Brian E
@beeeeeeel.bsky.social
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This is crazy. If it happens as predicted, we‘re in deep trouble.
"Global oil and gas demand is projected to keep rising through 2050 under nations' current policies despite growth in renewables and electric cars, the International Energy Agency said." 😩
Hot off the presses: @iea.org influential study sees momentum ebbing on cutting global CO2 emissions www.axios.com/2025/11/12/i... via @axios.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This is crazy. If it happens as predicted, we‘re in deep trouble.
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Climate tipping points are close: scientists urge radical action before it’s too late
Tipping point risks are interconnected. Most interactions among them are destabilising, meaning that tipping one system into disaster makes tipping another more likely.
theconversation.com/climate-tipp...
Tipping point risks are interconnected. Most interactions among them are destabilising, meaning that tipping one system into disaster makes tipping another more likely.
theconversation.com/climate-tipp...
Climate tipping points are close: scientists urge radical action before it’s too late
Dangerous climate tipping points will threaten food, water and coastlines. They’re irreversible and only radically accelerated climate action can stop them now.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Climate tipping points are close: scientists urge radical action before it’s too late
Tipping point risks are interconnected. Most interactions among them are destabilising, meaning that tipping one system into disaster makes tipping another more likely.
theconversation.com/climate-tipp...
Tipping point risks are interconnected. Most interactions among them are destabilising, meaning that tipping one system into disaster makes tipping another more likely.
theconversation.com/climate-tipp...
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This is the ONLY thing that matters at #COP30. It is the ONLY thing that should guide discussions and frame decisions. If we fail to halt the rise of CO2 concentrations and turn them negative then all else is wasted effort.
h/t @tg42birder.bsky.social
h/t @tg42birder.bsky.social
Carbon dioxide levels increase by record amount to new highs in 2024
wmo.int
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is the ONLY thing that matters at #COP30. It is the ONLY thing that should guide discussions and frame decisions. If we fail to halt the rise of CO2 concentrations and turn them negative then all else is wasted effort.
h/t @tg42birder.bsky.social
h/t @tg42birder.bsky.social
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The New York Times is no longer (if it ever was) a reliable source of information. It lies about Israel Palestine. It lies about fossil fuels. It ignores or lies about climate change. It downplays Trump’s crimes. Why would anyone buy a paper that is so full of lies!?
The claim that “emissions have come down” in this @nytimes.com @sominisengupta.bsky.social article on where we are ten years post-Paris is FALSE.
Global emissions were at an all-time high in 2024.
As it stands this claim is misinformation. They need to issue a correction!
Global emissions were at an all-time high in 2024.
As it stands this claim is misinformation. They need to issue a correction!
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The New York Times is no longer (if it ever was) a reliable source of information. It lies about Israel Palestine. It lies about fossil fuels. It ignores or lies about climate change. It downplays Trump’s crimes. Why would anyone buy a paper that is so full of lies!?
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In search of: Podcast guest who can speak to disinformation about the US economy.
I have a podcast called Unchecked about disinformation and the systems that enable it.
We've covered vaccines, gun violence, climate change, + more.
Send recs to [email protected]
unchecked.buzzsprout.com
I have a podcast called Unchecked about disinformation and the systems that enable it.
We've covered vaccines, gun violence, climate change, + more.
Send recs to [email protected]
unchecked.buzzsprout.com
Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation
Misinformation and disinformation thrive in today’s technology landscape, and arguably present the greatest threat to modern society. Information architecture – the practice of designing and managing ...
unchecked.buzzsprout.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In search of: Podcast guest who can speak to disinformation about the US economy.
I have a podcast called Unchecked about disinformation and the systems that enable it.
We've covered vaccines, gun violence, climate change, + more.
Send recs to [email protected]
unchecked.buzzsprout.com
I have a podcast called Unchecked about disinformation and the systems that enable it.
We've covered vaccines, gun violence, climate change, + more.
Send recs to [email protected]
unchecked.buzzsprout.com
"This is more or less Gates’ point, that climate should be treated as one of many problems that we need to solve rather than an all-encompassing ur-problem. But by and large the majority of people and policymakers have been treating it as just that."
Indeed this is an excellent nuanced and optimistic response to Bill Gates by @hausfath.bsky.social !
