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#speculativefiction #climatefiction #sciencefiction #plot - #Saudiarabia and #China team up. China pump out #EVs and Saudis oversupply #oil. All other #oil companies go bankrupt.
#climatechange #humanrights #justice #peace #heatwaves #hurricane #droughts #floods
Oil market faces risk of ‘larg...
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#speculativefiction #climatefiction #sciencefiction #plot - #Saudiarabia and #China team up to destroy oil companies across the world. China by pumping out #EVs and Saudis over-supplying the oil market. Both make boatloads of money while all other #oil companies go bankrupt.
Our new reality as we pass through +1.5°C
Many *many* places have to create environments to keep people safe during increasingly prolonged #heatwaves.
The task is enormous: 3.3-3.6 BILLION people live in hotspots that are highly vulnerable to climate change.
There is not time to lose!
#ExtremeWeather #heatwaves #rainfall #floods #china #study
Original open access article
Li et al. 10 June 2025, npj Clim Atmos Sci 8, 214
Accelerated shifts from heatwaves to heavy rainfall in a changing climate.
An unreleased #Australian government report on the #economic & #environmental risks posed by the #climatecrisis is “#intense & #scary”, & confronting even for those who work in the area.
The delayed report – the #nationalclimateriskassessment – includes #modelling of future climate #damage, estimates of the number of people who could be #killed by #worsening #heatwaves & a mapping tool that forecasts #flooding risk in suburbs across the continent. #auspol #Australia
https://www.ft.com/content/ce617187-43ed-4bec-aebf-b1b346c4cfb1
Right when all the major economies should be ramping up production of #solar #wind #batteries #evs - instead we have shuttering of Chinese factories that produce these things while the #US and #EU are bingeing on #military and #genai
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Right when all the major economies should be ramping up production of #solar #wind #batteries #evs - instead the #US and #EU are bingeing on #military and #genai
#climatechange #justice #heatwaves #drought #hurricane #floods #development #humanrights #peace
Europe builds for war as arms ...
The #HeatWave of late June threatens French #nuclear production
Written by Justine Dumont, Energy Renovation Expert Editor on 24 June 2025 at 08:00
"#EDF plans to reduce the production of its nuclear fleet, in particular that of the #Bugey power plant in Ain, as of Wednesday 25 June, due to the expected high temperatures. This decision comes at a time when Météo-France has placed 16 departments in orange-heat-wave vigilance since Friday 20 June."
Read more (en Français):
https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/normandie/manche/nucleaire-la-pleine-puissance-de-l-epr-de-flamanville-repoussee-d-ici-a-la-fin-de-l-automne-3196599.html
#EuropeHeatWaves #NuclearPowerPlants #NuclearPlants #NoNukes #NuclearPowerNoThanks #NuclearWasteIsForever #NuclearPlants #Heatwaves #ExtremeHeat #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #RethinkNotRestart
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #LeNucléaireNonMerci
Invasion of #jellyfish, heat, water too hot: #GlobalWarming threatens the functioning of #NuclearPowerPlants
Several reactors are regularly forced to stop to protect river #biodiversity. While cuts in periods of high heat still have a very limited impact on supply, electrification of uses and #ClimateChange could make a difference.
Marie Toulgoat , Published 11 August 2025
"When nature paralyses the French nuclear park. Four units of the Gravelines nuclear power plant (northern) are at a standstill on Monday 11 August due to the 'mass and unforeseeable presence of jellyfish; at the water pumping stations used for the cooling of the reactors, EDF announced.
"These automatic stops of units 2, 3, 4 and 6 'have had no consequences on the safety of the installations, the safety of personnel or on the environment', #EDF assures on its site. The plant is thus temporarily completely shut down, as its other two production units 1 and 5 are currently under maintenance.
"On Sunday, 29 June, no steam volutes escaped from the chimneys of the Gulf nuclear power plant (Tarn-et-Garonne). Due to the intense #HeatWave in #France, the reactor in operation at the site was shut down. In the middle of the summer of 2024, the nuclear power plant had already been forced to reduce its production."
