Irene Quaile
@iceblogger.bsky.social
https://iceblog.org/
Scots journalist and blogger based in Germany. Into climate, environment, all things icy. Contributor to Eye on the Arctic, Arctic Today, Polar Journal.
Scots journalist and blogger based in Germany. Into climate, environment, all things icy. Contributor to Eye on the Arctic, Arctic Today, Polar Journal.
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COP30: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen regions. Global ice loss is not letting up any time soon. On the contrary. Ten years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, ice and snow loss is accelerating. If anything should convince the delegates attending COP30 in Brazil of the need for ambitious and urgent action, this latest assessment of the state of our frozen regions should. This is not just about ice and snow. As the Report's title says: Ice Loss = Global Damage.
iceblog.org
COP30: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen…
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen…
Reposted by Irene Quaile
" #Climate scientists have already warned that extreme weather events ... will continue to worsen as temperatures increase," said Renard Siew, climate change advisor to the Centre for Governance and Political Studies in Malaysia.
"That is exactly what we have been seeing."
"That is exactly what we have been seeing."
Floods across Southeast Asia kill at least 250 as rescuers step up recovery operations
The death toll from floods across large swathes of Southeast Asia rose to at least 250 on Friday.
www.sbs.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
" #Climate scientists have already warned that extreme weather events ... will continue to worsen as temperatures increase," said Renard Siew, climate change advisor to the Centre for Governance and Political Studies in Malaysia.
"That is exactly what we have been seeing."
"That is exactly what we have been seeing."
Interesting read. He is not completely writing off the COPs here:
„One reason is these annual events provides a mechanism whereby those nations most vulnerable to climate change can exert some sort of power on much wealthier nations. by joining together to produce a louder collective voice.“
„One reason is these annual events provides a mechanism whereby those nations most vulnerable to climate change can exert some sort of power on much wealthier nations. by joining together to produce a louder collective voice.“
If we're trying to stop the dangerous human interference in the climate, ten the annual Conference of the parties climate negotiations don't work. In important respects they have been designed to not work because they ensure continued use of fossil fuels.
www.technosphere.earth/about-as-muc...
www.technosphere.earth/about-as-muc...
About as much use as a chocolate fireguard
What is the point of climate negations if they cannot even mention fossil fuels?
www.technosphere.earth
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Interesting read. He is not completely writing off the COPs here:
„One reason is these annual events provides a mechanism whereby those nations most vulnerable to climate change can exert some sort of power on much wealthier nations. by joining together to produce a louder collective voice.“
„One reason is these annual events provides a mechanism whereby those nations most vulnerable to climate change can exert some sort of power on much wealthier nations. by joining together to produce a louder collective voice.“
Reposted by Irene Quaile
Excess Carbon dioxide is not just the driver of climate change - ut acidifies the oceans. California coastal waters are acidifying at a rate 40% above that of the ocean at large. Acidic waters kill shell fish, coral and other organisms.
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
California’s coastal waters are transforming at a surprising rate. Here’s what the future could look like
Waters off the California coast, part of one of Earth’s richest marine ecosystems, have acidified faster than most of the rest of the world’s oceans over the past century, according to a new...
www.sfchronicle.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Excess Carbon dioxide is not just the driver of climate change - ut acidifies the oceans. California coastal waters are acidifying at a rate 40% above that of the ocean at large. Acidic waters kill shell fish, coral and other organisms.
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
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Los científicos que controlan las masas glaciares montañosas en el N de León ratifican el declive de este patrimonio natural.
El glaciar Trasllambrión: “Es el final de una época, queda sin hielo por primera vez en 700 años”
elpais.com/espana/2025-...
El glaciar Trasllambrión: “Es el final de una época, queda sin hielo por primera vez en 700 años”
elpais.com/espana/2025-...
La muerte por calor del glaciar leonés Trasllambrión: “Es el final de una época, queda sin hielo por primera vez en 700 años”
Los científicos que controlan las masas gélidas montañosas en el norte de León ratifican el declive de este patrimonio natural
elpais.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
:-(
And we didn’t get anywhere near it.
COP30: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen…
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen…
COP30: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen regions. Global ice loss is not letting up any time soon. On the contrary. Ten years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, ice and snow loss is accelerating. If anything should convince the delegates attending COP30 in Brazil of the need for ambitious and urgent action, this latest assessment of the state of our frozen regions should. This is not just about ice and snow. As the Report's title says: Ice Loss = Global Damage.
iceblog.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
And we didn’t get anywhere near it.
Reposted by Irene Quaile
🎞️ After COP30 fire and floods: AMOC shutdown 🔥🌊
Our event on #AMOC shutdown was interrupted by the fire at #COP30 yesterday – but this is an important message so we wanted to make sure you heard it.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-0e...
@rahmstorf.bsky.social @iccinet.bsky.social
Our event on #AMOC shutdown was interrupted by the fire at #COP30 yesterday – but this is an important message so we wanted to make sure you heard it.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-0e...
@rahmstorf.bsky.social @iccinet.bsky.social
After COP30 Fire and Floods: AMOC Shutdown
YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
🎞️ After COP30 fire and floods: AMOC shutdown 🔥🌊
Our event on #AMOC shutdown was interrupted by the fire at #COP30 yesterday – but this is an important message so we wanted to make sure you heard it.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-0e...
@rahmstorf.bsky.social @iccinet.bsky.social
Our event on #AMOC shutdown was interrupted by the fire at #COP30 yesterday – but this is an important message so we wanted to make sure you heard it.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-0e...
