Persistent rain across Ireland is being described as “unusual.”
But the question is becoming harder to ignore: unusual compared to what baseline?
Climate patterns are shifting — slowly, then all at once.
Adaptation is no longer theoretical.
#ClimateChange #Ireland #Climate #Weather

The #pollution is so bad some researchers have identified the region as one of the nation’s #PFAS hot spots. Today, the consequences can be found everywhere. PFAS, often called #ForeverChemicals because they can take decades or more to break down, are in the #water & the #soil.

They’re in the dust on floors where #children crawl, the local #fish & #wildlife, & as ongoing research has shown, the #people.

#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #PublicHealth #Climate #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia

Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire & its #toxic legacy Covering the world in #carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay

…A lack of state & federal #regulations allowed carpet companies & their suppliers to legally switch among different versions of stain-&-soil resistant products.

#law #EnvironmentalLaw #pollution #PFAs #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #PublicHealth #Climate #people #children #fish #wildlife #river #water #soil #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-05-AP+Investigation+

A forty year project in China shows it’s possible to green-up desert lands and lower carbon emissions to help the climate.

#climatechange #UCR #climate #China #desertification

https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/01/26/shrubs-curb-carbon-emissions-chinas-largest-desert

Ragnar Axelsson's 'Where the World is Melting' documents communities amid indelible changes in the Arctic.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/where-the-world-is-melting-ragnar-axelsson-photography/

#photography #climate

A forty year project in China shows it’s possible to green-up desert lands and lower carbon emissions to help the climate.

#climatechange #UCR #climate #China #desertification

https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/01/26/shrubs-curb-carbon-emissions-chinas-largest-desert

The #pollution is so bad some researchers have identified the region as one of the nation’s #PFAS hot spots. Today, the consequences can be found everywhere. PFAS, often called #ForeverChemicals because they can take decades or more to break down, are in the #water & the #soil.

They’re in the dust on floors where #children crawl, the local #fish & #wildlife, & as ongoing research has shown, the #people.

#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #PublicHealth #Climate #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia

Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire & its #toxic legacy Covering the world in #carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay

…A lack of state & federal #regulations allowed carpet companies & their suppliers to legally switch among different versions of stain-&-soil resistant products.

#law #EnvironmentalLaw #pollution #PFAs #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #PublicHealth #Climate #people #children #fish #wildlife #river #water #soil #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-05-AP+Investigation+

Ragnar Axelsson's 'Where the World is Melting' documents communities amid indelible changes in the Arctic.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/where-the-world-is-melting-ragnar-axelsson-photography/

#photography #climate

Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025!

“Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in China’s economy in 2025 – and more than 90% of the rise in investment.”

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-clean-energy-drove-more-than-a-third-of-chinas-gdp-growth-in-2025/

#Economics #Climate #Energy #Renewables #EV #BEV #Industry #China #Green

Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025!

“Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of the growth in China’s economy in 2025 – and more than 90% of the rise in investment.”

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-clean-energy-drove-more-than-a-third-of-chinas-gdp-growth-in-2025/

#Economics #Climate #Energy #Renewables #EV #BEV #Industry #China #Green

#Scotland

Their conclusions showed that while ungrazed land often stores more visible carbon in plants and plant litter — the layer of dead organic material that accumulates on top of the soil surface — it can lose a more stable and far more important form of carbon hidden underground

https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/why-removing-sheep-off-scotlands-uplands-could-hinder-climate-goals-5503601

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Scotland

Their conclusions showed that while ungrazed land often stores more visible carbon in plants and plant litter — the layer of dead organic material that accumulates on top of the soil surface — it can lose a more stable and far more important form of carbon hidden underground

https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/why-removing-sheep-off-scotlands-uplands-could-hinder-climate-goals-5503601

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

BANG = fight, flight or freeze has worked well so far. Another handy evolutionary tweak is that we tend to focus on immediate threats to our survival, before we stare down the more remote ones, be they distant by time or geography.

This explains why so many people – even smart, well-read people – are in a dream state regarding how bad the climate crisis is

Science journalists are not immune to the same survival responses

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-01-31-our-own-flavour-of-climate-avoidance-why-science-journalism-cant-save-us-part-2/

#ClimateChange #pollution #environment #climate