UNESCO has given Mexico until February 1, 2027, to demonstrate concrete actions protecting the critically endangered vaquita porpoise and other species in the Gulf of California World Heritage site from threats like illegal fishing and liquefied natural gas projects.

UNESCO gives Mexico 6 months to show 'concrete actions' to protect remaining vaquitas

Mexico has until next Feb. 1 to convince UNESCO it's doing enough to protect the vaquita porpoise — the world’s most endangered marine mammal.

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In addition to its consumption of sand and gravel, concrete manufacturing is also a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for approximately 8% of worldwide CO2 emissions. #climatechange climate.mit.edu/explainers/c...

Care of Earth and People Ensure A Future World 🌎@bpermaculture.bsky.social · 12h ago

The World Is Running Out of River Sand, And That's a Massive Issue : "Sand and gravel are the world's most heavily extracted solid materials and are fundamental to urbanization and infrastructure development," www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-r...

While on the campaign trail in October 2024, President Trump said: “I’m an environmentalist. I want clean air and clean water.” Four months later as president, he launched a historic weakening of environmental protections dating back more than a half-century. 🎁 article:

Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution (Gift Article)

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July 2026 was the driest month in southern England since records began nearly 200 years ago, with England and Wales experiencing their driest July since 1836. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

July was driest month in southern England since records began

England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office says

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It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic. The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-...

It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now

The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is

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In Brazil, the Nature Conservancy, in collaboration with Amazon and Cerrado organizations, has released "Territories of Resilience," analyzing nature-based solutions led by Indigenous peoples, Quilombolas, and traditional communities to address the climate crisis. www.nature.org/en-us/about-...

Document Offers Recommendations to Strengthen Climate Change Adaptation for Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Communities

Publication compiles TNC Brazil’s experiences with partners in the Amazon and Cerrado and proposes pathways for public policies that enhance local leadership in climate resilience.

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A comprehensive analysis of 20 years of polling data shows that American views on climate policy are far more complex than a simple Democrat-Republican divide, with age, education, and income significantly shaping individual opinions. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/08/a-ma...

A majority of Americans don't actually fit either climate camp

An analysis of 20 years of polling data shows how age, education and income—in addition to political affiliation—shape views on climate policy

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A free conference, the 2026 Southwest Florida Resiliency Summit, will be held at to educate attendees on how to help ecosystems recover from disturbances caused by #climatechange, such as extreme weather, rising sea levels, and severe ocean temperatures. www.wgcu.org/environment/...

Free conference teaches how to help ecosystems weather climate change; what to do if they can't

The free event will feature experts from business, academia, and government with practical information and ideas on increasing nature’s ability to rebound from extreme changes in Southwest Florida.

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Climate change is a growing threat to the production of matcha, a popular Japanese tea, due to rising temperatures and unstable spring weather conditions. In the Kyoto-Uji region, the yields and the characteristic umami flavor of premium tencha leaves is already affected. nashaniva.com/en/401333

Virginie Schwarz, CEO of Météo-France, stated that France has experienced more heatwaves in the last 15 years than in the preceding 60, and a fivefold increase is expected by 2050 and a tenfold increase by 2100, highlighting the immediate effects of #climatechange. www.rfi.fr/en/environme...

Heatwaves to increase 'fivefold by 2050', warns French weather bureau chief

"We have had more heatwaves in the last 15 years than during the previous 60 years," the CEO of France's weather bureau Météo-France, Virginie Schwarz said on Thursday. As France experiences its fourt...

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Climate colonialism suggests that responsibility for the climate crisis is unfairly placed on communities least responsible, while Global North actors dictate problem definitions and solutions, leading to climate instability being framed as a protest against dominant, unequal control mechanisms.

Why we need decolonial teaching to fight climate change

Climate colonialism is hampering universities’ ability to fight climate catastrophe. We need decolonial climate education that moves beyond interven...

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So, you want to stop climate change? Understanding these four graphs is a good place to start. drawdown.org/insights/the...

The four most important charts for people who want to stop climate change

Four charts provide valuable insights into the spectrum of climate solutions.

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The current El Niño weather pattern, described as a "super El Niño" and intensifying climate crisis, is projected to cause a significant global decline in rice production for the first time in over a decade, with the U.S. expecting a drop of more than half.

Richard Waite@waiterich.bsky.social · 4d ago

Good article about potential effects of El Niño and climate change on rice production this year, quoting my colleague Sampriti Baruah. Rice is a staple for billions of people. Farmers are adapting, but the climate is changing.

Food. Climate impacts are moving fast, and we are still going in the wrong direction.

‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers

Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable

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A study by the Remote Sensing Center at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Brazil found #climatechange could cause impacts on tropical vegetation comparable to those experienced over 3 million years of Earth's history, compressed into a few decades. theconversation.com/impact-of-cl...

Impact of climate change may be equivalent to 3.3 million years of transformations in tropical vegetation

Changes that took millions of years can now happen in a matter of decades, and this accelerated rythm can be destructive, with dangerous consequences for the planet

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Compound heatwaves, where atmospheric and riverine heatwaves occur simultaneously, have tripled in frequency over the past four decades, increasing from approximately 0.76 events per year to about 2.3 events per year since the 1980s. #climatechange www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Threefold increase in atmospheric–riverine compound heatwaves under climate change - Nature Geoscience

Co-occurring atmospheric and river heatwaves have tripled since the 1980s across the USA and Europe, and are projected to become the norm by 2100, according to model simulations.

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As wildfires exacerbated by extreme summer heat are forcing mass evacuations across Europe, scienticts are raising questions about the limits of #adaptation to #climatechange. www.npr.org/2026/07/31/n...

When it comes to climate change, is there a point when adaptation isn't enough? : Consider This from NPR

Wildfires are raging across large swaths of Europe, prompting hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.The fires are the latest weather event on a continent that has experienced a lot of he...

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Trout need cool water to survive, but record heat this summer has driven water temperatures to lethal levels for fish. Wildlife officials are banning fishing during certain hours on rivers and streams across the U.S. West, following an exceptionally dry winter and amid widespread drought.

'People are realizing August is a crapshoot here': Climate change means the U.S. west is closing rivers for fishing half the time | Fortune

Montana has closed 1,200 miles of rivers and Yellowstone has restricted fishing five of the past six years.

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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

New Jersey's coastal salt marshes (back bays) serve as crucial nursery grounds for the sandbar shark, the smooth dogfish, and the sand tiger shark. Climate change impacts these nursery habitats through increased erosion caused by storms, rising sea levels, and periods of drought.

Climate change threatens New Jersey’s shark nurseries

Three species of shark use New Jersey’s coastal salt marshes as nurseries — the sandbar shark, the smooth dogfish and the sand tiger shark.

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The environment is the third-most important concern for European citizens, following public health and the economy, and its significance has grown over the past decade. sustainabilityonline.net/news/climate...

Climate change trails public health and the economy among European consumer concerns - Sustainability Online

The environment is the third-most important area of concern for European citizens, after public health and the economy, having grown in prominence.

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These heat-related deaths often aggravate pre-existing conditions and are sometimes referred to as a "silent cause of death" as they rarely appear directly on death certificates. Individuals aged 75 and above account for nearly 7,900 of the estimated fatalities.

Els Nicol 🕊️@elsnicol.bsky.social · 6d ago

p.dw.com/p/5I155 Takes me back to COVID times. I wish these numbers were taken seriously. 😢 🙏🏻❤️🌍❤️🙏🏻

In a speech to the UN General Assembly, Simon Stiell said that a faster global energy transition away from fossil fuels is crucial for national security, as continued reliance on coal, oil, and gas undermines peace and stability by increasing conflict and driving up food and energy prices.

Faster energy transition core to national security, says UN climate chief

Simon Stiell highlighted that continuing reliance on fossil fuels is undermining peace and stability and that countries must accelerate efforts to switch to renewables, in a speech to the UN General A...

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Ongoing #climatechange is elevating wildfire risks well beyond natural levels in Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Lassen Volcanic national parks according to a new study led by UC Berkley. phys.org/news/2026-07...

Climate change increases wildfire risks in Yosemite and other national parks

New UC Berkeley-led research indicates that continued climate change could severely increase wildfire above natural levels in Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Lassen Volcanic national parks.

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An analysis of four decades of satellite data from 1980 to 2020 shows that Himalayan rivers are changing course at an accelerated rate due to #climatechange, weakening riverbanks and posing threats to water security for nearly two billion people downstream. www.asianscientist.com/2026/07/envi...

Part of Albany, New York surpassed its 1-in-1000 year threshold by almost 2”! And almost doubled the highest 24-hour rainfall of 5.60”. A reminder, this does not mean it only happens once every 1000 years. It means there’s a less than .1% chance it happens in any given year… 1/

Climate change is causing global sea levels to rise not only due to melting ice but also because the ocean absorbs most of the additional atmospheric heat, leading to thermal expansion. Thermal expansion is responsible for 1/3 to 1/2 of the over 3" of sea level rise in the past 30 years.

Climate change causes the ocean’s waters to expand » Yale Climate Connections

It’s one of the reasons global sea levels are rising.

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists notes that thawing permafrost in the Arctic due to #climatechange poses a significant risk by releasing radioactive contamination from past Soviet nuclear tests and scuttled submarines at Novaya Zemlya. thebulletin.org/2026/07/clim...

Climate change exacerbates nuclear risks in the Arctic. And we are not ready

Climate change is physically altering the operational environment of nuclear deterrence in the Arctic, but the institutions capable of managing these risks are fragmented and frozen in place.

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A study of eight Indigenous communities across #Bolivia found that #climatechange, particularly water scarcity due to drought and flooding, significantly impacts women's reproductive health, livelihoods, and resilience. www.ipas.org/news/climate...

Climate change and reproductive health in Bolivia - Ipas

Ipas Bolivia researcher Apolinar Contreras on how climate change affects reproductive health, livelihoods and women's resilience in Indigenous communities

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Climate Scientist Jean-Pascal van Ypersel says Europe's recent heatwave signifies a major structural change in the continent's climate. While the point of no return has not been reached, the world is in a period of extreme urgency. www.france24.com/en/climate-c...

'Climate change is really here: We should seize this crisis moment to create a new momentum'

Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Climate Scientist and Professor at the Universities of Louvain and Liège in Belgium. Europe's latest heatwave is further evidence of a stru...

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