Senegal struggles to cope with climate change despite promises of help from other nations. #ClimateChange

Senegal struggles to cope with climate change despite promises of help from other nations. #ClimateChange
#science #news #lightning #climatechange
„Unsere Analysen haben ergeben, dass die durch den Klimawandel steigenden Temperaturen die Gewitter- und damit Blitzhäufigkeit noch weiter steigen lassen“, sagt Simon. „Dass dieser Trend so eindeutig im Einklang mit den globalen Veränderungen des Klimasystems steht, hat uns auch überrascht.“
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00382-023-06786-8
#science #news #climatechange #IPCC
"In vielen Alpenregionen hat sich die Anzahl der Blitze in den letzten 40 Jahren durch den Klimawandel verdoppelt. Die erhebliche Bedrohung für Menschen, Tiere und technologische Einrichtungen sind damit stark gestiegen."
#science #news #press #potsdam #gfz #earthquakes cause of #climatechange
"Der menschengemachte Klimawandel wird weltweit zu mehr & teils stärkeren Erdbeben führen durch fortschreitenden Anstieg des Meeresspiegels weltweit sowie die zunehmende Stärke extremer Wetterereignisse wie Stürmen. Beides erhöht den mechanischen Druck im Gefüge tektonischer Platten & führt zu Änderungen in den seismischen Zyklen – steigender Erdbebengefahr v.a. in den Küstenregionen der Welt."
https://www.gfz.de/presse/meldungen/detailansicht/mehr-erdbeben-durch-menschengemachten-klimawandel
https://www.europesays.com/1995353/ “Stopping climate change” is the wrong goal #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
Delightful conversation w/ @sarenaulibarri on the pod today about #climate #restoration vs. #rewilding & her story WHAT KIND OF BAT IS THIS? in the Bright Green Futures anthology (releases Earth Day!)
https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/ep-29-climate-restoration-with-sarena
#bookstadon #green #climatechange #clifi #scifi #books #shortstory
Not just social media: Report claims mainstream media is spreading climate disinformation in Europe.
Over the first three months of 2025, 128 verified cases of climate disinformation were identified, roughly 10 per week. #ClimateChange
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/10/climate-disinformation-french-mainstream-media
Skipping over Iberia from the Cote Basque, over to the Costa Brava & Languedoc.
The water gets up to Girona! Barcelona is almost entirely underwater!
Sous la mer, d'Avignon....
More: https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/petrofuture-france-gallery
#climateChange #maps #cartography #France #CostaBrava #GreenWashing #SeaLevelRise #WorldBuilding #Futurism #Girona #Barcelona #Avignon #Montpelier #mediterranean
Rising temperatures could cause a surge in mental health disorders with young Australians most at risk
Researchers say rising temperatures due to climate change could lead to a rise in the burden of mental disorders across Australia.
Their report found #climatechange would drive up mental health challenges significantly by 2050.
The latest research joins a growing number of reports calling for more action to prepare for the impact of heat on mental health nationwide.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/heat-mental-disorders-climate-change-research/105175234
The environmental cost of Portugal’s olive oil boom
8–10 minutes
Standing under an enormous olive tree, José Pedro Oliveira gently caresses its gnarled trunk. “It is more than one thousand years. Maybe older than Christ,” he says
#Portugal #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation
Australian Conservation Foundation says opposition has ‘failed every single test’ while Labor passes with 54% and Greens achieve 98%
#Australia #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
These residents want a bigger focus on climate change this federal election
CBC K-W's Craig Norris was at the St Jacobs Farmers' Market to ask people what their top issues are in this federal election. Some of the people he spoke to said they want candidates to have a stronger focus on climate change
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6722816
#Ontario #canada #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #environment #climate
Gov’t cites women’s role in addressing weather woes
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) said the integration of gender in climate action strengthens the resilience of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) against the threat of climate change
#women #Philippe #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Scientists warn of severe honeybee losses in 2025.
Researchers at Washington State University projected that honeybee colonies in the U.S. could decline by up to 70% this year. #ClimateChange
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scientists-warn-severe-honey-bee-losses-2025-rcna198141
A Craze for Tiny Plants Is Driving a Poaching Crisis in South Africa.
South Africa’s Succulent Karoo is the most biodiverse arid region on the planet, with thousands of plants found nowhere else. But to meet a demand fueled by social media, criminal networks have been poaching these colorful succulents by the millions and smuggling them overseas. #ClimateChange
The drafters of the Clean Air Act saw CO2 as a pollutant
Climate change and carbon dioxide came up regularly in ‘60s-era Congressional hearings, a team of Harvard historians has found
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/the-drafters-of-the-clean-air-act-saw-co2-as-a-pollutant/
#USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
From a couple of weeks ago, a drift of Tulip 'Orange emperor’, who were lucky to escape the muntjac’s attention.
This cultivar was, apparently, introduced in 1962 by the the Dutch grower J.W.A. Lefeber. Back then, he could not have imagined that the name, Orange Emperor, would acquire such an unsavoury meaning more than sixty years later.
Let’s keep this our #secret. Somebody might think that they named a tulip after him.
#OrangeEmperor #OrangeEmperorTulips #ArtistsGarden #ImperfectGarden #garden #gardener #gardening #GardenPhotography #Artist #wolfkettler #Photography #GardenWiltshire #WiltshireGarden #Wiltshire #spring #bloomscrolling #biodiversity #natural #NaturalGarden #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #PollinatorFriendly #ecology #climate #ClimateChange #conservation #sustainability
Schools in the Philippines are resorting to measures including a scheduling change and installing more fans following unprecedented climate change-fueled heat waves that forced classes to be cancelled in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/society/philippines-schools-climate-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #philippines #schools #climatechange
Some States Are Banning Forever Chemicals. Now Industry Is Fighting Back.
Samples from a water treatment plant in Wilmette, Illinois, contained toxic PFAS chemicals at levels up to 600 times higher than the EPA's latest health advisory. #ClimateChange