Climate change (because it's still political for some reason)

[Xaaron]

Who is this Jor-El guy, and why is he such a downer?

Meanwhile, 12 years ago...

 

[Anonymous X]

Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests

Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific

www.theguardian.com

More good news.

 

[NovaSaber]

Perfect headline on this one

Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change - Engadget

Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

www.engadget.com

 

[Anonymous X]

Henry Mance (@henrymance.ft.com)

Hilarious how for years serious people have said that you can't rely on renewables because they are prone to disruptions in supply https://www.ft.com/content/19f155b1-8b12-491a-bbc5-a3bdb2a2e607?syn-25a6b1a6=1

bsky.app

I mean, one would hope this war will lead to developed nations further accelerating a move to renewables, but I am not an optimistic man.

edit: https://archive.ph/DKIBM is the paywall-breaking link.

 

[Pocket]

The genuinely developed nations (which is to say, EU countries) almost certainly will, although most of them have probably been moving as fast as humanly possible on that front already.

 

[Anonymous X]

The genuinely developed nations (which is to say, EU countries) almost certainly will, although most of them have probably been moving as fast as humanly possible on that front already.

Good point, and the European Commission has already asked member states to take it seriously:

Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social)

The European Commission is urging people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf...

bsky.app

I wish our (UK) government was more proactive though. It seems frightened of the media, which bashes “woke” renewables pretty much daily.

 

[Dekafox]

Coming up: New New Orleans.

‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds

Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century, authors say

www.theguardian.com

 

[abates]

New Zealand government has decided we're not allowed to sue companies who are causing climate change gases to be released into the atmosphere:

Government changes climate law to prevent lawsuits

Mike Smith, whose case has now been blocked, says the move is unprecedented, while other activists are calling it a "shocking abuse of power".

www.rnz.co.nz

 

[wonko the sane?]

That's weird for new zealand, right? Aren't they normally a lot more progressive?

 

[Cyoti]

The current ruling coalition there (Nationals/ACT/New Zealand First) are all right-wing.

 

[Anonymous X]

Met Office - weather and climate (@metoffice.gov.uk)

Today is now the hottest day in May on record for both England and Wales with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35.1°C and Cardiff Bute Park reaching 32.9°C 🌡️

bsky.app

Horrifically, record-breakingly, hot in the UK today. Made worse by the inherent humidity of our summers, and our infrastructure being designed for mild weather.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Try not to die X. Heat and high humidity can be very lethal.

 

[Dekafox]

Trump administration takes aim at crucial ocean monitoring network

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade

www.scientificamerican.com

Unpaywalled(if the site is working): https://archive.ph/2026.06.02-17225...akes-aim-at-crucial-ocean-monitoring-network/

tl;dr:

Trump regime takes aim at crucial ocean monitoring network. Ships will be dispatched this month to remove the more than 900 deep-sea instruments that comprise the network, one of the world’s most trusted sources of climate and oceanic data.
The station in the Atlantic’s Irminger Sea has gathered crucial data on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), which some scientists suspect is weakening—if it collapses, the weather effects could be devastating.

 

[NovaSaber]

Not just failing to maintain/renew/whetever, but actively removing it.

There were Captain Planet villains who wouldn't go this far out of their way to make things worse.