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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 10h

Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/fact...

Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections

A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 10h

Trump wants to make this worse

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Storm decimates 2 Alaskan villages and drives more than 1,500 people from their homes

Storm decimates 2 Alaskan villages and drives more than 1,500 people from their homes

Officials in Alaska are rushing to find housing for people from tiny coastal villages devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 10h

apnews.com/article/mexi... and flooding cut off 300 communities in Mexico with dozens dead and missing

Landslides and flooding cut off 300 communities in Mexico with dozens dead and missing

A river in eastern Mexico turned into a crushing wall of water, nearly wiping out the village of Chapula.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 1d

There is little way to adapt to our new normal

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Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search expands

Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search expands

The death toll from last week’s torrential rains in east-central Mexico has jumped to 64. Search operations have expanded to communities cut off by landslides.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 1d

apnews.com/article/alas... dead, 2 missing and dozens rescued after remnants of a typhoon lash western Alaska

1 dead, 2 missing and dozens rescued after remnants of a typhoon lash western Alaska

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have brought hurricane-force winds and ravaging storm surges to western Alaska. Authorities say one person is dead and two remain missing.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 2d

There is a high risk this will collapse and plunge Europe into freezing temperatures

High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC) www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

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

RealClimate: 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 eve...

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 2d

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Could the UK’s solar farms provide a refuge for bumblebees?

Solar farms could provide a habitat for bumblebees, study shows.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 5d

3rd warmest on record after last 2 years took top spots…

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How hot was September 2025? Copernicus report breaks it down

September 2025 was the third warmest on record, new data shows.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 5d

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'Not up for discussion': Brussels rejects US pressure on climate rules

In response to US demands to roll back the EU's environmental legislation, the European Commission defended its autonomous power to adopt laws.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 7d

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2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress

The world's largest conservation gathering aims to shape dialogue, decisions, and initiatives that will deliver transformative outcomes for nature and people.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting

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Buildings are turning to 'ice batteries' for sustainable air conditioning

Buildings are turning to 'ice batteries' for sustainable air conditioning

Buildings in the U.S. are turning to ice batteries for air conditioning — a technology that freezes water into ice at night when electricity is cheap and lets it thaw during the day to cool indoor spa...

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 7d

Climate hazard experience linked to increased climate risk perception worldwide
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Climate hazard experience linked to increased climate risk perception worldwide - IOPscience

Climate hazard experience linked to increased climate risk perception worldwide, Dablander, Fabian

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 7d

apnews.com/article/neth... residents sue the Netherlands over climate inaction

Bonaire residents sue the Netherlands over climate inaction

Residents of Bonaire have accused the Netherlands of not doing enough to protect them from climate change.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 8d

The global transition to renewables is seemingly unstoppable

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Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 8d

Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap
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Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap

Could we halve aviation's climate impact at a fraction of the cost of sustainable aviation fuels?

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 9d

It really shouldn’t, the cost of not transitioning is hard to quantify as it’s so insurmountable

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Climate cost debate rages on | The Observer

Opinion in Europe is divided on EU directives on corporate sustainability reporting

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 9d

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The Conservatives must never have any part in Farage’s po...

To describe asylum seekers as thieves or rapists encourages the worst sort of prejudice. We don’t need Trump’s mouthpiece anywhere near No 10

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 10d

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The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights - Inside Climate News

A growing number of scientists are backing laws recognizing that nature has inherent rights and intrinsic value. A group of wetlands scientists wants the critical ecosystems they study to be next.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 12d

Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...

Keep the Baltic Sea clean and safe!

Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 12d

Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras

Judah et al. identify 30 species of chondrichthyans that overlap with proposed deep-sea mining activities, nearly two-thirds of which are already threatened with extinction. Precautionary management o...

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 13d

Reality vs Trump’s America

Increasing flood hazard in the Lower Mississippi River due to extreme storm clustering | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Increasing flood hazard in the Lower Mississippi River due to extreme storm clustering

Climate change intensifies extreme storm clusters and raises flood risks in the Lower Mississippi River.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 13d

Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene

The projected loss of glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada is likely unprecedented in at least the past 30,000 years.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 15d

This isn’t normal

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Tropical storm from former Typhoon Bualoi rips through Vietnam and kills at least 12 people

Tropical storm from former Typhoon Bualoi rips through Vietnam and kills at least 12 people

Heavy rain and strong winds from the former Typhoon Bualoi have flooded roads, knocked off roofs and caused at least 12 deaths in central Vietnam before moving into Laos.

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks so much to @climateemergencyuk.bsky.social for a great presentation of their potential game changing website/reports on council #climateaction

PCC got 32% overall, 1% more than 2023, however almost 10% lower than the national average, I.e. they are towards the bottom of the pack 👎🏻

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Greenpeace Portsmouth @greenpeacepompey.bsky.social · 15d

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Climate Activists Thwarted in U.S. Courts Are Headed to an International Tribunal for Review - Inside Climate News

Plaintiffs who sued the U.S. government in 2015 for promoting fossil fuel policies and failing to protect them from climate change have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for an ...

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