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• Post #4039808

  Just a reminder: the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN’s principal judicial body, ruled in July 2025 that States have an obligation to protect the environment from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The governments of many countries are... outlaws. #climate #climatechange

• Post #2049376

  You know, even though i'm seventy years old, I still like to dabble in programming a bit. I just updated my intelligent query designer, so now you can run the query straight from it! https://github.com/JeffDChapman/Azul-IQD #programming

• Post #2049375

  Saw a nice Earth Day bumper sticker today: "Condoms Prevent Minivans" #EarthDay

• Post #2049374

  Working towards resilient, Earth-friendly ammonia production... "Ultimately, sustainable ammonia requires not only better catalysts, but also better integration of production, use, and nitrogen management." https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(26)00079-5 #climate

• Post #2049373

  Seems to me we should phase out fossil fuel subsidies... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972726000358 #climate #climatechange

• Post #2049372

  "Crossing this tipping point [AMOC collapse] would not only cool north-western Europe, it would dramatically raise sea levels on the American East Coast, cause the collapse of marine ecosystems, reduce the carbon dioxide uptake of the ocean and warm the southern hemisphere even more, and it could also shift the tropical rainfall belts and disrupt the Asian monsoon. ... it takes about a thousand years for the AMOC to recover." (From Greta Thunberg's The Climate Book) #...

• Post #2049371

  “Widespread warming and lack of humidity is keeping fires up at night.” https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/wildfires-used-to-go-to-sleep-at-night-climate-change-has-them-burning-overtime/ #climatechange

• Post #2049370

  Funny how billionaires cheer California when it builds their markets and infrastructure, but bolt the moment a modest 5% wealth tax is proposed. If your success depends on the state, maybe your contribution shouldn’t disappear the second you’re asked to give a little back. https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/04/27/billionaires-tax-closer-to-california-ballot-heres-who-has-already-left/ #sociology #california

• Post #2049369

  Climate change is not just about "capitalism"... https://chappyessays.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/blame-is-the-easiest-escape/ #climate #climatechange

• Post #2049367

  Another shortage caused by the Iran war... "Everybody is talking about petrol prices but nobody is talking about helium" https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-next-casualty-of-trump-s-war-is-already-here-20260429-p5zrvi.html #iran #uspol

• Post #2049366

  Researchers reflect on interesting recent climate research: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02605-0 #climate #climatechange #science

• Post #2049365

  Agroecology goes high tech to address climate change... https://ijoear.com/blog/agriculture-research-in-2025-key-research-highlights-and-expectations-for-2026 #climate #climatechange #food

• Post #993514

  "Policymakers and the public, however, remain largely unaware of the risks posed by such a practically irreversible transition [to a hothouse Earth]." https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(25)00391-4 #climate #climatechange