“We are in uncharted territory,” said Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for #ColoradoRiver Studies at Utah State University.

Lakes Mead & Powell, which are essentially one gigantic #reservoir separated by the Grand Canyon, hold just under 60% of the total #water currently stored in the Colorado River basin. The unprecedented decline of these vast bodies of water, which have been shrinking for >20 years, drives home the perilous state of the river that feeds them.

#ClimateChange #USpolicy

The lifeblood of the Southwest, the #ColoradoRiver starts in the Rocky Mountains, fed by melting snowpack, & ends in the Gulf of California in Mexico. It provides #water to roughly 40 million people & irrigates >5 million acres of #farmland across 7 states: California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado & Utah.

#ClimateChange fueled #drought & increases in temperature, combined with years of heavy water use, have caused the crucial waterway to shrink by roughly 20% since 2000.

…A major concern is the impact on #energy generation. The force of the #ColoradoRiver turns the Glen Canyon Dam’s 8 huge turbines, producing enough #electricity each year to #power nearly 500,000 households. It’s relied on by Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada & Nebraska.

The #reservoir could now be barreling toward “minimum power pool” — at 3,490 feet — when #water levels will be too low to spin the turbines & generate electricity.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #USpolicy

The reservoir’s levels dropped to 3519.91 feet on Saturday, breaking the record low of 3,519.92 feet set in April 2023, acc/to data from the US Bureau of Reclamation published Sunday. It is now just under 30 feet away from the point at which its dam will no longer be able to generate #hydropower.

The record comes 9 days after downstream #LakeMead, the US’ biggest #reservoir, dropped to its lowest level since it was first filled 9 decades ago.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #USpolicy

Traditional plastic forks shed harmful microplastics. Plastic created from sugar is an alternative. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

https://apnews.com/article/biobased-biodegradable-plastics-climate-compost-838fb5b4619e5020e3c01157a312a5d8

We’re at 4% of our land fundraising goal—meaning 96% is still uncovered. 🙏🏾 Thank you to everyone who has donated, boosted, and shared our work to help us reach wider communities. We still need you. Every amount strengthens and motivates us toward the goal. Please donate or boost. ❤️
https://gofund.me/8da0ff4a0

#Climate #gardening #food #environment #crowdfunding #solarpunk #solarpunksunday #Mastodon #nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #linux #Fediverse #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary

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The drought keeps affecting our garden, and one of my hopes was that clover keeps spreading because it is more heat resistant and a great source for pollinators such as bees.
I just took pictures of the clover and the grass after 2 weeks of absence, holy crap. The clover looks green, the grass looks totally dry.

#gardening #grass #drought #climatechange

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Lush looking clover patch

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Dry yellow/brownish grass patch

Unprecedented #water decline

Two major #US #reservoirs are at record lows, careening toward a point where they will no longer be able to meet the #power needs for millions of people

#LakePowell, the 2nd-largest reservoir in the US, provides water & #electricity to millions in the West. It has now has shrunk to its lowest level on record, in the latest sign of the alarming crisis unfolding on the #drought stricken #ColoradoRiver.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #USpolicy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/16/climate/lake-powell-reservoir-record-low-colorado-river

AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model

"These findings indicate that AI productivity gains, as modeled, help sustain fossil supply economics and increase total fossil consumption, leading to an increase in net global emissions."

Alpine, W., Geldner, N., Alpine, H. et al. AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model. npj Clim. Action 5, 71 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-026-00411-0.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Science #Energy #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels #CO2 #Emissions #AI #Artificialintelligence #Technology #Tech #Academia

We really need a coworking session to kickstart the project revamp and fundraiser story series. Anyone else need to #cowork on something urgently and need a bit of motivation and feedback? Drop a reply!

You would be coworking with Founder Aleya, whose references here show that she is decent to cowork with: https://fastfrwrd.info/members/wheelsgr/reviews/

#Solarpunk #solarpunksunday #climate #writingcommunity #climatechange #environment #Mastodon #community #coworking #creativity #writing #work #eco #green

We're planning a #fundraiser series for our webhosting bill. We'll be sharing an episode on the #podcast where we talk about the plan for #Fastfrwrd & we tease a story series showing The Stellar Origins, the beginning of the #lunarpunk Stellar set in 2061. We will look into how our characters got there and it will be paid on #Solarpunk Presents #patreon We want to share a story of a way out of #climate catastrophe too. No pressure.
#SolarpunkSunday #environment #climateChange #eco #climateCrisis

RE: https://flipboard.com/@njcom/new-jersey-news-6tqk6o89z/-/a-YwXgvY7CRfmkkSa95rxVzA%3Aa%3A2744656198-%2F0

Executive Director Dr. Lenore Tedesco said the transformation has become necessary due to dramatic changes in flooding patterns over the past two decades.

“In 2000, the Salt Marsh Trail flooded about twice per year; over the past five years, it has flooded 70 times per year,” Tedesco said in a press release.

Gift link: https://www.nj.com/news/2026/08/cape-mays-wetlands-institute-will-close-for-climate-survival-makeover-what-visitors-need-to-know.html?gift=160dc729-aa82-45e7-b8a1-a30a7e7e64cb

#climatechange #NewJersey

#ClimateCrisis

"#Hungary sinks barges into #Danube River to stave off energy crisis"

#News #EU #Europe #Water #ClimateChange #Disaster #Economics #weather #Science #Politics #Government #Germany

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/15/hungary-danube-river-barges/8201786836681/

‘We’ve normalised a sort of madness’ Kevin Anderson
#ClimateDiary #ClimateChange
#UKPol
https://novaramedia.com/2026/08/09/ex-oil-engineer-turned-climate-whistleblower-we-face-collapse/

16,000 people died from the heatwave in Europe last week.

https://youtube.com/shorts/aGx5_VWlMH8
#climatecrisis #heatwave #climatechange
#fossilFuels

A sign of the times - and it won’t just be fish in the near future

#Uk #ClimateChange #Drought #Environment

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A photograph odf a dried up lake with a forlorn No fishing sign - the marks on the pole indicate where the water might be in normal times.

Justice Alito Made Up To $2.9 Million From Fossil Fuel Assets While Serving on Top Court.

Yet the justice won’t recuse himself from key oil and gas cases. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/samuel-alito-ethics-conflicts-interest-fossil-fuel-oil-gast-investments-supreme-court-recusal/

DO YOU REMEMBER: When #summertime was so nice. Sure there’d be a week or two when it was hot, but not this hot. It’s to the point that you can’t be outside — even at night — unless you are in the water. And that’s drying up in many places.

The livin' is no longer easy

The summertime ideal - lazy days, warm nights and escape - is fading as #ExtremeHeat sets records worldwide.

#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather

https://apnews.com/article/summer-heat-summertime-coolcations-383aa1a95dec89a98dc4a4f05edfcfa3

📰 Butterflies Are Relocating Rapidly as the Planet Warms

🌍 Earth: A global analysis of **1,758 species across 105 countries** shows butterflies are relocating at remarkable scale, expanding, contracting, and climbing to new elevations as climate pressure intensifies.

🦋 Tropical species are surging into new territories, while many temperate species are losing ground to agriculture and habitat disturbance.

📈 Roughly 1 in 10 of the world’s 19,000 species now appear in places they weren’t historically found, a signal of profound ecological change.

🔗 https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/08/as-the-world-warms-butterflies-are-relocating-at-an-astonishing-scale

#InsectSaturday #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Conservation #Ecosystems #Pollinators #Butterflies

Dispatches from the Anthropocene...

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one of the hottest sea surface temperatures in recorded history...

21.17C on Friday, August 14, 2026

+0.93C above 1980 - 2010 average

#ClimateChange #oceans

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U Maine/Climate reanalyzer graph of sea surface tempratures shows 21.17C on Friday, August 14, 2026 is +0.93C above 1980 - 2010 average and hotter than any other temperature recorded

#Britain

Britain Declares Wildfire Emergency as PM Burnham Warns Nation Is a ‘Tinderbox’

Nineteen homes burned, eleven major incidents declared in 24 hours. Andy Burnham: 'This is what climate change looks like here and now.'

https://easternherald.com/2026/08/15/uk-wildfire-emergency-alert-barbecue-ban/

#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Hidden moth population found after 70 years

A hidden population of one of #England 's rarest #moths has been found at a site where it had not been seen for more than 70 years.

Evie Lake, 13 August 2026

"Head of conservation at #ButterflyConservation Dr Dave Wainwright has spent his career searching for the dark bordered beauty and said he felt an 'overwhelming feeling of relief' when they were found at #WallingtonEstate, in #Northumberland.

"For decades, the only site where the moth was found in England was at Strensall Common, in Yorkshire, but the population there has been in decline due to #ClimateChange and a wildfire.

"The discovery has given conservationists new hope for the species and opened up the possibilities of where more can be found.

"Once widespread across northern England and Scotland, habitat loss has caused significant decline in the #DarkBorderedBeautyMoth.

"The custard-and-chocolate-coloured moth was found at the National Trust site previously but had not been seen since 1952."

[...]

"The moth's caterpillars will only eat two plants - #aspen and #CreepingWillow - which makes it a challenge to conserve, according to #ButterflyConservation."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1712kz5qpgo

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7lodA

#SolarPunkSunday #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredMoths #UK #UKSpecies #Conservation #SpeciesConservation

I was just thinking about this. I remember when #summertime was so nice. Sure there’d be a week or two when it was hot, but not this hot. It’s to the point that you can’t be outside — even at night — unless you are in the water. And that’s drying up in many places.

The livin' is no longer easy

The summertime ideal - lazy days, warm nights and escape - is fading as #ExtremeHeat sets records worldwide.

#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather
https://apnews.com/article/summer-heat-summertime-coolcations-383aa1a95dec89a98dc4a4f05edfcfa3?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link

#ClimateChange does indeed screw with time.

And here's some lovely reflections on Wattle blooming in winter, by @timhollo

https://in-between-days.ghost.io/oh-wattle-we-do-now/

Analysis of blood chemistry data from 7,000 U.S. residents, collected over 20 years, found that bicarbonate levels have increased about 7%, tracking the rise in atmospheric CO2. Calcium and phosphorus declined over the same period. These may lead to effects on respiration, heart rate, kidney calcification, oxidative stress, inflammation, and cerebral electrical activity.

Summary: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260814235845.htm

Original paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11869-026-01918-5

#Science #Health #ClimateChange #CO2

Don't ignore the facts.

#chimate #climatechange #temperature #Klima #klimakrise #klimawandel #temperatur

12,500 people in Germany alone died due to the heat so far this summer.
#heatwave #heat #climatechange

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Bar graph, titled The summer of 2026: a total of more than 29,000 heat-related deaths in Europe by mid-August. Germany on #1 with 12,500, France #2 with 5,764

Carbon capture and storage is unlikely to ever work, even if you take the best possible case.

https://youtu.be/dWJi8pRBW4E

#carbonCapture #climatechange #co2

Peer-Reviewed Study Exposes How Big Tech and Big Oil Work ‘Hand-in-Glove’ to Profit Off AI.

“New research confirms: AI, on sum, is a loser for global climate.” #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-and-fossil-fuels

#Diet for a Hotter #Climate: Five Plants That Could Help Feed the World

As the planet warms, these five #DroughtTolerant and highly nutritious crops offer hope for greater resiliency

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/20/ancient-crops-climate-crisis-amaranth-fonio-cowpeas-taro-kernza

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/XUhrH

#SolarPunkSunday #AncientCrops #IndigenousFoods #amaranth #quinoa #fonio #cowpeas #taro #kernza #ClimateChange #EdibleWeeds #ClimateChangeGardening #ClimateResilience #FoodSecurity

The water flow in the Rhine keeps plummeting. It had never been below 780 m³/s in summer. When we were at 650, an expert told us it couldn't go much lower. Now we're at 572 m³/s, the lowest on record, even below the ice blocked flow in the winter of 1929.
#drought #ClimateChange

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Graph showing decrease from 875 on 23 July to 572 on 15 August

As #EastAfrica’s oceans change, coastal women build new livelihoods

By ALLAN OLINGO, July 5, 2026 at 10:36 pm

MALINDI, #Kenya (AP) — "The unfinished restaurant is still little more than concrete walls and wooden beams. As her daughter sweeps away the last piles of sand, 54-year-old Nuru Mohammed directs women hanging fishing nets to serve as decor. In a few days, the beachside restaurant on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast will open, offering another way to earn a living.

