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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · May 7
Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #FutureGenerations #EnvironmentalImpact
Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds
Exposure to extreme climate events will increase two to seven times more for those born in 2020 compared with those in 1960, a new study warns.
www.livescience.com
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Sea Ice Hits New Low in Hottest Year on Record for the Arctic #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #SeaIce #ClimateChange #ArcticResearch
Sea Ice Hits New Low in Hottest Year on Record for the Arctic
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
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December 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Uncovering the mystery of how algae makes snow green, red or orange #Science #Biology #Ecology #AlgaeResearch #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange
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December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Your Dinner Might Be Fueling Climate Change #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #SustainableEating #FoodSystems
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December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Some men may downplay climate change risks to avoid appearing feminine #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #GenderStudies #EnvironmentalAwareness
Some men may downplay climate change risks to avoid appearing feminine
A new study finds that men who are anxious about their masculinity are less likely to care about climate change. They may view environmental concern as a feminine trait that threatens their image.
www.psypost.org
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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What Researchers Are Doing to Protect Christmas Trees in a Warming World #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ChristmasTrees #ClimateChange
What Researchers Are Doing to Protect Christmas Trees in a Warming World
As Christmas trees face mounting challenges from climate change, researchers explore solutions to help ensure that a beloved holiday tradition endures in a warming world.
www.scientificamerican.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Four bright spots in climate news in 2025 #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #Sustainability #EnvironmentalNews
Four bright spots in climate news in 2025
Things aren’t great, but there are a few positive signs, we promise.
www.technologyreview.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Alpine communities face uncertain future after 2025 glacier collapse #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #GlacierCollapse #ClimateChange #AlpineEcosystems
Alpine communities face uncertain future after 2025 glacier collapse
Careful slope monitoring prevented mass casualties in the landslide at Blatten, Switzerland, this year, but mountain communities may face a growing risk of disasters
www.newscientist.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Climate Models Got It Wrong: Plants Can’t Absorb As Much CO₂ As We Thought #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #CO2Absorption #PlantScience
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December 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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US Official Time Standard Slowed Down Last Week Following Massive Storm #Science #EarthSciences #Meteorology #TimeStandard #StormImpact #ClimateChange
US Official Time Standard Slowed Down Last Week Following Massive Storm
When a massive windstorm in Colorado last Wednesday indirectly disconnected more than a dozen atomic clocks from their system, it threw out the US official time standard.
www.sciencealert.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Did Humans or Climate Push the Neanderthals Over the Edge? #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #Neanderthals #Evolution #ClimateChange
Did Humans or Climate Push the Neanderthals Over the Edge?
Did Humans or Climate Push the Neanderthals Over the Edge? A new model of what went down in one of the Neanderthals’ last holdouts
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December 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Sentinel-6B Extends Global Ocean Height Record #Science #EarthSciences #Oceanography #OceanResearch #SatelliteData #ClimateChange
Sentinel-6B Extends Global Ocean Height Record - NASA Science
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December 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #DoomsdayGlacier #ClimateChange #GlacialCollapse
The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be only a matter of time.
www.wired.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalScience #Sustainability
Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate
Researchers have realised the records are a ‘goldmine’ to study changes in environmental conditions
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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2025’s Scientific Landscape Upended as Federal Overhauls, Public Health Setbacks, Climate Rollbacks and Cosmic Surprises Collide #Science #HealthandMedicine #PublicHealth #ClimateChange #SciencePolicy
2025’s Scientific Landscape Upended as Federal Overhauls, Public Health Setbacks, Climate Rollbacks and Cosmic Surprises Collide
A look back at 2025’s biggest science stories—from federal upheaval and public health setbacks to climate policy reversals and groundbreaking discoveries in space.
www.scientificamerican.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #AtmosphericResearch #PublicPolicy
Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward
This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #Sustainability #CarbonCapture
Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change
One project aims to harness local geothermal resources to pull CO2 from the air. Will it prove that carbon removal can really help our warming planet?
www.technologyreview.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The Arctic Is Chemically Transforming, and It’s Speeding Up Climate Change #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #ArcticTransformation #EnvironmentalScience
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December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Earth's Seasons Are Strangely Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #EarthSeasons #ClimateChange #SpaceScience
Earth's Seasons Are Strangely Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have watched our planet's seasons from space and discovered that spring, summer, winter, and fall are surprisingly out of sync.
www.sciencealert.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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If I Stop the World, Will I Melt with You? #Science #Other #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact #GlobalWarming
If I Stop the World, Will I Melt with You?
Depending on how you look at it, this catchphrase from a 1980s pop song is decently accurate: you can actually melt the planet if you stop its turning
www.scientificamerican.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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This Little-Known Plant Could Help Save Chocolate From Climate Change #Science #Biology #Botany #ClimateChange #PlantResearch #SustainableAgriculture
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December 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Closure of US institute will do immense harm to climate research #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateResearch #ClimateChange
Closure of US institute will do immense harm to climate research
The National Center for Atmospheric Research has played a leading role in providing data, modelling and supercomputing to researchers around the world – but the Trump administration is set to shut it...
www.newscientist.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Hydrogen Isn't as Climate-Friendly as We Thought, Concerning Study Finds #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #HydrogenEnergy #EnvironmentalImpact
Hydrogen Isn't as Climate-Friendly as We Thought, Concerning Study Finds
Hydrogen has long been touted as a possible solution to the climate crisis, but it could also be a small part of the problem, a study warned on Wednesday.
www.sciencealert.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Alaska’s Arctic Is Burning Like Never Before in 3,000 Years #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ArcticFires #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact
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December 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Oceans Are Supercharging Hurricanes. Scientists Warn “Category 6” Storms Are Becoming More Likely #Science #EarthSciences #Meteorology #Hurricanes #ClimateChange #OceanTemperature
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December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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How whales, vodka and volcanic ice blocks could soon solve the carbon crisis #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #CarbonCrisis #ClimateChange #Sustainability
How whales, vodka and volcanic ice blocks could soon solve the carbon crisis | BBC Science Focus Magazine
From living paint to injecting rocks, scientists have bizarre carbon capture ideas that could help us tackle the climate crisis.
www.sciencefocus.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM