In 2024 we emitted more greenhouse gases into our atmosphere in a single year than any year before it. The increase from 2023 was small—0.8 percent—but still, global emissions continue to rise, despite science telling us we should have bent the global emissions' curve downward by 2020

https://www.wired.com/story/the-earth-is-nearing-an-environmental-tipping-point/

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

In 2024 we emitted more greenhouse gases into our atmosphere in a single year than any year before it. The increase from 2023 was small—0.8 percent—but still, global emissions continue to rise, despite science telling us we should have bent the global emissions' curve downward by 2020

https://www.wired.com/story/the-earth-is-nearing-an-environmental-tipping-point/

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

Here is my #Introduction for #ScienceMastodon

I am ecologist interested in soil biodiversity and global change.

We work on many factors of global change, including: #climatechange #microplastics #pollution

Our focal organisms are #fungi and we work on saprobic fungi as well as on fungi forming #mycorrhiza

#SoilEcology #environment #SoilBiodiversity #Berlin #microbiology #MicrobialEcology #soil #GlobalChange #ecology #EnvironmentalScience #pesticides #GlobalWarming #PlasticPollution

2025 One of Costliest Years for Climate Disasters: Report

The top-10 costliest climate disasters include wildfires, cyclones, extreme rainfall and flooding, and droughts spanning four continents. Together, they resulted in economic losses of $120 billion

https://earth.org/2025-one-of-costliest-years-for-climate-disasters-report/

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

2025 One of Costliest Years for Climate Disasters: Report

The top-10 costliest climate disasters include wildfires, cyclones, extreme rainfall and flooding, and droughts spanning four continents. Together, they resulted in economic losses of $120 billion

https://earth.org/2025-one-of-costliest-years-for-climate-disasters-report/

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

The #DoomsdayGlacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse

An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the #ThwaitesGlacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be only a matter of time.

by Ritsuko Kawai, Dec 22, 2025 9:43 AM

Excerpt: "Known as the ' #Doomsday Glacier,' the Thwaites Glacier in #Antarctica is one of the most rapidly changing glaciers on Earth, and its future evolution is one of the biggest unknowns when it comes to predicting global sea level rise.

"The eastern ice shelf of the Thwaites Glacier is supported at its northern end by a ridge of the ocean floor. However, over the past two decades, cracks in the upper reaches of the glacier have increased rapidly, weakening its structural stability. A new study by the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) presents a detailed record of this gradual collapse process.

"Researchers at the Centre for Earth Observation and Science at the University of Manitoba, Canada, analyzed observational data from 2002 to 2022 to track the formation and propagation of cracks in the ice shelf shear zone. They discovered that as the cracks grew, the connection between the ice shelf and the mid-ocean ridge weakened, accelerating the upstream flow of ice."

Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/the-doomsday-glacier-is-getting-closer-and-closer-to-irreversible-collapse

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fNNm0

#DoomsdayGlacier #GlobalWarming #SeaLevelRise #Oiligarchy #ClimateChangeIsRead #ClimateScience #Thwaites #GlobalSeaLevelRise

#Antarctica

Antarctica completely collapsed 9,000 years ago under similar climate conditions as Earth has today

About 9,000 years ago, part of Antarctica’s eastern ice sheet collapsed astonishingly fast, driven by warmer ocean water. The study focuses on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, a vast body of land ice in East Antarctica

https://www.earth.com/news/antarctica-collapsed-9000-years-ago-under-similar-climate-conditions-as-earth-today/

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

#Antarctica

Antarctica completely collapsed 9,000 years ago under similar climate conditions as Earth has today

About 9,000 years ago, part of Antarctica’s eastern ice sheet collapsed astonishingly fast, driven by warmer ocean water. The study focuses on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, a vast body of land ice in East Antarctica

https://www.earth.com/news/antarctica-collapsed-9000-years-ago-under-similar-climate-conditions-as-earth-today/

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

According to global risk experts surveyed across 57 countries, climate change has steadily climbed to the top of the risk rankings from 2021 onwards and continues to dominate projections through 2025. What began as an environmental concern has now evolved into a multidimensional crisis, influencing food security, energy supply, migration, economic stability, and geopolitical tensions

https://bharatspeaks.com/why-climate-change-now-ranks-above-cyberattacks-and-geopolitical-conflicts/

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

According to global risk experts surveyed across 57 countries, climate change has steadily climbed to the top of the risk rankings from 2021 onwards and continues to dominate projections through 2025. What began as an environmental concern has now evolved into a multidimensional crisis, influencing food security, energy supply, migration, economic stability, and geopolitical tensions

https://bharatspeaks.com/why-climate-change-now-ranks-above-cyberattacks-and-geopolitical-conflicts/

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

The #DoomsdayGlacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse

An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the #ThwaitesGlacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be only a matter of time.

by Ritsuko Kawai, Dec 22, 2025 9:43 AM

Excerpt: "Known as the ' #Doomsday Glacier,' the Thwaites Glacier in #Antarctica is one of the most rapidly changing glaciers on Earth, and its future evolution is one of the biggest unknowns when it comes to predicting global sea level rise.

