Grand Canyon, Utah wildfires creating "fire clouds" that can form their own weather systems

August 1, 2025

"Two wildfires burning in the western United States including one that has become a 'megafire' on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon are so hot that they're spurring the formation of '' that can create their own systems.

"In , the wind-whipped that destroyed the is 9% contained and has charred more than 164 square miles to become the largest fire now burning in the continental U.S. and one of the top 10 largest in recorded Arizona history. Getting around it would be roughly like driving from New York City to Washington, D.C.

"Another large fire in , has burned 75 square miles since July 13 and is 11% contained, officials said Thursday. Evacuation orders were issued Wednesday for several towns in the fire's path, and scorched power poles prompted the shutoff of electricity in other nearby communities in south-central .

"Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared an emergency Thursday as grew around the state and planned to visit Monroe on Friday.

"Towering convection clouds known as clouds have been spotted over Arizona's blaze for seven consecutive days, fueling the fire with dry, powerful winds, fire information officer Lisa Jennings said. They form when air over the fire becomes and rises in a large smoke column. The giant billowing clouds can be seen for hundreds of miles and can resemble an anvil.

"Their more treacherous big brother, a fire-fueled thunderstorm known as the cloud, sent rapid winds shooting in all directions this week as a smoke column formed from the Utah fire then collapsed on itself, fire team information officer Jess Clark said.

" 'If they get high enough, they can also create , and that's something we really watch out for because that can quickly spread the fire and can be very dangerous for firefighters who are doing their work on the ground,' Jennings said.

"Multiple fire crews in Utah were forced to retreat Wednesday as the unpredictable climate created by the clouds threatened their safety, officials said. Fire crews in both Utah and Arizona had better control of the blazes, but containment has been slipping as the fires grow rapidly.

"The same type of cloud, which the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has dubbed the 'fire-breathing dragon of clouds,' recently formed a fire tornado that tore through an eastern Utah neighborhood with wind speeds estimated at 122 miles per hour."

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We can't breathe

The Invisible Effect That Is Most Likely to Kill You

is less dramatic than floods or storms, less inconvenient, and much harder to politicize. Its also much more deadly.

Liza Featherstone, August 1, 2025

Excerpt: "In , Im lucky enough to enjoy better air quality than many other places. We are only the fiftieth most city in the world, way behind , , , , and numerous (enormously populous) cities in . But for a few days early this week, it was hard to breathe and our phones were buzzing with alerts warning that the most vulnerablethe very young and the very old, and those with poor respiratory healthshould stay indoors, due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. But the elderly, the asthmatic, and the babies werent the only ones feeling it my son, a college soccer player, got headaches training outside, as did his friendsall fellow rain-or-shine athletes. Yet for the most part, the problem has gone unremarked.

"Compared to a flood, a fire, or a heat wave, a bad isnt that inconvenient even when its happening. You can still go to work and otherwise go about your day. If you own property, it wont be damaged. And because lacks visuals, it doesnt lend itself to morbid or panicked media coverage.

"Yet compared to floods, fires, and heat waves, bad air is much more deadly. In fact, the danger is barely even comparable. The World Health Organization estimates that air pollution kills about seven million people every year. The direct death toll from heat waves is under half a million, although thats getting worse. The number of people who die in floods annually is in the thousands, and the direct death toll from wildfires is much smaller than that, though these threats are also getting worse. "

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Easing back into ... The is awful here in /#NorthernNewEngland today... And it's predicted to be worse tomorrow! I did find that wearing a PM 2.5 filter mask is helping when I'm outside. When I forgot to wear a mask, I couldn't stay outside very long!

The government should focus on getting ready for the reality of global warming. If you live on a flood plain youre uninsured. The government have to build levees or lift houses onto stilts or move people to higher ground. The insurance industry wants a 30 billion 10 year flood defense fund.

A CARBON TAX WOULD PAY FOR IT
and also do something for emissions.

World far off from a landmark goal to triple renewables

A landmark pledge made by countries less than two years ago to triple the worlds renewable capacity by 2030 already looks in danger of not being met, a new report finds

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Perhaps was in town.

Having trouble believing that we might address in any way when I can't even get my wife to understand why shipping a concrete umbrella stand from China is extraordinarily wasteful.

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Scientists record accelerating glacier loss on sub-Antarctic island
By Jano Gibson

Glaciers on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island have lost almost a quarter of their size over the past seven decades amid rising temperatures in the sub-Antarctic region, new research shows.

The whales have stopped singing !

The research demonstrates the vulnerability of Earth's climate system as rising temperatures threaten to trigger a chain reaction of carbon release that could accelerate global warming beyond current projections

'' helping battle

'We're encouraging everybody to join us to grow 10% of your own food'

By Cheryl Scott and Blanca Rios, Thursday, June 19, 2025

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- "Protecting the planet can start with the food you put on the table.

" 'Just thinking about how many miles it took for that tomato to come to your plate and all the energy that is consumed along the way for that tomato, that in the end, doesn't really taste that good,' said Ericka Allen.

"Allen is the CEO of Urban Growers Collective. The Black and women-led nonprofit helps to provide locally-grown food to the South and West sides of the city, through its seven urban farms.

"But 's footprint just got a whole lot bigger after acquiring access to a 42-acre farm in south suburban Chicago Heights. About 30 of those acres are arable land, said Allen.

" 'This is a farm that we're calling Z-farm, formerly the Zeldenrust Farm,' said Allen. 'Now we can spread out here and grow so much more food and also create more food security, with food coming back into the city. So we're not relying on having to ship food from across the country.'

"One seed at a time, UGC will start growing everything from collard greens to pumpkins on just five of Z-farm's acres for the first couple of years. The rest of the land will be covered with black-seeded sunflowers come harvest time.

"And for the first time, they now have access to heated hoop houses.

" 'For us to have a little bit of heat means we can extend those tomatoes all the way through Christmas, all the way into the new year. That means that we can start peas in January,' said Allen.

"UGC is also making sure future generations learn to grow their own food.

" 'We're teaching, basic skills. Transplanting to seeding, to harvesting, and eventually going to sell it to the community,' said Urban Growers Collective Director of Farming Malcolm Evans.

"Evans, a Chicago native, trains interns, staffers, and community members, some who don't have easy access to grocery stores.

" 'A lot of these are neighborhoods,' said Evans. 'A lot of these communities don't have access to healthy foods and don't have food affordable to them so they have to travel miles away.'

"But UGC is hoping to change that narrative.

" 'We're encouraging everybody to join us to grow 10% of your own food, to purchase 10% of your own food, to make a positive impact on , and just to have a more secure food shed.'

"Even if that means getting a little extra help from a neighbor.

" 'If somebody's growing a ton of zucchini down the street and they want to give you some zucchini, take that zucchini, make five things out of it. That's ,' said Allen.

"Aspiring gardeners can stop by the Z-Farm's onsite nursery every weekend to purchase seedlings to grow at home.

"And come harvest time, people can drive up to the curbside farmstand to purchase vegetables."

British electric vehicle innovator Bedeo partners with Monarch Defender to bring the world's first Land Rover Defender EV retrofit to the U.S., delivering 483 horsepower and up to 153 miles of range with a 75 kWh battery.

Adz has cycled from the UK to Grimss to join us on the bog, dam up the ditches and stop the fossil giant Neova from destroying nature.

Because even if peatlands only cover 3% of the world's land surface, they store twice as much carbon as all of the world's forests. Peat bogs are vital for mitigating the consequences of the climate disaster.

