Lowlands ...

Green spinach plants sprouting their first pair true oval leaves, growing in crumbled soil.

Green and red leaves of red beet plants growing in crumbled soil.

Closeup of a 1.5 inch jalapeño seedling in a 3-inch pot with moist brown soil.

Closeup of a tray of seedlings on a chair in a room, focusing on a tall tomatillo that is quickly growing large leaves. Other pots with smaller seedlings are visible, slightly blurry, in the background.

Fairly cool spring compared to recent years but we're making progress. VERY dry in Upper Austria, though ...

Globe showing the Atlantic Ocean with arrows depicting the AMOC circulation: warm surface currents (pink/red) flowing northward from the tropics toward the Arctic, and cold deep return currents (blue/purple) flowing southward. The background shows sea surface temperature trends, with a prominent blue cold patch, the "cold blob", south of Greenland, contrasting with warming (orange/red) across the rest of the ocean.

1/ There's a system of ocean currents in the Atlantic that shapes Europe's #climate, drives monsoons, and keeps sea levels stable along the US coast.

In the last 5 years, the scientific evidence that it could collapse has shifted dramatically.

Most people have no idea. 🧵

Big Oil Breaks Everything The planet, our democracy, our courts...

If you read one thing today ...
An essential article by the great @billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/big-oil-br...

Graphic produced by Climate Central showing daily global sea surface temperatures in °C for all years since 1982 with the long-term mean and 2026 annotated.

Global ocean sea surface temperatures have surged to the highest on record for this time of year!

Join me in our monthly webinar next week to discuss these recent global climate extremes, as well as reviewing the historic March heatwave.

➡️ Register here: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Sure, here's the tree's "story."

Kriegerinnen, Künstlerinnen und Physikerinnen: Wie Männer Frauen aus der Geschichte löschten Viele weibliche Pionierleistungen wurden nicht zuletzt durch eine männliche Geschichtsschreibung unsichtbar gemacht. Heute beginnt sich das Bild geradezurücken

So, liebe Freunde.
Mein Artikel im Standard über die ausgelöschten Frauen in der Geschichte ist jetzt auch online. Leset und sharet.

Social Media Isn't Just Hosting the Far Right. It's Pushing Democracy to the Brink - VOX - Pol Social media algorithm radicalization shows how platforms' engagement incentives and profit models amplify extremism and reshape democratic discourse.

Great piece that aligns with our research on the role of social media amplifying far-right content.

voxpol.eu/social-media...

Closeup of brightly coloured garden flowers growing in healthy clumps.

Bon jour!

The Forgotten Pacific : 1.5 To Stay Alive - adapting to climate change in the Marshall Islands YouTube video by TheCoconetTV

This is a very powerful video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv_J...

Yes, black poplar, there’s even a sign on the tree! My mistake! It’s in Kotor.

A man offering a tray of baked poppyseed rolls outside.

When your neighbor, the master baker and pastry chef, knocks on the divider and leans around with fresh, sweet poppyseed rolls ...

'U.S. data centers had more than 50 gigawatts of electricity demand as of last year, which, for context, is about double the peak demand of the entire New England grid, which covers six states, including Maine.'

Vertical pano of a huge oak tree, a thick brown stem growing out of a town square with vigorous branches and leaves. A few stone houses are in the background and there are small cafe tables and red-checkered chairs around the base of the tree.

Town tree ...

New Climate Reports Show ‘Unprecedented Run of Global Heat’ - Inside Climate News Data from multiple international agencies shows the reality of a rapidly warming world.

Oceans lose their grip,
Forests falter, ice forgets
Heat slips every guard.

insideclimatenews.org/news/1301202...

Can The Real Peter Magyar Please Stand Up? YouTube video by Christian Cummins

Who is #PeterMagyar really? What can #Hungary expect of him? What can the #EU or #Moscow expect from him? youtu.be/lmgEGajA9Ks

Most U.S. media right now like seagulls chasing a garbage truck, squawking loudly over each piece of trash that falls out, swallowing and regurgitating the most unbelievable things ...

A closeup of a shovel of rich brown garden compost soil filled with multiple rainworms.

Make Soil Organic Again!

Surprised myself with this story. Went into the desert expecting to write about a terrible solar project that would harm bighorn sheep...and ended up writing why California should maybe approve it anyway.

In the Anthropocene, there are no easy choices: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/soda-mount...

Recommend. To understand the endless efforts aimed at improving accuracy in predictions, and monsoonal predictions for India in particular. The monsoon is often called the real finance minister because it drives economic health in the country.

The book is weather and climate science for society

Orbán Out —Trump and Putin Hurt The first Far Right domino falls

Fear in MAGAWorld, anger in the Kremlin, joy in Europe.

A vertical landscape with a curved wooden fence overhung with dark pink quince blossoms, receding to blooming white and new green-leaved trees, up a hill to a twin-steepled white church.

Spring vibes ...

🙏🏼 Das war die Baumpflanzung 2026.

🌳 1800 Bäume.

🪾 Rotbuche, Stieleiche, Winterlinde, Bergahorn, Sandbirke, Vogelbeere, Weißtanne, Europäische Lärche

🌲 Ein neuer Wald entsteht.

A multicoloured metallic beetle, about the size of a ladybug, on a veined green leaf.

Seen on the weekend ...

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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

The United States is destroying itself www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Man Enough to Care about the Climate? My Climate Magic episode with Joseph Henderson explores the intersection of masculinity and climate concern.

@josephenderson.bsky.social spitting climate change and masculinity

sarahjaquetteray.substack.com/p/man-enough...

Heute um 11:00, es gibt einen Livestream:

cableresist.de/livestream/

Critical Realism & Peace Studies Group! Our first Webinar/Lecture series starts with Prof Heikki Patomäki on World Politics. If you would like to join the group, attend the session, or have any further questions, please contact: josef.muehlbauer@uni-graz.at https://josefmuehlbauer.com/critical-realism-peace-studies/

Critical Realism & Peace Studies Group! Our first Webinar/Lecture series starts with Prof Heikki Patomäki on World Politics.

If you would like to join the group, attend the session, or have any further questions, please contact: josef.muehlbauer@uni-graz.at
josefmuehlbauer.com/critical-rea...

Richie Havens - Freedom at Woodstock 1969 (HD) YouTube video by Sebby Walter

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