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Just finished this 5-metre-long drystone seating area on the banks of a loch.
It stands about 1.5m tall and will hold a single piece of oak across the three protruding stones to form a bench.
The idea was to create something rooted in the land, not just placed on it. Sheltered, steady, and quietly purposeful. A place to pause and reflect.
Built by hand, no mortar, just time, attention, and stone. All materials sourced locally.
#Drystone #Craft #Scotland #Sustainable #Environment #Nature
You know about that canary in the coal mine, right?
When a canary kept inside a cage dies, the miners need to get out immediately. They are in extreme danger.
For us, the canary is coral reefs. They are dying now, at a rate never seen in human history. We are in extreme danger.
Capitalist commerce and industry are wrecking the planet's biosphere, tampering with the food chain that keeps us and millions of other species alive.
➡️ apnews.com/article/coral-reef-…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record
Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history. That's according to the International Coral Reef Initiative.Isabella O'malley (AP News)
Scientists have identified nine planetary boundaries that help regulate a livable planet. Human activities have pushed six of those nine critical Earth systems beyond safe limits, threatening the stability of life as we know it.
By Bobby Bascomb
news.mongabay.com/short-articl…
#News #Conservation #Environment #EarthDay #PlanetaryBoundaries
This Earth Day pick up some hopeful climate fiction to power you up for the fight for a better world.
#solarpunk #books #climatefiction #sff #hopepunk
#green #sustainability #climatechange #eco #nature #climate #environment #lgbtq #books #ecopunk #sff #bookstadon @bookstodon #EarthDay
Bright Green Futures: 2024 (Solarpunk Anthology)
Go to Bright Green Futures: 2024 (Solarpunk Anthology).lnk.to
The results suggest that while the #IEA has accurately anticipated primary and final energy demand growth, it has historically overestimated the growth in #fossil #fuels and #nuclear #electricity generation and severely underestimated the growth in key #renewable #technologies including solar #photovoltaics and #wind #power, the latter occurring across scenarios.
Source: sciencedirect.com/science/arti…
• #WEO #energy scenarios have significantly underestimated #solar PV growth potential.
• Outlook and normative scenarios indicate bias for nuclear and against renewables.
• Power-to-X flexibility options exist in the #GEC model, though their use is limited.
• Increased #transparency of assumptions for key technologies is required.
• Exogenous limitations of key technologies may impede global energy transitions.
#corruption #science #future #fail #environment #technology #news #co2 #politics #climate #humanity #economy
Shell exits Nigeria, leaving behind trail of environmental degradation
Shell exits Nigeria, leaving behind trail of environmental degradation - BOCVIPBOCVIP
ask #elonmusk: how much $ do you want save on a life, gutting air pollution regs?
#doge
#deregulation
#environment
#health
#COVID
#pollution
#climatecrisis
#uspol
#trump
that is the tax $ trump saves you when he guts #health and #environmental regs, #climate adaption programs, medicare, etc.
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#deregulation
#environment
#health
#COVID
#pollution
#climatecrisis
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#trump
what you think a life is worth, like literally? how much do you want to spend on it?
regulating agencies have think about such things, trolley-problem style.
there's statistical measure for it called the VSL, the value of a statistical life. it is an important concept to know in a trump USA. what is your life worth to this administration? you can measure it.
motherjones.com/politics/2011/…
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#deregulation
#environment
#uspol
#trump
The Value of a Human Life
Or as much as $9.1 million. The odd yet necessary science of calculating the value of a human life.Mother Jones
oh and you know why you have to dip your poultry in disinfectant? bc otherwise its not safe for human consumption bc no regs tell meat plats to clean the fuck up. and you eat that. disgusting and illegal pretty much everywhere else in the world.
#doge
#deregulation
#environment
#uspol
#Europe records hottest #March as global heat stays above #1.5C
source: independent.co.uk/climate-chan…
Scientists and climate experts say the world is not on track to meet the #Paris #Agreement goal of limiting #warming to well below 2C, or ideally 1.5C, unless immediate and deep #emissions cuts are made.
#news #science #environment #earth #weather #future #temperature #heat #climate #crisis
Europe records hottest March as global heat stays above 1.5C
New data shows global temperatures in March averaged 1.6C above pre-industrial levelsStuti Mishra (The Independent)
For the launch of the Bright Green Futures #solarpunk anthology (Earth Day!) each author picked a #giveaway item: @renanbernardo.com's seed-paper notebooks are so cool!
ENTER: lnk.to/BGFgiveaway
#hope #specLit #hopepunk #climatefiction #environment #sustainability #bookstadon @bookstodon #nature #ClimateChange #activism
The environmental burden of the United States’ #bitcoin #mining #boom
Source: nature.com/articles/s41467-025…
From mid-2022 to mid-2023, the 34 mines consumed 32.3 terawatt-hours of #electricity — 33% more than Los Angeles—85% of which came from #fossil #fuels.
