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. 🧵

Here's the charge sheet against the USA, as revealed by (checks notes) @thestrokes.bsky.social at Coachella. 🧵

FT: The coming global food crisis. Hunger and even famine are foreseeable consequences of the war on Iran. Now the world must act to shield the poorest from effects that will continue long after the fighting stops.

Actually there’s more. This report was based on biodiversity collapse continuing on its current trajectory. But the world’s food system is fragile anyway - eg it’s heavily dependent on the Strait of Hormuz being open as the FT just explained.

For Their Eyes Only? Back in the relative calm of January, as the media fixated on American threats to invade Greenland, the British government quietly published an

Full terrifying story: znetwork.org/znetarticle/...

An ostrich with its head in the sand

WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF FOOD.

The day the UK govt was supposed to release a report warning of catastrophic food collapse, it also published data showing England had just had its second-worst harvest on record.

So they cancelled the report's launch, calling it "too negative".

This is as scary as it gets.

And we need so much more journalism about this, explaining exactly what this means for people and their lives.

The Guardian: Oceans 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 Damian Carrington Environment editor

Has any media besides @theguardian.com even covered this horrifying news?

The Guardian: Oceans 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 Damian Carrington Environment editor

Has any media besides @theguardian.com even covered this horrifying news?

Stanislav Petrov

In 1983, Stanislav Petrov saved the world by refusing to launch a nuclear retaliation when the system wrongly told him his country was under attack.

Americans and Israelis could face that same choice tonight. May they have the courage and wisdom to do what Petrov did. History awaits them.

It's 2026 and the Daily Express has devoted two pages to platforming the claims of a coal lobbyist...

"Whatever much of the world thinks about fossil fuels, this Lon­don-based global lob­by­ist is com­mit­ted to an energy source that is still widely avail­able under­ground in Bri­tain."

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The man of the very centre of platforming and spreading climate denial in the UK (and far beyond) has made a very rare appearance setting out of stance on climate change.

And it is WILD just how error-strewn his short letter in the Guardian is - as factchecked by Simon...

‘The tide is turning’, Green party leader tells crowd at march against far right – as it happened Organisers claim half a million people are marching through central London, protesting against the rise of the far right

How can the BBC justify how much coverage they give other marches which are significantly smaller in size?

The bias is so obviously blatant.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

Earth on track to become uninhabitable, scientists say.

Unless nations cooperate to quickly end the #fossilfuel era, rather than continuing to fight and attack eachother.

Because war = #ecocide

Early Warnings of Climate Change Catastrophe - 1982 - CBS Evening News YouTube video by Shatner Method

44 years ago today March 25, 1982 – CBS Evening News runs 3 minute story on the greenhouse effect. Can’t say we weren’t warned…

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rJ...

the workers - now old men - are pictured with an engine in a factory

March 1974: engineers at an East Kilbride factory spot a Chilean Air Force engine. "Let's black the fuckers" they say. They write "black" on 4 engines so no union member will touch them. The engines sit outside rusting for 4 years. Scottish workers crippled Pinochet's air force. ✊

Yes and it’s such an easy issue to fix

“The fundamental advance in the past five years in understanding of global climate change is realization that equilibrium climate sensitivity is substantially larger than the long-standing best estimate of 3°C for doubled CO2. … Multiple data sources now indicate that climate sensitivity is 4-5°C, which is consistent with aerosol-cloud modeling that reveals increasing aerosol cooling during the 1970-2005 period of rapid linear warming because of increased global spread of the aerosol sources. This explains why underlying climate sensitivity must be larger to account for the observed temperature rise. High climate sensitivity and reduction of East Asia and ship aerosol sources in the past 10-15 years combine to drive accelerated sea surface temperature warming. The first author appeals to his longtime friend Bill McKibben to help communicate the current knowledge because of the implications for the wellbeing of today’s young people and their children.”

“Help me @billmckibben.bsky.social, you are my only hope” - a desperate plea on behalf of young people everywhere by
@drjamesehansen.bsky.social 😱

This is utter garbage. I believe in net zero. We need to get there. But renewables are not competitive. That's why they are subsidised. Fossil fuel markets are highly competitive. It shouldn't be hard to hold these two thoughts at the same time.

You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

An oil shock just forces a simple choice:

Subsidise fuel

or

Subsidise getting off fuel

Most governments pick the first

That’s a mistake!

A quick 🧵

I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane:

The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...

Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England.

I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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This should be global headline news except for our bought and paid for, compromised media.
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AMOC
Climate
#collapse

Thousands of lawyers urge Keir Starmer to rethink plans to cut jury trials Government facing prospect of most serious backbench revolt yet over proposals for England and Wales

Thousands of lawyers urge Keir Starmer to rethink plans to cut jury trials

Government facing prospect of most serious backbench revolt yet over proposals for England and Wales

www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...

Chart showing the exponential collapse of the lag, extrapolated to 2.0C. Reference points show 10, 20 and 30 year lag scenarios projecting 2033, 2043 and 2053 respectively.

1/🌡️ Global warming passed a milestone on 17th Nov 2023 that barely made the news

For the first time ever, the world's daily average temperature was 2.0°C above pre-industrial levels

Here's what the data says about when that becomes the annual norm, & whether it's coming sooner than anyone expects🧵

The image shows two figures, a and b. Figure a shows a map of Europe with thermal positions indicated by color-coded hexagons, ranging from -1.0 to 1.0. Arrows point to "Reduced negative impacts" and "Increased negative impacts." Figure b shows a scatter plot of effect size vs thermal position with a fish illustration on top. "Biomass change estimates" indicated by circle size.

A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that long-term ocean warming reduces global fish biomass by up to 19.8% annually. Warmer years and marine heatwaves were linked to sharp biomass losses of up to 43.4%. go.nature.com/40b6AIB 🧪 🌍

“The Met's own statement shows that they were aware that the meeting was for training in nonviolent direct action, so this raid and the indiscriminate arrest of everyone present is shocking overreach."

Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not the planet.

Read this thread.