"The eastern ice shelf of the Thwaites Glacier is supported at its northern end by a ridge of the ocean floor. However, over the past two decades, cracks in the upper reaches of the glacier have increased rapidly, weakening its structural stability. A new study by the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) presents a detailed record of this gradual collapse process.

"Researchers at the Centre for Earth Observation and Science at the University of Manitoba, Canada, analyzed observational data from 2002 to 2022 to track the formation and propagation of cracks in the ice shelf shear zone. They discovered that as the cracks grew, the connection between the ice shelf and the mid-ocean ridge weakened, accelerating the upstream flow of ice."

Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/the-doomsday-glacier-is-getting-closer-and-closer-to-irreversible-collapse

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fNNm0

#DoomsdayGlacier #GlobalWarming #SeaLevelRise #Oiligarchy #ClimateChangeIsRead #ClimateScience #Thwaites #GlobalSeaLevelRise

#USA #US

‘We look ridiculous’: US government website removes fossil fuels as cause of global warming

'It's like pretending cigarettes don’t cause lung cancer,' says one climate expert

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/12/10/we-look-ridiculous-us-government-website-removes-fossil-fuels-as-cause-of-global-warming

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

Peak Glacier Extinction In The Mid-Twenty-First Century
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02513-9 <-- shared paper
--
“📉 KEY FINDINGS
• At +4 °C, only ~18,000 glaciers remain worldwide by 2100
• At +1.5 °C, ~100,000 glaciers survive
• [They] identif[ed] “Peak Glacier Extinction”:
– ~2041 at +1.5 °C (~2,000 glaciers lost per year)
– ~2055 at +4 °C (~4,000 glaciers lost per year)
🏔️ THE ALPS
• At +2.7 °C, only ~110 glaciers remain by 2100.
• At +4 °C, this drops to just ~20.
Can you imagine the Alps with almost no glaciers left?...”
#model #modeling #global #glacier #loss #glacial #cryosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GloGEM #OGGM #PyGEM #extinction #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #water #hydrology #freshwater #surfacewater #count #metrics #volume #thickness #size #sealevelrise #tourism #culture #usecase #waterresources #Alps #TheAlps #worldwide #melted #melting

#Alps

Half of the glaciers in the Alps will have disappeared within 20 years

80% of the world's 200,000 glaciers will have melted by the end of the century if governments keep their climate promises

https://en.ara.cat/environment/half-of-the-glaciers-in-the-alps-will-have-disappeared-within-20-years_1_5593149.amp.html

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

Peak Glacier Extinction In The Mid-Twenty-First Century
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02513-9 <-- shared paper
--
“📉 KEY FINDINGS
• At +4 °C, only ~18,000 glaciers remain worldwide by 2100
• At +1.5 °C, ~100,000 glaciers survive
• [They] identif[ed] “Peak Glacier Extinction”:
– ~2041 at +1.5 °C (~2,000 glaciers lost per year)
– ~2055 at +4 °C (~4,000 glaciers lost per year)
🏔️ THE ALPS
• At +2.7 °C, only ~110 glaciers remain by 2100.
• At +4 °C, this drops to just ~20.
Can you imagine the Alps with almost no glaciers left?...”
#model #modeling #global #glacier #loss #glacial #cryosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GloGEM #OGGM #PyGEM #extinction #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #water #hydrology #freshwater #surfacewater #count #metrics #volume #thickness #size #sealevelrise #tourism #culture #usecase #waterresources #Alps #TheAlps #worldwide #melted #melting

#AI #tech

AI Will Only Intensify Climate Change. The Tech Moguls Don’t Care.

The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ai-climate-change-bill-gates/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Alps

Half of the glaciers in the Alps will have disappeared within 20 years

80% of the world's 200,000 glaciers will have melted by the end of the century if governments keep their climate promises

https://en.ara.cat/environment/half-of-the-glaciers-in-the-alps-will-have-disappeared-within-20-years_1_5593149.amp.html

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

We Need a Nobel Prize in Climate and Planetary Health.

The climate crisis is humankind’s greatest challenge. We call for a new Nobel Prize to honor those leading the way forward — and we begin by endowing the first award with €1,000,000.

https://www.climatenobelprize.org/

Great initiative by Ecosia!

#Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ecosia #nobelprize #climateaction #climatenobelprize

#USA #US

‘We look ridiculous’: US government website removes fossil fuels as cause of global warming

'It's like pretending cigarettes don’t cause lung cancer,' says one climate expert

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/12/10/we-look-ridiculous-us-government-website-removes-fossil-fuels-as-cause-of-global-warming

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

#USA #US #canada

Lake Erie turning the corner, but climate, contaminants pose risks

Lake Erie sees reduced nutrient runoff and signs of recovery, but climate change and emerging threats continue to challenge long-term restoration efforts

https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/lake-erie-turning-the-corner-but-climate-contaminants-pose-risks/897654.html

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate