Bob Ramsak

Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened. The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.

Even as elites abandon any pretense of giving a shit ... climate change is accelerating.

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

NEW: The EU’s reversal of the 2035 car CO2 target will create huge uncertainty in the EV market and could cause EV market share to fall between 50-95% by 2035 instead of 100%.

The proposal would also push car CO2 emissions 10% higher than under the current target.

A breakdown of T&E’s analysis 🧵

We're winning.

A study by energy think tank Ember found that the EU’s electricity transition reached a new milestone in 2025 with wind and solar generating more power than fossil fuels for the first time.

Thread du jour 👇👇👇

Cool shot. Looks more like a lizard than a bird at first glance.

📢 The Global Climate Highlights report is OUT 📢
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

🌡️ 2025 was 3rd warmest year on record and the warmest La Niña year on record
📈 2023-2025 is the first three year period above 1.5ºC (according to ERA5)

#dataviz #dataviz4climate

These men love that they are officially sanctioned to abuse women.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, taken today, this Common Chiffchaff fanning its feathers just before taking flight at the Parc Naturel départemental Vaugrenier, Near Antibes, France.

A most excellent quartet!

Thanks - he was foraging on the other side of a small railing next to a playground and had to get this in case he decided to fly away. Turned out pretty well.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #ShortBeaks, here are a few shots of a House Sparrow with leucism snapped a few days ago in central Nice, France. Can someone point me to info about how common leucism is in sparrows? Or in birds around the Mediterranean? Thank you!

#Birds
#BirdPhotography

Appreciation post for Dr G, who seems to be carrying most of the weight of "yo, maybe we should still try to reduce fossil fuels" and "yo, maybe it's urgent to do that" on her back

Trump just said what it is all about.
The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.

Just possibly it's the oil? A solar panel is the new peace sign

International law won't constrain Trump's thirst for oil. But every solar panel that goes up makes crude reserves that much less valuable
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...

The Liberated Colony of Venezuelar.

For the last #BirdOfTheDay for 2025, on the theme of #reflections, here is a Great Cormorant captured at the Parc Naturel Départemental de Vaugrenier in Villeneuve-Loubet, France, a few weeks ago.

May the new year bring more kindness, empathy and compassion. 🥂 ✌️

Some men may downplay climate change risks to avoid appearing feminine A new study finds that men who are anxious about their masculinity are less likely to care about climate change. They may view environmental concern as a feminine trait that threatens their image.

Why we have to take ‘toxic masculinity’ literally

Some men may downplay climate change risks to avoid appearing feminine

www.psypost.org/some-men-may... 🧪

Beautiful shot of a beautiful bird.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #branchingout, as in birds on branches, a quartet captured today at the Parc Naturel Départemental de Vaugrenier in Villeneuve-Loubet, France, just up the coast from Nice: a Rose-Ringed Parakeet, Eurasian Green Woodpecker, a Black-headed Gull and a Great Cormorant.

Six photos show how climate change shaped our world in 2025 » Yale Climate Connections This year's most notable wildfires, hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, and heavy rains were made more devastating and deadly by climate change.

Six photos show how climate change shaped our world in 2025 yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/six-...

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Beautiful shots.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #mostrecent, this quartet snapped late this morning along the Sava River in Ljubljana, Slovenia: an Eurasian Kestrel, an Eurasian Nuthatch (a new lifer!), a Grey Heron and an acrobatic Mute Swan.

The ice at Santa's workshop is melting away... #NorthPole 🎁🧑‍🎄

Check out my blog from November 2022 on this graphic at zacklabe.com/blog-archive...

Beautiful bird!

Nice shot!

Most definitely a cool crow.

A Mallard Duck with a bright irridescent green and blue head and bright yellow bill, flaps its wings to dry them above the surface of the Laghi de Fusine, an alpine lake in the Julian Alps near the Italian-Slovenian border. Drops of water splash and small waves form along the surface of the water which otherwise is relatively calm.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #SideProfiles, a Mallard snapped this afternoon at the the lower (but larger) of the two Laghi di Fusine in Tarvisio, Italy, just west of the border with Slovenia in the Julian Alps.

#Birds
#NaturePhotography
#JulianAlps

The singing ice (aka acoustic disperion) of Lago del Predil, a lake on the Slovenian-Italian border in the Julian Alps. (Volume on!)

With a surface area of about 1sq km, it's the second largest natural lake in Italy's Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

21 Dec 2025

#JulianAlps #NaturePhotography

Sounds like something Mike Johnson would say.