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New Essay by Mikaelsson et al. just published in PLOS Climate:

"Systems-level risks of the climate crisis are currently missed: A mental health lens"

🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

@climatecares.bsky.social @granthamicl.bsky.social @sei.org

Sirkku Juhola joins PLOS Climate as co-Editor-in-Chief - Latitude We are delighted to welcome Prof. Sirkku Juhola to PLOS Climate as Co-Editor-in-Chief! Sirkku is professor of urban environmental policy at the University…

We are absolutely delighted to welcome Sirkku Juhola as a new co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Climate alongside Niklas Boers!

latitude.plos.org/2025/07/sirk...

a closeup of bivalve shells. text overlaid in a bold white font: Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point’. New Uni of Exeter study finds evidence of "stability loss"

Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point'.
New research from @exeter.ac.uk using centuries-old clam shells has found signs that key Atlantic Ocean currents may be losing stability.

Full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🦑🐟🧪🌐🌍🌊 #AcademicSky @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

How should governments and societies address the risks of Earth system #tippingpoints?
Read about what is needed to prevent them, prepare for their impacts & protect justice across generations in our new report: global-tipping-points.org
#GTPR2025 @yuliayamineva.bsky.social @benhudson.bsky.social

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs under way, as world reaches first tipping point With global warming set to breach 1.5°C, world dangerously close to further catastrophic tipping points T...

“Only with a combination of decisive policy & civil society action can the world tip its trajectory from facing existential Earth system tipping point risks to seizing positive tipping point opportunities.” - Prof. Tim Lenton, @gsiexeter.bsky.social

#ClimateEmergency

📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025 📢

💡 A new report provides a temperature check on the status of dangerous Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.

Read the full report: global-tipping-points.org/resources-gt...
#GTPR2025 #COP30

@manjanam.bsky.social’s piece is one of the highlights of the BJPIR’s anniversary special issue and so timely!

It's scary how fast the earth is warming.

For a long time, the 🌊 ocean surface was warming at a slower 🐌 rate but the warming rate appears to have caught up 🐇.

➡️ In our study about the jump in SSTs, we also estimated a 0.27°C per decade warming of global SSTs (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)

@laurap18.bsky.social @esgproject.bsky.social @joostvervoort.bsky.social @manjanam.bsky.social @micheleleemoore.bsky.social

Who should govern Earth system tipping points? What should that look like?
Our #GTPR2025 session (30 June, 15:00) explores bold ideas for a new governance agenda—from UNFCCC reform to local community engagement.
#TippingPoints #GlobalGovernance global-tipping-points.org/conference-2...

Advancing science, policy and action in tipping points research www.nature.com/articles/s41... #tippingpoint

'I lost everything': Swiss residents in shock after glacier debris buries village Swiss residents were struggling to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge chunk of glacier that has buried most of their picturesque village, in what scientists suspect is a dramatic example of the impact of climate change on the Alps.

IPCC 2022:

“In the near-term (2021-2040) risks are highest where species and people exist…in close association with ice or seasonal rivers (high confidence)”

#ClimateCrisis

Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...

The big story here isn’t the failure of direct air capture (DAC) as a CO₂ removal (CDR) technique. It’s that Iceland is turning its back on CDR.

Social acceptance is so important for CDR to succeed in the long term, and not enough effort is being put into this.

We respond to these weakly founded arguments here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I have a new analysis over at The Climate Brink exploring how rates of warming have changed over the past century.

Post-1970, GHGs (CO2, CH4, etc.) would have led to just under 0.2C per decade, but falling aerosols (SO2) have increased that rate to 0.25C. www.theclimatebrink....

Image of a polar ice sheet. Photo credit: Povl Abrahamsen

❓Did you know that many climate models—the ones we rely on for future planning—have a serious blind spot and may be overconfident.

A new study in @commsearth.bsky.social reveals why this is a problem. And it’s all about polar ice sheets and climate tipping points. 1/🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Scientists fear losing essential climate data during Trump upheaval A temporary loss of access to key datasets on levels of CO2 in the atmosphere added to concern about the potential fallout of the Trump administration’s attacks on climate science

"A loss of access to climate or other scientific data hosted by the US government would impact researchers across the
planet, says @davidho.bsky.social. 'When it comes to scientific research the US really is exceptional. We put more money into R&D than anywhere else, & we make our data available.'"

More carbon dioxide in oceans could harm carbon-eating microbes, speed climate change Increased ocean acidity could reduce populations of phytoplankton more than previously thought

Rising ocean acidity could reduce populations of phytoplankton, which may exacerbate climate warming. scim.ag/4kRp4XA

1/ 🧑‍⚖️🔥 Key moment for climate accountability: A German court will rule whether #FossilFuels companies can be held liable for climate harms they knowingly caused.
📍🐦 Live from Hamm🇩🇪—I’ll report in real-time from the courtroom here
#SaulvsRWE #ClimateLitigation #KlimaKlage
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