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Perturbación 95L en el Atlántico central probablemente se desarrollará » Yale Climate Connections Se espera que el sistema se encuentre cerca de las Islas de Sotavento el jueves o viernes.

Se espera que la onda se desarrolle de manera constante esta semana, convirtiéndose en una depresión tropical o tormenta tropical para el jueves, cuando se acercará al noreste de las Islas de Sotavento:

Disasters caused over $131 billion in losses in the first half of 2025 » Yale Climate Connections The costs of such disasters have been rising in the U.S. for a few different reasons.

“This is not just a cost and an insurance issue – it’s a life safety issue, and we want to make sure not just homes but families can stay whole.” – Mark Bove, a meteorologist and natural catastrophe solution manager with Munich Re, a reinsurance company.

BREAKING🚨 Journalist Mario Guevara has officially been deported Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador. This is a shameful erosion of press freedom in the U.S. — the first time that CPJ has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting.
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The flaws of carbon credits designed to protect forests – and how to fix them » Yale Climate Connections An expert explains why some offsets don’t deliver real climate benefits and what must change to make them trustworthy.

You may think you’re offsetting your flight or package delivery – but are those carbon credits actually working? 🌍✈️ Rebecca Sanders-DeMott explains what’s broken, and how to fix it.

Why can’t it be both? 🤿
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Climate change behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China » Yale Climate Connections In the Atlantic, we're watching a tropical wave that emerged from the coast of Africa on October 3 that might develop in about a week as it approaches the Lesser Antilles Islands.

A seemingly modest 7% increase in winds and 12% increase in rain due to global warming increased the damages from Typhoon #Ragasa by over 1/3, a new study has found. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/clim...

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Tia Taffer is a marketing director for Potential Energy Coalition, where she oversees the strategy, development, and execution of campaigns and content, managing creative, digital, and social initiatives to drive impact. For over 15 years, Tia has helped to shape brand and digital strategy for brands both in agencies and in-house, with a passion for mission-driven work. Most recently, Tia oversaw the digital engagement team at Truth Initiative, driving impactful campaigns to inspire young people to live healthy lives.

Tia Taffer is a marketing director for Potential Energy Coalition, where she manages creative, digital, and social initiatives to drive impact.

Rachel Ramirez is an independent climate reporter and a fellow with the Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy. She was previously the climate reporter at CNN and has written for Grist, Vox, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, and more. Ramirez is also the cofounder of the Asian American Journalists Association’s Pacific Islander Task Force. Based in New York City, Ramirez was born and raised on the island of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory just north of Guam.

@rachelreports.bsky.social is an independent climate reporter, a fellow with the Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy, and the cofounder of the Asian American Journalists Association’s Pacific Islander Task Force.

Frank Mungeam is Chief Innovation Officer for the Local Media Association, which works with over 3,000 local media brands, as well as several hundred R&D partners in the industry. LMA’s mission is to help local media companies develop sustainable business models for news. Mungeam leads LMA’s Center for Journalism Funding, focused on developing philanthropic and collaborative models for supporting local journalism, and he leads the Covering Climate Collaborative, a network of 25 local newsrooms and six science partners reporting on the effects of climate change, climate justice, and climate solutions.

@frankwords.bsky.social is Chief Innovation Officer for the Local Media Association. He leads the Covering Climate Collaborative, a network of 25 local newsrooms and six science partners reporting on the effects of climate change, climate justice, and climate solutions.

Casey is a News Application Developer at Thomson Reuters, specializing in automated mapping and turning complex datasets into engaging, easy to understand visuals. Previously, she was a Senior Engineer at Zignal Labs, Locana, and Bocoup. Earlier in her career, Casey worked as a data and graphics journalist at the Los Angeles Times where she created the live wildfires map, and built data driven narratives at Mapbox and Vox Media. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from UNC Chapel Hill.

@caseymm.bsky.social is a News Application Developer at Thomson Reuters, specializing in automated mapping and turning complex datasets into engaging, easy to understand visuals.

Una Kelley is the director of strategic partnerships at NC Local, a news organization dedicated to ensuring all North Carolinians have access to trustworthy information about issues that affect them. She previously served as the director of philanthropic development at The Associated Press, where she led a team focused on institutional fund development. She also served as a deputy within the News Partnerships group where she helped lead a team and a body of cross-departmental initiatives focused on fundraising, program development and grant management. Prior to joining the journalism field, her career was at philanthropic and nonprofit organizations.

Una Kelley is the director of strategic partnerships at NC Local, a news organization dedicated to ensuring all North Carolinians have access to trustworthy information about issues that affect them.

Isaias Hernandez is an environmentalist, educator, and communicator devoted to improving environmental literacy through content creation, storytelling, and public engagements. Isaias is more commonly known by his moniker, Queer Brown Vegan: the independent media platform he started to bring intersectional environmental education to all. Hernandez’ journey to deconstruct complex issues while centering diversity and authenticity has resonated with a worldwide audience. He is working on his debut book, “Dear Environmentalist,” set to be published in April 2027 with Hachette Book Group under Timber Press imprint.

@isaiashernandez.bsky.social is an environmentalist, educator, and communicator devoted to improving environmental literacy through content creation, storytelling, and public engagements.

Antonieta Cadiz has dedicated her career to ensuring Latinos in the United States have access to critical information that shapes their communities. After more than 15 years in journalism, Antonieta joined Climate Power in 2020, motivated by her own experience as a survivor of an extreme weather event. In this role, she has led Latino communications strategy, advancing coverage of climate change in Latino media at both the state and national levels. She now serves as executive director of En Acción, a project of Climate Power dedicated to informing, engaging, and mobilizing Latinos on climate issues and the opportunities of a clean energy economy.

Antonieta Cadiz is the executive director of En Acción, a project of Climate Power dedicated to informing, engaging, and mobilizing Latinos on climate issues and the opportunities of a clean energy economy.

The text reads: Introducing... Yale Climate Connections' Advisory board. The image features photos of seven people who will be introduced in a thread following this post.

We are thrilled to announce our advisory board! It's an honor to get to learn from these incredible people.

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Una Kelley is the director of strategic partnerships at NC Local, a news organization dedicated to ensuring all North Carolinians have access to trustworthy information about issues that affect them. She previously served as the director of philanthropic development at The Associated Press, where she led a team focused on institutional fund development. She also served as a deputy within the News Partnerships group where she helped lead a team and a body of cross-departmental initiatives focused on fundraising, program development and grant management. Prior to joining the journalism field, her career was at philanthropic and nonprofit organizations.

Una Kelley is the director of strategic partnerships at NC Local, a news organization dedicated to ensuring all North Carolinians have access to trustworthy information about issues that affect them.

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Bermuda braces for a pounding from strengthening Hurricane Imelda » Yale Climate Connections The hurricane is expected to pass over or very near Bermuda early Thursday morning as a Cat 2 storm.

Hurricane #Imelda has Bermuda in its cross hairs, but fortunately, the island is one of the most hurricane-hardened places on the planet. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/berm...

When Helene hit, they lost their homes. Under Trump, they could lose even more. » Yale Climate Connections One year after massive flooding hit western North Carolina, immigrant families are rebuilding with little more than grit, neighbors, and community organizing – under an increasingly hostile government...

"One year after massive flooding hit western North Carolina, immigrant families are rebuilding with little more than grit, neighbors, and community organizing – under an increasingly hostile government." Uprooter @yessfun.com for @climateconnections.bsky.social

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Is your community next? King tides offer a glimpse of tomorrow’s floods. Join us for a conversation about sea level rise and king tides at 12pm ET on October 7.
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Wouldn't it be great if we'd learn lessons from the ongoing pandemic & clean our air? Outside by reducing pollution. Indoors with air filters. I mean, it seems the logical thing to go rathrr than watch everyone become ill. 🤷

I gather we have forgotten the smog of the '70s and '80s?

It's weird - but now in Oslo, there's so many EVs that you notice the noise and the smell from individual ICE cars, and you realise how much we've been normalising it for ever. You can smell them half a street away.

And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.

Cuando Helene golpeó, perdieron sus hogares. Con Trump, podrían perder aún más. » Yale Climate Connections Un año después de las inundaciones masivas que afectaron al oeste de Carolina del Norte, familias inmigrantes están reconstruyendo con poco más que determinación y apoyo comunitario, bajo un gobierno cada vez más hostil.

En las montañas de Carolina del Norte, las comunidades están haciendo lo que el gobierno de Trump no hará: ayudar a los indocumentados:

After drenching the Bahamas, Bermuda is the next land area that needs to be concerned with Imelda. The latest from @bhensonweather.bsky.social and I:
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When Helene hit, they lost their homes. Under Trump, they could lose even more. » Yale Climate Connections One year after massive flooding hit western North Carolina, immigrant families are rebuilding with little more than grit, neighbors, and community organizing – under an increasingly hostile government...

as new hurricanes swirl in the atlantic (the caribbean is likely to be hit), let's not forget a storm that changed everything last year: hurricane helene.

i wrote about the anniversary for @climateconnections.bsky.social w/ a lens on immigrants

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Some of New Orleans’ flood defenses are slowly sinking » Yale Climate Connections Parts of the city’s protections are subsiding by an inch or two per year, including key wetlands and floodwalls.

20 years after Katrina, New Orleans has stronger levees, but some are sinking by an inch a year.

As air pollution gets worse, these parents are getting louder » Yale Climate Connections As the federal government weakens protections, Moms Clean Air Force is fighting pollution at the state and local level.

“It’s very scary because it’s not abstract, right?” says Isabel González-Whitaker. “My son has pretty severe respiratory issues.”