Strategically bringing back beavers builds healthier, climate-resistant habitats

North American beavers are rebounding after centuries of hunting, habitat loss and disease, benefitting the broader natural ecosystem and humans alike

https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/water/bringing-back-beavers-habitat/

Nearly 10,000 Care Homes In Heatwave Hot Spots

With hotter weather predicted to return to parts of the UK this week, new analysis by Friends of the Earth reveals the areas (high heat neighbourhoods) of England most at risk from dangerous heatwaves

https://thecareruk.com/nearly-10000-care-homes-in-heatwave-hot-spots/

Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered

Pediatric asthma ER visits dropped 40 percent after a coal processing plant near Pittsburgh closed down, researchers found

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05082025/pittsburgh-asthma-cases-drop-after-coal-plant-closure/

We see net zero emissions pledges everywhere, but only 14 per cent of Australians actually understand what net zero means. Who could blame them? Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the term “net zero” has been misused and misconstrued. This is largely because it was co-opted by the fossil fuel industry, which has exploited the “net” in net zero as a loophole to rely on carbon offsets rather than make genuine emissions reductions

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/forget-net-zero-we-need-real-zero-and-these-companies-prove-it-s-profitable-20250730-p5mj16.html

Terracotta Is a 3,000-Year-Old Solution to Fighting Extreme Heat

"Passive cooling uses building design to regulate indoor temperatures with natural materials, strategic ventilation and well-controlled shading. ........where research found it can reduce air-conditioning loads by up to 70 percent."

#Climate #Energy #Design
#Engineering #Weather #Conservation
#Solutions #Heatwave

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/terracotta-is-a-3-000-year-old-solution-to-fighting-extreme-heat/

Another climate-related record falls.

This time, it's one of the worst apple-growing seasons in the Baltic countries, due to unseasonably wet conditions.

Remind me again what Nordhaus said about the climate and economic costs?

#climate #GlobalWarming #environment

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2640228/apple-juice-season-in-lithuania-expected-to-be-worst-in-years

" The term keystone species describes a species that occupies a key ecological role duplicated by no other species in the ecosystem. Without the keystone species, the entire ecosystem collapses, impacting other species. "

#biodiversity #Ecology #Environment
#Climate #Conservation #Wildlife

https://earth.org/harmony-in-nature-the-vital-role-of-keystone-species-in-human-wildlife-coexistence/

Komunita Mikmaků musí o svůj způsob života i přírodní zdroje neustále bojovat. Aktivistka, odbornice na domorodé právo a příslušnice Mikmaků Cheryl Maloney otevírá sociální i klimatické otázky a učí vnímat svět jinak.
Podcast Screenshot Inspiračního fóra s vědeckou novinářkou Pavlou Hubálkovou najdete v podcastových aplikacích, na www.inspiracniforum.cz/podcast a na webu Deníku Referendum.

We are at war D:

https://anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-7268-999a-1461-a21675213455

Environmental insights blocked. Digital barriers hinder critical climate information. #Environment #Climate #Information

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/death-valley-national-park-car-fire-deaths-20421436.php

Hazards of Wildfire

Summary: Hundreds of millions of people suffer as wildfire smoke fills cities. New science reveals what is in that smoke, from heavy metals to exotic chemicals - leading to brain damage and early death. #Toxicsmoke

#climate #health #wildfire #ClimateCrisis #vancouver #britishcolumbia #california #chicago #montreal #ClimateAction #environment #smoke #fire #airpollution #pollution @environment #africa #canada #cdnpoli #tiktokpe #eu @palestine #india #asia #fire #FireWx

5 juin 2025, 12:51 EDT

For the first time, global average concentrations of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas emitted as a byproduct of burning fossil fuels, exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) in May. The new readings were a record high and represented an increase of more than 3 ppm over last year.

The measurements indicate that countries are not doing enough to limit greenhouse gas emissions & reverse the steady buildup of C02

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/earth-co2-record-global-warming-rcna210974

How central bankers speak about climate and what this means for financial markets

Central banks have increasingly engaged with climate-related topics in their public communication, but little is known about the drivers and effects of this shift

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/how-central-bankers-speak-about-climate-and-what-means-financial-markets

The Roundtable has dismissed calls to cut back production, arguing that ranching techniques designed to encourage carbon sequestration in soils and grasslands, as well as technological innovations such as methane-reducing feed additives, will be adequate to curb emissions from livestock.

Scientists, however, see scant evidence that such approaches can make a meaningful contribution to tackling the climate crisis

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2025/08/10/revealed-how-the-meat-industry-uses-environmental-groups-to-make-beef-seem-climate-friendly/

Plastic waste leakage in East and Southeast Asia may rise 70% by 2050

Plastic leakage to environment projected to increase by at least 68 percent, primarily originating from ASEAN lower-middle-income countries and China, according to OECD report

https://trt.global/world/article/7e96b695e35d

Wildfire season is starting weeks earlier in California—new study shows how climate change is driving the expansion https://phys.org/news/2025-08-wildfire-season-weeks-earlier-california.html

Chevron’s Gorgon facility in WA, one of the highest emitting gas facilities in the world, ended up with an emissions limit that was far, far higher than its 2023-24 emissions – the weakest target the project has ever received

Because it was under its limit, it was issued 388,803 ‘safeguard mechanism credits’, which another polluter can buy from Chevron to meet its emissions target

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/paid-to-pollute-new-analysis-reveals-how-big-polluters-are-making-a-mockery-of-australias-key-climate-policy/