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#Somalia #Kenya

Warmer temperatures allow the atmosphere to hold more moisture, which can lead to heavier rainfall in some areas. At the same time, higher heat speeds up evaporation & can worsen drought elsewhere.

“Climate change does not affect every place the same way at the same time,” says Miriam Ochieng of the University of Nairobi. “It often creates a patchwork of extremes.”

https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260315-under-the-same-sky-climate-change-brings-drought-to-somalia-and-floods-to-kenya

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#movies

Almost a third of 2026 Oscar-nominated films acknowledge climate change

To pass the ‘climate reality check,’ a movie must depict climate change in some way, and a character in the story must recognize it

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/almost-a-third-of-2026-oscar-nominated-films-acknowledge-climate-change/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#India

India recorded largest emissions drop in 2025 as power sector pollution declined: Climate TRACE

This suggests that the rapid expansion of renewable energy is beginning to moderate emissions from electricity generation

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/india-recorded-largest-emissions-drop-in-2025-as-power-sector-pollution-declined-climate-trace

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Hawaii #USA #US

Hawaiʻi voters support holding Big Oil accountable for the home insurance crisis

New poll shows voters are very concerned about rising cost, reduced availability of home insurance in aftermath of climate-driven Maui wildfires

https://climateintegrity.org/news/view/hawaii-voters-support-holding-big-oil-accountable-for-the-home-insurance-crisis

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Elon Musk’s xAI is now operating 62 unpermitted methane gas turbines across two data centers in Memphis, Tennessee, and Southaven, Mississippi. According to xAI’s own permit application, the facilities could emit more than 6 million tons of greenhouse gases and over 1,300 tons of health-harming air pollutants every year.

https://electrek.co/2026/03/03/elon-musk-xai-data-center-undoing-tesla-climate-gains/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

More than 10 years on from the Paris Agreement, an infographic shows how climate action has defied expectations, while its creators call for more to be done.

“In 2015, nearly 200 countries endorsed the Paris Agreement, committing to limiting heating to ‘well below 2°C,’” the UK’s Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit writes, describing the past 10 years as “a decade that defied predictions.”

https://www.theenergymix.com/climate-progress-is-real-but-the-job-isnt-done/

https://ca1-eci.edcdn.com/infographics_two/_c1536xauto/10-Years-Post-Paris_Agreement_23_Oct.svg?v=1768397025

#ClimateChange #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Antarctic

Our results imply that the Antarctic Ice Sheet does not act as one single tipping element, but rather as several tipping systems interacting across drainage basins

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02554-0

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Crossing Planetary Boundaries (PB)—a concept that defines nine potential ecological “tipping points”—could spell doom for ecosystems and humanity’s future on the planet

Of these PBs, humans have already crossed six of the nine thresholds

Now, scientists are arguing that there’s potentially a tenth boundary that’s gone unrecognized, which concerns worldwide aquatic deoxygenation in lakes, reservoirs, oceans, and other bodies of water

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a70381572/aquatic-deoxygenation-planetary-boundaries-climate-crisis/

#pollution #environment #climate

#California #USA #US

In fact, the decision may open the door for California to set its own greenhouse gas standards for vehicles, a possibility that lawmakers and regulators are actively weighing.

The reversal in federal policy could also undercut arguments that federal law blocks state lawsuits against oil companies and boosts interest in expanding California’s authority over planet-warming pollution within its borders

https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/trump-scraps-cornerstone-climate-finding-california-prepares-for-court

#ClimateChange #pollution #environment #climate

#USA #US

Warming climate pushes Maine's maple sap flow earlier, making season less predictable

https://wgme.com/news/local/warming-climate-pushes-maines-maple-sap-flow-earlier-making-season-less-predictable

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Israel

Climate change likely to bring more dust storms, earlier in the year, expert says

Assaf Hochman of Hebrew University's Earth Sciences Institute warns increase in dust clouds will affect Israeli agriculture, public health

https://www.timesofisrael.com/climate-change-likely-to-bring-more-dust-storms-earlier-in-the-year-expert-says/amp/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#UK

when cases are brought before a jury, they often understand why people take action. There was a hung jury in this case in 2024. And this time the jury found them not guilty

https://socialistworker.co.uk/environment/jury-finds-climate-activist-health-workers-not-guilty/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #ClimateStrike

Le filet de sécurité de l'assurance habitation commence à s'effilocher au #Canada à mesure que les coûts liés aux phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes continuent d'augmenter.

