Desert like conditions as glacial coversands are on the move in Yorkshire ! After a hot dry few weeks, with temperatures higher and rainfall lower than average, the land needs some rain #climatechange @yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social
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‘An ecocide’: How olive oil giants are using a mega dam to take over Portugal’s growing region https://www.byteseu.com/921094/ #Agriculture #Climate #ClimateChange #desertification #GlobalWarming #lake #OliveOilIndustry #WaterResources
Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation
Australian Conservation Foundation says opposition has ‘failed every single test’ while Labor passes with 54% and Greens achieve 98%
The Guardian · Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation
Ever thought about what a zero-carbon neighborhood might look like? 
Susan Manners and her partner discovered one while searching for a new home in Vermont.
These residents want a bigger focus on climate change this federal election
CBC K-W's Craig Norris was at the St Jacobs Farmers' Market to ask people what their top issues are in this federal election. Some of the people he spoke to said they want candidates to have a stronger focus on climate change
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8/9 The 'Goal': Dissemination of IPCC Reports and #climatechange lit using #semantification as a basis. #ClimateKG is aimed at being a service for indexing and publishing. Status: Prototype (PoC) #1: 'IPCC Reports and City Climate Change Plans: Proof of concept prototype - Open Climate Reader' https://semanticclimate.github.io/city-open-climate-reader/ - Currently interfaces are for search and #RAG #LLM - all built on #openscience based #digitalsoveriegn tech. The goal sits off in future, over the horizon - but its we're going
Gov’t cites women’s role in addressing weather woes
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) said the integration of gender in climate action strengthens the resilience of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) against the threat of climate change
Manila Standard · Gov’t cites women’s role in addressing weather woes - Manila StandardThe Climate Change Commission (CCC) said the integration of gender in climate action strengthens the resilience of micro, small, and medium enterprises
Scientists warn of severe honeybee losses in 2025.
Researchers at Washington State University projected that honeybee colonies in the U.S. could decline by up to 70% this year. #ClimateChange
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scientists-warn-severe-honey-bee-losses-2025-rcna198141
NBC News · Scientists warn of severe honeybee losses in 2025
A Craze for Tiny Plants Is Driving a Poaching Crisis in South Africa.
South Africa’s Succulent Karoo is the most biodiverse arid region on the planet, with thousands of plants found nowhere else. But to meet a demand fueled by social media, criminal networks have been poaching these colorful succulents by the millions and smuggling them overseas. #ClimateChange
Yale e360A Craze for Tiny Plants Is Driving a Poaching Crisis in South AfricaSouth Africa’s Succulent Karoo is the most biodiverse arid region on the planet, with thousands of plants found nowhere else. But to meet a demand fueled by social media, criminal networks have been poaching these colorful succulents by the millions and smuggling them overseas.
The drafters of the Clean Air Act saw CO2 as a pollutant
Climate change and carbon dioxide came up regularly in ‘60s-era Congressional hearings, a team of Harvard historians has found
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/the-drafters-of-the-clean-air-act-saw-co2-as-a-pollutant/
Yale Climate Connections · The drafters of the Clean Air Act saw CO2 as a pollutant
Dead trees keep surprisingly large amounts of carbon out of atmosphere
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-dead-trees-large-amounts-carbon.html
Phys.org · Dead trees keep surprisingly large amounts of carbon out of atmosphere
From a couple of weeks ago, a drift of Tulip 'Orange emperor’, who were lucky to escape the muntjac’s attention.
This cultivar was, apparently, introduced in 1962 by the the Dutch grower J.W.A. Lefeber. Back then, he could not have imagined that the name, Orange Emperor, would acquire such an unsavoury meaning more than sixty years later.
Let’s keep this our #secret. Somebody might think that they named a tulip after him.
Schools in the Philippines are resorting to measures including a scheduling change and installing more fans following unprecedented climate change-fueled heat waves that forced classes to be cancelled in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/society/philippines-schools-climate-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #philippines #schools #climatechange
The Japan Times · Early holiday, more fans: Philippines' schools adapt to climate change
Some States Are Banning Forever Chemicals. Now Industry Is Fighting Back.
Samples from a water treatment plant in Wilmette, Illinois, contained toxic PFAS chemicals at levels up to 600 times higher than the EPA's latest health advisory. #ClimateChange
Mother JonesSome states are banning forever chemicals. Now industry is fighting back.The chemical and consumer products sectors are sending lawyers and lobbyists to DC to protect their investments.
Two months after the Supreme Court dismissed their case, climate activists including Greta Thunberg are planning to refile a lawsuit against the state of Sweden for alleged climate inaction
https://www.thelocal.se/20250414/climate-activists-continue-fight-to-sue-the-swedish-state-in-court
The Local Sweden · Climate activists continue fight to sue the Swedish state in court
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Looking at this map in the context of local attitudes, I'm not surprised at all that the deeply conservative county just to the south of me shows "not at all concerned". It'll be interesting to see how that spins as sea level rises.
Probably more misplaced anger at "the libs" for not protecting them from their own ignorance.
Is there anything more libertarian than rejecting government intervention until it benefits you personally?
ETos includes radiation, humidity, and wind – factors that dramatically impact water loss from crops.
That makes thirstwaves a uniquely agricultural stressor, invisible to people but devastating to plants
https://www.earth.com/news/thirstwaves-the-hidden-climate-threat-drying-out-american-farms/
Earth.comThirstwaves: The hidden climate threat drying out American farmsThirstwaves, extreme evaporative demand events, are becoming more frequent, longer, and intense, stressing U.S. crops and water systems.
Sea-level rise threatens Vancouver Island communities
Coastal homes, infrastructure, and ecosystems face rising tides and intensifying storms as climate change accelerates
Peninsula News Review · Sea-level rise threatens Vancouver Island communitiesCoastal homes, infrastructure, and ecosystems face rising tides and intensifying storms as climate change accelerates
"To put it bluntly, the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating."
#climate #climatechange #inequality #accelerationism
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk
The Guardian · The rise of end times fascism