‘Glaciers in Icelandic history were in the context of eternity,’ explains the Icelandic writer and environmental activist Andri Snær Magnason. Today’s Video explores the rapid decline of these ice caps and what it means for Magnason’s connection to his family history

As glaciers melt, a writer considers what stories can do that data cannot | Aeon Videos

Retracing his grandparents’ journey to Iceland’s Vatnajökull glacier, a writer draws on storytelling to grasp climate change

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100 Times Humans Got Creative: streetartutopia.com/2026/07/31/1... 🚪 “Virtual Entrance” — By ASTRO in Calais, France 🇫🇷

There's been growing recognition, in recent years, of the mental health benefits of spending time in nature But I'm not sure it's quite the same when all you can see are signs of nature dying

The difference--

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.

Oh dear we're going to overshoot, but don't worry we don't need to urgently stop burning fossil fuels we can... use bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. Scientists: We've taken another look & "most emissions occur before the power plant and therefore cannot be captured"

Decades of increased emissions from forest-fuelled BECCS - Nature Sustainability

Governments are considering subsidies for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage fuelled by wood from existing forests. However, a transparent model estimates that this will probably increase emiss...

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Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 11mo ago

As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently. I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵

I’d like to make it clear for all the people following me what the sheer gravity of the news is. Without this facility we can’t ensure constant communication with spacecraft beyond Earth orbit. If this facility is off-line, the Artemis program cannot send a crew to the Moon.

Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila

"The melting of land & sea ice are expected to increase over the coming decades, resulting in an enhanced freshwater discharge into the N. Atlantic. With stronger freshwater anomalies, our results indicate an increase in the risk of warm, dry European summers & of heat waves & droughts accordingly"

European summer weather linked to North Atlantic freshwater anomalies in preceding years

Abstract. Amplified Arctic ice loss in recent decades has been linked to the increased occurrence of extreme mid-latitude weather. The underlying mechanisms remain elusive, however. One potential link...

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1️⃣🌊 Using a high-resolution ocean model to simulate the currents around the Denman-Shackleton ice-shelf system, @yuhangocean.bsky.social and colleagues make an important shift in how we think about ocean-driven melting in East #Antarctica. ▶️ aappartnership.org.au/melting-from...

Melting from the top: ice shelf vulnerable to warm surface waters - AAPP

Modelling shows summer-warmed surface waters are the primary cause of melt in the Denman-Shackleton ice shelf system

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🌊 New Antarctic research shows the deepest layer of the Southern Ocean – Antarctic Bottom Water, or AABW – is shrinking faster than scientists realised, with the rate of change accelerating over the past decade. This is important because we all depend on it. ▶️ aappartnership.org.au/antarctic-ch...

Antarctic change drives slowdown of global ocean circulation - AAPP

Deepest layer of the Southern Ocean is shrinking faster with accelerated change

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In my lifetime, I've seen segments of society lose trust in evolutionary biology, climate science, and vaccines. None of this was due to anything scientists did. All of it was because non-scientists perceived some advantage (political, cultural, financial) in attacking science's credibility.

"Thwaites is really the biggest player, the biggest wild card in sea level rise in the future." CIRES' Ted Scambos talked about the missing ice in Antarctica’s west coast and Thwaites Glacier with Living on Earth. @colorado.edu www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

Living on Earth: Antarctic Ice Missing

Midsummer in the Northern hemisphere marks the dead of winter in Antarctica, usually a time when temperatures plunge and the surrounding ocean ices over, nearly doubling the continent’s size. But…

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With all the July model runs now in, it is very likely that 2026 will see the largest El Niño event since records began in the late 1800s – and potentially by a truly mind-blowing margin. The median estimate is now 3.6C, roughly 0.8C hotter than the prior record (2.75C). www.theclimatebrink....

Let’s Talk Antarctica InSync ✨ Join us online on 28 or 29 July for an introduction to the project and explore ways for you to get involved. Researchers involved in Antarctica InSync will share their experiences and explain how they contribute to the initiative. apecs-germany.de/lets-talk-an...

Great interview w Naomi Oreskes "The right wing, the fossil fuel industry—what I call “the carbon combustion complex”—they understood the science only too well, and they understood very clearly what was at stake. And because they understood it, they fought the science tooth and nail." 1/

Shocking: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis

Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating

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1/5 Heatwaves like the one we’re experiencing right now expose a simple truth: climate breakdown is a class issue.

Climate.us is a great place to explore. So much was lost with the destruction of climate . gov and climate.us is making sure we have data, tools, and insights. 🙌

Climate.us Home

independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics

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Climate.us@climate.us · 4w ago

What is Climate.us? It’s a new independent, nonprofit climate information website with a simple goal: keep trusted climate science easy to find, easy to understand, and available to the public. Climate information is a public good. Climate.us is here to help protect it. Explore Climate.us 🌍️ 🧪

I really like this because it also helps people become more familiar with how our climate future works. There's no science crystal ball, but we sure do know a lot and people can plan and act using that information. Insight instead of certainty.

CIRES@cires.colorado.edu · 4w ago

What if the future of weather forecasting isn't about finding one "right" answer? A new CIRES and @noaa.gov forecasting experiment found that explaining why a forecast is uncertain — and when confidence will improve — helps people make better decisions.

Scan your local news today. How many stories are about something climate change is making worse...without saying so? I counted 8 of those in my feed today, vs just 1 that named climate change directly. Why does this matter? Research shows that making this connection changes how people see it.

At the turning of the millennium there were 769 satellites in space, 2026 there are 14,500 satellites. I spent 7mins photographing the Milky Way rising above Poatiri Mt Charles Hoopers Inlet, on Muaupoko (Otago Peninsula) this evening. Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ #Photography

" #Climate change was mentioned in 40 of the 167 articles, 24% of the total and fossil fuels were mentioned as driving this warming in 5%."

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 3w ago

Inexcusable of the BBC not to make the #climate connection in a story like this. #EndClimateSilence

Want to keep people cool AND generate energy? Solar panel shading systems! This is a new timber-framed office and laboratory in Basel, by Herzog de Meuron

A 2025-2026 #CIRESPhotoContest "science in the field" winner! A scientist checks out an automatic weather station at the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet, near the town of Kangerlussuaq on Greenland’s western coast. #FieldworkFriday 📸: @drtwilamoon.bsky.social/CIRES and @nsidc.bsky.social

June by numbers: 👉 2nd warmest June globally on record 👉 +1.39°C above the pre-industrial 👉 Western Europe recorded its hottest June ever (+3.06°C 1991–2020) 👉 Record-high June SSTs outside the polar regions The trend is clear and accelerating. climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-r...

Copernicus: Record heatwave brings hottest June for western Europe during second-warmest June globally

June 2026 was the hottest June recorded for western Europe and the second warmest globally. It saw near-record temperatures driven by the highest sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on record for the mont...

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The very persistent lack of #Antarctic sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea region continued in June. In contrast, sea ice cover is much more widespread than average near the Ross Sea. + More visuals of sea ice: zacklabe.com/antarctic-se... + Sea ice concentration means the fraction of ice in an area.

This perspective piece highlights the underappreciated role of small-scale #ocean #turbulence on sub-annual #climate timescales, with important consequences for the transport and distribution of climate-relevant tracers, including #heat, #carbon, and #nutrients. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Climatic reach of small-scale turbulence in the ocean interior - Nature Communications

While the long-term, global influence of small-scale ocean turbulence on climate is well recognized, this perspective highlights its underappreciated role on sub-annual timescales. These shorter-term ...

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"Perhaps the victory lap for getting rid of RCP8.5 was premature" 😭 www.theclimatebrink.com/p/deadly-hea...

Deadly heat wave in France shows the future of climate risk

Perhaps the victory lap for getting rid of RCP8.5 was premature

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Birdsong & the richness we’ve laid (are laying) waste to. An astonishing, heartbreaking demonstration of shifting baseline syndrome, & what I remember. Wrote about this @environment.theguardian.com + a real recording made in my village by a fierce & wonderful woman conservationist in 1975. 1/3

Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years

Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost

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The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard has become a key outpost for Arctic science. But geopolitical tensions are complicating research efforts. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3RiuWPK