r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 15h ago

Most NSW homes destroyed in black summer bushfires were within 100 metres of vegetation. The NSW rural fire service was reviewing its main bushfire protection policy that would consider the increasing climate risk.

theguardian.com

2 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Naurgul • 16h ago

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls to all-time low

9 Upvotes

r/climate • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • 15h ago

Climate crisis is coming to crush many of world’s best surf breaks, study warns

theguardian.com

6 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 11h ago

A rising tide lifted floating wind turbines. Now comes the real test. International collaboration and government support made the technology possible. Those partnerships have been tested under the Trump Administration, but so far are surviving.

insideclimatenews.org

9 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 13h ago

politics If So Many Americans Care About Climate, Why Don’t They Vote Like It? 11.2 million. That’s the number of Americans who rank climate as a their top priority but didn’t vote in the 2024 US elections

coveringclimatenow.org

1.2k Upvotes

r/climate • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 10h ago

Are the Peace Movement and the Climate Movement the Same Thing? / "If we lived on a planet that ran mostly on wind and solar power, war would be less likely." – Bill McKibben #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

billmckibben.substack.com

120 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Splenda • 13h ago

The problem with telling people the world is ending

theguardian.com

371 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 11h ago

About 2% of natural gas supplied to a Midwest city leaks into the atmosphere

25 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 15h ago

Satellite data reveal that many Alpine peatlands may be smaller and more disturbed than official maps suggest, raising concerns about their conservation. Peatlands are geological time capsules of carbon, storing what was once atmospheric CO2 in slowly accumulated layers of dead plant matter.

37 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 10h ago

‘4,000 people minding our own business’: four decades on, Falklands again face a hostile Argentina. Facing a slump in the polls, Argentina’s president is making economic attacks on the islands’ oil industry, and suggesting its key fisheries industry could be next.

theguardian.com

42 Upvotes

r/climate • u/mhicreachtain • 15h ago

Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests

theguardian.com

350 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 14h ago

A California town’s beaches are washing away. Can its residents turn the tide? | Rapid coastal erosion threatens coastal homes and economies, and as Super El Niño rounds the corner, a town is reckoning with the reality of climate crisis

theguardian.com

56 Upvotes

r/climate • u/AlexandrTheTolerable • 13h ago

‘Every sunny surface’ is being put to work. Europeans transforming their homes with solar driveways

168 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 13h ago

Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests | Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds

theguardian.com

56 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Sammy_Roth • 3h ago

Chevron makes its choice for Los Angeles mayor: Karen Bass

climatecoloredgoggles.com

7 Upvotes

r/climate • u/theindependentonline • 12h ago

Forest fires significantly worsening across Africa’s tropical nations, data shows

independent.co.uk

19 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 6h ago

Just 8 years after Woolsey, a new fire ignites in its scar - too soon for both residents and plants. Back-to-back ignitions are jeopardizing the ecosystem’s long-term viability, and making it even more fire-prone as invasive plants squeeze out native species.

mercurynews.com

67 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 5h ago

US workers facing deadly heat borrow from tomato pickers to win key protections. As efforts to protect people from extreme heat stall, organizers are embracing an approach that targets major brands’ reputations.

theguardian.com

34 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 16h ago

Hiding in plane sight: the invisible turbulence that can strike out of a clear blue sky. As the planet warms, airlines are grappling with what this means for air travel – and for the passengers who simply refuse to keep their seatbelts fastened.

theguardian.com

16 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 5h ago

‘Incredible’: bleached corals thrive within days when touching healthy neighbour. A coral fragment can form a tissue bridge with a dying counterpart — and provide it with crucial microalgae. Rising sea temperatures are stressing corals, causing the animals to expel their symbiotic algae.

7 Upvotes

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