EU Startups: German search engine Ecosia unveils new climate impact experience for users, shifting away from tree planting. Berlin-based Ecosia, the green search engine which invests 100% of its profits into climate action initiatives, is launching a new climate impact experience for its 20 million users moving their primary focus away from planting trees. They can now log in to a new

But how can the White House ignore: Homeowners Insurance Has Soared Over 50% in These States, CNBC, May 9, 2025. In Florida, a homeowner with fair credit and $350,000 in dwelling coverage could expect to pay $9,462 a year, or $789 a month for insurance in 2024. Climate change is a costly protagonist

How Green Is Pope Leo XIV

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radios environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley ONeill
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Links for 5/17/25

Polyglot Gives a Talk to High School Students in Their Native Gen Alpha Language

The 1927 Film Metropolis Created a Dystopian Vision of What the World Would Look Like in 2026and It Hits Close to Home

NASA issues warning after sudden change in the ocean surprises scientists: 'Gett

Pourquoi le rchauffement de l'Arctique pourrait avoir des consquences dsastreuses sur le climat europen

Le rchauffement de la rgion Arctique modifie la circulation atmosphrique aux moyennes latitudes, ce qui a des consquences sur les vnements mtorologiques en Europe

Zwarte Cross, Awakenings en nog tientallen festivals stiekem gekocht door Amerikaanse roofkapitalist

Zieltjes verkocht aan duivelsgebroed

Hallelujah

The Earth laboratory

With there's much to be concerned about (it's energy use, misuse by bad actors, etc.)

However, if you query it about , , ... you get evidence-based answers ...

Eventually it will dawn on that AI undermines their bullshit.

Watermanagers willen niemand bang maken, maar wr zon droge zomer als in 2018 Dan hoop ik dat we berhaupt nog water beschikbaar hebben

Dankzij waterstaatkundig vernuft stroomt water van oost naar west in het geval van heftige droogte. Maar louter techniek kan geen uitkomst bieden: de inrichting van Nederland verandert door droogte. Over twintig tot veertig jaar bestaat de Bollenstreek niet meer.

De ergste droogte van de voorbije 132 jaar zorgt voor problemen. Toch zijn de oplossingen bekend. Van bufferbekkens en waterbatterijen tot gezuiverd afvalwater drinken: wat hebben we inmiddels geleerd over een doeltreffende aanpak van droogte

De oplossingen zijn bekend, zegt Huysmans. We moeten ze alleen veel sneller uitrollen dan nu het geval is.

Martyn Turner turnercartoons on political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

"Climate science for 2050": Interesting vision article, not only about forests, but including a discussion how climate change affects and , and on the other hand also how forests affect

There are signs that the world is getting worse at absorbing CO2.

The last few decennia the amount of CO2 yearly increased by 2 - 2.5ppm (parts per million), this year the increase is 3.7ppm. More worryingly, it is not entirely explained by the El Nio year, nor the high amount of forest fires.

"We might be looking back at this moment in 10 years and think: this was the tipping point. ..."

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17 May 'How do you write what you know'

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University lectures online, ,

I research things I half know and add notes to my private wiki

currently learning how to make hydrogen

learnt about names for parts of fully rigged sailing vessels

UK sources of metal ores

and species of goat

Saanen v Nubian v Toggenburg

Top winemaker may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis Food & drink industry

A leading European winemaker has warned it may have to abandon its ancestral lands in Catalonia in 30
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Chart des deutschen Strommix ber die letzten 6 Stunden.

Mountain spring begins six days earlier than 25 years ago

Climate change is transforming the Alps: after the snow melts, the plants in meadows and pastures are sprouting earlier and earlier. On average, plants are currently starting to grow six days earlier than 25 years ago

8 in 10 British businesses see commercial opportunities in climate innovation

Most British business leaders see action on climate change as an opportunity to innovate and create new product or service offerings. However, they would like more guidance on green economy investment, particularly in todays challenging economic climate

Experts warn of rapid climate change in NC as White House moves to boost fossil fuels

Avery County near Newland, North Carolina. Due to warming temperatures, new subtropical plants and trees are taking root in the Tar Heel state

