#environmentalcrisis — Public Fediverse posts

Ah, the "Climate Dashboard"—because nothing says urgent environmental crisis like scrolling through endless menus of jargon 🤔📊. Marvel at the riveting insight that #glaciers are made of ice and—get this—they melt! 💧❄️ Meanwhile, the planet sizzles, but hey, enjoy navigating that dashboard! 🌍🔥
https://climate.metoffice.cloud/glaciers.html #ClimateDashboard #EnvironmentalCrisis #GlobalWarming #Melting #HackerNews #ngated

Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2518362-earth-is-now-heating-up-twice-as-fast-as-in-previous-decades/

#HackerNews #EarthHeating #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #EnvironmentalCrisis #ScienceNews

A global butterfly index could advance insect conservation worldwide
#Biodiversity #Insects #Butterfly #Conservation #Environment #ClimateChange #Ecosystems #Wildlife #Sustainability #Nature #Science #GlobalSouth #Ecology #Pollinators #EnvironmentalCrisis
https://the-14.com/a-global-butterfly-index-could-advance-insect-conservation-worldwide/

Iranians Grapple With Grief While Observing Their New Year During War

https://murica.website/2026/03/iranians-grapple-with-grief-while-observing-their-new-year-during-war/

Russia's assault on Ukraine's Novodnistrovsk hydropower facility has contaminated the Nistru River with oil, jeopardizing Moldova's water resources. An environmental alert has been issued, and measures are being implemented to safeguard citizens. Russia is fully accountable. #EnvironmentalCrisis #Accountability

Israel's airstrikes on Tehran's oil depots have released toxic pollutants into the atmosphere, potentially impacting millions for decades. #EnvironmentalCrisis #MiddleEastConflict

Climate Change Brings Another Species Closer to Extinction
#Environment #ClimateChange #Australia #Bats
#GlobalHeating #BiodiversityLoss #ExtinctionCrisis #FlyingFoxes #GreyHeadedFlyingFox #Heatwave #EnvironmentalCrisis #Wildlife #NatureInCrisis
https://the-14.com/climate-change-brings-another-species-closer-to-extinction/

Climate ‘fingerprints’ mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateScience #HumanImpact #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGases #OceanWarming #WarmingStripes #EnvironmentalCrisis #Oceans
https://the-14.com/climate-fingerprints-mark-human-activity-from-the-top-of-the-atmosphere-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/

🥶🔍 Oh no, the #Himalayas are turning into a barren #wasteland because winter is slacking off on snow duty! Scientists "warn" us with their serious faces while we all collectively yawn and scroll past the BBC's infinite scrolling chaos. Remember, if it's not melting faster than your ice cream on a hot day, it's probably not newsworthy. 🌍🔬
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyndv7zd20o #ClimateChange #SnowShortage #EnvironmentalCrisis #ScientificWarning #HackerNews #ngated

Fidel Castro’s final reflections

Nine years after his death, we look back at some of the most relevant themes in Fidel Castro’s final writings after stepping down as President of Cuba.

by Pablo Meriguet
peoples dispatch
November 26, 2025

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/11/26/fidel-castros-final-reflections/

#NIRS - The Global #NuclearWaste Crisis

"Clean air and drinking water and healthy food are the very foundation of a just and livable world. They are already more precious than ever due to the climate crisis.

#NuclearPower and #NuclearWeapons are poisoning our water, air, and lands with vast amounts of #RadioactiveWaste. Much of the harm is inflicted on #Black, #Indigenous, #PeopleOfColor and #LowIncome white communities, due to #StructuralRacism and #injustice.

Radioactive waste poses a global #EnvironmentalCrisis, in tandem with #ClimateChange. The sheer amount of nuclear waste is enough to threaten clean drinking water and healthy food for the whole world.

We are on the frontlines of this problem.

- Nearly one-third of the worldwide total of radioactive waste is in the United States.
- Some communities in the US are already losing their drinking water sources to radioactive contamination.
- Just one part of the radioactive waste in the US – irradiated nuclear fuel – contains enough radioactivity to make every drop of drinking water on Earth unsafe to consume.

We must solve the twin global crises of climate change and nuclear waste. Global warming amplifies the dangers of nuclear energy. Increasingly #SevereStorms, #flooding, #SeaLevelRise, #wildfires and other extreme events increase the risks of nuclear disasters and #RadioactiveLeaks and spills. And, in turn, the impacts of nuclear energy magnify the dangers of climate change:

- Poisoning drinking water and agricultural land on top of more frequent and severe droughts and crop failures.
- Compounding hurricane and flooding evacuations with #RadiologicalDisasters.
- And causing people to lose their homes and communities permanently due to radiation.

It’s clear: we can’t afford the dangers of climate change or nuclear waste. And we certainly can’t afford them together.

The solutions to both are at hand. We must act now.

1. To start, we must stop the problems from worsening: no more greenhouse gas emissions, and no more nuclear waste.
2. We need to protect people and the water, air, and food we rely on from the dangers that are upon us. The climate is changing, and we need to protect people for extreme weather, drought, sea-level rise, and food supply disruptions. And we must safeguard our water, air, and land by securing and storing nuclear waste and toxic materials as safely as possible.
3. And, we need to repair the damage and make our world healthy and vibrant again: restoring communities that have been dislocated or polluted, and cleaning up the air, land, and water so we can all thrive, for generations to come."

Learn more: (includes https://www.nirs.org/the-global-nuclear-waste-crisis/

#NuclearWaste #NuclearWasteDumping #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNuclearWeapons #NuclearWeapons #WaterIsLife #FoodIsLife #EnvironmentalRacism

The race to destroy #PFAS, the #ForeverChemicals. #Scientists are showing these damaging compounds can be beat. “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,” #chemicalcompounds https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/26/1082292/the-race-to-destroy-pfas-the-forever-chemicals/ #healthcare #environment #environmentalcrisis #plastics #cancer