Map of the contiguous United States showing the spring bloom index anomaly as of April 19, 2026 from the USA National Phenology Network. Many areas are earlier than normal.

Aside from Florida, nearly the entire contiguous U.S. has experienced earlier than average first plant blooms in 2026. Earlier springs can cause longer allergy seasons, accelerate wildfire risk, increase pests/mosquitoes, and lead to less reliable snow-fed water.

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Opinion: The chilling reality of a warming world The latest report by the IPCC shows the impacts of climate change on the ocean and the earth's frozen regions. Urgent action is needed, says DW's Irene Quaile: If not now, when?

I wrote this commentary in 2019. Unfortunately, I could write it again today:
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Fuel eating microbes, chemicals and fire: the race to discover new ways to contain Arctic oil spills As the rising number of vessels in the icy waters increases the risk of environmental disaster, scientists are scrambling to find potential solutions

„At least 100 shadow fleet ships travelled along Russia’s northern sea route last year. (…) In 2025, more than half were oil and liquefied natural gas tankers, 18 of which had low or no ice class, meaning they were not designed to operate in icy waters.“

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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Rahmstorf: “I now am increasingly worried that we may well pass that Amoc shutdown tipping point, where it becomes inevitable, in the middle of this century, which is quite close.”

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Don’t fly me to the moon Why NASA’s record breaking lunar mission left me strangely unmoved

My sentiments entirely:
“So as (..) inspiring it is to witness humans one again venture into deep space, I cannot separate this from what have done in the intervening decades – and what we continue to knowingly do to our home planet.”

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Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law. What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking water? Javier Milei’s reforms to the law will open up high-altitude areas to mining and risk water reserves already strained by the climate crisis, say activists

“What is at stake is the protection of key water reserves in Argentina (…) Saying that you have to destroy glaciers to guarantee the energy transition is an oxymoron.”

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Iran war analysis: How 60 nations have responded to the global energy crisis - Carbon Brief Carbon Brief has drawn on tracking by IEA and other sources to assess the global policy response to the Iran war.

Iran war analysis: How 60 nations have responded to the global energy crisis #Climate

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Scientists Discover Alaska Glaciers Are Melting Weeks Longer Than Expected New radar data reveals Alaska’s glaciers are melting longer and reacting faster to heat.

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Large-scale aggregation of humid heatwaves exacerbated by coastal oceanic warming - Nature Geoscience Coastal ocean warming drives the recent increase in large-scale aggregation of humid heatwaves, accounting for up to two-thirds of their rising frequency and spatial extent, according to climate reana...

“Large-scale aggregation of humid heatwaves exacerbated by coastal oceanic warming”

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“Around the world, anomalous weather and shattered records are sending new waves of concern through the scientific community. (…)

"Things are getting really outside of what humans have ever seen”

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Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat

“The state of the global climate is in a state of emergency. Planet Earth is being pushed beyond its limits. Every key climate indicator is flashing red,” said the UN secretary-general, António Guterres.“

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5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

US oil groups in line for $63bn windfall from Gulf war disruption American producers will be among biggest beneficiaries if crude prices average $100 a barrel this year

It's called 'oil price shock' because someone is making a shocking profit.
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SOUTH AFRICA OVEN
44.3C today At Alexander Bay right on the ocean coast.
The 4 hottest days in Alexander Bay climatic history were all recorded this week. Absolutely insane.

44.9 11 March
44.3 15 March
44.0 9 March
44.0 10 March

Previous all time record was 43.5C

Advances in post-growth research, alongside international calls for mitigation rooted in fairness and equity, present a strong case for a holistic development of post-growth scenarios.“

Climate stripes showing global temperature change

How fast is the planet warming? Faster than we thought.

New article:
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scientistrebellion.nl/index.php/en/2026/03/10/global-warming-is-accelerating/

A new study in GRL finds 98% certainty that global warming is accelerating.

The window to avoid 3 °C warming is closing fast.

Forscher untersucht in Grönlands Fjorden kritischen Kipppunkt des Klimas Die Forschenden testen zudem in Grönland einen Prototyp für ein Frühwarnsystem, das Veränderungen der Gletscher registriert – denn das Eis schmilzt immer schneller.View on euronews

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Die Forschenden testen zudem in Grönland einen Prototyp für ein Frühwarnsystem, das Veränderungen der Gletscher registriert – denn das Eis schmilzt immer schne...

Love this: “The world is a hot mess, so let’s shake off our climate anxiety, focus on solutions, and find people to team up with. If you love the Earth as much as I do, come dance.”

I'm looking foward to heading to Paris next week to celebrate the World Day for Glaciers and World Water Day 2026, with events taking place online and in-person at UNESCO HQ. I'll be speaking about resource security in a side event on 'Cryosphere in Crisis: Pathways for a Safe and Just Future' (1/3)

Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by more than North Sea drilling - Carbon Brief The Iran war has spurred a range of commentators to renew calls for the UK government to issue new licences for drilling in the North Sea.

Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by more than North Sea drilling #Climate

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🆕OCEAN ICE Publication: Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming.

Torsten Albrecht a WP6 Co-lead in OCEAN ICE, is Co-Author on this paper!

Read an article summarising the paper here: ocean-ice.eu/ocean-i...

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

“How quickly the Earth continues to warm ultimately depends on how rapidly we reduce global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels to zero.“
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Sea levels around the world are much higher than we thought Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face losing their homes to rising waters earlier than expected

99% of research on sea level rise impacts got current sea level wrong (!).
That doesn't mean projections of <1m of sea level rise by 2100 are incorrect.
But it does mean the consequences of this rise will happen sooner, since we're starting from a higher baseline www.newscientist.com/article/2517...

Over 40% of global shipping by volume exists to move fossil fuels from one place to another.

A huge share of the world's maritime infrastructure has been built around a system that is going to change dramatically as renewable energy and electrification displace fossil fuels.

Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves; Scientists Say a Warming Ocean Is to Blame - Inside Climate News After decades of recovery from commercial whaling, climate change is now threatening the whales’ future.

Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves
due to climate change
After years of being butchered by humans their recover is now once again in peril
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