Oxford Scientists Create Worlds Most Detailed River Map to Combat Flood Risk

Oxford researchers have developed a groundbreaking global river map that could transform how the world prepares for and responds to flooding in the face of climate change

The SEAaq research group from UAB has participated in the study on the effects of temperature and feeding habits on the ingestion and expulsion of plastic fibers by European sardines. The article demonstrates that the way sardines feed, which is changing due to the reduction in plankton size and worsening their feeding efficiency , increases the likelihood of consuming more plastic fibres

Consumers' willingness to change their consumption behaviour is particularly high for electrical and household appliances, drugstore products and food, while it is lowest in the areas of finance and investments

four different types of sustainability can be distinguished - from the "convinced pioneers" to the "indifferent and sceptics"

73 per cent of consumers say that CO labels influence their product choice

Cambodias floating schools are at risk from the climate crisis

Study: Transitioning Pets to Vegan Diets is a "Significant Climate Change Mitigation Strategy

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems has concluded that feeding pets a nutritionally sound vegan diet is a significant extant climate change mitigation strategy which warrants immediate

First large-scale study of telemedicines carbon impact uncovers big climate benefits

Researchers were astonished by the magnitude of the impact from switching to online health visits

Antnio Guterres issued the warning in a video message to the inaugural Sagarmatha Sambaad, or Everest Dialogue, convened by the Government of Nepal in Kathmandu.

Record temperatures have meant record glacier melt, he said.

Nepal today is on thin ice losing close to one-third of its ice in just over thirty years. And your glaciers have melted 65 per cent faster in the last decade than in the one before.

The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it's been flooding parts of the US for 20 years

New research has linked sea level rise and an increase in flooding in the U.S. Northeast over the past 20 years to the breakdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)

In Ireland, where our research was based, this matters even more because our population is ageing. Older adults need more protein to stay healthy and independent as they age, but often they dont eat enough of it

The image shows a barren, flat landscape with dry, sandy soil. There are several dead or cut stalks protruding from the ground, suggesting an abandoned or harvested field. The background features foggy or overcast weather with distant trees.

With its lush rainforests, Guyana is considered a net-zero country by UN climate rules, but a massive oil boom has sparked foreign investment in what some now call the Dubai of the Caribbean. CBCs Kyle Bakx examines what oil production means for Guyana and its unique net-zero status

Sagarmatha Sambaad opens with global call for climate action

Climate change experts from around the world gathered in Kathmandu on Friday for the Sagarmatha Sambaad and began
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I grew up hearing stories about the dust bowl. My mother lived in Perryton, TX from 1925 to 1946. One of the expected effects of is that the American Midwest will become increasingly dry with intermittent strong storms. I know that that what we had here today isnt conclusive proof of anything. But it sure seems like were having once in a lifetime weather events on a regular basis now.

"Parts of Manitoba have experienced an intense heat wave, with temperatures in Winnipeg on Tuesday rising to 37 degrees Celsius about 99 degrees Fahrenheit breaking a 125-year record."

And it's early innings in the year -and- the multidecadal trend we're precipitating.

Canadas Wildfire Season Is Off to a Deadly Start

Could 'blue metal' be farmings next big climate solution
By Pip Courtney

A growing number of scientists believe crushed basalt, a volcanic rock used in roads, could be used as a fertiliser, with trials showing it can improve soil and capture carbon.

I'm so sick of severe weather. We just keep getting hammered with crap. It's exhausting, but welcome to the new normal I guess. But, hey, some billionaires made some more billions by continuing to kill the planet making living here terrible. ...yay.

Everything totally normal a haboob just passed through the chicago area

Was eating on a patio, had to move everyone indoors

Greenwashing the plastic

The major supermarkets in Australia are about to re-introduce a soft plastics recycling trial.

Have a read of this article linked below from the Australia Institute. As you will read, the whole thing is a bit of a con.

Instead of re-cycling plastics it is up to us to re-fuse to use them in the first place.

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And if you want to dig deeper:

We are in the midst of a plastic pandemic.

Were having a dust storm in northern Illinois right now. Ive lived here all of my 73 years and have never seen anything like this.