I have a horrible feeling that very soon the lessons all states are going to learn from this world wide crisis is that if you have nuclear weapons, you are protected. If you don’t, you are made to suffer. And that means nuclear weapons will be developed wherever possible.

Palestinians cheer on as Iran launched missiles and drones on Israel, in waves in an operation Iran dubbed “True Promise”.

Arctic permafrost is now a net source of major greenhouse gases newscientist.com/article/242673…

Is permafrost emitting more carbon than it absorbs?
Scientists have gone back & forth.
Now the 1st comprehensive Arctic carbon budget has an answer: Yes, it is. newscientist.com/article/242673…

🌎🔥🧠 Today in the The Guardian, I argue that climate change is intervening directly on brain health. This is not a story of climate anxiety. With fabulous illustrations from Ngadi Smart: theguardian.com/environment/20…

As the air gets cleaner, the world is also losing an important cooling effect.

technologyreview.com/2024/04/11/109…

Colombia is so hot & dry right now the mayor of Bogota is asking people to shower with a friend or partner, or just skip it altogether theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

This is terrifying.

Not the headline... I'm familiar with the science. No, what's terrifying is how far I had to dig through my news notifications to find this story.

What's terrifying is that this headline is not #trending on every social media platform.

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Russia destroyed Trypillya thermal power station today, the biggest energy provider for Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Cherkasy oblasts.
Our source in Ukraine energy industry says with such pace Russia will destroy 100% of UA's energy capabilities by summer, making it impossible to live here

“Under this regulation, it will not matter if guns are sold on the internet, at a gun show, or at a brick-and-mortar store. If you sell guns predominantly to earn a profit, you must be licensed, and you must conduct background checks” reuters.com/world/us/us-cl…

It may seem like the government is spending a lot of money on carbon removal. But if it's going to do the job of getting us to net-zero and helping to halt climate change, today's spending is chump change, according to a new Rhodium Group report.
heatmap.news/climate/carbon…

Only in Gaza you will see airdrops and airstrikes in one picture.

No one should look to the sky and wonder if what's falling is death or dinner.

The Trump family's foreign dealings threaten not only national security, but also biodiversity: Jared Kushner & the Saudis are planning hundreds of villas & hotels in the last intact river delta in the Mediterranean e360.yale.edu/features/jared…

Dumping magnesium-rich green sand into shallow seas could increase ocean absorption of carbon dioxide by 8 per cent this century, according to a modelling study. newscientist.com/article/242573…

Dumping 1bn tonnes of olivine in places like the Gulf of Mexico or Indonesia could raise the oceans' pH, allowing them to absorb ~1bn tonnes of extra CO2 a year.
'But could you practically do this? And what would the ecosystem impacts be?' New Scientist newscientist.com/article/242573…

X is complying with more government requests to block accounts than ever before ... unless they're accounts supporting friends like Bolsonaro wired.com/story/brazil-c…

Immigration is center stage in the 2024 election, thanks in part to TX Gov Abbott who bused migrants to largely Democratic cities.

Biden gave the GOP a bill they wanted, but Trump told them to kill it for the campaign season. Will the issue ever be fixed? trib.al/WEbObFg

Last 8 summers in the life of Pasterze, largest Austrian glacier ❄️🥵📈

The tongue lost 203,5m for the year 2023 alone! Timelapse summers 2016-2023
Source: Foto-webcam.eu
Timelapse: Glacionaut