Biosphere in Crisis
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The biosphere is in crisis due to factors that include global warming, biodiversity loss, overpopulation, overshoot, & plastic pollution. My aim is to increase awareness of urgency for action
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#Climate collapse is just one of the polycrises humanity faces as a result of #overshoot, which is the extent to which human activity is exceeding the carrying capacity of the planet. The key drivers of overshoot, population growth and consumerism, must be contained to meaningfully address this.
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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Read: we can do whatever we want. Deal with it. * 02.25 article
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Google Quietly Walks Back Promise Not To Use AI for Weapons or Harm
Google has quietly removed a clause stating it will not manufacture weapons or surveillance technology with AI.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Read: we can do whatever we want. Deal with it. * 02.25 article
futurism.com/google-quiet...
futurism.com/google-quiet...
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Well of course they did. Safeguards (I mean morals) dissappear during periods of hypercompetition.
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Well of course they did. Safeguards (I mean morals) dissappear during periods of hypercompetition.
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Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
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Scientists, stop amplifying COP30 & the lies around it! Lula is expanding oil&gas in the Amazon, backing agribusiness & cattle growth, close to JBS’s Batista brothers, supporting mining like the giant Potássio do Brasil project in Autazes & pushing the destructive BR-319 highway.
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Scientists, stop amplifying COP30 & the lies around it! Lula is expanding oil&gas in the Amazon, backing agribusiness & cattle growth, close to JBS’s Batista brothers, supporting mining like the giant Potássio do Brasil project in Autazes & pushing the destructive BR-319 highway.
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"As droughts intensify & insects thrive in warming forests, trees are dying of thirst while being eaten alive. It's a double assault turning once-green mountainsides into graveyards of standing dead timber...'This trend could continue as our climate continues to warm."🌏 www.king5.com/article/tech...
Washington's forests face massive tree die-off
Of Washington's 22 million forested acres, the Department of Natural Resources manages about 3 million acres of state land.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"As droughts intensify & insects thrive in warming forests, trees are dying of thirst while being eaten alive. It's a double assault turning once-green mountainsides into graveyards of standing dead timber...'This trend could continue as our climate continues to warm."🌏 www.king5.com/article/tech...
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"Scientists have documented how climate change is leading to more heatwaves & droughts that dry out trees, slow their growth and set the stage for worse wildfires -- which burned more than a million hectares of EU land this year, the highest annual amount on record."🌏 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"Scientists have documented how climate change is leading to more heatwaves & droughts that dry out trees, slow their growth and set the stage for worse wildfires -- which burned more than a million hectares of EU land this year, the highest annual amount on record."🌏 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Data-center projects that “may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.”
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November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Data-center projects that “may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.”
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Once upon a time in the Arctic, a long long time ago, there was this magical substance called ice ...
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Once upon a time in the Arctic, a long long time ago, there was this magical substance called ice ...
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RIP Paris 😔
you never had a chance
you never had a chance
Breaking News!
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The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
RIP Paris 😔
you never had a chance
you never had a chance
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"These beads contain a high number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which have been linked to cancer. They often contain toxins including lead, antimony and bromine. Once in the sea, they attract algae, which makes them smell like food to sea creatures"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"These beads contain a high number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which have been linked to cancer. They often contain toxins including lead, antimony and bromine. Once in the sea, they attract algae, which makes them smell like food to sea creatures"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n
January 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
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Because it’s clear that “tackling” the crisis would require radical change to everything
we’ll accept collapse instead of
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
we’ll accept collapse instead of
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Because it’s clear that “tackling” the crisis would require radical change to everything
we’ll accept collapse instead of
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
we’ll accept collapse instead of
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The truth is, they haven't just lost their enthusiasm - they are actively rowing back on green policies
Facing future hothouse hell and societal collapse if we continue with business as usual now, they have decided to follow this path anyway
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Facing future hothouse hell and societal collapse if we continue with business as usual now, they have decided to follow this path anyway
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The truth is, they haven't just lost their enthusiasm - they are actively rowing back on green policies
Facing future hothouse hell and societal collapse if we continue with business as usual now, they have decided to follow this path anyway
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Facing future hothouse hell and societal collapse if we continue with business as usual now, they have decided to follow this path anyway
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Having investigated this, Southern Water have now found themselves guilty
“We are very sorry this has happened and are doing everything possible to investigate and resolve the problem" they said
This is criminal and the company and individuals MUST pay
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We are very sorry this has happened and are doing everything possible to investigate and resolve the problem" they said
This is criminal and the company and individuals MUST pay
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Having investigated this, Southern Water have now found themselves guilty
“We are very sorry this has happened and are doing everything possible to investigate and resolve the problem" they said
This is criminal and the company and individuals MUST pay
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We are very sorry this has happened and are doing everything possible to investigate and resolve the problem" they said
This is criminal and the company and individuals MUST pay
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 10, 2025 ~ Dust in the wind.