(Though admittedly less entertaining than @climateadam.bsky.social.)
It’s a good example of how to debate constructively about solving the #climatecrisis.
(Though admittedly less entertaining than @climateadam.bsky.social.)
It’s a good example of how to debate constructively about solving the #climatecrisis.
Here's a good response from @hausfath.bsky.social: www.theclimatebrink.com/p/on-the-gat...
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"This is more or less Gates’ point, that climate should be treated as one of many problems that we need to solve rather than an all-encompassing ur-problem. But by and large the majority of people and policymakers have been treating it as just that."
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2025 State of the Climate Report: Our Planet's Vital Signs are Crashing eos.org/research-and...
2025 State of the Climate Report: Our Planet's Vital Signs are Crashing - Eos
A yearly analysis of climate change’s progress and effects shows a “planet on the brink” of ecological breakdown and widespread crisis and suggests that only rapid climate mitigation able to avoid the...
eos.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
2025 State of the Climate Report: Our Planet's Vital Signs are Crashing eos.org/research-and...
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This study by my colleagues at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa shows that deep sea mining waste to be released near the ocean surface would disrupt marine food webs.
The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊
The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊
Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs - Nature Communications
Deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may release waste into midwaters that support diverse marine life. This study finds such discharges could dilute key food particles and disrupt trophic l...
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This study by my colleagues at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa shows that deep sea mining waste to be released near the ocean surface would disrupt marine food webs.
The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊
The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊
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You don’t earn a billion. You extract it.
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
You don’t earn a billion. You extract it.
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Better to farm solar for energy
than to farm crops to use for biofuels
1ha solar array ~600kW
1000-1500 MWh/year (varies with location)
>100x more energy than
1ha planted crop for biofuels
- Soybean: ~8.3 MWh/yr
(updated graphic with revised numbers including corn and sugar cane)
than to farm crops to use for biofuels
1ha solar array ~600kW
1000-1500 MWh/year (varies with location)
>100x more energy than
1ha planted crop for biofuels
- Soybean: ~8.3 MWh/yr
(updated graphic with revised numbers including corn and sugar cane)
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Better to farm solar for energy
than to farm crops to use for biofuels
1ha solar array ~600kW
1000-1500 MWh/year (varies with location)
>100x more energy than
1ha planted crop for biofuels
- Soybean: ~8.3 MWh/yr
(updated graphic with revised numbers including corn and sugar cane)
than to farm crops to use for biofuels
1ha solar array ~600kW
1000-1500 MWh/year (varies with location)
>100x more energy than
1ha planted crop for biofuels
- Soybean: ~8.3 MWh/yr
(updated graphic with revised numbers including corn and sugar cane)
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My answer to this question was to remind everyone that even if Europe was leading, its actions are grossly insufficient to limit warming to well below 2°C.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Taking the Pulse: Has Europe Given Up its Leadership on Climate Change?
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to energy transition and ecological protection. Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain its role as a d...
carnegieendowment.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My answer to this question was to remind everyone that even if Europe was leading, its actions are grossly insufficient to limit warming to well below 2°C.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
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It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
By @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
By @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.
Even climate scientists had to double-check this.
Global emissions rose again in 2024 — and more than half of that increase came from land-use change, mostly deforestation.
That’s how far off track we still are, we need radical system change to counter the mess we created.
Global emissions rose again in 2024 — and more than half of that increase came from land-use change, mostly deforestation.
That’s how far off track we still are, we need radical system change to counter the mess we created.
"Here is the graph, which is so wild, the climate scientist had to call a colleague & check it"
It is true actually! In the Global Carbon Budget we do not usually show the LUC like this, because of interannual variability & uncertainty. But it is what the data says!
politiken.dk/klima/art106...
It is true actually! In the Global Carbon Budget we do not usually show the LUC like this, because of interannual variability & uncertainty. But it is what the data says!
politiken.dk/klima/art106...
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Even climate scientists had to double-check this.
Global emissions rose again in 2024 — and more than half of that increase came from land-use change, mostly deforestation.
That’s how far off track we still are, we need radical system change to counter the mess we created.
Global emissions rose again in 2024 — and more than half of that increase came from land-use change, mostly deforestation.
That’s how far off track we still are, we need radical system change to counter the mess we created.
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"Natural CO2 removal is increasingly being claimed as anthropogenic climate mitigation. This misrepresentation is already prevalent for forests and coastal ecosystems; there is now the risk of the error reoccurring for open-ocean CO2 uptake via the biological carbon pump."\
🌊
rdcu.be/eOooz
🌊
rdcu.be/eOooz
Natural carbon uptake by ocean biology will not deliver credible carbon credits
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Natural CO2 removal is increasingly being claimed as anthropogenic climate mitigation. This misrepresentation is already prevalent for forests and coastal...
rdcu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"Natural CO2 removal is increasingly being claimed as anthropogenic climate mitigation. This misrepresentation is already prevalent for forests and coastal ecosystems; there is now the risk of the error reoccurring for open-ocean CO2 uptake via the biological carbon pump."\
🌊
rdcu.be/eOooz
🌊
rdcu.be/eOooz
Mamdani vandt sgu, hold da kæft det er blæret. Et røvspark til de dumme svin.
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Mamdani vandt sgu, hold da kæft det er blæret. Et røvspark til de dumme svin.
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There is increasing talk about overshoot of 1.5°C, particularly that *now* we can only achieve 1.5°C by first overshooting 1.5°C.
Well, sorry to tell you, 1.5°C have always been overshoot scenarios. Here from the original 'SSP' 1.5°C scenarios published in 2018.
[Overshoot is a scenario design]
Well, sorry to tell you, 1.5°C have always been overshoot scenarios. Here from the original 'SSP' 1.5°C scenarios published in 2018.
[Overshoot is a scenario design]
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
There is increasing talk about overshoot of 1.5°C, particularly that *now* we can only achieve 1.5°C by first overshooting 1.5°C.
Well, sorry to tell you, 1.5°C have always been overshoot scenarios. Here from the original 'SSP' 1.5°C scenarios published in 2018.
[Overshoot is a scenario design]
Well, sorry to tell you, 1.5°C have always been overshoot scenarios. Here from the original 'SSP' 1.5°C scenarios published in 2018.
[Overshoot is a scenario design]
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Introducing the latest in luxury hydration: Liquid Chemtrails.
And today only: Get a free aluminium foil hat with every 6-pack. Don't miss out!
And today only: Get a free aluminium foil hat with every 6-pack. Don't miss out!
June 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Introducing the latest in luxury hydration: Liquid Chemtrails.
And today only: Get a free aluminium foil hat with every 6-pack. Don't miss out!
And today only: Get a free aluminium foil hat with every 6-pack. Don't miss out!
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Here's the thing: 2.5-3C of global warming is actually still really bad news. Is it better than 3-5C of warming? Undoubtedly. But I don't think many folks, apparently including Gates & advisors, appreciate just how radically transformed a 2.5-3C warmer world would be. [10/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Here's the thing: 2.5-3C of global warming is actually still really bad news. Is it better than 3-5C of warming? Undoubtedly. But I don't think many folks, apparently including Gates & advisors, appreciate just how radically transformed a 2.5-3C warmer world would be. [10/n]
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In fact, the preponderance of scientific evidence in recent years points increasingly toward each increment of warming being MORE consequential, and harmful to both human systems and societies and ecosystems, than previously believed--not less. [7/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In fact, the preponderance of scientific evidence in recent years points increasingly toward each increment of warming being MORE consequential, and harmful to both human systems and societies and ecosystems, than previously believed--not less. [7/n]
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
Fake and pretty useless plactic trees all around these days.
"The big logistics hurdle to figure out, of course, would be a way to collect the filters for regeneration and then return them for reuse." 🤨
Someone hasn't thought this through. There's no way to do CO₂ removal on a small scale. If we're serious, it'll be the largest thing we've ever done.
Someone hasn't thought this through. There's no way to do CO₂ removal on a small scale. If we're serious, it'll be the largest thing we've ever done.
This air filter could make your home (and everyone else’s) a carbon-capture plant
Engineers have made a nanofiber filter that fits in building ventilation systems and soaks up CO2 at lower cost than massive direct-air capture plants.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Fake and pretty useless plactic trees all around these days.
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this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
economicsfromthetopdown.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
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World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows.
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows.
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...