In 2020, I decided to gather all of the environment and climate crisis information I’ve been reading and watching into one blog, which I updated every week. Here is the full year for 2020. And this is the new blog for 2021, which I will also update weekly.
If you want to keep up to date, you can check my weekend reads, or favorite this blog and come back often, so you can stay up to date on the major news about our global environment. Obviously I don’t read or watch everything being published, but I review as much as I can.
I know many people are not ready to face the crisis, and of course, we have even more denying there’s an issue. I understand why this is happening, because the institutions that matter – government, business and media – are great at keeping us confused.
All I ask is, take some time every week to read something on the issue, but please, never rely on one source for information. You can remain loyal to your existing media source, but we all need to stretch outside to get other views. Wouldn’t we prefer the truth? Well we need to do the work to find it.
Read through some or all, or just scan the headlines – it tells a story in itself. Also please share any information or research you find compelling with me. Happy to be tagged in important information and I’m always happy to pass the message on.
I have a resources section at the bottom, so if there are any you value, please pass it to me and I’ll add it there.
The content is in date order rather than packaging it up into sections. I figure the latest is important, and for those who want to drill down further, you can. Lots of alarming information. It is time to act!!
Climate Crisis – 710 Million Children Live In Countries At High Risk – tks Nicola Upham
I’ve spent 8 years campaigning for the oceans: here’s what I wish more people understood
Surface air temperature for April 2021
These climate-friendly microbes recycle carbon without producing methane
Climate Point: Government declares hot is the ‘new normal’
Glacial lakes threaten millions with flooding as planet heats up
Cutting the unexpected carbon culprits in your life
What hydrology can tell us about climate change in Central Asia
Ikea starts buy-back scheme offering vouchers for old furniture tks Mike Barry
UK supermarkets warn Brazil over Amazon land bill
‘Tsunami’ of renewables to sweep gas and coal out of market, and drive prices lower
As glaciers disappear in Alaska, the rest of the world’s ice follows
Land Projected To Be Below Annual Flood Level In 2050
Sea Levels Could Rise Even More Than Feared As Antarctic Ice Sheet Melts
Then and now: When silence descended over Victoria Falls
‘Nature is hurting’: Gojira, the metal band confronting the climate crisis
Antarctic ‘doomsday glacier’ may be melting faster than was thought
There is hope for South-East Asia’s beleaguered tropical forests
This Wind-Powered Super Sailboat Will Carry 7,000 Cars Across the Atlantic
Burning Iron for Fuel Sounds Crazy. It’s Also the Future.
German climate change law violates rights, court rules tks Andor Hampala
Aluminium: A barometer for China’s green recovery
Hey, methane leakers: Now we know where you live
Climate Point: Earth shifts on its axis and Nestle doesn’t have right to forest water
Climate crisis has shifted the Earth’s axis, study shows
Thousands of barrels of suspected toxic DDT found dumped in California ocean
‘Insanely cheap energy’: how solar power continues to shock the world
Do you know where plastic waste in the oceans is coming from?
Earth Looks Like A Living Creature In This Amazing NASA Video
Scientists: Mass Extinction Is Coming as Organisms Flee the Equator
Gas prospects lose steam as renewables gather pace
Stalemate: sustainable palm oil struggles to take off in China
Ice age: Franz Josef Glacier loses 1km within 10 years
How 7 European cities are going circular
Impossible cosmic rays are shooting out of Antarctica
Plastic pollution disproportionately hitting marginalised groups, UN environment report finds
The Speed of Ocean Currents Is Changing in a Major Way, Scientists Warn
Climate Point: New dinosaurs discovered on Earth. Is life on Mars next?
Climate scientists debunk 13 myths about global warming
Will India get too hot to work?
This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It’s Changed Over the Past 750 Million Years
Climate Research Station Closes Due to Climate Crisis
Biden plans to cut emissions at least in half by 2030
Tonight I do want to address the elephant in the ballroom – climate change
On Climate, Biden Takes On ‘Our Generation’s Moonshot’
Meet some of the women who are fighting against climate change tks Lavinia Thanapathy
Singapore’s recycling rate falls to 10-year low
How to stop discarded face masks from polluting the planet
Is China edging away from a massive dam on the River Niger?
Earth Day Connections: NASA Study Predicts Less Saharan Dust in Future Winds
Could Plastic-Eating Mushrooms Solve Humanity’s Plastic Problem?