"Melissa’s 185 mph ties it with Hurricane Dorian (2019), Hurricane Wilma (2005), Hurricane Gilbert (1988) and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane."
www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/11/10/h...
"Melissa’s 185 mph ties it with Hurricane Dorian (2019), Hurricane Wilma (2005), Hurricane Gilbert (1988) and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane."
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After Melissa, how much stronger will future hurricanes be? | The Invading Sea
Rising ocean temperatures are strengthening hurricanes, prompting discussion about a potential Category 6.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 10, 2025 ~ Dust in the wind.
"Melissa’s 185 mph ties it with Hurricane Dorian (2019), Hurricane Wilma (2005), Hurricane Gilbert (1988) and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane."
www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/11/10/h...
"Melissa’s 185 mph ties it with Hurricane Dorian (2019), Hurricane Wilma (2005), Hurricane Gilbert (1988) and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane."
www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/11/10/h...
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you can stop reading immediately when you see Electric Vehicles and they show a picture of cars
Cars and their infrastructure are incompatible with a living planet
Cars and their infrastructure are incompatible with a living planet
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
you can stop reading immediately when you see Electric Vehicles and they show a picture of cars
Cars and their infrastructure are incompatible with a living planet
Cars and their infrastructure are incompatible with a living planet
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As COP30 (UN meeting on climate change) begins, 10 years into the Paris Agreement, US emissions are about as high as ever, due substantially to methane pollution from oil and gas systems. The US is the world's worst cumulative climate polluter, nearly 2x China, and is not participating in COP30.
New paper. I wish this wasn't the case, but most progress on reducing US greenhouse gas emissions is likely spurious. Why? EPA underestimates methane emissions from oil and gas. Relevant today as Repubs vote to gut IRA's methane monitoring/mitigation program. 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lL4K_6se4...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
As COP30 (UN meeting on climate change) begins, 10 years into the Paris Agreement, US emissions are about as high as ever, due substantially to methane pollution from oil and gas systems. The US is the world's worst cumulative climate polluter, nearly 2x China, and is not participating in COP30.
"These beads contain a high number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which have been linked to cancer. They often contain toxins including lead, antimony and bromine. Once in the sea, they attract algae, which makes them smell like food to sea creatures"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"These beads contain a high number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which have been linked to cancer. They often contain toxins including lead, antimony and bromine. Once in the sea, they attract algae, which makes them smell like food to sea creatures"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Many use the word exponential without knowing what it actually means.
One thing that does increase exponentially is the amount of water the air can hold with every degree Celsius (+7%) of temperature increase.
This leads to both more (extreme) evaporation and precipitation.
One thing that does increase exponentially is the amount of water the air can hold with every degree Celsius (+7%) of temperature increase.
This leads to both more (extreme) evaporation and precipitation.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Many use the word exponential without knowing what it actually means.
One thing that does increase exponentially is the amount of water the air can hold with every degree Celsius (+7%) of temperature increase.
This leads to both more (extreme) evaporation and precipitation.
One thing that does increase exponentially is the amount of water the air can hold with every degree Celsius (+7%) of temperature increase.
This leads to both more (extreme) evaporation and precipitation.
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If Drax is planning to move into your area, do everything in your power to keep them out. They are burning old growth forests for a few extra fist-fulls of dirty money.
Truckloads of trees: Drax sourced wood pellets from old growth forests in B.C. in 2024, and likely 2025
->Stand.earth | #old growth forest #tree | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Stand.earth | #old growth forest #tree | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Truckloads of trees: Drax sourced wood pellets from old growth forests in B.C. in 2024, and likely 2025
səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Territories (Vancouver, B.C.) — New investigative research from Stand.earth released today reveals that Drax purchased logged trees from at-risk old growth forests in British Columbia in 2024, and very likely in 2025, to...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
If Drax is planning to move into your area, do everything in your power to keep them out. They are burning old growth forests for a few extra fist-fulls of dirty money.
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"Methane is a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide and is responsible for about a third of the warming recently recorded. Cutting it could be an “emergency brake” on global temperatures, but so far, countries have not taken the measures needed."
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins
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Cop30: what are the main issues?
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Net zero to NDCs: your Cop30 jargon buster
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for combating the climate crisis while China is surging ahead in producing and using clean energy equipment, the president of the UN climate talks has said.
More countries should follow China’s lead instead of complaining about being outcompeted, said André Corrêa do Lago, the Brazilian diplomat in charge of the Cop30 conference, which begins on Monday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"Methane is a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide and is responsible for about a third of the warming recently recorded. Cutting it could be an “emergency brake” on global temperatures, but so far, countries have not taken the measures needed."