These numbers should be spinning the other way.

The researchers found that some dry areas of permafrost are releasing as much as 3 times more methane than wetland permafrost, and emit all winter. "It means the permafrost carbon feedback is going to be a lot bigger this century than anybody thought," phys.org/news/2024-08-u…

''Just because a piece of land is unoccupied by people, it dsnt necessarily mean that the government should acquire it under their name,” a Nicobarese told me, adding that they didn't live in the land proposed for the project, but grew coconuts on it. + scroll.in/article/107511…

"The island is more than 1,600km away from India’s east coast, which means that significant costs will have to be incurred in transporting cargo between it & the mainland through smaller feeder vessels." Experts tell Vaishnavi Rathore about many challenges. scroll.in/article/107616…

“Medellín’s temperatures fell by 2°C in the first three years of the program, and officials expect a further decrease of 4 to 5C over the next few decades, even taking into account climate change.” reasonstobecheerful.world/green-corridor…

"In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or procedure goes beyond an arbitrary time limit." asahq.org/about-asa/news…

Number of days each summer when a continuous open water passage through the Arctic Ocean is present. Prior to ~2007, such passages were rare. Now, ships without ice breaking support can easily pass through the Arctic Ocean for roughly 2 months per year.

I wonder if people will ever realise that almost all global politics are about the fossil fuel energy industry. Leaders are installed, disinformation is spread, people are killed, the planet is melted, history is changed, all for the profit of fossil fuel billionaires

“Colombia is trying to actually shut down fossil fuel production in their own country … there is no other significant fossil fuel producer on Earth that has said anything like this” Andreas Malm on why we should all be paying attention to Colombia 🔗⬇️ youtu.be/83fZSQNK1Qk?si…

Forget the numbers. The key things to know are: 1. Homo sapiens (us) have never seen temps this high 2. It's getting hotter, faster 3. We're on track for collapse & mass extinction 4. We could stop it, but oil companies & govs are still making it hotter theguardian.com/environment/20…

We released this video last Wednesday, but there was other CEO news that day. So ICYMI, here's how much 3 top oil CEOs are paid for leading an an industry that's killing 8 million people a year and pushing humanity toward collapse 💫

Yup. Done it. Passed 1.5o #GlobalWarming threshold. And highest production EVER of #Fossilfuels 2024 It’s all ok though, the very rich made lots more money #ClimateCrisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest recorded year. Ave global temp in Nov 1.62C with ave for year 1.60C

Guest post: Using El Niño forecasts to give early warning of crop failures | @AgroClim #CBarchive Read here: buff.ly/3ZK8ksO

The fact is corporate greed is destroying the world. Not in some allegorical, metaphorical way, but in a literal way. People have almost no idea what we are about to go through because of it youtu.be/b-jGw-cew3c?si…

A sitting judge of the Allahabad HC, Shekhar Kumar Yadav, said that India would function only as per the wishes of the “majority,” referring to the Hindu community, and fell just short of endorsing the BJP’s provocative slogan calling for Hindu unity. thewire.in/communalism/sh… 1/3

Modi is out to destroy Great Nicobar Island & the last surviving prehistoric Shompen people. He’ll finish off the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, with its 1,767 known animal species and 811 plant species. Why? So that his crony can have a new profitable port! therevelator.org/great-nicobar-…

1/11 A short thread on one of the most important, deeply informative, & also troubling, In-Focus podcasts I’ve done this year. It's with Pankaj Sekhsaria, on the #GreatNicobar Island project, where we explore at great length the Q: Is it necessary, or is it a disaster in the making?

AECOM report says the Great Nicobar island “needs to trade on its remoteness & exquisite beauty. Some high-net-worth individuals will appreciate the chance to have a luxury home on such an unspoilt island.” The real motive behind the project👇🏽 . youtu.be/zIRlnFidx9s?si…

This Guardian article on collapse uses the totalitarian WE, blames the uneducated masses, and implies a 'needs must' approach to overturning core values. No wonder it doesn't cite the leading #collapsologists of today eg Servigne, Greer, etc. Don't for a second think that the

Just returned from a fun & mind-expanding two-week journey from Mumbai to Hyderabad, taking in the natural beauty, historical sites, museums, and local foods of Lonavala, Pune, Bijapur, Gulbarga, and Bidar. Used only public transport between cities. A few photos in posts below.