I think people are underestimating how angry people are at the corruption.

My colleagues at @thexylom.com are trying really hard to connect the dots. This story was co-published with @mekongindependent.bsky.social @icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social And that is precisely why getting funding to support the newsroom, in addition to reader donations, has been so difficult:

Forests that regrow on farmland are resilient and regain much of their lost biodiversity and species richness in 30 years — a finding with implications for conservation go.nature.com/3O6gR6t

ARTICLE | Caught in the Current of Overtourism In Mallorca, overtourism is the result of decades of policy choices repeatedly prioritising short-term profit over long-term protection. Words by Jade Van Zuydam Illustrations by Pauline Cremer #SocialJustice #Mallorca #EU

BREAKING: We are excited to announce that Editor-at-Large Kang-Chun Cheng has been named one of eight global finalists in the Emerging Journalists category of the inaugural Stringer Awards. stringerjournalism.org/awards

Built Environment Series ft. Siddharth Behl Siddharth Behl (www.siddharthbehl.com) is an Indian documentary photographer whose work investigates climate change, land politics, and the human cost of environmental decision-making. View all selected photographs via the link: #BuiltEnvironment

Why warmer Caribbean waters could mean slower hurricanes and worse flooding phys.org/news/2026-04...

From Neurodiversity to Echolocation: A Broader Intelligence We’ve long measured intelligence by narrow human standards — words, logic, speed. This excludes many neurodivergent people, and almost all nonhuman animals. Read below ⬇️

A 2,400-year-old alerce tree in Chile hosts twice the fungal diversity of its younger peers. This underground "web of life" supports the entire forest floor, but real estate and climate change threaten these endangered conifers. @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

ARTICLE | A Florist-Turned-Drone-Maker Citizens pivoting toward drone-making reveals how ordinary people reshape their lives to meet the needs of their communities in a time of war. Words and photos by: Kang-Chun Cheng Learn more about Kseniia Kalmus: klyn.io #Adaptation Read the article ⬇️

Built Environment Series ft. Vir Shah ( @virshah.bsky.social ) Vir Shah is an architect, urbanist, and visual designer working at the intersection of ecology, climate, and the public realm. View all selected photographs via the link: icaruscomplexmagazine.com/experiences-... #BuiltEnvironment

hell yeah www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

ARTICLE Billionaire Gautam Adani is accused of building a global energy empire through bribes, bypassing sanctions, violating tribal rights, and targeting journalists. Produced [email protected], co-published by,@icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social and @mekongindependent.bsky.social. Read ⬇️ #EnergyCrisis

PEATLANDS | Climate Infrastructure Underfoot Peatlands cover only 3% of the Earth's land surface but store more carbon than all the world's forests combined. When drained, they emit significant amounts of CO₂, contributing about 5% of global human-caused CO₂. collab @wetlandsint.bsky.social

Co-published a piece in collaboration with @mekongindependent.bsky.social. The story is produced by @thexylom.com

INTERVIEW | Architecture, Ecology, and the Carbon Talk ft. Architect Manuel Bouzas Barcala How might a “Spanish attitude” to architecture deepen our understanding of space and materials within landscapes fragmented by the energy transition? Interview by Rupal Rathore Photos by Luis Diaz Diaz

PHOTO FEATURE | Gui Christ ‘In a territory where water once sustained continuity, development has turned daily life into a fragile negotiation between survival, memory, and loss.’ Photographer: Gui Christ  https://f.mtr.cool/vcyjviacab  #Amazon #Wetlands

NEWS DIGEST | Brazil Floods Extreme rainfall triggered deadly floods & landslides in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s coffee region. Neighbourhoods were cut off as infrastructure failed under rising water & unstable slopes. Brazil’s deadliest rain-related disasters in recent years.  What we're tracking ⬇️

Small wetlands are easy to overlook, but collectively they play a major role in releasing methane — meaning they’re more important for climate change than we realized.

Built Environment Series We invited Icarus Complex readers and contributors to participate in a shared experiment that asks a simple but revealing question: 'How do you experience climate as it interacts with the built environment through its designs, failures, and adaptations?' Article link ⬇️

NEWS DIGEST | Western U.S. Heat Wave U.S. heat wave is intensifying — and lasting longer than expected This isn’t just about high temperatures. It’s about duration, infrastructure strain, and compounding risk Source: @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/science/2026... What we're tracking ⬇️

@microsoft.com can’t claim to be a leader on climate and then build out massive fossil-fuel facilities that emit millions of tons of climate pollution and poison the people living next door. Except that's exactly what they're doing.

Arctic Winter Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, Again eos.org/research-and...

Balcony solar systems are helping people with energy affordability and security, and cutting emissions. Why aren't more Canadians getting on board? Here's a look at the possibilities, and the challenges: www.theenergymix.com/balcony-sola...

OPEN CALL | Himalayan Climate Watch Network Fellowship Applications for the Himalayan Climate Watch Network Fellowship remain open until 30 March 2026. Collaboration: @mongabayindia.bsky.social @meandermagazine @earthjournalism.bsky.social @mudlandstudio.bsky.social @rootedfutureslab.bsky.social

On #WorldWaterDay, look down. U.S. drinking water pipes date back to before the Civil War. Aging infrastructure. Lead lines. 6 billion gallons lost to leaks daily. The water crisis is under our feet. buff.ly/gO5hpT7

The Associated Press getting on board. "The war in Iran is exposing the world’s reliance on fragile fossil fuel routes, lending urgency to calls for hastening the shift to renewable energy."

NEW: With no alternative sources of warming, residents in Balochistan, Pakistan, are resorting to cutting down rare juniper trees in a UNESCO biosphere reserve for firewood. “Either we freeze, or we burn the trees,” says farmer Mahboob Khan. www.thexylom.com/post/balochi...

“Based on historical patterns, Phoenix could expect a March day as hot as it was on Thursday only once every 4,433 years” heatmap.news/climate/marc...

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Learn more in this story by Tulsi Rauniyar for #Mongabay. mongabay.cc/gSDNCY

NEWS DIGEST | The Fossil Fuel Trap Ending fossil fuel dependence isn’t just about reducing emissions. It is a global security and economic imperative. Sources: @insideclimatenews.org @reuters.com @climatehomenews #FossilFuel #Iran #War

“The American-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon is not a war for oil. Still, it is an oil war. And oil’s role will produce short-term devastation and deepen long-term horrors.” By @the-breakdown.bsky.social

The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (@dceff.bsky.social) is excited to bring together local and environmental journalists for an afternoon of conversation and connection on March 27th from 1-4:30 PM ET dceff.org/dceff-media-...

DCEFF Youth Programmer Cate Latessa shares her top 5 family-friendly programs coming to the Environmental Film Festival.

How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility

SEEDS OF CIVILISATION As agriculture scaled, staple crops became tools of trade, taxation, and industrial profit. Today, they are reframed as ‘new’, despite long histories in communities of colour. How do we honour these foods — and the communities behind them? Read more here: bit.ly/478SbAt

If you want to know what mining in Zambia actually looks like, with the support of @pulitzercenter.org, I sent @thexylom.com's Editor-at-Large KC Cheng to central Zambia to document the prevalent unease among Chinese migrant workers and locals last year: www.thexylom.com/post/six-dec...

The war with Iran is driving up more than gasoline prices. It is beginning to hit semiconductors, medical imaging, backyard gardens, and even children’s party balloons. That’s because Hormuz is also a major shipping route for helium and fertilizer. Fertilizer shortages will also raise food prices.

‘Researchers Create A Family History Of San Diego Kelp Over More Than Four Decades’ @scrippsocean.bsky.social scripps.ucsd.edu/news/researc...

Must Read! phys.org/news/2026-03...

This move is so incredibly dumb, and ultimately so destructive to our understanding of extreme weather and of climate change, that it could only have come from the Trump administration. Truly dangerous idiocy. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

The Climate Chronicles, Episode 13: The Bones at Star Carr @dagomardegroot.bsky.social zooms in on the archaeological site of Star Carr, where – just over 11,000 years ago – a group of families settled beside a small lake in what is now northern England. 🧪 Listen here: buff.ly/yQjydPd

California and Texas are far ahead of the pack when it comes to grid batteries, but Arizona is quickly catching up.

NEWS DIGEST | Fossils Expansion on Trial A landmark civil case in the Paris Judicial Court could reshape how fossil fuel companies are held accountable for climate harm. Sources: @insideclimatenews.org Read relevant articles: bit.ly/3PzGVXNMg #TotalEnergies #ClimateNews #FossilExpansion

The #MilanoCortina2026 Winter Paralympic Games begin today in Italy! 🇮🇹 But warming winters are putting the future of winter sports at risk⬇️

ARTICLE | Heavy Lies the Grain 'Sixty years on, Punjab’s agricultural landscape reveals the human and environmental toll of India’s Green Revolution.' Words and photographs: @harshavadlamani.bsky.social Published by @icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social #GreenRevolution #Agriculture #LandPolitics #India

ARTICLE | Architectural Futures in the New Fire Age 'In the Pyrocene, rethinking resilience means designing architecture that works with fire rather than against it.' Words: @melissasterry.bsky.social Research and graphics: @icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social #Wildfires #UrbanResilience #Ecosystems

Ok bet. You should support @thexylom.com starting at $2/month because I founded the worker-run newsroom to cover how Donald Trump and friends are making the world poorer, sicker, and dirtier. We literally published a dispatch from eastern Ukraine this morning with @icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social:

Over four decades, tree richness across the Andes and Amazon has shifted unevenly. Some regions are losing species while others, like the northern Andes, are gaining. Researchers say precipitation and forest fragmentation drive the trend, and limiting deforestation could help protect diversity.