Marc Landen Brien
@marc-landen-brien.bsky.social
Progressive. Writing novels about climate change activism. Born at 310 ppm CO2. Canadian, eh. Sorry, not a big fan of poutine, though.
Heat, wildfires, floods, and storms: From 1995 to 2024, more than 832,000 lives were lost and direct economic losses of nearly USD 4.5 trillion were recorded, driven by more than 9,700 extreme weather events. These figures underscore the urgent need for climate action.
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Climate Risk Index 2026
The Climate Risk Index (CRI) ranks countries by the human and economic toll of extreme weather. The latest edition highlights increasing losses and the urgent need for stronger climate resilience and ...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Heat, wildfires, floods, and storms: From 1995 to 2024, more than 832,000 lives were lost and direct economic losses of nearly USD 4.5 trillion were recorded, driven by more than 9,700 extreme weather events. These figures underscore the urgent need for climate action.
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A new study published in Science has found that droughts and extreme heat are pushing water temperatures in parts of the Amazon to an unbearable 41°C (106°F). The result? Mass die-offs of fish and endangered Amazon river dolphins.
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Amazon Lakes Are Turning Into Hot Tubs and It’s Killing the Dolphins
Amazon lakes are heating past 40°C, killing pink river dolphins and exposing the devastating reach of the climate crisis.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A new study published in Science has found that droughts and extreme heat are pushing water temperatures in parts of the Amazon to an unbearable 41°C (106°F). The result? Mass die-offs of fish and endangered Amazon river dolphins.
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Oh boy, another COP climate summit is beginning. In 1995, the year of the first COP, average worldwide daily consumption of all fossil fuels combined was 161 million barrels of oil equivalent. This year, 30 years later, it will top 260 million barrels of oil equivalent. The progress is palpable.
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Oh boy, another COP climate summit is beginning. In 1995, the year of the first COP, average worldwide daily consumption of all fossil fuels combined was 161 million barrels of oil equivalent. This year, 30 years later, it will top 260 million barrels of oil equivalent. The progress is palpable.
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Climate change has brought mosquitoes to Iceland, one of the relatively few countries that did not have them.
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Has climate change brought mosquitoes to Iceland?
Iceland is no longer among the few places in the world free of mosquitoes. Scientists point to rising temperatures.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Climate change has brought mosquitoes to Iceland, one of the relatively few countries that did not have them.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Coral collapse signals Earth’s first climate tipping point.
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Coral collapse signals Earth's first climate tipping point
The global die-off of coral reefs signals a critical shift in Earth’s climate system with global environmental consequences along with economic ones.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Coral collapse signals Earth’s first climate tipping point.
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Mark Carney and his wife like to posture as clean energy supporters and environmentalists. Now Carney, who I somewhat reluctantly canvassed for in the last election, is offering to restart the Keystone XL pipeline in exchange for lower Trump tariffs. It's both sad and disgraceful. What a vendu.
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Mark Carney and his wife like to posture as clean energy supporters and environmentalists. Now Carney, who I somewhat reluctantly canvassed for in the last election, is offering to restart the Keystone XL pipeline in exchange for lower Trump tariffs. It's both sad and disgraceful. What a vendu.
"First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika."
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I had dengue. It was no picnic.
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I had dengue. It was no picnic.
First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika
The first discovery of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK shows how climate change and global travel are helping mosquitoes that spread dengue and Zika expand northwards.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika."
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I had dengue. It was no picnic.
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I had dengue. It was no picnic.
A new report from the Potsdam Institute and partners reveals that our oceans have crossed a critical threshold on acidity, exceeding “safe” limits for marine life.
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World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed
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September 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A new report from the Potsdam Institute and partners reveals that our oceans have crossed a critical threshold on acidity, exceeding “safe” limits for marine life.
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My pharmacy (in Mexico) has a cute dog as a greeter. Does yours?
September 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My pharmacy (in Mexico) has a cute dog as a greeter. Does yours?
Went for a walk in my Mexican happy space and saw this . . . sure do love me dem Bogies.
September 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Went for a walk in my Mexican happy space and saw this . . . sure do love me dem Bogies.
Climate change may be altering the range of the Pteropus fruit bat, bringing it into contact with more people. That is concerning, since the bat hosts the Nipah virus, which kills 75 percent of the people that contract it.
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Climate Change Likely to Expand the Range of an Asian Bat and the Deadly Disease it Carries - Inside Climate News
A vaccine in development may slow the spread of Nipah virus, which kills up to 75 percent of the people it sickens, but reducing the environmental disruptions that bring people, livestock and bats tog...
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August 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Climate change may be altering the range of the Pteropus fruit bat, bringing it into contact with more people. That is concerning, since the bat hosts the Nipah virus, which kills 75 percent of the people that contract it.
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It seems we may not be as stupid as we seem: Research from Oxford finds policymakers underestimate the proportion of people that want climate action by nearly 50 percent. Hence the recent clamour by some politicians for a reset on climate policy due to supposed lack of support.
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Oxford researchers find policymakers underestimate public support for
New research by University of Oxford researchers from the Institute of New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Saïd Business School and Smith School of Enterprise and Environment finds
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August 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It seems we may not be as stupid as we seem: Research from Oxford finds policymakers underestimate the proportion of people that want climate action by nearly 50 percent. Hence the recent clamour by some politicians for a reset on climate policy due to supposed lack of support.
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Glaciers are a critically important source of fresh water in numerous parts of the world. As the glaciers disappear with global warming, so does the fresh water, and many of the people and other lifeforms in the region will either die or flee.
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Photos: Turkiye’s glaciers fall victim to climate change
Glaciers in the Turkish southeast are melting rapidly, threatening water supplies and local tourism.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Glaciers are a critically important source of fresh water in numerous parts of the world. As the glaciers disappear with global warming, so does the fresh water, and many of the people and other lifeforms in the region will either die or flee.
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Global warming will make growing areas of the globe unliveable. Think the non-mountainous ares between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn initially.
A street sweeper died in Barcelona during a heat wave last month and 12 other city cleaners have suffered heatstroke since.
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A street sweeper died in Barcelona during a heat wave last month and 12 other city cleaners have suffered heatstroke since.
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Brutal heat making outdoor labour in southern Europe’s tourist spots unsafe for workers
Labour unions push for tougher regulations to protect aging workforce and many protest after death of 51-year-old street cleaner who worked during major heatwave
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July 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Global warming will make growing areas of the globe unliveable. Think the non-mountainous ares between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn initially.
A street sweeper died in Barcelona during a heat wave last month and 12 other city cleaners have suffered heatstroke since.
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A street sweeper died in Barcelona during a heat wave last month and 12 other city cleaners have suffered heatstroke since.
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Preliminary data from a NASA-funded Greenland survey point to a two-degree centigrade rise in regional ocean water temperatures in less than a decade - a crazy amount of ocean warming.
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NASA-Funded Greenland Survey Reveals ‘Crazy’ Amounts Of Ocean Warming
NASA-funded undersea robotic vehicle is giving both astrobiologists and climate scientists a window onto Greenland’s previously hidden subsurface.
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July 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Preliminary data from a NASA-funded Greenland survey point to a two-degree centigrade rise in regional ocean water temperatures in less than a decade - a crazy amount of ocean warming.
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Tuvalu residents prepare for world’s first planned migration of an entire nation — and climate change is to blame
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Tuvalu residents prepare for world’s first planned migration of an entire nation — and climate change is to blame
A first-of-its-kind lottery for residents of Tuvalu who want to move to Australia due to climate change threats is closing today, with more than 5,000 applications received.
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July 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Tuvalu residents prepare for world’s first planned migration of an entire nation — and climate change is to blame
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The Four Day Workweek-This seems like something the Trump regime, with its intense concern for the well-being of American workers, would be all over.
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In 2019, Iceland Approved the 4-Day Workweek: Nearly 6 Years Later, All Forecasts by Generation Z Have Come True - Paris 2018 News
Iceland's groundbreaking shift to a four-day workweek has transformed workplace dynamics since its approval in 2019. Nearly six years later, the predictions made by Generation Z about this revolutiona...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Four Day Workweek-This seems like something the Trump regime, with its intense concern for the well-being of American workers, would be all over.
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The combination of wildfires and a heat wave, both induced by global warming, is giving Toronto world class air pollution. We're number two. What will it take to push us past Baghdad into top spot?
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July 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The combination of wildfires and a heat wave, both induced by global warming, is giving Toronto world class air pollution. We're number two. What will it take to push us past Baghdad into top spot?
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Scientists from the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment found that 1,500 of the 2,300 estimated heat deaths in the recent European heat wave, or 65 percent, were a result of climate change.
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Infographic: Climate Change Tripled Heat Deaths in European Heatwave
This chart shows the estimated number of excess heat-related deaths in the June/July 2025 European heatwave and the impact of climate change on excess deaths.
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July 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Scientists from the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment found that 1,500 of the 2,300 estimated heat deaths in the recent European heat wave, or 65 percent, were a result of climate change.
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Pacific Islanders prepare to abandon their countries under threat of inundation by rising seas caused by global warming.
There is roughly 8 million cubic miles of ice in glaciers and the polar ice fields. Oceans will rise more than 200 feet once it all melts.
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There is roughly 8 million cubic miles of ice in glaciers and the polar ice fields. Oceans will rise more than 200 feet once it all melts.
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Tuvalu’s Citizens Apply for Landmark Climate Change Visa to Australia
Over a third of Tuvalu’s population has applied for a new climate change visa to Australia, marking a historic move in climate migration.
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July 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Pacific Islanders prepare to abandon their countries under threat of inundation by rising seas caused by global warming.
There is roughly 8 million cubic miles of ice in glaciers and the polar ice fields. Oceans will rise more than 200 feet once it all melts.
tinyurl.com/da9jbhzf
There is roughly 8 million cubic miles of ice in glaciers and the polar ice fields. Oceans will rise more than 200 feet once it all melts.
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Some 30 percent of the days in Phoenix in 2024 were over 100 Fahrenheit.
The people of Arizona are set to find out that the Republicans cannot roll back global warming with either an executive order or legislation.
Reality doesn't care whether you believe in it or not.
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The people of Arizona are set to find out that the Republicans cannot roll back global warming with either an executive order or legislation.
Reality doesn't care whether you believe in it or not.
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Climate change pushes Arizona into 'uncharted territory' with deadly heat
Phoenix hit 100+ degrees for 30% of 2024, setting heat records as climate change worsens Arizona's extreme weather crisis
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July 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Some 30 percent of the days in Phoenix in 2024 were over 100 Fahrenheit.
The people of Arizona are set to find out that the Republicans cannot roll back global warming with either an executive order or legislation.
Reality doesn't care whether you believe in it or not.
tinyurl.com/ecdmahjz
The people of Arizona are set to find out that the Republicans cannot roll back global warming with either an executive order or legislation.
Reality doesn't care whether you believe in it or not.
tinyurl.com/ecdmahjz