Icarus Complex Magazine

The #MilanoCortina2026 Winter Paralympic Games begin today in Italy! 🇮🇹

But warming winters are putting the future of winter sports at risk⬇️

Heavy Lies the Grain - Icarus Complex Punjab's agricultural landscape reveals the human and environmental toll of India's Green Revolution.

ARTICLE | Heavy Lies the Grain

'Sixty years on, Punjab’s agricultural landscape reveals the human and environmental toll of India’s Green Revolution.'

Words and photographs: @harshavadlamani.bsky.social
Published by @icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social

#GreenRevolution #Agriculture #LandPolitics #India

Architectural Futures in the New Fire Age - Icarus Complex Designing for resilience at the advent of a new Fire Age.

ARTICLE | Architectural Futures in the New Fire Age

'In the Pyrocene, rethinking resilience means designing architecture that works with fire rather than against it.'

Words: @melissasterry.bsky.social
Research and graphics: @icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social

#Wildfires #UrbanResilience #Ecosystems

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You should support @thexylom.com starting at $2/month because I founded the worker-run newsroom to cover how Donald Trump and friends are making the world poorer, sicker, and dirtier.

We literally published a dispatch from eastern Ukraine this morning with @icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social:

Climate change drives uneven shifts in tree diversity across Amazon and Andes The tropical forests of the Amazon and Andes are some of the most biodiverse places on the planet, but across both regions, changes in climate and landscape conditions are driving a shift in the…

Over four decades, tree richness across the Andes and Amazon has shifted unevenly. Some regions are losing species while others, like the northern Andes, are gaining.

Researchers say precipitation and forest fragmentation drive the trend, and limiting deforestation could help protect diversity.

Published a new piece on the impacts of war and war machines on communities and the climate!

#Ukraine #WarDeminers #Russia

A fantastic and strong piece - Thank you @thexylom.com ✨🙌

Demining Ukraine - Icarus Complex Ukrainian deminers are deploying drones to clear the remnants of Russia's full-scale invasion—protecting communities and reclaiming land.

ARTICLE | Demining Ukraine

‘Ukrainian deminers are deploying drones to clear the remnants of Russia’s full-scale invasion—protecting communities and reclaiming land.’

Photographs and words by @kcchengphoto.bsky.social

Co-produced by @thexylom.com

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The EPA has repealed the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gases in the U.S. 🏭 🌬️

WRI breaks down what this means for households, businesses and U.S. leadership: bit.ly/3OLW9Zr

#ClimatePolicy #CleanAirAct #USClimate

It’s electric: Scientists develop cheap way to keep sharks off fishing hooks Unintentional catch is a big reason that more than a hundred shark species are threatened with extinction. Yet creating a small electric field around fishing hooks using cheap inputs — zinc and…

Bycatch is pushing more than 100 shark species toward extinction. A new study shows that a small electric field created by zinc and graphite near fishing hooks can deter many sharks.

Researchers say the nonmagnetic, low-cost materials could help bring shark-repellent gear closer to commercial use.

‘We’re not hippies’: why these Iowa farmers swapped pigs for mushrooms Faaborgs rail against oppressive industrial agricultural system with unexpected evolution into indie artisan food firm

Proving that people who have farmed animals all their lives can transition to growing plant-based foods & products for human consumption. And it's allowed them to become an independent farm and improve their working conditions.
#plantbased #mushrooms
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Have China’s emissions just peaked?

China’s CO2 emissions fell in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline for the full year as a whole, according to new analysis for Carbon Brief by @creacleanair.bsky.social

Full analysis here: buff.ly/wC1nbXO

World Nature Photography awards 2026 – in pictures The World Nature Photography awards have announced the winners for 2026 and Australian Jono Allen has taken out the top prize

World Nature Photography awards 2026 – in pictures

NEWS DIGEST | Climate Rule Repealed The Environmental Protection Agency under Donald Trump has repealed the 2009 ‘endangerment finding’ — the scientific and legal basis that allowed the US government to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The rule recognised that emissions harm public health, enabling limits on pollution from cars, power plants, and industry. Its repeal could weaken nationwide standards, create legal battles with states, and reshape how climate action is enforced. Supporters frame the move as deregulation, while critics warn it prioritises fossil fuel interests and risks higher pollution levels. 💬 What protections remain when the foundation of climate regulation is removed?

NEWS DIGEST | Climate Rule Repealed

EPA repeals 2009 endangerment finding, weakening US climate rules. Supporters say deregulation; critics warn of higher pollution.

Sources: @worldresources.bsky.social @reuters.com @theguardian.com @abc7news.bsky.social

Read relevant articles: bit.ly/3N0VzGG

Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow Alcoa to keep clearing WA forest, document reveals Document also shows US miner had been unlawfully clearing land for 15 years despite warnings from department

Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow Alcoa to keep clearing WA forest, document reveals

China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies.

It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony

Village dancer impersonating an antelope.

18°47'06.5"S, 22°41'38.8"E
Botswana, 2024

Life in the ‘wildlife corridor’ unfolds, exploring shifting traditions, conflict mitigation, and community–conservation balance with the Eretsha village dance group and herding programmes.

Photographer: Verity FitzGerald (verityfitzgerald.com)

NEWS DIGEST | Geopolitics of Venezuela’s Oil + Minerals

Venezuela’s oil is back in focus—but minerals matter too. Rare earths face limits: China processes most; mining threatens Indigenous lands and forests. Stability hinges on transition, accountability.

Sources: @cnn.com @newsweek.com

IRAN | Revolution, Repression, Resistance

Since 1979, Iranians have cycled through hope, betrayal, and revolt. A stolen revolution, eroded freedoms, economic collapse, and recurring uprisings—this isn’t chaos. It’s continuity. What’s still erased? 💬

#Iran #SystemicViolence #HumanRights #Resistance

Humans have laws about land and sea — but not about sea ice. As the Arctic melts and shipping, drilling and new commercial routes expand, the region is entering a legal vacuum: one where frozen water isn’t clearly governed by existing treaties. Without a legal framework specific to ice, new economic activity in a rapidly warming region risks accelerating harm to ecosystems already under stress from climate change. Some scholars now argue that reimagining legal status — even granting ‘rights’ to ice itself — could create firmer protection than piecemeal updates to ocean law.

NEWS DIGEST | Ice Outside The Law

Humans have laws about land and sea — but not about sea ice. As the Arctic melts and shipping, drilling and new commercial routes expand, the region is entering a legal vacuum: one where frozen water isn’t clearly governed by existing treaties.

#SystemicChange

NEWS DIGEST | 2025: The Year in Climate

Policy failures, natural disasters, and a warming future defined the year, serving as both a recap and a warning about the stakes for the next decade.

💬 What defined 2025 for you?

Full report by @insideclimatenews.org
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Prints for Lanka is a photo & art print fundraiser with 50 Sri Lankan and international artists. Every print supports families affected by Cyclone Ditwah, centring women and children. Sale ends 31 Dec 🤍 printsforlanka.com

Climate a bigger threat to biodiversity than renewables, experts say As the green energy boom gathers pace, experts say climate change is a bigger threat to biodiversity than wind farms and other renewables projects.

As an expert, I agree: “Experts say the impact of climate change will be far worse for biodiversity than any individual renewable energy project.”

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Mekong sand mining risks collapse of SE Asia’s largest freshwater lake, study finds Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, new research indicates. The Mekong’s annual wet…

Surging demand for construction sand threatens Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake.

Research shows Mekong sand mining has deepened channels and halved wet-season flows into Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the river’s “heartbeat,” underscoring urgent calls for coordinated basin governance.