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Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its strongest gusts neared record speeds
Hurricane Melissa’s 252-mph Gust Sets New Wind Record
Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its strongest gusts neared record speeds
www.scientificamerican.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its strongest gusts neared record speeds
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After Elaine & Philip Marco died in flooding on a Liverpool road in 2023, a @liverpoolecho.co.uk investigation found Liverpool Council recorded multiple incidents worrying flooding incidents before this tragedy - now a coroner has ruled the council’s inaction contributed to their untimely deaths
Liverpool Council's inaction contributed to couple's deaths
A senior coroner said a delay to install warning signs was a factor in the deaths of Elaine and Philip Marco in 2023
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
After Elaine & Philip Marco died in flooding on a Liverpool road in 2023, a @liverpoolecho.co.uk investigation found Liverpool Council recorded multiple incidents worrying flooding incidents before this tragedy - now a coroner has ruled the council’s inaction contributed to their untimely deaths
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"Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds"
"Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat"
#ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat"
#ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds
Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds"
"Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat"
#ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat"
#ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Varroa has been detected in South Australia for the first time. The discovery was made in the state's Riverland during routine surveillance
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Varroa mite detected in South Australia for first time
Experts say the parasite could almost entirely wipe out the state's wild bees and add significant costs and labour pressures to farmers.
www.abc.net.au
September 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Varroa has been detected in South Australia for the first time. The discovery was made in the state's Riverland during routine surveillance
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Should governments pay businesses for climate disasters? Researchers unpack huge lawsuits in South Africa - The Conversation
theconversation.com/should-gover...
theconversation.com/should-gover...
Should governments pay businesses for climate disasters? Researchers unpack huge lawsuits in South Africa
Two South African insurance companies are suing the government after large companies suffered catastrophic damage in 2022 floods.
theconversation.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Should governments pay businesses for climate disasters? Researchers unpack huge lawsuits in South Africa - The Conversation
theconversation.com/should-gover...
theconversation.com/should-gover...
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My crack insurance team is out with new visualizations of the recent California FAIR plan data release. The picture is not pretty. This data release covers the period from September of 2024 to June of 2025. Think of it as the first look into the post-LA Wildfire insurance environment.
August 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My crack insurance team is out with new visualizations of the recent California FAIR plan data release. The picture is not pretty. This data release covers the period from September of 2024 to June of 2025. Think of it as the first look into the post-LA Wildfire insurance environment.
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We now live in the Pyrocene, a proposed new geologic epoch of fire activity brought about by human-caused climate change. Living in the Pyrocene means a new reality: knowing what the latest wildfire smoke forecasts are, in order to plan your outdoor activities. I review the best tools to do so:
15 sources of wildfire smoke forecasts for North America » Yale Climate Connections
Forecasting wildfire smoke is hard. We review the best tools to help you predict when unhealthful levels of smoke are coming.
yaleclimateconnections.org
July 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We now live in the Pyrocene, a proposed new geologic epoch of fire activity brought about by human-caused climate change. Living in the Pyrocene means a new reality: knowing what the latest wildfire smoke forecasts are, in order to plan your outdoor activities. I review the best tools to do so:
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Wells Fargo made it clear that they are planning for postal privatization. Let's make it clear to them that we say NO! Join us in New York City. #USMailNotForSale #USPS
Public Action: Halt Wells Fargo - U.S. Mail Not For Sale
usmailnotforsale.org
July 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Wells Fargo made it clear that they are planning for postal privatization. Let's make it clear to them that we say NO! Join us in New York City. #USMailNotForSale #USPS
After a couple of mediocre years, great lilly performance in my zone 6b garden
July 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
After a couple of mediocre years, great lilly performance in my zone 6b garden
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The world’s first, and so far, only honeybee disaster response team, a nonprofit called Bee Platoon, is designed to protect honeybees and help beekeepers during natural disasters
www.ucdavis.edu/news/protect...
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www.ucdavis.edu/news/protect...
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July 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The world’s first, and so far, only honeybee disaster response team, a nonprofit called Bee Platoon, is designed to protect honeybees and help beekeepers during natural disasters
www.ucdavis.edu/news/protect...
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www.ucdavis.edu/news/protect...
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No worker should have to risk injury or death from extreme heat. My Heat Stress Protection Act will guarantee workers water, shade, breaks, and basic safety. The thermometer’s rising—and workers can’t wait.
youtube.com/shorts/8nBr3...
youtube.com/shorts/8nBr3...
Senator Markey Introduces Heat Stress Protection Act with Senator Padilla and Community Champions
YouTube video by Senator Markey
youtube.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
No worker should have to risk injury or death from extreme heat. My Heat Stress Protection Act will guarantee workers water, shade, breaks, and basic safety. The thermometer’s rising—and workers can’t wait.
youtube.com/shorts/8nBr3...
youtube.com/shorts/8nBr3...
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A perfect storm in the making for our food supply chain - undocumented farm workers afraid to show up to work because of ICE, amidst a record decline of honeybees.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees
Experts scrambling to understand losses in hives across the country are finally identifying the culprits. And the damage to farmed bees is a sign of trouble for wild bees too
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A perfect storm in the making for our food supply chain - undocumented farm workers afraid to show up to work because of ICE, amidst a record decline of honeybees.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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#ProudBlue #Resist
I wrote in a post earlier today that 500-year floods are becoming more common. This is an article from 2015, there are others. Do your own research. For sure these folks have had lots of time to do their research. But they don’t and won’t.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
I wrote in a post earlier today that 500-year floods are becoming more common. This is an article from 2015, there are others. Do your own research. For sure these folks have had lots of time to do their research. But they don’t and won’t.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
Climate Change Is Turning 500-Year Floods Into 24-Year Ones
Rising sea levels and an increase in large storms will continue to threaten the Atlantic coast
www.smithsonianmag.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#ProudBlue #Resist
I wrote in a post earlier today that 500-year floods are becoming more common. This is an article from 2015, there are others. Do your own research. For sure these folks have had lots of time to do their research. But they don’t and won’t.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
I wrote in a post earlier today that 500-year floods are becoming more common. This is an article from 2015, there are others. Do your own research. For sure these folks have had lots of time to do their research. But they don’t and won’t.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
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"The growing collection of recent astonishing hurricanes is a clear sign that climate change is increasing the speed limit of tropical windstorms. It feeds my growing concern over stronger & more damaging.. systems ..hitting increasingly vulnerable populations" www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
‘Unprecedented' Erick is first record-setting hurricane of 2025: Morales
No major hurricane on record had struck before August on the Pacific coast of Mexico until Erick did so on this mid-June Thursday as a category 3, after peaking as a 145 mile-per-hour (mph) category 4...
www.nbcmiami.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"The growing collection of recent astonishing hurricanes is a clear sign that climate change is increasing the speed limit of tropical windstorms. It feeds my growing concern over stronger & more damaging.. systems ..hitting increasingly vulnerable populations" www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
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"This is not normal. While the Atlantic basin is dead quiet so far this hurricane season, the Eastern Pacific is cranking out storm after storm, including now category 3 Hurricane Erick. It's highly unusual for a storm to get this strong so close to Mexico so early in the season."
via Climate Alert
via Climate Alert
June 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"This is not normal. While the Atlantic basin is dead quiet so far this hurricane season, the Eastern Pacific is cranking out storm after storm, including now category 3 Hurricane Erick. It's highly unusual for a storm to get this strong so close to Mexico so early in the season."
via Climate Alert
via Climate Alert
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"One of Langewiesche's gifts was the ability to translate technical minutiae into a gripping yarn." Cullen Murphy remembers the writer William Langewiesche:
The Master of the White-Knuckle Narrative
Remembering William Langewiesche, who died this week at age 70
bit.ly
June 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"One of Langewiesche's gifts was the ability to translate technical minutiae into a gripping yarn." Cullen Murphy remembers the writer William Langewiesche:
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Samuel Ramsey on US honey bee losses: “In order for us to do what we can to make sure that this level of die-off never happens again, we need better funding for research. This is the worst possible time for us to be reducing funding.”
www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...
www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...
