Red alert hot weather for four days across the south of the UK

Just wait until 5 years' time !

YOU WERE WARNED

#ClimateChange

#UK

Greta Thunberg warns 40°C heatwave about to hit UK ‘is only the beginning’

Greta Thunberg has said the UK’s leaders have ‘their heads completely buried in the sand’ over the climate crisis as a 40°C heatwave hits the country

https://metro.co.uk/2026/06/22/greta-thunberg-warns-40-c-heatwave-hit-uk-is-beginning-28878338/

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

The summer is heating up! #Edmonton and #Montreal are flooded by historic rains, Lytton BC is under threat again by wildfire, and Vancouver Island is in a historic drought.

Does Environment Canada have the ability to warn us and track the changes in our climate? The government is cutting ECCC services and capabilities at a time that we need it more than ever.

Here's our petition to tell them to restore Environment Canada!

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7465

Please post it on all of your socials, send it in an email, send it to your MP and MLA/MPP.

We're only 73 signatures away from the magic 500 needed for #e7465! We're hoping for many more before the summer ends so Government can't ignore this issue.

Here’s what we, citizens and residents of Canada, are asking from the #Carney Government:

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.

The petition ends August 26th in time for the new session in the fall. We have the summer to get it done!

Sources:

Edmonton “Deluge or rain” June 22 2026: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/topstories/deluge-of-rain-leads-to-flooding-water-restrictions-in-edmonton-and-surrounding-communities/ar-AA26guyy

Montreal “100mm of rain” June 21 2025: https://globalnews.ca/news/11915170/montreal-weather-flooding/

Lytton “Out-of-control wildfire” June 19 2026: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lytton-wildfire-evacuation-alert-9.7242975

Vancouver Island “region of key concern” June 16 2026: https://cheknews.ca/vancouver-island-a-region-of-key-concern-with-drought-at-third-highest-level-1330925/

#canPoli #CdnPoli #ECCC #RestoreCarneyCuts #RestoreECCC #Weather #ClimateChange #ClimateScience

Gardening Tip: Never leave your soil bare if you can help it. Mulch helps retain moisture, suppress weeds, and improve soil health over time. A simple layer of dry grass can make a huge difference in your garden's performance.
#gardening #environment #climatechange #fruits #solarpunk #nature #biodiversity #mastodon #fediverse #foods #growyourown #gardeningtips #linux #garten #science #humanrights #politics #garden @gardening #democracy #africa

#Europe

Europe facing prolonged heat dome
By Phil Bainbridge

June 22, 2026 - A “heat dome” developing over western and central Europe could engulf the continent in a long-lasting heatwave, triggering red alerts in France, Spain, Italy and the UK as June temperatures break historical records

https://www.graphicnews.com/en/pages/48150/Europe_facing_prolonged_heat_dome

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

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"Now is not the time to be acting on Climate Change, the Economy must come first" says our outgoing Prime Minister....

#ClimateChange #UKPol #UKPolitics #KeirStarmer #Starmer

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But the country’s health services, energy infrastructure and transport are “simply not built for these conditions”, hesaid. “As 40+ temperatures become ever more common, expect many thousands sleeping in the streets as poorly insulated homes become uninhabitable heat traps, widespread power cuts as power cables sag and break, transport chaos as rails, overhead wires and signalling fail, and A&E departments overwhelmed by the old, very young, and vulnerable suffering from overheating.” Friederike Otto, a professor of climate science at Imperial College London, said: “Our first 40C day was supposed to be a wakeup call, but clearly someone hit snooze. Hitting 40C again, and in June this time, would be incredibly alarming.

#NativeAmericaCalling: In the parched West, tribes restore waterways to improve quality and quantity

Thursday, June 11, 2026

"A site of tragedy for the Northwestern Band of the #ShoshoneNation has become a place of renewal and promise.

"The tribe has worked for the past seven years to revitalize the land of the 1863 #BearRiverMassacre. By eradicating #InvasiveSpecies, reviving #NativePlants, and returning water canals to their natural paths, the tribe is significantly boosting both water quality and flow of the river.

"The area is one of the biggest sources of water for the #GreatSaltLake, and officials say the tribe’s efforts could be part of a solution to preventing the iconic body of water from disappearing amid an increasingly dry climate.

"And in #Montana, the Confederated #Salish and #Kootenai Tribes continue work as part of a historic compact to revitalize the #JockoRiver. Tune in to discuss how Indigenous knowledge is providing promise against a troubling trend."

Listen:
https://indianz.com/News/2026/06/11/native-america-calling-in-the-parched-west-tribes-restore-waterways-to-improve-quality-and-quantity/

#WaterIsLife #SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChange #WaterRestoration #RiverRestoration

Interesting theory... It doesn't call for #Degrowth, but it does call for not buying as much stuff and #TaxingTheRich!

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

Jonathan Watts
Thu 4 Jun 2026

Excerpt: "[The plan] offers a set of bold policy proposals, including hefty #WealthTaxes on #billionaires, sharp reductions in working hours, a change in diets and a shift of investment from materially intense sectors like industry and #mining to education and health.

[...]

"This 'plan for equality and prosperity within planetary boundaries' is the product of 45 authors based on databases compiled by more than 200 researchers from the world.

"At its core is the concept of sufficiency – the idea that people can enjoy a prosperous, healthy life without constantly striving to consume or accumulate more #MaterialPossessions that degrade the #NaturalWorld on which all life depends.

"To achieve this, the authors envisage three steps: more than halving average working time from 2,100 hours a year to 1,000 hours, roughly equivalent to a two-and-a-half-day working week; encouraging people to #EatLessRedMeat, which is the main driver of deforestation and ecological destruction; and refocusing the economy toward #LowConsumption activities by more than doubling #Education spending to €8,400 euros (£7,250) a person and #healthcare spending to 14,400 euros.

"Piketty said: 'One extra euro of GDP in education and health has three to four times less material footprint and energy consumption than one extra euro of GDP in the manufacturing sector. So that’s why the sectoral shifts are hugely important.' "

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/world-inequality-lab-equality-academics-planetary-survival

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/wN58l

#SolarPunkSunday #GiantLeapScenario #Earth4All #SharingEconomy #CircularEconomy #RightToRepair #ClimateChange #Polycrisis #WorldInequalityLab #WIL #TaxTheRich #PlanetarySurvival

#AI #AIisTheft #GenerativeAI #NoBillionaires #NoGoodBillionaires #ClimateChange #DataCenters

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a single-panel comic titled "TWONKS" satirizes the current state of automation. George Jetson from The Jetsons is seen with an angry expression, operating a vacuum cleaner on the floor. Next to him, Rosie the Robot Maid is happily painting on an art easel while holding a painter's palette, subverting their traditional roles.

#psychology

Mayor Mamdani has built momentum around policies like faster and fare-free buses, universal child care, public grocery stores, affordable housing construction, & major clean infrastructure investment. What makes this strategy politically significant is the underlying psychological promise that collective problems are still solvable if we try. This belief might be the key driver of climate action today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/climate-solutions/202606/the-politics-of-climate-possibility

#ClimateChange #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Sharon Graham is determined to make climate change worse! Kick her out! #ClimateChange

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4ibjrnhqehf2ufxwvwviupfl/post/3moadqqdopk2v

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🧊🌊 #Calving is the term for when large pieces of #ice break off #glaciers in a thunderous, impressive spectacle, creating new #icebergs.

This #video of #Monacobreen, a tidewater glacier in #Svalbard, #Norway, provides a good demonstration of calving and the #waves it can create.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/monacobreen-calving-from-a-glacier-in-svalbard

#arctic #climate #climatechange #geology #geophysics #island #nature #ocean #science #sound #tksst

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A massive white and blue glacier wall calving into the ocean, creating a large splash and mist at its base with mountains in the background.

"Europe swelters under heatwave, France restricts alcohol consumption"

You're all welcome in #Canada. But seriously, when is the point where crops fail en mass from this heat? If the roads are melting, how long until the fields become either flooded, or parched and dry to the point of mass crop failure? You can't eat natural gas

#Politics #ClimateChange

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/europe-swelters-under-heatwave-prompting-crisis-talks-france-2026-06-20/

A Bonanza For Fans Of The Natural World - The Digital Library Sharing 64 million Pages Of Scientific Knowledge With Everyone
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/natural-world-digital-biodiversity-heritage-library-scientific-knowledge-free-access-aoe ← shared technical media article
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https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ <-- shared BHL home page / data portal
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[glorious resource!]
“The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.“
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“The Biodiversity Heritage Library [BHL} is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities...
Some go there to read about the wood that Victorian manufacturers used to make walking sticks. Others want to see an illustration of a Tasmanian tiger or marvel at the field diary of one of the first known botanists to explore the Antarctic.
Over the past 20 years, more than 64m pages have been made freely available through the... BHL – a digital treasure trove for fans of the natural world. More than 680 museums, universities, libraries and scientific institutions from China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand to Europe, Africa, Mexico, Canada and the US, have contributed to the library.
This week, a report from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew... revealed the crucial role digitisation [like BHL’s] is playing in “transforming our ability to understand and respond to the climate and biodiversity crises”, but it was the creation of the BHL 20 years ago that first demonstrated how bringing centuries of scientific knowledge online can unlock transformative discoveries and insights about the natural world.
David Iggulden, who chairs the BHL executive committee alongside his job as head of data and digital, library and archives at RBG Kew, describes the library as an invaluable and “absolutely essential” resource for scientists in the field. But it is also used by scientific researchers, environmental historians, educators, art historians, artists, citizen scientists and members of the public who – like Iggulden – simply enjoy browsing its contents on a rainy weekend.
“I just get caught up in it sometimes, looking at the various collections,” he says. “I think it’s amazing that we can explore such a vast array of different collections from very different institutions.”
As well as published biodiversity literature and journals, there are letters, illustrations, climate records, field diaries, ecosystem profiles, distribution records and manuscripts containing the original collecting stories of a particular species or detailing voyages of discovery…”
#BiodiversityHeritageLibrary #BHL #Biodiversity #library #literature #illustrations #UK #texts #historic #reference #online #opendata #visualisation #museum #walkingstick #university #research #institute #species #ecosystems #habitat #data #digital #climatechange #response #reference #resource #correspondence #illustrations #records #manuscripts
@BiodiversityHeritageLibrary

France is sweltering under one of its most intense early-season heatwaves in years, with temperatures forecast to reach 41°C (106°F) in some regions.

Millions under heat alerts as officials warn of serious health risks, strained infrastructure, and growing wildfire concerns.

Scientists say extreme heat events like this are becoming more frequent and intense as the climate warms.

Summer has barely begun, yet much of Europe is already feeling the heat. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

At Eco Youths Network, we believe everyone has a role to play in protecting our planet.

What do you think is the biggest climate challenge affecting your community today?

#climateaction #climatechange #nature #world #earthquake

#Solar panels on rewetted peatland could be a climate and nature win–win https://phys.org/news/2026-06-solar-panels-rewetted-peatland-climate.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email #Rewilding #ClimateChange

#USA #US

The Trump administration has reversed its decision to dismantle a critical ocean monitoring system after bipartisan backlash

The National Science Foundation will now halt removal plans and convene experts to find a sustainable path forward

Republican and Democratic lawmakers had passed legislation to block federal funds for dismantling the decade-old network

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/18/climate/trump-administration-reverses-decision-ocean-monitoring-system

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

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@dyckron/116778029974103460

So, the province that allows oil companies to walk away from old, leaking wells has a very high recycling fee for solar panels. Not corrupt at all.

"The new fee means recycling a solar panel will cost five times more than recycling a large television."

#abpoli #climatechange

#books #USA #US

Climate fiction envisions the future of hurricanes and sea level rise

Three excellent cli-fi novels envision a plausible future where sea level rise and climate change-intensified hurricanes cause massive economic disruption in the U.S

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/06/climate-fiction-envisions-the-future-of-hurricanes-and-sea-level-rise/

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

A MUCH better photo of the painting from yesterday. The lighting was terrible when I took the first image.

This Is Not Fine, 2026
Oil on Cradled Wood Panel with Upholstery Fabric wrapped around it, 8 x 10”

#art #artwork #mastoart #portrait #portraitPainting #figurativeArt #oilpainting #allaPrima #climateChange

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A white woman with short dark hair is looking direct at viewer. Her shirt and background have the upholstery fabric showing through of a monkey and a rose and a few smaller floral bits. A section of the background is burning and a hole created.

Our oceans are facing a deepening crisis from warming waters and shrinking ice. The UN is urging the world to take action. #climatechange

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-deepening-crisis-oceans-urges-action.html

https://theconversation.com/how-will-australian-native-bees-cope-with-climate-change-their-nests-hold-a-clue-284326

Note: 2,000 bee species Australia
20,000 worldwide
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69029-4

#bees #climatechange #pollinators

Absolutely unbelievably ridiculous

#Trump Admin to Pay $765 Million of #TaxpayersMoney to Cancel 4 More #Wind Projects

It’s the THIRD such deal the #Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for #Offshore wind turbines, spending roughly $2.5 BILLION to get companies to abandon their wind projects because they are idiots & Trump both doesn’t get it & loves #BigOil money.

#EnergyCrisis #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Republicans #GOP #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/climate/trump-wind-farms-cancel-millions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

RE: https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe/116770553143451546

We're accelerating Climate Change so rich paedophiles can dominate our lives....and our Governments aren't going to stop it, are they? The cowards...

#ClimateChange #EpsteinClass

Zack Labe » 🌐 2026-06-18
@ZLabe@fediscience.org

"with data showing that Earth’s climate system is accumulating heat faster than at any time in the known record." via https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17062026/summer-heat-spike-as-global-warming-surges/

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐝⚖️ Two towns in the Peruvian #Amazon granted native stingless #bees legal #rights – a world first for any #insect, allowing #Indigenous groups to defend them in court.

The movement, led by microbiologist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, gives legal tools to protect the #pollinators against #deforestation and #pesticides.

👉 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/stingless-bees-in-peru-become-the-first-insects-with-legal-rights-will-it-happen-globally/

#peru #conservation #law #rainforest #biodiversity #satipo #nauta #climate #climatechange #insects

In a speech at #NATO HQ in #Brussels, #Hegseth railed against #immigration & #gender #equality policies in #Europe, in remarks reminiscent to those of VP #JDVance in February last year that angered many.

“Instead of tanks & fighters & air defenses, the focus has been on gender #equity & #ClimateChange & #defense austerity. Europe’s borders flew wide open, welfare states expanded, defense budgets cratered, along with Europe’s belief in itself & its civilization,” Hegseth claimed offensively.

"BHP defies its own climate strategy to spend hundreds of millions on polluting diesel trucks in Pilbara"

#BHP #Climate #ClimateChange #Emissions

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/bhp-diesel-trucks-pilbara-australia-mining-climate-pollution

"It keeps with a pattern of recent Glastos, including last year, in being mostly sunny and dry without extreme temperatures – like 2017’s hottest year on record – or mudslides – as was famously the case in 2016."

Climate Change could kill UK Festivals, but not yet!

https://www.nme.com/news/music/take-a-look-at-what-the-weather-would-have-been-like-if-there-was-a-glastonbury-2026-3951422

#GlastonburyFestival #UKFestivals #ClimateChange

New Painting!

This Is Not Fine, 2026
Oil on Wood Panel with Upholstery Fabric, 8 x 10”

#oilpainting #art #allaprima #artwork #portrait #climateChange #mastoart

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A white woman with short dark hair is looking direct at viewer. Her shirt and background have the upholstery fabric showing through of a monkey and a rose and a few smaller floral bits. A section of the background is burning and a hole created.

For World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, we're highlighting The Boy
Who Harnessed The Wind, the incredible true story of a thirteen-year-old boy who
finds an unconventional way to save his family and village in Malawi from
famine. Our free teaching resources for this engaging film explore
desertification causes and solutions.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind/
[https://journeysinfilm.org/product/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind/]

#ClimateChange [https…

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Still photo from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, showing a Black African Boy walking across a dry landscape. Text says: "World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Teach with Film. Journeys in Film."

'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth'

The former vice president still believes climate change is a moral issue

https://abcnews.com/US/scientists-dead-al-gore-20th-anniversary-inconvenient-truth/story?id=133922490

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

"Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready"

#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/14/amoc-collapse-europe-climate

I also see a chronic loss of jobs and expertise.

I think this ‘post government funding world’ is also code for a #Reform government.

#Farage doesn’t believe in human influenced #ClimateChange or #NetZero. He will cut all funds in this area.

I think organisations such as the one I work for are bracing themselves for this. They see technology as a way to mitigate the impact.

What are we supposed to do?

If we don’t acknowledge the threat we can’t prepare to defend ourselves and planet.

NEW: Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.

Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-methane-jeffery-hildebrand-hilcorp-oil-regulations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oil #Climate #ClimateChange #Methane #Trump #EPA #Gas #Regulation #Environment

#ClimateChange #Graffiti #Art

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weißes Graffiti auf einer Backsteinwand. In Großbuchstaben ""A planet without humans is a planet. humans without a planet are dead"" written on a wall with white spray paint

America's Charging Network Just Hit A Major Milestone https://insideevs.com/news/798812/ev-charging-plugs-amount-250000/ #ClimateChange

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/110605519446508826

So, I noticed that compared to 2023, the #peonies have reached past peak 10 days earlier...

#ClimateChange #ClimateDiaryMaine #ClimateChangeGardening