" 'For us women, this is hope,' says Mohammed, who, for most of her life, was one of the few fisherwomen in Malindi, a town northeast of the port city of #Mombasa. 'It will help support many families that have depended on the ocean for decades.'

"Across East Africa’s coast, fisherfolk are increasingly turning to tourism, #EcosystemRestoration and other conservation-based businesses, reinventing their relationship with the sea as #ClimateChange, #overfishing and declining ocean health threaten their livelihoods.

"In Kenya, women are turning restored #MangroveForests into sources of income through #beekeeping and #ecotourism. In #Tanzania’s #Zanzibar archipelago, fishing communities are protecting #CoralReefs through locally managed closures. In #Mozambique, #SeaGrassRestoration is creating jobs while reviving marine habitats. Together, these efforts are redefining resilience, not as leaving the ocean behind, but as restoring it while building enduring livelihoods.

" 'Communities that depend on the ocean are also its best stewards,' said Andreane Martel, project director for a conservation program dubbed #ReSea. 'When local people, especially women, lead conservation, they protect #biodiversity while creating more resilient and inclusive livelihoods.' "

Read more:
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/as-east-africas-oceans-change-coastal-women-build-new-livelihoods/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/LTBNs

#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateResilience #OceansAreLife #Stewardship

Pacific farmers are reviving traditional knowledge to tackle a changing climate

Drawing on long-held knowledge, research is helping farmers better adapt to climate challenges like #drought, weed pressure and declining #SoilHealth

By Associate Professor Dorin Gupta, Dr Viliamu Iese and Dr Sineka Munidasa, University of Melbourne, Dr Leslie Ubaub, University of South Pacific and Associate Professor Soane Patolo, #MORDITongaTrust

Published 14 August 2026

Excerpt: " #Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is central to #Samoan diets and #CulturalIdentity and is also an important export crop. It is a carbohydrate-rich staple, consumed both fresh and in processed products like flour, chips, noodles and baby food.

"Current techniques that use chemical #WeedKillers to grow taro are costly and negatively affect soil health and the surrounding environment.

"Now, farmers are trialling alternative weed control methods like #mulching and #SheepGrazing, and then comparing these techniques with traditional #HandWeeding in taro cropping.

"The integration of sheep grazing in particular is a new practice in traditional Samoan taro farming, offering an innovative approach to #WeedManagement.

"The project has also trialled leguminous #AlleyCropping, another relatively new practice in the region, where fast-growing leguminous trees like #Gliricidia, #Sesbania and #Erythrina are planted to generate biological mulch for #WeedSuppression and #SoilEnrichment.

"Mr Sala Sagato, the President of the #SamoaFarmers Association, is hosting one of the sites and has championed mulching."

Learn more:
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/Pacific-farmers-are-reviving-traditional-knowledge-to-tackle-a-changing-climate

#SolarPunkSunday #Samoa #Tonga #SAI #SouthPacific #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #NativeFoods #NativeCrops #NaturalWeedControl

Grasses and seed heads are still looking good, providing structure and interest. The beauty of naturalistic planting is that it does not depend solely on flowers but offers beauty in seed heads and foliage as well. I think with future gardens, in areas that will have hot dry summers, we have to accept that the majority of plants will go dormant in summer, and the main flowering season will be spring and early summer, like in Mediterranean countries. #climatechange #gardening

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Seed heads and grasses are still looking good, even after 2 months without any rain.

Recipes bring #Australia’s native harvest into the kitchen

The Native Harvest Kitchen #cookbook demystifies native ingredients and helps you incorporate #IndigenousFood into everyday meals.

By Dr Dorin Gupta, University of
18 October 2024

Excerpt: "Through the book we hope to show how #Indigenous ingredients such as #murnong can be easily incorporated into our home herb and veggie patches and everyday cooking practices, widening the range of plants we eat (good for our health), and encouraging us to explore variety in agriculture (good for the planet).

" #WarrigalGreens curry is one of the dishes my family enjoys and also makes a lovely light gnocchi. #LillyPilly and #Pigface are perfect for pickles, while #RubySaltbush berries decorating pavlova are festive and joyful."

Learn more:
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/Recipes-bring-Australias-native-harvest-into-the-kitchen

#SolarPunkSunday #NativeHarvestKitchen #Australia #NativePlantsAustralia #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #Foraging #HomeGardens #NativeFoods #NativeCrops #AustralianPlants #WildEdibles #BushFoods #BushTucker #Recipes

Maybe it’s just be being hypersensitive, but I feel like I’m seeing the tern ‘climate adaptation’ being bandied around in the press a bunch more of late, which to me signals an intentional shift in the climate narrative away from climate action and toward a ‘throw up your hands and just accept that we’re not going to do anything to actually address the problem so just deal with it’ mentality. 🤷‍♂️

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateNihilism

How #Australia combines modern tech and #IndigenousKnowledge to fight #wildfires

by Lana Lam, 1 August 2026

Excerpt: "Yebra has spearheaded an innovative project, bringing together millennia-old knowledge in Australia's #Indigenous communities with cutting-edge #SatelliteImagery to help detect where fires are most likely to break out.

The satellite images pick up the 'fuel moisture content' in the landscape, which signals where there might be a large amount of fuel, such as dry leaves, grass, shrubs and bark. But such data provides just one part of a bigger picture.

"That's where the likes of Adrian Webster come in.

"Growing up on the south coast of New South Wales (NSW), Webster learnt how to read the environment or 'country' - the term Indigenous Australians use for their ancestral homeland – from his elders.

"Using Indigenous ecological knowledge – a plant's colour and scent, for example, or the shade cover of trees - he can verify information in the satellite images from Yebra's team.

" 'She had all this amazing data, but there was no translation to what it meant on the ground, so it was kind of useless,' he explains.

" 'But through an Indigenous perspective, it was not useless. It was a map that could guide you through the country and, if you understood it, take you directly into a place that is ready to burn.'

"For Webster, assessing the land involves him 'literally digging and going underground,' he says.

" 'We're looking at the subsurface level and then everything from that up beyond the canopy.'

"Yebra said there was a 'remarkable agreement' between Webster's local knowledge and the satellite data, demonstrating the combined value of Indigenous expertise and Western science."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdmvr984yyo

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/CtF6c

#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChange #WildfirePrevention #Australia #IndigenousKnowledge #Science #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge

#Solar #ColdStorage helps #AfricanFarmers cut losses and reach global markets

As food handling systems come under pressure from #ClimateChange, raising temperatures and sometimes disrupting supply chains, #CoolingTechnology is increasingly vital.

by AP, June 16, 2026

Excerpt: " #SolarPowered, #OffGrid #ColdRooms, warehouses and #CoolingHubs allow farmers and traders to preserve perishable goods without relying on expensive and unreliable electricity grids. This shift is gaining momentum across #Kenya, #Nigeria, #Ethiopia, #Rwanda and #SouthAfrica.

" 'The biggest challenge was preserving the quality after harvest,' said Mumiah, who, like many other #SmallholderFarmers, could not afford the roughly $30,000 upfront cost of a solar-powered cold storage unit of her own.

" 'You can do everything right on the farm, but if the produce is not stored properly, you lose both the product and income,' she said, noting the increased flexibility cold storage provides. 'We are no longer forced to sell immediately because we fear the produce will spoil. We can wait for collection and still maintain quality.'

"As food handling systems come under pressure from climate change, rising temperatures, and sometimes disrupting supply chains, cooling technology is increasingly vital."

Learn more:
https://www.presstelegram.com/2026/06/16/africa-solar-agriculture/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/gXFVl

#SolarPunkSunday #PreservingTheHarvest #Offgrid #SolarColdStorage #Africa #SolarPower

In #Guatemala, #Indigenous women build #ClimateResilience with old and new farming methods

#AncestralKnowledge combined with #climatesmart techniques is boosting #FoodSecurity and increasing family incomes in the #LakeAtitlán region

Adam Wentworth, July 2, 2026

Excerpt: "The impacts of #ClimateChange on Indigenous communities can often lead to further #environmental damage as farmers are forced to rely on unsustainable practices, such as cutting down trees to clear more land. This can accelerate water scarcity, soil erosion and ultimately food insecurity.

"An ongoing adaptation project led by Natün has sought to reverse these impacts, working with local people to combine modern climate-smart agriculture and ancestral knowledge. The approach involves the use of #DroughtResistant crops, organic pest management and #SoilConservation techniques. This is increasingly recognised as an effective way to strengthen climate resilience.

" 'Our approach is based on soil analysis and the use of locally resilient, endemic tree species, significantly increasing survival rates and ensuring sustainable water availability despite changing rainfall patterns,' Wason explained."

Read more:
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2026/07/02/in-guatemala-indigenous-women-build-climate-resilience-with-old-and-new-farming-methods/

#SolarPunkSunday #NaturalPestControl #ClimateChangeGardening #SoilHealth #IndigenousKnowledge #TEK #Stewardship #OrganicFarming #Mayan #NewTechnology #NahualateRiverBasin #AgriculturalResilience #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge

Just because I saw someone shouting out Tyndall as "even earlier" yet not shouting out Eunice Foote, I'm shouting out Eunice Foote.

"So for context, what you’re about to hear is a write-up of a presentation of Eunice’s work that was given at a meeting in 1856. And Eunice didn’t get to read the paper herself at that meeting. A man actually read it for her. It was 1856, so you know."

https://web.archive.org/web/20231110115346/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-woman-who-demonstrated-the-greenhouse-effect/

#Sexism #ClimateScience #ClimateChange

@MostlyTato I didn’t want to get into a confrontation so I’ve just delivered a bucket of water to some lads having a BBQ on the riverbank - it’s too hot to cook in a small boat and they don’t look like lettuce, couscous or potato salad sort of guys. People are going to just do what they do - best to just help them do it safely.

Meanwhile, can we send an alert back to the government advising what they should do about this climate emergency?

#ukpol #wildfires #ClimateChange

#ClimateChange

After yesterdays national phone alert over wildfires, telling stupid people not to set fire to shit in a dangerous heatwave, I went to bed to the sound of some local fireworks display that went in for 20 minutes.
Yes, I am indeed surrounds by ReformUK Ltd supporters.

#wildfires #ukpol #ClimateChange #reform

#books

Climate solutions like renewable energy tech that requires intensive mining can run into skepticism from people across the political spectrum. But according to data scientist Hannah Ritchie, many of the concerns are based on partial & misinformation, and the outlook for addressing the climate emergency isn’t as grim as some people may think
https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=26-P13-00033&segmentID=3

#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Australia is big. And empty.

400,000 ha (>1500 sq mi) of the #Tanami Desert is on #fire, notionally in the middle of winter. Nobody noticed until a #Darwin scientist spotted it on a #satellite image.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/satellite-reveals-400000-hectare-fire-no-one-noticed-burning-across-australia-061625002.html #science #climate #climatechange #bushfire #wildfire

A blind spot in climate models: Slower tree growth in a warming world

A new study suggests climate models may be overestimating how much carbon forests will absorb in a warming world, raising the possibility that global temperatures could rise even more than current projections anticipate

https://thebulletin.org/2026/08/a-blind-spot-in-climate-models-slower-tree-growth-in-a-warming-world/

#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

A shocking 92 percent of US adults are not going to the doctor because it’s too expensive.

The decision to delay medical care involves multiple issues, including gender - women are more likely to put off care than men. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/shocking-92-percent-us-adults-170125625.html

World's oceans hit record-high July temperatures.

Meanwhile, Western Europe experienced its hottest ever June and July, with prolonged hot and dry conditions fuelling extreme wildfires across the region. #ClimateChange

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvw8vmmgrwo

Oh no, did we not prepare our infrastructure for the climate we are in now? Oh no.../s

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/14/train-derails-near-essex-town-of-wickford

#ClimateChange #WickfordTrainDerailment #LewesTrainDerailment #ClimateCrisis #NationalRail

"UK heatwaves may have cost economy £4.4bn in lost output so far this year, analysis finds"

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Heatwave #Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/12/heatwaves-uk-cost-economy-lost-output-thinktank