The Stuff Of Dreams
short animated vid about Tasmania's transition to climate justuce and resilience
#hope #ClimateJustice #tasmania #australia #ClimateChange #climate #climateResilience #CimmunityGardening #renewables #PublicTransport #emissions #pollution #TaxTheRich
Daily heat tracker: Five cities record highest jump of minimum temperature
13 cities record above-normal maximum temperature
Study: 1.4M Filipino kids aged 5 could endure extreme heat for life
A global temperature rise of 3.5 degrees Celsius—a possible worst-case scenario—could put 93.5 percent of Filipinos born in 2020, or about 1.4 million children, under unprecedented lifetime exposure to heatwaves, according to a new global report
https://tribune.net.ph/2025/05/10/study-14m-filipino-kids-aged-5-could-endure-extreme-heat-for-life
La grêle, un péril climatique qui grossit en France ? Assureurs et scientifiques en alerte
Koalas face death, attacks and starvation as blue gums chopped down in Victoria
The state government is aware of koala welfare problems but says it has ‘no cost-effective’ solutions
I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard
Jennifer Verduin
As an oceanographer, I study how the ocean shapes our world. For Australia and other nations, the lesson is urgent
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/11/antarctica-climate-change-threat
#ApartheidClyde’s plant started up almost a year ago in a predominantly black #Memphis zip code that was already overwhelmed with smog. This is generational environmental #racism exacerbated by the broligarchs who are not making #Tennessee a better place.
“#ElonMusk’s #artificialintelligence company is belching smog-forming #pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma.
None of the 35 methane #gas turbines that help power xAI’s massive supercomputer is equipped with pollution controls typically required by federal rules.”
#AI #environment #health
https://www.europesays.com/2067420/ Unlocking the mechanism behind marine bacterium’s ability to clean up oil spills #bacteria #compound #CrudeOil #CrudeOilPrice #Gene #genes #Molecule #OilPrice #Petroleum #pollution #research
New study tracks air pollution and CO2 emissions across thousands of cities worldwide https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250507130516.htm
U.K. Activists Stage Mock Funeral for 1.5°C Climate Target
Extinction Rebellion “Rebels” mark failure of governments to meet the critical climate target and declare, “there is still time to prevent more harm.”
Greenpeace slams PM’s science pick: “Polluters are running the show”
Greenpeace says the appointment of a former DairyNZ scientist as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s Chief Science Advisor shows the Government is handing power to polluters
Greenpeace slams PM’s science pick: “Polluters are running the show”
If you want to drive #MAGA asshats mad, claim that #Trump #tariffs are actually his #4DChess strategy to fight #climateChange —no more #China / #USA shipping lanes will lead to drastic cuts in #pollution after all!
Australia faces record warmth and drought as winter approaches, forecasts show
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-australia-warmth-drought-winter-approaches.html
Africans less likely to blame rich nations for climate crisis, survey shows
A major opinion survey across Africa shows that many people place primary responsibility for climate action on their national governments. Although the continent has contributed relatively little to global emissions, it is enduring some of the worst effects of climate change
"insect populations had declined by 75% in less than three decades."
“Conservation actions overly biased towards certain insects or certain stressors will likely be negative for many other insects.”
“If we focus too much on bees and butterflies and their conservation, we will miss a lot of other species, most of them in fact.”
After I posted about golf courses being full of chemicals leading to a higher risk of Parkinson disease some people kindly sent me links to articles showing that it's already well-known that golfers have higher cancer risks.
Then another pointed out Trump's spending a LOT of time playing golf.
So from now on I'm going to cheer every time the orange turd go play and get an extra dose of chemicals!
https://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/podcasts/golf-silent-killer-skin-cancer-warning/
Top story: While #Bitcoin is designed as a decentralized payment system, its consumption of Texans’ true wealth—natural resources—is centralized in the hands of a few companies, sucking up massive amounts of water and #energy to keep hardware running 24/7.
https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/
Puisque le terrain vert derrière la Grande Bibliothèque est le dernier qui reste dans le quartier latin et qu'il devrait être utilisé pour la culture et non être défiguré sans possibilité de retour, la société civile appelle à la mobilisation. Elle veut faire la démonstration au ministre que ce projet est inacceptable à cet endroit.
Rendez-vous le samedi 10 mai à 15h sur le terrain gazonné coin Berri et Ontario!
Report: 40% rainfall drop, rising heat deepen Afghanistan food crisis
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan is facing mounting food security challenges amid significantly below-average rainfall, warming temperatures, and deteriorating crop conditions, according to a new climate report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, or FEWS NET, a U.S.-funded initiative that monitors global food insecurity risks
A recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) reveals that over two-thirds of annual methane emissions from the global energy sector could be slashed using technologies already on the table
