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Sharing information about sustainable and ecological farming to help mitigate the effects of climate change and to work towards a sustainable food supply chain for earth.

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

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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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 10h

I’m always amazed at the inferiority of white supremacists.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 20h

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

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 · 20h

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 · 22h

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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

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

www.monbiot.com

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 23h

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 · 1d

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

www.exeter.ac.uk

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 23h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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 · 22h

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 · 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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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

JUST TAX BILLIONAIRES
YOU ABSOLUTE NUMPTY

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 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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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

“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 · 3d

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.

www.nature.com

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 4d

Satellite imagery reveals thick smoke spreading from #wildfires in #Bolivia over #SantaCruz, drifting toward #Argentina. Bolivia has declared a national emergency as repeated dry seasons, land-clearing fires for agriculture (“chaqueo”), and #climate stress fuel this crisis. 🌬🔥🌎

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umsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 3d

Just microplastics on track to fuck us!

It also induces behavioral changes we really do not need if we want to save humanity from self destruction...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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

www.theguardian.com

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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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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 4d

Use it as material, not as fuel to make materials / to make stuff go.

Bunch of drywall solutions from plant fibers, straw, hemp, typha

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

V good @business-humanrights.org summary of the current state of benefit sharing in the renewable energy sector

It is really wild how underdeveloped this model is, but there is also a massive amount of opportunity.

www.business-humanrights.org/en/blog/bene...

Benefit sharing in wind and solar projects must become the norm. The Just Transition Work Programme is a unique opportunity - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

www.business-humanrights.org

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 4d

What horrifies me about this is that it is highly unlikely intelligence services etc didn’t know about Epstein’s activities long before this which means that child abuse is just something to turn a blind eye to (see also Cyril Smith, Al Fayed etc etc)

Guardian story - Tony Blair
Tony Blair met Jeffrey
Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal
National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and
'young and vibrant' financier

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