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• Post #4304119

  In just five years, solar, wind, and batteries overtook fossil fuels, keeping air conditioners running while slashing pollution. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/new-mexicos-clean-energy-success-story/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #4192910

  In a first, Germany drew more power from wind and solar than from fossil fuels last year. Read more on E360 → https://e360.yale.edu/digest/germany-wind-solar-power-2025 #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #4124030

  The use of small, controlled burns to clear out flammable underbrush has saved thousands of giant sequoias from devastating wildfires, new research finds. Read more on E360 → https://e360.yale.edu/digest/controlled-burns-sequoias #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #4108749

  Last year, the acreage burned in the Brazilian Amazon reached its lowest level in at least four decades. Read more on E360 → https://e360.yale.edu/digest/brazil-amazon-fires-2025 #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #4108748

  Warming has brought extreme rain to the parched Sahel, which is seeing aquifers refill as monsoons grow stronger. But heavier downpours alone cannot explain the groundwater revival, say hydrologists, who believe efforts to harvest rainfall may also be paying dividends. Read more on E360 → https://e360.yale.edu/features/sahel-groundwater-climate-monsoon #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #4108747

  Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/olympic-mountain-glory/ #Environment #Climate #Science #NASA #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #4108746

  "In the years between witnessing hugging for happiness and creativity for longevity, I have seen countless other examples of all that is good in life being promoted not for their own sake but for the material benefits they bring. This instrumentalisation has become normalised so insidiously that we don’t even notice that it is odd, let alone wrong. Nor do we seem to be aware of quite how pervasive it is. Yet its effects are profound, leading us to lose sight again and again of what is t...

• Post #4108745

  "The newly read text discusses the stoic concept of hormē, or impulse, and warns that failing to regulate behaviour with reason can lead to harmful passions and diversion from one’s goals. Another concept is phronēsis or “practical wisdom”, the highest virtue a person can have in stoic philosophy. In one passage, the author writes: “We will inquire into something, but we will not grasp it, if in some way we depart from ourselves and from our own nature.” The line suggests that reason a...

• Post #4104044

  When the National Nature Assessment was shut down, the scientists who worked on it kept going. In this Q&A, one author shares what the research reveals about nature’s powerful, underused role in supporting health. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/the-government-killed-this-nature-study-scientists-finished-it-anyway/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #4011918

  New studies hint that rising temperatures may trigger inflammation tied to heart attacks, strokes, and accelerated aging. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/summer-heat-could-be-hurting-your-heart-without-you-knowing-it/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #3965501

  The One Tree Per Child Program helps children in Pittsburgh plant trees around schools, parks, streets, playgrounds, and more. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/kids-plant-trees-change-neighborhoods/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #3915477

  Most of the fires grew out of control under extreme heat conditions made up to five times more likely by climate change. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/dangerous-and-historic-wildfire-smoke-pollution-event-engulfs-the-u-s-and-canada/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #3897788

  The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once the fourth-largest inland body of water on Earth. For the past 60 years, though, humans have bled it nearly dry irrigating cotton crops, leaving behind a salty plain the size of Ireland. Its loss has long been seen as an ecological and humanitarian problem, but new research shows that it has also been a significant driver of climate change. Read more on E360 → https://e360.yale.edu/digest/aral-sea-emissions #Environment #Climate...

• Post #3872113

  "Forests once deemed resilient are suffering surprising die-offs. Forest scientists around the globe are alarmed to see droughts, often exacerbated by fire and infestations of bark beetles, cull trees at scales they have never seen before." https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/dead-trees-shocking-scientists #Nature #Trees #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #Drought #Forests #Woodlands

• Post #3821742

  A global science project is asking volunteers to search Arctic satellite images for the animals, which are threatened by climate change. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/you-can-help-scientists-study-walruses/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #3814640

  Japan has developed a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries "At the heart of the process is a clever chemical tweak; instead of using standard sodium hydroxide, the team swapped in recovered lithium hydroxide during recycling, which is a white powder. This helps convert battery waste, known as ‘black mass’, into high-purity lithium that can be reused in new batteries. Even better, the process isn’t just efficient, it’s better for the environment too, because researc...

