Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 6hThanks. I harbour similar concerns. Do you have a link for the META block? 020
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 22hMore fire, more crime, more death and a globally important ecosystem driven ever more rapidly towards a point of no return. That’s the prospect for the Amazon rainforest if Flávio Bolsonaro wins Brazil’s election My take www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comFlávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim jolt for climate campaignersInquest under way into why President Lula’s success in curbing Amazon deforestation has not led to success at polls 1118995
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“The monsters are back” If you only read only one thing about the presidential election in Brazil, read this essay by Joāo Moreira Salles. A scion of a powerful family, Salles addresses those in his class who cosy up to far right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro piaui.uol.com.br/web/o-que-es...piaui.uol.com.brO que esses brasileiros sabemSobre o que cada um faz diante daquilo que vê 074
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026We worked together again on a data falsification scandal by British Nuclear Furls Limited that led to a rift with its biggest customers in Japan, and eventually resulted in the firing of senior executives, £40m in compensation and the long delay of the company’s privatisation plans. A huge loss. 000
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Paul Brown always made time to advise and encourage young reporters. I first worked with him in 1998 during the Tomaimura nuclear crisis when he combined encyclopaedic knowledge, calm guidance and wise words to look beyond the accident to structural causes. www.theguardian.com/world/1999/o...theguardian.comNuclear blast triggers crisisThe world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl rocked Japan yesterday after an explosion took place at a nuclear fuel plant, threatening 300,000 people living within a six-mile radius of the disas... 110
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Paul Brown filed the last of his many thousands of Guardian stories from a hospital bed. It was a typically trenchant reflection on his decades covering the environment that ended with a critique of the nuclear industry, which was a subject close to his heart. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘I have watched politicians failing yet and yet again’: lessons from a life as an environment writerPaul Brown looks back at his career reporting on the climate crisis, failed summit and nuclear power – and how to do it well 110
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026RIP Paul Brown, a mentor, friend and journalistic hero. Quiet-spoken but dogged and precise, he was an inspiration for me and many other environmental reporters. He and John Vidal pioneered coverage of climate, nature and energy at The Guardian & far beyond www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...theguardian.comPaul Brown obituaryThe Guardian’s environment correspondent at a time when international concern over the climate began to take hold 1144
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026What an incredible human being and what a life! RIP Dolly Parton. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...theguardian.comDolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes 0191
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026“This may be the best biography I’ve ever read” A selection of goodreads reviews of The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory. 072
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to permafrost Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholds Latest Q&A by me in tipping point series. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comThe threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrostProf Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholds 22723
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 05/08/2026‘The obsession with endless growth can only end in tears’: your questions on extreme weather this summer answered From Europe’s deadly heat to floods in Asia, it’s been a terrifying summer. Environment writers share causes for concern and hope. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘The obsession with endless growth can only end in tears’: your questions on extreme weather this summer answeredFrom Europe’s deadly heat to floods in Asia, it’s been a terrifying summer. Environment writers Jonathan Watts and Ajit Niranjan answered Reddit users’ questions about their work – and their sources o... 1121
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 03/08/2026More info also in Sébastien’s excellent, Gaïa, Terra Vivant - Histoire d’une Nouvelle Conception de la Terre. 001
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 03/08/2026In-depth article by Rebecca John based on research in the Science Museum archives by her, me, Sébastien Dutreuil and Leah Aronowsky. For more details, check out my book, The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory. www.thebookseller.com/login?Login=...thebookseller.comLoginThe Bookseller is the incisive and independent source of news and analysis for the book trade and publishing industry. Get breaking news, in-depth features, author interviews and book charts. The Book... 131
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms. Ahead of a landmark climate lawsuit, confidential documents show how British scientist James Lovelock warned executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels in the 1960s. www.desmog.com/2026/07/29/t...desmog.comThe Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ... 11214
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Because they are travelling in opposite directions. 000
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Lancamento em São Paulo do meu livro: As Muitas Vidas de James Lovelock: Ciência, Segredos e a Teoria de Gaia. Inscreva-se aqui: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 022
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Trump and the Far Right are being fuelled by fossil money to hold back the tide of the energy transition. History and science suggest this will be calamitous for the US and the world. I eleborate on this theory with Bob Grove of Climate Hour. climatehour.net/americas-bea...climatehour.netAmerica’s Beautiful Epoch Of Oil Is Collapsing - Climate HourDespite desperate efforts by the oil industry and its captive U.S. government, the epoch of oil is collapsing. 22611
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Masked gunmen invade Amazon communities in organised crime surge, say local leaders Delegation sent to Brasília after ‘assassins’ enter indigenous homes near Brazil’s border with Peru Story by me on narco-gang threat to rainforest and its people. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comMasked men invading and taking Amazon communities ‘hostage’ in organised crime surge, say local leadersDelegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon 062
Reposted by Jonathan Watts Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 22/07/2026The world’s biggest meat company, JBS, faces a landmark legal challenge to disclose how its $6 billion global expansion plan is compatible with responsibilities to the climate, nature and human rights. @jonathan-watts.bsky.social reports for @theguardian.com:buff.lyWorld’s largest meat company faces legal challenge over green credentials of $6bn global expansionGreenpeace petitions Dutch courts to order JBS to disclose how its aims are compatible with responsibilities to climate and human rights 0228
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Myth buster: Heatwaves and climate I channel 13 sceptic doubts. The great Ed Hawkins bats each away with aplomb. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comThe 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust themWith some still unable to accept humanity’s role in climate chaos, we tackle common misconceptions and deceptions 1178
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Fuel on the fire As the world swelters in ever more dangerous heat, why are oil companies being allowed to turn up the gas instead of paying for the consequences of their greed? My column on Big Oil’s mad, bad plan to increase production. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFuel on the fire: why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hotThe scientific consensus is that burning fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, yet the world’s biggest oil companies are planning to increase production 18242
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Wow! No photo but I am fairly sure I just saw a jaguar on my way home from watching the Brazil game in town. I’ve never seen one before but it crossed the road in front of me as I passed the airport. I can’t believe how big it looked. Breathtaking. 4250
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Many thanks Eoghan! High praise coming from you. 130
Reposted by Jonathan Watts Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 12/06/2026It's almost a month now since I read this EXCELLENT piece by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social, and I still can't get it out of my head. In fact, I probably never will, it explains so much about the times we're living through. That's a mark of the very best journalism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comThe American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan WattsChina is dominating the energy transition with astonishing results, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock 1111548
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Welcome to Trump’s World Cup, a depressingly angry version of football uniting the planet | Barney Ronay www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comWelcome to Trump’s World Cup, a depressingly angry version of football uniting the planet | Barney RonayTed Lasso will deliver a message of hope before the USA’s first game, in an America that is not a fit or desirable host right now 020
Reposted by Jonathan Watts Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown - Temperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region #climatecrisis Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRecord winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdownTemperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region 36139
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Wishing all my China friends an unforgettable national amnesia day. 190
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 04/06/2026‘An equal and habitable world is possible’ New report outlines vision of doubling incomes, halving working hours and keeping global heating below 2C. My article on the Global Justice Report by Thomas Picketty, Cornelia Mohren and colleagues. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survivalGlobal report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions 03323
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Agree. These are by far the bigger problems. 001
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says. Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds Story by me. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report saysNeed for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds 45218
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Thank you George. That means a great deal. 1140
Reposted by Jonathan Watts George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This, by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social, is a brilliant, fascinating and definitional article. If you want to understand what's happening around the world, you should read it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comThe American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan WattsChina is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock 17408193
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Thanks. I knew that but still made the mistake. Maybe because Modi behaves in a presidential way. Have asked for a correction. 261
Reposted by Jonathan Watts Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · 23/03/2026The 2015-2025 decade was the hottest ever measured with more than 90% of the excess heat absorbed by the #ocean. @jonathan-watts.bsky.social reports on the latest annual @wmo-global.bsky.social State of the Global #Climate report, which shows “no respite in sight” www.theguardian.com/environment/... 084
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 06/03/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comUS investigators believe strike on Iranian girls’ school probably carried out by US forcesUS military officials briefed on investigation make disclosure, while Pentagon has confirmed only that inquiry is under way 043
Reposted by Jonathan Watts Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 12/02/2026📣 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! 🔔 12431
Reposted by Jonathan Watts Wetlands International @wetlandsint.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Extraordinary victory for the people of the Tapajos. And all of us Great article by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social - "Amid scientific warnings that the loss of the Amazon is perilously close to the point of no return, we all owe a debt to Alessandra Korap Munduruku & others who stood up" for the river 0104
Reposted by Jonathan Watts Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 13/02/2026China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban - the most positive freshwater conservation story in the world in 20 years, says one veteran biologist Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comChina’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing banDoubling of fish biomass and rebounding of endangered species shows government measures starting to work, biologists say 213449
Reposted by Jonathan Watts Rod Schoonover-Rey @rodschoonover.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Mountain slope instability is sometimes overlooked as an acute climate risk. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...theguardian.com‘We’ve lost everything’: anger and despair in Sicilian town collapsing after landslidePeople in Niscemi struggle to comprehend loss of homes and businesses and feel disaster could have been avoided 0138
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Why Europe is pivoting from the US to China Victoria Wei interviews me about renewable energy, critical minerals, a historical turning point, the Sulker-in-Chief in the White House and reasons to be cautious about Beijing’s intentions. www.radioara.org/episodes/pan...radioara.orgPanda and hotpot N° 0029 05.02.2026 Climate Change talk with Adriana and Jonathan - Radio ARAThis episode of Panda and Hotpot takes listeners on a comprehensive journey through the critical issues of climate change, featuring insights from Adriana Gonzalez of EcoCitizen Luxembourg and Jonatha... 030
Reposted by Jonathan Watts Reuters @reuters.com · 03/02/2026Spain to ban social media access for children under 16 reut.rs/4rNX6inreut.rsSpain to ban social media access for children under 16Spain will ban access to social media for minors under 16 and platforms will be required to implement age verification systems, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday at the World Government Summit in Dubai. 912543
Reposted by Jonathan Watts Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 27/01/2026🔥3.8 billion people will be exposed to extreme heat by 2050. Great to see my @smithschool.ox.ac.uk colleague and teacher Radhika Khosla interviewed by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social for the Guardian.theguardian.comNumber of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study findsScientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune 05742
Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 08/01/2026US attack on Venezuela aims to shift direction of South America’s mineral wealth Rare earths and other resources could drive China-led energy transition or strengthen US military power and oil interests Analysis by me of latest US security strategy document. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUS attack on Venezuela will decide direction of South America’s vast mineral wealthOutcome of aggression will determine whether rare earths and other resources drive energy transition – or strengthen US military power and oil interests 143