Palmer drought index. Worst ever. Worse than the dust bowl. Fire season is coming.

#NatureCrisis - so much #biodiversity is at risk phys.org/news/2026-05...

Looking for a summary of the brilliant @greenparty.org.uk election results? I've got that covered nataliebennett.org/2026/05/10/g...

Why are scientists more concerned than ever before? DW TV has a clip on the risk of instability of the Atlantic ocean overturning circulation #AMOC. www.dw.com/en/ocean-cur...

Fun fact about UK politics: the current health secretary has taken more money from private healthcare interests than any other MP, and everyone has decided that that's fine.

What the...? Beavers... in trees? Another of rewilding's many wonderful nature surprises 😂

At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.

🌎🦅🧪 Happy World Migratory Bird Day! This year’s theme is #citizenscience. Get started by downloading #Ebird or @inaturalist.bsky.social. Observations from people like you help scientists (including our team at Point Blue!) track changes in #bird populations and inform #conservation action.

Hey @nytimes.com: bsky.app/profile/whit...

A right royal rollicking - part 3, in which KIng Charles speaks of dangerous times, militarily and economically. suenethercott.substack.com/p/a-right-ro...

Crippling our ability to anticipate & track storms & then also crippling our ability to aid communities hit by storms & then also crippling any kind of social safety net that might help individuals hurt by storms. The GOP is a death cult. It's not a metaphor.

Like Antarctic ice cores & the climate perspective they provide? They only happen with the 7 decades of sustained support we’ve given to the National Science Foundation, United States Antarctic Program, and Operation Deep Freeze. My two cents (or 180 seconds):

A right royal rollicking - part 2, in which he talks of shared values. Whose do you share? suenethercott.substack.com/p/a-right-ro...

Wind and solar have now beaten fossil fuels in Great Britain for a record 15 months in a row Just a decade ago, fossil fuels were generating four times more than wind + solar Now that's flipped: Since the Iran war, wind and solar generated twice as much as fossil fuels

A council of emergency experts appointed by President Trump is recommending that the federal government stop providing assistance after many disasters. www.npr.org/2026/05/07/n... @lsommer.bsky.social @npr.org

Bravo @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social This is how it's done, for the rest of you in the mediasphere

🧵Today I am releasing a new, open source tool that combines information on energy use, emissions, and health impacts for over 2,000 proposed and operating data centers across the US. It draws on the outstanding work of FracTracker Alliance, @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social, and others. 1/12

We're producing a whole generation of ignoramuses.

One of three gains in Exeter, with a third of council seats up for election. Great job @exetergreens.bsky.social! Now up to 10 seats on the council. (Labour hold 18)

It remains a mystery to me why working-class people (who understandably feel let down by Labour) think the crook on the right here gives a s*** about their situation

🎉 6 Green councillors elected in Exeter! 💚 Huge congratulations to Exeter Green Party.

No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6

Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough. One of the most important natural history broadcasters, environmental educators and climate voices of our time. 💚

Happy 100th birthday Sir David. You have fundamentally changed how we all see and think about the natural world. A remarkable legacy. Thank you.

An update of my figure on atmospheric CO2 increases (rdcu.be/buifD). The atmospheric increases each year, in line with CO2 emissions, but has large variability due to El Nino (reds) and La Nina (blues). Has the increase slowed? Statistically, that is hard to say... 1/

Important data point here: “A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance”. The Greens have already hurt Labour even before any direct gains.

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Professor John Curtice says that voting shows the Green Party are doing more damage to the Labour Party than Reform

Happy 100th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough Thank you for being a friend to all animals and for helping the world to cherish us x

Happy Birthday Sir David We won’t protect what we don’t love & we won’t love what we don’t know Thank you for enabling us to know & love this precious planet even more deeply The greatest tribute we could pay is to act on that love - and to protect & restore the earth while there’s still time 💚

Some people have asked me what I think about Hantavirus - and the answer is that there are far better people than me to get that info from! I've made a short starter pack for some great accounts to follow in case useful ! (NB it includes me by default) #Hantavirus go.bsky.app/UEkjsT

Step 1: Push AI everywhere, raising energy demand Step 2: Start a war in the Middle East, squeezing energy supply Step 3: Stifle the cheapest new energy sources Step 4: Profit (you get zero guesses who profits) www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/c...

Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on.

Half the Urban Heat Island effect is currently mitigated by tree cover globally--but benefits are greatest for wealthy cities + suburbs. Current tree cover can only mitigate 10% of urban temp increase due to climate; maximal planting could offset just 10% more. More from @science.nature.org here:

Remember that company that Trump paid a billion dollars so that they *wouldn't* build offshore wind farms in the US? They're doing amazing shit over in Europe. Floating turbines are so cool!

Because of course it did under this leadership. Ignorance and conspiracies will cost lives.

Absolutely criminal to current and future generations

The 200,000 illegal migrants figure Farage is using is over several years and let’s remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT

Renewable energy is often framed as climate policy. But what if the *more urgent* case is simply national security?

❗Confrontational tactics like street blockades and food attacks on art hurt activists' image, but not their cause. 📄 New paper out in Political Behavior (@polbehavior.bsky.social) w/ @dasalgon.bsky.social @sophiahunger.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social. 🧵1/7

Irony off the scale..

Come on, guys, please let’s get the word out, and spread these articles around. Media complicity in Reform’s rise is truly shameful.

I've been getting questions about the effects of the Iran war on fertilizer and food prices. @jwglauber.bsky.social & @ifpri.org are doing great work on this and have several blogs with both global and regional/country viewpoints on this evolving situation. See e.g. www.ifpri.org/blog/the-ira...

More feasible than putting them in low earth orbit I’d wager.

“10 publishers—The Toxic 10—are spreading baseless, unscientific climate denial on their own websites & across social media. They are responsible for 69% of all interactions with climate denial content on Facebook. It's a climate denial propaganda machine funded in part by Google via ad revenue…”

Trump used tariffs to rob from the poor & give to the rich. Americans paid for the tariffs in higher prices, but refunds will be going to corporations. Ford expects a $1.5 billion payback, & General Motors expects $500 million. Both companies plan to use the cash to boost their own earnings.

AI data centers use as much power at peak as whole cities, but their power demand can swing rapidly and dramatically. The resulting voltage disturbances may cause other resources, or the data center itself, to trip offline, risking cascading effects similar to the Spain/Portugal blackout.