Reining in global carbon dioxide emissions would reduce the risk of major changes in the Antarctic but still not prevent them. Once we start losing Antarctic sea ice, we set in a self-perpetuating process. Even if we stabilise the climate, we will still lose Antarctic sea ice over many centuries to come.
"To keep Earth habitable, humanity must recognize the value of Antarctica and seek to save it from irreversible damage.
Far from being a remote, isolated continent, Antarctica is integral to Earth’s climate and life-support systems.
Its vast ice sheet stores more than 90% of the planet’s surface fresh water and influences sea levels, circulation of the atmosphere and how much sunlight the planet reflects.
Around Antarctica, the Southern Ocean acts as the lungs of the deep sea, accounting for roughly 40% of the global ocean’s uptake of carbon dioxide emissions generated by human activities, shaping how seawater mixes and distributes nutrients to support marine life around the globe."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02618-3
#Nature#Science#Antarctica#Ocean#Climate#ClimateChange#ClimateDiary#GlobalWarming#Oceans#SeaIce#MarineBiology
Why the US government is trying to revive the climate change ‘debate’
The Department of Energy is calling for "honest dialogue." It looks a lot like a playbook from the past
https://grist.org/politics/us-government-revive-climate-change-debate/
#USA#US#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
AI ‘Slop’ Websites Are Publishing Climate Science Denial
At the start of June, MSN, the world’s fourth-largest news aggregator, posted an article from a new climate-focused publication, Climate Cosmos, entitled: “Why Top Experts Are Rethinking Climate Alarmism”
https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/27/ai-slop-websites-are-publishing-climate-science-denial/
#AI #tech#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Ambitious climate targets could leave Aussies $10k better off by 2035, Deloitte finds
Deloitte analysis has shown that a 75 per cent emissions reduction target could boost Australia’s economic growth and protect its competitiveness in a decarbonising world
#Australia#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Decline in Mangrove Carbon Stocks Threatens Climate Goals, Says World Bank Report
The World Bank’s Changing Wealth of Nations highlights mangroves as vital natural assets, storing over 8.5 gigatons of carbon while protecting coastlines and livelihoods. Despite their immense value, global mangrove carbon stocks fell 4% between 1996 and 2020, underscoring urgent needs for conservation and restoration
#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Adaptation climatique : comment des « couloirs verts » anti-pollution ont refroidi Medellín
Parcs-éponges, digues géantes, délocalisation d’infrastructures… Tout au long de l’été, Usbek & Rica s’intéresse aux grandes villes qui anticipent les conséquences du dérèglement climatique. Cette semaine, cap sur Medellín, la ville colombienne qui a rafraîchi son centre-ville grâce à la construction de 30 « couloirs verts »
#Medellín#Antioquia #Colombia#ClimateChange#Climate
"It's worse than tobacco smoke. It's worse than child and maternal malnutrition. It's worse than road accidents. It's worse than HIV-AIDS, worse than anything in terms of losses."
According to the report, Canada's catastrophic 2023 wildfire season drove a more than 50 percent rise in particulate levels compared to 2022, while the United States saw a 20 percent increase
#health#USA#US#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
How Katrina became 'the storm that told us what was to come' for climate and insurance
Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005.
The storm and the flooding that followed killed thousands and left behind billions of dollars in damage.
Analysts believe the climate change-driven insurance crisis – in which premiums have become too expensive to afford, if they are even available – can be traced directly to Katrina
Ambitious climate targets could leave Aussies $10k better off by 2035, Deloitte finds
Deloitte analysis has shown that a 75 per cent emissions reduction target could boost Australia’s economic growth and protect its competitiveness in a decarbonising world
#Australia#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Germany’s low water crisis shows how climate shocks reshape supply chains
During a severe low water period, firms’ exports on inland waterways in Germany fell by nearly 20 %. Firms permanently shifted to alternative transport modes even after water levels recovered, highlighting the need to secure transport systems against climate-induced vulnerabilities
#Germany#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate #pollution #environment #climate
Turbulent flights to continue as warming world shakes skies
The atmosphere will become more turbulent in future decades as climate change makes the air less stable
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-turbulent-flights-world-skies.html
#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Could climate change cause sharks to lose their bite?
Shark teeth are at risk of becoming more fragile as the world’s oceans acidify as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels
#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Climate Change Threatens More Kids in Latin America
Climate change could push at least 5.9 million more children and young people in Latin America and the Caribbean into poverty by 2030 unless governments act now
https://www.miragenews.com/climate-change-threatens-more-kids-in-latin-1522701/
#Kids#LatinAmerica#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Why the US government is trying to revive the climate change ‘debate’
The Department of Energy is calling for "honest dialogue." It looks a lot like a playbook from the past
https://grist.org/politics/us-government-revive-climate-change-debate/
#USA#US#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Studies suggest that the aluminium dust could accumulate between 10km and 30km above the Earth’s surface and heat the stratosphere and the layer of atmosphere above that, the mesosphere, by up to 1.5C over Antarctica. That in turn could lead to a weakening of the Antarctic polar vortex in the stratosphere, a key component of the climate, and possibly changing global wind patterns
https://archive.ph/u7HzS#selection-1481.0-1583.236
#space#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
How Trump’s Anti-Environment Crusade Enriches Drug Traffickers
The president has pledged to combat transnational drug organizations. Yet these groups make vast sums from environmental crimes, and his administration has gutted personnel & programs that targeted them, a new report show
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27082025/trump-anti-environment-crusade-enriches-drug-traffickers-amazon/
#USA#US#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Asian plateaus' uplift drives climate shifts and shapes biodiversity patterns, study finds
The uplift and outward growth of Asia's three great plateaus is a major driver of changes in the Asian landscape and biodiversity, according to a new study led by Prof. Wang Wei from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS)
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-asian-plateaus-uplift-climate-shifts.html
#Asia#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#MassExtinction #pollution #environment #climate
More dust storms called haboobs are coming, thanks to climate change
For anyone wondering whether intense dust storms, such as the haboob that enveloped Phoenix this week, are possible in Southern California, the answer is yes.
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https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-08-27/climate-change-bringing-haboobs-to-california
#California#USA#US#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
From ski trails to hiking paths, extreme heat is reshaping recreation — and our attitudes
As rising temps change daily life, they’re fueling greater concern about climate change — more than wildfires or hurricanes, researchers say
#USA#US#ClimateChange#GlobalWarming#IrreversibleOverheating#UpheavalClimate#GlobalBurning#ClimateDestruction#ClimateSuicide#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
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