Read more (en Français):
https://www.humanite.fr/environnement/canicule/meduses-canicule-eau-trop-chaude-quand-le-rechauffement-climatique-menace-le-fonctionnement-des-centrales-nucleaires
Archived version (en Français):
https://archive.ph/zNGD2
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #NuclearPowerNoThanks #NuclearWasteIsForever #NuclearPowerPlants
#NuclearPowerNoThanks
#NuclearPlants #Heatwaves
#ExtremeHeat #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #RethinkNotRestart
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #Atomkraft #AtomkraftNeinDanke #LeNucléaireNonMerci
Japan's heat waves pose serious health risks for pregnant women, a study by the Institute of Science Tokyo shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/science-health/heat-wave-health-pregnant-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #heatwaves #women039sissues #children #pregnancy
Electricite de France was forced to shut four atomic reactors after jellyfish clogged up filter drums at its Gravelines power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/world/science-health/jellyfish-france-nuclear-heat-wave/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #jellyfish #heatwaves #france #nuclearpower #climatechange
UK weather: heat health warnings issued across England https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/11/uk-weather-heat-health-warning-england
Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires https://phys.org/news/2025-08-child-dies-italy-european-heatwave.html
Weather tracker: Europe braces for another heatwave with highs of 44C https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/11/weather-tracker-europe-heatwave-spain-portugal-north-america
Unprecedented heat in North China: How soil moisture amplified 2023's record heat wave https://phys.org/news/2025-08-unprecedented-north-china-soil-moisture.html
Thank you for the #intel!
The decorative lampposts sound lovely, but yeah, not helpful for the problems of heat and #asphalt.
The thing is, that even in advance of #HeatDomes and serial #heatwaves neighbourhoods like mine are unwalkable in the summer from heat alone.
In the winter, the sloped sidewalk concrete that almost-seamlessly joins the asphalt roadway AND lack of routine snow clearance means that street parkers are often parked somewhat on the sidewalk itself.
This is particularly easy to do when the #snowpack on the road is higher than the sidewalk, which is most winters, even ones with relatively little snow.
This narrows the sidewalks to the point that even if cleared, they are not necessarily wide enough to use with #AssistiveDevices such as #rollators and #wheelchairs.
I really want #yegAccessible, year-round!
#yeg
#accessibility
#ClimateChange
#heat
#HeatIsland
#liveability
#survivability
I have no doubt that #Edmonton could significantly reduce the urban #HeatIsland effect by remediating all communities presently without treed #boulevards between the concrete #sidewalks and the #asphalt streets to having such features.
I don't know if new neighbourhoods are still developed this way, but it is clear from observing where frontyard fencelines are set that there IS sufficient setback along many (all?) such neighbourhoods ro accomplish this without disturbing private property in the least.
Even prior to experiencing a #HeatDome and sustained #HeatWaves my neighbourhood was a nightmare of no-#shade heat when throughout the summers for any #pedestrian.
Sure, some homeowners plant trees but vanishingly few have a broad enough canopy to shade even the sidewalk. None cover the black asphalt.
#yeg
#heat
#ExtremeHeat
#mitigation
#ClimateChange
#yyc
#abwx
#yegwx
#yycwx
The theme of the Osaka Expo is “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” But with climate change fueling severe summer heat, one of the expo’s top challenges has been to design a site that’s compatible with the present. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/10/climate-change/osaka-expo-large-events-summer-heat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #2025osakaexpo #climatechange #heatwaves #health #osaka
Current instrument readings:
+1.53°C global surface temperature above preindustrial (12-months running mean)
425.53 ppm CO2 concentrations (2025 global average to date)
Fires Ravage Southern French Vineyards Ahead of Harvest Season
French wine makers have seen extensive damage to vines that were almost ready to be harvested …
#wine #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #2025wildfires #Agricultureinsurance #climatechange #cropinsurance #Extremeweather #francais #france #Francewildfires #French #Frenchvineyards #frenchwine #heatwaves #WesternEuropeheatwave #wildfires #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2222733/fires-ravage-southern-french-vineyards-ahead-of-harvest-season/
