@ZLabe Promoting to #ClimateChange

Indonesians are trying to stop a major German cement producer from building a mine and factory under a unique supply chain law that adds to a growing number of cases legal experts say may influence European businesses in Asia. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-germany-cement-climate-litigation-case-d9ddffc9b8740f166bbdffed0bcda9ba

My town has instituted a stage 2 water use alert. Heavy restrictions. I'm still allowed to water my tomatoes with a watering can, fortunately. They recommend using rainwater, but I don't have a barrel, there isn't a drain spout over my unit, and it's not raining anyway!

The tomatoes look nice today, even though the heat index is over 100°.

#Garden #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Tomatoes #Gardening

Screenshot from Accuweather. Current conditions in the #US at 2:30pm, 7/3/2026.

#ClimateDiary #ClimateChange #USWx #HeatDome

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United States Weather Conditions Austin 92F Brooklyn 102F Charlotte 98F Chicago 90F Columbus 96F Dallas 97F Fort Worth 94F Houston 93F Indianapolis 92F Jacksonville 88F Los Angeles 75F Manhattan 97F New York 97F Philadelphia 100F Phoenix 100F Queens 98F San Antonio 94F San Diego 72F San Jose 69F The Bronx 99F

Ocean surface temperatures hit a record high for June

Temperatures on the ocean surface have hit a record high, raising fears of another burst of extreme heat this summer.

Oceans absorb more than 90% of the excess energy in the Earth system, which is primarily caused by burning fossil fuels, such as oil, coal and gas.

#climatechange #environment #ocean #heatwave #weather #science

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/01/ocean-surface-temperatures-hit-a-record-high-for-june

@mike_bowler Well, that explains a lot!

#CognitiveDecline #BadDecisions #ClimateChange #CO2

Pretty much. BTW, the original meme was from 2021.

https://ourplnt.com/the-simpsons-meme-about-global-warming/

#TheSimpsons #SimpsonsMemes #ClimateChange #Heatwaves #HottestSummerEver #GlobalWarming

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Two cartoon panels from The Simpsons TV show. Panel 1: Shows Bart Simpson (a boy) exhausted in the heat, standing on a sidewalk by a road. A graphic shows a map of the western United States burning from wildfies. Bart: "This is the hottest summer ever Panel 2: Shows Homer Simpson (the boy's father) explaining to Bart. "This is the coldest summer for the rest of your life

So this is messed up. #FryeburgME (near the mountains) and #PortlandME (near the coast) are both 98 F (Noon on July 3, 2026). Meanwhile, #SanfordME (where it's usually hotter) is *only* 94 F. !!!

#MaineWx #ClimateDiaryMaine #RecordHeat #ClimateChange #WeatherWeirding

Revised the #ClimateChange #WeatherWheel to include "snow" in "Ice/Hail/Snow" (TY @WahbAllat@mas.to for your post). Spin the wheel and see where it lands! I'm planning on printing out a copy, then putting it on signboard (with a paper fastener in the center). I'm hoping to organize or participate in a #FridaysForFuture event soon in #PortlandMaine. We need to get out on the streets and demand #ClimateAction!

#ClimateStrike #DarkHumor #DontLookUp #JustLookUp #Climate #Weather #WeatherExtremes #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel #ClimateDiary

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Climate Change Weather Wheel An illustration of a wheel broken into 10 segments, with an arrow on the left side pointing toward the wheel. Here are the 10 segments (clockwise, starting at the top). Some segments are smaller or larger than others. 1. Drenching Rains - Blue background with a cartoon of a raindrop wearing rainboots, standing in a puddle. 2. Wildfires - Red background, with an illustration of flames. 3. Habitable - Green background, with a green tree. 4. Ice/Hail/Snow - Very light blue background, with raindrops and icecubes. 5. Blistering Sunshine - Yellow background, with a cartoon of a Sun with an evil smile. 6. Hazy/Dusty - Gray background, with a cartoon of a gray dust cloud with horns. 7. Sudden Cold - White background, with a cartoon of "Jack Frost," who is blue. 8. Wetbulb - Gray-green background, with an illustration of a thermometer wrapped in a gre\ay-green bag. 9. Typhoon/Hurricane - Light blue background, with a cartoon figure of a hurricane, with one eye. 10. Tornadoes - Light gray background, with a cartoon of an angry, gray tornado.

#ClimateDiary for Southern #Maine on 8/16/2024. The #AirQuality was so bad, I had the windows up most of the drive into Portland and back, and my partner (who is NEVER bothered by #WildfireSmoke or AQ issues) had to do just a short afternoon walk with the dog -- and gave up on doing some yardwork.
#ClimateDiaryMaine #WildfireHaze #Wildfires #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel #ClimateChange #MaineWx

Boo! #ClimateChange is scary!

Central #Maine sets record for hottest #Halloween

The unofficial high temperature of 75°F (24°C) Thursday smashed the record set 68 years ago, according to weather officials.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/31/scary-high-temps-in-central-maine-set-new-record-for-warmest-ever-halloween/

#ExtremeTemperatures #GlobalWarming #RecordTemperatures #CentralMaine #MaineWx #ClimateDiary

A balmy 30ºF (- 1.11ºC) and windy here in southern #Maine. I honestly miss having a real winter, so I'm enjoying the cold, snowy weather -- because #SummerIsComing (and that's scary AF)!
#MaineWx #GameOfDrones #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalBoiling

#Maine #ClimateSummary – May 2025

Source: Maine Department of Agriculture email

"In 2024, Maine and 16 other states had the warmest annual temperatures on record, with the average temperature for the year (January – December 2024) being 4.9°F higher than normal. Northern Maine is experiencing more notable warming compared to Southern and Central Maine. In Caribou and Millinocket, 2024 was the warmest year since records began in 1939 and 1903 respectively. It was the second warmest year for Bangor with the warmest year occurring in 2010.

"Maine’s frost season (November 2024 – March 2025) was warmer and milder than normal with temperatures averaging 24.9°F, roughly 3.9°F above the 1901 – 2000 climate baseline. On average, there was less snowfall statewide during the 2024 – 2025 winter season. Areas in the Midcoast and Washington County received significantly less snowfall – up to 45 inches less than normal in some areas.

"In the last 12 months (May 2024 – April 2025), the state average precipitation was approximately 43 inches, which is about normal. However, areas of northern Somerset County, and Midcoast and Downeast towns have experienced 25 – 50% less than normal precipitation. Maine had very dry conditions beginning in late September, with the entire state categorized as abnormally dry or moderate drought conditions lasting until December. In late April 2025, many wildfires appeared across the state, aided by strong winds and dry conditions. Drought conditions are not expected to continue through May."

#ClimateDiary #ClimateDiaryMaine #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Climate #MaineWx

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Two maps of the state of Maine. One shows a lot of red and orange, with very little blue. The red indicates places where there was an extreme lack of snow, while blue indicates places there was some snow. Snowfall Departure (inches) October 2024 - April 2025 The other map shows the southern part of the state in yellow and peach color, indicating "Abnormally Dry" (yellow) or "Moderate Drought" (peach). Drought Intensity May 2025 Image: (Left) The departure in statewide snowfall totals from normal (1991 — 2020 averages). Overall, Maine had less than normal snowfall totals for the 2024 — 2025 winter season. Note a 0" indcates snowall totals were not different from the 1991 — 2020 average. Source: Northeast Regional Climate Center; (right) Almost no areas in Maine currently in drought in early May, except for southern counties where there are moderate and abnormally dry conditions. Source: NDMC, NOAA, USDA.

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/114639015855762091

This year's records are lol'ing at last year's records!

#ClimateChange #Heatwaves #ClimateDiaryMaine #RecordBreakingHeat

I'm pretty sure some records were broken here in southern #Maine. 😓 🥵

#ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #ClimateDiaryMaine #GlobalHeating #RecordHeat #MaineWx

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Current weather: 91 degrees F RealFeel 102 degrees F Air Quality Poor

Alrighty then. 11 F this morning, allegedly it's going to be almost 60 F next week. There are going to be some very confused plants and critters outside. I think it's going to be a long, hot summer. Ugh!

#ClimateChange #MaineWx #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel #ExtremeTemperatureSwings #TemperatureSwings

So, it's hotter on the coast than it is inland. That happened last year as well. No sea breeze! Very troubling...

#MaineWx #Heatwave #Seabreeze #WarmingOceans #ClimateChange

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A screenshot showing two locations in Maine. One is Limerick, which is 30 miles inland. The other is Portland, on the coast. Limerick is 86 F, RealFeel 103 F. Portland is 88 F, RealFeel 106 F. RealFeel indicates how it feels with the heat combined with humidity.

Overnight temperatures were near all-time record highs for cities in the Northeast last night. These warm nights and high humidity directly increase heat stress. The last decade has seen a significant rise in days with dangerous humid heat. #ClimateChange

More info: https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/dangerous-humid-heat

“Google’s power consumption rose by 7 TWh between 2023 and 2024. That was bad. But it rose by a whopping 12 TWh between 2024 and 2025, almost double last year’s increase. Google’s power consumption isn’t just growing – the rate at which it is growing is growing. We have a word for this: exponential growth.

Every time I look at this chart I have to go and double check every single Google number, because it just looks so ridiculous

The power grids that Google’s data centres are plugged into have to increase generation to match this new demand – and that includes rising use of coal and gas, and as a consequence, worse climate disasters like deadly heatwaves. Google’s consumption is rising way faster than the grids are being cleaned up with renewables, and that means their emissions number is going up fast, too. It’s the steepest rise on record:”

https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to-climate-wrecking-digital-bloat/

#Google #AI #DataCenters #Energy #ClimateChange

An eight-month expedition will set off soon from Norway on a mission to find new species before the climate crisis and pollution changes the northern ocean for ever. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/02/arctic-tara-ocean-foundation-expedition-floating-lab-explore-life-adrift-ice

Amazing AMOC visualization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9cal-dFjx0

via https://www.castanet.net/news/Sustainability-Spotlight/622343/Slowing-Atlantic-current-will-lead-to-flooding-and-fish-collapse which is an excellent and troubling article.

It makes the point for humans first:

A slowing AMOC also affects the jet stream. This will tend to trap weather systems in place, producing prolonged heatwaves, droughts, or severe winter storms. Yes, we are used to a few days of hot weather in Montreal over the summer. But three weeks? Yes we expect -20 C in Ottawa in the winter, but for how long?

but considering plankton do most of the planet's photosynthesis - which all food webs, including ours, are based on! - maybe this part should be more worrisome:

feel some sympathy for the cute little phytoplankton. They are single-celled algae (but they can swim and some of them even hunt). They need the AMOC to bring up nutrients from the deep sea. Fewer nutrients, less fat, happy phytoplankton.

#AMOC #visualization #visualisation #fish #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

EU Court Says Private Jets Now Count As ‘Green’ Investments

https://novaramedia.com/2026/06/30/eu-court-says-private-jets-now-count-as-green-investments/

> An EU court has said the manufacture of private jets can’t be excluded from a list of ​activities deemed to be environmentally sustainable

But

> [scientists say] the rich use private jets like taxis and found that flying in a private jet for a single hour can release more CO2 into the atmosphere than the average person produces in a year

#capitalism #climateChange #climate #eatTheRich #taxTheRich

The #Corals That Survive #ClimateChange Will Be Unrecognizable

They have endured so much, and to endure this, they’ll have to adapt dramatically.

