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“We really do have a problem taking responsibility. The United States has fallen well behind its allies and its rivals in the Arctic, in part because members of Vance’s political party denied for decades the reality of global warming…”
—Timothy Snyder, The Imperialism Has no Clothes
https://snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-greenland
#vance #trump #usa #denmark #greenland #arctic #climatechange


UK petition: Make private flyers pay for their Carbon emissions

Sign here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/707608

Graph to track signatures: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/707608

Deadline: 10 September 2025

You can sign if you are:
- A British citizen living anywhere, or
- Anyone living in the UK regardless of citizenship.

#PrivateJets #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #TaxTheRich #UK #petition #CarbonTax
Screenshot of progress bar. 109 of 10,000 signatures.


A new PwC report reveals that most companies remain committed to their climate goals. Despite economic uncertainty and shifting regulations, 84% of businesses are maintaining or even accelerating their decarbonization efforts. Only 16% have slowed down or stepped back from their commitment

https://carboncredits.com/why-84-of-companies-are-doubling-down-on-net-zero-climate-commitments-pwc-reports/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate


Wow—

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( #NOAA )called out a rapidly warming Arctic in December of last year.

“This year's report demonstrates the urgent need for adaptation as climate conditions quickly change.”

-and-

The arctic tundra is “now emitting more carbon that it stores... yet one more sign... of the consequences of inadequately reducing fossil fuel pollution.”

#climate #ClimateChange #USA #environment

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/2024-arctic-report-card-documents-rapid-dramatic-change

(I archived the main page so far.)
2024 Arctic Surface Temperatures Second Warmest on Record Russia 60 ° N Lapetv Sea Greenland Alaska North North Pacific Oct 2024 vs. Averge (1991-2020) Canada Difference from Averaging Temature ERA5 -4 8 ° F -2.2 4.4 ° C Yearly Temperatures Since 1900: Arctic and Global Difference From Averge (° C) -3 1900 Oct -sep (1900-2024) Arctic 3.6 1.8 -1991-2020 Average 0 -1.8 -5.40 Year 1980 2000 Difference from Averge (° F) 2020 Noaa Climate.GOV Data: NASA (Top) Map of Averge Air Temperature Across the Arctic for October 2024 ComparedMber 2024 Compared to the 1991-2020 Average. Areas with Warmer-Than-Averge Temperatures Are Orange and Red, and Areas With Colder-Than-Average Temperatures Are Blue. The Graph Shows How Yearly Arctic (Red Line) and Global (Gray Line) Temperatures Compared to the Long-Term Averge (1991-2020) from 1900-2024. Noaa Climate.gov Image Based on the 2024 Arctic Report Card - Surface Air Temperature. Large Image & Full

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/2024-arctic-report-card-documents-rapid-dramatic-change

Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2010 MST
Arctic sea ice summer minimum (September 2024) RUSSIA median extent (4991-2020) median extent (1981-2010) GREENLAND ALASKA CANADA September 2024 Sea ice concentration (%) NOAA Climate.gov Data: NSIDC 15 100 8 Summer minimum sea ice extent (1979-2024) observations trend 4 2 01 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 year 2005 2010 2015 2020 2024 NOAA Climate.gov Data: ARC 2024 (top) This map shows average sea ice concentration in September 2024. The ice pack was smaller than median ice extent from 1991-2020 (white line) and much smaller than the median ice extent from 1981- 2010. (bottom) The graph shows the observed ice extent each September from 1979-2024 (solid line) and the trend line (dashed line). NOAA climate.gov image based on the 2024 Arctic Report Card - Sea Ice.

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/2024-arctic-report-card-documents-rapid-dramatic-change

Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2010 MST
"This year's report demonstrates the urgent need for adaptation as climate conditions quickly change," said Twila Moon, lead editor of the Arctic Report Card and deputy lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. "Indigenous Knowledge and community-led research programs can inform successful responses to rapid Arctic changes."

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/2024-arctic-report-card-documents-rapid-dramatic-change

Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2010 MST
"Our observations now show that the Arctic tundra, which is experiencing warming and increased wildfire, is now emitting more carbon that it stores, which will worsen climate change impacts," said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. "This is yet one more sign, predicted by scientists, of the consequences of inadequately reducing fossil fuel pollution."

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/2024-arctic-report-card-documents-rapid-dramatic-change

Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2010 MST


Funny how this story didn't make the news in the UK.

When you're targeting the Quakers you have no moral high ground and are just State thugs shutting down dissent.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/quakers-london-police-arrested-six-223402056.html

#Quakers #London #ClimateChange #Gaza #FreePalestine #Fascism


Record Setting Rainfall!

