What a fun little game we play. Step 1: Scientific consensus is too conservative. Step 2: Something happens "shocking scientists". Step 3: Articles are released describing how it happened faster than expected, but don't worry because someone will fix it. Step 4: No changes are made, and the models remain conservative. Repeat.

Earth is warming faster than previously estimated, new study shows - Los Angeles Times

Uh-Oh—Global Warming Is Actually Speeding Up, Scientists Say

Thawing permafrost becomes 25 to 100 times more permeable, experiments find

‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists | US weather | The Guardian

Amazon wildfires have released far more carbon than we thought - Earth.com

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It's not just the current geopolitical situation that's putting food supply under stress - it's been growing for a long time and is getting worse.

‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: Hawaii’s small farmers begin recovery after catastrophic flooding | Hawaii | The Guardian

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UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying | Farming | The Guardian

From gas to grain: Fertilizer disruptions raise risks for food security and trade | UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

How the Iran war could shatter global food security

Australia to Plant Less Wheat as Iran War Deepens Global Fertilizer Supplies - Bloomberg

Palm oil, cocoa, coffee… Who's going to tend to tomorrow's large tropical plantations?

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Established and important US infrastructure is rapidly being demolished, not as a forced response to desperate need, but in the petulant outbursts of a grifting narcissist.

The US government just used a dormant 48-year-old committee to strip endangered species protections from the entire Gulf of Mexico. : r/collapse

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ chose oil drilling over endangered species in the Gulf. This whale could be in particular danger | CNN

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

White House seeks $1.5 tn defense budget as Iran war drives costs

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New updates to economists' thoughts on AI and job loss, and new research shows the "heat island" effect of data centers on more than 340 million people globally.

Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN

States with the most data centers

Economists Are Drawing Stronger Connections Between A.I. and Jobs - The New York Times

Top leadership experts sound the alarm on the AI doomsday: bosses are choosing tech over people | Fortune

Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence \ Anthropic

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Trump announces he is issuing an unconstitutional executive order to shut down mail-in voting nationwide and he will defund states if they do not comply with him : r/law

Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections – The White House

Trump Suffers His Fourth—and Worst—Legal Blow in Just Hours | The New Republic

Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing

Judge orders Trump to halt $400 million White House ballroom project, for now | Reuters

Donald Trump tells Pam Bondi she's fired over Epstein files fiasco after humiliating clash - The Mirror US

Trump DOJ sues Idaho as even red states resist voter data demands - Democracy Docket

Secret Chaos Exposed at Attorney General Pam Bondi’s DOJ Over Trump’s $10B Suit

Arkansas’ Ten Commandments Monument Law Ruled Unconstitutional

Judge says Trump not immune from civil claims his Jan. 6 words incited riot | AP News

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This was a wild week in the climate, and I fear every week will be this way moving forward. Here's some news from the around world.

Also, please forgive the audio quality. I recorded it twice, and the second time I apparently had the wrong mic recording. Sorry!

Limiting global warming to 2C would not ‘rule out’ extreme impacts - Carbon Brief

UK food supply at risk of 'catastrophic failure' by 2030, report warns - FarmingUK News

Malaysia dam levels on alert amid heatwave | The Straits Times

16 states with the highest March day temperature record. : r/collapse

Extreme climate, our biggest"enemy" : r/collapse

Arctic sea ice at lowest level ever this winter

‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds | Extreme heat | The Guardian

Jakarta rapidly sinks as climate change and overdevelopment collide | PBS News

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The world is suffering the consequences of Trump and Israel's war on Iran. How long will our oil woes last?

Israeli chief of staff warns army on verge of 'collapse' amid troop shortage

France confirms oil crisis, says 30-40 percent of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed - Business - France 24

Cuban health-care workers struggle to support the sick amid U.S. oil embargo | CBC Accessibility

Philippines declares ‘national energy emergency’ and boosts coal power as Iran war grinds on | Philippines | The Guardian

Reliant on imported fuel, Pacific islands appeal for help as oil prices surge | Pacific islands | The Guardian

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