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"'I don’t even have gloves on': Olympic town warms up as climate change puts Winter Games on thin ice"
#Olympics #Climate #ClimateChange

'It’s pretty warm out': Climate change heats Winter Olympics
This type of February 'warmth' for Cortina is made at least three times more likely due to climate change, according to meteorologists.

US pressures Vanuatu at UN over ICJ’s landmark climate change ruling | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/14/us-pressures-vanuatu-at-un-over-icjs-landmark-climate-change-ruling?traffic_source=rss

New research from Burkina Faso and Mauritania reveals how climate shocks hit the most vulnerable hardest—agricultural workers, conflict-affected communities, and rural households struggling to survive.
The solution? Expanding social protection systems that respond to climate emergencies, paired with early warning systems and sustainable livelihood support.

Antarctic fur seals now endangered as climate change reduces krill for pups https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/antarctic-fur-seals-now-endangered-as-climate-change-reduces-krill-for-pups/

Antarctic fur seals now endangered as climate change reduces krill for pups
Antarctic fur seals are the smallest of the polar seals and live almost exclusively on the island of South Georgia. The latest assessment by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global conservation authority, upgraded fur seal extinction threat from least concern to endangered. The last assessment was carried out in 2014. Recent research […]

The psychology of collapse and the solution, why the UK climate crisis feels ‘normal’ now
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/environment/climate-change/psychology-climate-crisis/?fsp_sid=2201

The psychology of collapse and the solution, why the UK climate crisis feels ‘normal’ now
Last in our series: politicians normalise disaster, people develop crisis fatigue – the solution: climate resilience that actually works

Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change - Scientific American https://apple.news/At4qjOKsRSM-RTAWywgZBQA
I am mystified. A recent post by @…

Earth’s spin is slowing at an unprecedented rate, thanks to climate change — Scientific American
Rising sea levels are slowing the Earth’s rotation, lengthening or days by 1.33 milliseconds per century the_burtons via Getty Images Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase to a single average day—1.33 additional milliseconds per century—is unprecedented for at least the last 3.6 million years, a new study finds. Most people take for granted that a single day will last for 24 hours, not a second more or…

Trump Administration Erases the Government's Power to Fight Climate Change (Lisa Friedman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/climate/trump-epa-greenhouse-gases-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.6d3V.5k1fGFBssTtW&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p75#a260212p75

At a time when climate change, irreversible loss of biodiversity and socio-environmental crises are no longer questionable,
Using traditional political means to achieve social and climate justice will not be enough.
https://grondementsdesterres.org/programme-et-actualite/

https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2026/03/eating-rich-wont-fix-climate-change.html

Eating The Rich Won’t Fix Climate Change
Per dollar of spending, richer people contribute less environmental harm than ordinary people

Students learn new skills they’ll need as climate change advances
https://hechingerreport.org/career-education-students-learn-new-skills-climate-change/

"Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty"
#UN #UnitedNations #Emissions

Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty - Carbon Brief
The US, which has announced plans to withdraw from the global climate treaty is more historically responsible for climate change than any other country

Emperor penguins are now endangered amid climate change and melting ice https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/emperor-penguins-are-now-endangered-amid-climate-change-and-melting-ice/

Emperor penguins are now endangered amid climate change and melting ice
Emperor penguins are native to Antarctica, where record low sea ice over the last decade has dramatically changed their habitat. Populations of the world’s largest penguin have fallen so much that they have now officially moved from near threatened to endangered in the latest assessment by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global […]

Really good overview of plans to help Joshua trees survive climate change on National Geographic, with some description of a project I'd only heard rumored, which might aaaaalmost count as what we call assisted migration
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environ…

This is why a Mayor has to just fucking build it, rather than holding endless public outreach (and scarring city employees in the process, who are then less likely to take bold action because they're scared of getting yelled at).
It's also why when people are like, "but you can't blame people for climate change, that's Big Oil propaganda!", it's ultimately both. Oil companies have the deep pockets, but individuals have the passion to fight for their dumb p…

Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD (@mbonsma.bsky.social)
Awesome new paper by @ashtonindc.bsky.social unpacking ideas about "what—and who—our streets are for" that are behind car supremacy. By analyzing what people say at public meetings, this paper makes the case that individuals are upholding car supremacy and stymieing efforts to build safe streets.

Under pressure from Republican state attorneys general, the agency that advises
the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges on scientific and technical matters has
withdrawn the entirety of its content on climate change from a new judicial reference manual.
The move by the Federal Judicial Center leaves judges without any official support on how to weigh evidence about basic weather and climate changes
-- just as numerous climate cases make their way through state and f…

Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges
The “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence” — updated for the first time in 15 years — eliminates some 90 pages about climate science and comes just as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change (Matthew Daly/Associated Press)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/watch-live-trump-zeldin-to-announce-end-of-scientific-basis-for-u-s-action-on-climate-change
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p88#a260212p88

YAY! Excellent resource. Site Renewables Right: A Clean and Green Energy Future
https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/tackle-climate-change/climate-change-stories/site-wind-right/
And it…

Site Renewables Right: Accelerating a Clean and Green Energy Future
To help tackle climate change, we must accelerate deployment of clean energy sources, like wind and solar power. So, how can we do that in ways that ensure that allows people and nature to thrive? This online map will help.

YAY! Excellent resource. Site Renewables Right: A Clean and Green Energy Future
https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/tackle-climate-change/climate-change-stories/site-wind-right/
And it…

Site Renewables Right: Accelerating a Clean and Green Energy Future
To help tackle climate change, we must accelerate deployment of clean energy sources, like wind and solar power. So, how can we do that in ways that ensure that allows people and nature to thrive? This online map will help.

African climate science policy has a serious blind spot: The slowing Atlantic circulation #Africa

African climate science policy has a serious blind spot: The slowing Atlantic circulation
The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularized the devastating effects of sudden climate change on Earth. The plot dramatizes the consequences of a shut-down in an ocean current, and features the Northern Hemisphere plunging, within a few weeks, into an ice age.

"Study maps tree-planting risks and rewards for climate and biodiversity"
#Biodiversity #Climate #ClimateChange

Study maps tree-planting risks and rewards for climate and biodiversity
Establishing forests can capture carbon and boost biodiversity — but some biomes are a better bet than others, a recent study finds. Forest restoration has emerged as a top nature-based solution to mitigate climate change, with numerous high-profile initiatives launched over the past few decades. And while there’s enthusiasm for replanting degraded forest areas, or […]

Menselijke activiteiten, CO2, temperatuur, klimaat en vertraagd effect.
https://open.substack.com/pub/justdean/p/human-caused-climate-change-is-unmistakably?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e…

Human-caused climate change is unmistakably distinct from Earth’s natural climate variability
Five independent fits across four independent archives and 66 million years — the empirical case in two figures

Solar and wind energy are shielding world from worst impacts of Iran war, data shows | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/solar-wind-energy-iran-war-hormuz-oil-gas-prices-b2957803.html

Shapiro Lecture, Catholic Theological Union: Rewilding the Tree of Life - Jewish Law and Theology in the Time of Climate Change. https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20137768/shapiro-lecture-catholic-theologica…

Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas show the future https://phys.org/news/2026-04-climate-outpacing-phoenix-denver-las.html

Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas show the future
When a drought turns into an urban water crisis, a city's first step is often to limit lawn watering and launch a campaign to encourage everyone to conserve. It might raise water-use rates or offer incentives for installing low-flow devices.

Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a 'scam' (Seth Borenstein/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-health-deaths-heat-sickness-scam-5b7492660d7dad1c324f2bbbe6163f1c
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p111#a260212p111

“In Bombay Beach, everything that can go wrong in the world has gone wrong;
that’s why people most describe it as apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic,” said Tao Ruspoli.
“You have climate change, environmental collapse, severe poverty and contaminated water.
The beauty of the apocalypse is that it exposes all the problems of our culture and then asks the question, what’s next?
What do you do once the end has happened?”

"Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change?"
#China #Climate #ClimateChange

Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change? - Carbon Brief
China’s leadership has published a draft of its 15th five-year plan setting the strategic direction...

'Dr. Aaron Thierry‪ @thierryaaron.bsky.social: "This is not just a slight warming; it is a fundamental change in how people will have to survive on the continent.
Once regions in Africa enter a state of almost continuous heatwaves, the human body will have no window of time to recover." '

Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa
#Africa #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency

Der Klimawandel ist real und bedroht die Ernährung im bevölkerungsreichsten Land der Erde, berichtet mein Kollege @… aus Indien.
"Die traditionellen Anbauflächen werden aufgrund des Salzgehalts und der Bodendegradation um 15-20% schrumpfen."
Geopolitical conflicts derail global fight against hunger amid climate threats, scienti…

Geopolitical conflicts derail global fight against hunger amid climate threats, scientists warn
NEW DELHI: India could lose a significant share of its land, crop productivity and nutritional quality due to climate change-induced rising temperatures, partic

Well, well, well - and not a metaphor - these companies are trying to make sure they get off scott-free when they cause harm.
Remember Bhopal? With this kind of immunity such an event can happen here and the victims would have no remedy, no compensation, nothing.
Brought to you by Leonard Leo - maga $billionaire and puppet master of several SCOTUS justices.

“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability
Most of the 15 bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.

I'm reading Brecht's "Life of Galileo" at the moment.
Substitute the Roman Catholic Church for the Trump regime, ReformUK, and the rest of that shower and you could be reading the news from 2026.
https://fediscience.org/@hausfath/116059370988950395

"Women bear the brunt of climate change. Meet the green politicians determined to change that"
#Women #Climate #ClimateChange

IWD: Meet the women fighting for the planet through politics
This International Women’s Day, Euronews Green highlights some of the female politicians spearheading the never-ending fight against climate change.

Trump revokes EPA endangerment finding on greenhouse gas emissions
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/trump-epa-endangerment-finding-climate-change-greenhouse-gas.html

'The Just Transition conference underscores a point often missed in the usual narrative on climate change: the overwhelming majority of the world’s people – 80-89% of them – want their governments to take stronger climate action' https://www.theguardian.com/commentisf…

Live updates: Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/live/trump-immigration-climate-change-2-12-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p46#a260212p46

🐬 Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life. Our new study examines each method's risks
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-climate-oceans-reshaping-marine-life.html

Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life. Our new study examines each method's risks
Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries meet their pledges to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change, global warming will exceed what many ecosystems can safely handle.

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EMERGENCE: Women in the Storm
Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper explore the realities of climate change through the perspectives of women on the frontlines during recent disasters in BC and the Northwest Territories. As heat domes, megafires and atmospheric rivers reshape our world, how do we protect the things that are most vital?

While Trump administration prepares itself to suppress the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, Madagascar is hit by a disastrous cyclone : Gezani.
https://video.blueline.mg/w/cEFeVmJ1FbT8m4naDUL8vf

Ein vom britischen Umweltministerium in Auftrag gegebener Bericht warnt vor dramatischen Folgen des #Klimawandels für die nationale #Sicherheit: Ökosystem-Kollaps, #Ernährungsunsicherheit

A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.

Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/jan/13/mapped-how-the-world-is-losing-its-forests-to-wildfires

The increasingly dominant role of climate change on #LengthOfDay variations: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2406930121 (and a newer paper, stupidly paywalled) -> Climate change slows Earth's spin - day lengthening unprecedented in 3.6 million years: https://www.univie.ac.at/en/news/detail/climate-change-slows-earths-spin-day-lengthening-unprecedented-in-36-million-years and https://baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/news/2026/03/climate-change-slows-earths-spin-day-lengthening-unprecedented-in-3-point-6-million-years.html

"Climate change is messing with tropical plants’ flowering times, study shows"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Nature

Climate change is messing with tropical plants’ flowering times, study shows
The flowering time for tropical plants is shifting with climate change, a new study finds.

EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health (Evan Bush/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/epa-to-repeal-endangerment-finding-climate-change-emissions-rcna258250
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p169#a260210p169

Grief is not a weakness. It’s a form of love.
On my Substack, I write about how we move through sorrow into action—without numbing out or giving up.
https://substack.com/@bricchapman

Bri Chapman | Substack
➡️ systems thinking ➡️ multi-passionate leadership ➡️ climate change solutions ➡️ success, impact, and meaning

Federal Judicial Center Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure

New forecasts from NOAA and international models show growing odds that a rare super El Niño will persist through late 2026
-- which could disrupt monsoons,
alter storm tracks and reshape rainfall from Asia to the Americas
https:/…

A rare “Super El Niño” may be forming in the Pacific — and it could reshape global weather starting this summer
A rare super El Niño may be forming in the Pacific, with forecasts warning it could become one of the strongest events in over a century. Learn how this powerful climate phenomenon could disrupt global weather, weaken India’s monsoon, and trigger extreme floods, droughts and long-term climate regime shifts affecting ecosystems and livelihoods.

Climate change is messing with tropical plants’ flowering times, study shows https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/climate-change-is-messing-with-tropical-plants-flowering-times-study-shows/

Climate change is messing with tropical plants’ flowering times, study shows
The flowering time for tropical plants is shifting with climate change, a new study finds.

Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges (Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p124#a260210p124

Feeling overwhelmed doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means you’re paying attention.
This space is for anyone trying to engage with a collapsing world without collapsing themselves. 💖 https://substack.com/@bricchapman

Bri Chapman | Substack
➡️ systems thinking ➡️ multi-passionate leadership ➡️ climate change solutions ➡️ success, impact, and meaning

I didn't know there was (still) a UK "Social Democratic Party", kind of Reform Ltd lite or blue labour heavy. But they are fielding a candidate here.
Completely off the wall:

We will start seeing more and more of these; thanks, third party voters, for helping make global extinction even more likely.
Antarctic fur seals now endangered as climate change reduces krill for pups
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/antarctic-fur-seals-now-endangered-as-climate-change-reduces-krill-for-pups/

"Dangerous droughts triggered by heatwaves are accelerating at an alarming rate, study shows"
#Climate #ClimateChange

‘Flash droughts’ driven by heatwaves are on the rise, study finds
Heatwaves, drought, wildfire risk and El Niño are compounding to create a dangerous cocktail of climate change.

Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a 'scam' | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-environmental-protection-agency-united-states-study-studies-b2919546.html

Planting trees in the sea could act as a huge carbon sink and save millions of dollars in storm damage every year.
What is stopping us from doing it?
A new study reveals restoring mangroves could save $800 million in storm damage,
protect 140,000 people from flooding,
and remove almost triple the amount of CO2 produced by cars in the U.S. every year

Planting trees in the sea could act as a huge carbon sink and save millions of dollars in storm damage every year. What is stopping us from doing it?
A new study reveals restoring mangroves could save $800 million in storm damage, protect 140,000 people from flooding, and remove almost triple the amount of CO2 produced by cars in the U.S. every year.

"How to spot climate misinformation on social media"
#Climate #ClimateChange #SocialMedia

How to spot climate misinformation on social media
Yale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting, commentary, and analysis on the issue of climate change.

Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-climate-change-rule-repeal-233228a5cf2a71f0ecbcd14281530706
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p33#a260210p33

Climate change drives uneven shifts in tree diversity across Amazon and Andes https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/climate-change-drives-uneven-shifts-in-tree-diversity-across-amazon-and-andes/

Climate change drives uneven shifts in tree diversity across Amazon and Andes
The tropical forests of the Amazon and Andes are some of the most biodiverse places on the planet, but across both regions, changes in climate and landscape conditions are driving a shift in the number of tree species, recent research has found. Although the overall number of tree species across the Andes and Amazon hasn’t […]

Media Shied Away From Climate Coverage in 2025
Despite Increased Reader Interest
Mainstream media around the world last year drew back from reporting on climate change, according to new reports.
This drop occurred despite increasing reader interest in the topic,
while greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations continued to hit new historic highs.
According to a year-end analysis by the Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO),

Media Shied Away From Climate Coverage in 2025 | Earth.Org
As temperatures and emissions rose in 2025, climate news coverage around the world took a dramatic plunge.

"As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt"
#Climate #ClimateChange

As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt
But some school districts can’t afford to comply with requirements for special equipment or alternate practice schedules.

"By 2100, climate change could make unhealthy air routine for 100 million Americans"
#America #Climate #ClimateChange

By 2100, climate change could make unhealthy air routine for 100 million Americans
New modeling shows almost one in three Americans will routinely breathe air considered unhealthy for sensitive people by the year 2100 due to climate change, a seven-fold increase compared to the turn of the century.

The point being climate change is starting to hit.
Oysters could be in short supply as harsh winter decimated farming efforts along Long Island | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oysters-long-island-harsh-winter-new-york-b2954131.html

Carbon emissions now more than double the planetary boundary, analysis finds #carbon

Carbon emissions now more than double the planetary boundary, analysis finds
Earth is not infinite. Pollution beyond certain levels threatens the climate and ecosystems. To prevent this, scientists have proposed planetary boundaries, defining the safe operating limits of the Earth system. A KAIST research team recalculated climate change and nitrogen pollution using the same standard and found that current carbon emissions already exceed the planet's sustainable limit by more than double.

"Climate change could lead to 500,000 ‘additional’ malaria deaths in Africa by 2050"
#Africa #Climate #ClimateChange

Climate change could lead to 500,000 ‘additional’ malaria deaths in Africa by 2050 - Carbon Brief
Climate change could lead to half a million more deaths from malaria in Africa over the next 25 years, according to new research.

Barry Jones had been thinking about climate change since the 1960s.
But as he would discover, foresight rarely aligns with political incentives.
“I would say to Bob Hawke: ‘Look, we’ve got to take the issue of climate change seriously’,” he recalls.
“And he’d say, ‘but when’s the impact going to be seen at its worst?’
“And you think, well, it might be another 25 years
and he’d reply:
‘Well, you come back to me sometime later, before the 25 years is up, …

The man who knew too much: Barry Jones on Albo, Putin and the end of the line
At 93, the Labor legend and former science minister is eyeing the “exit ramp”. But he isn’t going quietly, taking aim at Anthony Albanese’s lack of courage on reform and a political system that has lost its way.

Limiting global warming can reduce US wildfire smoke-related deaths by thousands annually #UnitedStates

Limiting global warming can reduce US wildfire smoke-related deaths by thousands annually
Using future climate scenarios based on wildfire damages in North America, scientists estimate that up to 10,000 or more lives may be saved annually in the United States if society is able to mitigate climate change by keeping the global mean surface temperature (GMST) at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-Industrial age (1850-1900) levels. Currently, the GMST is at 1.3 to 1.4 degrees C but is projected to reach 3 degrees C with the current direction of climate change. The findings are detailed in a…

"Climate change is slowing southern right whale birth rate, 33-year study finds"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Whales #Animals

Climate change is slowing southern right whale birth rate, 33-year study finds
Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) off Australia’s southern coast are having calves less often than they used to. A new study links this slowdown to warming water and shrinking sea ice in the Southern Ocean. The study, conducted by researchers at Australian, South African and U.S. institutions and published this month in Scientific Reports, tracked […]

"Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero #Climate

Study reveals hidden climate impact of digital industries #climate

Study reveals hidden climate impact of digital industries
Digital technologies are widely viewed as drivers of efficiency, growth, and innovation. However, their contribution to climate change is significantly greater than previously understood. A new study published in the journal Communications Sustainability shows that digital industries were responsible for about 4.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2021. The bulk of these emissions were not captured by existing emissions accounting standards or official climate assessments.

"Climate change made Australian heat wave 5 times more likely"
#Australia #Climate #ClimateChange

Climate change made Australian heat wave 5 times more likely
Human-induced climate change made the intense early January heat wave in Australia five times more likely, according to a new analysis by World Weather Attribution.

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought
because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are, a new study said.
Researchers studied hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments,
calculating that about 90% of them underestimated baseline coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot (30 centimeters), according to Wednesday’s study in the journal Natur…

Study says millions more are exposed to rising seas than thought
A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters. The discrepancy stems from widespread reliance on gravitational models that account for Earth’s gravity and rotation but overlook local drivers of sea level including tides, currents and wind. Correcting this suggests a 1-meter or 3-foot rise could inundate up to 37% more land and threaten as many as 132 million more people. And tha…

Here are 40 #Positive #Environmental and #Climate headlines from February to
help bring some positivity to this weekend. We have the longest hug of a

40 Positive Environmental Success Stories — February 2026
The media has an important role to play in combatting climate doom. Therefore, this monthly news round up of positive environmental and climate change news, is designed to spark joy and show that progress is being made. We pick two positive headlines a day, ranging from renewable energy and preservation

Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change #ocean

Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change
Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance.

Starting in less than ONE HOUR, our final webinar of this series:
"Report-Back from COP30, Reflections on Change-Making and Next Steps."
Register now to hear about COP30, the Peoples' Summit and the Indigenous Village.
We will also reflect on corporate capture of climate action.

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In November 2025, Seed the Commons participated in the People’s Summit Towards COP30. We presented a talk as part of the Just Transition axis, and the last day of the summit we marched with tens of thousands of other activists from around the world to demand real solutions to our climate crisis. Alongside organizations such as SEUI 1021 and the SF Labor Council, Seed the Commons co-organized a solidarity climate march on the same day in San Francisco. We merged it with a People Over Billionai…

States want to tax fossil fuel companies to create climate change superfunds - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/states-want-to-charge-fossil-fuel-companies-for-climate-change-superfunds/

"‘Emotional traps’ and fake experts: How to spot climate disinformation in 2026"
#Climate #ClimateChange

‘Alternative truths’: How the EU is tackling climate disinformation
As the threat of climate change accelerates, the EU has strengthened its commitment to fight disinformation.

Floods linked to climate change hit nearly 1 million in Southern Africa https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/floods-linked-to-climate-change-hit-nearly-1-million-in-southern-africa/

Floods linked to climate change hit nearly 1 million in Southern Africa
Devastating floods that swept across Southern Africa since December 2025, killing at least 280 people and affecting almost a million, were likely intensified by the impacts of climate change, scientists say. The region’s rainy season hit hard in Mozambique, Eswatini, Madagascar, South Africa and Zimbabwe, displacing 150,000 people and destroying 105,000 hectares (nearly 260,000 acres) […]

"‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than we thought. Can a 150-metre wall stop it flooding Earth?"
#Glaciers #Climate #ClimateChange

Why scientists want to build a wall along the ‘Doomsday Glacier’
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ already contributes four per cent of annual sea level rise, but can the consequences of climate change be barricaded off?

The U.S. Forest Service is closing 57 of its 77 research facilities in 31 states
under a reorganization plan announced this week,
threatening science that looked at how wildfires, drought, pests and global warming are putting pressure on forests.
The agency plans to consolidate its research division into a centralized office in Fort Collins, Colo.,
and move field researchers to locations in nearby states.
But employees said they feared the move would lead many s…

Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk
Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations.

"Ofcom to investigate complaints of climate change denial for first time since 2017"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Study finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/study-finds-climate-change-set-the-stage-for-devastating-wildfires-in…

Study finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A team of researchers say that human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina’s Patagonia region, making the extremely high-risk conditions that led to widespread burning up to three times more likely than in a world without global warming. […]

On Tuesday famed climate scientist Kate Marvel joined the more than 10,000 people with PhDs in science, engineering and mathematics who, according to Science, are reported to have left the U.S. federal workforce since
Donald Trump took office in January.
Marvel resigned from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Sciences (GISS), where she studied climate change and its effects on Earth’s systems. In her resignation letter, she wrote that “the decision to leave was not an easy one.”…

Top climate scientist Kate Marvel just resigned from NASA. Here's why
Climate scientist Kate Marvel talked to Scientific American about her decision to leave NASA amid federal government turmoil and funding challenges

"Hague orders Dutch government to protect residents on this sinking island from climate change"
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Dutch government ordered to protect sinking island from climate change
In a sweeping victory for Bonaire residents, The Hague District Court has ruled that Dutch authorities had discriminated against the island's inhabitants.

"Zero-waste community kitchens turn scraps into flavor-packed dishes"
#Food #FoodWaste

Zero-waste community kitchens turn scraps into flavor-packed dishes
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Trump's EPA decides climate change doesn't endanger public health—the evidence says otherwise #UnitedStates

Trump's EPA decides climate change doesn't endanger public health—the evidence says otherwise
The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America's climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026, when it moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding—a formal determination that six greenhouse gases that drive climate change, including carbon dioxide and methane from burning fossil fuels, endanger public health and welfare.

"Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don't add up"
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Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don't add up
Climate change is turbocharging heat waves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path?

Study finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile https://phys.org/news/2026-02-climate-stage-devastating-wildfires-argentina.html

Study finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile
Human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina's Patagonia region, making the extremely high-risk conditions that led to widespread burning up to three times more likely than in a world without global warming, a team of researchers warned on Wednesday.

"The ski industry is oddly quiet on climate change"
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The ski industry is oddly quiet on climate change
The problem is a major threat to the U.S. snowsports industry. But their actions fall short.

"Record-torching March heat ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change"
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Record-torching March heat ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change
Friday's spring equinox may seem like a quaint notion to those already enduring furnace-like 90-110°F summer heat.

"Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world"
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"Antarctic penguins have radically shifted their breeding season – seemingly in response to climate change"
#Antarctic #Penguins #Climate

"Climate change is melting glaciers and ice sheets faster than they can regrow"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Glaciers

Climate change is melting glaciers and ice sheets faster than they can regrow
Yale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting, commentary, and analysis on the issue of climate change.

"A network is racing to save the Midwest’s native seeds"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Plants

A network is racing to save the Midwest’s native seeds
As climate change intensifies wildfires and other extreme weather events, demand for native seeds is surging.

"In Germany, climate-related television content reaches engaged viewers but misses skeptical groups"
#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange

In Germany, climate-related television content reaches engaged viewers but misses skeptical groups
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the University of Hamburg, Freie Universität Berlin and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT show in a recent publication in the journal Nature Climate Change that television in Germany remains one of the most important media for engaging with the issue of climate change. Moreover, television can contribute to societal consensus-building. The study finds that climate-related television content primarily reaches ne…

"Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves; Scientists Say a Warming Ocean Is to Blame"
#Oceans #Climate #ClimateChange

Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves; Scientists Say a Warming Ocean Is to Blame - Inside Climate News
After decades of recovery from commercial whaling, climate change is now threatening the whales’ future.

"New diets, bubble tricks and learning to share: The fascinating ways whales adapt to climate change"
#Whales #Animals #Climate

Whales may ‘divide resources’ to cope with climate change - study
Scientists have analysed almost 30 years of data to discover how whales in the North Atlantic Ocean are learning to co-exist in a warming world.

"Researchers expose fossil fuel companies' communications facade"
#FossilFuels #Environment #Energy

Researchers expose fossil fuel companies' communications facade
Fossil fuel companies say that they want to be on the front lines of renewable energy, with advertisements, social media, and even their own shareholder corporate reports espousing their commitment to green energy and combating climate change. However, research out of Northeastern University says otherwise.

"‘Unprecedented in the past 3.6 million years’: How human-made climate change is making days longer"
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Climate change is making our days longer. Should we be concerned?
Human activity is responsible for slowing Earth’s spin and making days longer, according to a new study.

"Climate anxiety: Misconceptions and advice"
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Climate anxiety: Misconceptions and advice
Many people feel anxious about climate change and other trends in the world around us. However, there are constructive ways to cope with one's emotions. In step with the incorporation of the word "klimatångest" (climate anxiety) in the Swedish vocabulary, more and more researchers have become interested in the concept. One of them is Marlis Wullenkord, associate senior lecturer in environmental psychology at Lund University.