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According to Reuters, Miriam Bradbury from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said snow reached 40 cm in New South Wales, the most since the mid-1980s, and also fell in Queensland for the first time in 10 years. She noted that climate change has increased weather volatility, but this event remains rare

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Sochi, Russia today:

A double waterspout spotted over the sea

According to Russian media, bad weather is raging in the region: tornadoes, mudflows, flooding. A bus overturned, tourists were evacuated, roads are closed

In Lermontovo, Russia, due to torrential rainfalls, the water level in the mountain rivers rose. Water flows with branches and soil washed away a bridge. Now about 300 houses are isolated from transport infrastructure

"Young climate activists meet in Miami. Trump has changed their agenda

Young climate activists from across the U.S. are gathering in Miami for a major conference this weekend to learn how to draft and advocate for policies that could shape the world theyll soon inherit. This is our future, and a lot of times we dont even have a say, said Parishay Azer, a 17-year-old from California. 'But with conferences like these, our opinions are heard and it gives us the confidence to go to other places and speak out.'

For the past three years, the Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) has collaborated with the federal government to produce a national youth climate statement outlining recommendations for the how the U.S. should deal with spiraling concerns, from rising temperatures to more extreme weather events. This year, things look different. Under the Trump administration, federal engagement has dried up. Agencies that previously supported the youth-led effort, including the White House Climate Policy Office and the State Departments climate negotiation team, have been dissolved. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has also pulled back support. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, meanwhile, wants to largely end regulation of greenhouse gases driving much of the global climate problems Despite the setbacks, organizers say the youth movement is looking for ways to adapt as they meet at the University of Miamis alumni center and law school this weekend after a beach cleanup early Friday."

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In (Trentino region of ) there is a fascinating of geology, which includes the exhibition of audio recordings from probes inserted at the hart of glaciers in Dolomiti mountains.

You can listen to the accelerated recording of a whole day, and hear the distinct pattern of ice melting

- help cities fight

By Andrei Ionescu
July 1, 2025

"Warsaw isnt short on parks or tree-lined boulevards, but a trio of Polish universities wondered whether smaller, resident-run gardens could add something crucial to the capitals climate resilience.

"To find out, researchers from SWPS University, Warsaw University of Technology, and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences mapped every vacant meadow, former orchard, and post-industrial lot within easy walking distance of apartment blocks.

"They came up with a staggering 1,864 hectares (4,600 acres) more than enough space, they say, for a citywide network of community gardens that soak up stormwater, cool overheated streets, and capture carbon.

"The investigation combined that spatial analysis with more than 250 in-depth interviews. The goal was to see who is already gardening, what motivates them, and how much social capital trust, shared norms, cooperative spirit might be harvested alongside tomatoes and herbs.

Who uses the urban gardens

"It turns out the movement is surprisingly broad. Urban gardening brings together all social groups, the team reports, from school children planting pollinator patches to cultural institutions converting courtyards into micro-farms.

"Still, two cohorts dominate the regular volunteer lists: retirees often women with higher education and young middle class families.

"Most gardens revolve around a core group of 10 to 15 steady hands, supplemented by casual helpers and passers-by who stop to chat, water, or simply lounge among the raised beds.

Motivation of urban gardeners

"Why do they show up week after week According to study co-author Piotr Majewski of SWPS University, the motivations of urban gardeners vary.

" 'The most important ones are: to , positive contribution to the , social relations, and mutual learning between ,' said Majewski.

"Food, interestingly, is not the primary driver. Leaders said harvests help, but real value comes from , , and public workshops on living.

Tiny plots, big impact

"Those activities tally with an expanding body of international research linking urban agriculture to climate adaptation.

"Even pocket-size plots act as , trap particulate pollution, and soften the . Raised beds can be engineered to hold back flash-flood water, while heaps divert organic waste from .

"For , the numbers are compelling. Nearly all of the identified 1,864 hectares (4,600 acres) lie within a quarter mile of housing, meaning a potential garden is no farther than a ten-minute stroll for most residents and often half that.

"Such proximity, the experts argue, makes it easier to harness gardens as a distributed network in a warming metropolis of nearly two million people.

"Yet the real strength may be social. Garden groups knit neighbors together, boosting the informal networks that cities rely on during , , or other climate-related shocks.

"Many interviewees said they joined to cultivate community first, vegetables second. Regular workdays double as impromptu skillshares: retirees pass on horticultural know-how, children learn ecological stewardship, and newcomers forge local friendships.

in city plans

"Majewski and his colleagues believe Warsaws planners should take that social-ecological synergy seriously.

