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"Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown"
"In the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Greenland and Iceland, a large patch of water is doing something very strange. While the rest of the ocean heats up, it’s been getting colder. A new study says it has the answer to this mystery — and it’s an ominous sign the world is hurtling toward one of the most alarming climate tipping points.
The swath of ocean — dubbed the “cold blob” or “warming hole” — has cooled by nearly 1 degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit) since 1900.
Scientists have long debated whether this anomaly is driven by heat loss from the ocean surface due to changes to winds and clouds, or whether it’s a signal of the weakening of a critical system of ocean currents, which transports heat. The new research concludes it’s the latter, and the finding points to a worrying future.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, works like a vast ocean conveyor belt, pulling warm water from the tropics to the Northern Hemisphere, where it cools, sinks and flows back south.
A raft of research suggests this system is weakening as human-driven global warming melts ice and causes a surge of freshwater into the ocean, disrupting the AMOC’s delicate balance of heat and salinity. Some scientists warn the AMOC is heading toward a tipping point, potentially as early at this century, which would mean a future collapse is locked in.
An AMOC shutdown would be a global catastrophe, causing accelerated sea level rise on the US East Coast, plunging Europe into a winter deep freeze and shifting the monsoon in Africa, driving prolonged droughts."
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/12/climate/cold-blob-atlantic-amoc-ocean-circulation
@VeroniqueB99
If something comes to their defeat:
it's "real men" who can't stand the heat.
You force them to stay
and they're turning gay.
With climate there's no way to cheat.
There is an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism, and economic tensions.
A set of bold policy proposals, including hefty wealth taxes on billionaires, sharp reductions in working hours, a change in diets and a shift of investment from materially intense sectors, such as industry and mining, to education and health.
If these and other measures are taken the incomes of 89% of the world’s population would double by 2100 and global heating would be kept below 2C (3.6F) over the preindustrial average.
This vision provides a positive alternative to the grim projections from far-right techno extractivists, nationalists and billionaires who claim the future will inevitably bring more fossil fuels, climate disruption and inequality.
#Earth #ClimateDiary #GreenEnergy #FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #Nature #Science #TaxBillionaires #NoPlanetB #Economics #Politics #Health #Equality
Abrolhos Islands coral reef shows resistance to climate bleaching, study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-21/abrolhos-islands-coral-research-marine-heatwave-resistance/106701298 #Australia #Ocean #ClimateChange
DOE to reinstate 11 clean energy grants canceled in ‘blue states’ https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/energy-department-to-reinstate-11-clean-energy-grants-canceled-in-blue-states/ #ClimateChange #Trump
Companies cancel clean energy projects that would have created 40,000 jobs.
The industry was booming before Congress repealed clean energy tax credits and the Trump administration began fighting wind and solar projects. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
RE: https://c.im/@shonin/116703838135478940
“Farmers stack several compact layers of aquatic weeds like water hyacinth, duckweed or paddy stubs – the stubble of what remains after the rice grain has been harvested. They are helped usually by their families and neighbours. The weeds are allowed to rot, and then mixed usually with cow dung and silt. Crop seeds are placed in small balls called tema that are made out of peat soil, and wrapped in coconut fibre.”
#Gardening #FoodProduction #ClimateResilience #ClimateChange
Roknrol boostedThe remarkable floating gardens of Bangladesh
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200910-the-remarkable-floating-gardens-of-bangladesh
boostedNASA animation shows global temperatures warming, slowly at first, then very rapidly. And it won't slow without serious intervention.
Building toward disaster: Growth collides with rising seas in Charleston https://floodlightnews.org/building-toward-disaster-growth-collides-with-rising-seas-in-charleston/ #SouthCarolina #ClimateChange #BlackLivesMatter
RE: https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe/116745870492720852
Be afraid.
Be very afraid.
Maddad ☑️ boostedMeanwhile, sea surface temperatures across the wider tropical Pacific have set new daily record high levels since April, including a new *all-time* record for this region. 🔥
Graphic from https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temperature-may-2026
boostedWhat a shocker - US groups that are pushing propaganda against offshore wind energy development are funded by Big Oil.
Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday, @pixelglade ! #Accessibility is so important, especially for disasters (since we're living in a world with #ClimateChange).
