#ecology
Future Council follows eight children fighting for the climate. But should kids be saddled with such a burden?
This new documentary sees children voice their fears about the future of the planet – but its director argues ‘they’re not here to save the world’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/12/future-council-documentary-film-movie-climate-kids
Climate Watch: 70% of Lagos smog caused by vehicle emissions, says LASEPA
https://www.thecable.ng/climate-watch-70-of-lagos-smog-caused-by-vehicle-emissions-says-lasepa/
"The era of fossil fuels is over, and BP's desperate attempts to wring out the last drops of oil from the North Sea are a reckless betrayal of the public and the planet. They should be winding down, not doubling down,"
It’s been said every disaster movie begins with someone ignoring a scientist.
Nothing could be more true of this summer’s pall of choking wildfire smoke enveloping Michigan and the Midwest — a well-studied effect of human-caused climate change
Climate change is significantly increasing subsidence risks in UK, says ABI
Over the first six months of the year, insurers supported nearly 9,000 households in recovering from subsidence damage, with the average payout per claim standing at £17,264
Loops with Prof. Anne Duk Hee Jordan and Helin Ulaş
https://stream.udk-berlin.de/videos/watch/2c75e283-9980-4ea0-8f64-a221da6a45ed
Climate polluters may be allowed to stop reporting their emissions. That doesn’t mean they can hide them
Even as the EPA moves to block greenhouse gas reporting, satellites and aircraft are stepping in to expose the truth
Dragonfly
Unknown species, seen in stockholm
Possibly Ruddy Darter
Suggested by @robjohnnoble
#dragonFly #sweden #nature #ecology #biodiversity #biodice #fourwinged #naturephotography
https://animalia.bio/index.php/ruddy-darter
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/
Summer is a great time to observe biological rhythms in action. Look at the insect life around you - do they come out at a particular time of day?
If so, you've found their 'temporal niche'!
Learn more through our factsheets here: www.bioclocks.uk/factsheets
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/
" 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
un lundi ordinaire en Terre de Feu
Judy Chicago, Immolation, 1972
#canicule #Photomonday #globalwarming #ecology #photography
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
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
“Rewilding #farms and forming symbiotic relationships with the natural world is easier than fighting or trying to control it,” Miller says.
“When we pay attention and respect the beauty of that #ecology and learn to work with it instead of against it, there are benefits to land, water, plants, animals and humans.”
#rewilding #farming #wildfarms #nature #wildfarming
https://www.rewildingmag.com/wild-farming-benefits-crops-and-ecosystems-too/
Fossil Fuels Or Food: Which Is Worse For Climate Change?
3 hours ago
Jake Richardson
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For the people who know, the title’s pairing is ridiculous because it is well established that fossil fuels contribute more to climate change than agriculture
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/10/fossil-fuels-or-food-which-is-worse-for-climate-change/
Across Ontario, home gardeners are baffled by green tomatoes that won't ripen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k6XqMSvu_8