" 'The system of community gardens should also be considered as a tool to support climate change adaptation solutions in urban policies in spatial planning provided that they are considered an important link in the urban green infrastructure system,' he explained.

"To get there, the researchers lay out a handful of recommendations. First, city hall could weave gardens into official zoning strategies rather than treating them as informal afterthoughts.

"That might mean leasing public land at peppercorn rents, streamlining permits, or integrating gardens into new housing estates from the design phase.

"Second, municipal agencies could supply starter kits soil, timber, rain barrels while leaving day-to-day management to residents. Third, wider publicity would help spread the idea beyond the usual eco-activist circles.

Scaling gardens citywide

"The study also flags areas for further research. At what point does a collection of isolated plots start delivering measurable cooling or flood mitigation benefits

"How can Warsaw ensure that garden networks thrive in all districts, not just affluent ones with vocal community groups And what responsibilities will fall on municipal departments when gardens become part of critical infrastructure rather than hobby spaces

"Those unknowns aside, the evidence is clear: Warsaw already hosts a vibrant cohort of 'hero ' who coax life from overlooked corners.

"With modest institutional backing, their trowels and could double as tools cooling concrete and absorbing rainfall.

"Perhaps most importantly, they help draw neighbors together in a city that will need every ounce of solidarity as temperatures rise."

I dont wanna cause no troubles but: 500 years between volcanoes aint too too bad.

Each night, lanternfish perform a vital role in carbon sequestration, rising from depths of up to 2,600 feet to feed and then returning to the oceans twilight zone before sunrise. This migratory behavior helps transport carbon into deep ocean waters, where it remains stored for long periods. According to the study, their nightly rise moves roughly four gigatons of carbon downward each year

25% reduction in the carbon exported to the depths of the ocean

Hot out of the filter apparatus, here's our latest weekly survey of in the news, 27 articles conveniently accessible from one location.

Not surprisingly, policy and politics as they relate to climate change continue to dominate the headlines as the US veers off into a weird fantasy world, a would-be mass hypnosis created by fossil fuel funded synthetic, engineered ignorance.

See "Oil and Gaslighting: How Trump and Corporations Manufacture Self-Serving Pseudo-Realities," via DeSmog.

Fortunately the hand of bought-and-paid influence is a little heavy and obvious many in the US are failing to live the hallucinations of , and journalists are tracking this corruption of our mentality.

Why are everywhere this summer

The bioluminescent bugs of summer still need our help to stave off

Laura Baisas
Jul 21, 2025

"Parts of , , and even primarily urban areas like and have experienced an uptick in this summertime natural wonder. Their yellow, green, or red glow when paired with chirping crickets or cicadas buzzing signals hot and hazy summer days. While there may be as many as 2,400 species of firefly on Earth, these insects have faced years of decline due to increased light pollution, , use, and .

"The insects are still in trouble, but this summers increased reports are a welcome sight to scientists and citizen scientists alike."

...

"Building a firefly habitat in your own backyard or asking community leaders to build some in public greenspace is one way to start. According to Crumbley, Firefly.org, offers numerous resources for how to start. A firefly habitat can be as simple as leaving behind a small pile of leaves after fall cleanups, planting more , or allowing the grass to grow just a little taller. Responsible pest management options, such as reducing pesticide use or finding more environmentally friendly ways to control unwanted bugs like mosquitoes or ticks can also help.

"Fireflies need dark skies to find their mates, so tackling light pollution is another solution.

" 'Each firefly species has a unique pattern and rhythm, but light pollution can disorient fireflies and make it difficult for males and females to find one another,' says Crumbley. Reducing lights around your yard as much as possible at night can help restore darkness to your outdoor spaces and assist fireflies in their search for mates.'

"Less light pollution can only help fireflies, but other species like moths or even sea turtles, if you live near the beach."

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Wildfires across Europe have surged this summer, with Greece Turkey, the UK and Cyprus already seeing record emissions. reports:

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