#btc #usa #earth #environment #climate #finance #politics #Problem #money #nature #emissions #crypto #hype #blockchain
The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom - Nature Communications
The paper maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines. It finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-2023 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston.Nature
How Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs could kill American innovation
The U.S. has used tariffs to protect industry since 1789. That approach decimated American shipbuilding and could do the same to clean tech
grist.org/economics/how-trumps…
#USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
How Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs could kill American innovation
The U.S. has used tariffs to protect industry since 1789. That approach decimated American shipbuilding and could do the same to clean tech.Tik Root (Grist)
People in the know know what's coming.
🔴 Climate scientists know.
🔴 Top Wall Street financiers know.
🔴 Our "leaders" in business and government know.
Global warming *will* exceed 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average. Effectively it already has.
Any hope of staying below 2°C also appears to be lost. We are now heading toward a 3° world, if not higher.
Of course we should continue working hard to limit the catastrophic damage as much as possible. But you’re a fool if you’re not beginning at this point to prepare for the worst — because that's what's coming.
➡️ eenews.net/articles/big-banks-…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential - E&E News by POLITICO
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degreeCorbin Hiar (E&E News by POLITICO)
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This graphic from the WMO report is one of the best visuals I have seen that clearly illustrates the connection between increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, rising temperatures, and reinforcing feedback loops that lead to devastating high-impact events with consequent risks to populations around the world.
It's not a pretty picture.
LEARN MORE HERE ➡️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
State of the Global Climate 2024
The global climate system is complex. In order to unpack such complexity, the WMO State of the Global Climate uses seven Climate Indicators to describe the changing climate.Esri
If you do NOT want to be one of the many who remain blissfully uninformed — those who somehow can stay complacent amid increasing climate chaos — here is an excellent resource for learning what you need to know.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an agency of the United Nations, provides an annual report on the state of the global climate. This year's effort includes a helpful explainer that covers all the basics with a few minutes reading.
SEE THE EXPLAINER ➡️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4…
I'm going to pick out several highlights and discuss them in a thread below. This post will serve as an introduction. 🧵 1/5
You can find a link to download the full report here ➡️ wmo.int/publication-series/sta…
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
State of the Global Climate 2024
The global climate system is complex. In order to unpack such complexity, the WMO State of the Global Climate uses seven Climate Indicators to describe the changing climate.Esri
#Beijing approves construction of first South #China #Sea #deepwater ‘space station’
source: scmp.com/news/china/science/ar…
The #facility – one of the deepest and most technologically complex #underwater installations ever attempted – is scheduled to be operational by around 2030, with room for six scientists on missions that will last as long as a month.
#technology #resources #mining #environment #news #ocean
Beijing approves construction of first South China Sea deepwater ‘space station’
Scientists will be able to work for up to a month in the facility that will be anchored 2,000 metres below the surface.Stephen Chen (South China Morning Post)
Breaking News ~ The US Adopts Australia's #Coalition #LNP Technology.
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Two days after Director Lee Zeldin announced he was gutting the EPA, Trump announced we are going to fire up “clean coal” plants:
“After years of being held captive by Environmental Extremists, Lunatics, Radicals, and Thugs, allowing other Countries, in particular China, to gain tremendous Economic advantage over us by opening up hundreds of all Coal Fire Power Plants, I am authorizing my Administration to immediately begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL.”
#AusPol #USPol #USPolitics #Trump #EPA #Environment
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Das #Video meines #Winterkongress Vortrags bei der @digiges is online 
#Danke an alle, die den #Kongress & die Aufzeichnung ermöglicht haben!
#Vortrag "Zauberhafte #KI #Welt ?" zur #Geschichte, #Arbeitsbedingungen, Auswirkungen auf #Umwelt & #Gesellschaft von sog. #künstlicheintelligenz
My #talk about " #Magic #AI ?" is online 😀 About implications of ai on #workers #environment & #society
media.ccc.de/v/dgwk2025-56334-…
#Kybernetik #Gamification #GutesLeben #Muße
Zauberhafte KI-Welt? Energie & Arbeit der KI & was sie mit Gesellschaften macht
Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) ist der Modebegriffe der letzten Jahre: KI macht alles leichter, KI hat alle Lösungen, KI wird uns retten. Wa...media.ccc.de
Global South countries are rapidly adopting clean energy, seizing the fastest and cheapest path to prosperity in history.
Source: rmi.org/the-global-souths-clea…
#Trump officials decimate #climate #protections and consider axeing key #greenhouse gas finding
Source: theguardian.com/environment/20…
#usa #government #politics #environment #earth #future #emissions #crisis
Trump officials decimate climate protections and consider axeing key greenhouse gas finding
EPA takes aim at almost every major pollution rule in what environmentalists call act of ‘malice toward the planet’Oliver Milman (The Guardian)
#Climate #crisis is real!!!
source: ourworldindata.org/grapher/oce…
#environment #sea #ocean #temperature #future #earth #warming #problem #heat #news #science #noaa