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I’m at Rising Tide in Newcastle and we just won our appeal against the marine exclusion zone, which means a full weekend of fun swimming and kayaking at the beach, and saying no new coal and gas.
Come join us!
At Horseshoe Beach and Foreshore Park, Newcastle
#RisingTide #Newcastle #ClimateCrisis #NoNewCoalAndGas
And the next administration shrugs.
“Scientists warn that a key Atlantic current could collapse, among other climate tipping points
A new report describes the dire state of Earth’s snow and ice, suggesting several major tipping points are likelier than scientists once thought.” #ClimateCrisis
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A key Atlantic current could collapse, scientists warn
A report describes the dire state of Earth’s snow and ice, suggesting that several major climate tipping points are more likely to be reached than previously thought.Evan Bush (NBC News)
Latin America: When climate change ruins renewables.
Droughts lasting weeks mean less water flowing through hydroelectric plants. And the less water, the less electricity. In Ecuador and Cuba, power cuts for hours at a time, sometimes even days. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
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Latin America: When climate change ruins renewables
Climate change has been disrupting Latin American efforts to make its energy more renewable. Countries are now searching for new solutions and everything from nuclear power to green hydrogen is being debated.Tobias Käufer (Deutsche Welle)
The United Nations — founded by and controlled by the world’s most powerful capitalist countries — will NOT save us from climate and environmental collapse.
All we’ll ever get from them and our so-called leaders is a lot more “blah, blah, blah.” Words, not actions.
What our biosphere will get is more chemicals poisoning the land and sea, more plastic waste, more cars, more roads, more forests chopped down, and more droughts...
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The Amazon Basin is responsible for around 15% of all fresh water discharged into the oceans and 13% of the planet’s biodiversity. But the rivers in the world’s largest tropical rainforest are drying up. Their waters have dropped to record lows this year.
This is all happening, scientists warn, at a point when the biome has lost 18% of its forest cover, reducing its capacity to absorb and store carbon. The Amazon is now approaching the point of no return, while global temperatures are set to break the annual heat record for the second consecutive year.
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FULL STORY -- sumauma.com/en/infografico-o-t…
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
The horrifying desiccation of the Amazon - SUMAÚMA
River levels have reached record lows in what is usually one of the planet’s great sources of freshwater, another sign that the vast rainforest basin is slipping toward a point of no returnViviane Zandonadi (SUMAÚMA)
Not that any of us really want to read MORE bad news this week. But — this is the world we live in.
Turning away from it and closing our eyes does not change things. I believe it's important to know just where we stand and what we face so we can make the best choices in how we should live.
Also, note that this essay was published before this week's disastrous US election, which means that you can expect conditions warned about here to get even worse, sooner rather than later.
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In recent years, environmental warnings have become impossible to ignore. Humanity has pushed Earth far beyond its natural limits, launching it into a cascade of intertwined disasters that scientists now call the “polycrisis.” No longer a distant threat, this crisis is unfolding before us, destabilizing the foundations of ecosystems, economies, and communities worldwide.
While some hold out hope for a turnaround, the brutal truth is that we are too far gone. The trajectory is set, the damage done, and there is no miracle solution on the horizon. Our only option is to live through this polycrisis as best we can, facing an uncertain and increasingly harsh reality.
As temperatures climb, ecosystems crumble, and resource conflicts rise, it’s clear that our world will never be the same. For those of us with young families, our hopes are tempered by a haunting reality: the future we once dreamed of has shifted beyond reach. What remains is an obligation to understand the forces shaping this collapse, accept the inevitability of hardship, and try to adapt as the familiar falls away.
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The essay includes sections on climate change, biodiversity loss, economic and social erosion, and finally, "living through the polycrisis." I hope you'll find it helpful.
FULL ARTICLE -- archive.ph/MwljK
ALTERNATE LINK -- medium.com/edge-of-collapse/no…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
No Turning Back: Accepting the Irreversible Global Collapse
The failure of governments and industrialists have doomed the global populace to a world of bleak future of an almost uninhabitable planet.Angus Peterson (Edge of Collapse)
✔️YOUR VOTE MATTERS!
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🔷VOTE BLUE DOWN BALLOT
You’re VOTING BLUE to save American democracy, to restore reproductive freedom, to expand gun safety laws, to continue the nation’s economic recovery and #ClimateCrisis solution funding, to boost opportunities for everyday Americans and ensure the stability of critical domestic & international programs and policies, to reform immigration, and to shove Project 2025 back down the hellhole it crammed from.
Death Toll Rises to 155!
Rescue efforts ongoing after at least 150 people killed in flooding in Spain
The emergency services ruled out the use of aerial means and will focus on ground work as the weather phenomenon continues into Thursday in some regions with dozens of people still missing
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Spain #GlobalWarming #climatechange #climatecrisis #Breaking #BreakingNews
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Rescue efforts ongoing after at least 150 people killed in flooding in Spain
The emergency services ruled out the use of aerial means and will focus on ground work as the weather phenomenon continues into Thursday in some regions with dozens of people missingEl País (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
This climate crisis is brought to you by our friends at ExxonMobil.
#ExxonMobil #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
👏🏼 #Biden administration awards $3bn to US ports for climate-friendly upgrades
Grants to be used to improve port infrastructure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at 55 sites across the country #ClimateCrisis
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#FYI #climatechange #tippingpoints #amoc
We are at 1.6°C now
"insights from scientists including Johan Rockström, Daniel Swain, Stefan Rahmstorf, and Samantha Burgess from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), and University of California/US National Center for Atmospheric Research"
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#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #ExtremeWeather
Climate Extremes (Full Documentary)
Share Climate Extremes with your friends and followers! Help the public become more educated about planetary behavior, tipping points, and climate science f...YouTube
#FYI #AMOC #ArcticCircle #StefanRahmstorf
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
SPEAKERS
H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate, Iceland
Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans, Potsdam University
MODERATOR
Hildigunnur Thorsteinsson, Director General, Icelandic Meteorological Office
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#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #ExtremeWeather
Is the AMOC Shutting Down? - Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
SPEAKERSH.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate, IcelandStefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans, Potsdam ...YouTube
Here is Professor Stefan Rahmstorf presentation to the Arctic Council earlier this month on whether the AMOC is Shutting Down? - Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
AMOC shutting down could have a catastrophic impact on Northern Europe including more extreme weather events, but also on sealevels along north American coast, and global impacts with changes in precipitation.
#ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #AMOC #Ocean #TippingPoints
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Is the AMOC Shutting Down? - Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
SPEAKERSH.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate, IcelandStefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans, Potsdam ...YouTube
Final Warnings!
Everybody, Everywhere, STOP what you are Doing, what you are Speaking & What you are Thinking.
No, I’m not writing as a dulled follower of a Satanic ultra conservative death cult psycho-liar despot
I am writing as someone who reads climate science, & that has now given all of humanity its Final Warnings.
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Adapt Now or Die!
Why is this trajectory continuing?
We keep burning fossil fuels!
“Power sector emissions [the largest source] grew by 1.6% in 2023
“There is a growing commitment to accelerate the phase out of unabated fossil fuels. However, NONE of the major fossil fuel-producing countries or companies have committed to phasing out these activities to fully transition away from fossil fuel extraction or production
“Fossil CO2 emissions account for approximately 68% of current GHG emissions”
