I have called Athens home for ~20 years & although life in this city is often chaotic, and at times unbearable, and although I'm not living there anymore, I love it. Yet Athens is suffocating beneath a heat that has become more than a discomfort; it has become deadly. This summer, Athens […]

The Day Humanity Fixed the Sky September 16 is not only a day to remember the ozone layer, but also a day to remember what humanity is capable of when it puts aside division. We literally fixed the sky. (New post from the Climate Historian) […]

There is no excuse for men who moved in Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit. To dismiss his crimes as the excesses of the powerful should ask themselves: would you accept your girlfriend, sister, or daughter, being reduced to one of those “girls” — used, bought, and discarded by wealthy men? This is not […]

Two decades after devastating the lives and livelihoods of people living near New Orleans, Louisiana, scientists found that Katrina fed on waters warmed 0.9 ℃ by climate change, which boosted the maximum sustained wind speed by 8 km/hr. Warmer ocean waters give hurricanes more energy, making […]

Men and their guns. Because nothing asserts masculinity like needing a weapon to feel powerful. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7545p2px5no

That ‘once-in-a-century’ wildfire weather? Thanks to climate change, it’s now a once-in-20-years event. Hotter, harsher, and 5x more likely. Welcome to the new normal […]

In Greece, neo-Nazis like the Spartans posed as “helpers” shopping for the elderly, escorting voters then entered into parliament. Now UK extremists are copying the same playbook. They call it “concierge nationalism,” with street patrols, escort apps and fake charities that sell hate as care […]

Summer 2025 has been “almost certainly” the hottest on record across the UK based on provisional statistics from the Met Office. https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c1kz18d3wjro #climatechange #extremetemps

If you live to seek revenge, dig a grave of two. __ Ancient proverb attributed to Confucius

Nigel Farage’s so-called “Operation Restoring Justice” wants to deport 600,000 asylum seekers in five years. Unsurprisingly, the scheme has been met with contempt by legal scholars, who view it as both unworkable and unlawful. Across the Atlantic, Donald Trump’s own flirtations with mass […]

“Smoking Skull” by Daniel Viñé Garcia, Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano as it cooled. The cracking pattern of the lava formed a skull, creating an eerie natural illusion for a few moments. https://mymodernmet.com/iapoty-2025-winners/ #photography

"For years, I refused to use the word 'genocide.' But now I can't hold back from using it, after what I've read in the newspapers, after the images I've seen and after talking to people who have been there." David Grossman, Israeli author […]

We are living inside an experiment where the control group does not exist. And unless the world finds the courage to cut off plastic at the source, and chooses leaders willing to enforce real change, we may discover too late that surviving climate catastrophe was only the prologue to a slower […]

Elon Musk’s Tesla has applied to be an energy provider in the UK. Swapping perto-ducators for a far-right billionaire with a taste for autocrats isn’t exactly progress. And if the government have any backbone left, it might actually do something about it […]

France's Constitutional Council on Thursday blocked a provision in the Duplomb law that would have reintroduced acetamiprid, a pesticide banned in France since 2018 for harming bees and other pollinators. The court ruled the measure failed to protect the environment and future generations […]

If you’re a football fan and you haven’t yet considered boycotting this monopolistic, and scandal-stained organisation, you haven’t been paying attention. "Uefa has paid more than €10.8m (£9.4m) in “solidarity” funds to Russian football clubs since they were […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

In a move that surprised no one except perhaps the most hopeful climate optimists, the OPEC+ has decided it’s time to open the valves once again. The alliance announced it will boost oil production by 547,000 barrels per day starting this September. The decision was justified by a “steady […]

Financial Times has a breaking story today “BP has made its biggest oil and gas discovery in 25 years after drilling a successful well in a field off the coast of Brazil, in a boost to the energy giant as it refocuses on fossil fuels.” That means means more oil to burn, just what the climate […]

In the Pacific Ocean, a nation is disappearing, not through war or political upheaval, but in silence, beneath the tides of a warming world. Tuvalu is not just a climate case study. It is a warning. It signals what is possible to happen in a world that continues to burn fossil fuels. If a […]

A new species of giant stick insect has been discovered in tropical rainforest in Far North Queensland. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-31/giant-stick-insect-acrophylla-alta-wet-tropics-discovery/105596666

Whatever your opinion of Carney these days, I think his statement on formally recognising Palestine was far better than Keir Starmer’s. While Starmer framed it as a punishment for Israel, Carney presented it as a necessary step toward reviving the two-state solution […]

Extreme rains in Beijing, record temperatures in Japan, heat advisories in the United States. Warnings that Washington Is Choosing to Ignore and quietly (or not) rewriting the rules […]

🌡️ #japan recorded its highest-ever temperature of 41.2 degrees Celsius in Tamba City of Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan on Wednesday, the country's Meteorological Agency said. https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/japan-hits-highest-ever-temperature-412-degrees-celsius-2025-07-30/ […]

🌡️ #heatwave in the U. S. Heat advisories are affecting 168 million Americans in the mid-west, south-east and parts of the north-east, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80dl731pk1o

As climate change drives rising temperatures and changes in rainfall, Mexico and the US are in the middle of a conflict over water, putting an additional strain on their relationship. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-wars-historic-agreement-mexico-ramping.html #water #climatechange

Words can hardly capture the horror unfolding in Gaza. The killing of tens of thousands,the destruction, forced displacement and deliberate starvation, meet the definition of genocide under international law. Calling this what it is, a crime against humanity, has nothing to do with […]

More than 100 million people across the U.S. are starting the week in dangerous heat, and the worst is yet to come. In the meantime, the demand for aircon is skyrocketing, putting serious pressure on the power grid. It's cruel irony. We're burning more […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

In 2001, Philip Morris argued that smoking was economically beneficial, because smokers die early, saving the government money on pensions. Today, I'm writing how that same logic -harm as savings, disaster as an inconvenient cost—migrated from Big Tobacco to Big Oil. From cancer to climate […]

How can any country depend on Starlink when Elon Musk has clearly showed he can shut off access whenever he feels like it? https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/

Brave move, really. Nothing strikes fear into terrorists like arresting a 80-year-old woman. Sleep well society, you are safe. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/24/uk-police-detain-pro-palestine-protester-80-almost-27-hours-search-house

There’s a new acid in our rain Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a persistent pollutant, is now falling with rain and accumulating in water, crops, trees, and human bodies. Its unbreakable carbon–fluorine bonds classify it among #pfas “forever chemicals.” While some PFASs are banned for their […]

The real question isn’t whether to air condition or not. The real dilemma is how to keep cool while the planet turns into an oven of our own making. https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europe-air-condition-heat-waves-politics-24aceab4?st=ZaU6e5&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink #climatechange #heat

Just today, major oil giants like Shell, Aker BP, and Enbridge quietly walked away from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the advisory group tasked with setting credible corporate climate standards. Why? Because actually meeting net-zero targets would mean doing the unthinkable […]

BP literally popularized the concept of the carbon footprint. Ana Flores explains how fossil fuel companies try to shift the blame to you and me – and what we can do to fight back […]

#greece today - Hot 🔥 It will only get worse during the next few days #extremetemps #heatwave

China has launched the world's largest hydropower dam on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, ignoring objections from India and Bangladesh, about its possible impact on the millions of people downstream. Not to mention the ecological risk to one of the richest and most diverse environments on the […]

Trump would shut down Mauna Loa and three other major observatories — Alaska, American Samoa, and Antarctica — effectively gutting most of the climate research conducted by NOAA. After all, if you stop measuring CO₂, it's much easier to pretend it isn't rising […]

And the world looks the other way. https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/israeli-strikes-kill-at-least-85-in-gaza-as-israel-allows-more-aid-into-palestinian-territory/

Tires take decades to decompose, and millions are improperly dumped every year. An intrepid group sets out to clear Kentucky’s "conveyor belt of trash. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/kentucky-river-clean-up #water #waste #environment

This is an excellent overview of alternatives to US tech if you’re trying to move away from it. I'm not as digitally savvy as Paris Marx, and stepping away from U.S. tech isn't exactly easy. Fully disentangling from it is incredibly difficult, still, I believe there's value in making the effort […]

"Heatwaves don’t leave a trail of destruction like wildfires or storms. Their impacts are mostly invisible but quietly devastating — a change of just 2 or 3°C can mean the difference between life and death for thousands of people." […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Today in the U.K. at 15:00 Temperatures is some areas are 11°C to 13°C above average. UK average temperature at this time is +8.3ºC above normal. It's very hot. Updated every hour: https://istheukhotrightnow.com/ #climatechange #extremetemps

Areas of the U.K. that were above normal - up to +11°C at some areas - at 16:00 today. Average difference from normal: +5.4ºC It's very warm. Updated every hour: https://istheukhotrightnow.com/ #climatechange #extremetemps

“The rise of temperature has sent a shiver down our spines. We have never before witnessed such weather here.” As the death toll from severe flooding continues to climb in Texas, USA — and conspiracy theories spread — Pakistan is grappling with its own climate crisis. Accelerated glacial melt […]

Brazil’s COP30 chief André Corrêa do Lago insists that ramping up oil and gas production is perfectly compatible with fighting climate change—because, apparently, fossil fuels and global warming are best friends now. Meanwhile, Brazil’s state oil giant Petrobras, is planning one of the world’s […]

Germany’s Telegrafenberg weather station, in continuous operation since 1893, has recorded its driest start to the year on record. On Tuesday, scientists announced that rainfall levels for the first half of 2025 were the lowest in the station’s 132-year history. #drought #climate […]

Areas of the UK that were 10-12°C above normal at 14:00 today. Updated every hour: https://istheukhotrightnow.com/index.php?timestamp=2025-07-01T14:00:00Z #climatechange #heatwave

This Is Not a Drill: Living the Climate Emergency 🌡️ Japan had hottest June on record 🌡️ Spain records highs of 46C 🌡️ Portugal recorded 46°C in some regions 🌡️France recorded 41.9°C in Vinsobres on June 30, with dozens of monthly records broken. 🌡️Greece reported a high of 43.2°C with […]

The article argue that depopulation isn’t a climate fix and that a sustainable future depends on supporting people, not reducing their numbers. Depopulation alone won't solve the climate crisis—but we can't ignore that in the last 50 years, the human population has doubled, wildlife populations […]

Orban banned Budapest Pride. In response the country responded with one of the biggest pride protests in modern history. https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/major-turnout-as-budapest-pride-defies-orbans-ban-in-hungary/ #pride #hungary #politics