NASA's website now communicates full-on climate disinformation. The climate does not only take "hundreds or even millions of years to change," nor have temperatures gone up only 1°F. And temperature & precipitation are connected, not separate. This is shocking. www.nasa.gov/learning-res...

Petrochemical expansion is not inevitable — it is financed. Our new report traces $133B in bank financing and $1.6T in investor exposure behind US petrochemical growth — even as legal challenges, overcapacity, & cancellations mount Read: bit.ly/4uOHCga

It would be prudent not to idolise renewable energy technologies. While they promise a more decentralised system, just like the internet once did, they aren’t inherently democratic. There already are solar barons and battery czars. Even so, they are better than fossil energy. No romanticism needed.

“Airbnb takes claims about housing affordability very seriously. We are acutely aware of Cape Town’s housing challenges, rooted in the city’s unique geography, the lasting impact of apartheid-era land dispossession and exclusionary spatial planning.”

UK homebuilder Bellway cuts margin outlook, echoes sector warnings on Iran war risks reut.rs/4buafYv

What’s happening to Arctic freshwater as the region warms? A new study used satellite data to reconstruct 20 years of water flowing from land into the Arctic Ocean, revealing a complex and uneven pattern rather than a straightforward trend toward a 'wetter' Arctic. www.esa.int/Applications...

Discussions about their hopes for a home are essential, sometimes even talking to couples separately to see if their visions are aligned. He likens this role to a psychologist. “You’re trying to make sense of what they’re saying to you and whether that’s actually what they want.” Niall Maxwell

“Thatch, for an architect, is like clay for an artist.” Richard Parr

We’re counting down the days until the Venice Art Biennale (May 9 – November 22) opens its doors. Take a look at how our itinerary is shaping up so far www.wallpaper.com/art/exhibiti...

Here is what the journal Nature has to say about our paper on the increasing rate of #globalwarming: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"It is outrageous that people will be buying homes that are expensively heated with gas when we have perfectly good technology – heat pumps – that can be installed instead." My comments @theguardian.com new homes in the UK still using gas heating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Welcome that, finally, a new UK homes standard requires solar power & heat pumps. But - year's delay to 2028 means a further 150,000 homes will need retrofitting, at homeowners expense - allowing wood burning stoves will mean air pollution costing many lives www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our largest lakes are lower for the third year in a row due to low snowpacks and early springs. Hydro power production loss at 30-40 %. Another ’reliable’ form of energy production. yle.fi/a/74-2021688...

While considering it a "big responsibility" bringing the theatre production to Sydney at this time, actress Chloe-Jean Vincent says Anne Frank's story makes theatregoers feel "inspired and so uplifted".

📢 Nationally, Australia’s environment was better than the average of the past 25 years. Look up our interactive map to see how your suburb or local government area fared.

The Europe Commission president declares that Europe and Australia must rearm and decarbonise as they try to break economic and energy dependencies on China and Russia.

I’d rather live next to wind turbines and solar panels.

If you need another reminder that climate change is now, not some future thing...

“I’ve always been building and have never occupied a space without touching it. I even rearrange hotel rooms.” Mark Ford

The Trump administration has agreed to pay TotalEnergies almost $1bn to pull out of offshore wind in the US and invest instead in oil and gas production. Tax payers’ money to ensure continued demand for oil and gas. Complete madness. www.ft.com/content/ae51...

Here's a headline that seems to describe this activity more appropriately: Dept. of Interior bribes oil company $1B from taxpayer coffers to stop wind power electrek.co/2026/03/23/d... @elektrek.bsky.social

Analysis: CO2 from UK data centres could be ‘hundreds of times’ higher than thought #Climate

"Blowing up oil fields isn't war. It's climate terrorism. You aren't just killing your enemy; you are killing the future of every species on this planet. Despicable. Shameful. #Ecocide"

“What I take from working in defence is that you keep your eye on the ball. The homes have to be built: that is the primary need right now. Luxury takes time, and we do not have time.” Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan

”When our rewilding program started, many big corporations offered us huge amounts of money if we certified carbon credits. We consulted with communities. But our answer was that we don’t sell nature.” That was a smart choice in hindsight. e360.yale.edu/features/ter...

”We found that old-growth forests store 78-89% more carbon than managed forests do, a difference in carbon storage larger than Sweden’s cumulative emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels since 1834.” Old-growth forests are important for biodiversity too. theconversation.com/swedens-old-...

"Our crisis, (Ghosh) shows, is ultimately the result of a mechanistic view of the earth, where nature exists only as a resource for humans to use for our own ends, rather than a force of its own, full of agency and meaning." press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

We are living in a period of political anti-intellectualism. But in pop culture, clever is the new cool

Worst of times, best of times. Looming fertilizer shortages push the world into a new hunger crisis. But for the concentrated fertilizer market the war on Iran is an extraordinary profit opportunity. Stocks are shooting up.

This might be the oil shock where the world learns that you can have Nixon style queues at gas stations without price controls. Blaming shortages on price controls in a massive supply shock is like blaming the rain on the umbrella. I still recommend using an umbrella.

I have studied China for years and have been banging the drum for buffer stocks in essentials like food and energy with Western policy makers. The response was always some version of market fundamentalism: it’s not efficient, it distorts prices etc. Well, here we are. peri.umass.edu/publication/...

The world energy shock is coming — it will deepen inequality in ways we've seen before. Our new @newstatesman1913.bsky.social piece argues that without urgent government action, the Strait of Hormuz crisis will ripple through our economies and rip apart our societies. Here's why. 1/

This is a master class in how NOT to select a photo for a news story about climate change-fueled extreme heat. Clickbait isn't going to win you actual readers or subscribers via social. (No shade to the photog, it's an editorial call.) @coveringclimatenow.org has good tips on choosing heat visuals.

one fun consequence of LLMs replacing human-created content across a huge number of domains is just.........too much text, constantly. LinkedIn comments are like 1000 word essays now. Emails are like a cruise ship of meaningless slop. It's killing communication

Plot twist: the orange oil boy accidentally motivates the entire world minus Russia to accelerate their transition to renewables. apnews.com/article/midd...

"A moratorium on new building new coal mines and on expanding existing ones would allow for a gradual phase out of the industry, which would in turn minimise the social and economic adjustment associated with worldwide commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions"

rightwing media narratives are fuelling a false backlash against climate action An echo chamber of elite opinion, has led to MPs significantly underestimating public support for climate policies and overestimate public opposition to local clean energy projects www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On which online platforms do you see the most mis- and disinformation? And on which topics? This and other questions are answered in a major analysis of 3.3 million posts by Science Feedback. Be aware and vigilant - don't get fooled by misinformation! science.feedback.org/second-measu...

A huge congratulations to everyone who decried planned, equitable and gradual emissions cuts as too radical. Now you get to experience unplanned, unjust and whiplash-inducing emissions cuts instead. Maybe lets not make the same mistake again? www.afr.com/companies/re...

More than 1,000 new homes could be built in 12-storey buildings around Melbourne's second-oldest market, as part of a redevelopment expected to cost $1 billion.

Post-disaster reviews show NZ repeats the same warnings. Breaking the cycle means stronger laws, clearer responsibilities and greater funding.

Why are mortgage rates going up when the Bank of England base rate hasn’t changed?

Parts of this path have been in place for many, many years of course. Used to walk the area all the time when I lived in London as it was perfect day trip territory. There are areas around Hastings and Folkestone that are just glorious. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📢 In the middle of an otherwise orderly bluestone-and-glass corridor on Southbank Promenade sits a giant, slightly odd, bright red staircase that leads to nowhere.

"‘The world is transitioning away from fossil fuels’: Gulf oil investors turn to African renewables" 'Gulf oil money is flowing into African renewables – and the Iran war is only accelerating the trend.' www.euronews.com/2026/03/16/t...

Note that two and three wheeler EVs are STILL cutting more oil demand today than EVs globally (albeit only just and probs not for long) Still - such a badly underrecognised form of EV

The next big innovations will centre on energy efficiency.

These are currently the seven most endangered heritage sites in Europe, according to Europa Nostra. Posting because I attended an inspirational talk by Europa Nostra’s secretary-general Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic last night.

There are quite a few things I would like to throw over a wall, but academic outputs isn't one of them. Time & care is needed when thinking about how research can produce useful impact, can engage wider society. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wCA...