Kjell Vowles

Globally averaged CO2 concentration (a) and its growth rate (b) from 1984 to 2024. Increases in successive annual means are shown as the shaded columns in (b). The red line in (a) is the monthly mean with the seasonal variation removed; the blue dots and blue line in (a) depict the monthly averages. Observations from 179 stations were used for this analysis.

Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.

It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.

Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.

BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:

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Beyond the CCCM – The Conditions Facilitating the Swedish Climate Change Reactionary Movement Research on climate change obstruction has often focused on what has been called the Climate Change Countermovement, the CCCM. While the term originated from the social movements literature – ackno...

What's beyond vested interests? Can we use the concept of countermovemement in more ways to understand climate obstruction? @kvowles.bsky.social and I think with a common but perhaps underused concept to understand reactionary climate politics in Sweden. @cssn.org

On Israel and comparisons with the Nazis After Israel announces it's building a concentration camp, condemning the few politicians speaking out is morally twisted

Israel has announced it's building a concentration camp in Gaza.

Imagine seeing this news and deciding you should aim your fire at the few politicians speaking out, rather than condemning the crime.

On Israel and Nazi comparisons 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/on-israel-...

Svenske diplomaten: Svälten sprider sig i Gaza Nästan var tredje invånare går dagar i sträck utan mat.

DETTA PÅGÅR

”Nästan var tredje invånare i Gazaremsan går dagar i sträck utan att äta, uppger FN:s livsmedelsprogram, WFP.
Svenske WFP-toppen Carl Skau beskriver en situation som är värre än någonsin förr.”

www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-07-11/s...

bar chart showing deaths associate with extreme heat with and without climate change in 12 European cities

About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

Det finns ingenting som säger att klimatförnekelse försvinner bara för att effekterna av den globala uppvärmningen blir tydliga

Senior Lecturer in Human Ecology Specific subject description The Human Ecology Division applies an inter-disciplinary definition of its research field. Research and education at the division deals with human-environmental relations

The Human Ecology division (part of the department of Human Geography) at Lund University is hiring a Senior Lecturer. This is a tenured position in a workplace with a strong tradition of critical research.

Please forward to anyone who might be interested!

lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

The Atlantic's chilling secret: A century of data reveals ocean current collapse A century-old mystery of a stubborn cold patch in the North Atlantic is finally being unraveled. A new study links this anomaly to a long-term weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulat...

A study confirms what we have long argued: the spectacular Atlantic 'cold blob' is the result of a slowing of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC, which transports warm waters into that region. That's the only part of Earth that resisted #globalwarming. 🌊
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Israel kills at least 43 Palestinians in Gaza, including aid seekers Among the dozens killed are 20 aid seekers, as NGO warns Israel is also deliberately blocking energy access.

While almost everyone has fallen for Netanyahu's ploy of focusing on Iranian-US-Israeli air strikes, Israel has been intensifying its genocide. For the sake of humanity, ALL EYES ON GAZA! www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

Låt inte SD:s trollfabriker provocera och trolla oss Det är en märklig rörelse som fyller våra gator. Palestinarörelsen liknar ingen annan. I tjugoen månader har den svämmat över torg världen över i protest mot Is

Man gör klokt i att läsa @guldfiske.bsky.social idag för att förstå extremhögerns infrastruktur och påverkansförsök:

www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/mPb...

Kund hos Nordea? Läge att se över alternativen och byta bank.

Finally, @kvowles.bsky.social is here on bluesky. Follow him and get educated on climate policy, the media and the far-right!