2) Overshoot will not be temporary or even reversible. Some of the proposed plans to reverse temperatures are, upon inspection, extremely threadbare, serving as little more than mood music intended to maintain optimism. The reality is that large-scale carbon dioxide removal, does not exist. 5/11
The report highlights the grim state of freshwater ecosystems, degraded marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and the risk of extinction for many species. But it also emphasizes the potential for improvement through conservation, restoration, and renewed connections between people and nature.
“Super El Niño” for late summer /fall? That’s the latest European seasonal model forecast that came out today. It’s not holding back! The average forecast is for +2°C or higher sea surface temp anomalies over the Pacific El Niño region. In It could put the next El Niño in top 3 status on record 1/
War in the Middle East boosting demand for #renewables, as countries and businesses seek to diversify their sources of energy and shield themselves from external shocks.
www.dailymotion.com/video/xa17qk6
We didn’t confront the deep dysfunctions in our political systems, we failed to rein in our destruction. There are consequences to this failure. If one of these is we realise we must turn our attentions and efforts to radical mitigation, then we would have learnt something important. END
Looking forward to talking part in the Ennis Book Festival this afternoon, where I’ll discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND and whither now for Ireland’s food and energy security.
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@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Globally, mycorrhizal fungal communities move roughly a billion tons of carbon per year into Earth's soils, above all in old-growth forests.
Wild, natural ecosystems are the bedrock of a healthy planet. It's time we started recognising and acting on that.
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Syngenta just announced it's gonna stop producing paraquat, which I thought was a throwback to '70s Mexican weed before learning that US growers still use it. Syngenta, btw, was the subject of a wild story with one of my favorite headlines. See addendum to this post.
It’s not sustainable to mass murder fish, turn them into fish food, ship the extremely inefficient fish food half way around the planet, dump the food onto salmon kept in concentration camps while they swim in their own shit.
There’s absolutely nothing sustainable about that.
Toxic chemicals have been leaking from Brenntag Mid-South’s chemical repackaging facility and into a stream that feeds into Third Fork Creek and Jordan Lake—the drinking supply for over a million people.
Fish concentration camps are as bad as chicken concentration camps.
Horrendous conditions where animals are forced to live in their own shit.
No wonder extremely infectious diseases spread so easily when humans practice concentration camp farming.
Studies warn that climate change could slash hydropower generation across the Amazon by up to 40%, with controversial Belo Monte among the most exposed plants in Brazil.
Rafael Spuldar on @mongabay.com
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the_thinking_great_ape You know what WON'T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz? Sunlight and solar panels. @nickofnz
An Enhanced Risk has been issued for Friday from the Southern Plains up to the Mid Missouri Valley
Threats include:
Tornadoes (Some Strong)🌪️
Large Hail (Larger than 2 inches)
Damaging winds (60+ mph) as the squall line congeals.
Severe season is here so be sure to be weather aware!
#okwx #mowx
No to fascism.
No to forever war.
No to occupation and genocide.
No to antisemitism and Islamophobia.
Big Tech + Big Ag = tech feudalism. Algorithms dictating what crops farmers should grow and for whom, locking them into chemicals, seed types & machinery which big business wants to sell, fuelling over-consumption by the rich while the poor go hungry
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“many of the 2,500 [moth] species in the UK are at risk, with numbers having fallen by 33% since the 1960s. This is due to factors including habitat loss, climate breakdown and pollution.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"UK Green Party Surges Ahead of Starmer’s Labour in a New Poll"
The YouGov poll reflects a seismic shift happening in UK politics after the Greens won a historic victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election last week.
Of all the wildflowers in an Irish Atlantic rainforest, this may be the most important for pollinators: plain old sally.
A willow tree in spring is often a great humm of flying insects.
Your 'moment of doom' for Mar. 2, 2026 ~ a greater sorrow.
"there is a risk of 2026 being the warmest year on record even without El Niño, due to the global warming trend"
phys.org/news/2026-03...
On July 20, 2021, Zhengzhou received 201.9 mm of rain in a single hour, a mainland China record.
New research shows the rare atmospheric forces behind this catastrophic event.
Essential for extreme weather research. doi.org/10.1007/s003...
#Climatescience #AtmosphericScience #AAS
This may be blatantly opportunistic but the doors for IMMEDIATE TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY HAVE BEEN BLOWN OPEN BY THIS FILTHY WAR!
LFG!
🔥🌎💥☄️
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house with straw bale wrapping and partial clay plaster
50 year old home transformed into #biobased #passivehouse
"✅ Half a metre of straw around the entire house
✅ Three layers of clay as a protective skin
✅ Sheep's wool instead of PUR
✅ A vapour-permeable structure that regulates humidity
✅ A roof with sun and greenery"
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We have known about these things for almost my entire life, and yet oil / gas is still being extracted. I have no polite words for this.
The UK is granting a convicted rapist who has been accused of raping little girls, permission to continue committing violent coups in multiple oil producing nations, while bombing little school girls while they are attending girl schools.
It’s not only grotesque. It’s utterly evil.
Workshop made hempcrete half timber frame hone wsll model
I never tire of showing you the great opportunities to convert the many cold and drafty half-timbered houses into very modern, durable, healthy, and affordable homes. Here with hempcrete, cold bricks out warm hemp in, happy life.
"In the 27 years since Heather’s death the water industry has built debts that today stand at £73bn, having paid out dividends of £88.4bn in that time, as well as having overseen record sewage spills."
The Congo Basin is emitting large volumes of CO2 via peatland lakes. Over thousands of years, the swamps and peatlands have accumulated and stored huge amounts of carbon, which they are now releasing with long-term impacts on the global climate.
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#emissions #wetlands #Congo
I want more of this in and from architecture. Read the alt text.
