Global warming may have accelerated since 2015. After accounting for El Niño, volcanoes, and solar variability, researchers estimate the warming rate increased from ~0.2°C/decade to ~0.35°C/decade. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming

Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C p...

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

‘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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You want to watch this wonderful video from Joss Fong and her two partners at Howtown about AMOC, with a lot of well-researched background on oceanography and paleoclimate. It also features the nicest guy in paleoceanography, Jerry McManus. 🌊

Why is this one spot not warming?

YouTube video by Howtown

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Ask yourself "What would I do to survive? What would I do to ensure that my family survives?" The answer may shock you. Ceuta 📷 Fabian Bimmer/Reuters, Anadolu/Getty Images, Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP/Getty Images

Wildfires in Europe are “very worrying”, says Shell boss, as oil giant cashed in on high prices to make bumper Q 2profits of almost $10bn. "My heart goes out to the many who are suffering from it” Sawan abandoned many green investments made by his predecessor www.thetimes.com/business/com...

Wildfires very worrying, says Shell boss as he defends green record

Wael Sawan, the oil group’s chief executive, insists it is not ‘just a fossil fuel company’

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The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.

🤯🍔 Did you know that producing *one pound* of beef releases as much greenhouse gas pollution as burning 25-50 pounds of coal? And producing grass-fed beef is even worse? We gotta rethink our high levels of beef consumption...

Project Drawdown@projectdrawdown.bsky.social · last wk.

Red meat production accounts for 30% of global food-related emissions but generates only 5% of dietary calories or 2% of the global protein supply. That's why Project Drawdown researcher @enviroem.bsky.social calls it the coal of the food system: https://bit.ly/4x2yGnz

Water minister Emma Hardy said the UK needs to be "prepared for this new normal". Except this won't be a "new normal" because "normal" conditions will keep shifting, with droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, storms, floods and diseases becoming worse through feedbacks as time passes.

Major incident declared after large wildfire breaks out - as UK warned of 'new normal' after drought declared

Firefighters in Suffolk were battling the biggest wildfire of Wednesday, but other crews were kept busy elsewhere in the country too. It broke out just hours after half of England was declared to be i...

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What utter nonsense to declare defeat in a war we never actually fought. The UK arguing over net zero isn’t the same thing as the world making a serious, coordinated effort to cut emissions. You can’t claim the strategy failed when you spent most of the time refusing to implement it.

Must read article, this quote in particular resonated with me: “Does the institution truly not realise that only our passion and goodwill have kept the ship afloat”. So much that an academic does is not in the job description. What has happened to U.K. higher education is so sad.

James Dyke@jamesgdyke.info · last wk.

While the University of Exeter redundancy disaster staggers forward, a reminder that this is not about numbers in spreadsheets but people's lives. lizzywilliamson.substack.com/p/on-redunda...

“Startups funded by venture capital are not a good way to develop potentially an important climate solution. If we want to scale [CO₂removal] , it should be government-funded and government-led.” 🌊🧪

Startups overhyped marine carbon dioxide removal – it may never happen - Land and Climate Review

Many overestimate how close we are to scaling up carbon removal deployment, says leading oceanographer David Ho.

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Life on Earth – extraordinarily rare! One of the most remarkable discoveries of modern science is not what we have found. It is what we have not found! westenglandbylines.co.uk/features/cli...

Life on Earth – extraordinarily rare!

One of the most remarkable discoveries of modern science is not what we have found. It is what we have not found!

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R is much more than a language for statistics. It's a language for cleaning, transforming, analysing, and turning your data into publication-ready figures. My next week workshop start with the fundamentals. And we build up together. 📆 August 3-7, 2026 🎟️ datasharpacademy.com/shop/r-funda...

HadCRUT5 global temperature now updated to May 2026 crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/tem...

We, allegedly, can't afford to look after vulnerable people. Now, it seems, we can't afford to 'do' science, or to teach our people about the universe we live in. Should we all just go and live in a cave? Or ask those who can afford it to contribute a bit more in tax? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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Short-sighted, stupid cuts to the UKRI budget include shutting down Jodrell Bank, the icon of British astronomy. (Many other cuts too, including 20% to our brand new @vrubinobs.bsky.social). Interesting politically to shut down a major facility in...um..Manchester 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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You see everything is connected. The marine heatwaves off the coasts of Europe make heatwaves on land more intense, which in turn dries out vegetation, which then creates perfect fire weather conditions. Brought to you by the world's refusal to drastically reduce the burning of fossil fuels.

Ongoing marine heatwave in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea | EU Space Support Office

In late May 2026, several countries in Western Europe faced above-average temperatures. During the same period, large areas of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea also recorded above-average ...

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I'll be on #BBCNews TV ~6pm ET / 11pm London to discuss the climate change-fueled wildfires currently ravaging Europe: www.bbc.com/watch-live-n...

It’s hard to tell art from reality these days.

You see this frontpage and do genuinely wonder what on earth the conversation must have been between the senior editors when they were laying it out...

🌊 Great Barrier Reef faces ecological collapse as El Niño looms oceanographicmagazine.com/news/great-b...

Great Barrier Reef faces ecological collapse as El Niño looms

This, scientists warn, is a signal that urgent global systemic change is needed to prevent the widespread loss of our critical ecosystems

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Oh no. Another giant of climate science, oceanography, and understanding the carbon cycle has left us. Jorge Sarmiento was a true giant in the field, and a dedicated mentor to countless students over the years. The entire field owes him a great deal. www.princeton.edu/news/2026/05...

Remembering Jorge Sarmiento, a ‘giant’ in climate studies

Climate scientist Jorge Sarmiento was Princeton's George J. Magee Professor of Geoscience and Geological Engineering, Emeritus, and a professor of geosciences, emeritus.

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James Lovelock is one of the greatest climate scientists that ever lived. We're about find out how on point his statements from over 18 years ago were.

This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.

'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News

Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.

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Oooooops we did it again Melting in #Greenland ...and today is even warmer #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Metacrisis

The super El Niño is likely to have a major impact on the Great Barrier Reef 🪸 - given the last few El Niños were linked to large bleaching events. We won’t save the GBR unless we start to tackle climate change.

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2w ago

"If you were on a big boat, like the Titanic, & someone comes up to you & says the boat's going down, you bloody well get on those lifeboats & start acting & do stuff" "We're not doing that. The ship is starting to sink in a really massive way, & we're not seeing it as what it is. It is so serious"

I've never seen anything like it. Salta, Argentina, has just recorded its hottest night on record during the climatologically coldest time of the year. The minimum overnight temperature did not fall below 26°C (78.8°F), pulverizing the previous monthly record by 7°C.

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Sure that’s a dirty car, but that’s no ordinary dust. It’s sand from the Sahara Desert!

We absolutely cannot normalize wildfires everywhere and excess deaths from heatwaves. It’s going to get way worse as long as we keep burning fossil fuels.

At least 12,000 excess deaths in Europe's June heatwave: AFP analysis

At least 12,000 excess deaths were recorded across nine European countries during June's heatwave, national statistics indicated, a toll that could yet rise as more data is released, according to an…

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