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🌿 MOSS: The Tiny Climate Warrior We've Been Ignoring

WHAT SCIENCE SHOWS ABOUT THIS HUMBLE PLANT:

🌎 CARBON CAPTURE CHAMPION
- Absorbs 4X more CO₂ than trees by volume
- Captures pollutants from air and rainwater
- Continues photosynthesis when trees are dormant
- Creates own ecosystem in urban "dead spaces"

💧 WATER MANAGEMENT GENIUS
- Absorbs up to 20X its weight in water
- Prevents urban flooding during heavy rains
- Slowly releases moisture during dry periods
- Naturally filters contaminants from runoff

❄️ URBAN COOLING SYSTEM
- Creates natural air conditioning effect
- Reduces building surface temperatures by up to 15°F
- Thrives on vertical surfaces where trees can't grow
- Requires zero irrigation or maintenance

🏙️ CITIES ARE CATCHING ON
- Tokyo installing moss walls to combat urban heat
- Seattle encouraging moss growth on buildings
- European cities creating moss-covered bus stops
- Living moss installations purifying indoor air

While we spend billions on high-tech carbon capture,
this ancient plant has been perfecting the process
for 450 million years - for free.

Next time you see moss, don't scrub it away. You're looking at one of nature's most efficient climate solutions.
via: www.biophiliadesign.org
#ClimateAction #UrbanGreening #NaturalSolutions #Mosstodon #Moss

Scotland embraces Japan’s Miyawaki method with "wee forests" — tiny, fast-growing urban patches packed with native trees 🌳🌱. These miniature forests boost biodiversity, cool cities, & engage communities, proving small green spaces have big impact. Discover more: bbc.com/future/article/2025091 #UrbanForests #Miyawaki #ClimateAction #newz

A group of schoolboys in green jumpers in Queen Margaret University's wee forest taking measurements
BBC · How Japanese 'tiny forests' are sweeping ScotlandVon Jocelyn Timperley

A recent Nature study links increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves to emissions from individual fossil fuel and cement producers (aka carbon majors). All carbon majors, regardless of size, have significantly contributed to the occurrence of these extreme events.

Bloomberg Article: bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Study link: nature.com/articles/s41586-025

Do you know about Sun Day events to promote solar and wind power & leave fossil fuels behind?

There's one this Sunday in Minneapolis. RSVP at: mnipl.org/event/sun-day-day-of

Sept 21 is a national (global?) Day of Action. Here's their national web site. sunday.earth/

#SunDay #solar #SolarPower #WindPower #RenewableEnergy #energy #ElectrifyEverything #NoFossilFuels #OilyBoys #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #MNastodon #ActNow #climate #CleanEnergy

“We now live on a planet where the cheapest way to produce energy is to point a sheet of glass at the sun. This isn't 'alternative energy' anymore--it's the common sense obvious path” -- Bill Mckibben

"We really could get it right — we have the clean energy technology we need, and what we need now is the human energy to make it happen despite the obstruction of Big Oil. That's what Sun Day is about, harnessing photons to power our lives." -- Ayana Johnson, Marine Biologist and author of What If We Get It Right.

Minnesota Interfaith Power & LightSun Day: Day of Action - Minnesota Interfaith Power & LightJoin us for Sun Day: Day of Action, a family-friendly event with music, performances, activities, and exhibits for the “solar-curious”

The Carney government's suspension of the EV mandate has nothing to do with “pragmatism” or “moderation” as I heard an interviewee say on the CBC this morning.

It's about the Ontario car industry realizing they don't make EVs or even Hybrids that can compete with Korea, Japan, or Europe (let alone China).

People want them. BC is at 20% new (the mandated level), Quebec is at 30%. Those are the #2 and #3 most populous provinces in Canada btw.

It's politics, and... specifically with Carney, cowardice, nothing else. BC’s Energy Minister Adrian Dix called it out

“I want to say this: Their target for this year, we achieved four years ago,” Dix said of the existing federal electric vehicle mandates. “The issue here in Canada -- and I think the federal government needs to engage in this a little bit -- is first and foremost with Ontario.”

#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Carney #ClimateAction
ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/o

B.C. Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs Adrian Dix speaks before touring greenhouses at Windset Farms, in Delta, B.C., on Friday, January 24, 2025. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press)
CTVNews · Ontario drove Carney’s decision to suspend EV mandate: B.C. Energy Minister DixBritish Columbia’s energy minister says the federal decision to delay its electric vehicle sales mandate largely reflects circumstances in Ontario, and Ottawa should follow through on a more Canada-wide policy after its review.

Scientists Just Found Who's Causing Global Warming

futurism.com/scientists-wealth

"wealthiest 10 percent of the global population accounted for nearly half of global emissions" through "private consumption and investments, whereas the poorest 50 percent accounted for only one-tenth of global emissions."

Futurism · Scientists Just Found Who's Causing Global WarmingVon Joe Wilkins

Physics-based indicator predicts tipping point for collapse of Atlantic current system in next 50 years

by Krystal Kasal

"The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC) is an enormous loop of ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean that carries warmer waters north and colder waters south, helping to regulate the climate in many regions. The collapse of this critical circulation system has the potential to cause drastic global and regional climate impacts, like #droughts and #ColderWinters, especially in Northwestern Europe.

"Previous research has already indicated a weakening in the AMOC, but there has been uncertainty about when the AMOC will collapse under future climate change or whether it will collapse at all. But new research, now published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, indicates that collapse of the AMOC is likely and that it might begin sooner rather than later.

"Using a new physics-based indicator and the Community Earth System Model (#CESM), the study authors have produced new simulations of the AMOC collapse under various conditions.

"The researchers believe the new indicator better represents the water circulation compared to previously used parameters, such as the ocean's surface temperature. Instead, it represents a tipping point indicated by a sign change in surface buoyancy flux (Bflux) over a key part of the North Atlantic Ocean from 40°N to 65°N. They also compared their results to historical observations and data.

"Their simulations tested out 25 different climate models. They say that the AMOC was fairly stable until about 2020, but since then, there have been signs of weakening. Future modeling shows that, in high-emission scenarios, the AMOC collapse tipping point began as early as 2023 and as late as 2076, with a median tipping point at 2055. Under more intermediate scenarios, the tipping point was placed between 2026 and 2095, with a median of 2063.

"The study authors note, 'If the AMOC starts to collapse, it takes more than 100 years to reach a substantially weaker state. During that transition, the Northwestern European climate would change drastically and is expected to see colder winters, less rainfall, and more severe winter storms.'

"The study authors also note that many prior simulations only ran until around 2100, but letting simulations go further into the future might provide more accurate results. They say, 'Given these risks of AMOC tipping under climate change, we encourage modeling groups to simulate to at least the year 2200.'

"There were some limitations in this research; for example, most models did not include enhanced #GreenlandIceMelt, which could actually accelerate AMOC weakening. In some cases, background circulation can balance surface buoyancy gain. In these cases, the proposed indicator can also give false positives, but this is rare.

"There is still time for societies to limit the impact of eventual AMOC collapse or to develop adaptation strategies, but the study authors offer a stark warning, saying, 'To limit the risk of AMOC weakening and a potential collapse in the foreseeable future, global society needs to be on track of a #LowEmission scenario and urgent #ClimateAction is needed to guarantee this.' "

Read more:
phys.org/news/2025-09-physics-

Phys.org · Physics-based indicator predicts tipping point for collapse of Atlantic current system in next 50 yearsVon Krystal Kasal
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#Piketty argues that the burden of transition must not fall hardest on the poor. If people feel #ClimateAction is unfair, protest movements like the gilets jaunes will erupt again. To avoid this he calls for strict regulations on unnecessary luxury emissions and for progressive #CarbonTaxes. Under such a system everyone would have a fair #emissions allowance covering basic needs, but super polluting lifestyles such as frequent holidays, sprawling mansions, and constant jet use would face

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