There is simply no case what-so-ever for expanding LNG and the most expensive, dirtiest oil in the world - batteries have already become the cheapest, most sustainable, energy supplement
And this is in Ontario!!!
Get it together Canada
#CDNpoli #BCpoli #ABpoli #ONpoli #Energy #Climate #ClimateChange
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/12/news/ontario-battery-storage-gas-electricity-auction
#Africa - #Coexistence That's Built to Last
"For two decades, African People & Wildlife has partnered with communities across #Tanzania to protect wildlife, restore landscapes, and support sustainable livelihoods. See how this work has grown and where it’s going next.
Landscape Restoration and Connectivity
We lead collective efforts to restore and connect a flourishing mosaic of lands that benefits people, parks, and wildlife while building local #ClimateChange #resilience.
#HabitatLoss and #fragmentation pose one of the greatest threats to the future of Africa’s people and #wildlife. Without urgent action and collaborative partnerships, our most critical landscapes and their natural resources could be lost forever.
Support Local Corridors
We engage communities in the conservation of critical corridors for wildlife and livestock that link protected areas with communal and private lands.
Revitalize #DegradedPastures
The #overgrazing of local pastures can lead to #SoilErosion and inadequate food for wildlife and livestock. Together with local communities, we monitor and manage the long-term health of vital habitats that benefit people and wildlife.
Layer Programming to Maximize Impact
We overlap our rangeland management programming with the observed range of lions, leopards, and cheetahs to ensure the health and connectivity of vital big cat habitat. We also enhance the health of these pastures with an increased beehive presence through our Women's #Beekeeping Initiative.
Leverage Partnerships to Enhance Connectivity
We work with multiple partners – including government authorities – across large landscapes like the #Ngorongoro Conservation Area to identify shared goals and implement joint programming with local community members."
#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridors #ClimateChangeAdaptation #Stewardship #EnvironmentalStewardship #SoilRestoration
HT @MaQuest
UK: Urban Agriculture Consortium
Citizens want ambitious action for greener, healthier, fairer food and farming…
"In 2024 there is a growing consensus that the current food system needs radical change to adapt to climate change, and to address many issues around food security and food justice. We support calls for '… a comprehensive and coherent suite of food policies to improve public health, boost farm resilience and protect nature and the environment…'"
Learn more:
https://www.urbanagriculture.org.uk
#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChange #Resiliency #FoodSecurity #FoodJustice #ProtectNature #Agroecology #UrbanAgriculture
HUMANS BAKED ALIVE!
Pakistan is enduring a brutal and dangerous heat wave, with temperatures soaring above 50°C (122°F) in some regions.
Roads buckle, power grids strain, and millions of people face life-threatening heat exposure. Scientists warn that climate change is making extreme heat events more frequent, more intense, and more deadly.
This isn't a future threat—it's happening now.
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Pakistan #HeatWave #ExtremeWeather
Cleanup continues after devastating storm in Corning https://who13.com/news/iowa-news/cleanup-continues-after-devastating-storm-in-corning/ #Iowa #ClimateChange
1.37°C. Not a projection — a reading. The ocean swallowed 90% of the trapped heat and ran a fever for 65 days of marine heatwaves in 2025, triple the 1991 count. The sea is the planet's longest memory, and it is writing everything down. We break down the new 17-country study.
https://twp.ai/9OXbjX
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #GlobalWarming #Ocean #Science #Environment #ClimateEmergency #News #Earth
Today's Gathering: a senator admits the fire took his house, the ocean runs a 1.37°C fever, the pulpit spits poison — and 200 neighbors stand in a road anyway. No billionaire owns a syllable of this. When you click through to our advertisers, you keep the lamp lit. Root to root.
https://twp.ai/9OXbjb
#IndependentMedia #SupportIndieMedia #Journalism #MutualAid #Fediverse #News #Community #LGBTQ #ClimateChange #Solidarity
@ProPublica
Unlike #ClimateChange deniers & #Antivax'ers, it's FAR easier for Denialists to realize they were catastrophically wrong when the consequences are more immediate. 😒
So, we broke down and bought a portable air conditioner. It works, but it's somewhat loud and scares our dog -- so I'm only going to use it when it's extremely hot and humid. Today was close to being one of those days, but instead, I turned on the small, portable dehumidifier that I picked up last year, and I'm using it along with my whisper quiet fan. The living room isn't frigid, but it's comfortable. And doggo is chill!
New from Candice Bernd: The drought-stricken City of Corpus Christi is withholding how much #water a controversial #cryptocurrency mine is siphoning away from surrounding residents. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-cryptomine-water-usage-secret/
#environment #politics #CorpusChristi #ClimateChange #drought #Texas #news #USpol
Today's Forecast:
Hot, Humid and Global Warming
From record-breaking temperatures across Europe to dangerous heat waves spreading across parts of North America and Asia, June 2026 is already delivering another warning from a warming world.
Antarctica recorded astonishing winter warmth and oceans remain near record temperatures
Climate change isn't a future problem. It's today's headline.
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #HeatWave #ClimateCrisis #Environment #AureFreePress
“Natasha Walter: if a far-right government was treating protesters like Labour is, there would be outrage”
by Natasha Walter in The Nerve
@uk_politics
@UKLabour
@palestine
@iran
@iraq
@palestinenews
@AlJazeera
@Al_Quds_News14
@anarchismhub
@Irelandtopnews
@IrelandAgainstFascism @DoubleDownNews
@thecanaryuk
@jeremycorbyn @JohnMcDonnellMP
@thegreenparty
“Activists have been detained for months without trial and declared terrorists. On Friday, four will be sentenced under egregious circumstances. We should be more alarmed that Palestine and climate campaigners are being treated like this in a social democracy, writes the author and columnist”
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Starmer #Labour #PalestineAction #Filton4 #Trial #KangarooCourt #AbuseOfPower #ClimateChange #Elbit #Resistance #Dissent #Protest #DenialOfJustice #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #Genocide #AntiZionism
From #Arctic heat to #megafires, #WMO report shows climate change completely reshaping #Europe
By Andrei Ionescu, 6/2/2026
"In the far north, climate change is not some distant warning anymore. It is already reshaping the landscape.
"Across Alaska and Canada, Arctic and boreal regions are warming up to four times faster than the global average.
"That puts a huge amount of pressure on #ecosystems that have long helped slow climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it in #trees, #shrubs, and #soil.
When forests stop helping
"The trouble is, those ecosystems do not always stay helpful under stress.
"As wildfires grow more intense, drought becomes more common, and other disturbances spread, parts of the north may start giving #carbon back to the atmosphere instead of locking it away.
"Once that happens, the whole climate system becomes harder to stabilize.
"That is why scientists care so much about #biomass, the total amount of living plant material across these landscapes."
Read more:
https://www.earth.com/news/arctic-forests-could-be-hiding-a-major-climate-surprise/
#BorealForests #ArcticForests #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #WarmingOceans #Heatwaves
#ArcticEcosystems #OceansAreLife
@LaNaehForaday Ummmm... I'd say #BigOilAndGas has done that for them already!
Declassified CIA files reveal secret #WeatherManipulation projects to 'control world'
Previously top-secret CIA files allege that the US plans to control the world by manipulating the weather.
by Olivia Beeson, June 10, 2026
"The documents surrounding weather modification were declassified in 2003, and discuss the tactic of launching rockets or planes to release chemicals into the atmosphere that alter the climate and storm systems.
"These documents resurfaced from 1965, and highlighted how this tactic could be use as a weapon of war in the future.
" 'However, it did not specify what chemicals were used in the experiments.
"The documents stated that federal funding for weather modification was due to be four times higher in 1967 - the year the US began spraying #toxins over #Vietnam to cause #floods and #landslides."
This is quite the tale! And big respect to that cruise ship captain and the crew who were brave enough to jump on a broken sailboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/06/10/longtime-b-c-sailor-in-recovery-after-daring-rescue/
It also reminds me of my petition to restore Environment Canada services for the life and safety of all Canadians on land and sea!
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7465
#SeaIce loss in the #Arctic has triggered a critical #TippingPoint that's destroying the food chain
Story by Sascha Pare, June 8, 2026
"The Arctic Ocean has crossed a tipping point that is wreaking havoc on the region's food chain, with potentially dire consequences for commercial fishing and the ocean's capacity to soak up carbon, a new study reports.
