My time lapse of the Gironde #fire near Bordeaux, viewed on Friday afternoon from about 20 km distance. One minute compressed into 5 seconds. #GlobalHeating
Deirdre
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Climate change and societal shifts from a complex systems perspective. Countering hate and disinformation.
‘Without us, they are doomed’: volunteers save fish from French rivers drying up in heatwaves: Fish being moved to oxygenated flowing water further downstream as water levels drop across country Along the Odet River in Brittany, fisher Mathieu Le Bouter and a dozen volunteers are catching...
‘Without us, they are doomed’: volunteers save fish from French rivers drying up in heatwaves
‘Without us, they are doomed’: volunteers save fish from French rivers drying up in heatwaves: Fish being moved to oxygenated flowing water further downstream as water levels drop across country Along the Odet River in Brittany, fisher Mathieu Le Bouter and a dozen volunteers are catching...
theguardian.com
As long expected. It’s climate science 101. The vapor thirst of the atmosphere increases exponentially with temperature. A law of physics known since the early 19th C (Clausius–Clapeyron law). It causes more drought even if rainfall doesn’t decline. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe
Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generation
theguardian.com
Despite the weather, some folks who went to San Francisco to watch the fireworks this Fourth of July said they still enjoyed being there for the party. Increased traffic was also reported as people tried to leave. nbcbay.com/KYrVznc
I spoke with @kywnewsradio.bsky.social radio Philadelphia about how climate change-fueled extreme heat has led to the cancellation of the historic sesquincentennial July 4th parade in Philadelphia, birthplace of (our fragile) American Democracy: www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio...
‘Extreme weather phenomenon’ forces cancellation of many semiquincentennial events
The Philadelphia area is not alone in losing holiday weekend events to sweltering heat. The entire East Coast is under a heat dome. Penn professor Michael Mann said such phenomena have tripled in the ...
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The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more theconversation.com/the-worlds-o...
The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more
More than 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouses goes into the ocean. But what happens in the oceans doesn’t stay there.
theconversation.com
I keep a curated set of Theory of Change resources and guidance here, built up over years of practice. Frameworks, examples, and guidance on diagramming and using one well: learningforsustainability.net/toc-resources/
Theory of Change resources and guidance
Curated and annotated links to open-access Theory of Change guides, papers and examples, including work on assumptions, contribution analysis, logic models, sustainability science and learning.
learningforsustainability.net
Employees at Scientific American were told today that the magazine has been sold to LabX Media Group, the outfit that runs Discover Magazine and IFLScience. And that means -- of course! -- editorial layoffs. The media mass extinction rolls ever onward.
Governors of many U.S. states and territories have sweeping power to use National Guard troops with relatively few legal constraints, new Brennan Center research shows. This is a dangerous state of affairs that’s ripe for abuse. Legislatures must act. 1/21
State and Territorial Laws Governing the National Guard
Vague, open-ended, and constitutionally questionable laws give governors dangerous discretion to decide when, where, and how to use troops.
brennancenter.org
claim the heart within you, moment by breath by prayer. #BillionPrayersForPeace
"The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism — the tendency to be self-centered and entitled." Good to see research back up something I've been saying for years.
Opinion | The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week
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Klein is mocked by Marc Andreessen for attending the "fascist" conference...while Neera Tanden, Yglesias and Hanania play defense. Welcome to upside down land! (Andreessen is using the "f" word a lot these days because it bothers him, so he's trying to turn it into a joke.)
Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 2mo agoEzra Klein addresses his Dialog attendance, saying he went twice and didn't return after 2022, when he found the vibe "curdled and resentful." He writes: "That did prove a pretty good signal of where tech’s politics were going though, maybe I should’ve paid more attention." Amen to that.
MPDI publishes climate denial. For more on this recurring cast of characters, who have previously submitted papers under pseudonyms, see: physicstoday.aip.org/news/climate...
Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2mo agoRIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
From Ben Noll. “El Niño development is currently more advanced than at the same stage of previous super El Niño events in 2015, 1997 and 1982. But the oceans are much warmer now, and that means the atmospheric response to El Niño this year will be different from the past.”
This is precisely what happens when you have an administration who has zero qualified scientists on staff and denies science.
Fantastic illustration of how batteries have completely overtaken gas in California www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
A powerful El Niño Event is expected to develop during 2026. How powerful? Well the seasonal forecasting models are currently all over the place. So, somewhere between a Top 10 event in modern history and super-bonkers extreme crazy land. 🤔 🧪🌊
Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown - Temperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region #climatecrisis Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown
Temperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region
theguardian.com
Scientists: We desperately need long, unbroken records of North Atlantic currents to see how close we are to a #climate tipping point. US government: sending ships to rip 900 deep-sea sensors out of the water. Congress voted twice to keep them funded. They're being pulled anyway.
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
nytimes.com
OK, here is a thing that happened on Tues 26 May 2026 at one of the longest-lived weather stations on planet Earth.
MetJam@metjam.co.uk · 2mo agoOxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.
You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
Everything dreams. The play of form, of being, is the dreaming of substance.
Court Rejects State’s Attempt to Disqualify Sacramento & Stockton’s Lawyers in Delta Tunnel Fight On March 27, 2026, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Stephen Acquisto denied the California Department of Water Resources' motion to disqualify Somach Simmons & Dunn, the law firm that has represented…
Court Rejects State’s Attempt to Disqualify Sacramento & Stockton’s Lawyers in Delta Tunnel Fight
On March 27, 2026, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Stephen Acquisto denied the California Department of Water Resources' motion to disqualify Somach Simmons & Dunn, the law firm that has represented the County of Sacramento, City of Stockton, and other local agencies in Delta Conveyance litigation since 2007. DWR's motion, supported by some 5,000 pages of filings, argued that attorney Casey Shorrock's prior work on a 2020 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for geotechnical investigations created a disqualifying conflict of interest.
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U.N. experts demand Israel release prominent Gaza doctor after reports of 'severe torture' flip.it/UCtoEO
U.N. experts demand Israel release prominent Gaza doctor after reports of 'severe torture'
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been in Israeli detention since December 2024, is in a "dire" health condition, United Nations experts warned as they called for his immediate release.
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This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.