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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 8h

Zack Goldsmith: “There’s no sign currently that the UK will back President Lula’s groundbreaking plan to reverse destruction of the world’s great tropical forest basins, even though it was constructed with much UK input.”

Groundbreaking plan? Seriously?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 9h

We’ve lost our sense of belonging to the world we live in. Every war and irrational act of violence, every forest cut down, every poisoned river is a reflection of how far we’ve drifted from nature and ourselves! This isn’t just the planet dying, it’s us, disappearing with it!

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 21h

Record-breaking 2024 Amazon fires drive unprecedented carbon emissions and ecosystem degradation.

phys.org/news/2025-10...

Record-breaking 2024 Amazon fires drive unprecedented carbon emissions and ecosystem degradation

A new study by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Center reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just undergone its most devastating forest fire season in over two decades, which t...

phys.org

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 1d

Extremely worrying data!

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 1d

"It's highly worrying... If you observe a loss of stability followed by a rapid change, then you are confident that these are early warning signals for an abrupt change"- Dr. Beatriz Arellano Nava, @exeter.ac.uk

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Massive system of rotating ocean currents in the North Atlantic is behaving strangely — and it may be reaching a tipping point

An analysis of clam shells suggests the North Atlantic subpolar gyre has had two periods of destabilization over the past 150 years: one around 1920 and the other from 1950 through present.

www.livescience.com

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 1d

My article for @theecologist.org:

Where police are paid to kill.

Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be paid bonuses for killing suspects. Aimed at organized crime, the law will hit ethnic minorities - and eco-activists.

theecologist.org/2025/oct/07/...

Where police are paid to kill

Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be paid bonuses for killing suspects. Aimed at organized crime, the law will hit ethnic minorities - and eco-activists.

theecologist.org

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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 1d

Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be paid bonuses for killing suspects. Aimed at organized crime, the law will hit ethnic minorities - and eco-activists.

Great reporting from @monicapiccinini.bsky.social

theecologist.org/2025/oct/07/...

Where police are paid to kill

Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be paid bonuses for killing suspects. Aimed at organized crime, the law will hit ethnic minorities - and eco-activists.

theecologist.org

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 3d

Rio de Janeiro’s 'Squid Game': where police are paid to kill

Rio de Janeiro's police bill is state-sanctioned murder dressed up like fighting crime - and it will harm poor, Black communities most
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Rio de Janeiro’s 'Squid Game': where police are paid to kill

Rio de Janeiro's police bill is state-sanctioned murder dressed up like fighting crime - and it will harm poor, Black communities most

www.thecanary.co

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 3d

My latest article for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social:
Rio de Janeiro’s ‘Squid Game’: where police are paid to kill.

Rio de Janeiro's police bill is state-sanctioned murder dressed up like fighting crime - and it will harm poor, Black communities most.

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Rio de Janeiro’s 'Squid Game': where police are paid to kill

Rio de Janeiro's police bill is state-sanctioned murder dressed up like fighting crime - and it will harm poor, Black communities most

www.thecanary.co

Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 4d

Caipirinhas cancelled: Brazil on alert over deadly drinks.

From chic Sao Paulo bars to Rio de Janeiro's beaches, Brazilians are on edge after a wave of suspected poisonings from tainted liquor has left people dead, blind, or in a coma.

f24.my/BTfR.X via @FRANCE24

Caipirinhas cancelled: Brazil on alert over deadly drinks

From chic Sao Paulo bars to Rio de Janeiro's beaches, Brazilians are on edge after a wave of suspected poisonings from tainted liquor has left people dead, blind, or in a coma.

f24.my

Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 4d

Warming of the planet can lead to a significant weakening of the AMOC.

This would have consequences for the Amazon because the altered temperatures in the Atlantic would affect the atmospheric water cycle, & also the patterns & amounts of precipitation.

www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 5d

My latest article for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social:

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza: the silent war on nature and survival.

Amid its genocidal siege, Israel is destroying safe futures for Palestine through its destruction of soil, air, and water quality.

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Israel's ecocide in Gaza: the silent war on nature and survival

Amid its genocidal siege, Israel is destroying safe futures for Palestine through its destruction of soil, air, and water quality

www.thecanary.co

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 6d

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Bill Will Encourage Police Shootings.

“Giving bonuses to police for killings is not only outright brutal but also undermines public security by creating a financial incentive for officers to shoot rather than arrest suspects.”

www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Bill Will Encourage Police Shootings

The governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro should veto provisions in a new bill that would give civil police an economic incentive to kill suspects and would weaken forensic analysis, Human...

www.hrw.org

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6d

TONIGHT:

As Israel illegally abducts the flotilla activists, the public plan mass protests UK-wide

Israel has illegally intercepted the Gaza humanitarian flotilla in international waters, so people across the UK will protest its impunity. Details #ShutItDown:
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

As Israel illegally abducts the flotilla activists, the public plan mass protests UK-wide

Israel has illegally intercepted the Gaza humanitarian flotilla in international waters, so people across the UK will protest its impunity

www.thecanary.co

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7d

The Amazon rainforest: the breeding grounds for the next pandemic

The destruction of the Amazon rainforest is driving the emergence of the next pandemic, as zoonotic-borne diseases surge.
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

The Amazon rainforest: the breeding grounds for the next pandemic

Destruction of the Amazon rainforest is driving the emergence of the next pandemic, as zoonotic-borne diseases surge.

www.thecanary.co

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 7d

It’s time for churches, religious institutions & monarchs to stop accumulating wealth & land. These belong to the people, not hidden in palaces or vast estates. Return the wealth & the land! Give it back to the communities that built them!

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Jane Goodall

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 7d

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 7d

My latest article for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social:

The Amazon rainforest: the breeding grounds for the next pandemic.

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

The Amazon rainforest: the breeding grounds for the next pandemic

Destruction of the Amazon rainforest is driving the emergence of the next pandemic, as zoonotic-borne diseases surge.

www.thecanary.co

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 7d

The Batista brothers, majority shareholders of J&F (controls JBS), want Amazonas Energia.

Their bid landed at Aneel (Brazil’s electricity regulator) just 16 days after Lula’s gov. bailed out the utility by dumping its debts on all Brazilians’ power bills.

www.msn.com/pt-br/notici...

MSN

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 7d

Drivers of rabies virus spillover risk from vampire bats to livestock in Colombia.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Drivers of rabies virus spillover risk from vampire bats to livestock in Colombia

Rabies is an acute and progressive viral zoonotic disease of the nervous system, which widely affects domestic animals in Latin America. Vampire bat-borne rabies virus (RABV) has significant negative ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 8d

JBS may once again be sourcing cattle illegally. The company, leading agribusiness efforts with Brazilian negotiators at COP30, appears to be receiving cattle from a farm fined twice by Brazil’s environmental agency, Ibama, for deforestation.

www.intercept.com.br/2025/09/29/r...

Relatório mostra possível conexão entre JBS e fazenda com histórico de desmatamento | Intercept Brasil

Dados do Greenpeace Brasil mostram que fazenda em Santana do Araguaia, autuada duas vezes pelo Ibama, pode estar fornecendo gado para a JBS.

www.intercept.com.br

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 10d

BREAKING: Spain joins the Hague Group to hold Israel accountable over Gaza

In an unprecedented move, Spain has announced its intention to join the Hague Group to hold Israeli occupation accountable for genocide
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

BREAKING: Spain joins the Hague Group to hold Israel accountable over Gaza

Comprising 34 countries, Spain has announced its intention to join the Hague Group to hold Israeli occupation accountable for genocide

www.thecanary.co

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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 10d

Israel pulls the trigger, and the US loads the gun. The genocide is theirs, a joint operation of destruction and denial.

The rest of the world in paralysis, our leaders pretending they care - failing to act!

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 12d

“given currently available records, the present anthropogenic carbon release rate is unprecedented during the past 66 million yrs... future ecosystem disruptions are likely to exceed the relatively limited extinctions observed at the PETM”

www.nature.com/articles/nge...

Anthropogenic carbon release rate unprecedented during the past 66 million years - Nature Geoscience

Carbon release rates during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum are difficult to constrain. Comparing relative rates of carbon cycle and climate change at the event’s onset suggests emissions were much slower than anthropogenic emissions.

www.nature.com

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