Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/02/2025"Oil and gas companies are the most active acquirers of climate tech startups. According to research by Sightline Climate, Shell made the most acquisitions globally between 2020 and 2024, buying up 8 companies. That was followed by BP, which snapped up 7" sifted.eu/articles/cli... 1214666
Katrin Swindells @kswindells.bsky.social · 16/02/2025It appears that politicians are the weak point for action on climate change. Hoping Australians can share or donate to my funding drive to help more Community Independent politicians get into Parliament. 🙏 Australia doesn't want billionaires owning our politicians. vets4climate200.raiselysite.comvets4climate200.raiselysite.comAnimal Lovers for Climate 200Animals can't vote. Help us to support Politicians who care about our climate and environment into Parliament. 000
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/01/2025Climate science never said "we only have 12 years until we fall off a cliff" - but sadly, many thought it did; and even more sadly, that misleading message fed right into the script for Trump's WEF remarks today. Here's what the science has always said: 5564149
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsRonni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Just reporting in. I managed to get through the whole of today without making a Nazi salute. I suspect I'll achieve the same tomorrow. 841064124
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsAdam Bandt @adambandt.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Today we've announced our plan to make public school truly free. The Greens will abolish school fees & deliver 'back to school payments'. This will put nearly $2500 a year back in the pocket of a family with 2 kids, funded by making big corporations pay their fair share of tax. 27710
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 17/01/2025What turns a wildfire into a disaster, and where does climate change come in? I break it down here ... 20766218
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 17/01/2025some ways to generate electricity A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons B) use sunlight to make electrons 29899941486
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsEmily Cassidy @enviroem.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Several folks (170+) at NASA JPL affected by fires, including @bhamlington.bsky.social who wrote about it on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/pulse/altade...linkedin.comAltadena WildfiresMy house in Altadena burned down in the wildfires on Wednesday. It all happened quickly. 1112
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsSophie Gilbert @sophielgilbert.bsky.social · 09/01/2025As we watch the #wildfire tragedy in SoCal, I'm thinking about root causes, and solutions. I'm sure I'll be writing lots more reflections going forward, but for now, posting this @volts.wtf episode here on insurance. Is this the event that breaks the FAIR plan's back? www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...volts.wtfClimate change and insurance: a growing fustercluckClimate change is breaking the insurance market, and state governments can't afford to pick up the pieces 36424
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsPatrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 09/01/2025As LA is on fire thanks to Exxon, now is as good a time as any to say that climate disaster costs are increasing 30% each year And yet the right still insists we can’t afford climate action on.ft.com/4a6WJYpon.ft.comCatastrophes cost the world $320bn in 2024, reinsurer reportsLosses rise by 30 per cent as climate change takes its toll 59239
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/01/2025"the fact that these fires are burning in unusually dry winter months has highlighted how climate change is reshaping fire seasons around the world" Jo Lauder at the ABC puts the shocking LA fires in all-important context: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...abc.net.auWhat does climate change have to do with California's fires?As Los Angeles battles catastrophic wildfires, experts say there are signs climate change is already reshaping fire seasons around the world. 20770283
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/01/2025I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️ 318318609158
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Here’s the thing. There is a neat pyramid of wood, and a pile of kindling soaked in gasoline at the base. I’m telling you it will burn, and they are telling you “there’s no evidence yet”. 201499201
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 08/01/2025PSA to my friends in California near the fires: breathing in wildfire smoke is really bad for you (even if it’s not super thick where you are) but if you have face masks (N95, KN95, etc) those can help a lot 172122843219
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/01/2025As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area. It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling. 27875423
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Brilliant cartoonist Ann Telnaes is quitting the Washington Post because the paper killed her cartoon about billionaires in tech and media kowtowing to Trump. Sadly, the Jeff Bezos-owned Post proved her point. Support the media truth-tellers. Reject the media cowards.anntelnaes.substack.comWhy I'm quitting the Washington PostDemocracy can't function without a free press 221616383
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsAlaa Al Khourdajie @dralaaclimate.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Climate scientists be like.. 551896
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsChris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 27/12/2024I remember reading an early draft of this @fastlerner.bsky.social story and having to stop several times out of disbelief, anger and disappointment. Reading it again nearly a year later, my reactions are no less visceral. 9388129
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsRebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 27/12/2024On track for record-low Arctic sea ice this year. Climate change was not a major theme in this year's election, but it should have been. Luckily for humanity, no matter how vilified, maligned, and mistreated we are, we will keep doing the work needed to stop climate crisis. 🧪 1537471
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/12/2024New York State is the twelfth-largest economy on earth, and now it's going to demand that Big Oil pay for the climate damages it has caused. This is how the tobacco industry met its match billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-successf...billmckibben.substack.comA (successful) test of the state-by-state approach!A day-after-Christmas present for the planet from Albany, New York 12922281
Katrin Swindells @kswindells.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Pet owners. Your vet did not give your pet cancer, we just diagnosed it. We understand that you may jump straight to the anger stage of grief, but directing that anger to our staff isn't going to help your pet. The risk factors for veterinary suicide are increased by a small subset of pet owners. 350
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsJane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 15/12/2024ABCNews, an otherwise good story about the health implications of intensifying summer heat in Western Sydney, but not one mention of climate change! Why do you self censor? Speak truth to power. Its actually your job. Your only job. 33663188
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsPeter Dynes @pdynes.bsky.social · 03/12/2024It is remarkable to observe the substantial expenditure of fossil fuel energy and carbon in constructing infrastructures that, within this century, are predicted to be submerged due to rising sea levels. A huge waste of resources and a lack of strategic foresight. #ClimateChange 2267
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsPeter Dynes @pdynes.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Here is a fantastic model illustrating the protective role of mangroves 1345
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsPeter Dynes @pdynes.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Mangroves in #Florida are losing their resilience, but they're vital for our coasts. These thick, natural buffers protect against coastal flooding, waves, storm surges, and tsunamis. The increasing frequency and intensity of storms are threatening their resilience. 3235
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsTony Breu @tonybreu.bsky.social · 31/12/20211/17 [Why] is furosemide susceptible to malabsorption from "gut edema"? When a patient with heart failure is hospitalized with congestion I often hear "let's use IV furosemide; they're probably not absorbing the PO." It's a comment unique to furosemide. But is it accurate? 67129
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsJon Corsiglia (he/him/el) | Eco-Economy Insider @ecoeconomyinsider.com · 09/12/2024In Rwanda, farmers often watch their harvest spoil before it can reach the market. A fleet of simple, efficient trucks is changing that. reasonstobecheerful.world/nimble-elect...reasonstobecheerful.worldNimble Electric Trucks Are Supercharging African TradeIn Rwanda, farmers often watch their harvest spoil before it can reach the market. A fleet of simple, efficient trucks is changing that. 1318
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsRod Benson, PhD @ethicl.bsky.social · 07/12/2024#media #bias #fake #murdoch 320061
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsCraig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · 06/12/2024"What's happening with this mystery illness in the Congo" I've gotten this text dozens of times in the past few days. Here's what we know. What we don't. And what really matters 🧵 18511184
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Early days, but another exciting application of vaccine technology. And a tough one for antivaxx crowd. Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine....medicine.washu.eduVaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer | WashU MedicineClinical trial targeted recurrence of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer 498189513304
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 05/12/2024Cool and normal! 33516
Katrin Swindells @kswindells.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Babysitting ferrets is like watching over a pair of mischievous minor demons. I understand why 'weasel ' is not a complimentary description. Lucky they are cute to make up for all the trouble they cause! 010
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsRyan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Chlorination 162
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsClimate 200 @climate200.bsky.social · 02/12/2024"Paul Fletcher - a nullity of a politician who has occupied Bradfield for 15 years - is panicking over being replaced by a community independent ... Alarmingly, his own voters want someone who represents them, not himself, and he’s outraged." @crikey.com.au www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/02/p...crikey.com.auPaul Fletcher's grand conspiracy theory is the most interesting thing he's ever saidPaul Fletcher — a nullity of a politician who has occupied Bradfield for 15 years — is panicking over being replaced by a community independent. 1625463
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsProPublica @propublica.org · 02/12/2024The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What” The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway. By @abrahm.bsky.socialpropub.liThe Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”: Climate Change is Already Forcing People From Their HomesThe complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway. 251050376
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsMonika H @monikah.bsky.social · 02/12/2024When the data show harm, just hide the data. Same with firearm death statistics. 032
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Spoiler Alert: The Answer is "E" 210529
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsFiona J Beck @fjbeck.bsky.social · 30/11/2024"the students settled on an idea: Ask the World Court to issue an advisory opinion on the obligations of states to protect the climate against greenhouse gas emissions." One to watch www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...abc.net.auThe 'David and Goliath moment' at The Hague that could change future climate talksA landmark case that began in a Pacific classroom and could change the course of future climate talks is about to be heard in the International Court of Justice. 134
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsDr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 30/11/2024The art, and the artist. (My own work today feels like it is going similarly). 312517
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsClimate 200 @climate200.bsky.social · 20/11/2024ICYMI: The gov & Coalition are on the cusp of passing legislation that will give the major parties 10s of millions of dollars more in funding - from the taxpayer. Annabel Crabb nails it: “We’re asking the public, in a cost of living crisis, to fund a narrowing of their choices.” 13297139
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsClimate 200 @climate200.bsky.social · 26/11/2024“Farrell told a small group how the Climate 200 convenor had approached him to complain that his proposed changes to election donation laws would entrench the two-party system and lock out challengers. “I mean,” Farrell quipped, “that’s the fucking point!” Ugh. Cool bro. Petition link in our bio! 05827
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/11/2024fucking hell I am excited to read this when I get the chance 59927
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsMax Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Few people even know about this; when people are asked in surveys how child mortality has changed the majority says it has stagnated or increased. If you consider that many don't know about humanity's biggest achievement, then it's not surprising that many are so pessimistic about our future. 361490500
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech. 699575087969
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 28/11/2024People often claim that scientists are soft-pedalling the issue. Here is the proof that we’re not.youtu.beClimate Scientists Are Not F&%KING With UsYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 723577
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 28/11/2024Worried about the climate convo with your uncle at Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow? Jimmy and I have you covered.youtube.comDr. Katharine Hayhoe Teaches Us How to Talk to People Who Don’t Believe in Climate ChangeYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 431177331
Reposted by Katrin SwindellsPaul Macdonald @paulmac.bsky.social · 15/11/2024A few years ago, prior to Australia’s ‘Black Summer’, I began capturing extreme events as I became aware of them escalating to a frequency of becoming annual events - some type of disaster of unprecedented scale occurring somewhere where such an event was previously unheard of. 🧵 24486173