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Bob Ramsak

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Reporter & photographer with a lust for nature, art & justice. And birds. Opinions and images mine. Nice, 🇫🇷 bobramsak.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In the cost-benefit analysis of mitigation and adaptation, do you think French bureaucrats are saying to themselves, "Well, that's a few thousand pensioners that we no longer have to pay"? It's as good an explanation as any for the lack of action.
lemonde.fr
French health authority reports almost 8,000 excess deaths over heatwave-struck summer
While the French public health authority's latest figure, 7,919 excess deaths from late May to August 20, was still not final and could rise further, it already gave a striking indication of the impac...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This keeps getting worse until we stop burning fossil fuels 🔥 #KeepItInTheGround
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
For #MountainMonday, two shots of Kukova Špica (2427m/ 7962ft), a peak in Slovenia's Martuljek mountain group, widely considered to be one of the most rugged and picturesque sub-ranges in the Julian Alps. #BlueSkyMonday #JulianAlps #Slovenia #BlueSkyArtShow #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Another snap from the weekend taken near Valdeblore, France, of a Spotted Fritillary for the #BlueSkyArtShow on #MacroMonday. Wishing you plenty of cool this week, wherever you happen to be. #NaturePhotography #Photography #Butterfly #Heatwave
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Gopal Murali @gopalmurali.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨New paper🚨 For decades, it was widely assumed tropical species would be hit hardest by #ClimateChange. Turns out climate-related local #extinctions are already more frequent among temperate species. Read our new study 🧵 @natclimate.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... #BiodiversityLoss #SciSky
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Temperate local extinctions from climate change are outpacing tropical extinctions - Nature Climate Change
The authors analyse global-scale resurvey data for 5,151 species to reveal the sensitivity of tropical versus temperate species to climate change. They show significantly higher frequencies of local e...
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Genus Zygaena this afternoon near Valdeblore, France, one for #BlueSkyArtShow #NaturePhotography #Photography #Butterfly #Moth #ColorADay #GreenSat
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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-...
A map of Europes with dots for all 854 cities analysed, pink dots for the cities that broke humid heat records, grey dots elsewhere. Pink dots conentrated over Southern UK, Germany, Poland and Benelux.
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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It's not "the new normal": this heatwave shows that we're never going to have "normal" again - by @mjflepage.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2531...
newscientist.com
If you aren't terrified by this heatwave, you should be
The extreme heat currently being felt in Europe isn’t the new normal – much worse is to come, and we are doing far too little to adapt, says Michael Le Page
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
For Rob & Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #LongLegs, this Eurasian Whimbrel I snapped a few weeks ago at the Embouchure du Var, a stretch of wetland and river where the Var River meets the Mediterranean here in Nice. Its legs are longer than its beak so I hope that counts. 😎 #birds #nature
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Icymi: Very positive findings about solar on peatland. Co-benefits of renewables just keep piling up.
phys.org
Solar panels on rewetted peatland could be a climate and nature win–win
Researchers in Germany have found that solar panels on rewetted peatland provide a unique habitat for bird species along with generating green energy and potentially locking up carbon. Installing sola...
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Talkin' Birds Radio Show @talkinbirdsradio.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
In Spain, researchers have found more bird species in some solar farms than in nearby agricultural areas used as controls. This finding suggests that well-managed solar farms can become refuges for wildlife -- rather than empty industrial spaces. #birds
okdiario.com
Solar panels were blamed for wiping out fields, but birds and insects are now rewriting the story beneath them
Solar farms were once seen as threats to nature. New studies show that well-managed sites are becoming unexpected havens for wildlife.
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
For #MountainMonday a few shots from a hike to Lac d'Allos, the largest high altitude alpine lake in Europe, which sits in an impossibly beautiful setting in Mercanour National Park in southeast France. (And an Alpine Marmot too.) #Mountains #Alps #landscapephotography #nature #France #EastCoastKin
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Are we willing to invest just five cents per person per year to maintain one of the world’s most important climate monitoring systems? That provides crucial information about a potentially existential risk for Europe?
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Insane self-blinding of the US. They are throwing away their investment in the ocean observation system and the benefits it provides. The only explanation I can think of: they don’t want the people to know what their fossil emissions are doing to our oceans. easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...
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The US Is Pulling Up a $386 Million Climate Ocean Sensor Network
NSF dismantling Ocean Observatories Initiative as very strong El Niño forms. Edson, Robbins, McLean: an irreparable blind spot in U.S. climate observation.
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
A pair of Black-vein Whites along the Verdon River near Allos, France. For a Happy #FlyDay. #Butterflies #NaturePhotography #France
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Last Saturday along the Verdon River near Allos, France, for #WaterfallWednesday. #Allos #France
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/06/2026
🚨 Last month was the *2nd* hottest May on record globally. This was estimated at 1.42°C warmer than a pre-industrial (1850-1900) average. Ocean temperatures were already record high over the tropical Pacific region. Summary by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social at climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...
Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in May 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. This visualization shows North and South America. There was quite a bit of spatial variability in the pattern of anomalies.Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in May 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline using ERA5 data. This visualization shows Africa, Europe, and western Asia. There is large temperature variability, with the warmest spot over western Russia.Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in May 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline using ERA5 data. This visualization shows Australia, Antarctica, and Asia. Most areas are warmer than average, except for parts of Australia and India.
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #TheGathering, a group of nine Black-winged Stilts that are currently staying at the Embouchure du Var, a stretch of wetland and river where the Var River meets the Mediterranean here in #Nice, #France. #BirdPhotography #LivingLandscape
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
proelectrica.substack.com
Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Our friends Malika Baouya and Scott Moreau, two members of the Global Sumud Flotilla who were kidnapped by Israeli forces in international waters last week, returned home to Nice this evening, where a large group of friends, family and supporters welcomed them home.
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Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
PRESS RELEASE: Fossil fuel companies projected to earn almost $3,000 a second in 2026 while families struggle to afford energy bills worldwide. New Oxfam research ahead of Santa Marta conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels. 👉 oxf.am/SantaMarta26
"Taxing the richest polluters who have no intention of investing in a clean future is central to a just transition. At Santa Marta, governments must end the pollutocrat era.” Quote by Mariana Paoli, Oxfam International Climate Policy Lead
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 25/04/2026
At recent climate COPs, fossil fuel lobbying has prevented governments from even reaffirming commitments to transition away from fossil fuels. Frustration over failing to endorse this basic step has now led to a new @fossiltreaty.bsky.social conference that kicked off yesterday! More here ⬇️
theconversation.com
Here’s what to expect from the first Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Can a coalition of governments and other stakeholders gathering in Santa Marta make progress where other international efforts have failed?
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
If we switched to #renewableenergy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying coal & oil & gas!! buff.ly/dpTrSpO We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Our burning of fossil fuels is melting sea ice and drowning emperor penguin chicks, putting them in danger of extinction. 😱
theguardian.com
Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction
Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
For the first time ever, heat pumps outsold gas boilers in Germany in 2025. 48% of all new heating systems installed last year were heat pumps. Gas fell to just 39%. A decade ago, heat pumps had a 7% market share. The transformation has been remarkable.
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Pascoe Sabido @pascoesabido.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Big news from Colombia: the government is *pulling out* of the corporate court system, Investor to State Dispute Settlement #ISDS. It's the only way to phase-out fossil fuels without the oil & gas industry suing for $$$ (ask Ecuador, Quebec, Netherlands) www.presidencia.gov.co/prensa/Pagin...
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Colombia saldrá del régimen de arbitraje internacional de inversión: presidente Petro
El presidente Gustavo Petro Urrego anunció este miércoles que Colombia va a salir del sistema de arbitraje internacional de inversión, porque los tribunales terminan resolviendo las disputas a favor d...
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 23/03/2026
The Strait of Hormuz carries a fifth of global oil. In 2025, the global EV fleet avoided the equivalent to 70% of Iran's exports through it. Producing more oil doesn't fix oil vulnerability. Electrification does, permanently. 🔗ember-energy.org/lat...
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The deal is an extraordinary transfer of taxpayer dollars to a foreign company for the purposes of boosting the production of fossil fuels, a main driver of climate change, while throttling offshore wind power.” Gift link below. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We got ours last week. ✊
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Yes, because like Earth Day, every day is Women's Day. At the Plaza del Teatro, Quito, Ecuador, 08-Mar-2015. #internationalwomensday #iwd
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
who made this
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“The effort to quiet Paris complements the wider campaign to make Paris greener, cleaner & less car-dependent, which include vehicle restrictions in the center, crackdowns on polluting vehicles, & an ambitious expansion of bike networks. Those have cut the city’s average noise level by 2 decibels.”
bloomberg.com
Europe’s Noise Capital Tries to Turn Down the Volume
To combat the ill effects of urban noise pollution, Paris is deploying automated sensors and cracking down on the loudest vehicles.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
nytimes.com
Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Has anyone seen or worked on a similar survey of climate change coverage by media outlets outside of the US?
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
“Attacking decentralized solar power installations is not economically rational. Missiles & drones are expensive & significantly disrupting such systems would require a large number of strikes, while the overall impact on the energy system would remain limited.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Putin tried to freeze Ukraine. Instead, he sparked an energy Revolution.
Russia is bombing fossil-fueled power plants, so the country is building solar and wind.
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
We bought a fully electric car today. 😎
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
“This feat is a clear signal that electric mobility in Nigeria is practical, scalable and ready for adoption,” Falaye said. It is simple economics.... "EV charging costs average about $3 for up to 200 kilometers (123 miles), compared with more than $15 in petrol costs for similar distances."
seattletimes.com
Nigeria and Kenya lead Africa’s push for electric vans assembled from Chinese EV kits
E-mobility companies in Africa are beginning local assembly of electric vans and taxis using Chinese-made kits and innovative financing to spread use of electric public transport across the continent.
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
For Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #branchbirds, an Eurasian Blackbird I spotted this afternoon in Nice. It's not uncommon for blackbirds to become bald, but this one clearly appeared in distress - unless his appearance lends the illusion of distress. Any idea on what might have happened to this bird?
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 19/02/2026
Trump’s corrupt efforts to prop up his polluting fossil fuel donors can’t change the direction of our clean energy future.
canarymedia.com
Chart: The energy transition attracted record investment in 2025
Investors around the world spent $2.3 trillion on renewables, batteries, power grids, EVs, and more. Meanwhile, investment in fossil fuel supply dropped.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Quite an eye-opening video about the tech bros by the inimitable ClimateAdam. Watch it. youtu.be/py0XpKxAnNU
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Climate Scientist Reacts to AI Overlords
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/02/2026
Even as elites abandon any pretense of giving a shit ... climate change is accelerating.
washingtonpost.com
Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 03/02/2026
NEW: The EU’s reversal of the 2035 car CO2 target will create huge uncertainty in the EV market and could cause EV market share to fall between 50-95% by 2035 instead of 100%. The proposal would also push car CO2 emissions 10% higher than under the current target. A breakdown of T&E’s analysis 🧵
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We're winning. A study by energy think tank Ember found that the EU’s electricity transition reached a new milestone in 2025 with wind and solar generating more power than fossil fuels for the first time. Thread du jour 👇👇👇
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Dr Anna Lombardi @annalombardi.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
📢 The Global Climate Highlights report is OUT 📢 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social 🌡️ 2025 was 3rd warmest year on record and the warmest La Niña year on record 📈 2023-2025 is the first three year period above 1.5ºC (according to ERA5) #dataviz #dataviz4climate
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
These men love that they are officially sanctioned to abuse women.
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
For today's #BirdOfTheDay, taken today, this Common Chiffchaff fanning its feathers just before taking flight at the Parc Naturel départemental Vaugrenier, Near Antibes, France.
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Bob Ramsak @bobramsak.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #ShortBeaks, here are a few shots of a House Sparrow with leucism snapped a few days ago in central Nice, France. Can someone point me to info about how common leucism is in sparrows? Or in birds around the Mediterranean? Thank you! #Birds #BirdPhotography
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/01/2026
Appreciation post for Dr G, who seems to be carrying most of the weight of "yo, maybe we should still try to reduce fossil fuels" and "yo, maybe it's urgent to do that" on her back
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