beforetheflood.bsky.social
@beforetheflood.bsky.social
Born at 313.2 ppm on a late April day.
Here for news and information on the climate emergency that goes beyond the reporting of the legacy media. Perhaps an occasional piece of music, maybe a book recommendation from time to time too. No need to follow.
Here for news and information on the climate emergency that goes beyond the reporting of the legacy media. Perhaps an occasional piece of music, maybe a book recommendation from time to time too. No need to follow.
sycamore canopy
September 14, 2026 at 8:34 AM
sycamore canopy
Norman MacCaig.
September 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Norman MacCaig.
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If hell exists, those who profit from logging ancient forests deserve it.
This was the video I was looking for yesterday to post. I follow Joshua Wright on instagram because we are both passionate about saving old trees. This was an ancient forest valley that was recently logged on Vancouver Island. They cut down one of the largest Yellow Cedar tree in Canada. 😢
September 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If hell exists, those who profit from logging ancient forests deserve it.
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No, the UNEP Overshoot report does not mean we give up. Accepting warming will pass 1.5°C doesn't mean there's no point to climate action. Mitigation & adaptation become more important the warmer it gets. Why is this so difficult for some people to understand?
www.technosphere.earth/overshoot-sh...
www.technosphere.earth/overshoot-sh...
Overshoot should mark the end of the road for supposed 'policy relevance'
But UNEP's Limiting Overshoot report keeps plodding along the same timid route
www.technosphere.earth
September 8, 2026 at 7:48 AM
No, the UNEP Overshoot report does not mean we give up. Accepting warming will pass 1.5°C doesn't mean there's no point to climate action. Mitigation & adaptation become more important the warmer it gets. Why is this so difficult for some people to understand?
www.technosphere.earth/overshoot-sh...
www.technosphere.earth/overshoot-sh...
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One of the most misunderstood points about 1.5°C:
Crossing it doesn’t mean we’ve lost. It’s not a cliff edge, and every /°C still matters.
Using the article’s metaphor: the climate freight train may have passed one marker... but we can still hit the brakes.
theconversation.com/yes-passing-...
Crossing it doesn’t mean we’ve lost. It’s not a cliff edge, and every /°C still matters.
Using the article’s metaphor: the climate freight train may have passed one marker... but we can still hit the brakes.
theconversation.com/yes-passing-...
Yes, passing 1.5 C of global warming is cause for alarm, but not despair
Exceeding 1.5 C of global warming is a giant warning flag telling us not to give up, but to redouble our efforts to slam on the brakes on climate change.
theconversation.com
September 7, 2026 at 1:39 PM
One of the most misunderstood points about 1.5°C:
Crossing it doesn’t mean we’ve lost. It’s not a cliff edge, and every /°C still matters.
Using the article’s metaphor: the climate freight train may have passed one marker... but we can still hit the brakes.
theconversation.com/yes-passing-...
Crossing it doesn’t mean we’ve lost. It’s not a cliff edge, and every /°C still matters.
Using the article’s metaphor: the climate freight train may have passed one marker... but we can still hit the brakes.
theconversation.com/yes-passing-...
Mozart's peerless 'Laudate Dominum' sung by Patricia Janecková who died of aggressive cancer on the 1st October '23 aged 25. What a loss.
LVHF 2017 | W. A. Mozart - Laudate Dominum, KV 339 - Patricia Janečková - Sopran
YouTube video by LVHF
youtu.be
September 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Mozart's peerless 'Laudate Dominum' sung by Patricia Janecková who died of aggressive cancer on the 1st October '23 aged 25. What a loss.
Great thread. I joined Bluesky from my western Scotland fastness for exactly this kind of education, exactly this kind of information.
Let's talk about the weather and climate changes that preceded the Nepali glacier collapse and landslide.
It's well known that Nepal is warming, but we can do better and estimate the changes at the 5200m elevation site where the mass of ice and rock ultimately broke loose.
A thread. 🧵🧪
It's well known that Nepal is warming, but we can do better and estimate the changes at the 5200m elevation site where the mass of ice and rock ultimately broke loose.
A thread. 🧵🧪
September 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Great thread. I joined Bluesky from my western Scotland fastness for exactly this kind of education, exactly this kind of information.
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Tree Seed Collection volunteers had a great day at #GlenFinglas, coming away with a 2.5kg haul of silver birch seed.
There was a birch pollen surge across Scotland back in Spring. A bumper harvest of seeds was expected to follow, and it has! 🧵 1/2
There was a birch pollen surge across Scotland back in Spring. A bumper harvest of seeds was expected to follow, and it has! 🧵 1/2
September 4, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Tree Seed Collection volunteers had a great day at #GlenFinglas, coming away with a 2.5kg haul of silver birch seed.
There was a birch pollen surge across Scotland back in Spring. A bumper harvest of seeds was expected to follow, and it has! 🧵 1/2
There was a birch pollen surge across Scotland back in Spring. A bumper harvest of seeds was expected to follow, and it has! 🧵 1/2
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Bottom trawling poses a "significant threat" to Scotland’s iconic sea lochs, which are both vital marine habitats & critical carbon stores - new research shows. Scottish Govt must do more to protect them in their upcoming consultation 🌊🔽
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/trawlin...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/trawlin...
Trawling threatens huge carbon stores in Scotland's iconic lochs
Campaigners have called on ministers to urgently act to protect Scotland's sea lochs' seabeds from carbon disturbance
oceanographicmagazine.com
September 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Bottom trawling poses a "significant threat" to Scotland’s iconic sea lochs, which are both vital marine habitats & critical carbon stores - new research shows. Scottish Govt must do more to protect them in their upcoming consultation 🌊🔽
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/trawlin...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/trawlin...
If you're in Scotland, please sign this petition for an immediate moratorium on new data centres now.
Petition: Moratorium on planning applications for all hyperscale data centres until their environmental impacts have been fully assessed
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce a moratorium to prohibit planning permission from being granted for any hyperscale data centres, until it has carried ou...
petitions.parliament.scot
September 3, 2026 at 4:07 AM
If you're in Scotland, please sign this petition for an immediate moratorium on new data centres now.
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It cannot be stated enough: whatever your view of technology & policy development over the rest of this century & beyond, the rapid ending of fossil fuels is the most resilient & robust way to secure a liveable climate.
If you want 1.5C, 1.8C, 2C, overshoot, no-overshoot, etc, then they all require the same thing: rapid short-term emission reductions reaching net zero CO2 emissions as soon as possible.
This has been clear from the IPCC Special Report on 1.5C, which depicts "overshoot" on its cover!
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This has been clear from the IPCC Special Report on 1.5C, which depicts "overshoot" on its cover!
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September 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
It cannot be stated enough: whatever your view of technology & policy development over the rest of this century & beyond, the rapid ending of fossil fuels is the most resilient & robust way to secure a liveable climate.
It's not myself and my generation paying the price here but our children, our grandchildren and their contemporaries.
It's unthinkable to keep heading in the present direction of travel.
Vote for politicians who see this and are prepared to act quickly.
Do whatever you can, each and every day.
It's unthinkable to keep heading in the present direction of travel.
Vote for politicians who see this and are prepared to act quickly.
Do whatever you can, each and every day.
The Earth will cross the 1.5 degrees warming limit that everyone agreed to in the Paris Accord. Thank all those politicians that delayed and weakened the vital climate policies, and still do.
It’s not them who’ll pay the price, but you and your children.
apnews.com/article/clim...
It’s not them who’ll pay the price, but you and your children.
apnews.com/article/clim...
Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.
apnews.com
September 2, 2026 at 6:55 AM
It's not myself and my generation paying the price here but our children, our grandchildren and their contemporaries.
It's unthinkable to keep heading in the present direction of travel.
Vote for politicians who see this and are prepared to act quickly.
Do whatever you can, each and every day.
It's unthinkable to keep heading in the present direction of travel.
Vote for politicians who see this and are prepared to act quickly.
Do whatever you can, each and every day.
Once it starts there's no way they'll stop at 45 million acres either. It's just the foot in the door.
These people and their demented leader are criminals, solely in the service of themselves
These people and their demented leader are criminals, solely in the service of themselves
Trump moves to Open almost 45 million acres of national forests to road construction, drilling, and logging
“Trump is pushing for the largest evisceration of public lands protection in American history.”
Once destroyed these forests will never recover
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Trump is pushing for the largest evisceration of public lands protection in American history.”
Once destroyed these forests will never recover
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Administration moves to open national forests to roadbuilding, drilling, and logging
“Trump is pushing for the largest evisceration of public lands protection in American history."
www.motherjones.com
September 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Once it starts there's no way they'll stop at 45 million acres either. It's just the foot in the door.
These people and their demented leader are criminals, solely in the service of themselves
These people and their demented leader are criminals, solely in the service of themselves
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Email Planning Minister Hannah Mary Goodlad and demand the Scottish Government puts a pause on mega data centre plans: act.foe.scot/stop-massive...
Demand Scottish Government stop new data centres
Email the Planning Minister now to call for a ban on new AI data centres until proper safeguards are in place
act.foe.scot
August 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Email Planning Minister Hannah Mary Goodlad and demand the Scottish Government puts a pause on mega data centre plans: act.foe.scot/stop-massive...
'As she turns her gaze, down the slope to the harbour,
Where I lay,
Anchored for the day'
Where I lay,
Anchored for the day'
Guinnevere (2005 Remaster)
YouTube video by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Topic
youtu.be
August 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
'As she turns her gaze, down the slope to the harbour,
Where I lay,
Anchored for the day'
Where I lay,
Anchored for the day'
From Tim Winton's Guardian article posted below.
August 26, 2026 at 9:51 PM
From Tim Winton's Guardian article posted below.
Tim Winton in the Guardian.
This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly
Global heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis – I choose the Guardian because it’s one of the few places left to share them honestly
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Tim Winton in the Guardian.
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Halt massive data centres in Scotland, communities urge @johnswinney.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
Here's why we're urging John Swinney to bring in moratorium on AI data centres
TODAY, along with 14 communities affected by plans for hyperscale data centres, we have written to the First Minister to ask for him to heed calls…
www.thenational.scot
August 25, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Halt massive data centres in Scotland, communities urge @johnswinney.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
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A key political test for new UK PM Andy Burnham is whether to approve Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas fields
New academic research shows economic damage caused from CO2 produced would be between £119bn and £336bn, compared with estimated £28.7bn economic benefits
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New academic research shows economic damage caused from CO2 produced would be between £119bn and £336bn, compared with estimated £28.7bn economic benefits
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows
Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2026 at 6:22 AM
A key political test for new UK PM Andy Burnham is whether to approve Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas fields
New academic research shows economic damage caused from CO2 produced would be between £119bn and £336bn, compared with estimated £28.7bn economic benefits
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New academic research shows economic damage caused from CO2 produced would be between £119bn and £336bn, compared with estimated £28.7bn economic benefits
www.theguardian.com/environment/...