Reposted by Sustainable FarmingEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It doesn't matter that Ireland only has miniscule fragments of native forests left, or that these are mostly in a dying state. When it comes to fixing that, everything takes forever and is piecemeal, if it even happens at all. It's always plenty of talk and written reports, but little or no action. 210229
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The argument to give nature legal rights seems compelling, not because a declaration alone can solve climate and biodiversity crises, but because it can shift whose interests the law protects. The real test will be enforcement and turning recognition into action. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comNature has rights — it is time the world recognized themExisting legal frameworks have not halted planetary crises. Recognizing the rights of nature could offer a different path. 18333
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Earlier this summer mosquitoes capable of transmitting Zika virus and dengue were found breeding in homes in east London" Oh joy! Another perk of global heating www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWorst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farmsClimate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire 39755
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingDr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Permafrost warming in Alaska is reaching considerable depths as Arctic Amplification pushes surface air warming past 1.15ºC per decade. A 27-year study shows warming deeper than 1m across 100% of measurement sites. www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli... #climatechange #permafrost #arctic #emissionsfrontiersin.orgFrontiers | Significant soil warming across Alaska permafrost and non-permafrost regions from 1997 to 2023IntroductionAir temperatures in Alaska are increasing at twice the rate of the contiguous United States. Soil temperatures have been shown to be increasing a... 15427
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingSam Burgess @oceanterra.org · 02/10/2026Europe didnt just experience an exceptionally hot summer in 2026. It experienced a summer where multiple climate extremes reinforced each other. First - temperature records were broken at daily, monthly and seasonal scales across Europe Read more: climate.copernicus.eu/summer-revie... 2223127
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“What we are seeing now is a complete explosion of these melt rates, leading to the disintegration of glaciers. They’re really just falling apart" Europe's glaciers are accelerating even faster on the road to oblivion www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five yearsAlpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution 816699
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingMichael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Building a huge wine warehouse with jumbo straw bales was half the cost of a conventionsl build. Can you imagine how cheap it is to cool or heat? And no it's not temporary, it's very resilient. Foto: Buildnaturally, Sigi Koko www.instagram.com/p/DeC26HaGCy... #strawblhouse #strawbuilding 57022
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingLeon Simons @leonsimons.com · 03/10/2026🚨NASA CERES satellite data shows another 4-year average record for global Absorbed Solar Radiation. Earth's Energy Imbalance has more than doubled over the past 20 years. We've been trying to warn about this and the impacts for years, but few seem to care. 715484
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Number one on the Climate News Weekend Watchlist is this new short documentary by Critical Latitude about the Matterhorn in the Alps, which s coming apart as the ice-rock formations become loose-rock formations. Worth watching:youtu.beThe Matterhorn Is Coming Apart From The Inside - And It's Not The Only OneYouTube video by Critical Latitude 26734
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Do these mosquitos help with the taste of English sparkling wine? Asking for Nigel Farage and Jeremy Clarkson. 0148
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingJoanne @joannefirth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Climate related. 🔥🌎💥☄️ 32212
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingMongabay @mongabay.com · 01/10/2026As food shortages worsen, communities in northern Uganda are relying on wild edible plants to survive. A study highlights the vital role of local flora during crises, raising questions about whether areas with lower botanical diversity will face greater vulnerability. By Fellow Kingsley Charles.mongabay.ccUganda pastoralists turn to wild plants as food shortages bite, study findsFor decades, the global outlook for food and agriculture has brought heightened concerns as climate patterns create a mix of droughts and floods across the world. Consequently, fears of diminishing… 03018
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Germany wasted so much money on fossil fuels the last 5 years when they could have invested in cheap solar and batteries. Now Germany tells the rest of Europe that because Germany is so bad with its own finances and burnt it all on overpriced fossil fuels, now all of Europe needs to spend less.cnbc.comDrastic budget cutbacks essential to fund Europe's defense, Germany and allies warnSix European leaders have called for major cuts to a proposed 2 trillion euro budget. 14219
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Stop accusing us of spying! We’ve been watching you!” 10357125
Reposted by Sustainable Farmingfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Spain supplying a quarter of Europe’s fresh produce while running out of water exposes the reckless vulnerability of our food system. Draining aquifers to fuel intensive agriculture in a climate crisis is unsustainable. Why sacrifice ecosystems for cheap produce? (1/2) 🤔 #ClimateCrisisdw.comSpain grows fruit and vegetables for Europe — but it's running out of waterSpain's southern coast produces up to 25% of Europe's fruit and vegetables. But amid intensive farming, climate change and illegal wells, the water it takes to grow them is drying up. 15044
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time. 6020551029
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingRichard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 23/09/2026U 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/...theguardian.comHuge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six monthsNew report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis 34633
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s time American farmers switched to electric farm equipment. It’s cheaper and better for the health of the farmers and the community as a whole. And it helps with future harvest protection. Diesel farm equipment destroys future harvests. 1289
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingErik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NGOs & #climate activists are saying #COP31 in November is too expensive for a robust civil society representation Accommodations in Türkiye are eye watering Researchers examined 208 properties listed on the official website, costs will push advocates out of Antalya: cop31radar.com/research/the... 1147
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Climate aid driving up public debt of poorest countries by billions of pounds each year …most climate finance is loans, increasing debt, while rich countries recover their money, often with interest. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...independent.co.ukClimate aid driving up public debt of poorest nations by billions of pounds each yearNew Independent analysis reveals how many of the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are being priced out of the climate aid system, while countries able to access aid are seeing billions ad... 33222
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Impressionable boomers and California wine moms watch Paramount and CNN and Warner and HBO and Discovery. Donald Trump’s media and tech billionaire groupie, Larry Ellison, is about to own all of those networks. Watch this fact-filled short video from Charles McBryde on TikTok: 27742
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026With Andy Burnham's speech, the left has unequivocally won the argument - on the rhetoric, at least. The substance is rather more complicated. But this government is more susceptible to popular pressure to go in a more progressive direction than Starmerism. Should embolden us! 5728036
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingLeon Simons @leonsimons.com · 30/09/2026A +5.34°C Sea Surface Temperature anomaly for the Niño 1 + 2 region! 🌊🌡📈 🤯 49952
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lula presidency saved 20,000km2 of #Brazil Amazon since 2022. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-lul...carbonbrief.orgAnalysis: Lula presidency saved at least 20,000km2 of Brazilian Amazon since 2022 - Carbon BriefWith Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro tied in the polls, the upcoming election is expected to significantly shape the level of environmental action in Brazil 04422
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingSustainable Farming @sustainablefarming.bsky.social · 21/09/2026An excellent new video with Benedict Cumberbatch explaining how we can sustainably live on Earth. Already in the first 6 minutes we see the devastating effects on farming from pesticide use since the 1980s: we now have to hand pollinate crops because the bees are gone. 14721
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/09/2026Tonight begins the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot. May a sukkat shalom — a shelter of peace — spread over our city. To all celebrating: Gut Yontif and Chag Sukkot Sameach! 9976471091
Reposted by Sustainable Farmingumsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Weather is now becoming climate... "The upper and lower extremes are getting farther and farther apart as time goes by," Extremes will switch the carbon sinks into sources - the transition is full scale underway... #climate #earthnature.comGreening masks stability loss in drylands - Nature Climate ChangeThe authors consider greening trends and interannual variability, linked to ecosystem stability, in dryland ecosystems across 40 years (1982–2020). They show persistent greening yet increased interann... 063
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Climate change is fuelling African conflict – governments are developing a shared response When communities compete for land and water, the risk of conflict can grow. theconversation.com/climate-chan...theconversation.comClimate change is fuelling African conflict – governments are developing a shared responseAfrican countries are now crafting the first continent-wide framework to tackle how climate disasters can worsen hunger, displacement and conflict. 14020
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingProf William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We invite everyone to endorse the Declaration of a Planetary Emergency, part of the upcoming World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Third Notice. Please add your name and share widely. Every endorsement helps show public concern about the future of our planet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 28447
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The 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/...theguardian.comHuge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six monthsNew report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis 1116284
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Wet day over an Irish Atlantic rainforest. 316511
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'll be in Manorhamilton, Leitrim, on Tuesday the 13th of October to discuss An Irish Atlantic Rainforest following a special film screening. If you're up in that direction, do come along! climateactionweek.ie/events/speci...climateactionweek.ieSpecial Screening: An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, part of Leitrim Climate Week - Climate Action WeekJoin Special Screening: An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, part of Leitrim Climate Week during Climate Action Week. Discover inspiring talks, workshops, and activities to support climate action. 05515
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In a word: no. In two words: definitely not. Agri press moves from #climate denial to delusional complacency instead. Not sure this is progress. www.agriland.ie/farming-news...agriland.ieOpinion: Could climate change be a good news story for Irish agriculture?Meanwhile, food security levels in the European Union continue to falter 138929
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingTim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The likes of Richard Tice think we should just enjoy global warming and crack open the English wine. The reality for British farmers, however, is much different: medium.com/the-new-clim...medium.comWhen Even Sheep Start StrugglingClimate change is starting to effect the animals we least expected, in the places we once thought of as ‘havens’ 2148
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Then the opening scene showing ingenious Chinese farmers hand pollinating pear trees has one of the most perfect opening soundtracks. The music achieves two simultaneous moods: the scene is both clever but also whimsical. This ties in with the (not so) wise human, thread of the documentary. 1123
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingPeter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 22/09/2026Anthony Albanese NY Climate Week: “The science told us unmistakably that as the world warms these events will become more frequent and intense. And those scientific forecasts have come to be. Yet he has approved 37 new, expanded or extended coal and gas developments since taking office in 2022!thepoint.com.auAlbanese's Climate Week speech left out the numbers that matter mostPrime Minister Anthony Albanese opened Climate Week NYC on Monday by leaning on Australia's renewables progress: massive rooftop solar uptake, ten thousand home batteries a week, enough wind and solar... 24116
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingSerene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 19/09/2026'Droughts across the US & 🇪🇺 have been shriveling harvests, ; weather forecasts for a “super” El Niño this year means “there are some alarming signals” about the impact of weather on wheat crops, said Lampreia, a market strategist at the Lisbon-based Freedom24.' www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comUS wheat farmers navigate uncertainty amid drought and geopolitical chaosSome experts worry factors affecting wheat exports could push global food prices even higher than they are now 26441
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingMichael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Fiber hemp harvest: 33 tonnes per hectare in Saxony Foto: Dr. S. Richter www.landwirtschaft.sachsen.de/Hanf.html 0254
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingSustainable Farming @sustainablefarming.bsky.social · 18/10/2024This genius way to restore degraded soil is exceptionally effective. A great new video from Planet Wild:youtu.beA genius way to restore dead soilYouTube video by Planet Wild 22430153
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingMichael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"The future of construction is grown, not extracted." Biomass residue / myko panels 🍄 Just finished a 60min fire test: lnkd.in/p/eeSyh7AX / www.mykor.co.ukmykor.co.ukMykor InsulationMykor develops and scales the next generation of building insulation that considers both human and planet health using industrial residues and mycelium for a 100% circular product. 0115
Sustainable Farming @sustainablefarming.bsky.social · 21/09/2026An excellent new video with Benedict Cumberbatch explaining how we can sustainably live on Earth. Already in the first 6 minutes we see the devastating effects on farming from pesticide use since the 1980s: we now have to hand pollinate crops because the bees are gone. 14721
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A 63 year old human went swimming in the ocean and made body moevemrnts very similar to shark food. A shark minding its own business noticed the object resembling food and as the shark’s parents and predecessors have done for millions of years, the shark decided to have a bite. Australians 🤦♂️ 46221
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingHugo @nonviolence.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It is faster to kill primary old growth forest (the main water and CO2 pump on Earth) than for it to grow back (which takes hundreds of years). As we grow human populations and eat more meat per person, the last primary life support systems of Earth are being destroyed for our follies. #NTHE 1137
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Number 7 on the Climate News Weekend Watchlist is from Nate Hagens. Nate discusses the four things we cannot get wrong to save ourselves. Worth watching:youtu.beFour Things We Can't Afford to Get Wrong | Frankly 159YouTube video by Nate Hagens 1113
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It’s a good time to become a vegetariannytimes.comOpinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? (Gift Article)On second thought, I’m not that hungry. 1012934
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingRichard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 05/09/2026Chatting just now with local Kent winegrower at farmer's market. This year's grapes are "smaller than peas" - not going to bother to harvest. What did he think of politicians saying 'hey enjoy your English sparkling wine thanks to climate change'? "Fucking morons." 8809246
Reposted by Sustainable Farmingpapaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Mexican Activists Are Fighting Climate Crises by Stopping Extractive Violence truthout.org/articles/mex...truthout.orgMexican Activists Are Fighting Climate Crises by Stopping Extractive ViolenceIndigenous activists and water defenders in Mexico are organizing to combat what they call “signs of planetary death.”… 02212
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Number 4 on the Climate News Weekend Watchlist is a new video by @drgilbz.bsky.social discussing how neo-liberalism misunderstands the costs of climate change, and asks if capitalism can “fix” climate change. Worth watching:youtu.beCan capitalism "fix" climate change?YouTube video by Dr Gilbz 2198
Reposted by Sustainable FarmingPaul Beckwith @paulhbeckwith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My new video… just posted… I ask a fundamental question: What Should a $10 Billion Climate R&D Moonshot Fund? youtu.be/Lk4D9Lpfbn0?... #climate #weather #climatechange #engineering #engineer #engineers #research #development #USA #Europe #cleantechyoutu.beWhat Should a $10 Billion Climate R&D Moonshot Fund?YouTube video by Paul Beckwith 63215