video lecture and literature review

Due to global heating the ENSO system seems to exacerbate, getting more extreme, but also more rhythmic so more predictable.

meanwhile, in the : "LONDON The British government is divided over whether to stump up the cash for a flagship environmental pledge meant to protect tropical forests, jeopardizing a potential announcement by Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Brazil."

"One study suggests the provides around $40,000 of value per square kilometre of standing forest each year, giving it a fair asset value of around $3trn, about 50% more than the retailer that shares its name." "carbon price of $25 per tonne would squeeze out cattle ranchers, since landowners could make more money by allowing reforesting." "the EUs emissions-trading system charges 80 ($93)"

The Mau Forest Complex is one of Kenyas five major water towers, supporting rivers, agriculture, and communities across the Rift Valley, Western, and Nyanza regions. Conservationists have warned that logging in this area could put millions of Kenyans at risk by affecting access to clean water, agriculture, & stable weather pattern

Goodbye Zazu: Climate Change Will Roast Desert Birds Into Extinction In Just Five Years

"According to a recently published study, if extreme temperatures continue, the southern yellow-billed hornbill will become extinct in the hottest parts of its range by 2027."

by

I do love all those old folk tales from the European Alps which basically state:

"The high mountain ranges used to be fertile meadows and pastures, but became covered with glaciers as a punishment for the sins of the humans!"

When right now, the glaciers are receding rapidly - because of the sins of the humans!

inaction being paid for in millions of lives every year, global findings suggest. Via sciencex.physorg

Hay que cambiar de rumbo ya: la humanidad no ha alcanzado el objetivo climtico de 1,5 C, afirma el director de la ONU.

Dr Padma Dolma, a gynaecologist at Lehs Sonam Norboo Hospital, confirms that more women now come with recurring vaginal or cervical infections. Earlier, water was available and temperatures were manageable. But now, with rising heat and drying sources, hygiene is a major challenge for women who keep moving across eastern Ladakh, she says. I now see more such cases in Ladakh than I did in Delhi

Storms Stork Ciconia stormi

IUCN Red List Status: Endangered

Location: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei

Found in lowland riverine and peat swamp forests of , , Peninsular , and southern . Core strongholds include the floodplains of Sabah and peat swamps of .

Storms Stork Ciconia stormi is the rarest and most elusive in Asia, and one of the worlds most threatened. Currently listed as by the IUCN Red List, with fewer than 500 individuals remaining in the wild, their continued survival hangs by a thread in and . These elegant, black-and-white once ranged widely across the Sundaic region. Today, their numbers are spiralling due to large-scale for plantations, logging, and infrastructure projects like dams and roads that slice through their forest home.

Peat swamp #forestscritical for nesting and foragingare rapidly disappearing. But you can help turn the tide. Use your wallet as a weapon to protect these remarkable birds. Choose products that are 100% and support indigenous-led conservation.

Storms have bright red and yellow faces and live in and . Theyre due to and hunting Fight for them when you palmoildetect

Raising two chicks per year, monogamous Storms of and are due to for and . Resist for them when you shop palmoildetect

Appearance and Behaviour

With their sleek black plumage, brilliant white undertail, and arresting red facial skin encircled by a yellow eye ring, Storms are unmistakeable once seenif seen at all. Adults stand at 7591 cm tall, their red legs often stained white from perching high in the canopy. They are silent outside the breeding season but may utter soft whistling or a frog-like call at the nest.

, they are shy and solitary, rarely seen in groups. They glide high above the forest on thermals, and are often seen alone or in pairs near quiet, muddy riverbanks. Nesting high in tall trees, often overhanging rivers, they raise just two chicks a year with intense parental care and secrecy.

Diet

Storms feeds primarily on small fish, frogs, worms, aquatic and sometimes crustaceans and grasshoppers. They stalk quietly along shaded forest streams and oxbow lakes, moving slowly and deliberately. Parents regurgitate these prey items into the nest for their young, with foraging usually taking place 23 km away from their nesting site.

Reproduction and Mating

construct large twig nests high in the canopy, often reusing the same nest over several years. Nesting takes place in primary forest , with clutches of two eggs and chicks fledging after approximately 90 days. Breeding displays include aerial flips and ground-based mutual bowing. Both parents take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks, although the female tends to remain longer at the nest.

