This keeps getting worse until we stop burning fossil fuels 🔥 #KeepItInTheGround

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · last wk.

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For #MountainMonday, two shots of Kukova Špica (2427m/ 7962ft), a peak in Slovenia's Martuljek mountain group, widely considered to be one of the most rugged and picturesque sub-ranges in the Julian Alps. #BlueSkyMonday #JulianAlps #Slovenia #BlueSkyArtShow #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

Another snap from the weekend taken near Valdeblore, France, of a Spotted Fritillary for the #BlueSkyArtShow on #MacroMonday. Wishing you plenty of cool this week, wherever you happen to be. #NaturePhotography #Photography #Butterfly #Heatwave

🚨New paper🚨 For decades, it was widely assumed tropical species would be hit hardest by #ClimateChange. Turns out climate-related local #extinctions are already more frequent among temperate species. Read our new study 🧵 @natclimate.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... #BiodiversityLoss #SciSky

Temperate local extinctions from climate change are outpacing tropical extinctions - Nature Climate Change

The authors analyse global-scale resurvey data for 5,151 species to reveal the sensitivity of tropical versus temperate species to climate change. They show significantly higher frequencies of local e...

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Genus Zygaena this afternoon near Valdeblore, France, one for #BlueSkyArtShow #NaturePhotography #Photography #Butterfly #Moth #ColorADay #GreenSat

Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-...

It's not "the new normal": this heatwave shows that we're never going to have "normal" again - by @mjflepage.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2531...

If you aren't terrified by this heatwave, you should be

The extreme heat currently being felt in Europe isn’t the new normal – much worse is to come, and we are doing far too little to adapt, says Michael Le Page

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For Rob & Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #LongLegs, this Eurasian Whimbrel I snapped a few weeks ago at the Embouchure du Var, a stretch of wetland and river where the Var River meets the Mediterranean here in Nice. Its legs are longer than its beak so I hope that counts. 😎 #birds #nature

Icymi: Very positive findings about solar on peatland. Co-benefits of renewables just keep piling up.

Solar panels on rewetted peatland could be a climate and nature win–win

Researchers in Germany have found that solar panels on rewetted peatland provide a unique habitat for bird species along with generating green energy and potentially locking up carbon. Installing sola...

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In Spain, researchers have found more bird species in some solar farms than in nearby agricultural areas used as controls. This finding suggests that well-managed solar farms can become refuges for wildlife -- rather than empty industrial spaces. #birds

Solar panels were blamed for wiping out fields, but birds and insects are now rewriting the story beneath them

Solar farms were once seen as threats to nature. New studies show that well-managed sites are becoming unexpected havens for wildlife.

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For #MountainMonday a few shots from a hike to Lac d'Allos, the largest high altitude alpine lake in Europe, which sits in an impossibly beautiful setting in Mercanour National Park in southeast France. (And an Alpine Marmot too.) #Mountains #Alps #landscapephotography #nature #France #EastCoastKin

Are we willing to invest just five cents per person per year to maintain one of the world’s most important climate monitoring systems? That provides crucial information about a potentially existential risk for Europe?

Femke de Jong@fmkdejong.bsky.social · 2mo ago

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... We are raising the alarm because continuing observations of one of our most important components in the climate system are becoming unsustainable.

Insane self-blinding of the US. They are throwing away their investment in the ocean observation system and the benefits it provides. The only explanation I can think of: they don’t want the people to know what their fossil emissions are doing to our oceans. easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...

The US Is Pulling Up a $386 Million Climate Ocean Sensor Network

NSF dismantling Ocean Observatories Initiative as very strong El Niño forms. Edson, Robbins, McLean: an irreparable blind spot in U.S. climate observation.

easternherald.com

A pair of Black-vein Whites along the Verdon River near Allos, France. For a Happy #FlyDay. #Butterflies #NaturePhotography #France

Last Saturday along the Verdon River near Allos, France, for #WaterfallWednesday. #Allos #France

🚨 Last month was the *2nd* hottest May on record globally. This was estimated at 1.42°C warmer than a pre-industrial (1850-1900) average. Ocean temperatures were already record high over the tropical Pacific region. Summary by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social at climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #TheGathering, a group of nine Black-winged Stilts that are currently staying at the Embouchure du Var, a stretch of wetland and river where the Var River meets the Mediterranean here in #Nice, #France. #BirdPhotography #LivingLandscape

"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).

Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption

Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026

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Our friends Malika Baouya and Scott Moreau, two members of the Global Sumud Flotilla who were kidnapped by Israeli forces in international waters last week, returned home to Nice this evening, where a large group of friends, family and supporters welcomed them home.

PRESS RELEASE: Fossil fuel companies projected to earn almost $3,000 a second in 2026 while families struggle to afford energy bills worldwide. New Oxfam research ahead of Santa Marta conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels. 👉 oxf.am/SantaMarta26

At recent climate COPs, fossil fuel lobbying has prevented governments from even reaffirming commitments to transition away from fossil fuels. Frustration over failing to endorse this basic step has now led to a new @fossiltreaty.bsky.social conference that kicked off yesterday! More here ⬇️

Here’s what to expect from the first Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

Can a coalition of governments and other stakeholders gathering in Santa Marta make progress where other international efforts have failed?

theconversation.com

If we switched to #renewableenergy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying coal & oil & gas!! buff.ly/dpTrSpO We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal

Our burning of fossil fuels is melting sea ice and drowning emperor penguin chicks, putting them in danger of extinction. 😱

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

theguardian.com

For the first time ever, heat pumps outsold gas boilers in Germany in 2025. 48% of all new heating systems installed last year were heat pumps. Gas fell to just 39%. A decade ago, heat pumps had a 7% market share. The transformation has been remarkable.

Big news from Colombia: the government is *pulling out* of the corporate court system, Investor to State Dispute Settlement #ISDS. It's the only way to phase-out fossil fuels without the oil & gas industry suing for $$$ (ask Ecuador, Quebec, Netherlands) www.presidencia.gov.co/prensa/Pagin...

Colombia saldrá del régimen de arbitraje internacional de inversión: presidente Petro

El presidente Gustavo Petro Urrego anunció este miércoles que Colombia va a salir del sistema de arbitraje internacional de inversión, porque los tribunales terminan resolviendo las disputas a favor d...

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The Strait of Hormuz carries a fifth of global oil. In 2025, the global EV fleet avoided the equivalent to 70% of Iran's exports through it. Producing more oil doesn't fix oil vulnerability. Electrification does, permanently. 🔗ember-energy.org/lat...

The deal is an extraordinary transfer of taxpayer dollars to a foreign company for the purposes of boosting the production of fossil fuels, a main driver of climate change, while throttling offshore wind power.” Gift link below. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...

We got ours last week. ✊

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What is “the E-Bike Effect?” “Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.” Fewer car trips. Via @lloydalter.bsky.social

Yes, because like Earth Day, every day is Women's Day. At the Plaza del Teatro, Quito, Ecuador, 08-Mar-2015. #internationalwomensday #iwd

The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds

Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

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