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<p>This week&#x27;s <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: Two more books bought in my employer&#x27;s January clearance sale. Drew Harvell&#x27;s Ocean Outbreak: Confronting the Rising Tide of Marine Disease from the University of California Press, and Benjamin von Brackel&#x27;s Nowhere Left to Go: How Climate Change Is Driving Species to the Ends of the Earth from The Experiment.</p><p>In the middle is another of Jack Yeovil&#x27;s Dark Future novels, Route 666, that I bought off eBay after listening to Jordan Sorcery discussing it. I put your theory to the test, Jordan, but it seems your podcast did not drive the price up, as I was the sole bidder and paid a tenner for this.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/marinebiology/" rel="tag">#MarineBiology</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/warhammer/" rel="tag">#Warhammer</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>A juvenile <a href="/tags/graywhale/" rel="tag">#GrayWhale</a> that amazed Washington state residents after it swam 20 miles up a small river was found dead, &amp; an official with a <a href="/tags/marine/" rel="tag">#marine</a> mammal research group suspects <a href="/tags/hunger/" rel="tag">#hunger</a> may have driven the whale to new hunting grounds as the species’ population declines.</p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/endangeredspecies/" rel="tag">#EndangeredSpecies</a> <a href="/tags/ecosystems/" rel="tag">#ecosystems</a> <a href="/tags/marinelife/" rel="tag">#MarineLife</a> <a href="/tags/whales/" rel="tag">#whales</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/environmentallaw/" rel="tag">#EnvironmentalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/gray-whale-dies-washington-river-ba070a4060f2f48f0e4533cc14b944b2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/gray-whale-dies-washington-river-ba070a4060f2f48f0e4533cc14b944b2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/gray-whale-</span><span class="invisible">dies-washington-river-ba070a4060f2f48f0e4533cc14b944b2</span></a></p>

<p>Two iconic <a href="/tags/southpole/" rel="tag">#SouthPole</a> species, the <a href="/tags/emperorpenguin/" rel="tag">#EmperorPenguin</a> &amp; the <a href="/tags/antarcticfurseal/" rel="tag">#AntarcticFurSeal</a>, have been officially declared <a href="/tags/endangered/" rel="tag">#endangered</a> by the world’s leading <a href="/tags/conservation/" rel="tag">#conservation</a> authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their <a href="/tags/habitats/" rel="tag">#habitats</a> caused by <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/marinelife/" rel="tag">#MarineLife</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/environmentallaw/" rel="tag">#EnvironmentalLaw</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/04/09/emperor-penguin-endangered-antarctic-fur-seal/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/04/09/emperor-penguin-endangered-antarctic-fur-seal/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/climate</span><span class="invisible">-environment/2026/04/09/emperor-penguin-endangered-antarctic-fur-seal/</span></a></p>

<p>i try to emphasize good news</p><p>and if i can&#x27;t do that i try to emphasize anger over sadness</p><p>but there&#x27;s nothing i can do about this bit of news except be depressed:</p><p>&quot;Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor <a href="/tags/penguins/" rel="tag">#penguins</a> at risk of <a href="/tags/extinction/" rel="tag">#extinction</a>&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/mass-drowning-of-chicks-puts-emperor-penguins-at-risk-of-extinction" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/mass-drowning-of-chicks-puts-emperor-penguins-at-risk-of-extinction"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/environmen</span><span class="invisible">t/2026/apr/09/mass-drowning-of-chicks-puts-emperor-penguins-at-risk-of-extinction</span></a></p><p>essentially, <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#globalWarming</a>, the <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#climateCrisis</a>, is breaking up the ice the <a href="/tags/emperorpenguin/" rel="tag">#emperorPenguin</a> depends upon to raise its young, and this is resulting in mass killings of their young now</p><p>😔</p><p><a href="/tags/penguin/" rel="tag">#penguin</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climateChange</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a></p>

<p>A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View.</p><p>Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. Across much of the world, sea levels are higher than previously assumed and land is sinking faster. <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/globalwarming/" rel="tag">#GlobalWarming</a></p><p><a href="https://e360.yale.edu/features/sea-level-rise-land-subsidence" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="e360.yale.edu/features/sea-level-rise-land-subsidence"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">e360.yale.edu/features/sea-lev</span><span class="invisible">el-rise-land-subsidence</span></a></p>

