The sad story of how one of my US colleagues lost his research funding from the federal government and the important work on urban heat and atmospheric greenhouse gases was shut down ... He Studied How Emissions Are Heating Up U.S. Cities www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

More evidence of impact of anthropogenic warming on excess deaths during this year’s summer heat in Europe … www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The American Geophysical Union (ASU) is documenting the scale and extent of the breathtaking assault on US climate science and policy: eos.org/research-and... ASU editors also just published a scathing rebuttal of the Orwellian presidential executive order: doi.org/10.1029/2025... - a must read

studies show that heatwaves lead to a rise in hospitalisations of people with mental disorders, an increase in emergency psychiatric visits and mental health helpline calls, a rise in suicide rates people with mental health conditions are three times more likely to die during a heatwave

Official figures released yesterday show that nearly 440,000 hectares have been burned in wildfires so far this year in the EU This is more than DOUBLE the size of the area burned this time last year Unchecked climate change makes this more likely and more dangerous

#PlasticsTreaty talks are stalled over lack of ambition, with the Chair’s draft being described by Greenpeace International as a “gift to the petrochemical industry & a betrayal of humanity." 🚨⏳Govts have hours to stand up & deliver a treaty that cuts production.

Truly horrific - as is what’s happening now in Sudan - both hidden or, more accurately, ignored African wars www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

'Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned.' This is a crisis fuelled by profit and delay. We need urgent action.

Really authoritative and important - also a great teaching aid.

The data in the new study published in PNAS and reported here are really worrying in terms of academic integrity and the implications for future research building on such work. Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...

The shoebill stork looks like a dinosaur.. 🦖 Such a beautiful looking bird… 🐦

Very good news for the deep ocean seabed and a boost for its multilateral governance: oceanographicmagazine.com/news/interna...

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Concerning but not insurprising update from @UNHabitat on progress implementing #SDG11: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Shocking hidden cost of sudden culling of USAID funds for healthcare in rural Mozambique - and far from the only such case: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

As the nickel mining industry expands, a threat has emerged to Raja Ampat -the Last Paradise on Earth- and also a home for Indigenous West Papuans. Greenpeace Indonesia continues to demand full and permanent protection for the entire ecosystem. #SaveRajaAmpat www.ft.com/content/b8dc...

A sad state of US affairs, self-harming and a loss globally

Powerful statement on behalf of UK-based Jews who do not support the extremist and counter-productive policies of the current Israeli government yachad.org.uk/statement-on...

Another unwelcome piece of evidence that we’re still building a bad future, thanks to lagged feedback loops …

I won't disclose how long I sat, watching & waiting to capture this video but I am going to tell you, the actual speed of the transformation took 8 minutes. In order to share this with you, I sped up the video 8 times. I present to you, the transformation of a varied eggfly caterpillar to chrysalis🦋

China's solar power rush accelerates before the June deadline when prices paid to new installations change: a whopping 45 GW installed in one month, more than the total solar capacity of Australia or Spain.

Anti-environmentalism is on the rise but it’s full of contradictions theconversation.com/anti-environ...

The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term as US President have been a disaster for people and the planet.

Very happy to share the publication today of a new blog post on Transforming Society with Bianca Vienni-Baptista on progress with inter- and transdisciplinary research methods and results: lnkd.in/eDHACE7C and our recent special collection in Julie Thompson Klein's memory: lnkd.in/e7EPAtgm

City-sized iceberg scraping ocean floor - dramatic new evidence about British - Irish ice sheet retreat c18,000 y bp … www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Climate change is figuratively and literally burning up the planet… www.washingtonpost.com/video/climat...

Deserves to be widely read - not least by those of us engaging with IPCC AR7, just starting with the Special Report in Climate Change and Cities

Yet another sign of future climates in the here and now …

Sobering assessment by the top US banks of the state of likely global warming, esp in view of Trump’s policies: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Delighted to announce publication of an open access Special Collection in #GlobalSocialChallengesJournal on inter- and transdisciplinary knowledges co-edited with #BiancaVienniBaptista (ETH, Zürich) in memory of #JulieThompsonKlein, fellow founding editor-in-chief, lnkd.in/e7EPAtgm.

Global fast fashion brands are churning out more clothes than the planet can handle. Today’s trends are tomorrow’s trash with our clothes made cheaply and disposed of quickly. Here are four activists - and more - from Africa who are pushing back…

Donald Trump’s escalating trade war will damage global growth, OECD warns https://www.ft.com/content/21eece45-b99b-4298-a675-6c24c8483c10

Michael Faraday's notebooks have been unearthed from the Royal Institution archive - they will be digitised & made accessible online for the first time. Among many other achievements, his work laid the foundations for Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. 🧪⚛️⚗️ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Starmer faces darkening mood among Labour MPs after aid cuts https://www.ft.com/content/4e487c84-19fb-46ec-bd14-e9f03998c49b

Principled action - in terms of where and how the cuts were made - which is being interpreted as following the Trump-Musk lead and will have a boomerang effect: Minister Anneliese Dodds quits over aid cuts

🚨New: Aerosol Decline Accelerates the Increasing Extreme Precipitation in China The trend in extreme precipitation increased by 700%❗️ "The sudden acceleration of increasing trend is largely attributed to the reverse of aerosol trends related to the clean air actions in China"

First, it was ‘we’re sick of experts’, then science and now the implications of science, so rather than address the findings to secure our future, it’s quicker, cheaper and politically more expedient in dome quarters to defund science …

We did it! 💚 On 14 February, @poland25eu.bsky.social could not reach an agreement between European countries on deregulating new GMOs ❌ But they will keep trying... so we will keep resisting 💪 Ask your country to reject the deregulation of new GMOs. Keep sharing our joint statement 🤝

End of an era - death of a complex and charismatic character from a tiny village in northern Namibia who became first president at independence after leading a bush war and striding the international stage www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist. Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point Very worrying implications - Arctic temperatures above 0C in first week of February!!

@co2earth.bsky.social again over 428 ppm (428.1) CO₂ on Hawaii by NOAA: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/... on 28. January 2025

We live in dangerous times. Remember, remember, before it’s too late! Holocaust survivors fear Europe is forgetting the lessons of Auschwitz

Honoured to have been selected as a Lead Author for the IPCC AR7 Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, starting work in March.

Imagine if global tax rules worked for people like you and me (not for multinational corporations and the ultra rich). It's time to dismantle old colonial structures and build a fairer future for all, don't you think?