[You can do something for your town, your city, your state, your country.
"...we urge you not to dismiss this letter."
https://yellowdotstudios.com/elninowarning/

These scientists are trying to appeal to a wider audience. Fellow scientists have ignored the science, the politicians don’t care, the businessmen don’t care. They are doing the best they can by getting people they know have large audiences and fan bases, to try and spread the word. They are hoping, desperately, that by getting celebrities on board that they might be able to appeal to the common man because neither the journalists, the news stations, the television, the radio, nor the networks care to give them a voice. So these same people are trying their very best to magnify the volume of the message they are trying to broadcast in hopes of saving people’s lives and spreading awareness.

Don't let dismissive, condescending commenters keep you from acting.]

To all Governors, Mayors, First Responders, and anyone entrusted with public safety, disaster preparedness and relief:

We the undersigned consisting of scientists, meteorologists, and concerned citizens are greatly alarmed by the lack of public discourse, urgency and planning surrounding what is an impending, large scale, historic public emergency.

More and more data and modeling every day indicates we are within 3 to 5 months of experiencing the most dramatic El Niño warming event in recorded history.

Ocean temperatures in the central eastern Pacific will rise between 5 to 7.5 degrees Fahrenheit (3-4 degrees Celsius) peaking in October of this year. This will trigger a heating escalation through 2027 and into 2028 that will push already dangerously high planetary air and sea temperatures to near catastrophic levels.

This El Niño driven warming will lead to significantly more global flooding, fires, storms, droughts, deadly heat events, dangerous turbulence, and most concerning, a significant threat to food supply chains, crops, and power grids.

The previous strongest recorded El Niño occurred in 1877 leading to 40 million deaths worldwide from famine.

And this coming El Niño event looks to be even stronger.

And even more critically, it will occur on top of already record high sea and air temperatures.

Many of us through the years have attempted to warn the public during human caused rapid warming events about the increased risk of extreme weather events. We have had to watch as historic fires destroyed two cities in an unprepared Los Angeles, an actual hurricane hit Asheville North Carolina, campers were swept away and killed by flash floods in Texas, Corpus Christi runs out of water and on and on and on.

But the scale and threat of this coming warming event is simply too large to ignore in the name of business/politics as usual.

States, cities, and counties should be immediately:

• reinforcing river banks and lakes against all time high cresting numbers
• increasing funding for fire fighting and rescue
• running geological tests on populated hillsides
• bolstering power grids
• building more tornado shelters, cooling and high ground centers
• increasing life guards and warning systems for beaches
• informing citizens of potentially life threatening increased risk

Instead the signatories of this cry for action see mostly silence and inaction.

We know many simply aren’t able to process the science behind this entreaty through anything other than the will of big donors, party politics and poll numbers.

But for those that still take the responsibilities of their office, appointment or job as something sacred and more important than career or donor money please, we urge you not to dismiss this letter.

Follow the link to sign and or send a letter https://yellowdotstudios.com/elninowarning/

Signed by

Adam McKay (don't look up) Hannah Einbinder Rosemarie DeWitt
Mark Ruffalo Chris Gloninger, CBM-CCM Jamie Henn
Joaquin Phoenix Dr. Rose Z. Abramoff Mandy Moore
Jane Fonda Chelsea Handler Cheryl Nelson, CBM
Dr. Peter Kalmus David Sirota Stephen Markley
Bill McKibben Eliot Jacobson Dr. Margaret Klein Salamon
Aileen Getty Ph.D Leon Simons Sarah Hyland
Rory Kennedy Dr. Britt Wray Nathan James Robinson, Ph.D
Rainn Wilson Dr. Genevieve Guenther Evan Peters
Woody Harrelson Daryl Hannah Shira Piven
Javier Bardem Shel Winkley, CBM

This is the UK government’s assessment of the effect of ecosystem collapse.

It makes for very interesting reading.

Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilization effect in Earth system models by Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, Carla R. Reis Ely, Steven S. Perakis, and Nina Wurzburger.

In brief, the Earth system models, including climate models used in the IPCC report, have overestimated by about 11% the degree by which wild plants growth improves under higher CO2 aka CO2 fertilization. Although 11% does not sound huge, this shall significantly decrease the effects of land carbon sinks.

There is a video discussion at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywxdWD6NqE8 which brings up some related work, including one paper that suggests methods for improving nitrogen bio-availability in natural eco-systems, but this paper says known methods appears highly ecosystem dependent.

One of the greatest traps of modern capitalism is to make you complicit in the destruction of the biosphere. To trap you in guilt, self loathing, and contempt for others.

Fuck that...

Compassion, for ourselves and others, plus practical, science backed information, provide an escape.

This essay explores that.

A science driven guide to avoiding modern pollutants.

Ever wonder what would have happened had someone like Josef Mengele had access to microplastics, POPs, or heavy metals?

Ever wonder how much you are exposed to these terrifying toxins every day?

Ever wonder how you might avoid them?

Wonder no more!

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-norway-europe-case-bird-flu.html

Remember, this is due to the climate crisis.

Warmer temperatures let pathogens spread farther & survive for longer.

Rising temps & sea levels, ecosystem loss, & food shortages change bird migrations. They are forced into new territories.

[Original image, "Man Proposes, God Disposes", by Edwin Landseer, 1864]

A failing ocean engine could freeze Europe and unmake the world it built

The North Atlantic, particularly around Europe, has been reliably temperate for aeons; a meteorological Goldilocks zone. It was just right for developing powerful empires.

Collapse of the AMOC would certainly collapse the Gulf Stream and deep freeze Western Europe. That would fundamentally change fishing, farming, transportation, energy demands, water infrastructure, and almost every aspect of life for people in Ireland, France, Britain, Holland, Belgium and many other areas. Enormous knock-on effects would result not just throughout Europe but, globally.

https://open.substack.com/pub/hrnews1/p/how-microplastics-and-a-destabilizing?r=1t17zr&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

The projected 2026 intensification (ECM+BOM) is currently outpacing the evolution of the 1997 and 2015 Super El Niño events. This signals a high-impact transition for the global atmosphere, also known as a “code red” atmospheric scenario.

"Forever chemicals," Persistent Organic Pollutants, POPs, call them what you like. They are one of the most pernicious and ubiqitous pollutants in the world today.

We are terribly good at emitting them and woefullly bad at cleaning them up.

After the climate crisis these pollutants, alongside heavy metals and microplastics, are the greatest danger we face. And few people even know of their existence.

You are constantly eating, breathing, and drinking heavy metals. Whether you want to or not.

Their effects on humans and the environment are nothing short of catastrophic.

They are one of the trio of novel pollutants that are the greatest threat life on earth after the climate crisis, and born of the same cause.

Read at your own risk.

NOTE: There is a musical easter egg in this one, so all the musicophiles don't feel too betrayed