Horrendous extreme heat is being experienced in Europe, with temperatures of up to 46°C seen in southern Spain. At least one death has tragically already been linked to the heatwave, with more likely.
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As Japan warms, avocados emerge as an unlikely savior for farmers
#Avocados #guacamole #food #Vegan #farmers #Japan #ClimateCollapse https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/06/22/climate-change/avocado-growth-japan-crop/
"If the risk of a plane crashing was as high as the risk of the Amoc collapsing, none of us would ever fly because they would not let the plane take off. And the idea that our little spaceship, our planet, is under the risk of essentially crashing and we’re still continuing business as usual is mindblowing."
Elon Musk’s xAI is running 35 methane gas burning turbines (enough for a small city) while only having a permit for 15 to power the Colossus supercomputer with over 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs in Tennessee. The Southern Environmental Law Center contends the generators are "illegal," yet they can keep running, reports The Guardian.
After the US withdrew from the Paris Agreement a second time, Indonesia the 6th largest global emitter is considering withdrawing as well.
"One of those prosecuted is activist Joanna Smith, who last year applied washable school finger paint on the exterior glass case enclosing Edgar Degas’s renowned wax sculpture, Little Dancer, at the National Gallery of Art to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis. She was charged and later sentenced to two months in federal prison for her civil disobedience."
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/9/12/climate_rights_international
Since 2019, 22 pieces of new legislation have been introduced in countries including Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, and the United States to limit climate protests.
This is state capture by the fossil fuel industry.
Cities in the Global North are currently experiencing the impact of the climate crisis as occasional transient disasters. There will come a point though, where some are unable to continue existing as this report on the British City of Hull illustrates.
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/sea-flooding-in-hull/
Humanity is rat-fucking the entire planet with petrochemical induced climate armageddon screwing up the entire food chain of life on earth for the convenience of constantly consuming and easily throwing shit away without a thought.
#ClimateChange
#ClimateDisaster
#ClimateCollapse
#GlobalWarming
#PlasticPollution
#Extinction
https://ruby.social/@floehopper/113522509585045009
Ecuador is enduring its worse droughts for 60 years which is impacting the mostly hydroelectric power grid. Blackouts of up to 60 hours at a time are now occurring affecting households, businesses and especially those reliant on electricity for survival.
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://www.wired.com/story/ecuador-energy-crisis-water-shortage-hydro/
"‘Nothing grows anymore’: In Malawi, eating becomes a daily struggle due to climate change"
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20241111-nothing-grows-anymore-in-malawi-eating-becomes-daily-struggle-due-to-climate-change
At least 63 people have died in Spain after flash flooding smashed a large area in the south and east of the country. These disasters are only getting worse, and stopping the industries and systems driving climate collapse is the only rational response.
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://apnews.com/article/spain-floods-valencia-weather-ef0dffabe1a106a05c239dca4dfec1ae
Some quotes from:
The 2024 State of the Climate Report
"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. We are stepping into a critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis."
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae087/7808595
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCollapse
This. All of this. Every damn word.
"Tell us how we are “too disruptive.”
Tell us how we “cause too much chaos.”
Tell us. Tell us. TELL US!!!!"
- Climate Defiance, youth-led group using direct action to resist fossil fuels.
#HurricaneHelene #Asheville #NorthCarolina #ClimateCollapse #ExtremeWeather
The Australian government has approved extensions to three coal mines. This brought the people of Melbourne into the streets to protest at their local MP's (Peter Khalil) office.
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://michaelwest.com.au/labors-hat-trick-three-coal-mine-approvals-in-one-day/
Typhoon Yagi has now killed 233 people in Vietnam.
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/vietnam-ap-hanoi-b2612104.html?utm_source=press.coop
"An Australian climate scientist has told a conference it's likely Australia's Great Barrier Reef has already been dealt its death blow."
"If nothing is eating your plants then your garden is not part of the ecosystem."
https://www.samwallman.com/
#agroecology
#art #illustration #posters #climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
Even desert plants known for their resilience are burning and dying in the heat
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/desert-plants-burning-dying-heat-agave-saguaro-cacti-rcna166834
#climatechange #climatecollapse #globalwarming #drought #lasvegas #desert #plants #horticulture
"The Tipping Points of Climate Change — and Where We Stand | Johan Rockström | TED
We're nearly halfway through the 2020s, dubbed the most decisive decade for action on climate change."
#climatecollapse #climatechange #climatecatastrophe
"we underestimated the risk"
#toldyouso #flogw #flgw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl6VhCAeEfQ
Wet Bulb Temperature had reached more than 30°C yesterday. That's when the threat level starts. Above 35° is lethal, depending on how long you're exposed. And that was #Regensburg, not Afrika or Arabia...
#climatechange #climatecollapse #heat #change
https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/wet-bulb
At this rate, we'll be lucky to make it to 2030. Everything is spiralling out of control so quickly and the delicate balance of the entire planet is unravelling. We're out of time!
#Climate #GlobalWarming #ClimateCollapse #Oceans #GreatBarrierReef #OutOfTime
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/08/great-barrier-reef-ocean-temperatures-hottest-record
"And this stuff works!" "We can build an unstoppable bloc of climate voters."
#climatecollapse #climatechange #climatecrisis
https://www.environmentalvoter.org