‘Dire warning’ for the planet: Coal is powering the economic recovery tks Vicky Coburn
There’s a Booming Business in America’s Forests. Some Aren’t Happy About It.
After more than 2 decades of searching, scientists finger cause of mass eagle deaths
The Story Behind TIME’s ‘Climate Is Everything’ Cover
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: How many crocodiles can you see?
NFTs Are Shaking Up the Art World. They May Be Warming the Planet, Too.
The Ocean Carbon Sink Has Set the Next Political Hurdle
Starbucks has a dramatic new plan to ditch disposable coffee cups
Thailand aims for only electric vehicles by 2035 tks Vicky Coburn
No, the Yellowstone supervolcano is not ‘overdue’
How data is transforming the way we care for the ocean
Bottom Trawling Releases As Much Carbon Emissions As Global Aviation
The Pandemic Remade Every Corner of Society. Now It’s the Climate’s Turn
Net zero or bust: Beating the abatement cost curve for growth
Last Two Giraffes Rescued From a Disappearing Island in Kenya
Direct Observations Confirm That Humans Are Throwing Earth’s Energy Budget off Balance
US envoy John Kerry woos China over climate
Global Energy Perspective 2021
NFTs Are Shaking Up The World. They May Be Warming The Planet, Too tks Andor Hampala
Climate Point: Wild places can hide bloody human history
Decarbonization Partners – Net Zero
Cyclone Seroja just demolished parts of WA – and our warming world will bring more of the same
‘Gunda’ Film About Pig Sentience Is Moving the World to Tears tks Karen Leong
42,000 years ago Earth experienced “end of days” with mass extinctions
Fukushima: Japan approves releasing wastewater into ocean
More Than 50 Orcas Hunt and Kill Blue Whale Off Australian Coast
Carbon dioxide levels are higher than they’ve been at any point in the last 3.6 million years
Cyclone Seroja: Storm leaves trail of damage in Western Australia
Those who worry about CO2 should worry about methane, too
Oceans were stressed preceding abrupt, prehistoric global warming
Polar bears are mating with grizzlies to become ‘Pizzly Bears’
US spies peer into the future – and it doesn’t look good must read!!!!
First-Ever Observations From Under Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Are Bad News tks Mark Mulkerin
‘Every choice matters’: can we cling to hope of avoiding 1.5C heating?
Climate Point: Oil infrastructure springs dangerous leaks from Texas to California
Is Netflix’s Seaspiracy film right about fishing damaging oceans?
Fossil fuel pollution causes one in five premature deaths globally tks Susanna Hasenoehrl
Deep sea mining to help make electric vehicles
Wildlife charities raise £8m to boost nature schemes across England and Wales
Seaspiracy shows why we must treat fish not as seafood, but as wildlife
Did climate change cause societies to collapse? New research upends the old story.
We Are Doomed’: Devastation From Storms Fuels Migration in Honduras
Sri Lanka bans palm oil imports, tells producers to uproot plantations
Study of Narwhal Tusks Reveals a Swiftly Changing Arctic
The Daily Climate Show: Sky News programme dedicated to global crisis is launching this week
How Debt and Climate Change Pose ‘Systemic Risk’ to World Economy tks Denise Chai
The Giant, Underestimated Earthquake Threat to North America
Seagrasses Turn Back the Clock on Ocean Acidification
Scientists Have Observed Ominous Winter Leaks in Greenland Ice Sheet Lakes
Revealed: why hundreds of thousands of tonnes of recycling are going up in smoke
The Biggest Polluters Are Hiding in Plain Sight
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society tks Tim Wade
Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
We must better protect wildlife to prevent future pandemics
Satellite Imagery Shows Northern California Kelp Forests Have Collapsed
Joe Biden and Jair Bolsonaro square off over the Amazon tks Claude Calleja
Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2021 is joint-seventh lowest on record
Shanna Swan: ‘Most couples may have to use assisted reproduction by 2045’
Is the Southern Ocean absorbing or emitting carbon dioxide?
Japan’s Kyoto cherry blossoms peak on earliest date in 1,200 years, a sign of climate change
Climate change poses ‘existential threat’ to financial markets
Venice bans cruise ships from historic centre
Climate crisis ‘likely cause’ of early cherry blossom in Japan
We sampled tap water across the US – and found arsenic, lead and toxic chemicals
The company behind the Suez Canal blockage spilled 28,800 plastic toys into the ocean in the 1990s
Half a billion people may face heat of 56°C by 2100
Salmon, Orcas, Rivers, and Sound: Our Interconnected Biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest
How America can rid itself of both carbon and blackouts
How Will Commercial Fishing Pressure Affect Skipjack Tuna?
