Alejandro Dussaillant J. 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
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Chilean-Italian fortunate husband & father; interdisciplinary engineer hydrologist awed by nature & humanity; studying river, soil and catchment processes via innovative monitoring, analysis & modelling; working with natural processes; opinions my own
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Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias
Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic, says Yiannis Baboulias, a Greek writer based in London
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Unprecedented drying of 43% of small French streams, as reported by the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB), indicates a critical ecological tipping point following the 2022 drought. Increased climate-driven drought frequency is causing permanent biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse in waterways.
Dr. Serge Zaka@sergezaka.bsky.social · 11h agoCette carte est gravissime. Mais elle n'a pas fait la une de l'actualité. Pour moi, l'été 2026 marque un tournant. Après celui de 2022, il devient difficile de ne plus parler de "rupture écologique" ou de "point de non retour" pour une partie des milieux aquatiques français. 1/18
Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers
Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.
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Vertical farming is definitely not a climate solution. Or a food solution. And it turns out that it's not a good business solution either. Who would have guessed? (Wait, I did! Years ago...) agfundernews.com/indoor-ag-he...
Indoor ag heavyweight 80 Acres Farms to cease operations
Cofounder and CEO Mike Zelkind noted in a statement that the company has been unable to secure the necessary capital to continue the business.
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"Nobody has the infrastructure, the expertise, or the staff to do what we do for #Palestine Refugees," says UNRWA Commissioner-General a.i. Christian Saunders. Every day, UNRWA delivers essential services to millions of Palestine Refugees across the region. www.chronicle.lu/category/pol...
Today's essential AI read... ... and I've never downloaded ChatGPT either. Kate beautifully articulates how I feel about it.
Kate Manne@katemanne.bsky.social · yesterdayGenerative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...
🌍 Ideal for postgraduate students/ early-career researchers in environmental and climate-related disciplines. The workshop helps build a network of rainwater scientists under the International Partnership for Environmental Modelling Systems in West Africa. Register: forms.office.com/e/ya2ecvvGCs
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
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“Although some projections indicate new species of crops could be cultivated in the UK in warmer climates, the recent reality evidenced by increased frequency of extreme weather events means that new crops are just as vulnerable as those currently in the UK” www.ukclimaterisk.org/publications...
Chapter 5: Land, Nature, and Food - UK Climate Risk
About this document Lead authors: James M. Bullock, Sevrine Sailley, Cristina Argudin-Violante, Carol Wagstaff Contributing authors: Mike Morecroft,…
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We need to switch to a more plant based diet, urgently
Our World in Data@ourworldindata.org · 2d agoThe largest cause of deforestation is, and has been, the expansion of farmland. But the production of which products, in particular, has been driving this in recent decades? A recent study, published in Nature Food by Chandrakant Singh and Martin Persson, answered this question.
The largest cause of deforestation is, and has been, the expansion of farmland. But the production of which products, in particular, has been driving this in recent decades? A recent study, published in Nature Food by Chandrakant Singh and Martin Persson, answered this question.
One year ago, an Israeli settler shot and killed the Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank. A new report from the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq looks closely at the circumstances of his death and his killer, Yinon Levi. We speak with Tahseen Elayyan of Al-Haq.
El Niño is expected to intensify in the weeks ahead, fueling more severe heat across the globe, according to the WMO. The forecast comes as blistering heat shatters temperature records from Europe to Asia.
In an Already Broiling Summer, El Niño Is About to Turn Up the Heat
Temperatures forecasted between August and October of this year. Red areas are projected to be far warmer than normal. World Meteorological Organization
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I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
There’s “off the charts” and there’s France’s absolutely bonkers June & July 2026 temperatures (see black line below). Bad things are happening. Fast.
Healthy soils act as natural water reservoirs during drought. 🌱 Rich in organic matter and full of life, they absorb rainfall, release it slowly to plants, and resist erosion. Investing in soil health means building long-term resilience to climate extremes. 💧
www.science.org/content/arti... Societies need to “learn to live with the fact that some things cannot entirely be controlled … and maybe learn to live again with the wildness of wolves”
Wolves are reconquering Europe. Can people learn to live with them?
As populations rebound, attacks on livestock and humans are fueling debate over the limits of coexistence
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No wonder other 'leaders' want to get rid of Pedro Sánchez. He speaks the truth: “Climate change kills: ... people ..., our ecosystem, our biodiversity, and it also destroys the things we as a society hold dear – our houses, our businesses, our livestock.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved
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"We actually don’t need any special new legal innovations like the Nuremberg trials to begin to prosecute these climate crimes. In jurisdictions across the country, there are already criminal laws on the books that describe and proscribe big oil’s conduct."
It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg
Some have called for Nuremberg-style trials against big oil. But there are laws already on the books to describe companies’ conduct
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www.theguardian.com/society/2026... "38% were brought by eight parent corporations: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Mondelēz, Kellogg’s, Danone, Ferrero, Xignux and Heartland Food Products Group"
Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO
Exclusive: Director general accuses corporations of obstructing efforts to tackle obesity crisis after investigation by Guardian and others
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A new AI model from Anthropic identified major cybersecurity weaknesses in more than a dozen popular Microsoft products, including Teams, Copilot and SharePoint. “The bug apocalypse has fully descended upon us,” said one cybersecurity expert.
Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.
Anthropic’s Mythos has flagged bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them. Documents reviewed by ProPublica reveal the tech giant's “mad dash” behind the scenes to patch holes before hackers can find and...
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18 Palestinians have been killed in settler attacks so far this year, compared with 17 in all of last year.
Israeli Army & Settlers Are Working Together to “Ethnically Cleanse” West Bank: Mariam Barghouti
Israeli settlers torched two mosques over the weekend in a new wave of violence targeting Palestinian towns and villages across the occupied West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli military forces on Saturday d...
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🚨 Scientists have been warning for more than a century that catastrophic weather events were inevitable if humanity kept emitting GHG's. But is it worse than even they expected? Climate scientist @drkatemarvel.bsky.social shares her expert perspective in our latest Insights: https://bit.ly/4wsYPMw
If you like your Bordeaux served at the same temperature as hot Saki, this is good news...
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d agoBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
📉 Western Europe’s hottest June on record – C3S 3️⃣ bsky.app/profile/cope... Read the article: climate.copernicus.eu/intense-heat... ⬇️
Recent incidents, including the wildfire in Sussex, are a stark reminder that the UK isn't immune. As periods of hot, dry weather become more frequent from climate change, fire weather conditions are becoming more common, increasing wildfire risk across the country. stateofwildfires.com 2/
State of Wildfires Project - We monitor, explain and predict wildfires.
Our researchers have united to help monitor, explain, and predict extreme wildfires and boost society’s resilience to the emerging threat.
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🔥Track global wildfire emissions in near-real time or look back at events since 2003. As fires burn worldwide, the “Fire Emissions Watch” app from #CopernicusAtmosphere provides fire emissions data & smoke plume forecasts based on Global Fire Assimilation System dataset. ⬇️