@rahmstorf.bsky.social @iccinet.bsky.social
“Science is crystal clear here. Our only chance to recover back to a stable and safe climate is to accelerate the phase-out of fossil-fuels, remove carbon and invest in nature (on land and in the ocean), and do that without trading off between them.”
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“Science is crystal clear here. Our only chance to recover back to a stable and safe climate is to accelerate the phase-out of fossil-fuels, remove carbon and invest in nature (on land and in the ocean), and do that without trading off between them.”
“This is an empty deal. Cop30 provides a stark reminder that the answers to the climate crisis do not lie inside the climate talks – they lie with the people and movements leading the way toward a just, equitable, fossil-free future.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“This is an empty deal. Cop30 provides a stark reminder that the answers to the climate crisis do not lie inside the climate talks – they lie with the people and movements leading the way toward a just, equitable, fossil-free future.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
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Reposted by Irene Quaile
Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.
Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.
“A growing group won’t leave Belém without an ambitious package deal built on four cornerstones: money for adaptation, better quality and accountability for climate finance, a clear focus on tackling …– fossil fuels and deforestation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Exclusive: The Guardian understands Brazil had been planning to drop a roadmap to a transition away from fossil fuels amid opposition from petro states
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“A growing group won’t leave Belém without an ambitious package deal built on four cornerstones: money for adaptation, better quality and accountability for climate finance, a clear focus on tackling …– fossil fuels and deforestation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It's a powerful feedback loop: more ice shelf melting changes salinities which generates more ocean turbulence, which in turn causes more melting — with major implications for ice shelf stability and global sea level rise. (arrow shows max melt ratio)
Paper in @nature.com Geoscience ▶️ rdcu.be/eQEEg
Paper in @nature.com Geoscience ▶️ rdcu.be/eQEEg
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Yes!
Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges
Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges
Marina Silva says contentious plan would be ‘ethical answer’ to climate crisis but does not commit Brazil to it
Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva, has urged all countries to have the courage to address the need for a fossil fuel phaseout, calling the drawing up of a roadmap for it an “ethical” response to the climate crisis.
She emphasised, however, that the process would be voluntary for those governments that wished to participate, and “self-determined”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Yes!
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November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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After three COPs in autocratic states with little tolerance for demonstrations, climate protests are back in full force in Belém: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Protests return to climate summit with calls for Indigenous rights (and a dash of Trump mockery)
Saturday’s march through the streets of Belém, Brazil, was a contrast to the muzzling of dissent at past years’ U.N. summits.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
After three COPs in autocratic states with little tolerance for demonstrations, climate protests are back in full force in Belém: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Reposted by Irene Quaile
This is incredible
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is incredible
Not good at all.
Another dataset confirms that last month was the warmest October on record in the #Arctic. The previous record was 2024. This is already a month with a very large increasing temperature trend (i.e., Arctic amplification). Not good.
Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4 (data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/).
Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4 (data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/).
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Not good at all.
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Two new studies by our colleagues have demonstrated that emerging pollutants — such as pharmaceuticals, personal-care products, and endocrine disruptors, reach the Arctic cryosphere via medium- to long-range atmospheric transport.
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Two new studies by our colleagues have demonstrated that emerging pollutants — such as pharmaceuticals, personal-care products, and endocrine disruptors, reach the Arctic cryosphere via medium- to long-range atmospheric transport.
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
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Climate change is accelerating, with the past 10 years the hottest on record. #C3S Director @carlobuontempo.bsky.social calls attention to this rapid evolution, emphasising the importance of scientific data and knowledge to inform action.
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#CopernicusClimate #COP30
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#CopernicusClimate #COP30
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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📢 My interview with Irene Quaile, journalist on environment & climate:
Brazil hosts #COP30, with the Amazon rainforest in the spotlight of the climate crisis, while Lula’s government announces new oil drilling there. 🌎💧
tiredearth.com/interviews/i...
Brazil hosts #COP30, with the Amazon rainforest in the spotlight of the climate crisis, while Lula’s government announces new oil drilling there. 🌎💧
tiredearth.com/interviews/i...
Biodiversity
tiredearth.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
📢 My interview with Irene Quaile, journalist on environment & climate:
Brazil hosts #COP30, with the Amazon rainforest in the spotlight of the climate crisis, while Lula’s government announces new oil drilling there. 🌎💧
tiredearth.com/interviews/i...
Brazil hosts #COP30, with the Amazon rainforest in the spotlight of the climate crisis, while Lula’s government announces new oil drilling there. 🌎💧
tiredearth.com/interviews/i...
Reposted by Irene Quaile
Protesters force their way into Cop30 climate summit – video #Climate
Protesters force their way into Cop30 climate summit – video
Indigenous groups and NGOs have already been more visible inside and outside the venue, helping to balance out the armies of lobbyists that have dominated recent climate gatherings
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Protesters force their way into Cop30 climate summit – video #Climate
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''Given the heated times we live in, it was highly unlikely that this year’s State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of #climate warming on our frozen regions.'' New blog from @iceblogger.bsky.social #Arctic www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...
Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year’s State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on ...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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COP30: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen…
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen…
COP30: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen regions. Global ice loss is not letting up any time soon. On the contrary. Ten years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, ice and snow loss is accelerating. If anything should convince the delegates attending COP30 in Brazil of the need for ambitious and urgent action, this latest assessment of the state of our frozen regions should. This is not just about ice and snow. As the Report's title says: Ice Loss = Global Damage.
iceblog.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
COP30: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen…
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen…