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I'm all for electrification of energy demand, e.g. for cars, home heating, and industrial processes.
But we shouldn't be betting the climate on it alone. The share of electricity in global final energy consumption reached 20% in 2023, up from 18% in 2015 (IEA, 2024):
https://www.iea.o…

#Europa und die #Arktis erwärmen sich mehr als doppelt so schnell wie der globale Durchschnitt.
In Europa liegt die Erwärmung seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre bei 0,53 °C pro Jahrzehnt, in der Arktis sogar bei 0,69 °C.
Ursachen sind unter anderem veränderte

Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds
#ClimateChange https://www.th…

"Up to 185,000 Queensland homes could be at 'very high risk' with many uninsurable if global heating unchecked"
#Australia #Queensland #Climate

Exciting energy storage innovations unveiled at New York Climate Week! From increased EV battery range to solar panel integration, the future is bright for global energy initiatives. #climatechange #climatesolutions

Spotlight On Energy Storage For New York Climate Week
The global energy storage field is heating up with new joint ventures, new alliances, new technologies, and new momentum.

Trotz der UN-Vereinbarung von 2023, die globale #Energie aus #Erneuerbaren bis 2030 zu verdreifachen, haben nur wenige Länder ihre Ziele angepasst.
Laut Analyse bleibt die Welt deutlich hinter dem 11-TW-Ziel zurück. Vor allem große Emittenten wie die

Estimating Vertical Velocity in Convective Updrafts from Temperature, Pressure, and Latent Heating
Amel Derras-Chouk, Gregory Elsaesser, Zhengzhao Johnny Luo, Toshi Matsui, Andreas F. Prein, Jingbo Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16750

Estimating Vertical Velocity in Convective Updrafts from Temperature, Pressure, and Latent Heating
The vertical velocity in convective clouds ($w_c$) mediates convective anvil development and global moisture transport, influencing Earth's energy budget, but has yet to be estimated globally over long periods due to the absence of spaceborne retrievals. Here, a method for estimating $w_c$ given vertical profiles of in-cloud temperature, pressure, and latent heating rate is presented and assessed. The method relies on analytical models for the approximately linear relationship between $w_c$ and…

The Yin-Yang Magnetic Flux Eruption (Yin-Yang-MFE) Code: A Global Corona Magnetohydrodynamic Code with the Yin-Yang grid
Hongyang Luo, Yuhong Fan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08210

The Yin-Yang Magnetic Flux Eruption (Yin-Yang-MFE) Code: A Global Corona Magnetohydrodynamic Code with the Yin-Yang grid
We describe the numerical algorithms of a global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code utilizing the Yin-Yang grid, called the Yin-Yang Magnetic Flux Eruption (Yin-Yang-MFE) code, suitable for modeling the large-scale dynamical processes of the solar corona and the solar wind. It is a single-fluid MHD code taking into account the non-adiabatic effects of the solar corona, including the electron heat conduction, optically thin radiative cooling, and empirical coronal heating. We describe the numerical …

There's this fascination with what science is discovering about unexpected ecosystems, coupled with dismay at the changes we are causing without intent, thought, or (unfortunately) care. Until it's too late to stop what we are doing, to our own detriment

There's this fascination with what science is discovering about unexpected ecosystems, coupled with dismay at the changes we are causing without intent, thought, or (unfortunately) care. Until it's too late to stop what we are doing, to our own detriment

" by 2050, 1.5 million coastal residents would be at risk, rising to more than 3 million by 2090."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/15/millions-…

"Dramatic slowdown in melting of Arctic sea ice surprises scientists"
#Arctic #Climate #ClimateChange

Crystalline-to-Crystalline Phase Transition between Germanium Selenide Polymorphs with High Resistance Contrast
Joonho Kim, Kihyun Lee, Joong-Eon Jung, Han Joo Lee, Seongil Im, Kwanpyo Kim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17997

Crystalline-to-Crystalline Phase Transition between Germanium Selenide Polymorphs with High Resistance Contrast
Understanding phase transitions between crystalline phases of a material is crucial for both fundamental research and potential applications such as phase-change memory. In this study, we investigate the phase transition between GeSe crystalline polymorphs induced by either global annealing at moderate temperatures or localized laser-induced heating. The highly conductive gamma-GeSe transforms into semiconducting, single-crystalline alpha-GeSe while preserving a well-aligned crystal orientation…

Poro-viscoelastic tidal heating of Io
Hamish C. F. C. Hay, Ian Hewitt, Marc Rovira-Navarro, Richard F. Katz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11266 https://

Poro-viscoelastic tidal heating of Io
Io's tidally-driven global volcanism indicates widespread partial melting in its mantle. How this melt participates in the interior dynamics, and, in particular, the role it plays in tidal dissipation, is poorly understood. We model Io's tidal deformation by treating its mantle as a two-phase (solid and melt) system. By combining poro-viscous and poro-elastic compaction theories in a Maxwell framework with a consistent model of tidal and self-gravitation, we produce the first self-consistent ev…

"Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds"
#UN #UnitedNations #Energy #Renewables

"Meat giant profits from carbon market without halting deforestation"
#Deforestation #Environment

Meat giant profits from carbon market without halting deforestation
Since the first scientific critiques of fossil fuels, oil companies have gone from being the “wealth of nations” to “destroyers of the planet.” In financial market terms, they have become environmental liabilities. It cannot be said, however, that they have also become economic liabilities. The global carbon credit market is heating up — quite like […]

Slantwise convection and heat transport in the icy moon oceans
Yaoxuan Zeng, Malte F. Jansen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06480 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.06…

Slantwise convection and heat transport in the icy moon oceans
Ocean heat transport on icy moons shapes the ice shell topography, a primary observable of these moons. Two key processes control the heat transport: baroclinic instability driven by surface buoyancy contrasts and convective instability driven by heating from the core. However, global ocean simulations cannot accurately resolve convection under realistic icy moon conditions and instead often use Earth-based convective parameterizations, which capture only vertical convective mixing and cannot r…

Carney has announced LNG Canada will be expanded to its full potential. It will produce as much GHG emissions as 75% of the entirety of the province of British Columbia does right now. Yes, that's right. BC produced 61 million tons of GHGs in 2021, LNG Canada will produce 46 million tons at full power.
I am glad communities and health professionals are demanding a full inventory of the health impacts of this infrastructure. I hope that will also include the directly attributed heating from this plant to the increase in likelihood for wildfires, heat waves, and all the rest with all those health impacts across BC and the globe.
This is a gigantic project. Canada is a gigantic Climate Problem.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #LNG #Kitimat #LNGCanada #EndFossilFuels #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange
Tyee article on health risks calloutI https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/09/11/Halt-LNG-Expansion-Health-Risks/
Emissions and energy data from CleanTechnica 2025: https://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/19/lng-canadas-true-cost-2-2-billion-tons-of-co₂e-over-50-years/ )
Nature: Directly attributing global heating and health impacts to “climate majors”: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09450-9)
Major Projects Office: Initial Projects under Consideration: https://www.canada.ca/en/one-canadian-economy/news/2025/09/major-projects-office-of-canada-initial-projects-under-consideration.html

"How flood-ravaged Boston took on the climate deniers – and won"
#US #USA #America #Boston

"Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt"
#Arctic #Glaciers #Climate #ClimateChange

"Spain wildfires are ‘clear warning’ of climate emergency, minister says"
#Spain #Climate #ClimateChange #Wildfire