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🌡️ The #C3S Climate Pulse app makes temperature data easy for everyone – compare decades, explore trends, zoom into regions and download or share your findings with a click. Tracking global surface air and sea temperatures has never been easier.

Microscopic shifts, global stakes – how Antarctic sea ice loss is disrupting ocean ecosystems - ACEAS Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is shr...

Recent research shows low sea ice is changing #phytoplankton bloom timing and composition in the Southern Ocean.

“Phytoplankton are the ocean’s version of the Amazon rainforest,” says ACEAS lead author Tamara Schlosser from @utas.edu.au.

🔗 Read the news article: antarctic.org.au/microscopic-...

The world faces a “new reality” as we have reached the first of many Earth system tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action, according to a landmark report released today.
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‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs under way, as world reaches first tipping point With global warming set to breach 1.5°C, world dangerously close to further catastrophic tipping points T...

“Only with a combination of decisive policy & civil society action can the world tip its trajectory from facing existential Earth system tipping point risks to seizing positive tipping point opportunities.” - Prof. Tim Lenton, @gsiexeter.bsky.social

#ClimateEmergency

Not good news:

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica | CNN Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the #Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an "astonishing rate", scientists have found, raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been underestimated.

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Japan’s first Antarctic radio telescope shoots for the stars | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis Researchers plan to install the first Japanese radio telescope in Antarctica to study how stars are formed, enhancing the frozen continent’s reputation as the best location on Earth to observe cosmic ...

Researchers plan to install the first Japanese radio telescope in #Antarctica, near Dome Fuji Station at an altitude of 3,800 meters, to study how stars are formed, enhancing the frozen continent's reputation as the best location on Earth to observe cosmic phenomena.

www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...

Yaay!!!

Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

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Goodall: 'The biggest problem is greed' A tireless advocate for conservation and one of the world's most prominent primatologists, Jane Goodall travels 300 days a year, explaining why it's important to protect our environment and wildlife.

The biggest problem is greed' says conservationist Jane #Goodall by my colleague @SamBaker Lovely interview with one of the world's greatest #conservationists

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Great lady.

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Antarctic Ice Sheet tipping in the last 800,000 years warns of future ice loss - Communications Earth & Environment The Antarctic Ice Sheet exhibits hysteresis and irreversible ice loss, with West Antarctic collapse contributing over 4 m of sea-level rise even under minimal additional warming, according to 800,000-...

Simulations covering 800,000 years show that a slight deep-ocean warming can trigger West #Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse, raising sea level by about 4 metres.

Today’s temperatures are already at this threshold. Future irreversible ice sheet loss may occur with little/no further climate warming.

Record-breaking glacier melt on Svalbard Svalbard ice loss in 2024 accounted for 10% of the sea-level rise contribution from all glaciers in the world, a new study highlights.

Record-breaking glacier melt on Svalbard
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Frank Böttcher: Alarmierender Appell auf Extremwetterkongress: „Die Realität überholt die Modelllage“ Drei Grad globale Erhitzung bereits im Jahr 2050 – das halten einige Wissenschaftler inzwischen für nicht mehr unwahrscheinlich. Meteorologen und Physiker richten zum Abschluss des Hamburger Extremwet...

"At 3 degrees Celsius, this desert climate jumps into parts of Spain. In 2050, Brandenburg could be in a climate zone that we had in Spain in the 1970s. And Saarland could have the current climate of southern France"

#ClimateEmergency

Scary?

Warnung vor noch größerer Klimakrise: Unfassbare drei Grad mehr für die heute Lebenden Es ist Zeit zu handeln. Jetzt. Sofort. Radikal. Die menschengemachte Erderhitzung kann nicht mehr gestoppt, nur noch ein bisschen abgemildert werden.

Drei Grad mehr schon 2050: Klimaforscher:innen warnen vor schneller werdender Erderhitzung, die die heute lebenden Treffen wird. Es ist Zeit zu handeln. Jetzt. Sofort. Radikal. Mein Kommentar @taz.de
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UN General Assembly: Live News and Updates President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate conference that his country would seek to reduce emissions by at least 7 to 10 percent by 2035. Ukraine’s president appealed for more weapons to fight Russia and warned of the dangers of a new arms race.

China, the world’s largest carbon polluter, announced at the UN on Wednesday that it intended to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 7% by 2035. It was the first time Beijing has made such a strong commitment to halt global warming. Follow live updates from the UN General Assembly.

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone 24.09.2025 - A new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that 7 of the 9 critical Earth system boundaries have now been breached, one more than last year.

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone

„Every further bit of warming we can avoid, even if it’s above 1.5 degrees, will help avoid or a least limit escalating damages (…)
“And the less we allow global warming to climb further, the greater the options we have to bring global warming back down to 1.5 degrees again.”

Oh no:-(

Climate change is not a con-job. If you want to know more about the evidence for and causes of #ClimateChange, head to our website: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

“If you want people to change their lifestyle habits, then you need to emphasize convenience and reduce barrier.“

Mr Stiell has a tough job:

How Norway Adopted New Tech in Its Hunt for ‘Missing’ Oil

Terrible: @nytimes writes admiring story about hi-tech oil drilling off #Norway without even mentioning climate change and how Oslo is failing to cut emissions as promised under the Paris Agreement www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’ New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023

„If all of the planned new extraction takes place, the world will produce more than double the quantity of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with holding global temperature rises to 1.5C above preindustrial levels.“

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Polar warming: Abrupt changes in Antarctic call for emissions cuts not geoengineering The polar regions are undergoing alarming climate changes, particularly in Antarctica, where ice loss is accelerating. A study warns that geoengineering solutions are unlikely to be effective, distracting from essential emission reduction efforts. Immediate, evidence-based actions are necessary to combat climate change and achieve net-zero emissions to stabilize global temperatures.

Abrupt and alarming changes in the icy Antarctic region call for urgent measures. We have the means to cut emissions and limit further warming. Geoengineering projects only raise false hopes and divert resources.

Dürren, Fluten, Extremregen: Wasserkreislauf aus den Fugen Rekordhitze, Fluss-Hochwasser in Europa, tödliche Überschwemmungen in Spanien. Ein Bericht der Weltwetterorganisation zeigt: Wir erleben eine Wasserkrise.

"Bildlich gesehen entspreche der gesamte Eisverlust dem Volumen eines Eiswürfels von 7 Kilometern Kantenlänge. Das erhöhe den Meeresspiegel um etwa 1,2 Millimeter. Viele Gebiete mit kleineren Gletschern hätten bereits den höchsten Schmelzpunkt erreicht "
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