Josh Morsell

It’s #WorldSoilDay - take a trip through Canada’s northern peatlands with our upgraded story map 🌎

Learn why they matter for climate + biodiversity & how the National Peatland Strategy can help protect these critical ecosystems → https://f.mtr.cool/mpcvidxryr

Every winter, #CommonMurres flood back to the #FarallonIslands to breed. Strong NW winds are their cue, some mornings we see 350–400k murres (nearly the entire Farallon population) gather offshore, then take to the sky in giant looping formations called Murrenados before landing en masse. 🦉🌎🧪

Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...

NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports

The Permian Basin's fossil fuels are a climate bomb that's turned the landscape into a desolate wasteland pockmarked with O&G wells. This image is from just one small square of development that extends across millions of acres of land.

This is the reality "all of the above" energy policy.

Wanted: Climate Heroes. No Experience Required And 20 things you can do right now to join the climate fight

Wanted: Climate Heroes. No Experience Required
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60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds

60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study | Birds | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump’s Anti-Climate Policies Are Driving Up Insurance Costs for Homeowners, Say Experts Tariffs, extreme weather events and the president’s funding cuts are contributing to increasing rates, sometimes by double digits.

Trump’s Anti-Climate Policies Are Driving Up Insurance Costs for Homeowners, Say Experts capitalandmain.com/trumps-anti-...

An Alaskan Village Confronts Its Changing Climate: Rebuild or Relocate?

An Alaskan Village Confronts Its Changing Climate: Rebuild or Relocate? - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...

Homeowners Sue Oil Companies as Climate Damage Drives up Insurance Rates - Inside Climate News The class-action lawsuit is the first of its kind to target Big Oil over rising home insurance costs.

Homeowners in WA reeling from home-insurance hikes filed a lawsuit against fossil-fuel giants. Kennedy v. Exxon et al. is the 1st case holding Big Oil responsible for climate-related insurance spikes. Premiums rose 9% faster than inflation from '18-'22.
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Key pillars of the new green orthodoxy were climate scientists, who suddenly found their arcane skills in high demand, environmental NGOs that conflated free markets with environmental ruin, liberal billionaires keen to flaunt their virtuous commitment to clean energy and a credulous media that amplified the voices of climate Cassandras like Bill McKibben.

Remarkable that the founder and president of the Progressive Policy Institute calls climate policy “orthodoxy,” climate science “arcane,” and @billmckibben.bsky.social a “Cassandra.”

He’s like Bret Stephens circa 2017.

Al Gore's case for optimism Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.

“[The fossil fuel industry] believes they are the global hegemon dictating...But I don’t think they are...Last year, 93 percent of all new electricity generation globally was renewable. In the U.S...97 percent. Green tech spending has soared."
Al Gore's case for optimism
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‘Marine Protected Areas are Everybody’s Business’ Over the course of six months, Climate Spotlight spoke to representatives from 6 of 7 of Belize’s Marine Protected Area co-managers to learn more about their job and what they believe it will take …

"Belize is on track to protect 30% of its marine environment by 2026. What does that mean for those doing the protection?" Uprooter @andrehabet.bsky.social for @climatespotlight.bsky.social

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The Silent War Before COP30: How Corporations Are Weaponising the Law to Muzzle Climate Defenders BELÉM, Brazil, November 10 (IPS) - As the world prepares for the next COP30 summit, a quieter battle is raging in courtrooms. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are the fossil-f...

In an Intl Center for Non-Profit law study on over 80 cases of SLAPPs across the Global South, out of them “91% were brought by private companies or company officials(…) 41% brought by mining companies and (…) 34% brought by companies associated with agriculture. www.globalissues.org/news/2025/11...

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$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?

From November, by me

$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action

- The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?

#COP30 #climatecrisis
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State of the Climate in the Arab Region 2024

Temperatures in Arab region are rising at twice the global rate, says @wmo-global.bsky.social

- "Extreme weather causes massive social and economic disruption"

But Arab group were key blockers of a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels at #COP30

#climatecrisis
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Deadly Floods’ $20 Billion Toll Shows Asia’s Rising Climate Risk Devastating floods have killed more than 1,300 people and caused at least $20 billion in losses since late last month across parts of South and Southeast Asia, underscoring the increasing risks from c...

Cascading consequences.
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The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab - High Country News Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10% of permit holders.

For decades, the federal government has offered steep discounts on forage and generous subsidies to those who graze their livestock on public lands. But a @highcountrynews.org and @propublica.org investigation finds that those benefits flow largely to the wealthy. 1/3

Surprise: Cleantech Spending May Hit Record Despite Trump’s Carbon Push This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how AI is ushering in a new nuclear age and investing in developing nations amid a pullback in U.S. aid and private funding

Surprise: Cleantech Spending May Hit Record Despite Trump’s Carbon Push

Recent and early 20th century destabilization of the subpolar North Atlantic recorded in bivalves Clams reveal North Atlantic destabilization in the early 20th century and at present.

Scientists Read The Shells Of Clams That Live For 500 Years, And They Tell A Troubling Story
The findings suggest we may be approaching a “tipping point” for Atlantic Ocean currents
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YouTube video by We Don't Have Time Professor Hayley Fowler - National Emergency Briefing 2025

"I was talking about extreme weather events. How they're rapidly increasing all over the world. How they're increasing much faster than #climate models predict. So faster than we expected, & they're causing severe impacts"

- Prof. @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social speaking at the @nebriefing.bsky.social

2026: Reform the UN COPs but look beyond for rapid climate action COP30 in Brazil ended without a mention of the need to phase out fossil fuels, in spite of growing damage from climate warming impacts. These UN negotiations have to be reshaped, the influence of the fossil fuel industry reduced while the transition to a low-carbon world speeds on elsewhere.

Don't mention fossil fuels? Time to reform the UN climate negotiations, reduce the influence of the fossil fuel industry and petrostates and push ahead with climate action elsewhere.

Lessons on Climate Futures from Wind’s Tempestuous Past: An Interview with Author Simon Winchester A newly published history of the wind turns to sea gods and early wind turbines to show how today’s challenges to renewable energy repeat a centuries-old pattern.

"A newly published history of the wind turns to sea gods and early wind turbines to show how today’s challenges to renewable energy repeat a centuries-old pattern." Uprooter @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social interviews Simon Winchester for @thexylom.com www.thexylom.com/post/simon-w...

“We’re trying to rethink the way people think about migration,” Roque said.

Backgrounder on climate-driven migration and #COP30 by @yessfun.com

Claude, an American alligator with albinism, lounging on his favorite heated rock.

It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍

"'Soilsmology': a non-invasive technique that measures soil health. Together with scientists, researchers, & farmers working on three continents, we are aiming to transform how we map the complex & vital ecosystem that underpins global food security & climate resilience."

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Rural areas are untapped climate saviors, report finds The Rural Climate Partnership says rural America is a big source of climate emissions — but can play a big role in solving the crisis, too.

The Rural Climate Partnership says rural America is a big source of climate emissions — but can play a big role in solving the crisis, too.
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Solar News of the Day | Startup Raya Power poised to offer its plug-in solar and storage solution in Puerto Rico and California us13.campaign-archive.com?e=977366b459...

What the Rio Grande’s More Frequent Dry-Outs Mean for the Region’s Animals and Ecosystems - Inside Climate News The stretch of the river through Albuquerque has run dry twice since 2022, after not doing so for decades, impacting all forms of life that depend on its flows.

What the Rio Grande’s More Frequent Dry-Outs Mean for the Region’s Animals and Ecosystems - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0212202...

Fighting for ‘The Right to Night’ Under Starry, Rural Skies

A campaign called The Right to Night aims to overturn a Michigan law prohibiting the establishment of dark sky preserves on state land in the U.P., which includes 18 state parks. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...