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Union of Concerned Scientists@ucs.org · yesterday

Unusually hot & dry conditions worldwide have fueled a deadly wildfire season, costing lives and destroying communities. “If these infernos don’t bring policymakers to their senses and force necessary changes to grapple with the fossil fueled climate crisis, what will?” writes UCS's Rachel Cleetus:

A World Ablaze: The Climate Future We Feared is Here - Union of Concerned Scientists

Unusually hot, dry conditions across many parts of the world—including in Algeria, Canada, France, Greece, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, and the western United States—have set the stage for the catastrophic wildfire season underway now. Just over this weekend, rapidly spreading wildfires have exploded around Spokane, Washington, forcing nearly 65,000 people to evacuate thus far. Unrelenting hot dry weather, supercharged by climate change, is contributing to the dangerous conditions causing these fires.

blog.ucs.org

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12h ago

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

theguardian.com

Zack Labe@zacklabe.com · 8h ago

🚨 Last month set a new record for the hottest average global sea surface temperature in the month of July! Record warmth is found in both the deeper ocean and at the surface. This isn't necessarily a surprise, but it will have consequences for around the world. Data in the graphic from NOAA ERRSTv6

Green line graph time series of average sea surface temperature anomalies for each July from 1900 through 2026. There is large interannual variabaility, but an overall long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline.
Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 7h ago

*2026 El Niño Ahead by a Mile* It’s remarkable for us scientists to witness El Niño’s evolution. If you had asked us if something like this was possible a year ago, it would have been a definitive no. But here we are… already more than 1C (& 3 months) ahead of the next strongest episode in 1997… 1/

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Zack Labe@zacklabe.com · 21h ago

"The fires, heat and extremes that have dominated the summer of 2026 are what scientists have long been warning about from the burning of coal, oil and gas." via @apnews.com

This summer isn't breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say

With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.

apnews.com

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3d ago

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.

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Yellow Dot Studios@yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 6d ago

"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

theguardian.com

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 5d ago

Here’s a classic piece of climate misinformation. Why it’s wrong: Those data are dominated by the very high carbon *turnover* of ocean & biosphere. This means that while we increase the *amount* of CO2 in the air for millennia, the *individual C atoms* of fossil origin get replaced quite fast.

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Rebecca John@rebeccajohn.bsky.social · last wk.

As Shell faces a landmark climate lawsuit, "confidential" documents from the 1960s show British scientist James Lovelock warning executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels. See his June 1966 memo published in full for the first time with my latest for @desmog.com

The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms

“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...

desmog.com

Jeff Goodell@jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 6d ago

“What seems to be important,” wrote scientist James Lovelock in a 1966 memo to Shell, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of fuel is responsible.”

Rebecca John@rebeccajohn.bsky.social · last wk.

As Shell faces a landmark climate lawsuit, "confidential" documents from the 1960s show British scientist James Lovelock warning executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels. See his June 1966 memo published in full for the first time with my latest for @desmog.com

Andrea Thompson@andreatweather.bsky.social · 6d ago

Daytime highs often get the headlines, but overnight temperatures are rising twice as fast in the U.S. And that nighttime heat is losing us sleep. 🧪 By @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social. Graphics by our excellent graphics intern Sani Sharma.

3 charts show how extreme heat is costing us hours of lost sleep

The U.S. has been pummeled with heat waves this summer. Here’s how hot overnight temperatures can get in the way of a good night’s rest—in 3 charts

scientificamerican.com

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 6d ago

Jim Hansen and I have had a friendly debate about whether 2026 will be the warmest year on record or not. In a new piece, I explain how we both might end up being right: 2026 is increasingly likely to be the warmest in GISTEMP but second across all six records: www.theclimatebrink....

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PIK_climate@pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 6d ago

"It will get worse and worse and worse to the point where, I’m afraid, we’ll be passing the limits of adaptation.” Johan Rockström spoke to @nytimes.com about the fires in Europe. “What’s happening means that we should increase our ambition level, not reduce it.” nytimes.com/2026/07/29/w...

Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate

The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.

nytimes.com