The National Weather Service at Brownsville, TX issued a number of weather related storm and flood warnings for most of the Rio Grande Valley, including a tornado warning near north McAllen and Edinburg.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GlobalWarming #climatechange #climatecrisis

https://www.valleycentral.com/weather/nws-issues-tornado-warning-for-hidalgo-county/


Texas receives 6 months of rain in 36 hours!

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott activates state emergency response resources due to flash flooding threat
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GlobalWarming #climatechange #climatecrisis

https://www.khou.com/video/news/local/texas-gov-greg-abbott-activates-state-emergency-response-resources-due-to-flash-flooding-threat/285-4fe1ef72-c7f6-4306-879a-88644f9d3ea4


during news about the myanmar quake, a reporter implied that there's no substantive correlation between climate change & increased risk of earthquake. erm...
#quake #myanmar #climateChange #earthquakes
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/earthquakes/will-we-have-more-earthquakes-because-of-climate-change


Putin's Polar plans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ1rgJJivH0

#Arctic #Putin #Geopolitics #climatechange #Trump #Xi #TradeRoutes #RareEarths #Europe #Greenland #Icebreaker #MilitaryBases


Figures like Trump and Musk have been lionised as mavericks, visionaries, and even saviours, when in reality, they are the harbingers of destruction. They push deregulation, spread misinformation, and ensure that policies protecting their financial empires remain intact, no matter the cost to the planet and its people

https://dorseteye.com/the-billionaire-betrayal-how-power-and-apathy-are-driving-humanity-to-extinction/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #environment #climate


Just horrible forest fires ravaging southeast Korea right now. 😢 At least 24 confirmed dead.

We're in a more humid part of the country but our town's alert system has been wailing warnings twice a day reminding us that all controlled burning is banned. (This is farm country so burning fields before planting is common).

I hosed down our property yesterday & today because our neighbor sometimes burns his field while drunk.

#korealife
#climatechange
#southkorea

https://m.koreaherald.com/article/10450358


Here's a short, previously unreleased clip from the archives… ‘The Bridge’ was inspired by the flood in the Ahr Valley in 2021. More about it on the video page.

https://rankett.net/w/nzM3nGqqbhexjpwyT2gy1r

#music #video #climatechange


Want a quick win for the climate? Why not outlaw private jets?

Research from Sweden's Linnaeus University found that flying in private jet for an hour releases more CO2 into atmosphere than the average person produces in a year. In 2023, private flights produced 15.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide - the equivalent of 3.7 million petrol cars being driven for a year.

Of course governments will not ban private jets as they have no interest in trying to rein in the super rich.

#climatechange


It's technically possible to do this:

"remained committed to broader reforms to strengthen environmental protection and speed up decision-making."

if you immediately say no to any project that might damage the environment.

Meanwhile the ALP are 100% focused on jobs that destroy said environment over any number of jobs that rely on the existing environment.

#auspol #environment #climatechange #australia #law #media #journalism


A colleague: “What worries me about this Guardian article is the scare quotes & the label 'Tasmania'. This issue has broader implications. Quotes from Environment Justice Australia, the Greens, Andrew Wilkie & David Pocock relegated to the tail end of the article. And 'internal angst from pro-environment MPs' left to the very end”
#auspol #environment #climatechange #australia #law #media #journalism

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/25/alarming-bill-to-protect-tasmanian-salmon-farming-could-stop-communities-challenging-other-projects-ntwnfb


📢 Register now! Join the #CLIMADEMIC Summer School 2025 🌍🦠

📆 7th – 11th July, 2025 📍 Berlin

Explore the relationship between #ClimateChange and #Pandemics.

Register and find the full programme here:
🔗 https://www.rki.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/ZKI-PH/CLIMADEMIC_Summer_School_07-2025.html

#Research #SummerSchool #RKI
Graphic for the “CLIMADEMIC Summer School” taking place from July 7–11, 2025. The background features stylized images of viruses, binary code, and the globe. The Berlin skyline appears as a light silhouette. In the top right corner is the CLIMADEMIC logo with a stylized mosquito. Text on the image reads: “CLIMADEMIC Summer School – Explore the relationship between climate change & pandemics.”


🧵 4/5

This graphic from the WMO report is one of the best visuals I have seen that clearly illustrates the connection between increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, rising temperatures, and reinforcing feedback loops that lead to devastating high-impact events with consequent risks to populations around the world.

It's not a pretty picture.

LEARN MORE HERE ➡️ https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/43a9c636ab3345bfabcb11236c266153

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Informative graphic designed as a flow chart, as summarized in post. (There is far too much data to provide a complete alt text description here.)


If you do NOT want to be one of the many who remain blissfully uninformed — those who somehow can stay complacent amid increasing climate chaos — here is an excellent resource for learning what you need to know.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an agency of the United Nations, provides an annual report on the state of the global climate. This year's effort includes a helpful explainer that covers all the basics with a few minutes reading.

SEE THE EXPLAINER ➡️ https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/43a9c636ab3345bfabcb11236c266153

I'm going to pick out several highlights and discuss them in a thread below. This post will serve as an introduction. 🧵 1/5

You can find a link to download the full report here ➡️ https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-global-climate-2024

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Image from the front cover of the linked report, showing a view of mountains with melting glaciers. Title is: "State of the Climate 2024."


The California Heat Pump Partnership announced the nation’s first statewide blueprint to achieve the state’s ambitious goals for deploying heat pumps, a critical tech for decarbonizing buildings and improving public health. #California #climate #heatpumps #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/yes-heat-pumps-slash-emissions-even-if-powered-by-a-dirty-grid


"The trigger for this report was the discovery by Laurie Adamson, a physician with #CAPE, that her kid in elementary school was bringing home materials branded by #FortisBC. She was alarmed. What's a gas company doing in my children's backpack? What are they doing in the classroom?"

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/352139/link/

#BigOil #Petroganda #PetroPedagogy #abpoli #Climate #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #Disinformation #Indoctrination #Propaganda #yyc


This is dark. It’s not an easy read. I do not recommend it for those who suffer from crippling climate anxiety, or who are prone to being depressed by learning about the abject state of today’s politics and economics.

That said, if you’re ready for a clear-eyed look at how bad things really are now — and how bad the people who run things truly are — then I suggest reading the full linked essay.

Here are a few excerpts...
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The rich keep getting richer. That much is clear. But what’s often left unsaid is how they’re doing it — not just through the usual exploitation, but by actively steering the world toward catastrophe while shielding themselves from the fallout.

Let’s cut through the noise: the ultra-wealthy are not just accumulating wealth; they are hoarding it, stockpiling fortunes at a rate so obscene it makes the concept of money itself feel ridiculous. While the rest of us get lectured on cutting back — drive less, eat less meat, recycle, make do with less — they are securing their bunkers, buying up remote islands, and building escape plans for the very collapse they are accelerating.

And make no mistake, collapse is not just some distant dystopian fantasy. We are already deep into a polycrisis — climate change, biodiversity loss, resource overshoot, economic instability, and authoritarian creep all feeding into one another like an unstoppable chain reaction. Meanwhile, banks and corporations, who could be funding solutions, are instead dragging their feet or outright obstructing progress, ensuring the system remains tilted in favor of those who already have everything.

If the world’s biggest banks truly cared about avoiding collapse, they’d be moving mountains right now to fund large-scale climate infrastructure. But they’re not.

And that’s not a mistake — it’s a choice.

They have run the numbers. They know full well that unchecked climate change will devastate the poorest and most vulnerable long before it affects the ultra-wealthy. So, from their perspective, dragging their feet isn’t just about short-term profits — it’s about preserving a system that ensures their continued dominance, even as the world burns.

Meanwhile, the rest of us are left watching as climate disasters pile up — floods swallowing cities, heatwaves killing thousands, wildfires turning landscapes to ash — while the financial elite sit back and continue cashing in.

At this point, it’s not just negligence. It’s premeditated collapse.
. . .

If you’ve made it this far, you already know the truth: this isn’t capitalism failing. It’s capitalism succeeding exactly as intended.

The rich are not scrambling to prevent collapse. They welcome it — because they know they’ll be the only ones left standing. While the rest of us are told to “sacrifice” and “tighten our belts,” billionaires are building bunkers, buying private islands, and hoarding resources for the dystopia they see coming.

And why shouldn’t they? They built this system to ensure that, when it all falls apart, they’d be untouchable.

Because their goal is not to fix the system. Their goal is to extract as much as possible, as fast as possible, before everything comes crashing down.
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FULL ESSAY -- https://archive.ph/Z9XYn
ALTERNATE LINK -- https://medium.com/edge-of-collapse/the-rich-are-hoarding-wealth-because-they-know-whats-coming-c84afcb2e6c1

#Politics #Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Capitalism
Headline from linked essay says: "The rich are hoarding wealth –because they know what's coming. Collapse is baked into their business plans." Below this is a photo of a bald middle-aged white man in a shirt and tie sitting at a desk and glaring at someone as he gathers large stacks of cash for himself.


Here we are. It's DegrowThursday again. 💚

Every week on this day I turn my focus toward the most important topic of all. Because if we are to have any hope of maintaining some semblance of a healthy human society going forward, our world must quickly and decisively commit to #degrowth.

