Debris from homes destroyed by rising sea levels and coastal erosion associated with climate change is seen through a hole in a wall. Some homes have already been submerged, but the walls of others still stand out as proof that there used to be a fishing village where some 700 people lived.
A Brazilian city restores its mangroves to protect against climate change.
A broad coalition of organizations is working to conserve and restore mangroves in the Greater Florianópolis area on Brazil’s southern Atlantic coast. #ClimateChange
Toxic forever chemicals are dramatically on the rise in Lake Michigan and have been detected in all of the Great Lakes.
The new study found airborne concentrations of PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — are much higher near Chicago, Detroit and other urban areas. Previous research recorded similar patterns for other toxic chemicals. #ClimateChange#GreatLakes#Chicago#Detroit#Michigan
Can you really make your kitchen plastic-free? With a little ingenuity and a lot of flexibility, it’s possible to find substitutes for the plastics that are leaching into our food and bodies and clogging our oceans. #ClimateChange
Oil industry asks Supreme Court to block climate change lawsuits from California, other states.
Oil and gas companies are asking the Supreme Court to block dozens of high-powered lawsuits from California to Massachusetts seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in costs related to climate change. #ClimateChange
"Even if nations make good on their net zero promises, ... we are still on track for 2.4°C of global warming.
I know these numbers are hard for most people to absorb, so perhaps the best way to grasp the reality of #ClimateChange in Australia is to consider the impacts we’ve already witnessed so far with 1.2°C of global warming."
How come #NigelFarage gets to turn up out of nowhere and decree that this is now “the immigration election”‽
Ordinary voter here, and I don’t give a tinker’s toss about #immigration. I’d much prefer this to be “the climate change election”, please. If you agree, give this a RT. ♻️
"Massive modern port projects across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean in the twenty-first century are where anxieties about the global economy, state sovereignty, and climate change converge."
Special issue of Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East on #ports in #SouthAsia
@quixoticgeek@Wen this species is invasive and yes also its spread is an effect of #climatechange
But as usual the harmfulness is very limited. And honeybees in hives are not native but a human culture thing being wiped out probably mostly by insecticides used by intensive #agriculture.
There are a few really harmful invasie species, but this is not one of them.
This, slightly sad looking, but nevertheless actually ripened on the vine, little trooper was just harvested today from a row of tomato plants, growing outside, in Tasmania, at 350 metres elevation. That's 42 degrees south. This should not be happening.
The film Now or Never follows climate activists who have a stark warning for those in power: humans will not survive if nothing is done about climate change. While many see their methods as unconventional and often inconvenient, they are now a necessary means to bring the reality of the climate crisis to the attention of the world. What will happen if we continue to ignore our dying Earth?
Cicadas are back, but climate change is messing with their body clocks.
CBS News reports: "Cicada watchers used to be able to predict their emergence as easily as astronomers could predict the recent solar eclipse. But that has become more challenging as the cicadas' patterns are changing as warm spring days happen more often."
May was the 28th month in a row to be the hottest on record.
Spring was also one of the 4 wettest on record, with ~50% more rain than an average spring.
“They’re going to let Mother Nature clean it up, and that’s a hell of a thing to say.”
From the archives, 2020: On the central #Texas coast, Lavaca Bay is already poisoned by mercury. Climate change will only make matters worse there—and at 944 other hazardous-waste sites across the country. https://www.texasobserver.org/superfund-texas/
This week's Featured Links post has links to articles about how an update to the Drake equation suggests we may be alone in the galaxy, how Hispanics in South Florida are fighting disinformation, will Musk's Starlink satellites lead to Kessler syndrome, and more.