhbeckwith.bsky.social · 5d

My new video…

How Ongoing Ocean Stratification is Already a Really HUGE Deal and Will Mess Up Our Future
youtu.be/MO2VTLgNNxY?...

#climate #ClimateCatastrophe #weather #oceans #seas #humanity #Future #FutureTech #FutureReady

How Ongoing Ocean Stratification is Already a Really HUGE Deal and Will Mess Up Our Future Prospects

YouTube video by Paul Beckwith

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Angutekaraq Qakvalria @angutekaraq.bsky.social · 3d

There's the remnants of a typhoon that's battering the Y-K delta and houses in Kipnuk, Alaska are floating away with peope in them

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 3d

This is my synagogue & the conspiracies about why Zohran is appearing today are wild First, all major candidates were invited. (Sliwa is speaking tonight.) Was he supposed to come over the high holidays? Can't imagine people would've been okay with that. It's 3 weeks before the election. It's fine.

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 3d

Do Zionists still think protesting outside a synagogue is antisemitic?

Screenshot from Tali Goldscheft:

PROTEST today at 1 pm!!! 📢📢📢

At the same time as hostages are hopefully being finally released, Zohran Mamdani is speaking at CBE (Congregation Beth Elohim) in Park Slope.

Beyond outrageous.

A major protest by the Brooklyn Jewish community, including CBE congregants and former congregants, will be taking place.

IN BROOKLYN? Join us, rain or shine!!!

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 3d

Report: Mediator nations to ink guarantee document at Gaza summit - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-mediator-nations-ink-guarantee-document-gaza-summit

Report: Mediator nations to ink guarantee document at Gaza summit

<article data-history-node-id="430056" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-mediator-nations-ink-guarantee-document-gaza-summit" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-mediator-nations-ink-guarantee-document-gaza-summit" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Report: Mediator nations to ink guarantee document at Gaza summit</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The mediating nations for the ceasefire deal in Gaza are to sign a document guaranteeing the agreement at Monday's summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, a diplomatic source told AFP.</p> <p>"The signatories will be the guarantors - (the) US, Egypt, Qatar and likely Turkey," the diplomat briefed on the signing ceremony told AFP on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive arrangements, after the Egyptian foreign ministry earlier said a document ending Israel's war on Gaza was expected to be signed during the gathering hosted by the US and Egypt.</p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 4d

Met Epstein in May 2002. In Sept 2002 Blair started justifying the invasion of Iraq.

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Max Koch @maxkoch.bsky.social · 5d

Joint paper with A Paulsson, R Raphael & M Islar on the provision of autonomy in #degrowth/#postgrowth circumstances, looking at democracy, work and education. Will talk about education part tomorrow at the @scientistrebellion.bsky.social summit in Berlin
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Autonomy within limits: Post-growth and social imaginaries of work, education and democracy - Alexander Paulsson, Max Koch, Mine Islar, Riya Raphael, 2025

Autonomy is central to thinking about democracy and human needs, but the question of how autonomy relates to growth is ambivalent. Is growth necessary to achiev...

journals.sagepub.com

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Isha @ishaav.bsky.social · 4d

Give Halverson a medal:
tinyurl.com/3kyyszcr

The Grab (2022) ⭐ 7.3 | Documentary

1h 42m

tinyurl.com

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 5d

The world’s longest rainbow path. The 600 metre “Long Walk to Equality” by artist Travis Myers at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island … the location of Canada’s first Pride in 1971.

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 7d

Dear EU,

Please don't cave in to these monsters.

"Unlike traditional trade negotiations, the US is not offering concessions in return. “It’s a one-way street,” said one EU official."

US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal

Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans

www.ft.com

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 5d

Environmental Storytelling is becoming increasingly important to inform the general public about what is going wrong with our environment (and how to fix it) in a way that resonates.
Join us at @au-cece.bsky.social on Tuesday (10/14)!

Register for free here: cece.american.edu/cece-colloqu...

The Importance and Potential of Environmental Storytelling - Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE)

Join us for the CECE Colloquium Series, happening the second Tuesday of each month at 2pm. The series will serve as an opportunity to connect across schools and departments and discover productive poi...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d

What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years?

A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.

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Miriam @miri100.bsky.social · 6d

Hope everybody here gets up in the morning and calls at least 10 senators and 10 House members to let them know how you feel about the shutdown. Let them know that you want your healthcare and others healthcare protected Medicare Medicaid ACA kept in place I try to make at least 10 calls it matters!

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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 6d

I once debated a right-wing media figure on a television programme who described my attempt to provide some historical background as 'Marxist rhetoric.' Defenders of this system and its crimes always regard context with a mix of fear and loathing and here's an example of why.

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 7d

Interesting to consider this in the context of arguments that we will not need to replace 100% of fossil fuel energy systems because renewables are much more efficient.

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 8d

1/ New research @lut.fi presents the first global analysis of inter-annual storage for #100RE systems in 145 regions doi.org/10.1016/j.ap.... Strategic generation overcapacity is a significantly more cost-effective solution than building massive storage.

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