This weekend we had a collective work session for 'Another Infrastructure (AI)', an art project about the environmental and social impact of data centres in south Dublin.

Seven artists will build a community-run server and host artist led workshops and events over the next few months, opening conversations about topics including heat, disinformation, tokens, game systems, counter-maps and thneeds.

Including @dasha @yambunz and @aswemaysink

#art #environment #dataCentre

Often lauded as a saviour for the #environment and #climate, hydroelectric dams threaten #bigcats: #jaguars and #tigers 🐯🐅 Better protection of forests is needed to ensure endangered big #cats are protected #Boycott4Wildlife

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EU touts climate leadership while undermining antideforestation rules, critics say news.mongabay.com/2025/11/eu-t…

#EU #environment #forest #deforestation #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #politics #EUPol

Secure land rights linked to lower deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, study shows phys.org/news/2025-11-rights-l…

#Brazil #Amazon #environment #land #forest #deforestation

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world. Without rapid action to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, other systems on Earth will also soon reach planetary tipping points, thresholds for profound changes that cannot be rolled back. nature.com/articles/d41586-025…

The question is not how we can stop climate change. The question is how can we save what we can. #Environment

Protected areas hit hard as Mekong countries’ forest cover shrank in 2024 news.mongabay.com/2025/10/prot…

#Mekong #environment #forest #deforestation

As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours theguardian.com/environment/20…

#environment #forest #deforestation #wildlife #butterflies

Deforestation can cause eight-fold increase in flood event risk phys.org/news/2025-10-deforest…

#environment #forest #deforestation #flood #floods #flooding

"The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of"

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Deforestation #Trees #Environment

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In more "recycling is just shipping your plastic overseas where it actually doesn't get recycled"

LA Times: Malaysia will stop accepting U.S. plastic waste, creating a dilemma for California

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#plastic #environment #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle

Just read "The Invention of Nature" by Andrea Wulf, an amazing biography of the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt.

Humboldt himself is not that well known anymore but he essentially laid the groundwork for our current conception of nature and environmentalism.

Humboldt traveled in the Americas and detailed the environmental catastrophe of colonialism in the early 19th century - his observations were strangely prescient and still relevant today.

#climate #nature #science #environment

This week's comic: Highly selective health nuts

#health #science #climate #environment

Do you know any citizen/community scientists or journalists covering environmental / public health issues along the Colorado River?

Next month, I'm going to ride my bike from Denver up into the Rockies, out to Glenwood Springs, and along the Colorado River to Moab, before turning north to Salt Lake City.

Along the way, I'm hoping to meet journalists & community scientists working to support community flourishing with data & evidence. I would love to say hi!

#bicycle #environment #science

Four judges and two lawyers in Indonesia have been charged with transacting bribes to issue a favorable ruling for palm oil giants Permata Hijau, Wilmar and Musim Mas in a high-profile corruption case.

Prosecutors allege that the companies funneled up to 60 billion rupiah ($3.57 million) to the judges through intermediaries, avoiding potential fines totaling more than $1 billion.

By Hans Nicholas Jong
news.mongabay.com/2025/04/judg…

#News #Conservation #Environment #PalmOil

Judges charged in Indonesian bribery scandal after clearing palm oil giants of corruption news.mongabay.com/2025/04/judg…

#Indonesia #environment #corruption #PalmOil #PermataHijau #Wilmar #MusimMas

Did you know red meat contributes up to 30% of agricultural emissions? It's one reason the ag sector is the 2nd-largest greenhouse gas emitter after energy. But not all meats have the same impact - on the planet or our personal health.

The new episode of Serving Up Science considers the best options for both our bodies & the environment! 🥩 (And don't worry, we're not out to take anyone's steak away). youtube.com/watch?v=pa6SWm99_r… #science #food #environment #climatechange

I love seeing cacti decorated with holiday lights this time of year, here in Tucson, AZ! Here’s my art of a festively decorated Enlightened Saguaro. You can read about my process creating this art on my latest blog post paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/…

#ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #blog #blogging #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #cactus #Saguaro #festive #holiday #lights #ChristmasLights

"The bottom line is that, globally, deforestation has gotten worse, not better, since the beginning of the decade.
We’re only six years away from a critical global deadline to end deforestation, and forests continue to be chopped down, degraded, and set ablaze at alarming rates,”
Ivan Palmegiani, consultant at the research group Climate Focus

#Forests #Deforestation #Trees #Environment #Biodiversity #ClimateEmergency #Beef #Soy #PalmOil

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Turns out ecologists and entomologists around the world have been warning about declining insect numbers for years. The culprits are climate change, habitat loss, light pollution, intensive farming, pesticide and fertiliser use. But it’s a struggle to get people to act.

It’s not just about bees and butterflies, the poster children of the pollinator world. Other, less photogenic pollinators such as hoverflies, moths, wasps, soldier beetles and earwigs are also showing declines. Several of these species don’t just pollinate. They also eat the pest insects that ruin crops.

Already, in the apple and pear orchards of south-west China, depleted populations of pollinators have forced farmers to hand-pollinate their trees, carrying pots of pollen and paintbrushes with which to individually pollinate every flower. If it sounds labour-intensive and time-consuming, that’s because it is.

#green #ukpolitics #uspol #ukpol #climate #environment #insects #agriculture #farming

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We know so little of the hidden world beneath the seas. This is a perfect example of why it is so risky to just power ahead and start mining our oceans.

#environment #ocean

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Latest comic: The Supreme Court ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine was largely overlooked in the wake of the debate, but possibly even more apocalyptic. In short, the Republican majority gutted the precedent that gave deference to scientists and other experts at setting regulations for air and water pollution and food safety.

#supremecourt #environment #uspol #cartoon #pollution #science #law

Indonesian palm oil, Brazilian beef top contributors to U.S. deforestation exposure news.mongabay.com/2024/05/indo…

In Brazil, 76% of deforestation in three Amazonian states occurred in a planned agricultural development zone phys.org/news/2024-05-brazil-d…

#Indonesia #Brazil #environment #forest #deforestation #PalmOil #AnimalRights #agriculture #AnimalAgriculture #meat #beef

Malaysia plans to give orangutans to countries that buy palm oil | Malaysia | The Guardian
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Uhm, bizarre move

#Malaysia #PalmOil #Nature #Environment