A recent study found that Colorado children who’d been diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia were more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development, including both conventional and fracking wells, than healthy children throughout the state.
> The new study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, looked at medical records for more than 3,000 children born in Colorado between 1992 and 2019. The researchers found that children who were diagnosed with leukemia between the ages of two and nine were more than twice as likely to live within five kilometers — about three miles — of dense oil and gas development compared to healthy children. The study also found that Children who’d been diagnosed with leukemia during this time period were between 1.4 and 2.64 times more likely to live within 13 kilometers (about eight miles) of dense oil and gas development.
or: The Romanticization of Revolution
As Reform UK splits over a stale debate, Muslim women’s voices remain conspicuously absent ~ James Horton ~ Many had thought very little about Sarah Pochin upon her tight win in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election on May 1st. They know what they think of her now. Upon her first ever question in PMQs ...
> Notably absent from the conversation is the voice of Muslim women. [...] It seems evident from recent events in Iran and Kurdistan that Muslim women are very well capable of speaking for themselves on the issue. They certainly do not need posh white people in positions of exalted power and privilege to speak for them.
Farmer suicides have a long history in India
Dammit, very long indeed. It seems thatnearly 4,00,000 farmers committed suicide in India between 1995 and 2018. This translates into approximately 48 suicides every day..
CHIANG RAI, Thailand — Just days before the water fights were set to erupt across Chiang Rai for Songkran — Thailand’s New Year celebration, held every April and known for its festive street soakings — the city’s residents received a sobering warning: avoid contact with the Kok River, which winds th...
> - Water tests from the Kok and Sai rivers near Thailand’s border with Myanmar have revealed elevated arsenic levels, leading Thai officials to warn citizens to avoid contact with river water. > > - The pollution is widely believed to be linked to unregulated mining in Myanmar’s Shan state. > > - Extraction of gold in Shan State has surged in the years since the 2021 military coup in Myanmar; more recently, mounting evidence suggests rare earth mining is also expanding across the state. > > - Elevated arsenic levels have also been found at testing points in the Mekong, which is fed by both the Kok and Sai rivers.
Marine experts say governments must protect fragile ecosystems from destructive practices such as bottom trawling and deep sea mining to combat the climate crisis.
> Marine experts say governments must protect fragile ecosystems from destructive practices such as bottom trawling and deep sea mining to combat the climate crisis.
For me, this is beautiful because thanks to the many rows, we can access more stuff in just one click.
I don't know how anyone would feel about the following, nor how easy or difficult it would be to implement something like that, but I'll say it anyways. I was wondering if we could somehow access all these in one click, instead of two. Meaning, what if these lists were on the sidebar? Or perhaps create a new, narrower sidebar on the left side? Possibly, them having the option to collapse as well?
Just some thoughts and thank you for everything.
The high seas treaty could be law by the end of the year, affording protection to marine life in the vast swathes of ocean that belong to no one.
> The high seas treaty could become law by the end of the year, affording protection to marine life in the vast swaths of ocean that belong to no one. > > The treaty was adopted by UN member states in June 2023. It has been ratified by 31 nations plus the European Union, and comes into force 120 days after its 60th ratification. > > But at the UN Ocean Conference this week, hosts France said around 50 countries have ratified the pact, bringing it within reach of enactment. [...]
The Amazon Basin contains the world's largest system of rainforest and rivers. Two of these rivers, the Putumayo and the Algodón, merge near the northern border of Peru, and the region shaped by these rivers is home to thousands of species of animals and plants.
> The preserved area is more than 1,000 square miles, larger than New York City and Los Angeles combined. When Field Museum scientists visited the region in 2016 to conduct an inventory of wildlife, they estimated that the area is home to at least 3,000 species of plants, 550 fish species, 110 amphibians, 100 reptiles, and 160 mammals.
I just created an account here just a couple of days back, so I don't know if this is normal or a bug, so I thought of asking here first.
Today, I posted 3 articles and they all started with 2 upvotes. Not sure if this was the case yesterday too, if it was, admittedly, I didn't notice.
An interdisciplinary study draws on interviews with Dominicans displaced by Hurricane Maria and Tropical Storm Erika to explore the risks associated with climate change in the Caribbean.
> Although Caribbean island nations account for only a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions, they are disproportionately affected by climate change. This has prompted calls for the world’s wealthiest nations to provide substantial financial support to help small island nations strengthen their adaptive capacity. > > “We can’t make it the responsibility of these small island states, when the world’s richest countries have historically been the largest emitters of greenhouse gases,” Cloos said.
Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding
> Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding
> Until now, ocean acidification had not been deemed to have crossed its “planetary boundary”. The planetary boundaries are the natural limits of key global systems – such as climate, water and wildlife diversity – beyond which their ability to maintain a healthy planet is in danger of failing. Six of the nine had been crossed already, scientists said last year. > > However, a new study by the UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), the Washington-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oregon State University’s Co-operative Institute for Marine Resources Studies found that ocean acidification’s “boundary” was also reached about five years ago.
Research suggests the currents that help shape the climate may be weakening more slowly than feared.
It looks like the IMO's pledge to reduce emissions by at least 20% is totally feasible. At least according to the following recent study
Reducing travel speeds and using an intelligent queuing system at busy ports can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oceangoing container vessels by 16-24%, according to researchers. Not only would those relatively simple interventions reduce emissions from a major, direct source of greenhouse gases, the technology to implement these measures already exists.
Maybe so, maybe no. It's not predetermined.
It's what we do now that will shape the future. I mean, we the people. We cannot rely on governments or corporations to do the right thing without us forcing them to. By now, we know this.
So, I believe that conversations about solutions are more fruitful than deterministic statements, no matter how highly upvoted these statements are.
Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba, and flagellates, that form the base of ocean food webs. And since these protists form an important part of the food chain, these large DNA viruses are often responsible for vario...
> The study titled, "Expansion of the genomic and functional diversity of global ocean giant viruses," was published on April 21, 2025 in the journal Nature npj Viruses.
Scientists are just beginning to understand how extreme weather can give pathogens an upper hand, underscoring the urgent need for the type of research canceled by the Trump administration.
CCS illusion only delays the elimination of fossil fuels…
I thought of adding this article too, because it looks like there are Some Hopeful News About the Future of the World’s Corals.
Much has been learned about heat-resistant corals in the last decade. Village by village and beach by beach, reef restoration is progressing.
NGO says Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to address
> NGO says Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to address
The Mercy Corps report can be found here: Kabul’s Water Crisis - An Inflection Point for Action
Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
> Now, teams of government scientists are reporting widespread coral death, which they say is the worst bleaching to hit the state. There are still areas of live coral, and some bleached coral will recover, but as scientists gather data, the scale of mortality has left many shocked.
> Dr Thomas Holmes coordinates the marine science program at the WA government’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [...] “I’m not afraid to use the word unprecedented,” he says.
solo @piefed.social My main account is solo@slrpnk.net. I will be using this one until the issue is resolved.