We're talking real solutions here! Real answers to the many systemic problems that plague us and threaten our very extinction.

Now, I know how unlikely it is that these solutions will be adopted by our present leadership. And I know how challenging they will be to achieve. I'm under no illusion that any of this will be easy.

But — if we don't know where we want to go, we'll never get there.

So today, I'll provide two resources for learning about degrowth. The first is simpler and more basic, while also offering a more hopeful and positive outlook. The second is a darker vision, presenting additional detail about the daunting challenges we face and the many hard steps that lie ahead of us. I hope you'll read both, or I hope you'll read at least one of them.

That's my intro. 🧵1/3 The next two parts will follow soon...

#Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
An illustration of a man with angry eyebrows in a business suit who carries a briefcase as he runs upward on a grid-patterned slope... and a happy man in shorts and a green tee shirt running down into a garden on the other side.


Americans to face more disease and death due to Trump’s air quality rollbacks, health experts warn.

American families will face increasing rates of environmental-related illnesses including lung and cardiovascular diseases, due to the Trump administration’s sweeping rollbacks of air quality regulations, health professionals warn. #ClimateChange

https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/03/americans-to-face-more-disease-and-death-due-to-trumps-air-quality-rollbacks-health-experts-warn/


Last decade was Earth's hottest ever as CO2 levels reach an 800,000-year high.

Last year was the hottest year on record, the top 10 hottest years were all in the past decade and planet-heating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is at its highest levels in the last 800,000 years, a report Wednesday said. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/decade-earths-hottest-co2-levels-reach-800000-year-119942203


#Netanyahu, children slaughterer, leads #Israel to continuing the 2023-2024 #Genocide in #Gaza into 2025.

With the help and support of USA, Trump, UK, Germany and Australia.

s/
But don't worry, they've got #ClimateChange handled.
/s

#AustralianValues #WesternCivilization


A beautiful moss covered Western red #cedar #tree - still unprotected.
Only a human, with a compromised & unwell soul, would be OK killing an elder tree this magnificent. Some things are just plain wrong.

These ancient old growth trees are essential to fighting accelerated #ClimateChange. #OldGrowth ecosystems in our coastal temperate rainforests supports much biodiverse lifeforms. The naturally moist environment helps to lower impacts of wildfires & other natural disasters that have increased as our governments continue to fund & enable more ecocidal projects.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #nature #WorldInMyEyes #SaveOldGrowth #TreesOverGreed #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ProtectForests #ecological #arbor #bark #mosstodon #forest #Cowichan #TreeTuesday #Degrowth
Low-angle, wide shot of a tree trunk positioned vertically. The bark is reddish-brown, deeply textured with vertical grooves, and heavily populated with green moss. The composition emphasizes the tree's height and scale, creating a sense of upward momentum. Framing trees surround the main subject, with a diffused, white sky in the background.


How can we reduce energy waste in high-performance computing without compromising performance? This new #WJDS paper introduces a decision tool that leverages machine learning to optimize shutdown policies for idle computational units, enhancing efficiency.

➡️ https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.1.5

Authors: Chiara Fusar Bassini (Hertie School), Leonard Hackel (@tuberlin), Thorren Kirschbaum (@freieuniversitaet )

#research #computerscience #sustainable #energy #AI #KI #HPC #openaccess #climatechange
WEIZENBAUM JOURNAL OF THE DIGITAL SOCIETY VOL. 05 ISSUE 1. Chiara Fusar Bassini, Leonard Hackel, Thorren Kirschbaum, IDLEWISE: A Project Concept for Al-Assisted Energy Efficiency in HPC Clusters


How can we shape a desirable future amid current and future challenges and crises? This question was explored at the Weizenbaum Conference 2024, with a focus on the digital and socio-ecological transformation of society.

The volume "Uncertain Journeys into #Digital Futures" with 20 contributions to the #WIConf24 is now available #openaccess.

More: https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/detail/conference-volume-out-uncertain-journeys-into-digital-futures/

Contributors: @francescabria
@tinacomes @suehlmann_faul @marcsteen
@HonkHase
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#research #sustainable #climatechange
book cover


42 Dead | Untold Injuries

60+ Tornadoes and massive thunderstorms erupted along a line of warm / cold air masses in the Midwest and Eastern US since Friday.

In the moments before a tornado destroyed her family's Arkansas home, Misty Drope noticed the silence.

"There's a silence that happens before a strong storm hits you," Drope told "Good Morning America". "And I said, out loud, 'Oh no, this is not good.'"
#AureFreePress #News #press #GlobalWarming #climatechange

https://abcnews.go.com/US/tornados-storms-weekend-us/story?id=111176877
US temperature map over the weekend