Is a super El Niño imminent, and what could the impacts be? A planet-warming El Niño climate phase is now developing, and some models predict it could turn out to be the strongest on record

A planet-warming El Niño climate phase is now developing, and some models predict it could turn out to be the strongest on record

Key ocean current is slowing at locations around the Atlantic Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening

Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening

Collapse of key ocean current may release billions of tonnes of carbon If the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation shut down, the knock-on effects could release hundreds of billions of tonnes of CO2, raising global temperatures even further

Besides deep-freezing Europe & disrupting Asian & African monsoons, AMOC collapse due to global warming would also release hundreds of billions of tonnes of CO2, warming the globe even more www.newscientist.com/article/2522...

Peter Magyar has offered a template which can be used, without too much alteration, in defeating populists worldwide

open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining.

This is a great read to start to put the puzzle pieces for building a new geopolitics.

"The new world order will be defined by connectivity without hegemony. More possibility and more peril. This is the paradox that defines the new world order."

🎁🔗
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Even though we are left unscathed, the things that drivers do to cyclists are really unpleasant.

Key ocean current is slowing at locations around the Atlantic Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening

Models show the AMOC is weakening, but we didn't have long enough direct observations to be confident.
Now moorings at four different latitudes in the western Atlantic have given the strongest evidence yet that the AMOC is slowing down www.newscientist.com/article/2522...

Are manure digesters a real solution to dairy farm emissions? Anaerobic digesters converting manure to biogas reduce methane emissions from livestock, but incentives for them have encouraged factory farms to get bigger

California is offering hundreds of millions in grants & credits to dairies that install digesters to capture biogas from manure.
This reduces methane emissions. But it also makes cow shit as valuable as cow milk, which could have unintended consequences ... www.newscientist.com/article/2522...

The Next Coup Attempt And How to Stop It

Timothy Snyder: “Trump wants to increase the defense budget by nearly 50% without any review of what the money is for; this is strategic nonsense, and has to be understood as a payoff for the men who, as he imagines, will help him install a dictatorship” open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Update: The US Auto industry has retreated from EVs. That strategy will relegate them to the domestic market only or to extinction. The world is shifting to EVs. Global sales of fully internal combustion engine vehicles peaked in 2017. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 Paywalled link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Half of those arrested by federal agents in Minnesota this winter have already been deported The federal government moved at a rapid pace to deport nearly 1,700 people picked up during a surge of immigration enforcement in Minnesota this winter, according to data analyzed by APM Reports and M...

This is a multigenerational sin that isn’t really reparable

"The abrupt change was messy" is how the Washington Post is framing a decision that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, with millions more expected to die.

NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar generation saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026

📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month
⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current high prices

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NASA's Blue Marble picture of Earth, from 1972

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

March Ice Mushroom Having an early warning for AMOC collapse is great, until it starts going off

Top story this month: Could the Gulf Stream give us an early warning of AMOC collapse?
Also, the Everest fake rescue racket and a ship collision to protest krill fishing in Antarctica icemushroom.substack.com/p/march-ice-...

Of course Pete Hegseth is on the God Squad

The ‘God Squad’ Waives Environmental Rules for Offshore Drilling

There’s a “God Squad” with the power to decide whether species should live or die, & they’ve decided they should die www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/c...

China’s deep-sea mining fleet may also track US submarines A Mongabay and CNN investigation found the eight Chinese state-owned ships that conduct deep-sea mining research in China’s mining areas allocated by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) actually ...

Chinese deep-sea mining research ships spent more time in strategic waters than deep-sea mining areas & may be "more interested in mining military intelligence than minerals."
Maybe Trump should think twice about opening Pandora's box.. @elizabethalberts.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/custom-story...

Warmer ocean is driving the Antarctic sea ice 'regime shift' Since 2016, Antarctic sea ice extent has been declining sharply – now scientists are piecing together how strong winds and warm deep water have played a part in this abrupt transition

Since 2016, Antarctic sea ice extent has been declining sharply – now scientists are piecing together how strong winds and warm deep water have played a part in this abrupt transition

Second place in the @carbonbrief.org quiz elicited gasps of admiration in the New Scientist newsroom this morning. What a result!!

Joint second in the notoriously difficult @carbonbrief.org quiz!

Major bragging rights for our @newscientist.com team with Sam Wong, @alecluhn.com, me, Michael Holder of @businessgreen.bsky.social and @ben-cooke.bsky.social

How The Iran War Is Speeding The End Of The Fossil Fuel Era YouTube video by The World, The Universe And Us

Fascinating stuff here about how the conflict in Iran is an accelerant for the clean energy transition. With @alecluhn.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KCj...

Trump is being schooled on the limits of US power – but he is a slow learner | Rafael Behr Last year it was China’s answer to tariffs, now it’s Iran’s retaliation to airstrikes – ‘America First’ keeps foundering on global economics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Trump "still hasn’t understood that Liberation Day proved the fallacy of 'America First' as trade policy. So he tests the same doctrine to new depths of destruction in war." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why global warming is accelerating and what it means for the future Scientists disagree whether human-made climate change or natural fluctuations are mostly to blame for worse-than-expected heat in recent years

Scientists disagree whether human-made climate change or natural fluctuations are mostly to blame for worse-than-expected heat in recent years

Said Trump the AI shit-bomber

Iran war an 'abject lesson' on fossil fuel dependence, UN climate chief says It underscores the case for governments to wean their economies off oil and gas.

Simon Stiell: “Meek dependence on fossil ​fuel imports will leave Europe forever lurching from crisis to crisis. Renewables turn the tables. Sunlight ​doesn’t depend on narrow and vulnerable shipping straits." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Cheers to everyone who delayed fossil fuel phaseout by saying "you can't switch off fossil fuels overnight"

Because thanks to them everyone now has to face a situation where fossil fuels are switched off overnight 🙃🙃🙃

Jane Fonda at the Oscars on a #BlockTheMerger pin

King penguins are thriving in a warmer climate, but it may not last Longer summers are allowing more king penguin chicks to bulk up and survive the winter, but the penguins' main fishing area is shifting further away as temperatures rise

King penguin chick survival is actually *increasing* with global warming.
This as a "rare win" compared to other penguins. But some worry that as the lanternfish the penguins eat move south, their population will eventually hit a tipping point & collapse www.newscientist.com/article/2519...