Honeybees are dying in record numbers. This scientist is racing to save them
American honeybee colonies have declined by more than 60% this year. A CU Boulder entomologist is racing to find a solution.
www.colorado.edu
June 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Samuel Ramsey on US honey bee losses: “In order for us to do what we can to make sure that this level of die-off never happens again, we need better funding for research. This is the worst possible time for us to be reducing funding.”
www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...
www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...
June 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Scientists at the US Department of Agriculture are helping American beekeepers solve the mystery behind a widespread honey bee colony collapse. Research findings identified high levels of deformed wing virus A and B and acute bee paralysis in all recently USDA-sampled bees
phys.org/news/2025-06...
phys.org/news/2025-06...
Researchers find viruses from miticide-resistant parasitic mites are cause of recent honey bee colony collapses
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) are helping American beekeepers solve the mystery behind a widespread honey bee colony collapse and its debi...
phys.org
June 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Scientists at the US Department of Agriculture are helping American beekeepers solve the mystery behind a widespread honey bee colony collapse. Research findings identified high levels of deformed wing virus A and B and acute bee paralysis in all recently USDA-sampled bees
phys.org/news/2025-06...
phys.org/news/2025-06...
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The unravelling of the national disaster safety net is already affecting a lot of people and will likely impact millions more as we move through hurricane and wildfire season. States and communities may find that they're on their own after a disaster.
June 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The unravelling of the national disaster safety net is already affecting a lot of people and will likely impact millions more as we move through hurricane and wildfire season. States and communities may find that they're on their own after a disaster.
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This kind of clear, direct explanation of what’s happening is basic journalism and yet it’s surprising to hear it stated so forthrightly in this mealy-mouthed era.
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This kind of clear, direct explanation of what’s happening is basic journalism and yet it’s surprising to hear it stated so forthrightly in this mealy-mouthed era.
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A 14.6-million-year-old Miocene fossil is encouraging a fresh look at how bees spread across isolated landmasses.
www.earth.com/news/scienti...
www.earth.com/news/scienti...
Scientists unearth a 14.6-million-year-old bee whose family tree does not fit existing theories
A 14.6-million-year-old fossilized Leioproctus bee has been discovered, calling into question current theories about evolution and migration.
www.earth.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A 14.6-million-year-old Miocene fossil is encouraging a fresh look at how bees spread across isolated landmasses.
www.earth.com/news/scienti...
www.earth.com/news/scienti...
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Wildfires in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which shares a border with the United States, have prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency and order tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.
Winds will likely blow wildfire smoke into Midwestern states.
Winds will likely blow wildfire smoke into Midwestern states.
Canada wildfires force 17,000 to evacuate, with smoke blowing toward U.S.
Authorities in Manitoba, which shares a border with the U.S., issued a state of emergency. Winds will likely blow wildfire smoke into Midwestern states.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Wildfires in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which shares a border with the United States, have prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency and order tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.
Winds will likely blow wildfire smoke into Midwestern states.
Winds will likely blow wildfire smoke into Midwestern states.
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Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
May 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
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“Is it just another bump in the road or is this going to happen again this fall? I mean, are we into a new era here? And if we are, we’re done. This is unsustainable for beekeepers.”
www.farmprogress.com/conservation...
www.farmprogress.com/conservation...
Beekeepers rebuild after record losses threaten crop pollination
If what happened this past fall and winter is not an isolated incident but the start of a trend, the ramifications are substantial.
www.farmprogress.com
May 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“Is it just another bump in the road or is this going to happen again this fall? I mean, are we into a new era here? And if we are, we’re done. This is unsustainable for beekeepers.”
www.farmprogress.com/conservation...
www.farmprogress.com/conservation...