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Science Talk @scitalkofficial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Unsustainable global water problem youtube.com/shorts/ZBm8l...
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Unsustainable Global Water Problem
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The truth is that the world has never experienced an El Nino of anything like this strength, so we really have no idea just how catastrophic its impacts and consequences will be My guess is that the number of casualties will be far higher than this www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 22/09/2026
Your 'doom quote' for today: "Doom is ... the emotional and intellectual experience shared by all who realize the dangerous future into which we are presently plunging ourselves, our descendants, and our fellow creatures." www.thriftbooks.com/w/life-after...
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Life After Doom: Finding Spiritual... book by Brian D. McLaren
Buy a cheap copy of Life After Doom: Finding Spiritual... book by Brian D. McLaren. As rich and thoughtful as all of Brian McLaren's work, but with a particular urgency --Bill McKibbenRiveting. Chall...
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 22/09/2026
NEW – Analysis: Nepal’s $20m ‘loss-and-damage’ claim only covers 0.7% of flood costs | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social w/ comment from @harjeet11.bsky.social Read here: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-nep...
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WeatherMatrix @weathermatrix.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cat 5 Hurricane #Polo is just terrifying on 3D satellite.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 22/09/2026
With global temperatures quickly falling, this year saw 88 days with the global surface temperature above 16.5°C, the second most on record. The record holder is 2024, having 92 days above 16.5°C. The Climate Casino is taking the OVER on 100 days above 16.5°C in 2027.
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 23/09/2026
U Chicago climate researchers project 450,000 heat deaths through Feb due to fossil-fuel-exacerbated El Niño. (That's not including 2nd or 3rd order effects like drought and famine. The *less powerful* 1877 El Niño killed 50m from hunger.) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 22/09/2026
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "The latest science confirms that we have breached, that we've transgressed seven of the nine planetary boundaries that regulate the health of the entire planet." www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnpE...
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Official Planetary Health Check 2026 with Johan Rockström
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 22/09/2026
NEW – Explainer: How sea level rise poses an ‘existential threat’ to humans, heritage and nature ✍️ Written by @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/jG1SPm9
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Explainer: How sea level rise poses an ‘existential threat’ to humans, heritage and nature - Carbon Brief
For millions of people around the world, rising sea levels are already reshaping economies, livelihoods and cultures.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 23/09/2026
Watch the changes in 100 years of changing June-July-August temperature anomalies over land areas through 2026 (second highest on record)... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 22/09/2026
We have a new #OpenAccess commentary piece out in @aguadvances.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1029/2026.... This article introduces a new collection of “Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences” by @agu.org. I was very excited to support the nomination of the NSIDC’s Sea Ice Index.
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Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences: Highlighting the Data That Transform Research
American Geophysical Union announces the new living collection “Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences” Nominators submit datasets impactful to their work along with perso...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 20/09/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 20, 2026 ~ 5 billion Hiroshimas. "The heat energy absorbed by the ocean’s upper 2,000 meters between 1955 and 2010 would have warmed Earth’s atmosphere +36°C rather than the current +1.5°C above preindustrial.” www.pressenza.com/2026/09/ocea...
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Ocean Death Countdown
The oceans are not the same as years ago. They’ve changed a lot. For example, Oceanic Hypoxic Dead Zones, meaning low or depleted oxygen zones, have
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
*Earth’s Warmest Months in Millenia* Global Temperature Anomalies may reach +2°C this winter (above pre-industrial levels) for the first time in modern history, and very likely in over 100,000 years, before the last ice age… 1/
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Forests stored carbon, regulated water, moderated climate, built soils, and supported biodiversity. The forest economy didn’t collapse when pulpwood prices fell. It collapsed when forests became timber.
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Timber Was Gold in the South—Until a Market Collapse Crushed the Forest Economy
Pulpwood helped launch the region’s industrial era. Mill closures have axed demand, marking the biggest threat since the fall of King Cotton.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 19/09/2026
The average global temperature so far this year (for the January-August period) is now up to the 2nd warmest on record since the start of this dataset... This data is using NOAAGlobalTempv6.1.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Line graph time series of global land mean surface temperature anomalies for each January-August period from 1850 through 2026. There is a long-term increasing trend and large year-to-year variability. The mean surface temperature anomaly averaged for January-August 2026 was 1.16°C for global land areas. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1901-2000 climate baseline. Data from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 19/09/2026
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "The EU Commission continues its crusade to dismantle and defund environmental action. It is planning to cut green funding in the next EU budget, continues to support fossil fuels like gas, and is speeding up permitting of environmentally harmful projects."
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Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’
Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?
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Science Talk @scitalkofficial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Should Iran engage in cloud seeding? youtube.com/shorts/P04bd...
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Does Cloud Seeding Work?
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 17/09/2026
Scorching conditions this year have triggered wildfires in European countries that are normally considered to be damp and cool
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Rapid climate change brings wildfire threat to new corners of Europe | New Scientist
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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 17/09/2026
Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds #Climate
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Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in August
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Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Biden's IRA incentives favored wealthier households while falling short on green jobs and housing. The urgency of the climate crisis demands a more ambitious agenda, one that embeds it in issues that people care about. @aldasky.bsky.social explains in this @theguardian.com story—🔗 below.
When Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a law erasing the words "climate change" from state statutes in May 2024 - colloquially known as the "don't say
climate change" law - Democrats were outraged. Just six months later, many liberal politicians began to go quiet on the issue themselves. After Donald Trump won the 2024 election, mentions of the climate crisis started to disappear from Democrats' rhetoric. As the 2026 midterms approach, that retreat is still shaping how some candidates talk about climate on the campaign trail.
The trend, known as "climate-hushing" , may reflect the
limitations of Joe Biden's climate policies, said Daniel Aldana Cohen, assistant sociology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies climate politics and inequality. Green jobs and housing investments fell short of the climate movement's desires, consumer incentives disproportionately benefited wealthier households, and Democrats struggled to effectively communicate their...The climate crisis, however, is still rearing its head around the country, fueling the heatwaves, wildfires and floods plaguing communities around the US. It also lurks behind issues animating voters, from datacenter expansion to rising home insurance rates. And while some pundits have concluded from their polling and research that Americans don't want to hear about global warming, other surveys directly contradict those findings.
"Maybe people don't rank climate as their main or top issue ... but nobody really experiences everyday life like walking around the world rank-ordering the things that they care about," said Aldana Cohen, who is also founding co-director of the thinktank Climate and Community Institute that calls for "green economic populism".
"What's important is to learn how to embed the climate issue organically amidst the other issues that people care most about."Some progressive and populist candidates in the US midterms are pushing back against climate-hushing, linking the issue to economic concerns and everyday struggles. Others aren't speaking about it directly, but pushing for policies that could curb emissions. Such efforts could help build a mass base for climate policies, said Aldana Cohen.
"If we want to decarbonize fast enough and adapt to the impacts that are already here, we're going to need a robust majority that backs those policies," he said. "Elite consensus alone will not suffice ... we're going to need like large numbers of people really enthusiastic about climate policies."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A data center in New Jersey spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a local creek, putting the area’s entire river system at risk. Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 17/09/2026
NEW – Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge ✍️ Written by @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social and Anubha Aggarwal @creacleanair.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/JIwsTKV
Chart titled "India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge" and subtitled "Power-sector emissions, MtCO2 per half-year". Source: Analysis for Carbon Brief by CREA. H1 and H2 emissions rise from around 500 MtCO2 in 2020 and level off between 600–660 MtCO2 from 2024 to 2026. (alt text generated by Google Gemini)
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A fundamental tenet of MAGA and all the other "populist" parties (Reform UK, RN, AfD, etc) is that global warming is a hoax and we must not believe the climate scientists. But the evidence is unequivocal.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 13/09/2026
A stronger El Niño means more extreme weather, including droughts and wildfires in some places and flooding and tropical storms in others
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5 graphs that show how the record-breaking El Niño will affect the world | New Scientist
A stronger El Niño means more extreme weather, including droughts and wildfires in some places and flooding and tropical storms in others
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 13/09/2026
Your 'doom quote' for today: "The risk is that people just think you are exaggerating. It's the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' problem. Sometimes wolves are real. If it's outside the door, wouldn't you want to know?" www.newsbreak.com/pbs-newshour...
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Why experts think climate change will cause more frequent and extreme weather events - NewsBreak
NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry for the Future," a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the
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The Guardian Climate News (unofficial) @guardian-climate.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
France confronts arson problem after devastating summer of wildfires: Experts believe one-third of wildfires in France are set deliberately, with arson the biggest single cause of forest fires last year One is a boy of 15, who threw a burning cigarette into a wood near Bordeaux. Another i...
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France confronts arson problem after devastating summer of wildfires
France confronts arson problem after devastating summer of wildfires: Experts believe one-third of wildfires in France are set deliberately, with arson the biggest single cause of forest fires last year One is a boy of 15, who threw a burning cigarette into a wood near Bordeaux. Another i...
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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 13/09/2026
2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #37 #Climate
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2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #37
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 6, 2026 thru Sat, September 12, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (10 articles)
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 12/09/2026
The textbook fingerprint of El Niño is now visible in last month's sea surface temperature anomalies. El Niño is not a storm, but a natural pattern of climate variability. This redistribution of heat can influence weather worldwide, but is still hard to clearly disentangle. Data from OISSTv2.1 🌊
Map of August 2026 average sea surface temperature anomalies in the ENSO monitoring regions. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1 with anomalies relative to a 1991-2020 baseline.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 12/09/2026
"Scientists say prolonged warming is disrupting fisheries, damaging coral reefs, raising sea levels and threatening economies that depend on healthy seas." via @en.rfi.fr at www.rfi.fr/en/environme...
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How 100 days of record ocean heat is reshaping life in and around the seas
Global oceans have endured 100 consecutive days of record average heat, as human-driven climate change pushes temperatures higher and puts growing pressure on marine life. Scientists say prolonged war...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 12/09/2026
In Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Indigenous Wiwa families are adapting to climate change, armed violence, and extraction threats while guided by their ancestral "law of origin." Roberto Maccariello tells the story of how they safeguard their sacred land. 👉️ mongabay.cc/nMNBRG
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 12/09/2026
“If one city discovers a better way to protect outdoor workers, cool public spaces, or communicate risk to residents, others should not spend years reinventing it. Good ideas should travel.” – The mayors of Paris, Milan, and Phoenix in @theguardian.com op-ed buff.ly/1kCMvWq
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We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego
Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 12/09/2026
Breaking News! Code: y-Axis Alert! On September 11th, the preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature measured 2.98°C above the 1991-2020 mean, which was 4.03 standard deviations above the mean. No previous year has broken 3SD. The Climate 8-ball is feeling oblong.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 12/09/2026
According to data from NOAA, this summer (June-July-August) was the warmest on record for the #Arctic region. The largest departures were found across parts of western Siberia, with the record warmth extending into the Kara Sea basin toward Severnaya Zemlya.
Line graph time series of Arctic mean surface temperature anomalies for each June-August period from 1850 through 2026. There is a long-term increasing trend and large year-to-year variability. The mean surface temperature anomaly averaged for June-August 2026 was 1.78°C for the Arctic. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1901-2000 climate baseline. Data from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 12/09/2026
Will I get a last meal before you send me away, Naomi? "We want to believe in the future, right? We have a right to believe in the future. And there is something treasonous about not believing in the future." (21:25) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World is Now on the Table
Podcast Episode · The Daily · September 12 · 38m
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Science Talk @scitalkofficial.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Forget 1.5°C. This climate target has already gone. @genn.cc youtube.com/shorts/XCcJR...
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Forget 1.5°C
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This felt like a trip down memory lane. I teamed up with @xruk-actions.bsky.social, which I helped launch back in the day, to call for the suppressed National Security Assessment to be released in full. Watch! #loveandrage #london #climate #NSA
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 12/09/2026
Recommended read: Drilled interviewed Nepalese climate negotiator Raju Pandit Chhetri about the country’s demands for loss-and-damage financing and climate justice.
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Nepal Floods Put Climate Loss and Damage Fund to the Test
An interview with  Raju Pandit Chhetri, a climate negotiator from Nepal, about the country’s demands for loss and damage financing and climate justice.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 11/09/2026
As of September 10th, the Nino 3.4 anomaly is now 2.94°C (preliminary) above the 1991-2020 baseline, setting the 104th consecutive daily record, a full 1.09°C above the previous record for the day, set in 1997. The Climate 8-ball is gobsmacked.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 03/09/2026
Dear WMO, The planet has already passed the Paris limit of 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, and is well on its way to 2.0°C (3.6°F) by 2037. You’re welcome.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 15/08/2026
A little Friday extra ... something to tell your pals over a pint. According to the latest CFSv2 model run, this El Nino has just shy of a 95% chance of breaking 4.0°C above the 1991-2020 baseline in November.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Europe climate is crumbling and is now 2.5C hotter than before burning of fossil fuels Africa is only 0.36 C hotter and 0.27C in South America www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Europe is the world’s fastest warming continent. What is to blame?
The climate crisis is hitting Europe hard in 2026, warming twice as fast as any other continent – and the consequences are deadly
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Muhammad Ittefaq, Ph.D. @ittefaq.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
AMOC and grand climate awakening in Europe. @nickbreeze.genn.cc @scitalkofficial.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/QKsZt...
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People Are DYING I AMOC and Climate Awakening in Europe
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AMOC and grand climate awakening in Europe. @nickbreeze.genn.cc youtube.com/shorts/QKsZt...
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People Are DYING I AMOC and Climate Awakening in Europe
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Science Talk @scitalkofficial.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Is Collapse Inevitable?
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/08/2026
The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak.
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Science Talk @scitalkofficial.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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The Climate Question: Growth vs Survival?
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
NASA: Warming Effects of Carbon Pollution since the 1800s. Wait for it. Since human’s industrialized the Earth has warmed 1.5°C/2.7°F due to heat-trapping greenhouse gases released from the burning of fossil fuels, changes in land use, and the feedbacks of both. This may not sound like much but 1/
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 04/08/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 4, 2026 ~ Easy come, easy go. "Hungary and Romania have been forced to shut down nuclear reactors cooled by the Danube for the first time, as record-low water levels deepen fears of an energy crisis across the region." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor
Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output
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