Red imported fire ants with painful bites have taken hold in Europe.

Already a serious invasive species in the US and Australia, red imported fire ant nests have now been found in Sicily, Italy, and they could spread to other parts of Europe.

For people, red fire ant bites can be extremely painful due to their venom, which some people may even be allergic to.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2391471-red-imported-fire-ants-with-painful-bites-have-taken-hold-in-europe/

#Europe #Italy #Sicily #Ants #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #ClimateChange

The US has set a record for the most natural disasters in a single year that have cost $1bn or more, as fires, floods and ferocious winds were among deadly events experts warn are being turbo-charged by the climate crisis.

There have already been 23 extreme weather events in the US this year that have cost at least $1bn.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophy #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/11/us-record-billion-dollar-climate-disasters

One Additional Factor Is Messing up Supply Chains This Summer

https://www.businessinsider.com/supply-chains-struggle-summer-reason-climate-change-covid-costs-2023-9

#ClimateChange

NZ’s vital kelp forests are in peril from ocean warming – threatening the important species that rely on them

https://theconversation.com/nzs-vital-kelp-forests-are-in-peril-from-ocean-warming-threatening-the-important-species-that-rely-on-them-212956

#ClimateChange

energy secretary Jennifer Granholm went on a road trip tour in an electric vehicle to prove how great electric vehicles are.
They ran into trouble almost immediately as they found not enough charging stations.
She sent her staff ahead with a gas car and had them reserve a spot for her at the electric stations.
A family ended up calling the police because her staff was using gas cars to block electric vehicles from using the stations.
https://x.com/Travis_in_Flint/status/1701352885190033486
#ev
#GreenEnergy
#ClimateChange

Massive flooding due to extreme rains in Shanghai, China
#AureFreePress #GlobalWarming #climatechange

"Climate breakdown has begun" as Phoenix breaks another heat record

Story by Andrei Ionescu, September 11, 2023

"According to the National Weather Service (NWS), on Saturday, September 9, the temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona set a new heat record, continuing to rise as the city broke its previous record of the most days at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius).

New record

"This was the 54th day this year that the temperatures in Phoenix surpassed 110F – one day more that the record of 53 days set in 2020. Moreover, the daily average temperature of 97F (36.1C) in June, July, and August surpassed the previous record of 96.7 (35.9) set three years ago.

"As the weekend highs were expected to range between 108F and 114F (with night temperatures between 80F and 88F), NWS issued an excessive heat warning until 8pm on Sunday.

Anthropogenic climate change

"The scientists blame anthropogenic climate change correlated to the advent of El Nino (a temporary warming of parts of the Pacific Ocean impacting weather all over the globe). However, since this natural phenomenon is expected to peak at the beginning of next year, 2024 will most likely break all the records set this year.

"'The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting,' warned United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. "Climate breakdown has begun.'"

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #RecordHeat #PhoenixArizona #Arizona #Climate #Weather #Heatwaves

Full article:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-breakdown-has-begun-as-phoenix-breaks-another-heat-record/ar-AA1gyw8Z?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=5c3015c008344526948d2c6d52278127&ei=9

Nina Burleigh on remembering 9/11:

"Everyone of us born after 1943 has in our cultural DNA something new to the human race. People who came before us might have suspected it, but we know we can destroy ourselves, as a species. In fact, we are in the process of doing so, without the help of the bomb. Our 2023 summer of global burning and flooding is hardly the last."

#Sept11 #ClimateChange

https://americanpoliticalfreakshow.substack.com/p/roadtripping-on-911

Stay tuned for #AppleEvent tomorrow.

#AppleKeynote #Apple #Sustainability #ClimateChange

Pres BIden understands the #ClimateCrisis. His admin is making an impact with the IRA... The #GOPDeathCult must be defeated or we're doomed: He talked re the importance of wealthier nations supporting less wealthy nations prepare for & adapt to the implications of #ClimateChange. “If we have the economic capacity -those nations should be providing help for the nations that don’t have the wherewithal to do it -eg: Angola: capacity to gen. energy thru solar -not the means. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/biden-global-warming-even-more-frightening-than-nuclear-war.html

'#Italy is an alcoholic in denial over #Venice' - In around 100 years, Venice may be a memory.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/06/italy-is-an-alcoholic-in-denial-over-venice #ClimateChange #risingsealevels

Airless. A short horror story set in #Milan inspired by climate change | via Thoughts from Italy by Alex Roe | Sep, 2023 | Medium https://medium.com/@thoughtsfromitaly/airless-f1ceffefce38 - comments welcome - it's a bit dark. Not paywalled for now. #climatechange #extremeweather #Italy

New research predicts effects of marine heat waves on top ocean predators https://phys.org/news/2023-09-effects-marine-ocean-predators.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
{📷©Elliott Hazen/SW Fisheries Science Center}

This is not planet Earth as we found it. The world we’ve known all our lives is vanishing in front of our eyes.

Human civilization was built upon the certainty of a stable, predictable climate allowing consistently reliable agriculture producing decade after decade of steady economic growth and allowing huge, thriving coastal cities.

But now we're seeing what happens when human industry pumps a *trillion* tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in only a few decades, when we warm the oceans to levels never seen in human history, and when we threaten the survival of everything that makes our lives possible.

The past is gone. Continue to hope and work for the best, but *prepare* for the worst.

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #CO2 #Emissions

Horrific flooding in Libya, at least 150 people were killed as a result of flooding & torrential rains left by storm Daniel. Thousands are homeless, & infrastructure, crops, businesses, personal property... have been destroyed.
Storm Daniel has affected the cities of Benghazi, Sousse, Derna... The storm is moving to Egypt on Monday. These disasters are seldom covered by MSM, & when they are, #ClimateChange & #GlobalWarming aren't always mentioned. #ClimateEmergency https://youtu.be/N0fvdb2Kewg

After #water, #sand is the world's most used natural resource and it's not being replenished; and how #climatechange is causing #water #pipes to rupture. Those stories and why we should be telling #plastic to fork off in the current newscast of “This Week in Water” from H2O Radio. Soak it in! https://bit.ly/3CzL6tn

If you look beyond the daily hubbub of party politics and culture wars, you'll find that underneath it all is a far more dangerous threat — out of control climate breakdown, the collapse of civilization, and mass extinction.

But let's not talk about that. Isn't celebrity gossip more entertaining and reassuring?

For most people, it is. For the rest of us, here's the latest bad news...
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Antarctica is warming at about double the rate of the rest of the planet and far more quickly than widely-cited models projected, according to a study published Thursday that alarmed scientists around the world.

"This is absolutely devastating news," declared climate scientist and University College London professor emeritus Bill McGuire.

"First, one has to wonder if perhaps we have already passed the West Antarctic collapse tipping point," McGuire added on social media. "Second, it begs the question, are other climate model projections underestimating the speed of climate breakdown?"
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FULL STORY -- https://www.rawstory.com/absolutely-devastating-news-antarctica-warming-quicker-than-models-projected/

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

The annual wildfire season in Canada is coming to an end. Or, anyway, it *should* be by now.

But 2023 is unlike any other year. As of yesterday, there were more than 900 fires still burning, over half of them out of control.

Look at the area burned in the second graph below. The damage to wildlife is literally incalculable. Greenhouse gas emissions from all of these fires is off the charts.

Sure, some reply guy will tell you that forest fires are normal and natural and necessary. But not like this. What we’re seeing this year is an *unnatural* catastrophe caused by human industry, by the oil companies, their financiers, and the governments that support and subsidize them.

It’s a crime. It’s ecocide. And you know what? To them, it’s just Business As Usual.

#Canada #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

It's time for another week of BUSINESS AS USUAL, sponsored this time by Toyota, Comcast, and the U.S. military-industrial complex.

🎶 "Keep driving, keep flying, keep shopping, keep buying!
We've got this, everything's fine." 🎶 😃

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

📷 James Sutherland, Rodgers-Buchanan Farm, Tenant House A, Documentation compiled after 1933. #farming #housing #nature #nurture #future #culture #climate #ecology #land #food #climatechange