Back in winter 2019, when Twitter was still a thing, I posted my surprising find of the first hedgehog active in July in the South Island of NZ. At least, that was the first hedgehog I'd seen in July, and the first on

I've been mapping and counting all roadkill hedgehogs I've seen since 2003 on my bike commute to work, so seeing one in July for the first time meant it was something unusual. Until then, all the hedgehogs had been hibernating by July.

You can probably sense where this is going.

Fast forward to today, 17 July 2025, and I saw a dead hedgehog on the road while biking into work that had been killed overnight. now has 32 observations of hedgehogs in July from the South Island, with all the active/fresh ones since 2019.

Winter isn't what it used to be, and that is changing nature.

My hedgehog caution: squashed:

All July hedgehogs from the South Island on iNat:

Torres Strait leaders lost their landmark case. How can governments be held to account on climate

Experts and advocates say its time for the law to change after judge says matters based on climate policy cannot be decided by courts

Amazons greenhouse gas emissions rose by 6% last year, due mostly to pollution generated by the companys delivery fleet and increased data center construction.

The jump in total carbon emissions from 64.38 million metric tons in 2023 to 68.25 million metric tons in 2024 is the companys first year-over-year increase since 2021, according to a sustainability report released by Amazon on Wednesday

Bats.

These incredible creatures, essential to our planet, are in a fight for their lives. Climate change and habitat loss have pushed them to the brink.

When and where to schedule the and other outdoor events is likely to become more pressing as the world continues to warm.
and even everyday people doing basic physical activities are now exposed to 28% more of moderate or higher risk in 2023 than they were in the 1990s
the fundamentally disruptive nature of when it comes to our current way of life

PNW Climate Week is set to raise awareness and inspire conversation about environmental action in Bellingham

PNW Climate Week is set to raise awareness and inspire conversation about environmental action in Bellingham My
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Chart des deutschen Strommix ber die letzten 6 Stunden.

Community-led wetlands revival goes to heart of climate fight
By Tavleen Singh

The once-degraded Heart Morass wetland in eastern Victoria is now thriving as research shows restoring wetlands could be a powerful tool in fighting carbon emissions and guarding against floods and drought.

How could force to rethink the calendar
Tournament in June and July is a tradition going back to the first World Cup in 1930.
With temperatures rising, scientists warn staging World Cup and other soccer tournaments in the Northern Hemisphere summer is getting increasingly dangerous for both players and spectators. Some suggest that FIFA may have to consider adjusting the soccer calendar to reduce the risk of heat-related illnesses.

They look amazing! Think in the years to come well be able to grow them here!

Seems prudent to read this, since extreme weather is getting worse and so are government services, due to

Climate-Driven Exacerbates and Hazards in Southern California: Implications to Design Parameters

by Ignacio Seplveda, Andrew Mosqueda

First published: 11 March 2025

Abstract

"Tsunami hazards in Southern California are expected to be exacerbated by the driven sea level rise (). Two key questions are how relevant is this exacerbation and whether tsunami design parameters are significantly affected. We perform a non-stationary probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment (nPTHA) in the Southern California bays of San Pedro and San Diego, with consideration of tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the Alaska-Aleutians () and Cascadia subduction zones (). We evaluate the changes of the maximum considered tsunami () design parameter, defined as a tsunami intensity that is exceeded with a 2% probability in 50 years. MCT elevation maps in the bays are calculated incorporating tides and SLR by means of a surrogate model. MCT elevations at assessed sites in San Pedro Bay and San Diego yield 2 m. The nPTHA shows that tsunamis generated in the ASZ zone are more hazardous in Southern California than those from the CSZ when evaluating MCT intensities. A comparison of scenarios with and without SLR also shows an increase of the MCT elevations of more than a foot in San Pedro Bay and San Diego, demonstrating that SLR causes a relevant impact, comparable to the influence of tides. The effect of SLR increasing MCT values is also comparable to the sensitivity of nPTHA results to some common earthquake epistemic uncertainties, such as the slip marginal distribution. Future tsunami hazard maps shall incorporate SLR when exposure times are long, as well as the uncertainty of tsunamigenic earthquake properties."

Key Points

- Earthquakes in Alaska and Cascadia subduction zones produce tsunami hazards in Southern California that are exacerbated by sea level rise

- The elevation of maximum considered tsunamis (MCT) in San Pedro Bay and San Diego grow by more than a foot when SLR influence is included

- The impact of Alaskan earthquake epistemic uncertainties on MCT elevations in Southern California is similar to that of the sea level rise

Plain Language Summary

"Climate-change-driven sea level rise is expected to worsen tsunami hazards in the long term. Tsunami waves will be able to propagate over rising sea levels that will enable them to inundate higher land. In this study, we quantify the increase of tsunami hazards in Southern California due to sea level rise. We consider tsunamis originated in the Alaska and Cascadia subduction zones. Changes of tsunami design parameters, as a result of the sea level rise, are also analyzed. Namely, we analyze the changes of the 'maximum considered tsunami' (MCT) elevation, defined as the elevation exceeded with probability 2% in 50 years. We find that earthquakes of the Alaska Subduction Zone constitute the main contributor. We also find that sea level rise increases MCT tsunami elevations by 0.3 m. With this increase, MCT levels reach 2 m in San Pedro Bay and San Diego. We compare the impact of sea level rise exacerbating tsunami hazards with the impact of common uncertainty sources of tsunami hazard assessment models. The uncertainty of earthquake models, for example, can produce differences in MCT levels that are comparable to the SLR influence."

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NOAA was developing a tool to help communities prepare for big rainfall events - Until the administration stopped it.

Landmark ruling - Latin Americas highest human rights court found countries there are legally obliged to protect people from climate harms. This obligation includes tougher govt regulations for fossil fuel extraction

has no such law

Very clear analysis of the case in 23 mins. Contradictory is the lawyers term for the governments action/inaction. Deliberately deceptive Deficits in law and thus outcomes have everything to do with where the money comes from: the corporations sure have heaps more than energised citizens. How can this access to power imbalance be rectified Citizens assemblies.

Who would have thunk that Big Tech was not actively burning for its but also helping to profit more from it. This campaign is most definitely needed!

Who would have thunk that Big Tech was not actively burning for its but also helping to profit more from it. This campaign is most definitely needed!

Floods, heat, humidity worsening as a result of global warming

Summertime heat, humidity, and flooding are worse now than several decades ago. Recent catastrophic flooding during summer 2025in
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The soil surface temperature in areas around Greek capital Athens rose in some places by as much as 10 degrees Celsius since July 2024 after big fires destroyed vegetation

The analysis by the state-supervised research institute's Meteo unit was based on high-resolution satellite data that can record the ground surface temperature in detail. The tool can show the impact of natural disasters, such as forest fires, on an area's microclimate

All of these routes are 100 miles long. Going across the lake is one mile. For the safety of everybodys drinking water, why go across the

Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi), a female, on Twerton Roundhill, near . Spreading northwards partly due to .
(CW out of respect for those with severe arachnophobia - click to view an awesome spider!)

Significant predictors of self-reported climate anxiety included: greater media exposure to climate change information more frequent discussions about climate change with friends and family the perception that climate change will soon impact one personally being younger and being female

The Global Story: The Presidents Path: policies

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This is unfortunately unsurprising given how the leaders in various parts of the world are behaving. Cruelty is normalized. Lying is endemic. Hatred is common.

This is unfortunately unsurprising given how the leaders in various parts of the world are behaving. Cruelty is normalized. Lying is endemic. Hatred is common.

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Canceling the Economist subscription is a bye bye product of realizing that platforming climate change denier bullshit is part of an existential crisis. (via Tim Schlappohr )

exhibit a: "Climate change is a by-product of progress, not an existential crisis"

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The secret stories of trees are written in the knots and swirls of your floorboards. An expert explains how to read them

Inequality and climate change need action now.

and make a wimp again

So the position is -
Don't address
Ban
that destroy
no

Pray do tell - what should people in countries such as do to

So the position is - Don't address Ban that destroy no What should people in countries e.g. do to

Trump's energy czar is an extremely dangerous moron.

And no mention of climate change.

As I'm giving a talk tonight on causes and consequences of , I just redid a calculation I first did in 2012:
The Earth is currently warming at the rate of 380TW (terawatts). Humanity as a whole consumes about 15TW of energy.
So we're warming the planet about 25 times faster than all the energy we use!

Another writer who is simply obsessed with viewing the as a and nothing more.

Instead of finding ways to bridge the chasm between countries such as the and - for people like this writer - the goal seems to be by whatever means

2/Instead of finding ways to bridge the chasm between countries such as the and - for people like this writer - the goal seems to be by whatever means