Geographic Range

Storms Stork occurs at extremely low densities across (, , ), , Peninsular Malaysia, and southern . Borneo is its core range, especially in Kalimantan and Sabah, where it persists in lowland peat swamps and riverine forests. Once present across the Greater Sundas, it is now extinct or nearly so in Thailand and Myanmar. In Sumatra, populations remain on the Kampar Peninsula, Way Kambas, and Siberut. In Peninsular Malaysia, only small relict populations exist, mostly within Taman Negara.

Threats

Ciconia stormi is native to the swamp and plains-level forests of the Greater Sundas, where it occurs at a very low density and nowhere is numerous. Over the past three generations (31 years: 19922023), it is suspected of having declined rapidly (4060%) in response to industrial removal of its habitat for agro-industry plantations, particularly oil-palm and rubber. Its global population size is uncertain, but probably numbers 3001,750 mature individuals with ongoing habitat loss compounded by forest fires which may increase with frequency in response to climate change, this species is considered to be a high risk of extinction in the near-term. Accordingly, it is listed as Endangered.

IUCN Red list

and rubber plantations has destroyed much of the lowland forest habitat that Storms Stork depends on.

Peat swamp forests, their stronghold in Borneo, are being drained,

Logging roads fragment the forest and degrade rivers through erosion and sedimentation, reducing aquatic prey.

, especially in drained peatlands, further eliminating habitat and nesting sites.

, like the Chiew Larn Dam in , have flooded large tracts of prime habitat.

Hunting still occurs, though not the primary driver of decline. abandon nests if disturbed.

Captive trade was a minor historic threat however, tamed in zoos are unlikely to be rewilded successfully.

Climate change and habitat fragmentation create uncertain future conditions, especially for isolated populations on Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula.

Take Action!

Storms Stork is a symbol of everything we stand to lose through the reckless destruction of rainforests. You have power to stop this.

Use your . Refuse to buy from companies that drive deforestation. Support indigenous-led agroecology. Speak out against the destruction of Southeast Asias peat swamp forests. Take action every time you shop and , !

FAQs

How many Storms Storks are left in the wild

Estimates suggest only 260500 individuals remain globally. Around 2401,600 mature individual , especially in Kalimantan. Sumatras population may be as low as 50100 mature birds, while Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand hold fewer than 10 pairs each (BirdLife International, 2021 Martin et al., 2024).

How long do Storms Storks live

Although exact data is scarce, in the genus Ciconia are long-lived, with some individuals living more than 20 years in the wild. Their slow reproductive rate and long lifespan make population recovery difficult after sharp declines (Danielsen et al., 1997 BirdLife International, 2021).

Why is palm oil so destructive for Storms Stork

targets the very peat swamp and lowland forests Storms Stork calls home. These habitats are easy to access and commercially valuable, making them first to be logged, drained, and cleared. The result is mass habitat loss, water pollution, fire risk, and collapsing food chains that leave the storks with nowhere to nest or feed (Miettinen et al., 2011 Harrison et al., 2016).

Are Storms Storks affected by hunting or the pet trade

They are especially as access increases through roads. However, hunting is not the main cause of their decline. The pet trade spiked in the late 1980s, but today, habitat loss remains the overwhelming threat (BirdLife International, 2021 Martin et al., 2024).

Support the conservation of this species

Further Information

BirdLife International. 2023. Ciconia stormi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T22697685A224541343. . Accessed on 23 March 2025.

BirdLife International. (2021). Ciconia stormi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22697655A194974787.

Martin, B., Staniewicz, A., Darmansyah, S., & Karo, I. (2024). Records of the Endangered Storms Stork Ciconia stormi in East Kutai, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, and notes on its conservation in Borneo. ResearchGate.

Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Storms stork. Wikipedia. Retrieved March 22, 2025, from

How can I help the

Take Action in Five Ways

1. Join the on social media and subscribe to stay in the loop: Share posts from this website to your own network on Twitter, Mastadon, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube using the hashtags .

• Mail

2. Contribute stories: Academics, conservationists, scientists, indigenous rights advocates and animal rights advocates working to expose the corruption of the palm oil industry or to save animals can contribute stories to the website.