By Marina Koren
August 28, 2024

"Earth belonged to the corals first. And over hundreds of millions of years, they proved themselves remarkably good at adapting to each new version of the planet. As other groups of organisms dropped out of existence, corals endured so many catastrophes that their history reads like a biblical tale of resilience. Through #extinctions mass and minor, through #volcanic eruptions #and asteroid strikes, the corals survived.

"And for tiny marine animals, they managed to exert tremendous force on the planet’s landscape. Corals have raised whole islands into existence. They are the natural guardians of #coastlines; they sustain an estimated quarter of known #MarineLife. If the reefs ringing the #Maldives die, an entire nation could erode into the sea. Humans live in these places because corals exist.

"The Earth that humans evolved on, in other words, is a coral planet. Today, the animals provide #ecosystems that support the livelihoods of about 1 billion people. They are so fundamental to life as we know it that scientists wonder if one way humanity could discover alien life is by detecting the signature of fluorescent corals in the shallow waters of another planet. Corals are also, famously, being devastated by climate change. Even in a future where they survive in some form, their transformation could make our own experience of this planet profoundly different.

"The earliest corals emerged about 500 million years ago, roughly alongside plant life on land. But the modern version of coral reefs appeared a short 4 million years ago, around the time our human ancestors began to walk upright (give or take a few million years). When researchers try to rescue suffering corals, carefully cutting pieces away and transporting them to aquariums, they’re visiting underwater metropolises that are thousands of years old. Despite all that corals have been through, given how fast conditions on Earth are changing, life has likely never been quite as stressful for them as it is now, according to the coral experts Bertrand Martin-Garin and Lucien Montaggioni in their book, Corals and Reefs.

"Earlier this month, scientists reported that #Australia’s #GreatBarrierReef is sitting in water that, in one decade, has become hotter than at any other point in the past 400 years. #Caribbean coral colonies are still reeling from the havoc of last year’s historic #MarineHeatWave. Around the world, extraordinarily hot ocean temperatures have plunged corals into one of the worst #CoralBleaching events in recorded history—they’re expelling the #algae that live in their tissues and turning a ghostly white. Corals can survive bleaching, if conditions improve. But the longer they remain without that algae, the more likely they are to die.

"'These are strange days on planet Earth,' Derek Manzello, a coral-reef ecologist and the coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Watch, once told me. The planet used to give corals hundreds of thousands of years to adjust to a new reality; #HumanActivities—the burning of #FossilFuels but also #overfishing and #pollution that have brought on #GlobalWarming—have introduced a rate of change more dramatic than anything else in the geological record. “If we wanted to kill all reef-building corals on the planet, it would be hard to imagine a collection of activities quite as pointed and effective as what we’ve arrived at,' Stuart Sandin, a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, told me."

Read more:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/08/earth-corals-climate-change/679636/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

Archived copy:
https://archive.ph/GF6tp

#OceansAreLife #WaterIsLife #Oceans #Environment #ClimateCatastrophe #GlobalBoiling

It’s official: El Nino has returned. Climate models project a 2-in-3 chance of a severe event by late 2026. With oceans already at record highs, marine heat waves are threatening global fisheries, coral reefs and deep-sea ecosystems. Here is what scientists say we should expect. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/the-return-of-el-nino-escalating-ocean-temperatures-threaten-marine-ecosystems-ldxni8cx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ElNino #MarineHeatwave #ClimateChange #OceanWarming #MarineBiology

More victims of #ClimateChange and #WarmingOceans. Also, #KrillHarvesting has got to STOP!

Scientists Alarmed as #Whales Suddenly Going Silent

"When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving."

Aug 1, 10:27 AM EDT by Victor Tangermann

"Researchers are alarmed after noticing a significant drop in the number of vocalizations from #BlueWhales.

"As National Geographic reports, scientists used specialized underwater hydrophones, meaning the aquatic version of microphones, to record and trace the sounds of marine life, allowing them to analyze the impact human activity is having on various species.

"However, as detailed in a study published in the journal PLOS One, devastating heat waves have triggered worrying changes over the past decade, allowing #ToxicAlgae to bloom and undermine food sources for whales.

" 'It caused the most widespread poisoning of marine mammals ever documented,' coauthor and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute biological oceanographer John Ryan told NatGeo. 'These were hard times for whales.'

"As a result, blue whale vocalizations dropped by almost 40 percent, according to the study, with populations of #krill and #anchovy collapsing.

" 'When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving,' Ryan explained. 'They were spending all their time just trying to find food.' "

Read more:
https://futurism.com/scientists-alarmed-whales-silent

#OceansAreLife #Overfishing #FoodIsLife #Extinction #MarineLife #MarineHeatWaves #HeatBlob #GlobalWarming

If anyone still takes #KrillOilSupplements, please stop! Our friends who live in the ocean need it way more than humans do!

Who's killing Antarctica's ecosystem? The dark side of krill harvesting no one's talking about

by Robbie Lockie
March 5, 2025

Excerpt: "Saving Antarctic #krill—and, by extension, Antarctica itself—requires a multi-pronged approach:

- Stronger Quotas: CCAMLR must impose much stricter limits on krill fishing or ban it outright in certain areas.
- Marine Protected Areas: Expanding no-fishing zones in the Southern Ocean is critical to safeguarding krill and the species that depend on them.
- Consumer Action: Shoppers can pressure brands and retailers to stop selling krill-based products. Boycotting krill supplements and pet food sends a clear message to the industry.
- Global Cooperation: Governments and NGOs must work together to address the root causes of krill decline, including #ClimateChange and overfishing. [and #WarmingOceans ]."

https://www.foodfacts.org/articles/whos-killing-antarcticas-ecosystem-dark-side-krill-harvesting

#KrillHarvesting #StarvingWildlife #ClimateCrisis

Hey Canadians. If you’re experiencing troublesome weather this Canada Day, you should sign this petition, and if you have already signed, thank you, please share it!

Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) plays a critical role in protecting Canadians through weather forecasting, severe weather warnings, climate monitoring and scientific research;

Canada is experiencing increasingly frequent and severe weather and climate related events, including wildfires, floods, atmospheric rivers, hurricanes, heat waves, winter storms and derechos;

Weather radar research, observation stations, Weatheradio services and frontline meteorological staff are essential public safety tools, particularly for rural, remote and Indigenous communities;

Recent and proposed reductions to ECCC staffing, research capacity, and public weather services risk weakening Canada’s ability to predict, monitor, and respond to dangerous weather events;

Reliable weather forecasting and climate science are vital to emergency preparedness, transportation safety, agriculture, marine operations and public confidence; and
Canadians deserve a strong, modern and fully supported public weather service.

We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to

1. Reverse cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada that impact weather forecasting, meteorological research and climate science;

2. Restore and maintain Weatheradio and other accessible public alert systems;

3. Protect and expand weather observation and climate monitoring stations across Canada;
4. Ensure adequate staffing and long-term funding for ECCC programs, scientists, meteorologists and technical experts; and

5. Recognize weather forecasting and climate monitoring as essential public safety infrastructure.

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7465
#canada #canadaDay #climateChange #e7465 #RestoreECCC #climateEmergency #weather #wxtooter #eccc

Back home (again an uncredited photo, sorry). Don’t think there’ll be a train north anytime soon. #RoblinStrong #ClimateChange

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Train tracks suspended dozens of feet in the air over a washed out embankment at a water course, from flooding.

How fitting that the day after Carney officially abandons the previous climate change policies, Canada Day celebrations are canceled in Ottawa due to flooding. It's almost like physics doesn't care how hard it is to address climate change.

#cdnpoli #climateChange

Though the science in this #TwilightZone episode is flawed, the sentiment is all-too-familiar in the era of #ClimateChange and days of #ExtremeHeat.

https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/200256361/s03-e10-the-midnight-sun

#TheMidnightSun

Ocean surface temperatures hit record high as world enters 'uncharted territory,' scientists warn

by Chantal Da Silva
July 1, 2026

"Temperatures on the #ocean surface hit a record high in June, European scientists warned Wednesday, fueling fears of more dangerous heat waves this summer and fanning concerns over the escalating global #ClimateCrisis.

"Two separate services under the European Union’s #CopernicusEarth observation program — the Copernicus #ClimateChange Service and the Copernicus Marine Service — announced they had both independently confirmed the record temperatures.

"Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Copernicus Climate Change Service, warned that the rising temperatures could mark the 'beginning of a new phase.'

" 'With OceanTemperatures at these levels and #ElNiño on the horizon, we are likely to see more temperature records fall in the coming months,' Buontempo said in a statement Wednesday. El Niño is a naturally occurring climate cycle that sees the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean become warmer than usual for months at a time.

"The world could be heading into 'uncharted territory,' Buontempo warned.

"According to Copernicus Climate Change Service and the Copernicus Marine Service, global ocean temperatures outside the polar regions hit record levels on June 21, surpassing levels for the time of the year observed in both 2023 and 2024.

"The Copernicus Climate Change Service said temperatures reached 20.86 degrees Celsius, or 69.54 degrees Fahrenheit, that day, climbing above the 20.83 degrees Celsius, or 69.49 degrees Fahrenheit observed in 2023 and 2024.

"The Copernicus Marine Service meanwhile recorded temperatures at 21 degrees Celsius, or 69.8 Fahrenheit, beating previous records from 2023 and 2024 by 0.1 degree Celsius.

" 'It’s consistent with what we’ve known for a long time — that the planet is warming because we’re emitting vast quantities of #GreenhouseGasses, primarily from #FossilFuel burning, into the atmosphere and that’s stifling the ability of the planet to lose its heat to space,' Richard Allan, a professor of climate science at the University of Reading in the U.K., said in a phone interview."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/ocean-surface-temperatures-hit-record-high-as-world-enters-uncharted-territory-scientists-warn/ar-AA26Y44s?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverent&cvid=f599060839da41e9ef5b88b7772ae89b&ei=7

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/vKHY2

#BigOilAndGas #MarineHeatWave #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ElNino #WarmingOceans #Heatwaves #Heatwave

😢 A #MarineHeatWave caused seabird deaths off California. El Nino could worsen the die-off

‘We don’t know how bad this is going to get’

By JULIE WATSON
Updated 1:25 PM EDT, July 1, 2026

SAN DIEGO (AP) — "Within minutes of walking on a #SanDiego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses — one after another.
Some were mixed in with washed up kelp. Others were under rocks.

"Each month, scientists and volunteers conduct surveys of dead #seabirds and find what Russell describes as a grim assessment of the impact of a massive marine HeatWave that has lingered for months off parts of the California coast.

"The surveys that have been carried out by various organizations for decades help build a baseline of information on beached sea life to detect threats and their impact.

"Many seabirds, including California #BrownPelicans, #loons and #grebes, starved to death in recent months as record-setting ocean temperatures decreased the band of cold, nutrient-rich surface water where #krill, #anchovies and #sardines thrive near the shore, said Russell, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

"We’ve been seeing #cormorants walk to shore and then just die within the hour. I mean one time it happened within 15 minutes, and I’ve never seen that before,” Russell said. 'That has been heartbreaking for me and we’re seeing this happening across the whole coast.'

"Scientists fear the die-off could worsen with the recently formed El Nino, the natural warming of parts of the central Pacific that alters weather worldwide and spikes global temperatures."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/seabirds-marine-heat-wave-deaths-ocean-climate-056b2e8539df2d99d155a95c82ac67cc

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/jsx3D

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PacificOcean #ElNino #WarmingOceans #OceanDieOff #Seabirds

What makes a ‘heat dome,’ and what does it mean?

By ALEXA ST. JOHN
June 29, 2026

Excerpt: "How has heat affected the world this year?

Heat impacted various regions of the world early in 2026.

The continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records in March, with record-shattering extremes first in the Southwest and then across the rest of the nation. Heat scorched the French Open and scorched parts of #India in May. #ExtremeHeat has since been top of mind for the World Cup across the #US, #Canada and #Mexico.

"Starting mid-June, #Europe has baked under unseasonable highs of around 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in many places due to a heat dome.

"Now, much of the Eastern U.S. is expected to be slammed by a long heat wave in the coming days, and already, much of the Southwest is experiencing temperatures around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) this week and those temperatures could reach elsewhere by the Fourth of July holiday."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/climate-heat-dome-temperatures-baa416ddc73ce7e5b902bcf6686f0ff0

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Polycrisis #HeatDome #ExtremeHeat #BigOilAndGas #Heatwaves #ClimateDiary

‘Extreme heat hits children – who have higher metabolisms and lower sweating rates. Their thermal comfort levels are, on average, 1.9-2.8C lower. Temps above 25C limit their cognitive performance. The government’s #ClimateChange Committee finds that “taking an exam on a 32C day leads to around a 10% lower likelihood of passing compared to a 22C day”.

Yet another advantage for private schools, which can generally afford better buildings and air-conditioned exam rooms.’

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/01/right-danger-heatwaves-children-class-politics-extreme-heat-billionaire-press

You cannot claim to act on climate while ignoring the massive emissions of war.

Count military emissions, expose the damage, and make those responsible pay for the harm done to the climate and ecosystems.

https://theconversation.com/wars-destroy-lives-and-the-climate-why-arent-we-counting-military-emissions-281129

#Iran #Ukraine #Gaza #war #military #climatechange #climatecrisis #pollution

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The Conversation article screenshot - by Tamara Krawchenko Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria. Title: "Wars destroy lives and the climate. Why aren’t we counting military emissions?" Published: May 4, 2026 4.13pm CEST . Picture: Displaced Palestinians walk through the rubble of an area decimated by Israeli bombing of Gaza City, in October, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Bank for International Settlements warns that the massive AI investment bubble resembles past market manias and could trigger a global recession if financing collapses. Companies face extreme capital expenditures that may exceed sustainable commercial returns, creating significant financial instability. These systemic vulnerabilities are compounded by infrastructure constraints like electricity and chip shortages, risking severe economic consequences.

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/29/how-the-ai-bubble-could-pop-and-take-down-the-global-economy-according-to-the-bis/5263793

#aibuble #aihype #aicon #environment #ClimateChange #datacenters

In Peru, native stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world. 🌎

Stingless bees are key rainforest pollinators, sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem health. They are challenged by: #ClimateChange, #deforestation, pesticides, and competition with European bees.

This vital decision follows a campaign based on research in collaboration with Indigenous communities to document the bees.

As the @‌IPBES #PollinationAssessment shows, working with Indigenous and local knowledge systems can help provide solutions to the challenges faced by pollinators.

Read more with @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/29/stingless-bees-from-the-amazon-granted-legal-rights-in-world-first

Read IPBES #PollinationAssessment: https://www.ipbes.net/assessment-reports/pollinators

@ZLabe Promoting to #ClimateChange

@ZLabe Promoting to #Climate #ClimateChange #HeatWave #HeatDome

Just saw that France alone is reporting over 1000 heat deaths.

For the sake of everyone, please politicize these. Hold public services, memorials, and at every turn say they would still be alive if not for the lies of fossil fuel companies.

If anyone gets interviewed, the first thing out of your mouth should be the words "climate change".

"Climate change killed ......"
"Exxon Mobil lied and we died"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-deaths-heat-wave-9.7251959

#ClimateChange
#ClimateCrisis