🌎 Throwback to when @billieeilish joined forces with us to share an important message about the climate emergency with leaders ahead of #COP26.
Don’t miss Billie Eilish headlining at today’s @glastofest – the festival’s youngest ever solo headliner! And don’t forget to stop by the Arctic Basecamp tent at @glastoscience area to find out more about the global impacts of Arctic change and test out our new web app, the Arctic Risk calculator. Link our bio☝️
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Earlier this year, a rare hantavirus outbreak linked to Antarctic expedition cruise ship MV Hondius killed 3 people and infected 8 more across the Americas and Europe.
Rapidly rising temperatures and unusually warm seasons could mean outbreaks like this become more common.
Hantaviruses are spread by rodents such as mice, rats, and voles, and can lead to illnesses that range from mild, flu-like symptoms to serious respiratory disease.
The drivers of outbreaks are complex and vary across the world - but growing evidence suggests that climate change could increase the risk to human health.
For example, in northern regions, milder and more unstable winters may increase cases of nephropathia epidemica, a hantavirus-related illness that can cause fever, kidney problems and flu-like symptoms. Bank voles usually shelter beneath snow, but when snow cover is poor, they may move indoors for warmth - increasing the chance of contact with humans.
This is one piece of a much larger picture. As environments warm and ecosystems shift, insect- and animal-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue are also changing where and how they spread.
The climate crisis is a health crisis. Strengthening disease surveillance, healthcare access and climate-aware public health strategies is critical to reducing transmission and saving lives.
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Our favourite foods are on the frontline of the climate crisis - and for brands, communicating that reality to customers could become a competitive advantage 🥇
Steve Walls, Founding Director @climatebasecamp , Katie Gilbert, Managing Director of Global & Social Issues @mcsaatchiuk , and @paulgoodenough , CEO & Founder @rewritingearth , met in Davos to explore lessons from #SaveTheFlavors - a live campaign making climate relevant through the things we love 😋
If your favourite food got a marketing makeover, where would climate fit in the picture?
Featuring #MonkeyRock - an installation created by Professor @gail.whiteman and @joepvanlieshout of @atelier_van_lieshout@uniofexeter #UnleashImpact #SaveTheFlavours
Something ancient is escaping from beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet - and we only just found out.
A study published last week in Nature Geoscience tracked methane leaking out of retreating glaciers across a 2,000 km stretch of Greenland's western margin.
The methane is up to 4,500 years old. It was produced by microbes decomposing vegetation that grew there when the ice sheet was smaller - then got buried when the ice advanced again. It's been frozen in place ever since.
Until now.
Methane is more than 80 times more potent than CO2 over the first 20 years after it enters the atmosphere (Environmental Defense Fund). The ice sheet is releasing 715 tonnes of it every year from the western margin alone.
What makes this especially alarming: current climate models do not account for it. The ice retreats, the methane escapes, the planet warms faster, the ice retreats further.
Polar change responds to and amplifies planetary warming.
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Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough. A true inspiration, a defining voice for generations, and a remarkable example of generosity of spirit.
His lifelong work has helped millions see the beauty, fragility and importance of the natural world more clearly, and inspired so many to protect it.
Our own Professor Gail Whiteman shared this 2019 photo with the only caption it needs: “Best selfie ever!”
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In 2023, 19.1 million lives were lost because of cardiovascular diseases – such as heart attacks and strokes. That’s over 52,000 a day.
Cardiovascular disease – including heart attacks and strokes - is now the leading cause of death globally. Changes in the polar regions could make it worse.
According to research, a 1 °C increase in global temperature could lead to a 2.1% rise in cardiovascular deaths. That means 376,000 more deaths a year. A summer sea-ice free Arctic could drive the frequency of El Niño-related heat extremes by up to one third - and increase their intensity.
Changes in polar regions amplify extreme weather events globally, disrupting atmospheric circulation and worsening air pollution from wildfires in northern regions. All things linked to increased deaths from cardiovascular disease.
Urgent coordinated global action is needed to cut emissions, stabilise the climate, and prevent further harm to human health.
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Something the size of two Londons is about to vanish from the Earth forever. Iceberg A23a - once the world's largest - has spent 38 years surviving everything the ocean threw at it. Now it's weeks from gone. And the speed of its collapse is not normal.
Icebergs do eventually melt. But losing 95% of your mass in under a year is something else entirely. As A23a drifted into warmer South Atlantic waters, meltwater seeped into its cracks and broke it apart from the inside. What we're watching is not a natural end - it's a warning.
When Antarctic ice collapses at this speed, the world feels it. Marine species lose feeding grounds, ocean ecosystems shift, and sea levels rise - threatening coastal communities worldwide.
This is not just a polar story.
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At the @planetarygdns event in Santa Marta, Colombia, as part of the @fossilfueltreaty , Former President of Ireland and Planetary Guardian #MaryRobinson spoke about the importance of moving away from fragmented efforts to an Earth System led approach to tackling the climate crisis.
From this global position, Chief Planetary Scientists would play a key role advising governments and leading shared equity models with local communities.
The Planetary Guardians are an independent collective elevating science to make the Planetary Boundaries a measurement and operating framework for the world. Of the nine planetary boundaries that sustain life on Earth, seven have already been breached. Yet there is still hope.
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Citizens in low-income countries are far more likely to die from infectious diseases, injuries, and suffer child and maternal mortality than those in high income countries.
Data visualised by Our World In Data highlights the stark differences in cause of death between countries at either end of the income spectrum.
In low-income countries over 1 in 3 die from infectious diseases like cholera, malaria and respiratory infections. Meanwhile, in high income countries? This number is only 1 in 18.
Climate change is already affecting global health. It makes heatwaves stronger and come by more often. Spreads where diseases can thrive. Worsens air quality due to wildfire smoke. Impacts food and water security. All of this leads to an increase in non-communicable and infectious diseases. This is also likely to increase deaths–further hurting populations and healthcare systems in countries already at risk.
Without urgent action to reduce emissions and strengthen health systems, climate change will deepen existing health inequalities and cost millions more lives.
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Don’t overthink it! Pick an emoji.
Let fate decide your next climate action. See where the universe takes you.
11 - Make ethical purchases. Buy less, buy better. Avoid fast fashion when you can. Make what you already have work harder. Your closet has enough drama already.
22 - Shop secondhand 🛍️ Second-hand or giveaway groups. Buy-nothing communities. Thrifting events. Someone else’s cast-off is your next favourite thing.
33 - Rethink travel. Skip the ✈️ when you can. Train > flight. Video call when you can. Adventure doesn’t need emissions.
44 - Use sustainable transport. Walk. Bike. Bus. Electric if you’re driving. Gas cars are so last decade. If you do have a car - rethink if you have to use it every time.
55 - Reduce food waste 🥕 Buy only what you’ll actually eat. Compost the rest. Share expiring food with friends or family before it goes to waste. Your wallet will thank you :)
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