• Post #3764349

  "If we have any chance at all, then this is our chance: That we become calm. That our loud, busy, noisy, consuming and aggressive behavior towards each other slows down, or even stops. That we become aware of what we are and what we are doing. If we don't learn to be more compassionate and wiser beings, then it's good that we disappear. The sooner the better. The rest of creation will breathe a sigh of relief when we are gone." — Vajna Palmer https://aeon.co/videos/a-...

• Post #3721474

  An astonishing heat wave in Europe June 22-30 broke 10 all-time national heat records and set 394 all-time heat records at stations with a long-term period of record of at least 40 years. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/june-2026-earths-2nd-hottest-june-on-record/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #3709299

  A heatwave in May set monthly temperature records across Europe; a heatwave in June became the hottest ever observed in western Europe. Now, in July, yet another heatwave is developing. Just 50 years ago, the June heatwave would have been virtually impossible. But global warming is making heatwaves more frequent, longer and more intense. “This is just the start. Things are unfolding in a very, very major way now, because this isn’t just about it being too hot in London, and the long-term effect...

• Post #3684068

  Bavi is expected to gradually weaken this week and threaten northern Taiwan and Japan's Ryukyu Islands as a Category 3 storm on Friday. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/cat-5-super-typhoon-bavi-pounds-the-u-s-northern-mariana-islands-and-guam/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #3676503

  A vast system of Atlantic currents that delivers warmth to northern Europe is at risk of collapse, according to a growing body of research. The latest study to warn of its demise finds there is at least a 10 percent chance that a collapse may already be “locked in.” Read more on E360 → https://e360.yale.edu/digest/amoc-collapse-10-percent #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #3629365

  Soaring electricity demand from data centers may lead U.S. utilities to invest more in coal and gas plants. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/06/the-ai-boom-has-a-dirty-energy-problem/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #3430559

  France has just broken a new heat record on Wednesday, as sweltering temperatures choke Western Europe. Professor of Climatology and Environmental Sciences and Former IPCC Vice Chair, says that "unfortunately in the coming years people will remember this episode as a cool period". https://www.france24.com/en/unfortunately-in-the-coming-years-this-will-be-remembered-as-a-cool-period-climate-expert-says #ClimateDiary #Nature #France #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels #Energy

• Post #3325747

  There is an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism, and economic tensions. A set of bold policy proposals, including hefty wealth taxes on billionaires, sharp reductions in working hours, a change in diets and a shift of investment from materially intense sectors, such as industry and mining, to education and health. If these and other measures are taken the incomes of 89% of the world’s population would double by 2100 and global heating would be kept below 2C (3.6F) over the...

• Post #2850987

  Peatlands lock away climate-warming carbon, so preserving them is critical to the planet’s future. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/the-overlooked-ecosystems-that-hold-massive-carbon-stores/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #2850986

  These projects have all been made possible due to an innovative billion-dollar climate fund. The Portland Clean Energy Fund is a first-of-its-kind racial, social and climate justice fund aimed at helping the city's most vulnerable residents adapt to climate change while also reducing carbon emissions. Since the fund began, it has garnered about $1 billion and is projected to reach $1.6 billion by mid-2029. "It's a fund that's intended to scale up local, communi...

• Post #2850985

  The discovery of the two whales' long journeys across the open ocean was "a good reminder that conservation of our marine resources needs to be collaborative between nations, because these are migratory animals that move across borders and between countries", Stack said. It was "very likely" that climate change would affect migration patterns in future, she said, pointing to dramatic changes in the Southern Ocean feeding grounds, with Antarctic krill...

• Post #2850984

  Farmworkers, including kids, can suffer from nicotine poisoning when they handle tobacco leaves – a threat that’s growing in a warming climate. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/climate-change-could-make-picking-tobacco-even-more-dangerous/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #2850983

  NOAA is forecasting an active eastern Pacific hurricane season, and TSR is predicting an active northwest Pacific typhoon season. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/el-nino-expected-to-help-spur-intense-hurricane-and-typhoon-seasons-in-the-north-pacific/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature

• Post #2850982

  As electricity and gas prices rise, try these simple steps to bring utility bills down. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/a-little-bit-can-go-a-long-way-in-energy-savings/ #Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature