Climate change could cost Hawaii up to $3 billion, possibly more, in lost reef recreation

But were just 1% of emissions: do smaller countries climate efforts matter

Clean mobility gains ground in trucks and buses, but fossil fuels still dominate at 94 per cent - report

Heavy-duty road transport, covering trucks and buses, remains a major contributor to global emissions.

At the same time, innovation is accelerating toward cleaner technologies as the sector begins to shift away from its heavy reliance on fossil fuels

The increasing , demonstrably caused predominantly by and their , demands a more comprehensive transition to .The editorial by A.Pani et al.(2022) summarizes the current state of on the relationship and .#StefanFWirth

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The Last American (1889) journal of a Persian admiral who in the year 2951 sails across the Atlantic to rediscover the ruined remains of a US civilisation destroyed by climate change many centuries previously:

NOAA has issued an extreme heat warning and a severe thunderstorm watch for Washington D.C.

For weather details from NOAA, including the timing, open the map, click/tap any colored area, follow the link. Since the spot you clicked might have more than one type of weather watch/warning, scroll down in the popup since each type of watch or warning has its own link for the details.

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Die im Osten der beeintrchtigt die Feierlichkeiten zum 250. Jahrestag der Unabhngigkeit.

In Washington wurde die traditionelle wegen extremer Hitze abgesagt. Die Veranstaltung auf der National Mall musste vorbergehend schlieen, nachdem mehrere Menschen kollabiert waren. Fr die Hauptstadt werden Temperaturen von mehr als 38 Grad erwartet.

Also Leute, drill baby drill!

in was cancelled because of . Meaning it was 44 degrees and the city banned it and also alcohol.
A correct decision, but...

Lead researcher Professor Alan Robock said that theres no rain in the stratosphere, so any toxic particles released there will remain in the atmosphere up to 50 times longer than they would have on the surface.

Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) is a severe respiratory irritant that can cause immediate airway constriction and acute exposure to it leads to coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, & increased airway resistance

It's July
So naturally in the wid burnin stove is gaun oan

Pishing doon oot ther

If I were a bairn oan ma holidays ah'd be askin fur a refund

What heat waves and climate change mean for kidney stones

Theres a danger from heat waves you may not have heard of: increased risk for kidney stones. Dehydration can increase the threat of kidney stones, and experts warn that it might be an increasing danger in the future amid global climate change

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Orange vegetables like carrots and pumpkins are rich in vitamin A, which supports healthy eyesight and strengthens the immune system. Eat colorful vegetables every day!

Mediapart: " Valrie Masson-Delmotte explique le changement climatique "

The Philippine government should accelerate efforts to democratize rooftop solar by making clean energy affordable and accessible to millions of Filipino households otherwise, all the ongoing hype about ramping up renewable energy coverage will be seen as mere rhetoric

Na Li et al. analyzed the radial growth trends and of Rhododendron aureum across and encroachment gradients using linear and mixed-effects model methods, and explored the mediating roles of and plant traits.

New Mexico, including Torrance County, is experiencing severe drought. State officials expect groundwater supplies to further diminish because of higher temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns due to climate change

Global heating exerts feedback on ecosystems:
"Clearly, climate change has the potential to severely damage , both in isolation and in combination with other anthropogenic threats, emphasizing the need to proactively manage ecosystems to protect them from the multifaceted nature of future global change."

Officials announce new AI Data Centres to calculate why heat dome happening

With much of Canada and the United States gripped by an unseasonal heat wave, federal officials have announced construction of new natural-gas-intensive data centres, aimed at using artificial intelligence to solve the mystery of the high temperatures

is real, Donald Trump.

New long term photography project: Timefade prints and animations documenting alpine places and their changes over decades or a century.

First place completed: Breslauer Htte and the glaciers of the Gurgler Range. Two images from the same location, separated by 103 years: 1923 and 2026.

The hut was built in 1882 and has undergone several restorations and extensions. The major peaks from left to right: Groer Ramolkogel, Hinterer Spiegelkogel, Firmisanschneide, Schalfkogel, all between 3400-3550m

The shrinkage of the glaciers in this view might seem rather small for a time span of a century, but it's worth remembering that most of the volume losses have only been during the past 25-50 years and the melting process itself is exponential and accelerating... Secondly, for a size/scale reference: On the rightmost glacier (Diem-Ferner), the elevation difference between the top edge of the side moraine and the glacier creek is now >100 meters (more than a 30 storey building)...

It might only be two photos (some more are already in progress), but production involved several weeks of library research (see below) of suitable locations and images, feasibility studies on old & current maps trying to determine photo spots, lenses and viewing angles from where the original pictures were taken, travel and hiking logistics, then taking dozens of photos from different candidate points in situ. Back home after the shoot: Testing different candidate images for best match/alignment potential, tweaking and fine tuning their perspectives, video editing...

Image credits:

The 1923 photograph (author unknown) is from the AKON vintage postcard collection of the sterreichische National Bibliothek:

The 2026 photograph is by me, taken 24/06/2026 (for future reference)

More about the larger project in the thread below...

I see on Our World In Data that The Netherlands charges almost $100 per tonne of CO2. I wonder if this takes into account that we indeed have rules to charge this, but that only small emitters like consumers pay this, and for large polluters we have fossil subsidies.

Trump has gutted the agencies that help us brace for extreme weather, leaving us unprepared for one of the strongest El Nio events in history. Read what a former NOAA staffer has to say about it:

Trump has gutted the agencies that help us brace for extreme weather, leaving us unprepared for one of the strongest El Nio events in history.
Read what a former NOAA staffer has to say about it:

  : kills 28,000 people annually through deadly heat! Half a million dead in 20 years from forest destruction Stop the NOW!

On America's 250th birthday, a reckoning: the US holds the single largest share of cumulative historical CO emissions roughly 20% of the global total since 1850, from just 4% of the world's population. Contributing 0.2C of warming to date. This wasn't geography or coincidence. It was the outcome of deliberate choices. Read more: interplace.io/p/burning-through-250-years

Floods that historically had a 1% chance of striking a coastline in a year are now about 12 times more likely, on average, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change on Wednesday. Those events have become about four times more likely due to human-driven climate change, the research shows

An invisible barrier is trapping record-breaking heat over the UShere is why it matters

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'The government has launched a new online tool allowing people with homes in coastal areas of France to see how coastal erosion is affecting their commune.'

The Connexion: Web app lets French homeowners check effect of coastal erosion where they live. The government has launched a new online tool allowing people with homes in coastal areas of France to see how coastal erosion is affecting their commune. Behind the initiative is the fact that around 20% of Frances coastline is already affected by coastal erosion, and that by 2050 approximately

A new utility-scale wind power facility in Maharashtra has begun supplying renewable electricity to Mumbai, strengthening the citys transition towards a cleaner energy mix while supporting efforts to reduce carbon emissions. The commissioning of the 100.8 MW project expands renewable generation capacity available to the metropolitan region and highlights the growing role of wind energy in Indias urban decarbonisation strategy

Heat dome grips US: Why America's 250th birthday feels like a furnace

A massive heat dome has turned America's 250th Independence Day into one of the hottest on record, cancelling parades and breaking century-old temperature records. Scientists say the extreme humid heat would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change

Amazon Is Spewing a Record Breaking Amount of Pollution to Power Its AI Data Centers.

The company once pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

"England breaks record for warmest June since records began, Met Office says"

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