Alaska and vicinity seasonal 50-year temperature changes (ºF) updated through autumn 2025, all in one graphic for your convenience. A whole lot of warming going on. #akwx #Alaska #ClimateChange #Arctic @Climatologist49
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#ClimateChange, #Collapse, #ClimateDiary
Many folks seem to think we are making good progress electrifying everything and are on track to phase out fossil fuels by around 2050.
I would like to bring this article to people’s attention.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/08/23/is-there-enough-metal-to-replace-oil/
The question is, can we mine enough metals to fully support the transition to “renewable” technology?
As the article says: “The short answer: No, not even close!” (1/4)
Stories by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica identified bottlenecks that have stalled green energy projects in Oregon.
The governor aims to accelerate efforts through a series of mandates. Here's where they stand.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-renewable-energy-legislative-progress?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Green #Energy #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Wind #Solar
America’s stillbirth crisis. A threat in your medicine cabinet. The drying planet.
Here are some ProPublica investigations you may have missed this year.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigations-you-may-have-missed-2025?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Journalism #Reporting #Longreads #Healthcare #ClimateChange #Medicine
In an extraordinary example of resilience, Namibia’s desert lions—once thought to be confined to the arid interior—are now roaming the Atlantic coastline, evolving into the world’s only known maritime lions. According to BBC Future, these rare big cats have adapted to extreme conditions by changing their diet and habitat, swapping traditional prey like oryx and springbok for seals, flamingos, and even cormorants
Once considered a fringe idea, the prospect of offsetting global warming by releasing massive quantities of sunlight-reflecting particles into Earth’s #atmosphere is now a matter of serious scientific consideration.
#Environmental #ClimateChange #Engineering #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/env10212501.html
Carbon-sucking fungi and 'forever chemical' crackdowns: Positive environmental stories from 2026.
Eco anxiety is very real, so we share this year's most uplifting stories to prove there’s hope for our climate. #ClimateChange
US Congress Rejects Trump’s Proposed Cuts to NOAA and NASA Climate Funding
The U.S. Capitol is virtually ready to reject the Trump administration’s proposals for drastic cuts to funding for federal climate and weather research programs, including NOAA and NASA
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
"Did you know that for every US$1,000 a person has in savings is roughly equivalent to the direct #Emissions generated by flying from New York to Seattle every year”
#Banks are a core part of how we store and spend money. This #Money can be invested in #FossilFuels which negatively impacts the #Climate aka #ClimateChange. In this #Blog post I explained my journey switching banks and how you can to.
https://primonatura.co.uk/why-i-changed-banks-for-the-planet/
>>> Reflections on the impact of digital infrastructure and racism in traditional communities
"After 29 versions of agreements and negotiations far from the planet’s greatest tropical socio-biodiversity, this conference must be broad and unrestricted, analysing all inequalities imposed since the earliest colonisation, still persistently referred to as “development”.
----> New on APC.org: https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/reflections-impact-digital-infrastructure-and-racism-traditional-communities
#climatechange #amazonia #BrazilianAmazon #Traditionalcommunities #Development
Typhoon Halong’s destruction in Kipnuk, Alaska, adds an exclamation point to long-simmering fears about the future of coastal villages facing climate change.
Which town will be wiped away next? Should their former homes be rebuilt?
https://www.propublica.org/article/kipnuk-alaska-typhoon-halong-climate-change?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
A newly updated reference manual for U.S. judges that provides answers to scientific and technical questions has eliminated some 90 pages about climate science.
It comes as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Science #Law #GOP #Republicans