Bien que la concurrence reste saine et que le pays ait jusqu'à présent évité les déserts de couverture, qui progressent aux États-Unis, les assureurs réduisent leurs polices de diverses manières pour s'adapter.

L'augmentation des primes au-delà du taux d'inflation – parfois de manière considérable

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2229365/assurances-habitation-tarifs-couverture-climat

#Croatia ranks as Europe’s least heatwave-vulnerable country by 2100, projected to experience just 1 heatwave event per year lasting 3 cumulative days, with an average heatwave temperature of 35.85°C and the lowest overall heatwave score of 2.89.

Bosnia and Herzegovina follows closely in 2nd place, recording the lowest average heatwave temperature at 35.57°C and an overall score of 3.29. The country is also projected to face 1 annual heatwave lasting 4 cumulative days.

https://www.thedubrovniktimes.com/news/croatia/item/19459-climate-study-ranks-croatia-most-resilient-to-future-heatwaves-in-europe

#SaintJérôme #RivièreDuNord #Laurentides #Québec

Imaginez un centre commercial qui ne vend rien de neuf, mais uniquement des articles d’occasion et recyclés. Tricentris s’apprête à mettre sur pied au Québec, à Saint-Jérôme, ce projet inédit, inspiré d’un modèle suédois. Face à la hausse du coût de la vie, l’initiative vise à soutenir le pouvoir d’achat des ménages tout en les incitant à adopter une consommation plus durable et responsable

https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/consommation/956364/premier-centre-commercial-consacre-seconde-main-quebec?

#ChangementClimatique #Climat

#Arnhem #Gelderland #Netherlands

The protest, organized by Extinction Rebellion and the Party for the Animals, was interrupted when individuals shouted “Arnhem, Arnhem,” threw eggs and tomatoes, ignited fireworks, and set off yellow smoke bombs. Police intervened to control the situation, temporarily halting the demonstration

https://nltimes.nl/2026/02/15/7-arrested-arnhem-public-violence-climate-protesters

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #ClimateStrike

#Alaska #USA #US

Alaska had one of its warmest years of the previous 100 in 2025, the Alaska Climate Research Center reports in its year-end summary.

The Alaska Climate Research Center, part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, released its 2025 summary in late January.

https://www.gi.alaska.edu/news/alaska-climate-report-2025-ran-warm

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

January 2026 delivered a stark reminder that the climate system can sometimes simultaneously deliver very cold weather in one region, and extreme heat in another

While human activities continue to drive long-term warming, these recent events highlight that resilience and adaptation to increasing extremes are key to prepare society for heightened climate risk in the future

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/cold-europe-burning-south-january-shows-climate-extremes-at-both-ends-of-the-planet/ar-AA1W1GjX

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #pollution #ecology #climate

Italy has proposed allowing African countries to temporarily suspend debt repayments when they are hit by extreme climate events

https://nairametrics.com/2026/02/15/italy-proposes-climate-shock-debt-suspension-for-african-states/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#canada

Canada Could Remove Five Times Its Annual Carbon Emissions by Planting Trees on the Edge of the Boreal Forest, Study Finds

New research suggests that strategic reforestation along the world’s largest forest biome could become one of the most powerful climate solutions available to Canada

https://vocal.media/futurism/canada-could-remove-five-times-its-annual-carbon-emissions-by-planting-trees-on-the-edge-of-the-boreal-forest-study-finds

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

En Colombie, Glencore gère la mine de charbon de Cerrejón, l’une des plus grandes au monde. Là-bas, l’entreprise a détourné et asséché des cours d’eau vitaux

En RDC, les mines de cuivre et de cobalt qu’elle exploite ont été dénoncées par de nombreuses ONG locales pour la contamination massive des sols, des rivières et des nappes phréatiques, rendant l’agriculture locale impossible
https://iris-recherche.qc.ca/blogue/environnement-ressources-et-energie/glencore-lois/

#ChangementClimatique #RéchauffementClimatique #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat

«D'ici le milieu du siècle, on prévoit que les ours noirs pourraient rester actifs de 15 à 39 jours de plus par an», indique encore la NWF.

Cela pourrait induire de nombreuses conséquences pour ces mammifères imposants. En émergeant plus tôt de leur hibernation, les ours pourraient se voir confronter à une pénurie alimentaire. Il est en effet plus difficile pour eux de se nourrir en hiver, leur alimentation étant constituée en grande partie de baies ou de noix

https://www.cnews.fr/france/2026-02-14/le-rechauffement-climatique-impacterait-directement-le-cycle-dhibernation-des?amp

#climat

les coraux libèrent calcium et carbonates lorsqu’ils s’effondrent;

cette hausse d’alcalinité stimule le nanoplancton;

le carbone est ensuite stocké dans les profondeurs océaniques pendant des millénaires

https://www.meteomedia.com/fr/nouvelles/climat/impacts/sacrifice-des-coraux-comment-leur-agonie-sauve-la-planete

#ChangementClimatique #RéchauffementClimatique #BouleversementClimatique #InstabilitéClimatique #AtrocitéDeMasse #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat

National greenhouse gas inventories systematically undercount methane and nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater due to outdated methods and incomplete coverage. Addressing these discrepancies is essential to strengthen transparency in global climate efforts and improving the effectiveness of national mitigation strategies

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02555-7

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#USA #US

Hurricane Helene, one of the deadliest hurricanes in US history, did not affect people's views on climate change or their intentions to vote for politicians advocating stricter climate policies. This is shown in a new study from the University of Gothenburg. "Attitudes unchanged: no support for increased climate change beliefs, concerns, or voting intentions after Hurricane Helene" is published in Environmental Research Communications

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-hurricane-helene-shift-climate-views.html

#ClimateChange #climate

#Australia

Reduced mixing could also impact marine ecosystems. When nutrients from deeper waters fail to reach the sunlit surface, organisms living in shallow waters have less food. Weaker mixing also prevents excess heat in the surface waters from dissipating into deeper layers, making shallow waters even hotter for organisms already under stress from rising temperatures

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-ocean-saltiest-regions-freshening-circulation.html

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Amazon

Deforestation In The Amazon Raises The Surface Temperature By 3 °C During The Dry Season

Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%. The loss of vegetation leads to an increase in surface temperature, a decrease in evapotranspiration, and a reduction in precipitation during the dry season and in the number of rainy days

https://www.eurasiareview.com/14022026-deforestation-in-the-amazon-raises-the-surface-temperature-by-3-c-during-the-dry-season/

#ClimateChange #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Brazil

Researchers who trapped mosquitoes in a region of the Brazilian rainforest found that they are turning to humans for sustenance as deforestation takes away the habitat of their animal hosts.

Blood meals from female mosquitoes (the only ones who suck blood) revealed an overwhelming amount of humans compared to birds, amphibians, and other mammals

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a70035119/mosquito-eating-habits/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #environment #climate

#Barrow #Walney #Millom #UK

An online tool detailing Climate Central’s modelling shows that parts of Walney Island, areas surrounding Roose Road in Barrow and parts of Millom including the rugby club could be under water due to sea level rises and coastal flooding

https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/25851682.areas-barrow-millom-underwater-2050/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

A new analysis suggests parts of Earth’s climate system may be approaching dangerous tipping points sooner than scientists once expected

“We’re now moving away from that stability and could be entering a period of unprecedented #ClimateChange .”

That matters because tipping points aren’t just about gradual change. They’re about systems snapping into a different state. Once a shift happens, it can make other shifts more likely, like dominoes in a tightly connected world

https://www.earth.com/news/earth-may-be-approaching-irreversible-climate-tipping-points/

#Psychology #psy

Individuals who behave sustainably tend to prioritize environmentally friendly options, even when these options are more costly or less convenient. In such cases, brain regions including the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens are activated. These regions are associated with the representation of subjective value attributed to different decision options

https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2026/improving_our_understanding_of_environmental_behavior_by_examining_the_brain/index_eng.html

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Global croplands emitted 2.5 (95% CI 2.4–2.7) GtCO2e yr−1, with drained peatlands (35%), rice paddies (35%) and synthetic fertilizer (23%) as the primary contributors. Four crops—rice, maize, oil palm and wheat—accounted for 67% of total emissions. Emission areal intensities averaged 2 MgCO2e ha−1 globally, with higher intensities in Asia and Europe, where croplands also achieved high caloric productivity

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02558-4

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #environment #climate

#Brazil #India #canada

In Brazil, concerns about #climate change (index score=78), extreme weather and forest fires (77) top the list, reflecting the country’s vulnerability to environmental crises. Similarly, India ranks #ClimateChange (53) and the destruction of natural habitats (51) as its primary worries, underscoring the growing urgency of ecological threats in the "Global South"
In Canada, fears of trade wars (68), extreme weather and forest fires (65) dominate

https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/35836/most-significant-risks-faced-by-a-selection-of-countries-in-2026/

Forests influence climate not only by storing carbon but by cooling the air, moderating extreme temperatures, and regulating water flows in ways that directly affect human well-being, concludes an academic review published this week in the journal Science

These effects are strongest at the local level: intact forests can make surrounding areas markedly cooler, stabilize rainfall, and create microclimates that support agriculture, health, and daily life

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/forests-dont-just-store-carbon-they-keep-people-alive-scientists-say/

#ClimateChange

#sport #JO

Charted: Climate Change Is Shrinking the Pool of Winter Olympic Host Cities

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/climate-change-shrinking-pool-of-winter-olympic-host-cities/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#UK

As a whole, 2025 from spring onwards was exceptionally dry. Fast forward to the new year, and we’re facing the opposite – weeks of rainfall and flooding. These extremes are what we expect to see in this part of the world, as heat builds up in the global atmosphere and oceans. For British people, this is what climate change right now feels like

https://theconversation.com/britains-relentless-rain-shows-climate-predictions-playing-out-as-expected-275840

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

En fin de compte, observe M. Hausfather, nous avons des preuves très solides que le changement climatique accentue certains phénomènes, tels que les vagues de chaleur extrême, les précipitations extrêmes & les feux de forêt dans certaines régions, comme la forêt boréale. Mais en ce qui concerne les épisodes de froid extrême, nous avons plutôt des preuves indiquant qu’il les atténue
https://www.ledevoir.com/actualites/environnement/956163/non-changements-climatiques-aggravent-pas-episodes-froid-extreme?
#ChangementClimatique #RéchauffementClimatique #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat

#Chine

Renforcée par la végétation, l’évapotranspiration prélève plus d’eau sur les systèmes locaux qu’elle n’en apporte, ce qui accentue le cycle de l’eau

Cette dynamique a des conséquences importantes pour la gestion de l’eau en Chine, surtout dans le nord du pays, qui ne dispose que de 20 % des ressources en eau mais abrite 46 % de la population et 60 % des terres cultivables

https://www.rse-magazine.com/la-chine-a-plante-des-milliards-darbres-et-le-climat-en-paie-deja-le-prix/

#ChangementClimatique #RéchauffementClimatique #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat

La neige et la glace reculent, ce qui réduit la capacité du sol à réfléchir la lumière. L’humidité augmente dans l’air, modifiant la circulation de la chaleur. Les polluants présents en altitude, comme les aérosols, influencent aussi l’absorption du rayonnement solaire

https://www.science-et-vie.com/nature-et-environnement/rechauffement-climatique/voici-pourquoi-le-changement-climatique-en-montagne-sintensifie-plus-vite-quailleurs-225676.html

#ChangementClimatique #RéchauffementClimatique #BouleversementClimatique #InstabilitéClimatique #AtrocitéDeMasse #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat

#Amazon

How Resource Extraction and Infrastructure Projects Are Driving the Climate Crisis in the Amazon

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https://www.boell.de/en/2026/02/12/how-resource-extraction-and-infrastructure-projects-are-driving-climate-crisis-amazon

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Over 3,100 surging glaciers identified globally, concentrated in dense clusters across the Arctic, High Mountain Asia, and the Andes

81 glaciers are shown to pose the greatest danger when they surge, with the majority in the Karakoram Mountains where they threaten populated valleys

Climate change is making surge behaviour increasingly unpredictable, such as extreme weather events triggering earlier-than-expected surges

https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/new-research-reveals-how-warming-climate-is-changing-troublesome-glacier-behaviour

#ClimateChange #environment #climate

The authors find that research on freshwater ecosystem engineers (animals, plants and insects) has lagged behind comparable work in terrestrial ecosystems. Existing studies focus far more on hydrological extremes such as flooding than on temperature-driven pressures and drought, despite these becoming increasingly severe under climate change

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-freshwater-ecosystems-play-critical-role.html

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Does concern about climate change influence meat choices? New U.S. survey suggests it does

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260209/Does-concern-about-climate-change-influence-meat-choices-New-US-survey-suggests-it-does.aspx

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

‘Make for break for net-zero’: Rishi Sunak calls a July general election

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced in a surprise intervention that the UK general election will take place on 4 July this year, with green groups stressing that this election could either ‘make or break’ the UK’s net-zero future

https://washingtonexec.com/2024/05/top-climate-change-execs-to-watch-in-2024/

#UK #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate