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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds
Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Recent scientific analyses indicate that the stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) depends critically on the rate of radiative forcing rather than a fixed temperature threshold. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Failure to track a stable AMOC state under rapid climate change
PDF | The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a tipping element of the climate system. The current estimate of the global warming... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Europe’s exposure to climate change Impact is significant. The consequences and required actions are clear. 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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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I’m in! Looking forward to join the @climateinteractive.org accelerator. New solutions, tools and insights. Great #climate #SystemDynamics #simulation in action.
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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 22/10/2024
but have u considered ✨jobs✨
Bill McKibben
@billmckibben
If we switched to renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half.
Because they're just carrying coal and oil and gas
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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).
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Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 09/07/2026
In case your day is not yet full enough of fun-packed new climate data ... The June update for Total Column Precipitable Water was just released by ECMWF, and it shows yet another new record high for the Northern mid-latitudes, where over 50% of humans live. Wet times ahead.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 09/02/2026
I've created a new dashboard for The Climate Brink that is updated daily with ERA5 global mean surface temperature data. It includes daily anomalies, monthly and annual forecasts, and a bunch of interactive data visualizations: dashboard.theclimate...
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... #economy
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How Brexit has made Britain poorer – in charts
Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EU
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 11/06/2026
Your 'doom quote' for today: "It should be obvious that overshoot is ultimately a terminal condition." reeswilliame.substack.com/p/carrying-c...
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Carrying capacity: The vinegar in economists’ wine
Think ‘ecological footprint’
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Bonjour Mercosur www.reuters.com/world/china/... #economy
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EU kickstarts Mercosur pact to counter US trade hit
The European Union and South American bloc Mercosur will implement on Friday a contentious free trade agreement that ​the EU in particular hopes will benefit exporters and calm critics, even if it can...
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
European State of the Climate Report 2025 climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2025
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
According to this study, caring capacity is 2.5 billion people and maximum capacity reached at 12 billion . #climate iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity
Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity, Bradshaw, Corey J A, Judge, Melinda A, Blumstein, Daniel T, Ehrlich, Paul R, Dasgupta, Aisha N Z, Wackernagel, Mathis, Weeda, Lewis J Z, Le Souëf, Peter N
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The shock is traveling through the supply chain towards a plate near you. #foodsecurity www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘Food security timebomb’: a visual guide to the Gulf fertiliser blockade
UN says record numbers of people could face acute hunger if conflict continues
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
He has seen everything www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam
Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Totally bananas www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ma...
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What a slip-up! The shop in Orkney that accidentally ordered 38,000 bananas
The Kirkwall branch of Tesco meant to buy 380kg of fruit. Instead, it placed an order for 380 boxes – each containing 100 pieces
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 19/02/2026
🚨The most important graph in the world has another year of data, and it doesn't look good!🚨 NASA CERES satellites measure how much sunlight Earth absorbs and how much heat is radiated back to space. The difference is heat accumulation, which has more than tripled!
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
„…The new calculations reveal that following a relative sea level rise of 1 metre, it is estimated that 37% more coastal areas will fall below sea level, affecting up to 132 million individuals….“ #climate www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests
Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
#Climate & #AI - Physics vs Sales by @climateadam.bsky.social youtu.be/py0XpKxAnNU?...
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Climate Scientist Reacts to AI Overlords
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
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Dr Adam Levy @climateadam.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Absolutely incredibly news from the world's largest emitter. The tide really might be beginning to turn on fossil fuels.
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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🆕 study: Global warming must stay below 2°C and return to 1.5°C as quickly as possible to reduce tipping point risks. In the long term, temperatures must cool to 1°C above pre-industrial levels, researchers from @exeter.ac.uk, @cicero.oslo.no and PIK find. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Channel 4 News on #AMOC monitoring! 🌊
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
All part of the same system: Atmoshere, Water, Soil, Groundwater . www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... #climate
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‘I live in constant fear’: surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey’s farmers
Falling groundwater, extreme heat and water-intensive farming are accelerating land collapse, forcing a rethink in agricultural practices
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Nothing makes a better case for #sovereignty and #privacy
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Peak #Tesla. 2025 Performance Snapshot (EU + EFTA + UK) • Tesla: 238,656 units (down 26.9% from 2024). • BYD: 187,657 units (up 268.6% from 2024).
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Epidemiological control undone: #Measles are back.
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
About #Cuba current developments with #economy data www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘History will tell’: as US pressure grows, Cuba edges closer to collapse amid mass exodus
Disillusioned with the revolution after 68 years of US sanctions and a shattered economy, one in four Cubans have left in four years. Can the regime, and country, survive the engulfing ‘polycrisis’?
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System Dynamics Society @system-dynamics.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
System Dynamics 101: A Beginner's Guide 🛠️ Learn more: ow.ly/QRLz50XG738 👥 Join our global community: systemdynamics.org/membership
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System Dynamics Society @system-dynamics.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📣 FREE EVENT ▶️ 8th Annual Workshop on System Dynamics in Transportation Modelling by the Transportation SIG 📅 February 19-20, 2026 📍 Stockholm, Sweden and online 🔗 RSVP: ow.ly/thPZ50XSmz1 #SystemDynamics #systemsthinking
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Unintended innovation aid: While it is praised in the USA for “…preserving US sovereignty and protecting American workers and businesses from extraterritorial overreach…” it may backfire as it fuels the sovereign movement in the EU. Congrats. 🥳 www.theguardian.com/business/202... #tax
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US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals
Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climate
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‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
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Jagoda Marinić @jagodamarinic.com · 05/12/2025
Freedom - my new Podcast Episode with inspiring @leaypi.bsky.social ist out now and it will make your think about Europe, Migration , writing memoirs and much more … www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
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Podcast: Freiheit Deluxe – Lea Ypi – Indignity
The philosopher knows what it means when certainties disappear. As a teenager in Albania, she experienced the end of communism and the collapse of state structures. Her literary debut, "Free", became ...
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 08/12/2025
62% of Germans say that Germany can no longer rely on the US nuclear umbrella for its security. Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
LMICs paid out $741 billion more in principal and interest on their external debt between 2022 and 2024 than they received in new financing - the largest amount in at least 50 years. blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/... #economics
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Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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System Dynamics Society @system-dynamics.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
ICYMI ▶️ The latest System Dynamics Review issue is now available! 🔗 Access SDR articles: ow.ly/xUpQ50XwMy8 🎥 How to publish in SDR: systemdynamics.org/how-to-publish-i… #SystemDynamics #systemsthinking #SystemDynamicsReview #sdr
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Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
“When we compare the total terrestrial water storage data with climate datasets, the trends broadly correlate,” said Mohammad Shamsudduha, professor of water crisis and risk reduction at UCL. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #water
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Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Good morning from Texel, NL. Sunrise over @niozsearesearch.bsky.social
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Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Climate disruption impact on economy podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t...
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How climate shocks could break the economy | Edmond Rhys Jones
Podcast Episode · TED Talks Daily · 13/11/2025 · 13m
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Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.50... #environment #climate#sustainability
Global forest assessment 2025 - Reported by FAO.
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Ice-cream with purpose www.theguardian.com/business/202... #purpose
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Ben & Jerry’s owner stopped brand developing flavour for peace in Gaza
Exclusive: Co-founder accuses ice-cream brand’s parent of taking part in ‘corporate butt kissing’ of Donald Trump
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
#Amazon aims to “…return more water than it uses by 2030…” How does the miraculous multiplication of water work? Turning wine into water? www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #warer #sustainability #systemdynamics
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Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
European rating agency Scope downgraded the United States' credit rating by a notch on Friday, citing sustained deterioration in public finances and a weakening of governance standards. www.reuters.com/business/sco... Via Reuters
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
„This is a national security issue!“ says Dame Angela McLean, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, about the collapse risk of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Interesting discussion on Forecasting Arctic Tipping Points - Building an Early Warning System for Everyone, at #ArcticCircle.
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Thomas Wittig @thwittig.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climate #energy
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Global use of coal hit record high in 2024
Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Great interview of climate scientist Mike Mann and virologist Peter Hotez on the war on science by special interest groups. My colleague Mann endured vicious attacks after his pioneering (and solidly confirmed) ‘hockey stick’ curve of #globalwarming. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science
From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...
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