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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · May 7
Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #FutureGenerations #EnvironmentalImpact
Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds
Exposure to extreme climate events will increase two to seven times more for those born in 2020 compared with those in 1960, a new study warns.
www.livescience.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 1d
Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Cases Rise Due to Travelers and Climate Change #Science #HealthandMedicine #InfectiousDiseases #Chikungunya #ClimateChange #PublicHealth
Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Cases Rise Due to Travelers and Climate Change
Learn more about how the chikungunya virus spreads and what can be done to stop outbreaks.
www.discovermagazine.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 1d
The Science Behind Peak Fall Colors: What to Expect in 2025 #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #FallColors #ClimateChange #NatureScience
The Science Behind Peak Fall Colors: What to Expect in 2025
If you want to know where the best leaf peeping will be this year, climate science and weather can provide the answer
www.scientificamerican.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 2d
Hannah Ritchie's new book on net zero is a breath of fresh air #Science #Other #NetZero #ClimateChange #Sustainability
Hannah Ritchie's new book on net zero is a breath of fresh air
Clearing the Air answers all your burning questions about the net-zero transition, with optimistic, data-led insights designed to address misinformation about climate change, says Madeleine Cuff
www.newscientist.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 3d
How pie-in-the-sky conspiracies distract from climate dangers #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateChange #ConspiracyTheories #EnvironmentalAwareness
How pie-in-the-sky conspiracies distract from climate dangers
The conspiracy theory that bad actors use "chemtrails" from aircraft to poison us sucks energy from legitimate protest against aviation's effects on the climate, says Graham Lawton
www.newscientist.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 3d
Amazon’s Invisible Crisis: Fire Damage Now Worse Than Deforestation #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #AmazonCrisis #Deforestation #ClimateChange
Amazon's Invisible Crisis: Fire Damage Now Worse Than Deforestation
The Amazon rainforest just experienced something scientists didn't see coming. In 2024, forest fires caused more carbon emissions than clear-cutting did
scienceblog.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 4d
Neutrons reveal how reefs responded to past climate changes #Science #EarthSciences #Paleontology #CoralReefs #ClimateChange
Neutrons reveal how reefs responded to past climate changes
A new method to study fossilised coral will improve scientists’ ability to reconstruct how reefs responded to climate changes thousands of years ago.
cosmosmagazine.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 4d
The US is set to cancel funding for two major direct-air capture plants #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #DirectAirCapture #ClimateChange #Sustainability
The US is set to cancel funding for two major direct-air-capture plants
The terminations would cut tens of millions of dollars that Climeworks, Heirloom, Oxy, and others were depending on to develop carbon removal projects in Louisiana and Texas.
www.technologyreview.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 4d
One of Earth’s most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it? #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #CarbonSink #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalConservation
One of Earth’s most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it?
For decades, forest, grasslands and other land ecosystems have collectively absorbed up to a third of the carbon dioxide we emit each year - but this climate buffer may be collapsing far sooner than...
www.newscientist.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 4d
Earth Could Overcorrect Global Warming, Triggering an Ice Age #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #IceAge
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 4d
South Africa’s Coast Is Rising—And Scientists Have a New Explanation Why #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #CoastalRising #ClimateChange
South Africa’s Coast Is Rising—And Scientists Have a New Explanation Why
Human water management contributes to sinking land across the globe, and it may also be responsible for an unexpected rise
www.scientificamerican.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 5d
The Earth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Mean Hotter Summers in the Future #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #EnvironmentalScience
The Earth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Mean Hotter Summers in the Future
Learn the surprising reasons why Earth has grown darker over the last 20 years, which include volcanoes, clouds, and cleaner air.
www.discovermagazine.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 5d
Ocean’s Carbon Conveyor Belt Jams During Heat Waves #Science #EarthSciences #Oceanography #ClimateChange #OceanHealth #CarbonCycle
scienceblog.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 6d
Bill Gates: Our best weapon against climate change is ingenuity #Science #TechnologyandEngineering #ClimateChange #Innovation #Sustainability
Bill Gates: Our best weapon against climate change is ingenuity
A measure I call the Green Premium reveals where we can invest in climate progress for maximum impact.
www.technologyreview.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 6d
Fade to grey: as forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours #Science #Biology #Ecology #Biodiversity #Conservation #ClimateChange
Fade to grey: as forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours
The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down
www.theguardian.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 6d
This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #DataScience #Sustainability
This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight
Countries are falling short on reducing emissions, but British data scientist Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees the world making real gains on climate change. In an interview, she talks about...
e360.yale.edu
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 7d
Ocean Acidification Threshold Pushes Earth Past Another Planetary Boundary #Science #EarthSciences #Oceanography #OceanAcidification #PlanetaryBoundaries #ClimateChange
Ocean Acidification Threshold Pushes Earth Past Another Planetary Boundary
Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods
www.scientificamerican.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 8d
Earth May Not Be So Special After All, New Study Finds #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #EarthScience #Astrobiology #ClimateChange
Earth May Not Be So Special After All, New Study Finds
New research suggests that planets outside our solar system contain far less surface water than scientists once believed. Contrary to earlier theories that these exoplanets might be covered by deep global...
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 9d
Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #Antarctica #ClimateChange #SeaLevelRise
Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas
Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences
www.newscientist.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 9d
Most Politicians Don’t Know We’re Out of Time on Climate #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Sustainability
scienceblog.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 10d
NASA Captures Stunning Images of a Titanic Iceberg’s Collapse #Science #EarthSciences #Oceanography #NASA #Iceberg #ClimateChange
NASA Captures Stunning Images of a Titanic Iceberg’s Collapse
Iceberg A-23A, once colossal and long-lived, is breaking apart as it drifts into warmer seas.
scitechdaily.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 10d
As Hurricanes Stir Up Coastal Waters, North Carolina Homes Collapse Into the Sea #Science #EarthSciences #Oceanography #Hurricanes #CoastalErosion #ClimateChange
As Hurricanes Stir Up Coastal Waters, North Carolina Homes Collapse Into the Sea
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
e360.yale.edu
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 11d
The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap? #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #GreenhouseGas #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalPolicy
The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap?
With the agency no longer collecting emissions data from polluting companies, attention is turning to whether climate NGOs have the tools—and legal right—to fulfill this EPA function.
www.wired.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 11d
How China’s New Emissions Pledge Could Radically Alter Climate Change #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #ClimateChange #EmissionsPledge #Sustainability
How China’s New Emissions Pledge Could Radically Alter Climate Change
China’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases will largely determine the world’s emissions trajectory, researchers say
www.scientificamerican.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 11d
The Download: our thawing permafrost, and a drone-filled future #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #Permafrost #ClimateChange #DroneTechnology
The Download: our thawing permafrost, and a drone-filled future
Plus: America's first AI law is here
www.technologyreview.com
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Countdown to Extinction @countdown2ext.bsky.social · 12d
Scientists can see Earth’s permafrost thawing from space #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #Permafrost #EarthObservation #ClimateChange
Scientists can see Earth’s permafrost thawing from space
New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities.
www.technologyreview.com
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