AccumulationZone
LightNews LightNews
banner
accumulationzone.substack.com
AccumulationZone
@accumulationzone.substack.com
100 followers 620 following 59 posts
A compilation (an accumulation!) of cold, hard facts about climate science. We explain scientific news to create a line of equilibrium bridging the scientific community and the wider public.

Subscribe to my Substack: accumulationzone.substack.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/as-mountai...
#climatescience #greensky #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #glaciers
As Mountain Glaciers Shrink, the Natural Cooling Systems That Once Shielded Them Begin to Fail
New observational research shows that glacier surfaces are becoming increasingly exposed to regional atmospheric warming.
accumulationzone.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/when-the-s...
#climatescience #greensky #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #sealife
When the Seas Turn Silent: What Seabirds Reveal About a Changing Ocean
Ocean ecosystems, not just rising temperatures, can determine whether seabirds sink or soar in our changing climate.
accumulationzone.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/how-climat...
#climatescience #greensky #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #forests
How Climate Change Is Reshaping Europe’s Forest Economy
Europe’s forests, long seen as both carbon sinks and economic asset, could face losses exceeding €200 billion as wildfires, storms, and pests intensify under global warming.
accumulationzone.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/farming-fo...
#climatescience #greensky #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #farming
Farming for the Future: How India’s “Zero Budget Natural Farming” Balances Profit and Planet
A landmark study finds that India’s bold agroecology experiment boosts biodiversity and farmer income without sacrificing yields.
accumulationzone.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/beneath-th...
#climatescience #greensky #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #glaciers #shrubs
Beneath the Frozen Surface: How Shrubs Are Changing the Arctic’s Carbon Equation
The spread of vegetation across the High Arctic may be quietly accelerating climate change.
accumulationzone.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/beneath-th...
#climatescience #greensky #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #glaciers #lakes
Beneath the Ice: Unveiling Antarctica’s Hidden Waterways
A new study reveals 85 previously undetected subglacial lakes in Antarctica
accumulationzone.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/paved-over...
#climatescience #greensky #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #roads
Paved Over: How Roads Are Quietly Redrawing Earth’s Ecology
Road traffic outside cities has quietly expanded its ecological footprint, now affecting biodiversity hotspots and farmland on a planetary scale.
accumulationzone.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/fire-in-th...
#climatescience #greensky #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky
Fire in the Deep: The World’s First Hybrid Hydrothermal Vent System
A surprising discovery off Papua New Guinea reveals a rare fusion of volcanism and natural gas seepage.
accumulationzone.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/how-defore...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky
How Deforestation and Climate Change Are Drying Out the Amazon
A new study untangles the intertwined forces reshaping the world’s largest rainforest.
accumulationzone.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/hot-seas-w...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky
Hot Seas, Weak Sponge: How Overheated Seas Weakened the Planet's Largest Carbon Sink
Record sea surface temperatures in 2023 weakened Earth’s largest carbon sponge.
accumulationzone.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/how-the-ip...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #ipcc #sealevel
How the 1990s Sea Level Forecasts Stood the Test of Time
The decades-old climate projections of rising seas were strikingly accurate.
accumulationzone.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/slipping-a...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #landslide
Slipping Away: How Climate Change is Redefining Landslide Risks
Low-cost sensor networks may help predict shallow landslides before they strike—an urgent need as extreme weather accelerates.
accumulationzone.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/urban-armo...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #roofs #ai #deeplearning
Urban Armor: How Smarter Roofs Could Shield Cities from Climate Extremes
Scientists use deep learning to map how reflective and green roofs can help cities withstand heat, floods, and polluted air.
accumulationzone.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/how-smarte...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky
How Smarter Policy Could Make or Break Direct Air Capture
Research-driven innovation could slash the cost of direct air capture if policymakers balance near-term incentives with long-term investment.
accumulationzone.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/fever-fore...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #heatwaves
Fever Forecast: The Thermodynamic Drivers of a Warming World
A landmark study maps the dangerous rise in global heatwaves, linking climate change, water crises, and population exposure under future warming scenarios.
accumulationzone.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/lights-out...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #electricity #NASA
Lights Out, Data On: Mapping the Global Divide in Electrification
Using NASA’s Black Marble nighttime lights data, scientists reveal a pixel-by-pixel look at where electricity still doesn’t reach.
accumulationzone.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/arctic-reb...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #arctic #seaice
Arctic Rebound: How Carbon Dioxide Reduction Can Restore Sea Ice
New research reveals the slow and uneven recovery of Arctic sea ice after CO2 removal, shedding light on complex regional differences and long-term climate impacts.
accumulationzone.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/wetlands-o...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #wetlands #methane
Wetlands on the Boil: The Hidden Instability at the Heart of Global Methane and Carbon Cycles
New research shows that climate change is reshaping the way wetlands release greenhouse gases—making the planet’s natural carbon sinks more unpredictable, and in some cases, more dangerous.
accumulationzone.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/from-snowp...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #soot #snow #albedo #glacier
From Snowpack to Soot: Glacier Melt Decades Ahead of Schedule
A new study finds that glaciers in Western Canada, the U.S., and Switzerland have lost more than 12% of their ice in just four years—twice the rate of the previous decade.
accumulationzone.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/drip-by-dr...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #shower #water #wateruse
Drip by Drip: What America's Showers Say About Climate, Culture, and Conservation
A new study reveals how your morning routine is part of a much larger—and surprisingly regional—story about water use in the United States.
accumulationzone.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reposted by AccumulationZone
stephenleahy.bsky.social
Climate tipping points:

"As a rule, the more we learn, the closer we think the tipping points are"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Positive cascades could help accelerate change’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis
The world has been too optimistic about the risk to humanity and planet – but devastation can still be avoided, says Timothy Lenton
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/gridlocked...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #greenenergy #solar #wind
Gridlocked: The Hidden Vulnerability of a Solar and Wind Energy Future
Prolonged “droughts” in solar and wind power could challenge the future of clean energy in the Western U.S.
accumulationzone.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/cool-curre...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #antarctica #weather #newzealand
Cool Currents: How Antarctic Meltwater Is Changing New Zealand’s Climate Forecast
Melting Antarctic ice is quietly reshaping the winds, waters, and weather near New Zealand—with major implications for global climate projections.
open.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/storms-tha...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #storms #weather
Storms That Linger in a Warming World
A new study warns that a warming climate will bring high-intensity, prolonged rainfall, floods, and ozone transport to the Northern Hemisphere.
accumulationzone.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
accumulationzone.substack.com
accumulationzone.substack.com/p/how-pengui...
#greensky #climatescience #climate #news #climatenews #carbon #co2 #environment #green #edusky #penguin #guano #antarctica
How Penguin Poop Powers the Polar Atmosphere
A new study links penguin colonies to particle formation in the Antarctic atmosphere—revealing how guano shapes clouds and potentially, the climate.
accumulationzone.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM