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A cold June morning as evidence against warming? Ocean pH has dropped from 8.2 to 8.05, dissolving calcium_carbonate faster than it deposits. That's climate data, not a single weather snapshot. Volatility itself is the signal.
You're basically proving climate change exists but you're too dumb to realise. Extreme weather from one week to the next.
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Permanent El Nino rewrites AirSeaInterface dynamics on our 71%-saltwater planet Pliocene had similar CO2 but velocity matters pH already 8.05 from 8.2 dissolving plankton 10x faster than PETM flood_basalts
As what looks like an unprecedented #hyperElNino builds in the Pacific It's worth knowing that a permanent El Nino state may have existed during the Pliocene, 3 million years ago This is a climate we are on the verge of returning to Read more here
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We had stable 8.2pH oceans, functional carbon cycles, millennia of evolved balance. We traded it for debt and extraction. Now CaCO3's saturation_point is failing. The planet grew its own food. We grew systems that dissolve it.
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Key West: flooding above, dissolution below. 8.05pH oceans dissolve plankton 10x faster than the PETM. At the AirSeaInterface, the extraction economy undermines its own life support.
Climate collapse: it keeps sharing the lessons with humanity: As we continue to dangerously heat the earth: we continue to sever our life support systems by the second: Remember: the extraction society and economy you've become so addicted to will not allow you to live:
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MAJOR BREAKING: Canada bans Texas cattle over flesh-eating screwworm outbreak. Remember that Trump/DOGE pushed broad USDA staffing and budget cuts that affected APHIS, which happens to be the the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, responsible for overseeing screwworm in cattle at the federal level. Thanks Trump for screwing us, you worm....
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"I have considered abandoning my family because I cannot provide for them." In 2022, Somalia got $2.38 billion in aid. This year: $531 million. Trump cut the lifeline during the worst drought in Somalia's history. The climate crisis is now. We must act. independent.co.uk/news/world…
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Don't hate your local foxes. When foxes decline, Lyme rates climb. A 2012 paper in PNAS tracked Lyme rates against fox populations across the Northeast and Midwest. Wisconsin saw an 80% decline in foxes from 1984 to 2009 and a 300% rise in Lyme. Martha's Vineyard, which has almost no foxes, has Lyme rates five times higher than nearby Woods Hole, which has plenty of them. If you want to help the foxes in your area: 1. Stop using rodenticide immediately. When foxes eat a rodent that's actively poisoned, the fox can die too. Rodenticide poisoning also kills owls and hawks. 2. Don't shoot or trap them. Kinda goes without saying. 3. Secure your trash, your chicken coops, and keep cats inside to avoid conflict. Next time you see a fox, tell it thank you.
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#Krill New technology is the enemy for whales in the Antarctic. Norway is deploying 30 ft drones to locate areas of highest krill density—just where the whales will be. They're using AI, sonar, airborne drones, USVs (unmanned surface vehicles) and satellite imaging. The tech is predicted to increase daily krill catch by 22%. How can wildlife compete with all this?
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FIFA made big mistake to host the football World Cup in America. Iraq striker Aymen Hussein was detained for nearly seven hours at Chicago's O'Hare airport after arriving for the FIFA World Cup. The team's official photographer was also denied entry.
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💔 THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. COULD DARTMOOR TRULY LOSE ITS PONIES? 🐴📉 A devastating warning has been issued by campaigners who fear that up to NINETY PERCENT of Dartmoor’s iconic semi-wild hill ponies could completely disappear from the moorland. Over 23,000 people have already signed an emergency petition demanding action to protect them. New rules drawn up by Natural England mean that grazing limits across the moors are being slashed. But here is the catch: campaigners say the famous ponies are being lumped into the exact same livestock quotas as commercial cattle and sheep. Because they are competing for the same reduced space, it's feared farmers will be forced to remove the ponies to make way for more financially viable livestock. The Dartmoor Hill Pony Association warns that numbers have already plummeted from 7,000 to just 900 in the last 25 years. They are already listed as an officially endangered native breed. Campaigners warn that once they are gone from the moor, they are gone forever. Natural England says they want to ensure "optimal numbers" remain and that ponies are vital for restoring the landscape—but officials confirm they must be included in the total livestock count. Dartmoor simply wouldn’t be Dartmoor without the ponies. Do you think it’s fair to treat these historic animals the same as farm livestock? 📸 Ben Ivory / Getty Images
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A man in Kenya drove 3,000 gallons of water to help wild animals after seeing elephants and buffaloes collapsing from thirst. He did not wait for help or permission… he saw a problem and acted immediately. He did this so many times to the point that most animals would recognise the sound of his lorry and wait for him at the drinking point! When he started doing this, no organization or government supported him! Only few friends would encourage him.
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Crazy that this is getting barely any coverage. This year’s European Press Prize was just awarded to an investigative report by the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. It is entitled “What the Wounds Tell” and in it the journalists Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra document the cases of 114 children in Gaza under the age of 15 who were struck by a single bullet to the head or chest. Almost all of them died or were left severely disabled. They chose to document only the cases of boys and girls under the age of 15 (though often much younger: aged 3, 4 or 7) because these are children who can be immediately identified as such. “A single bullet in these parts of the body is a clear indication that these children were deliberately targeted“, the two journalists write. This is the article: volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2…
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Rivers around the world are quietly running out of oxygen, and climate change is emerging as the main culprit. A sweeping global analysis of more than 21,000 river systems found that nearly 80% have been steadily losing dissolved oxygen over the past four decades, threatening fish, biodiversity, and the overall health of freshwater ecosystems. Tropical rivers are being hit the hardest, even more than rivers in rapidly warming polar regions. #WaterIsLife #Rivers 1/2
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They told you the planet is dying… and you’re the problem. Your food. Your habits. Your existence. Meanwhile, behind closed doors, something else is growing. AI data centres in the UK alone could pump out 123 million tonnes of carbon emissions — the equivalent of millions of human lives over a decade. But where’s the outrage? Instead, they blame cows… tax farmers… and squeeze the people who actually feed you. While tech giants expand quietly… signing deals… building systems that never sleep… and never get questioned. Different rules. Different targets. Same script. So let me ask you… Why are everyday people being punished… while the biggest emitters keep getting rewarded? Is this really about saving the planet… or controlling who pays the price? Drop your thoughts below — I want to hear what you think. And if this made you stop and think for even a second… share it. More people need to see this.
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Protests in Albania are exploding for a seventh straight day like nothing before. Thousands of Albanians are refusing to surrender their land to Jared Kushner’s elite private island wish. They are also demanding the immediate removal of their prime minister for colluding with Jared Kushner and Israel. "Albania is not for sale."
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Israel executed baby Sam today with a bullet to the face in the occupied West Bank. They killed his mother too. Sam was only 7 months old. They murdered a mother. And her infant.
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In the 1990s, Canadian ecologist Suzanne Simard made a groundbreaking discovery that challenged everything we thought we knew about how forests work. While studying managed forests in British Columbia, she noticed something puzzling: when birch trees were removed to promote the growth of valuable Douglas firs, the firs did not flourish as expected, they actually struggled and grew more slowly. Determined to understand why, Simard traced the movement of nutrients using radioactive carbon isotopes. What she found was astonishing. Trees were actively sharing resources through vast underground fungal networks known as mycorrhizae. These delicate, thread-like fungi connect the roots of different trees across the forest floor, forming a complex web that allows the exchange of carbon, water, nutrients, and even chemical signals, sometimes between entirely different species. She discovered that older, larger trees often serve as central "hubs" or "mother trees," supporting younger saplings by redistributing vital resources and helping the entire ecosystem remain resilient. When these key trees are removed, the underground network weakens, and the health of the remaining forest declines. Simard’s research overturned the traditional Darwinian view of forests as battlegrounds of ruthless competition. Instead, she revealed a far more sophisticated reality: forests operate as highly cooperative systems where trees communicate, support one another, and even warn neighboring trees about threats like drought, disease, or insect attacks. What appears to the human eye as a silent, still forest is, in truth, a vibrant, interconnected living network, built not on isolation and rivalry, but on deep connection and mutual aid.
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BAM! Colombia has announced a historic ban on all new oil and large-scale mining projects in its part of the Amazon Rainforest, protecting an area roughly the size of Sweden. 🌿 Experts say the move could help protect one of the planet’s most important ecosystems—often called the “lungs of the Earth.” 🌎🌳 Nature is amazing. Protect it. #ActOnClimate #nature
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Betore Rome, there was Carthage. Before Carthage, there was Tyre. What you see in this image are not merely ordinary columns; they are the historical columns of Tyre in southern Lebanon are iconic Roman architectural remains. They are part of an ancient Phoenician city-state that is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Israel is currently demolishing Tyre—a city more than 5,000 years old. Europe, Princess of Tyre, gave her name to those who, today, let her city be destroyed without saying a word. We are watching history beirg erased in real time by Israel.
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