Irene Quaile

Sea levels around the world are much higher than we thought Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face losing their homes to rising waters earlier than expected

99% of research on sea level rise impacts got current sea level wrong (!).
That doesn't mean projections of <1m of sea level rise by 2100 are incorrect.
But it does mean the consequences of this rise will happen sooner, since we're starting from a higher baseline www.newscientist.com/article/2517...

Over 40% of global shipping by volume exists to move fossil fuels from one place to another.

A huge share of the world's maritime infrastructure has been built around a system that is going to change dramatically as renewable energy and electrification displace fossil fuels.

Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves; Scientists Say a Warming Ocean Is to Blame - Inside Climate News After decades of recovery from commercial whaling, climate change is now threatening the whales’ future.

Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves
due to climate change
After years of being butchered by humans their recover is now once again in peril
insideclimatenews.org/news/2702202...

Indeed!

Breaking: China's official statistics report a 0.3% drop in CO2 emissions from energy&industry in 2025, the third time that annual emissions have fallen this century and the first fall predominantly driven by clean energy growth. 🧵

“We find that climate change is universally considered the most serious security issue in the Arctic”

Earth's heat to produce electricity for homes in UK clean energy first Water super-heated by rocks will also provide the UK's first domestic supply of the critical mineral lithium.

Drilling 3 miles below the surface - where temperatures climb to nearly 200C
Earth's heat to power 10,000 homes in UK
The water, super-heated by rocks, will help drive turbines to generate electricity for 10,000 homes, and provide UK's first domestic supply of lithium
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds.

“The American dream turns into the American nightmare as we start to look at what we’re doing to biodiversity and systems that we depend on as humans."

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"Greenland should be in the news because climate change is disrupting the key role it plays in the world’s climate system and in influencing sea level, with consequences for the livelihoods and lives of billions of people around the globe."

Year-to-year variability with a long-term decline in January #Arctic sea ice volume (bar) and thickness (map). Updated through January 2026 🧊

Additional graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

A risk assessment does not provide a counsel of despair. It gives a clear picture of the outcomes that societies can still choose to avoid. A global climate-change risk assessment would support the development of timely measures for climate-change mitigation and highlight the extent of human agency.

Urgent action on climate change needed to protect women’s health, warns RCOG - ITN Business Climate change is a growing health emergency, with women and girls among the most vulnerable to its impacts.

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Urgent action on climate change needed to protect women’s health, warns RCOG - ITN Business

Find out more: business.itn.co.uk/urgent-a...

#ClimateAction

Climate Action the ‘Not-So-Secret Weapon’ Against ‘New World Disorder’: Stiell Climate Action Can Deliver Stability in an Unstable World A new era of climate action and implementation can be the “not-so-secret weapon we need to deliver security and prosperity” while countering the “new world disorder” in which countries currently find ...

“climate action can deliver stability in an unstable world. In the face of the current chaos, we can, and must, drive forward a new era of international climate cooperation.”

Climate Action the ‘Not-So-Secret Weapon’ Against ‘New World Disorder’: Stiell www.theenergymix.com/climate-acti...

Environmental action can improve wellbeing in Scotland If fairness is built in from the start, environmental action can cut bills, improve homes, and reduce food insecurity in Scotland

If fairness is built in from the start, environmental action can cut bills, improve homes, and reduce food insecurity in Scotland | Liz Gadd

My article on @arctictoday.bsky.social :

Arctic sea ice extent was 1.32 million km² lower than 1981-2010 on February 23, 2026 (black), the second lowest anomaly on record for the time of year and a deviation from 1981-2010 of -2.89σ. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Das soll im neuen Heizungsgesetz stehen Die Förderung für klimafreundliche Heizungen bleibt bis mindestens 2029 bestehen. Doch ansonsten ändert sich nun einiges: Das neue Heizungsgesetz der Koalition lockert strenge Vorgaben deutlich.

www.n-tv.de/politik/Das-...

Das steht im neuen Heizungsgesetz.
Jeder darf wieder selber entscheiden. Gas, Öl ist wieder in.
Das wird leider bald unbezahlbar werden. Ihr solltet gut überlegen☝🏼☝🏼

Das darf doch alles nicht wahr sein.

Kritik an den geplanten Änderungen des Heizungsgesetzes

Die Regierung vermurkst das #Heizungsgesetz. Öl- und #Gasheizungen werden wieder salonfähig – mehr riskante Energieimporte und hohe CO₂-Emissionen. Korrigieren soll das eine #Grüngasquote. Doch die “grünen Gase” sind extrem teuer und in den Mengen gar nicht verfügbar.

"Research shows that people underestimate how many people actually support climate action. When we think we are alone, we hold back. When support for climate action becomes visible, our willingness to take action increases. Talk about climate. Take action!"
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

Eis in Grönland verhält sich seltsam – Forscher glauben, endlich zu wissen, warum Eis in Grönland ist ungewöhnlich weich. Neue Messungen zeigen thermische Bewegungsschichten. Forscher sehen darin Hinweise auf Meeresspiegelanstieg.

Eis in Grönland ist ungewöhnlich weich. Neue Messungen zeigen thermische Bewegungsschichten. Forscher sehen darin Hinweise auf Meeresspiegelanstieg. www.merkur.de/wissen/eis-i...

Geopolitical posturing and resource-grabbing: Trump’s distraction from the real Greenland problem Geopolitical posturing and resource-grabbing: Trump is distracting from the real Greenland problem, as climate warming melts the ice, raising sea levels and disrupting ocean currents and weather pa…

Geopolitical posturing and resource-grabbing: Trump is distracting from the real Greenland problem, as climate warming melts the ice, raising sea levels and disrupting ocean currents and weather patterns across the globe.My new post:

iceblog.org/2026/02/21/g...

In Thailand, a coral cryobank tries to buy time for dying reefs In a quiet laboratory at Phuket Rajabhat University in southern Thailand, Preeyanuch Thongpoo is attempting to freeze time. As a molecular biologist, her work focuses on the cryopreservation of live…

Scientists in Phuket are freezing coral larvae and algae to build a “living seed bank” for Thailand’s reefs after repeated bleaching since 2022.

Experts call it genetic insurance — but say restoration still depends on cleaner water, regulated tourism and stronger community protection.

Why the UK needs an ambitious new EU deal ‘Made in Europe’ initiative causes concern for British businesses about EU protectionism as it responds to increasing global instability

"We live in an entirely different geopolitical world order from that which existed in 2016 or even 2022. The special relationship the UK once enjoyed with the USA is at best unpredictable."

Line graph time series of 2026's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2025. 2026 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between January and March by looking at the decadal average line positions.

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)

• about 410,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,000,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,510,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,970,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Models need data. Thanks for all your hard fieldwork!

Atlantic Puffin at Hornøya, Norway

New opening for a 3-year PhD project in 'Seabird Ecology in a Changing Arctic' at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (Tromsø) and the Arctic University of Norway (UiT). Apply before 25 Mar 2026. #seabirdscience @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social nina.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/84-phd-...

Yes!

Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming - Nature Climate Change Climate change threatens the future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here the authors show that individual drainage basins have different thresholds and loss patterns, suggesting the need to consider the d...

⚠️"A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica"

I.e. The Paris Agreement target locks in approximately 2.1 metres sea-level equivalent from WAIS alone.

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