Noooo

Yikes is the contiguous US dry

This is a very cool cover for an academic book

Always just long enough to let something in or out that's not supposed to go that direction...

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, who has studied the Amoc for 35 years, has said a collapse must be avoided 'at all costs'. 'I argued this when we thought the chance of an Amoc shutdown was maybe 5%, and even then we were saying that risk is too high, given the massive impacts. Now it looks like it’s more than 50%.'"

The United States Has an Internal Displacement Problem By reorganizing federal disaster policy around the rights of displaced people, the United States could unlock additional federal resources, accelerate the rebuilding of lives and livelihoods, and redu...

As climate disasters intensify across the U.S., more people are being displaced—but without formal recognition, access to resources remains limited.

@kayly.bsky.social examines the potential for new policy pathways: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻: Flooding is a major driver of displacement.
Among flood-affected respondents, 80% reported housing destruction as the main reason for leaving.

Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/nexugsrdyw

#MECMEA #ClimateMobility

Category 4 Typhoon Sinlaku powers through the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands » Yale Climate Connections Sinlaku is the 10th Category 4 or 5 tropical cyclone to hit a U.S. state or territory in the past 10 years — as many Cat 4 and Cat 5 landfalls as the U.S. suffered in the prior 57 years.

Typhoon #Sinlaku hit the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands this morning as a Cat 4, making it the 10th Cat 4 or Cat5 tropical cyclone to hit the U.S. in the past 10 years — an unprecedented battering by these intense storms. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/cate...

The United States Has an Internal Displacement Problem By reorganizing federal disaster policy around the rights of displaced people, the United States could unlock additional federal resources, accelerate the rebuilding of lives and livelihoods, and redu...

The US has an internal displacement problem. We just don't call it that.

What can we learn from the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (which marks its 28th anniversary this week) to ensure the displaced recover quickly and with dignity?

carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

More Crops Grown for Fuel and Livestock Feed Than for People, New Study Finds Cutting back on beef and biofuels could help improve food security and mitigate climate emissions.

Croplands around the world produced enough calories in 2020 to meet global food needs. Only half were available for human consumption. @gaeacabico.bsky.social reports:

People want to ride bikes

NEW: a new “tour de force” study published in Science finds that the world’s largest-known community of chimpanzees has fractured and engaged in lethal conflict—much like a civil war.

Learn more on my latest for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪

I.U.C.N. Red List Moves Emperor Penguins to “Endangered” Populations are declining as climate change causes the sea ice the birds need for survival to retreat, according to researchers.

BREAKING: Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals are now both considered Endangered, according to the IUCN.

As the climate warms, melting sea ice and shifting prey are pushing these species to the brink — hitting young animals the hardest. https://nyti.ms/4sUmzaC

Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization A new analysis commissioned by The New York Times suggests that Google's AI Overviews are wrong an astonishing percentage of the time.

This is catastrophic.

Oil slick from bombed Iranian ship threatens protected wetland Shahid Bagheri leaking fuel towards Hara mangrove forest, home to migrating birds and endangered turtles

Oil from an Iranian ship struck near the Strait of Hormuz threatens to poison one of the region's most important wetlands.

Local fishing communities depend on the mangrove forest for food.

If oil reaches them, it's likely to kill the fish they need to survive.

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This is a key problem of GenAI. If we're using it for the wrong purpose, we're replacing very efficient solutions that don't require much energy with extremely inefficient and imprecise solutions that require huge amounts of energy.

Falling Amazon river flows trigger reality check at Belo Monte power plant Brazil bet big on a mega river dam using old data, but climate change is leaving its massive turbines high and dry.

Brazil’s Amazon hydropower plants are becoming vulnerable to climate change, and Belo Monte may be the clearest warning sign yet. Built after years of debate, the mega-dam is facing a problem its planners could not solve with engineering: less water. @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/03/fall...

Data Centers: not popular

Call for inputs for the study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the implications of sea-level rise.

Deadline: April 30.

www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

Every single one of these agencies does science that emergency managers rely on to be able to do their jobs.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

@melodyschreiber.com

Is your state becoming uninsurable? We have the latest data. Home insurance is buckling under climate risk and construction trends. Find out how your state fares.

Is your state becoming uninsurable?

In CA, insurance prices have gone up by 16% in the last two years, and are about to increase by another 16% this year.

grist.org/economics/is...

Por medio del cual se reconoce... | Proyectos de Ley | Congreso Visible Por medio del cual se reconoce la condición de desplazamiento forzado interno por causas asociadas al cambio climático, la degradación ambiental y los desastres

It broke down in 2024. I think a refiled version passed Congress in December last year, but it doesn't yet seem to have been promulgated.

I'm sceptical it'll be useful when passed (its success seems to hinge on being able to establish causality), but I guess we'll see how implementation goes.

Colombia considers first law on climate refugees in Latin America A new bill is proposing that the government recognize ‘the existence of forced internal displacement due to causes associated with climate change and environmental degradation’

Does anyone have updates on Colombia's draft law to “recognize the existence of forced internal displacement due to causes associated with climate change and environmental degradation"? Did it ever pass or has it stalled?

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Mexico Pressures U.S. Over Deaths of Its Citizens in ICE Custody

14 Mexicans have died in US immigration custody under the DT regime. Mexico plans to take diplomatic & legal action against the US through US & OAS mechanism. (Anyone else thinking of Avena right now?) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/u...

1/ The world is facing a 'ticking time bomb' from its supply of oil, according to a briefing note from JP Morgan. Physical scarcity of oil is about to unfold across the globe, spreading sequentially through April from east to west, causing major economic disruption worldwide. ⬇️

LNG Supply Cut Further After Cyclone Hits Australian Plants Three Australian plants that provide about 8% of the world’s liquefied natural gas have had their output curbed by a cyclone, in a further blow to mainly Asian buyers reeling from the halt of shipment...

Climate change comes for one and all. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

Only half of calories produced on croplands are available for human consumption, study finds Study: 1/2 of the calories produced on croplands are unavailable for human consumption

This is one of the most important issues with the global food system, yet it is often ignored.

Put simply, we don't actually grow much *food* in our farms around the world. Instead, we grow grossly inefficient animal feed and biofuels.

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