🚨 Carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels set a new monthly *record high* in May 2025 - 430.51 ppm (seasonal maximum)
This is the second largest May-May increase in this dataset (3.6 ppm higher than 2024). This is not good... 🫣
Data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
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Studies of neural metabolism reveal our brain’s effort to keep us alive and the evolutionary constraints that sculpted our most complex organ.Conor Feehly (Quanta Magazine)
This week's Rare Earth is just about to start on BBC Radio 4 (12-1pm, Friday 6th), available online afterwards.
We'll be talking about social reactions to weaning our society off fossil fuels - what do the public really want and is "net zero" still a helpful phrase?
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“We’re at a new point in human history,” Wagner says. Up until the last decade, “the major drivers of biodiversity losses around the planet were really land degradation and land loss, habitat loss. But I think now that climate change is by far exceeding that.”
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A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticidesTess McClure (The Guardian)
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You should help save PBS from the Trump administration, see the link below.
Why? I just finished watching a fine #PBS Nova episode I missed last year: "Secrets in Your Data," starring @evacide @eff @cwebber and @pluralistic and other awesome people.
Among the important lessons for the public to see about data privacy and security, showing them the power and use of Mastodon and the Fediverse.
You value this. You're here. No. Other. Broadcaster. Would do something like this hour-long video. Share it with your friends and family who need it, because it's PBS and it's free.
Keep it that way.
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Find out who’s using your data and what you can do about it.www.pbs.org
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It's already June! Here's a look at how temperatures have changed globally over the last four decades during this month... 🧪
Data from @CopernicusECMWF ERA5 (doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7).
ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF reanalysis for the global climate and weather for the past 8 decades. Data is available from 1940 onwards. ERA5 replaces the ERA-Interim reanalysis.doi.org
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"The Great Wave" of carbon dioxide (CO₂) #ClimateChange #ScienceArt
Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io/
A collection of frequently updated data and charts depicting the rapidly changing energy and emissions situation in USA, Europe, China, India, Norway, and more.robbieandrew.github.io
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I'm genuinely SO excited about the new ocean map that will be at the heart of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich when this hall reopens on June 7th. It's an unusual ocean-focussed map with so much detail, and it's just brilliant. 🌊🌊 Below is a video sneak peak.
rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/turnin…
And if you're anywhere near Greenwich, do bring your family to the excellent (and free) World Ocean Day event on June 7th - there will be loads to see and do.
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The National Maritime Museum's Ocean Map reminds us just how much of the Earth is covered by water – and how important the ocean is to our planetwww.rmg.co.uk
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Some (good) personal news - I am so happy to share that today is my first day at Climate Central (as a Climate Scientist).
Ready to move the science and communication of it forward in this crucial moment. Follow our work on climate services and attribution at climatecentral.org/.
Climate Central researches and reports on the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise and coastal flooding, extreme weather and weather attribution, global warming and local temperature trends, carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions.www.climatecentral.org
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Last month observed particularly anomalous warmth across large parts of Siberia (>5°C above the 1981-2010 average).
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7
ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF reanalysis for the global climate and weather for the past 8 decades. Data is available from 1940 onwards. ERA5 replaces the ERA-Interim reanalysis.doi.org
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Really really disturbing. A lot of that region is taiga / permafrost…..
It implies snow cover is minimal…
I wonder what the CO / CO2 and methane emissions look like…plus albedo.
He was known for dramatic and unflinching black-and-white images of hardship, conflict and natural beauty.Ian Youngs (BBC News)
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Reflecting on temperatures averaged over the last 3 months - what's it like in your area?
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Dataset (NOAAGlobalTempv6) described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0012…
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114f 2 days ago, 108f yesterday, 105f just now.
On average +15f or so.
But, it’s a dry heat…..
About 1 trillion stars, located 21 million l-y away from us, and featuring a diameter 2.5 times larger than the Milky Way: this is M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, and I can capture it, with total impunity, with a 103 mm off the shelf telescope. If this is not mind boggling, then what is?
#Astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #nightsky #space #galaxy #outdoors
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Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay🐝
Bees and other pollinators keep 80% of crops & wild plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
The New Deal for Pollinators aims to reverse this before 2030, by:
🌿Mitigating the impacts of pollution, including pesticides
🌼Restoring degraded ecosystems
🛡️Protecting habitats
🌾Taking action to protect the most threatened species
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Over the last 50 years, temperatures have been warming across most land areas during the month of May. However, there is also some spatial variability (not too surprising).
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-ba…).
The NOAA Merged Land Ocean Global Surface Temperature Analysis (NOAAGlobalTemp, formerly known as MLOST) combines long-term sea surface (water) temperature (SST) and land surface (air) temperature datasets to create a complete, accurate depiction of …National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
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Yet another Josh
in reply to Zack Labe • • •That's fine to provide a generic atmo measurement. But WHERE are the concentrations of CO2 happening across the world?
Obviously, the USA isnt generating 100%, but we're doing "our part". But getting an idea where else its being done means we can exert pressure against those countries and businesses.
Also, playing with graphs isnt cool either. PPM CO2 should be zero-referenced to show accurate raise.
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌
in reply to Zack Labe • • •It's a troubling vicious circle: CO₂ is contributing to global heating, as a result causing eg wildfires — and wildfires are contributing considerably to CO₂ emissions.
ourworldindata.org/grapher/ann…
#SaveLives #SaveThePlanet #FreeFromFossilFuels #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #InternationalEmergency #InterNationalSecurityThreat
Chuck Purvis
in reply to Zack Labe • • •The Keeling Curve just keeps on curving upwards!
What is the financial status of the Mauna Loa observatory?
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