Sustainable Farming

Is Bill Gates a child rapist like Donald Trump?

Nobody knows!

If you're one of those who's swallowed the lie that "plants and trees are having a party with all the increased CO2 in the atmosphere and flourishing, it's all good", please read this.

Natural ecosystems ARE vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, but that can only go so far.

"The ignoring of facts, the sidelining of scientists and the breezy assertions, repeated ad nauseum, that Irish agriculture is ‘sustainable’ are largely responsible for the mess Irish farming finds itself in.

Honesty alone will not dig us out of the hole, but it would be a start."

Brilliant piece.

Going to trust the bird expert that this bird is pink-footed:

Survivor of deadly Indonesia floods faces uncertain future – DW – 12/05/2025 Floods and landslides have killed at least 860 people in Indonesia. Many villages remain buried under mud and debris. On the island of Sumatra, DW's Jakarta correspondent met a woman who lost her home...

"Deadly floods and landslides have devastated Northern Sumatra, leaving villages cut off and homes buried under mud.

Survivors like Danni Sianipar escaped as a mountainside collapsed on her house. Roads are destroyed, and aid only reached some areas after days"

#Indonesia 🇮🇩
#ClimateEmergency

UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded

“Three of the five worst harvests on record have now occurred since 2020, leaving some farmers asking whether the growing impacts of the climate crisis are making it too financially risky to sow their crops. Farmers are already facing heavy financial pressure.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ethylene modulates cell wall mechanics for root responses to compaction - Nature Soil compaction traps ethylene around roots, which causes transcriptional upregulation of Auxin Response Factor1, resulting in decreased root cortical cell wall thickness and thereby promoting root ra...

Link to the paper published on Nature:

Snow droughts intensify across the Hindu Kush Himalayas A new study finds the frequent occurrence of snow droughts and their hotspots across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas.

❄️ "Snow droughts" are increasing in the Himalayas ❄️

Scientists warn that they could have far-reaching impacts on both people & nature

Satellites reveal their frequent occurrence btw 3,000 and 6,000 meters across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas & a decline in snow cover days:

How plants push roots through hard soil Researchers have discovered how plant roots penetrate compacted soil by deploying a well-known engineering principle.

How plants push roots through hard soil.

Researchers have discovered how plant roots penetrate compacted soil by deploying a well-known engineering principle.

Many earthquakes near Yakutat, Alaska

Oooh, they've named it the "Hubbard Glacier Earthquake"

Might get some glacier movement/landslides visible on satellite in the next pass of Sentinel-2 or Sentinel-1.

#earthquake #Alaska #Akwx

Using hydrogen for low/medium temperature industrial process heat is by far the most expensive option available.

Our recent analysis shows that heat pumps coupled with electro-thermal storage is the most cost-effective technology.

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

Wintertime ocean–atmosphere interaction processes associated with the SST variability in the North Pacific subarctic frontal zone - Climate Dynamics Recent research indicates that the midlatitude oceanic frontal zones are the key regions of ocean–atmosphere interaction. The thermal condition of midlatitude ocean in frontal zones can affect the atm...

Intensifying ocean frontal systems and large scale MHWs start now to control atmospheric circulation

Here two studies on the topic

#Earth

The EPA website showing this insightful 800,000 year methane concentration graph has been taken offline...

Reality doesn't change by pretending it isn't real.

Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds. @swinda.bsky.social
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is one of the closest analogues for modern global warming. A new study of plants response through migration and evolution sheds light on future adaptation and carbon cycling.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #PETM #Paleoclimate #carboncycle

It could be a climate change induced earthquake - caused by the rapidly melting glacier’s shifting mass above the tectonic plates.

Good morning from #OrangeNSW where Girri has been well-fed her breakfast by Diamond and Girri snagged some leftovers to practice self-feeding. "I'm not sharing this piece with you, Mum. No way." #PeregrineFalcons

ARE we going to see "eco-luddits" opening water weir systems re-wettening peat lands?

Or, more precise: WHEN will we see people doing what's necessary to increase our chances to survive?

UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded

THe power of the press in the UK.

Ignoring "all the Green crap" as David Cameron did, costs farmers £800m in one year.

But a slight and easily avoidable increase in Inheritance Tax by Labour is an excuse for a farmers' revolt?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Observations trump models.

And the NASA CERES radiative flux data is the first place to look for indication of the rate and contributing causes of the rate of heat uptake.

This passage shocked me to my core.

The loss of biodiversity isn't a tragic accident or oversight, it was the plan!

Our paper is published! 🎉🎉🎉

If you want to understand changes in total rainfall under warming, give this a read!

Happy to chat about it with people :)

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

The Earth Rover Program The Earth Rover Program unites scientists, farmers, and innovators to monitor, understand, and restore soils worldwide. Advancing food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity through open scien...

3. For explanations of the work and the science behind it, plus papers and data, please see our website: www.earthroverprogram.org

I watched yesterday's webinar on this subject, and it really does feel like a whole new frontier of exciting possibilities and potential is opening up in how we grow food, and how that impacts on the natural world.

Hope at a time when it's in short supply!

Identifying hotspots of greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands in the European Union - Nature Communications An EU-wide analysis shows that drained peatlands are major, underreported sources of greenhouse gases. By mapping emission hotspots, the study provides guidance for targeted rewetting and strengthens ...

New paper: Identifying hotspots of greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands in the European Union

>1,700 people are dead from floods & landslides across Indonesia, Sri Lanka,Thailand, Malaysia & Vietnam, with many more still missing & more extreme rain predicted

It's barely news in Australia

Has anyone in the Albanese govt even acknowledged these warming-induced unnatural compound disasters❓

Switching to electric stoves can dramatically cut indoor air pollution A new study links gas and propane stove emissions to asthma and other health risks. Transitioning to electric could reduce exposure by over 50%.

Are you one of the 38% of U.S. households with a gas or propane stove? If so, spend the $50 needed to get an induction stove! New study: "if you use a gas stove, you’re often breathing as much nitrogen dioxide pollution indoors from your stove as you are from all outdoor sources combined.”

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’

The 'ceasefire in Gaza' is a myth perpetuated by Trump and Netanyahu. Palestinians are still dying. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Don't look away from this tragedy - this is a sign of things to come as we head to 2ºC

I sound like a broken record - we are *utterly* unprepared.

We need to *urgently* have a clear view of the risks and do something about robust early warning systems that reach people on the ground timeously!

It's been quite something to see one of the world's leading climate scientists, James Hansen, being vilified the past years for presenting data showing the rapid acceleration of global and regional warming, associated with continued greenhouse gas emissions and rapid reduction of air pollution.