World’s longest-serving (56 yrs) environment hack. On Yorkshire Post, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Telegraph. Also in Guardian, Daily Mail, ipaper, Sun, BBC, Open Democracy, Evening Standard etc.Happy husband, dad, grandpa. Life measured in dogs.
An extremely serious and irreversible chain reaction already in progress
Geoffrey LeanIs a tipping point already upon us? A two-decade-long study has concluded that the melting of sea ice in the Arctic has a caused an ‘irreversible shift’ in ocean chemistry which disturbs the foundation of its web of life. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/arctic-...
Just heartbreaking... "The resulting nutrient famine is already affecting the whole Arctic food chain, threatening everything from microscopic plankton to commercial fish stocks, seabirds, and marine mammals." Meanwhile, the usual bad actors are shouting 'drill baby drill'. So depressing.
Geoffrey LeanIs a tipping point already upon us? A two-decade-long study has concluded that the melting of sea ice in the Arctic has a caused an ‘irreversible shift’ in ocean chemistry which disturbs the foundation of its web of life. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/arctic-...
This is exactly why Starmer must tell Blair to fuck off with his condemnation of net-zero.
In the face of frenzied right-wing attacks, this government has successfully executed one of the most ambitious climate change projects in the world. Time to give credit where it's due iandunt.substack.com/p/guest-post...
The Amazon rainforest is sometimes called the lungs of the world. It seems that the world is smoking 40 Capstan non-filter per day. 🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬
Geoffrey LeanAlarming. The tipping point for the destruction of the Amazon - which would have devastating worldwide effects - is approaching far faster than expected, an authoritative new study concludes. news.mongabay.com/2026/05/defo...
I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵
This is an exceptional piece from @iandunt.bsky.social - really gets to the heart of why Trump is so terrifying. No one knows for sure where his madness will lead, but scenarios that were once unthinkably remote are now distressingly plausible. iandunt.substack.com/p/the-battle...
An economist friend passes along this graph of energy costs. He says, "Given this history, it is more than a little ironic that renewable energy is derided by fossil-fuel proponents as 'unreliable.'”