<p>Out today: “The decision … is not going to result in any more oil production; it’s not going to result in lower gas prices. It will result in real harm and the potential extinction of one or more species in the Gulf.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-god-squad-endangered-species-gulf-drilling/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/trump-god-squad-endangered-species-gulf-drilling/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/trump-go</span><span class="invisible">d-squad-endangered-species-gulf-drilling/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gulfcoast/" rel="tag">#GulfCoast</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/14/wildfire-cattle-ranchers-american-great-plains" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/14/wildfire-cattle-ranchers-american-great-plains"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/world/2026</span><span class="invisible">/apr/14/wildfire-cattle-ranchers-american-great-plains</span></a></p><p>Ok, I know I’m a ray of freaking sunshine with my constant good news, but this ties into what I was saying the other day about being prepared. </p><p>Herds have been decimated each year for the last 5 years. Literally, herd sizes are down almost 50%, that’s why <a href="/tags/beef/" rel="tag">#beef</a> is so expensive. Cattle are hard to raise commercially. You really depend on Nature. And when she kicks you in the teeth with a mini dust bowl, you have to downsize, because there’s not enough feed to go around. </p><p>Losing this much grassland is going to behave a major, major impact on prices. Futures market=scary.</p><p>Start preparing to change your diet to incorporate more vegetable protein, especially protein you can grow; high protein include peanuts, chickpeas, red beans. Rice may be difficult to find, especially if we piss off everyone in Asia. potatoes are a nutritional staple and easy to grow even in bad soil. </p><p><a href="/tags/victorygardens/" rel="tag">#VictoryGardens</a> for the win.</p><p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climateChange</a></p>

<p>On April 28, GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused environmental law scholars of bias, conspiracy and colluding to influence the U.S. judiciary.</p><p>The next day, free-market conservatives kicked off a multiday climate skepticism event for more than 150 judges.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-science-oil-gas-fossil-fuel-judges-jim-jordan?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/climate-science-oil-gas-fossil-fuel-judges-jim-jordan?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate-science-oil-gas-fossil-fuel-judges-jim-jordan?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>The coming <a href="/tags/elniño/" rel="tag">#ElNiño</a> could be the strongest in over a century.
<br>Warming water in part of the <a href="/tags/pacificocean/" rel="tag">#PacificOcean</a> is raising the odds for the biggest El Niño on record. The <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#weather</a> pattern could fully form by July.
<br>It could lead to record high global <a href="/tags/temperatures/" rel="tag">#temperatures</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> shortages, &amp; shift patterns of <a href="/tags/droughts/" rel="tag">#droughts</a>, <a href="/tags/floods/" rel="tag">#floods</a>, humidity &amp; <a href="/tags/seaice/" rel="tag">#SeaIce</a> across the planet.</p><p><a href="/tags/extremeweather/" rel="tag">#ExtremeWeather</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/05/06/el-nino-record-weather-impacts/?utm_campaign=rct_2406:2;tt_2510:control&amp;no_nav=true&amp;utm_source=webview&amp;utm_medium=referral_home" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/05/06/el-nino-record-weather-impacts/?utm_campaign=rct_2406:2;tt_2510:control&amp;no_nav=true&amp;utm_source=webview&amp;utm_medium=referral_home"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/weather</span><span class="invisible">/2026/05/06/el-nino-record-weather-impacts/?utm_campaign=rct_2406:2;tt_2510:control&amp;no_nav=true&amp;utm_source=webview&amp;utm_medium=referral_home</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/newhere/" rel="tag">#NewHere</a> <a href="/tags/fiditips/" rel="tag">#FidiTips</a> <br><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> friends am really new here on this server after being hacked on my old account on mastodon social, really l was missing <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mstdn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mstdn</span></a></span> social since l had also another account on it before locomoting, but am now back with different things. Under farms in schools as the coordinator of this initiative is aimed to fight hidden hunger in schools and communities we are here to make international friends and those interests in what we are doing <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <a href="/tags/fidiverse/" rel="tag">#fidiverse</a></p>

<p>Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.<br>---</p><p>In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering exempting even more.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cle</span><span class="invisible">an-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/airquality/" rel="tag">#AirQuality</a></p>