John_Green guru

Antarctica heartbreaking scenes as defenceless penguins and whales look on as huge industrial ships scoop up their food, they depend on to survive, vast amounts of krill
BAN KRILL FISHING IN ANTARCTICA NOW seashepherd.org/antarctica/

Why was Hurricane Melissa so powerful? And did climate change play a role? Renowned climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com separates fact from fiction. #ThisIsClimateChange

Post 334 (incl posts on X): Cryospheres - worryingly trend developing?
Arctic gained 897,000km, down to 5th. Antarctic lost 281,000 km, kept at 3rd.
Antarctica 16,680,000 km and approx 1.1 million km below average. Arctic 7,024,000km & 2.2 million km below average.
Arctic sea ice volume uncertain?

Here's something that's not talked about enough

The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year

1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

These deaths could are avoidable.

Switching to renewables would save these lives.

We are faced with a choice, save lives or kill people.

As a society we need to actively choose to do the right thing.

This week marks the end of access across the NE Passage over the Arctic (without an ice breaker).

Post 333 (incl. posts on X):
Both cryospheres worse this week, Arctic gained 316,000km, down to 8th. Antarctic lost 303,000 km, kept at 3rd. Antarctica 16,961,000 km and approx 1.1 million km below average. Arctic 6,127,000km approx 2.5 million km below average. Also Arctic sea ice volume still low.

I was trying to be ironic, sorry for being unclear.

DOn't worry about the environmental damage of a few few flights by SpaceX's Starship - they will only be for the ruling elite.
The same ruling elite that by their actions around the world are already bringing us to our knees economically and fighting any transition actions to save our ecosystem.

Rishi Sunak is as rich as the King. But in 2022, he paid the same tax rate as *a nurse*.

Our tax system is broken.

Right now, multimillionaires like Sunak hoard wealth, while 1/3 kids grow up in poverty. Enough.

We're forcing a reckoning.

Can you support us? www.gndrising.org/campaigns/fu...

Syria's worst drought in decades pushes millions to the brink The drought has slashed wheat harvests by 40% in a country where nearly 90% of the population already lives in poverty.

'rainfall has dropped by nearly 70%, crippling 75% of Syria's rain-fed farmland

"This is the difference between families being able to stay in their communities or being forced to migrate... For rural families, it means the collapse of their livelihoods"'

#Syria 🇸🇾
#ClimateEmergency

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Look what showed up in the mail! First copies of my book from @mitpress.bsky.social 🎉📚 Official release Nov 25th.

If you're interested in using the book for a course, please feel free to reach out to me directly.

Antifa again terrorizing the community with music, smiles, and civic joy. Imagine the horror of people being fed from gardens, reading in libraries, honoring MLK, and driving Subarus. Civilization clearly hanging by a thread of decency.

👇👇

Post 332 (incl. posts on X):
Cryospheres transitioned, Arctic GAINED 410,000km, down to 10th. Antarctic lost 163,000 km, kept at 3rd.
Antarctica 17,264,000 km and approx 1 million km below average. Arctic 5,811,000km approx 2.3 million km below average.
Finally Arctic sea ice volume still VERY low.

Prime Minister Carney’s climate track record: grand bargain or bargain bin? Carney once wrote that “climate change is the most pressing issue of our time.” It’s time to act like it. Canadians deserve a government that meets its climate obligations, not one that gives up on th...

PM Carney once called climate change “the most pressing issue of our time.” So why then is his government fast-tracking fossil fuel projects that turbo-charge these types of climate disasters? Our latest blog warns that this approach puts Canada’s climate goals and our communities' health at risk.

Map showing Climate Shift Index for Oct 10, 2025, highlighting unusually warm temperatures across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona. Areas in red show strong climate change influence on above-average heat, with highs of 93°F in San Antonio, 84°F in Amarillo, and 75°F in Colorado Springs.

Much of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado & Arizona will step out Friday into temps 5°–15°F above average.

🔴Climate Shift Index shows this unusual early-October warmth like this is made more likely across the South & Southwest by human-caused climate change

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Post 331 (incl. posts on X):
Cryospheres in transition, Arctic GAINED 526,000km, up to 12th! Antarctic LOST 223,000 km, down to 3rd.
Antarctica 17,427,000 km and approx 1 million km below average. Arctic 5,401,000km approx 2 million km below average.
But Arctic sea ice volume still lowest ever!

Atlantic hurricanes now twice as likely to strengthen from weak to major intensity in 24 hours, researchers suggest Atlantic hurricanes may now be more than twice as likely to strengthen from a weak Category 1 hurricane to a major Category 3 or stronger hurricane in a 24-hour period than they were between 1970 and ...

"Atlantic hurricanes may now be more than twice as likely to strengthen from a weak Category 1 hurricane to a major Category 3 or stronger hurricane in a 24-hour period than they were between 1970 and 1990"

phys.org/news/2023-10...

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

The latest episode of Climate Conversations looks at climate change and nature.

Alex talks to science communicator Sophie Pavelle on the role of symbiotic relationships in the overall health of ecosystem and how these are changing.

👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5eI...

The surging price tag of wildfires, in one chart Wildfires are getting worse — and a lot more expensive for the rest of us.

Wildfires aren’t just getting bigger. They’re getting massively more expensive.

A new study shows the most destructive fires are happening more often, fueled by climate change, urban sprawl, and decades of fire suppression.

@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...

People who put political power and ambition above all else
including a livable planet

I've never heard a better political speech than that just delivered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social at #gpconf 👏

Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!

#GreenParty

At the Corporate Fair Share hearing

Sen. Liz Miranda: “When we allow large corporations to exploit the tax code, we are not just draining resources from our commonwealth we are deepening racial and economic inequality.” #mapoli

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero