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GLOBAL WARMING 2026
Heatwave scorching US west ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, say scientists
Unseasonably warm and even dangerous temperatures this week were up to 30F above average for the time of year
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GlobalWarming #climatechange #BreakingNews #Breaking
More at @Free_Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/heatwave-us-west-climate-crisis
Of specific concern are high-bandwidth memory chips, or HBM, a subset of DRAM that require more materials and which researcher Silicon Analysts estimates can consume as much as five times more energy per gigabyte than standard memory categories during production
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
“ Researchers have documented that the Gulf of Panama’s seasonal upwelling failed in 2025 for the first time in at least 40 years, breaking a long-standing ocean pattern.
That absence removed a critical seasonal cooling and nutrient pulse, leaving marine ecosystems exposed during a period they have reliably depended on. “ https://www.earth.com/news/oceans-breath-upwelling-off-the-coast-of-panama-has-disappeared/. #GulfOfPanama #climatechange
We’ve lost all 5 feet of snow we got in Big Bear in less than 2 weeks. Very much a problem.
Southern Cailfornia's winter ends with a record-breaking heat wave - Los Angeles Times https://apple.news/A4Sj5oHZxTVuG11Ftj3ClFA
Fossil Fuel CEOs: "Can we open a new coal mine over there?"
Chris Minns: "Nah sorry"
Fossil Fuel CEOs: "Can we *expand* our *existing* operation to *over there*?"
Chris Minns: "Sure!"
🙄 🤦♂️ Labor again playing the 'loophole' game for a quick corrupt buck.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/20/nsw-to-ban-new-coalmines-allow-expansions
#EnvironmentalTerrorism #MinnsFail #LaborFail #News #Environment #ClimateChange #Activism #HumanRights #AUSPol
When the federal government abandons the law and the science, everyday people suffer the consequences
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
24 #States Sue the #EPA for Renouncing Its Power to Fight #ClimateChange
The suit accuses the agency of illegally repealing the #EndangermentFinding, the scientific assessment that required it to regulate #GreenhouseGases.
#law #Trump #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/climate/epa-endangerment-states-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The #Weather Is Getting Wilder, and Some See a Dire Signal in the Data
Several of the Earth’s systems are changing faster than predicted as global temperatures rise, scientists say.
But while the debate about accelerating #globalwarming remains unsettled, a growing number of #scientists do agree on another troubling development: The effects of #climatechange are intensifying in ways that have surprised even experts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/climate/the-weather-is-getting-wilder-and-some-see-a-dire-signal-in-the-data.html
https://archive.ph/J3N1k
#climage
“Not all climate risk products are created equal.”
#ClimateChange is increasing the risk of atmospheric perils - which in turn is causing broader uptake of #CatastropheModels.
But as the authors of this recently published #JCRR research paper reveals, the range of loss estimates from the state level to the asset level varies: https://journalofcrr.com/research/04-01-dusseau-et-al/
seems like all of tech would like to not disclose the true costs of ai on #climatechange
The tunnels are the hardware that makes that promise real. A flat route under the mountains allows longer and heavier freight trains with lower energy use, since locomotives no longer need to climb steep gradients. Studies of Eurozone freight show that trains typically require about one-fifth of the energy and emit roughly one-quarter of the greenhouse gases per tonne‑kilometer compared with heavy trucks
"Fossil fuels ‘ripping away national security’ but renewables ‘turn the tables’, says UN executive"
Approximately 114 of Mexico’s 653 aquifers are already overexploited, and nearly half are operating at a deficit, according to the country’s water authority. The most stressed aquifers tend to lie beneath arid regions and population centers — a pattern that’s true in Baja Sur, where a surging population depends on seasonal rains filtering into deep aquifers
https://whowhatwhy.org/science/environment/can-this-mexican-paradise-navigate-a-water-crisis/
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Vancouver closes out first no-snow winter in 43 years with more of them on the way
#climatechange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
waste
We show that global misbehaviour-driven emissions amounted to 4.0 Gt of CO2-equivalent emissions in 2021, representing 59% of total FLW emissions, with meat consumption and structural surplus contributing 50% and 15%, respectively. We further quantify country-level FLW emission reduction potentials through behavioural, technological and dietary pathways, finding that behavioural controls provide the greatest reduction potentials globally
New Study Finds Biochar’s Climate Benefits May Diminish Over Time in Acidic Soils
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Experts at the Met Office say the "exceptional" wet weather so far in 2026 showed climate change was "happening now"
Record-breaking levels of rain has caused disruption in parts of south-west England with homes being flooded, rail lines forced to closed and damage to sea defences - leading to part of the A379 between Slapton and Torcross in Devon collapsing
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62g1kg8p13o
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Extreme Weather Is Shrinking Baby Birds in a 60-Year Study
Extreme Weather Is Shrinking Baby Birds in a 60-Year Study
Earth is still getting warmer, and #climate -related disasters continue, but since 2021, global #media coverage of #ClimateChange has dropped 38 percent.
What do #mentalhealth and #climatechange have in common? They are warning signs that cannot no longer be ignored.
Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating.
Fixing a leak can be simple, making lack of action maddening, say analysts. #ClimateChange #climateCrisis #GlobalWarming
Our top story: In #Trump’s first presidential term, federal judges often blocked administration efforts to roll back environmental protections. But as Trump has increasingly filled the courts with people who share his views, he faces fewer and fewer barriers to gutting environmental protections.
https://www.texasobserver.org/man-v-nature/
#politics #USpol #law #environment #ClimateChange #pollution
Climate change is driving "thermophilization" across European landscapes, an ecological process where plant communities shift to favor warm-adapted species over cold-adapted ones. However, this response occurs unevenly and is highly dependent on the specific structure and composition of the habitat.
#Ecology #Environmental #Botany #Climatology #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/eco03182601.html
New from Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News: “If we get to the point where we have to declare a Level 1 #Water Emergency, we need to be ready for that and we have no precedent to follow. There’s no manual, there’s no video.” https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-timeline-disaster-abbott-emergency-orders/
#environment #ClimateChange #Texas #GulfCoast #news #politics #USpol #drought
I noticed around twenty years ago that insects in Europe were in serious decline. It didn’t even need a ‘scientific study’ and I use the same methodology today.
In the 1980s, in summer, when I drove in Europe, the windscreen of my car was covered in dead insects after only 100km of driving.
By the early 2000s this was no longer true. Many fewer bug-splats on the glass.
Now? Hardly any at all.
You cannot blame Climate Change for this. This is down to excessive pesticides and farming techniques.
Now studies show bird populations in serious decline. Ever wonder what they used to eat?
We learnt nothing from the DDT fiasco, apparently.
#insects #flies #driving #Climate #ClimateChange #pesticides #farming #environment #Birds #bioaccumulation #systemcollapse
How a Melting Glacier Could Affect Tens of Millions Around the Globe
Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which is melting at an alarming rate. If it breaks apart entirely, it could push up global sea levels by two feet over the course of several decades, affecting tens of millions worldwide, according to a New York Times analysis.
#climatechange #Antarctica #ThwaitesGlacier #flooding #cities
A collapse of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica would sharply accelerate sea-level rise in coastal cities.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/17/climate/thwaites-glacier-rising-sea-level-risk-floods.html
Maybe Doug could focus on encouraging the production of zero or low emission vehicles in Ontario instead of trying to change another province’s policy of emissions reductions.
Just a thought?
This is an assumption.
"Rapid expansion of Artificial Intelligence is expected to drive proportional expansion of economic activity through productivity gains."
The rest of the argument is founded on this and other assumptions.
What assumptions ultimately are tested by is observations. I get the sense that the earliest observations are not supporting the assumption but time will tell.
The quote is from the paper, not the linked article about the paper.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260318033103.htm
Well, I guess this is our new normal here in the Mojave in March. These temps didn’t used to come until May. Can’t imagine what Summer has in store for us if it’s this warm already. #climatechange #globalwarming #desertlife #jumpintheriver #weather
Fossil fuel's mega-leaks of methane are driving our climate crisis, and can be simply fixed!
Dozens of mega-leaks 'each' having the same global heating impact as a coal-fired power station. Usher community renewables in, & hold fossil fuel corporates to account.
It's simpler to defeat #iran and #russia than anyone would think. Just move away from #fossilfuel .
The war against #climatechange is the one we should be fighting. Imagine just a few days of war money going toward research grants for renewables.
"'Dramatic development': Austria warns all but 2 of its 96 glaciers have retreated over last 2 years"
"Seagrass is a secret weapon against climate change. Can eco-moorings protect it from boat anchors?"
“ by Timothy McGill
Mar 18, 2026 Several U.S. states across the West and Southwest are set to experience an unprecedented spring heat wave this week, with temperatures soaring to record levels. Scorching, summer-like heat is expected to raise health risks over the coming days.
Jeff Berardelli, chief meteorologist and climate specialist for WFLA-TV,"from the perspective of a meteorologist, It's like nothing we've seen before in March." https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/heat-wave-phoenix-arizona-spring-record/ #climatechange #weather
Thanks to a minority of obscenely greedy egomaniacs and their submissive supporters, "survival of the fittest" has become "survival of the shittest."
#billionaires #government #war #injustice #oppression #autocracy #GlobalWarming #environment #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #ClimateAction #pollution #future #nature #Earth #world #humanity
"The results show that changing ocean conditions have altered where chum salmon can thrive. Suitable habitats have declined overall due to ocean warming, reduced zooplankton, which are an important food source, and increasingly frequent marine heat waves," notes Alabia. "Our results show broad-scale habitat loss in the North Pacific for chum salmon."
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-decline-japanese-chum-salmon-linked.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #environment #climate
Climate change poses greater risk to the North than military invasion, researcher says
An Inuvik-born master’s student in Canadian and Indigenous studies at Trent University in Ontario and a fellow in the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network says that when it comes to Arctic security, Canada is putting its focus on the wrong thing
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #environment #climate
‘You Can’t Live Without Us’: How Big Oil Pivoted from Climate-friendly Messaging to Normalise Dependence on Fossil Fuels
Clean Creatives analysis reveals a “coordinated narrative shift” by Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, and Chevron
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
The study examining these issues from Trinity College, Dublin found that EVs and heat pumps are five to seven times more prevalent in better-off areas than in lower-income neighbourhoods. The difference is as much as 13-fold between the highest and lowest income areas. The prevalence of wealth in the eastern half of the country has created an east-west as well as an urban-rural divide
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
"The bicycle as we know it today, with two similarly sized wheels and a chain drive system, was originally commercialized by John Starley and William Sutton in 1885. And since then, nothing better has been invented in terms of energy efficient travel."
https://www.statista.com/chart/28710/energy-efficiency-of-modes-of-transport/
#BikeTooter #Cycling #ClimateChange #ClimateSolutions #Statista
(moving this post from my old account)
“ When the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ranked the largest 100 American cities by how challenging they are to live in if you have a pollen allergy, San Diego ranked as number two, and San Francisco as number 11. In this year's ranking of "Allergy Capitals," many of the cities shuffled places, likely thanks to "a bigger, long-term force: #climatechange," the foundation said. “ https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation/california/2026/03/13/california-allergy-hotspots-2026-san-diego-san-francisco/89141743007/. #ClimateChangeImpact
The climate has changed,
skipping past fair-weather friend,
just unfair foe now.
#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateChanged #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #weather #FairWeatherFriend
A reflective look at what each generation left behind, from culture to conflict to progress, and how those inheritances shaped the world we live in today.
https://medium.com/@rwarwriter/about-your-inheritance-46ee9acef419
#GenerationalHistory #AmericanCulture #SocialChange #HistoricalPerspective #CulturalInheritance #climatechange
#Boomers #Pollution #History #AmericanHistory
RE: https://framapiaf.org/@maiwann/116229049266517735
Oh, would you look at those poor poor people in France? Suffering living in caves because they have a car free neighborhood .
Oh the travesty. They have to walk. They have to walk. Oh dear, they don’t have to spend any money on gas to go out to their favorite café. How they must suffer their backwards, primitive life, eating berries, and living in caves.
Daily Beast:
Trump Goes on Wild Rant as Irish PM Struggles Not to Laugh
Trump reignited one of his favorite grievances, and the Irish prime minister could barely stifle his laughter at the absurdity.
Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin could barely keep a straight face as President Donald Trump launched a rant about one of his signature complaints: windmills.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goes-on-wild-rant-about-windmills-as-irish-pm-micheal-martin-struggles-not-to-laugh/
#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump #Ireland #Environment #ClimateChange
A cold wave between two heat waves:
North America more extreme than ever.
Tonight it was a record hot night in MEXICO
Insane Night Minimums >28C at San Felipe ,Baja California, hottest night ever before a June 12th !
and 24.5C Santa Rosalia.
In CANADA Mins >10C.
https://bsky.app/profile/extremetemps.bsky.social/post/3mhbcrtfba22c
From Harvard Medical School : “ Certain types of extreme weather driven by climate change are linked to heart disease, according to a large-scale review of the subject.; Extreme temperatures, hurricanes, cyclones, and tropical storms were tied to increased risk of heart disease. “ https://hms.harvard.edu/news/climate-change-fueled-weather-events-linked-worsened-heart-health #ClimateChange
Ya'all. This is not normal. This is climate change. A warming climate and the changes going on in the atmosphere it is causing is what allows these out of season, out of character, cold snaps. Frigid temps that are supposed to be contained to the Arctic, instead spread out. Meaning in the South US, we have snow, in the middle of March, a few days away from the official start of Spring. I used to live in Michigan (almost Canada), and getting fresh snow in March was rare.
At least I like playing in the snow, but this is not the correct time. Bittersweet fun. This photo I created *today*.
#News: #UK is crushing the right to protest! 🧐🇬🇧 Activists face years in prison for peaceful #climateaction while Labour expands authoritarian laws. We must defend #democracy and the right to dissent! 🌴☠️🚫 #HumanRights #ClimateChange @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/08/uk-protest-crackdowns-undermine-democracy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Democracy in the USA is rapidly deteriorating, a study from Sweden reveals. Other democracies are also increasingly at risk, albeit not at this speed https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other politics #politics #politician #news #globalnews #conflict #internationalnews #trump #usa #europe #eu #climate #climatechange #environment #democracy #humanrights #cooperation #democracy #watchdog
Changing flight paths could slash aviation's climate impact
Small changes to aircraft flight paths to avoid the atmospheric conditions that create condensation trails—known as contrails—could reduce aviation's global
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-flight-paths-slash-aviation-climate.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
This heat wave has got me rethinking my whole gardening plan this year.
We're already loaded with aphids and every square inch of this place is full of ants. Think I'm going to forego brassicas altogether and double up on dry beans. Tired of fighting aphids. Also going to start lettuce, carrots, green onions and radishes now instead of waiting until April. This way they can take advantage of the warm soil. Even if we get a cold snap, they'll be fine.
#ClimateChange
#ClimateCrisis
#Gardening
Earth system models have generally been on track with unfolding reality, and they get better all the time.
Anyway, here's more of what Russell Vought calls "alarmism" but is better thought of as information for applying the #PrecautionaryPrinciple. These are very high stakes.
"Simultaneous droughts across multiple maize-producing regions can strike record-shattering portions of the global maize agricultural area, threatening global food security as the system is poorly adapted to large shocks. Yet the future probability of such global droughts remains unknown. Here, we close this gap by analyzing surface soil moisture data from large ensemble climate models under future emission scenarios. During 2026-2099, the chance of at least one such event is 52% (32–80%, range across models) under an intermediate emission scenario and 60% (32–100%) under high emissions, about seven to eleven times higher than expected if there were no long-term trends in soil moisture. These elevated probabilities are primarily driven by long-term drying in Brazil, Europe, and the USA. Interestingly, global record-shattering droughts do not emerge from simultaneous regional record-shattering events, but they mostly occur when several regions simultaneously face moderately extreme droughts relative to the new climate. These results demonstrate a high potential for an upcoming global record-shattering drought in crop-producing areas, an under-recognized risk for food security."
Sadly it appears the authors are unable to pay the ransom demanded by Springer-Nature so as to free their findings.
Grass fires raging in Nebraska.
This is a time-lapse sequence, in infrared, of the state of Nebraska. It's reverse polarity, so the hot fires are black, and high-altitude cold cirrus clouds are white.
The sequence starts in late morning of 12 March and continues to sunset of 13 March.
On the 12th the surface winds were very strong and drove the fires dozens of miles to the southeast. As sunset came, the wind direction changed and drove the fires to the south.
Overnight the winds were fairly light, so fire activity was low.
The morning of the 13th the winds picked up again, but in yet another direction and drove the fires to the north.
Finally, shortly before sunset the wind shifted yet again to drive the fires again to the southeast.
Windy weather and/or red flag conditions are forecast for the next two days.
The largest fire is the Morrill Fire: (half a million acres in a little over one day!)
https://app.watchduty.org/i/85446
Another is the Road 203 Fire:
https://app.watchduty.org/i/85474
Cottonwood Fire:
https://app.watchduty.org/i/85481
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:24hrs;@-97.7,40.9,5.8z
#Nebraska #Fires #Wildfires #MorrillFire #Colorado #Smoke #Wind #ClimateChange #ClimateDisaster #Drought #TimeLapse #Infrared #Monochrome #Road203Fire #NEwx #COwx
And here's the number of temporary displaced people due to weather-related disasters.
While the time series is short and I also didn't bother to set it into relation of population growth,
the societally relevant impact of Zack's "Global Mean Anything" is palpable in the years with low numbers of displacements: These lower numbers are on the rise.
#ClimateChange #ClimateDisaster #ExtremeWeather #GlobalMean
The fear of some AI running amok and exterminating humans is real. It's already happening.
Only the AIs doing it are not what you think they are; it's the Old Slow AIs that are killing us. We call them Oil Companies.
(Actually it's all of the fossil-fuel industrial complex, but "Oil Companies" sounds pithier. And I'm good at taking the pith.)
4 ways Trump is sabotaging climate action around the world.
In just the last year, the Trump administration has derailed an international carbon tax, boosted forecasts for oil and gas, and sought to silence an island nation’s climate campaign. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
https://grist.org/politics/4-ways-trump-is-sabotaging-climate-action-around-the-world/
Today, for #green week at work, we’re being advised to save the planet by not using reply-all on emails unless it’s strictly necessary to include everyone. This from the people who’ve spent the past few weeks posting AI slop images of biscuits. #ai #aislop #NoAI #environment #eco #carbon #globalwarming #climatechange
This latest research tells us we are heading to the safe limits of our bodies ability to handle atmospheric CO₂ levels in the next 50 years – by 2079. That’s within the lifetimes of many, and of our children and grandchildren
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
So easy to fix if the dictator of Turkmenistan would go along with it...
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/17/revealed-world-worst-methane-leaks-global-heating
Carbon trading cuts emissions better than carbon taxes…
Carbon trading limits the amount of carbon dioxide an organization can emit. To emit more, organizations must buy unused carbon emission allowances from others. A global study has found that in the fight against #climatechange #carbon trading is more effective than carbon taxes—fees levied based on the amount of carbon dioxide emitted—in reducing #carbonemissions .
Carney stays the course on fossil fuels despite the climate reckoning
The Liberal government under Mark Carney continues to exhibit the same fossil fuel industry bias as its predecessor under Justin Trudeau
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/17/news/mark-carney-fossil-fuels-climate-policy
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Today was unseasonably warm, and I had a conversation with a couple of climate change deniers who just wouldn't listen to reason or facts, like this:
"The number of record high temperature events in the United States has been increasing, while the number of record low temperature events has been decreasing, since 1950."
MethaneSAT Releases First Global Assessment of Oil and Gas Climate Pollution.
Data from the spacecraft reveal higher-than-expected methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. #ClimateChange
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06022026/methanesat-climate-pollution-global-assessment/
The plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic waste: bury it at the bottom of a very deep hole.
There is no very deep hole, and the stockpile of some 100,000 tons of radioactive waste being stored at nuclear plants and sites across the United States keeps getting bigger. #climatechange #climatecrisis
Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright secretly arranged for five hand-picked climate contrarians to form the “Climate Working Group” last year. They were assigned to secretly draft a biased report challenging the overwhelming scientific consensus underpinning the Endangerment Finding – EPA's foundational scientific finding that climate pollution endangers public health and the environment. That report was kept hidden until it was unveiled as part of the Trump administration EPA’s proposal to overturn the Endangerment Finding last July.From https://www.edf.org/media/records-trump-administrations-illegal-climate-working-group-available-online
The "energy secretary" is a climate change denier who's been using the full power of the US state to broadcast climate change denial. Good on EDF and UCS for freeing these documents so that everyone can see for themselves the level of treachery and deceit involved.
#US #USPol #ClimateChange #climate #GlobalHeating #ClimateDeniers
Whilst (just about) everyone has an opinion about war, what appears to be the deciding factor in the #US #Iran war, are oil prices. #Trump will face more public pressure the more the war causes oil prices (& associated "goods & services) to increase.
Whilst burning oil (air pollution & CO2 emissions) is bad for 'the planet' including our health, it's "good" for business. How will 'business as usual' end?
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
In the world’s waters, fish are making a quiet, biological retreat. The once simple rules of the ocean—grow larger than potential predators—are being rewritten as temperatures reach record highs. Desperate to survive, fish are hitting the fast-forward button on life in a biological shift that will soon impact what ends up on dinner tables globally.
“There are simply no real winners here.”
Fish are getting smaller and dying at higher rates as they adapt to warming waters, researchers warn in a report released Thursday in the journal Science. This evolutionary change will reduce global fish yields by one-fifth under current warming predictions, and up to 30 percent in high-emissions scenarios.
This will trigger potentially irreversible evolutionary processes, shaking up entire ecosystems and food webs, with consequences for the billions of people who rely on seafood for protein—a demand expected to increase.
“What I found frightening about this work was that it was difficult to identify winners and losers—there are simply no real winners here,” said Craig White, the study’s co-author and an evolutionary physiologist at Monash University in Australia. “The combination of warming and evolution was always bad for fisheries.”
Fish mortality rates have already been rising as waters warm. Although fisheries management often assumes fish are evolutionarily inert when it comes to overcoming such environmental changes, this is false. Instead, fish are maturing at a younger age and at a smaller size to improve their chances of surviving long enough to reproduce, according to the report.
Fishery yields were already expected to reduce by 14 percent when global temperatures reach 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. However, when incorporating evolutionary impacts, the researchers’ new model predicts this reduction worsens to 22 percent.
For the Alaska pollock—a key species for human consumption in North America—this would equate to a reduction of half a million metric tons harvested per year.
“This is a loss of over 1.1 billion meals of high-quality protein per year as a consequence of the effects of global warming on just one species,” said David Reznick, a professor of evolutionary ecology at the University of California, Riverside, who was not involved with the study but co-wrote a new piece about it in Science. “Climate change represents an immediate threat to the earth’s capacity to sustain human life.”
Decades of decreases in size, age at maturity and abundance in species like Atlantic salmon and Baltic cod appear to validate the model’s predictions. In total, the life histories of nearly 3,000 species of fish were tested to corroborate the model’s accuracy.
“What we can’t do is assume that species will evolve their way out of trouble in a way that suits us.”
Researchers noted impacts will vary by geography. Freshwater systems are predicted to warm more than oceans and will therefore see the most severe size reductions.
There will also be consequences beyond harvesting. “Much of what happens in the ocean in terms of who eats whom is based on body size: Big things eat smaller things,” said Joseph Travis, a biologist and former dean of Florida State University’s College of Arts & Sciences. If the size of harvested species decreases, they will become vulnerable to predation by other fish, said Travis, who co-wrote the Science piece about the study.
“The entire ecosystem could be thrown into an alternative configuration as the system moves past its tipping point,” said Travis, highlighting the example of the reconfiguration of Canada’s western Scotian shelf in the late 20th century. Here, the average size of 53 top predators—like cod and haddock—dropped 40 percent in 40 years. As a result, former prey increased by 300 percent as they became predators for young cod.
Increases in fish death frequency from disease, deoxygenation, or overfishing will only add further pressure. “If people try to compensate for smaller fish and less revenue per fish by harvesting more fish, then the problem worsens quickly,” said Travis, warning of potential stock depletion. “The net effect, in the long run, will be less protein available.”
“If humans, as predators, cause the fish to evolve, as do predators in natural ecosystems, then they also cause changes that will not spring back to their former state,” said Reznick. Indeed, as fish decrease in size, populations are losing the genetic variations that encode large bodies. And, as ecosystems shift, populations might be locked into new food chain states they cannot reverse.
“What we can’t do is assume that species will evolve their way out of trouble in a way that suits us,” said White, highlighting that effective climate policy could preserve roughly 18 million metric tons of fishery yields each year.
His message to policymakers is clear: While fish can adapt to survive, the only way to protect people who rely on fisheries for their protein and their livelihood is to reduce warming.
The Climate Migrants: How Desertification is Forcing Millions Out of Sub-Saharan Africa
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
#Kaziranga #Assam #Jaldapara #Bengal #India
Does a changing climate increase the risk of rhino poaching? Yes, say experts
Climate-related pressures disrupt livelihoods, particularly among rural communities who live alongside wildlife, increasing the risk of poaching and other wildlife crimes
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
A new report estimates that climate change could cost Minnesotans more than $20 billion a year by 2040, if global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the state doesn’t take action to adapt to a warmer climate
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/17/minnesota-to-see-billions-in-climate-costs
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
If you haven’t watched this before, you should. The brilliant Carl Sagan testifying before the United States Congress in 1985 on #ClimateChange.
We should have listened then. Will we now?
Climate change isn’t an on & off switch. It’s an exponential dial. https://youtu.be/Wp-WiNXH6hI?si=pWQ4VgYpSkA9NQx5
We could have a buy back scheme.starting with our transport services. But its easier to just yell about burning old plant matter than condemning schools being bombed and making societal change. Tbf australia is owned by mining and petroleum companies so im probably expecting too much.
#auspol #climatechange
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/16/electric-vehicles-australia-reduce-reliance-on-foreign-fuel
Messing around with animations of #Petrofuture maps.
London, this time...and I added a couple of flourishes. What do you think? Too subtle?
#health
In a warming world, playground slides grow too hot for children, a jog becomes punishing for adults trying to get fit and an evening stroll feels unbearable for older adults
Climate change is exacerbating physical inactivity with dire consequences, driving potentially hundreds of thousands of premature deaths worldwide by 2050, according to a study published Monday in Lancet Global Health
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Last year BC paid over $500M to fight fires.
[1]
This year Alberta announces $250M owed by Fossil Fuel companies will never be paid.
[2]
🤔🤔🤔
[1] https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/586042/B-C-spent-510-million-fighting-wildfires-this-year
[2] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/250m-in-unpaid-oil-and-gas-property-taxes-likely-unrecoverable-alberta-government-9.7131039
#ClimateChange #FossilFuels #wildfires #BCPoli #ABPoli #CDNPoli #Alberta
In the fight against the climate crisis, countries are pinning great hope in reforestation projects. In a new study, ETH Zurich researchers show that the location in which reforestation is taking place is usually more important than the number of trees planted. If forests are strategically positioned, the same cooling effect could be achieved using half the area of land
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-reforestation-greater-effect-climate-trees.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
I'm often uncomfortable with nostalgia.
But Wildfire Season, Flood Season, Polar Vortex Season, and Other Flood Season just don't feel as good as old-timey Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring.
I have long been of the opinion that economists’ estimations of ‘acceptable’ global warming were dangerously naive. This article by Ann Pettifor provides damning evidence of just how naive these calculations have been, and still are, sadly…
Essential reading for anyone still complacent about the climate emergency!
(Edited to fix the link)
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
150 nations warn that the obsession with growth is destroying nature
https://www.politico.eu/article/obsession-with-growth-destroying-nature-150-countries-warn/
#world #Earth #nature #environment #pollution #GlobalWarming #climate #ClimateAction #climatechange #international
Everyone laughed about the Hockey Stick, but here we are...
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #ExtinctionEvent
#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture
Paul explains the drivers of the current extreme weather anomalies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKIM1RRuH8o
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
I talked to CBS Primetime’s John Dickerson :
https://youtu.be/P-h9fcgZQuI?si=DJAeue_AtfdMa-uQ
Tonight about the ?collapse? of Atlantic Deepwater Circulation being a #TippingPoint for #ClimateChange
I believe we CAN change the trajectory we are on. Every #NASA GISS #Climate simulation I have done has deepwater circulation RECOVER after the excess forcing is removed
We have NOT past the point of no return.
And as the BeastieBoys said:
“No time like the present to work $£!t out”
Reduce GHG now, save tomorrow
Out today: “This feels like a very colonialistic action. … Somebody with a lot of money comes into your town, uses up all your resources, does not talk to the people that are there, makes money, and sends it somewhere else.” https://www.texasobserver.org/man-v-nature/
#politics #USpol #pollution #law #environment #ClimateChange #Trump
‘Pretty concerning situation up here’: Denver Water gives update on Dillon Reservoir forecast | SummitDaily.com
#climatechange
https://share.google/O4zHwHyt822nKUMWt
Insane weather here today thanks to the fossil fuel lobby. The #anthropocene is in full swing. We’re going to get a 50° temp swing today, which will kill any blossoms that aren’t cold hardy. Gusting rains and possible tornadoes. Tornadoes have been exceedingly rare here on the east coast—until the last few years of #climatechange.
It’s #green week at work and comms have put out a thing telling people to delete old emails to save electricity and reduce carbon footprint. I asked for references to back that up. My post got deleted and I was told I was being unprofessional to question it. I work in a highly-ranked research university. SMH. 🤦♂️
#irony #carbonfootprint #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis
The world’s highest court has spoken: tackling climate change is not a choice: it’s a legal obligation. Now it’s up to the United Nations General Assembly to speak up and urge its 193 member countries to take action
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/16/governments-should-support-vanuatus-un-climate-resolution
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Agrivoltaics as a systems innovation: Multi-dimensional benefits from global studies across climate, agriculture, energy, and ecosystems.
"From this review, it is projected that implementing agrivoltaics across selected crops and countries could potentially result in an additional agricultural yield of over 1800 million tonnes globally. The maximum theoretical nutritional value of this produce is sufficient to meet the dietary requirements of more than 2.1 billion people annually. This presents a significant opportunity to the world in its fight against hunger"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032126000201
#Agrivoltaics #Solar #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SolarPower #SolarPunk #ClimateSolutions #Agriculture #CleanEnergy #FoodInsecurity #Hunger
"Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds"
When researchers analyzed more than 2 billion social media posts from spring 2014 to fall 2016, they found that people think of normal temperatures as those occurring just two to eight years earlier. People’s mental baseline shifts too quickly for even rapid climate change to be noticed, the team reported March 2019 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-binary-frozen-weather
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
"Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’"
"Quit fossil fuels to stem deadly floods in Brazil’s coffee heartland, say scientists"
This is an example of equity in climate change policy. Protecting workers. Although I suspect companies will rail aganist such protections. When the climate becomes unhabitable, nothing is going to be built, maintained, or continue as is, anywhere on this planet.
#ClimateChange #ClimateActionNow
Bill to protect Colorado workers from extreme weather gets another try | The Colorado Sun
https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/12/colorado-workers-extreme-heat-bill-protections/?utm_source=Colorado+Sun+App&utm_medium=App+Share+Button
Extracting & bottling water in the midst of climate extremes ‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water’ #Spain #Valencia #Water #ClimateDiary #ClimateChange https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/23/spanish-villages-people-forced-to-buy-back-own-drinking-water-drought-flood
Ella investigating the 5-6 inches of heavy wet snow that fell overnight. This much of the heavy wet stuff and temps of 19 degrees is usual for March. What’s crazy is that by Wednesday it’ll be 78 degrees and by next weekend we’ll be in the low 80’s, well above normal.
#snow #climatechange #climate #heatwave #colorado #march #dogs #dogsofmastodon
Trump EPA moves to repeal regulation of cancer-linked chemical ethylene oxide.
The repeal loosens standards for roughly 90 sterilization facilities that emit the toxic chemical in neighborhoods across the country. #ClimateChange
Interesting climate story. Over 50 years of observations!
Colorado’s accidental climatologist taps 52 years of daily winter weather reports to confirm a troubling trend | The Colorado Sun
https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/15/billy-barr-colorado-gothic-climatologist-winter-weather-reports-climate-change/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_source=Colorado+Sun+App&utm_medium=App+Share+Button
Federal Govt rewards years of illegal jarrah forest clearing by Alcoa with “national interest” shield
"Minister for the Environment Murray Watt MP announced that US-based mining giant Alcoa has been illegally clearing Western Australia’s globally unique northern jarrah forests for 6 years as part of its bauxite strip mining operations.
The Minister has also agreed to progress a strategic assessment agreement with Alcoa to cover future mining operations until 2045 and has granted them a national interest exemption from national environmental law for 18 months, allowing them to continue clearing.."
#LaborFail #Environment #ClimateChange #News #Activism #HumanRights
Spaniens Ausbau von #Windenergie und #Solarenergie stabilisiert die #Strompreise trotz stark steigender #Gaspreise infolge des #Irankriegs.
Seit 2019 wurden über 40 Gigawatt zugebaut, #Gasimporte deutlich gesenkt und #Kohlekraft beendet. Die Abhängigkeit von fossilen Importen sank spürbar, Haushalte profitieren von vergleichsweise niedrigen Kosten.
Herausforderungen bestehen noch bei der #Speicherinfrastruktur.
What On Earth: Will the conflict in Iran speed up the shift to renewables? (Podcast)
Episode webpage: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-429-what-on-earth/clip/16203121-will-conflict-iran-speed-shift-renewables
Rising CO₂ levels are reflected in human blood. Scientists don't know what it means
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-human-blood-scientists-dont.html
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Ooooh...! Some really cool tips here! Well-thought out!
#ClimateChangeGardening: 12 strategies for a #resilient #garden
by Niki Jabbour
"#ClimateChange gardening is a set of tactics that make our yards and gardens more resilient to extreme weather as well as reduce our personal impacts on the climate. There are several ways to approach climate change gardening. You can use sustainable and organic gardening practices that put soil, #biodiversity, and #pollinators first. You can also plan to reduce plastic waste, up-cycle materials, and collect #rainwater.
3 reasons to care about climate change gardening
"Climate change gardening influences the health and success of your garden. When you nurture your soil, foster biodiversity, and support pollinators you create a garden that is more resilient to the challenges of climate change. Here are 3 reasons to care about climate change gardening.
- Extreme weather – The impact of weather related challenges like droughts, storms, precipitation, flooding, and above or below normal temperatures can be reduced with climate change gardening strategies.
- Pollinators, birds, and beneficial insects – Climate change can affect pollinators and birds in various ways. Weather extremes can impact migration timing and success, host plant growth and bloom time, disease and pest issues, and habitat and food supply.
- Non-native invasive pests and plants – With a longer growing season, invasive plants, pests, and diseases will move north and potentially affect plant health and crop yields."
Read more [tips include #NoTill gardening]:
https://savvygardening.com/climate-change-gardening/
#ClimateChange #GardenGuidance #ClimateChangeGardening #Resiliency #GardenGuides #SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #WaterManagement #PestManagement
"The latest prediction of global climate suggests the average global temperature is likely to continue to reach record or near-record levels in the coming five years."
The glib comment here is, 'D'uh".
There are subtleties though; it is an important statement. Which will not be taken seriously.
Meanwhile, a small number of men continue to destroy people, systems, and things with reckless abandon.
I can't talk about backup power without talking about solar, because unlike the brittle and expensive gas supply chain, the sun just relentlessly keeps coming up every morning... which is very convenient for recharging your battery: https://susankayequinn.com/2025/04/solar-how-to-get-started-and-why-you-should.html
#climatechange
I also recommend folks check out (and support!) Solar United Neighbors-- they're an advocacy group that helps navigate issues around solar install regulations and they run solar co-ops to get cheaper pricing by having people go solar together!
This is just stupid.
h/t @BianchiWeather #ChrisBianchi #9News #Denver #Colorado #CoWx #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Generating a 5 second video uses the equivalent energy as running a microwave for an hour.
#fuckai #ai #energy #climate #climateChange #globalWarming
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/
Spin the #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel and see where it lands!
US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Updated 12:03 AM EDT, March 13, 2026
"Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.
"Days of downpours have begun in #Hawaii. The #Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) #heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern #GreatLakes states. And the dreaded #PolarVortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing #ArcticChill.
"This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash already hit much of the East. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C. residents walked around in shorts in record-breaking 86 degrees Fahrenheit (about 30 Celsius). On Thursday, it snowed.
" 'All of the country, even if you’re not necessarily seeing extremes, are going to see generally changing from cold to warm, or warm to cold to warm,' said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.
"Former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue said he expects extreme weather in all 50 states."
#ExtremeWeather #USWeather #USWx #TemperatureSwings #RecordHeat #Blizzards #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeIsReal
#ThanksExxon! #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy
But #ClimateChange is a hoax right? 🤦🏼♀️
#US #weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once
'Weitwinklig verzerrt'
#FotoVorschlag #photography #renawables #Erneuerbare #windkraft #windenergie #climatechange
"Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change?"
#China #Climate #ClimateChange
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does-chinas-15th-five-year-plan-mean-for-climate-change/
"Dangerous droughts triggered by heatwaves are accelerating at an alarming rate, study shows"
#FYI #US #USA #AmericanResiliency #resilience #TimesOfChange
dr. #EmilySchoerning compares two tools for current and future #wildfire #riskAssessment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Vo14AmI3c
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
#TimesOfChange #EmilySchoerning #wildfire #resilience
Tip on the side at 4:12 "Most homes burn because embers get inside the home and the home burns from within." ... "getting metal mesh over any openings in the eaves, over vent outlets, which can be like a $50 fix, will substantially improve the odds of your home making it through a wildfire."
#climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
Budget cuts at federal environment ministry threaten Arctic science
Research teams at Environment and Climate Change Canada are being dismantled as the federal government reduces the size of the public service
By Patricia Hania and Roxana Suehring
March 11, 2026
#Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #climateChange #austerity #environment #MarkCarney