"Scientists found that vast areas of melting sea ice in the Arctic are leading to a significant reduction in nitrate, a key nutrient that forms the base of the marine food web and thus underpins important regional fisheries. As the ice disappears, more light hits the water's surface, promoting the growth of microscopic, plant-like organisms called phytoplankton. When phytoplankton die, their cells sink to the seafloor and are decomposed by nitrate- and oxygen-consuming bacteria.
"The new study, published May 28 in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, found that the bacteria are consuming more nitrate than the Arctic ecosystem can withstand.
"This effect, known as 'denitrification,"' is irreversible under current climate conditions because we have passed a threshold where so much sunlight reaches the ocean that it's supercharging phytoplankton's productivity, said Marta Santos-García, a doctoral student of Arctic marine biogeochemistry at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the first author of the study.
" 'Even if sea ice were to increase temporarily, the Arctic nutrient system responds over much longer timescales,' Santos-García told Live Science in an email. 'Short-term increases in sea ice would be unlikely to rapidly reverse the decline in nitrate inventories, which may take much longer to recover.'
"Dropping nitrate levels may eventually come back to bite phytoplankton, because these tiny organisms need nitrate to carry out photosynthesis. As a result, the transition to a low-nitrate regime could accelerate #ClimateChange, as nitrate plays an essential role in the ocean's biological pump, which takes #CarbonDioxide from the atmosphere via photosynthesis and locks it away at depth when #phytoplankton and the animals that eat it die.
" 'With nutrients such as nitrate in limited supply this mechanism cannot work effectively,' Santos-García said.
"To understand ecosystem changes in the Arctic, the researchers analyzed two decades of data from the Fram Strait, a passage between Greenland and Svalbard, Norway, that is the main gateway through which Arctic waters flow into the Atlantic Ocean. They found a sharp decline in nitrate levels in this region after 2009, which coincided with a dramatic reduction in Arctic sea ice and a gradual shift in phytoplankton communities toward smaller species that can cope with low nutrient levels.
" 'Shifts towards smaller phytoplankton have already been observed in parts of the Arctic, although these changes have not previously been linked to nitrate losses,' Santos-García said. 'This matters because smaller phytoplankton are generally less efficient at transferring energy up the food web. More of the energy is recycled within microbial communities rather than being passed on to larger zooplankton, fish, seabirds, and marine mammals.'
"Phytoplankton sit at the very bottom of the marine food chain, so the impacts of nitrate depletion will ripple through the Arctic ecosystem, impacting species at the highest levels. This could also affect fisheries in regions that depend on Arctic nutrient exports, such as the North Atlantic. But pinpointing what will happen in ecosystems downstream of the Arctic Ocean requires more research, Santos-García said.
"For years, researchers thought the long-term impact of sea ice loss in the Arctic would be an increase in phytoplankton, because more organisms can bathe in sunlight and multiply when the sea ice extent is small. However, the increase in phytoplankton since 2009 has depleted nitrate levels enough to limit future phytoplankton growth.
"Whereas phytoplankton proliferation used to be limited by how much sunlight reached surface waters, it is now controlled by nitrate levels. Therefore, nitrate must be considered as a key driver of future changes in the Arctic, Santos-García said.
" 'As nitrate is the nutrient that limits Arctic productivity, understanding these changes is therefore important not only for Arctic communities and ecosystems, but also for improving projections of future climate change,' she said."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/E1Dlw
#ClimateChange #TippingPoint #GlobalWarming #WarmingOceans #ArcticEcosystems #SeaIce #OceansAreLife
Mysterious 'cold blob' in the #Atlantic is a sign of the #GulfStream weakening — and that's bad news for the #USEastCoast
The Atlantic's enigmatic "cold blob" has once again been linked to a weakening of key ocean currents and a devastating climate tipping point.
Story by Patrick Pester, 6/10/2026
"A mysterious "cold blob" in the Atlantic Ocean is a sign that key ocean currents are weakening, a new study has found, with potentially devastating long-term impacts on our #climate and #weather.
The cold blob, or #NorthAtlantic #WarmingHole, is an area south of Greenland and Iceland where average sea surface temperatures have actually been going down. Researchers have been working to understand the blob for years, given that it bucks the global trend of Earth getting warmer.
"The new research, published May 28 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, supports previous interpretations that the blob's existence points to a weakening of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC). "
Live Science (maybe behind a paywall):
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/mysterious-cold-blob-in-the-atlantic-is-a-sign-of-the-gulf-stream-weakening-and-thats-bad-news-for-the-us-east-coast
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/5ub6v
So, I was offline for a whole 24 hours. And a lot has happened... Spending some time posting about #USPol, #WorldPol, and #ClimateChange -- because there's some shit going down!
www.theguardian.com/global-devel... 1/ The victims of the #climatecrisis must be centered in #art so that people in other parts of the world finally "see/hear" them. #booksky #thriller #crimefiction #speculativefiction #books #book #novel #detective #mystery #climate #climatechange #migration
2/ In "A New Faith" - most of the key characters are such victims, including, the police chief of Sequoia, Sonia, who is from Bangladesh. tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith #booksky #thriller #crimefiction #speculativefiction #books #book #novel #detective #mystery #climate #climatechange #migration
2/ The villains in "A New Faith" are plutocrats. tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith #booksky #books #book #novel #fiction #mystery #thriller #crimefiction #speculativefiction #detective #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration #immigration
Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina explains #ExtremeHeat and #screwworm infestations
#ClimateChange
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/screwworm-is-here-world-cup-starting/
Who lives in a city where extreme heat is a serious threat to everyone who lives there or visit?
In Phoenix we are all finally entering the “heat season” expected every summer. But for a wild fluke in March where the daily temperatures went over 107° and we all had to turn on AC again, the last weeks have been great. Now, 103° for likely 10 days before worse, I wake to the headline article and photo of The Guardian US in Phoenix, long a symbol of a US city who keeps tallies of how many heat-related deaths Mat to October. A few years ago “only” 300, last year over 500.
NOT at all looking forward to the next 4 months. No rain at this home now at least no rain. Not good. Meanwhile the data centers for Ai being built right now and one the the largest new ICE concentration camp warehouses us being readied for thousands, just 15 miles from here. Come to the US! It’ll be fun!
#Heat #ExtremeHeat #ClimateChange #IncomeInequality #AC #Phoenix #Arizona
“In 2020, a major study from Brown University analysed millions of tweets. They found that bots were responsible for roughly 25 per cent of all tweets about climate change. On days with big climate announcements, bot activity surged even higher, promoting denialist talking points and generating the illusion of a massive, angry public consensus against climate action.”
The study: Marlow et al. 2021 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2020.1870098
Article about it: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/21/climate-tweets-twitter-bots-analysis
Christians, these men are just using you, they don't think about you or Jesus at all...
#EatTheRich #Christianity #NoBillionaires #GBNews #ClimateChange #CofE
Speaking of #Bolting, I'll be moving the lettuce and other greens over to the shadier side for the next few days. I don't want them to succumb to the same fate as the #RedCabbage!
#SolarPunkSunday #HomeGarden
#ClimateChangeGardening #ClimateChange #ContainerGardening
#Bolting: Why Vegetable Plants Bolt & How to Deal With It
Published on March 17, 2024
By Melissa J. Will
"What is bolting?
We use the term bolting when a vegetable produces flowering stems before we’ve had a chance to harvest the crop. We say 'my lettuce has bolted' to mean it has shifted from vegetative growth to its reproductive stage and is no longer savory as a food crop. It will likely taste bitter and unpleasant.
"Along with lettuces, other vegetables and herbs that can bolt are non-fruiting food crops we grow for their edible roots, stems, or leaves. This includes basil, broccoli, radish, and more. There is a list here.
"There is nothing abnormal about flowering and producing seed—that’s basic survival through reproduction for plants. It’s the timing that’s the problem for the gardener when the end goal is food growing."
https://empressofdirt.net/bolting/
#SolarPunkSunday #HomeGardening #ClimateChangeGardening #ClimateChange #GrowYourOwn #GrowingFood #GYO