Increasingly think this might be the most important chart in the world right now

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today ~ this: ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its…

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! The planet's albedo (reflectivity) hit yet another new record low as of the latest data from CERES from April, 2025, now at 28.714%. Darker days ahead!

Let’s hope he’s wrong. The media are not reporting any of the conversations going on amongst scientists and advocates - for example that many scientists say climate change is speeding up. The public are largely denied this information by the media. ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its…

Glyphosate was the “safe” replacement for atrazine. Now diquat is the “acceptable” fallback for glyphosate. We’re not managing risks—we’re trading poisons and calling it agriculture. theguardian.com/environment/20…

What we must do immediately: 1) End the use of fossil fuels 2) Build massive amounts of solar & wind 3) Electrify everything 4) Localize 5) Conserve 5) Find solutions for the last hard stuff (planes, cement) 6) Stop cutting down forests #ActOnClimate buff.ly/3r2I3Ee

The yellow structure is the Laniakea supercluster, which contains about 100,000 galaxies. The red dot in the image is the Milky Way "our home" which contains about 300 billion stars, including our Sun. Image by NASA

The cost of electricity generated by gas-fired power stations is more than double that produced by renewables like solar and wind power. scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

“It took from the invention of the photovoltaic solar cell, in 1954, until 2022 for the world to install a terawatt of solar power; the second terawatt came just two years later, and the third will arrive either later this year or early next.” newyorker.com/news/annals-of…

Demand for oil faces a dramatic slowdown as China’s electric car revolution pushes combustion-engine vehicles off the road, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/…

Australian scientists have used AI to generate a ready-to use protein capable of killing antibiotic resistant bacteria like E. coli. Published in Nature Communications, the study demonstrates how AI can now create custom proteins in seconds, a task that traditionally took

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BIG AI/biotech Breakthrough In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications, University of Pennsylvania researchers used a AI system called APEX to scan through 40 million+ venom encrypted peptides -proteins evolved over millions of years for attack and defense. In

Honestly, think this should be an exhibit in a history museum. If we have such a thing in the future.

China, the energy transition superpower Solar panels, wind power and batteries: In just 15 years, China has risen to the top of the global clean energy industry, leaving European countries trailing far behind. lemonde.fr/en/economy/art…

Los Angeles is in the throes of a total collapse of governance and social mores, and I can't think of anything that can stop or slow it. Fully 20% of Altadena residents think the county *let their homes burn on purpose?* We are deeply unprepared for the chaos of climate change.

Electricity is taking over transport, heating, and industry, on its way to be the backbone of the energy system. 75% of demand is now open to electrification, with transport and low temperature heat alone 50% of global final energy The Age of Electricity is here, move over Age

“What is a five sigma event?” “Something that may only happen once in 10,000 years, or higher, possibly once in several million years. It was so far outside of expectations that the statistics became really hard to handle. It was very startling.” theguardian.com/environment/ng…

This chart has been making the rounds on social media. It suggests that renewables increase electricity prices. But it's misleading and pretty typical of the author, whose nonprofit has received ~$1m from ExxonMobil. Here's what's wrong with it 🧵

I compared the first 2 quarters of 2025 with the first and last 2 quarters of 2024. Y'all, I don't think Trump's economy is doing well.