3. Supermarket sleuthing: Next time youre in the supermarket, take photos of products containing palm oil. Share these to social media along with the hashtags to call out the greenwashing and ecocide of the brands who use palm oil. You can also take photos of palm oil free products and congratulate brands when they go palm oil free.

4. Take to the streets: Get in touch with Palm Oil Detectives to find out more.

5. Donate: Make a one-off or monthly donation to Palm Oil Detectives as a way of saying thank you and to help pay for ongoing running costs of the website and social media campaigns.

Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba assess the devastation left by Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa left a trail of death and destruction after tearing through the Caribbean nations of Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba, cutting power, ripping the roofs off thousands of homes and, in some places, sweeping children away.

Torrential rain yesterday with thunderstorms, these are certainly getting heavier as the years go on

Future Proof your Garden in a Changing Climate - Check out this online courses taught by Josephine Holleran and Karen Noon held from 26 January to 16 March 2026 -

#Texas

Although they acknowledge the surge in CKD could have multiple causes, health experts nevertheless have concluded that there is a common denominator: hotter temperatures.

A diagnosis of Stage 4 or Stage 5 kidney disease can lower a persons life expectancy by 15 to 20 years, condemn them to lifelong dialysis and disrupt their immune, endocrine and circulatory systems

Historic floods devastate Vietnam, killing 10 and submerging ancient Hoi An

Land carbon sinks cannot keep up, while rising temperatures spread disease and threaten incomes report warns

Launched today ahead of COP30 by more than 70 scientists from 21 countries, the annual 10 New Insights in Climate Science (10 New Insights) report reveals that weaker land sinks especially forests and soils in the Northern Hemisphere threaten to derail todays emissions projections while accelerating global warming

Snif, y'a pas une odeur un peu bizarre

The continued over-reliance on fossil fuels, coupled with delayed action on , is costing millions of lives each year, the 2025 Report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change has found.

Goodbye Zazu: Climate Change Will Roast Desert Birds Into Extinction In Just Five Years

"According to a recently published study, if extreme temperatures continue, the southern yellow-billed hornbill will become extinct in the hottest parts of its range by 2027."

by

Dozens dead as Hurricane Melissa batters Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa has barreled through the northern Caribbean after thrashing Cuba's second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities, unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where at least 25 were killed.

now

By SCIENMAG October 30, 2025 2:12 AM : Among the most alarming revelations, air pollution originating from the combustion of fossil fuels directly contributes to approximately 2.5 million deaths annually, marking it as a leading preventable cause of mortality worldwide.

i was up to now hesitant to do a fucking list of fucking idiots who once had a kind of acceptable position on and now have gone completely delulu or sold out to whatever industry and are now heavily disrupting the with massive amounts of misinformation and whining about minuscule problems compared to climate change that have because by god that is a looong list.

Climate activists paint 'tax me' on coal ship in Newcastle

The environmental group Rising Tide said the chalk-based missive is meant to be a call on the federal government to introduce a 78% fossil fuel export profits tax, with the funds generated used to back the community and industrial transition away from fuels such as coal

30.10.2025 - 08:00 Uhr
Chart des deutschen Strommix ber die letzten 6 Stunden.

The health threats of climate change have reached unprecedented levels.

Indicators in this report reveal the growing health threats of climate change across every dimension monitored. Yet, when assessed in isolation, these indicators can obscure the compounding and synergistic effects of multiple health impacts occurring simultaneously, which might trigger amplified and cascading harms. These impacts can affect the social, economic, and environmental pillars on which people's health, livelihoods, and survival depend, and further exacerbate the risk of social unrest and conflict.

(Its free but you have to register/login)

The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink

,

22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals but there's still time to act. Via livescience

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change

,

Glenn Beck warns: Amazon layoffs & Bill Gates' climate flip signal the energy war splitting America in two

Trump declares victory on 'climate change hoax' after Bill Gates issues concession memo

How can make people more likely to get into violent conflict. Via sciencex.physorg

Trump declares win over 'climate change hoax' after Bill Gates' admission that warming wont end civilization

Nov 5 Calgary town hall: How people like you are fighting back against new coal mining in the Rockies & a planned government bailout of aging wells! Free food, 6PM, Royal Canadian Legion. Register: