New Letter: "Interspecific competition negates CO2 benefits for most plant species" rdcu.be/fxOGi Although community biomass increases under elevated CO2, dominant species capture most gains, masking substantial variation in species-level responses. #PlantScience

Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels

In recent decades, the nutrient content of fruits and vegetables has been dropping. Some argue this is caused by “new varieties of crops bred to grow quicker and bigger.” This article argues that organic regenerative agriculture is the answer. www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ju...

Nutrients in our food are declining. Can regenerative agriculture save it?

Approach focuses on rebuilding soil health, increasing biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems

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As a regenerative farmer puts it: "with temperatures exceeding 38C for weeks on end, everything is breaking down. I’m expecting yield losses of at least 50%, or even 70%, for certain crops, such as soya. We’re no longer heading for a crash — we’re already there" www.ft.com/content/c528...

European heatwave wiped €2bn from value of grain crop, analysis estimates

France and Hungary worst hit by lost production of maize and wheat

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“.. up from 5.9% today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Every so often the Earth produces a signal that is impossible to ignore. It shows sea-surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the equatorial Pacific, one of the most important parts of the Earth's climate system. #climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/the-gra...

The Graph That Should Be Front-Page News

Every so often the Earth produces a signal that is impossible to ignore. This graph is one of them. It shows sea-surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the equatorial Pacific, one of the most ...

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Warum verschwinden unsere Vögel... #Biodiversität

🚨 China just became the first country in history to surpass 4 TW of installed electricity capacity. • 4.01 TW total capacity • 62% non-fossil • 61% renewable • ~1.5% nuclear • 32% coal (down from 61% in 2010) China's electricity system is now roughly 1.7× larger than the US and EU combined.

Contrary to a common narrative, Dutch (livestock-heavy) #agriculture does not help to feed the world—rather, it is a net importer of biomass, and producing the food groups currently consumed domestically would require all available land in the country: doi.org/10.1038/s430... #foodsecurity #trade

Limited net-export capacity undermines the Netherlands’ ‘feeding the world’ narrative - Nature Food

The Netherlands is one of the world’s top trading countries and the second largest exporter of agricultural goods. Using an agroecological food system model, this study examines the feasibility of this position.

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Closed-period slurry spreading linked to river pollution. This along with previous EPA report showing that 43% of inspected farms were non-compliant with regulations in 2025 & only half were remediated in follow-up inspections. Stronger enforcement needed! www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid...

Closed-period slurry spreading linked to river pollution in Meath study

Phosphate loss into water during wet weather had been identified earlier, leading to chemistry sampling to determine if slurry was spread in the closed season, and if nutrients were entering the river...

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Never rule out electric planes for in the future! Wh/Kg energy density: - LFP: 150-200 - NMC: 200-300 - Solid state: 400-700 - Lithium-air lab: 1200 - Lithium-air theoretical limit: 12000 - Jet fuel: 12000 carnewschina.com/2026/06/03/c...

CATL sets sights on lithium-air technology with theoretical gasoline-level 12,000 Wh/kg energy density

CATL sets sights on lithium-air technology as the future of global battery competition.

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Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening www.newscientist.com/article/2529...

Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening

A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down

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Auch wenn die Kapazitätsfaktoren unterschiedlich sind – das Gerede, dass China ganz massiv Kohle und #Kernkraft ausbaut, ist einfach gelogen.

Electrification league table: 🇳🇴 Norway 49% 🇸🇪 Sweden 33% 🇯🇵 Japan 31% 🇨🇳 China 29% 🇺🇸 US 22% 🇪🇺 EU 22% 🇬🇧 UK 21% 🇩🇪 Germany 21% Global average: 23%. China is ahead of every major Western economy. Want more of this? Sign up to my Substack: janrosenow.substack.com

Everyone is shitting on the NYTimes and this article based on the graphics but maybe read the piece by @matthuber.bsky.social first? I like talking about climate as much as anyone but if it’s not going to help Democrats win working class voters, it’s time to focus on things that will. See: Mamdani.

Opinion | Forget Climate Change. Democrats Need to Talk About Other Issues.

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🌊🔥🔋📈 The Equatorial Pacific heat battery is almost fully charged and about to break temperature records and disrupt weather patterns around the world!

James Hansen@drjamesehansen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Yes, we have an El Nino – probably Super-Duper – see the better diagnostic (Fig. 2) – comparison to ordinary and Super El Ninos See Super-Duper El Nino: mailchi.mp/caa/super-du... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/super-dupe...

The same people who argue with climate scientists about who knows more about climate are naturally going to argue with the Pope about who knows more about Jesus.

Misleading ? An Oil Tanker Can Be Used MANY Times To Haul Oil, But The Point Is That Solar Panels Are A Much Cleaner,Environmentally Friendly,Long Term ANSWER To The Use Of Destructive Fossil ⛽️ Fuels.......

Greek Proverb: "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in". That's not what we are doing now. We are pillaging the planet, each other, and the future, for a quick buck. We need to do better.

'Unseasonal rain, hailstorm damage wheat crop across Malwa region in Punjab [India]… According to Jagsir Singh, Chief Agriculture Officer, Muktsar, nearly 35,000 acres of wheat crop in the district have been affected, with losses ranging between 50% & 75%' www.tribuneindia.com/news/bathind...

Climate has almost disappeared from our conversation. But it remains the most pressing challenge of our times. Last week the WMO said the planet is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history.” Energy security and climate security are not competing priorities.

7/ Experts are warning that - "there is a greater than 5% chance of serious civil unrest over the next 10–50 years, with an increase in plausibility, as expected, for the 50-year timeframe" Which strikes me as a classic case of scientific understatement. www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15...

We burn fossil fuels and forests, pumping the sky full of poison until the air we breathe chokes us. Children in cities grow up with lungs the size of smokers’. Glaciers melt. Storms intensify. The atmosphere isn’t some distant sky. It’s the blanket that keeps our dinner table from burning

Hard to know which is more shocking - the dire warnings of the potential collapse of our food system in the UK or the fact that governments have tried to cover it up. Their complacency is off the scale. We urgently need to switch to growing more food domestically & to restore nature now

Britain’s food supply ‘at risk of catastrophic failure by 2030’

A report written before the 2024 election says climate change, habitat loss and geopolitical instability are a danger to food security — and it has been ignored

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Every responsible decision maker in politics, industry etc. should read this. Or better yet the original WMO report it’s about (linked in the article). And then think very seriously: What am I doing to stop this? Is it enough? How do I want to be remembered? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high

State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat

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Die Buchläden waren erst die Ouvertüre! BlackRot kappt @amadeuantonio.bsky.social das Geld, ebenso @hateaid.org, @correctiv.org, @zentralratderjuden.bsky.social uvam. Der Kulturkampf geht auf das nächste Level! www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

Bildungsministerin Karin Prien will Demokratieprojekten Geld streichen

Die CDU-Politikerin Karin Prien will Demokratieförderung neu ausrichten und Mittel kürzen – auch der Amadeu-Antonio-Stiftung. Deren Chef warnt vor den Folgen für die Demokratie.

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Producing protein by raising, feeding & slaughtering animals can consume 10x more land than getting the protein directly from crops. Cell cultivation & precision fermentation could produce the same quality & quantity of protein on 100x less land: theconversation.com/how-a-new-pl... #protein #landuse

How a new plan for protein could transform the UK’s national security

Emerging technologies such as lab-based meat could produce the same quality and quantity of protein on hundreds of times less land.

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🌊🌡📈 BREAKING 🚨 March 18 shows a new daily record high global Sea Surface Temperature. Without an El Niño. The next two years will be something to behold. Unprecedented for hundreds of thousands of years!

Leon Simons@leonsimons.com · last yr.

'Earth's Energy Imbalance More Than Doubled in Recent Decades' agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...