Why One Side of Earth Is Rapidly Getting Colder Than the Other
Mysterious Circling Behavior Observed in Large Marine Animals
Investigations – Inside Climate News
Animals stranded on board 20 livestock ships waiting to pass through the jammed Suez Canal could starve and die if the situation lasts much longer, charity warns tks Philippe Penfold
Extinction: ‘Time is running out’ to save sharks and rays
The haze is likely to hit Southeast Asia early in 2021—is climate change to blame?
‘A fundamental business issue’: Majority of UK CEOs preparing surge in climate-focused investment
Super-cold thunderstorm sets temperature record
NSW wild weather: what we know so far about the flooding and evacuations
Australia’s Worst Floods in Decades Quicken Concerns About Climate Change
‘You can’t escape the smell’: mouse plague grows to biblical proportions across eastern Australia
Ad Agencies Step Away From Oil and Gas in Echo of Cigarette Exodus
Southeast Asia’s first lithium battery recycling plant opens in Singapore
Climate explained: how particles ejected from the Sun affect Earth’s climate
Australians share footage of swarms of spiders fleeing into homes to escape rising floodwaters
Waitrose ditches magazines with disposable plastic toys
Spiders and snakes swarm Australian homes as they flee record floods tks Frank Roberts
Global heating pushes tropical regions towards limits of human liveability
Is NSW flooding a year after bushfires yet more evidence of climate change?
Bangkok fiddles whilst Chiang Mai burns – who’s behind the annual smoke season?
Australia floods: The weather event as big as ‘two European countries’
Climate fight ‘is undermined by social media’s toxic reports’
1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions – study
Plastic Straws That Quickly Biodegrade in the Ocean? Not Quite, Scientists Say
Sydney weather: Flood evacuation orders issued for parts of Sydney’s west — as it happened tks Willie Wahlin
Australia floods: Young couple’s house swept away near Sydney
You don’t need a new phone, so here’s how to keep your old one running like new
Eunice Foote: The Climate Science Pioneer
Walrus spotted in Wales, days after one seen off Ireland
Submarine Permafrost Has Been Overlooked as a Major Source of Greenhouse Gases, Scientists Warn
What I’ve Learned From the Pandemic Year
Plummeting sperm counts, shrinking penises: toxic chemicals threaten humanity
Why Hollywood struggles to tell stories about climate change
Work halted on $49M-per-mile border wall through California’s Jacumba Wilderness. Now what?
Nebraska declares pro-meat day to rival Colorado’s meatless day
A Leadership Brief on Mitigating Climate Change tks Damian Corbet
Low-income and Latino neighborhoods endure more extreme heat in the Southwest, study shows
NASA Scientists Complete First Global Survey of Freshwater Fluctuation
People love Greta Thunberg’s subtle (but brutal) trolling of Priti Patel over the Policing Bill
New Delhi is world’s most polluted capital for third straight year: IQAir study
Can the law fight climate change? tks Richard Knight
Phuket officials warn public of crocodile spotted near Chalong pier
Is the Southern Ocean absorbing or emitting carbon dioxide?
Global heating pushes tropical regions towards limits of human livability
Is it time for “ecocide” to become an international crime?
How Mexico’s Vast Tree-Planting Program Ended Up Encouraging Deforestation
Biden admin advances major offshore wind farm
12 Republican state attorneys general sue President Biden over climate change order
Want to fight climate change? Educate a girl
Climate change: Kerry urges top polluters to cut emissions now
Climatologist Michael E Mann: ‘Good people fall victim to doomism. I do too sometimes’
Naomi Klein: how big tech helps India target climate activists
‘Space hurricane’ that rained electrons observed for the first time
CDP: Water risk costs for corporates five times higher than cost of action
17 key environmental bills on the 2021 agenda in California’s Legislature
Texas Farmers Tally Up the Damage From a Winter Storm ‘Massacre’ tks Denise Chai
Wind power company will breed endangered California condors
In the Atlantic Ocean, Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers
UN: Global climate pledges will only reduce emissions by 1% this decade
Brunt Ice Shelf: Big iceberg calves near UK Antarctic base tks Lavinia Thanapathy
Electricity needed to mine bitcoin is more than used by ‘entire countries’
Airbus reveals planes sold in last two years will emit over 1bn tonnes of CO2
Could plastic roads make for a smoother ride?
Climate crisis hits ‘worst case scenario’ levels
‘It’s a funeral march’: French artist JR’s powerful eulogy for Australia’s Murray-Darling tks Willie Wahlin
Attenborough gives stark warning on climate change to UN
COVID-19 outbreak: How we deal with animals and the environment threatens human health
Why Greenpeace is dropping huge boulders into the sea tks Claude Calleja
FEMA flood insurance rates could spike for some, new study shows
Texas freeze shows a chilling truth – how the rich use climate change to divide us
‘Something bit my butt’: Alaska woman using outhouse attacked by bear
Ranked: the environmental impact of five different soft drink containers tks David Lim
Climate crisis hits ‘worst case scenario’ levels – Environment Agency head
Workers clear ‘huge, disgusting’ fatberg from London sewer
5 questions to ask about any climate change solution, from Bill Gates tks Richard Lowe
Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium
New Zealand: Pilot whales refloated at stranding spot
Poaching is sending the shy, elusive pangolin to its doom
Fertility rate: ‘Jaw-dropping’ global crash in children being born tks David Lim
Fossil Fuel Emissions Responsible for 1 in 5 Deaths
It’s been 5 years since the Paris Agreement was adopted – here’s where we stand today
It’s snowing … in Saudi Arabia! tks Bob Hooey
How the polar vortex creates record low temperatures and winter storms
Bill Gates Has a Master Plan for Battling Climate Change
Making Peace With Nature | UNEP – UN Environment Programme tks Samantha Gayfer
U.S. Trade Authorities Deal Blow To Biden’s Electric Vehicle Plans
Trump’s California water plan troubled federal biologists. They were side-lined
150 years of spills: Philadelphia refinery clean-up highlights toxic legacy of fossil fuels
Texas grid fails to weatherize, repeats mistake feds cited 10 years ago
Texas weather: Residents told to boil tap water amid power blackouts
No, frozen wind turbines aren’t to blame for Texas’ power outages tks Michelle Giamusso Regal
Winter Storm and Texas Power Outage Map
Ice skaters urged to stay off Europe’s thawing lakes
Coronavirus, Hunger And The Crisis With A Janus Face
Should Zoos Still Exist or Not? The Arguments For & Against Zoos tks Vicki Kiely
Frozen Wind Farms Just a Small Piece of Texas’s Power Woes
My new climate book is almost here tks Sally Foley Lewis
Fukushima: Powerful earthquake rocks Japan weeks from disaster anniversary
Researchers rethink life in a cold climate after Antarctic find
Bill Gates on avoiding a climate disaster – tks Tim Wade
Mark Carney: Climate crisis deaths ‘will be worse than Covid’ tks Richard Lowe
How might a food chain breakdown come about?
Hedge funds eye water markets that could net billions, as levels drop in Lake Powell
Shift to green energy ‘could cost oil states $13 trillion’ by 2040
The Lion, the Polygamist, and the Biofuel Scam
Charles de Gaulle: Plans for huge new airport terminal in Paris scrapped
Watch: Broken Glacier Causes Flooding, Heavy Damage To Rishi Ganga Tapovan Hydro Power Project In Chamoli, Uttarakhand tks Sophia Henri
This Climate Deal Is Good for Earth and the Economy
The end of a golden age for oil producers
Harvard study links fossil fuels to millions of ‘premature’ deaths
Nothing to sneeze at: Climate change has worsened, lengthened pollen season across the US
No more snakes to be released in Phuket
Can carbon capture make flying more sustainable?
Rare Nasa photos reveal Amazon ‘gold rivers’
Join the world’s largest network for the climate
Investigation: Dutch, Japanese pension funds pay for Amazon deforestation
Uttarakhand dam disaster: Race to rescue 150 people missing in India
Storm Darcy: Netherlands hit by ‘first major snowstorm in decade’
The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment
Uttarakhand glacier burst: Dozens missing after India dam collapses tks Damian Corbet
6 Roof and Pavement Tiles from Plastic Waste – tks Gary Crause
We haven’t seen a quarter of known bee species since the 1990s
Too many boardrooms are climate incompetent
‘Unrig the data.’ How utilities embellish carbon cuts
Morrison government rules out subsidies in electric vehicle strategy
Plant-based diets crucial to saving global wildlife, says report
Thailand to put world’s largest floating solar farm into use this June
Seafarers Complete Successful Tests of App to Map Ocean Pollution
Perth: Bushfire threatens locked-down Australian city
Drone Disguised as Hummingbird Captures Incredible Footage of Monarch Butterfly Swarm
Singapore Parliament declares climate change a global emergency tks Joanne Flinn
Singapore contraption aims to clean up Asia’s plastic-polluted rivers
Now and then: Iceland’s vanishing glaciers
Too many boardrooms are climate incompetent
Climate change seen as global emergency by 64 per cent of people tks Susannah Hasenoehrl
Want to actually fix the environment? Change how buildings are built
Messy Carbon Offsets Show Markets Aren’t Always the Answer
Green stepping stones: Malaysia’s journey towards tackling climate change
Ocean Cleanup Crew takes on Plastic Pollution in Marine Protected Area!
I’ve Said Goodbye to ‘Normal.’ You Should, Too. tks Denise Chai
Ikea says be frugal in apocalyptic ad promoting green living
Climate change: Biggest global poll supports ‘global emergency’
G.M. Announcement Shakes Up U.S. Automakers’ Transition to Electric Cars
New global program ‘1000 Cities Adapt Now’ at Climate Adaptation Summit 2021
Biden administration to unveil more climate policies, urges China to toughen emissions target
Remove carbon as you grow your business tks Tim Wade
Unpacking Biden’s New Environmental Executive Orders
Biden prioritizes climate change as national security concern, pauses oil drilling on public lands
Alberta Inquiry Paid $28K for a Report Smearing Hundreds of Climate Journalists
Mark Carney: Investing in net-zero climate solutions creates value and rewards
Heatwave sweeps Australian cities and raises bushfire danger
Visualized: A Global Risk Assessment of 2021 And Beyond
Death by 1,000 cuts: Are major insect losses imperilling life on Earth?
Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism? tks Graham Harvey
John Kerry: UK climate summit is world’s ‘last best chance’
Split signals end for remnant of Antarctic iceberg A68a
Inauguration of President Biden Kicks Energy and Climate Agenda Into Action
As European meat-lovers resist change, Asia shows biggest appetite for plant-based future
Why Ikea just bought an 11,000-acre forest in Georgia
David Attenborough’s heartbreaking plea after admitting ‘I don’t have long left’ tks Vicky Coburn
France’s Total quits top U.S. oil lobby in climate split
‘We need answers’: why are people living near Dutch goat farms getting sick?
State of Climate Action: Assessing Progress toward 2030 and 2050
Cargill : The Worst Company In the World
BlackRock holds $85bn in coal despite pledge to sell fossil fuel shares
Apple will modify executive bonuses based on environmental values in 2021
Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate
Washing your clothes can create Arctic microplastic pollution
Scientists say Earth is spinning faster than it has in decades
Florida manatee with ‘Trump’ etched on back prompts investigation
Eurovision received more media coverage than the most under-reported humanitarian crises combined
2020 falls just short of being Earth’s hottest year on record as global warming continues
A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled In Cascadia
How to earn more while making a difference
Climate crisis: 2020 was joint hottest year ever recorded
Southeast Asia, we need to talk about bilge dumping
Why 2021 could be turning point for tackling climate change
Could a plastic tax be coming to Asia?
How we are changing the way we rate sustainability of consumer electronics
$5B Rockefeller Foundation, built on oil, divests from fossil fuels
Court Says No to Drilling for Oil in the Arctic, a Huge Win for Polar Bears
Bali’s beaches buried in tide of plastic rubbish during monsoon season
EDM Carbon Footprint: Sustainable Email Marketing tks Michelle Cockrill
Saving Brazil’s savanna by reseeding and restoring it tks Ali Davies
Experts should lead climate change response: NSW Environment Minister
Circular Economy and the 2030 Agenda
THE GREAT CLIMATE MIGRATION – A Warming Planet and a Shifting Population – worth a read!!
Cancel New Year’s Eve Forever – tks Cheryl Tan
Norway supreme court verdict opens Arctic to more oil drilling
More than 1.5 billion masks believed to have entered oceans in 2020
Texas Fracking Billionaires Drew Covid-19 Aid While Investing in Rivals
Exxon Knows Its Carbon Future And Keeps the Data From View
Norway landslide: Houses buried in Gjerdrum village near Oslo
2020 weather disasters boosted by climate change: Report
The Biggest Climate Change Stories of 2020
Exclusive: GM, Ford knew about climate change 50 years ago
Asia’s developing economies shun coal
Wang Xiangjun: China’s ‘Glacier Bro’ presumed dead
The Biden plan for a clean energy revolution and environmental justice
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