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Ventilation of the North Atlantic is Weakening

geomar.de · Jan 26

20 January 2026 / Kiel. The renewal of deep waters in the North Atlantic has slowed markedly over the past three decades. This is shown by a new study from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, now published in the scientific journal Nature Communications. The study demonstrates th...

Shared by @andybrwn and 30 others.
Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm) (@stepheneb) · Jan 26
🔁 @rahmstorf:

Ocean waters are aging? What?
Yes: we oceanographers call 'age' the time since deep ocean water was last in touch with the atmosphere. It is a measure of 'ventilation', deep vertical overturning of the ocean.
Data show this process is slowing: #AMOC slowdown.
That is bad news for climate, and there is a serious risk of the AMOC crossing a tipping point in the next few decades towards an unstoppable shutdown. One of the worst-case climate change nightmares.
geomar.de/en/news/article/belu

Lizzie (@Lizette603_23) · Jan 26
🔁 @rahmstorf:

Ocean waters are aging? What?
Yes: we oceanographers call 'age' the time since deep ocean water was last in touch with the atmosphere. It is a measure of 'ventilation', deep vertical overturning of the ocean.
Data show this process is slowing: #AMOC slowdown.
That is bad news for climate, and there is a serious risk of the AMOC crossing a tipping point in the next few decades towards an unstoppable shutdown. One of the worst-case climate change nightmares.
geomar.de/en/news/article/belu

trending_bot (@trending_bot) · Jan 26
🔁 @rahmstorf:

Ocean waters are aging? What?
Yes: we oceanographers call 'age' the time since deep ocean water was last in touch with the atmosphere. It is a measure of 'ventilation', deep vertical overturning of the ocean.
Data show this process is slowing: #AMOC slowdown.
That is bad news for climate, and there is a serious risk of the AMOC crossing a tipping point in the next few decades towards an unstoppable shutdown. One of the worst-case climate change nightmares.
geomar.de/en/news/article/belu

Glyn Moody (@glynmoody) · Jan 26
🔁 @rahmstorf:

Ocean waters are aging? What?
Yes: we oceanographers call 'age' the time since deep ocean water was last in touch with the atmosphere. It is a measure of 'ventilation', deep vertical overturning of the ocean.
Data show this process is slowing: #AMOC slowdown.
That is bad news for climate, and there is a serious risk of the AMOC crossing a tipping point in the next few decades towards an unstoppable shutdown. One of the worst-case climate change nightmares.
geomar.de/en/news/article/belu

xs4me2 (@xs4me2) · Jan 26
🔁 @rahmstorf:

Ocean waters are aging? What?
Yes: we oceanographers call 'age' the time since deep ocean water was last in touch with the atmosphere. It is a measure of 'ventilation', deep vertical overturning of the ocean.
Data show this process is slowing: #AMOC slowdown.
That is bad news for climate, and there is a serious risk of the AMOC crossing a tipping point in the next few decades towards an unstoppable shutdown. One of the worst-case climate change nightmares.
geomar.de/en/news/article/belu

Cruiser 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 (@cruiser) · Jan 26
🔁 @rahmstorf:

Ocean waters are aging? What?
Yes: we oceanographers call 'age' the time since deep ocean water was last in touch with the atmosphere. It is a measure of 'ventilation', deep vertical overturning of the ocean.
Data show this process is slowing: #AMOC slowdown.
That is bad news for climate, and there is a serious risk of the AMOC crossing a tipping point in the next few decades towards an unstoppable shutdown. One of the worst-case climate change nightmares.
geomar.de/en/news/article/belu

Brian Smith (@BrianSmith950) · Jan 26
🔁 @rahmstorf:

Ocean waters are aging? What?
Yes: we oceanographers call 'age' the time since deep ocean water was last in touch with the atmosphere. It is a measure of 'ventilation', deep vertical overturning of the ocean.
Data show this process is slowing: #AMOC slowdown.
That is bad news for climate, and there is a serious risk of the AMOC crossing a tipping point in the next few decades towards an unstoppable shutdown. One of the worst-case climate change nightmares.
geomar.de/en/news/article/belu

🌧️ Jay Holler 🌧️ (@jay) · Jan 26
🔁 @rahmstorf:

Ocean waters are aging? What?
Yes: we oceanographers call 'age' the time since deep ocean water was last in touch with the atmosphere. It is a measure of 'ventilation', deep vertical overturning of the ocean.
Data show this process is slowing: #AMOC slowdown.
That is bad news for climate, and there is a serious risk of the AMOC crossing a tipping point in the next few decades towards an unstoppable shutdown. One of the worst-case climate change nightmares.
geomar.de/en/news/article/belu

Lenz Grimmer (@lenzgr) · Jan 26
🔁 @rahmstorf:

Ocean waters are aging? What?
Yes: we oceanographers call 'age' the time since deep ocean water was last in touch with the atmosphere. It is a measure of 'ventilation', deep vertical overturning of the ocean.
Data show this process is slowing: #AMOC slowdown.
That is bad news for climate, and there is a serious risk of the AMOC crossing a tipping point in the next few decades towards an unstoppable shutdown. One of the worst-case climate change nightmares.
geomar.de/en/news/article/belu

Worth reading

The Shovel Next Time

the-reframe.com · Jan 25

Liberation from tyranny is also liberation for the tyrants.

Shared by @robcinos and 27 others.
samiamsam (@samiamsam) · Jan 25
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. the-reframe.com/the-shovel-nex

Aunt Tifa (@AliceMarshall) · Jan 25
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. the-reframe.com/the-shovel-nex

Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈ 🐸 (@realtegan) · Jan 25
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. the-reframe.com/the-shovel-nex

Trending Bot (@trending) · Jan 25
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. the-reframe.com/the-shovel-nex

Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (@ZhiZhu) · Jan 25
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. the-reframe.com/the-shovel-nex

The Flight Attendant (@CosmicTraveler) · Jan 26
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. the-reframe.com/the-shovel-nex

requiem 🦫 (@requiem) · Jan 26
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. the-reframe.com/the-shovel-nex

Shared by @tom and 16 others.
Marcos Huerta (@marcoshuerta) · Jan 25
🔁 @sarah_jeong:

It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun

What is the point of law enforcement that doesn’t follow the law?

America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose

theguardian.com · Jan 26

This is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distraction

Shared by @Nonya_Bidniss and 44 others.
Gene Cowan 🏳️‍🌈 (@genecowan) · Jan 26
🔁 @Remittancegirl:

On the brink?

Lady, it's way over the brink.

You have masked goons gunning down innocent civilians in the middle of the street in broad daylight with the blessing of the state.

The brink is in the rearview mirror

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Bill Sharpe Gadfly (@OhMrBill) · Jan 26
🔁 @Remittancegirl:

On the brink?

Lady, it's way over the brink.

You have masked goons gunning down innocent civilians in the middle of the street in broad daylight with the blessing of the state.

The brink is in the rearview mirror

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Trendy Toots (@trendytoots) · Jan 26
🔁 @Remittancegirl:

On the brink?

Lady, it's way over the brink.

You have masked goons gunning down innocent civilians in the middle of the street in broad daylight with the blessing of the state.

The brink is in the rearview mirror

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

trending_bot (@trending_bot) · Jan 26
🔁 @Remittancegirl:

On the brink?

Lady, it's way over the brink.

You have masked goons gunning down innocent civilians in the middle of the street in broad daylight with the blessing of the state.

The brink is in the rearview mirror

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

I_was_saying_boo_urns (@BooUrns) · Jan 26
🔁 @xs4me2:

The murder in plain daylight for all to see, the contempt for human life, the scapegoating and denial by the president and his administration… on the brink indeed or into the abyss already.

This cannot end well, impeach and remove as that is now the only option, and it is not Trump only, it is the whole system that is being put in place. This needs to have consequences.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...) (@nrmacdonald) · Jan 26
🔁 @Remittancegirl:

On the brink?

Lady, it's way over the brink.

You have masked goons gunning down innocent civilians in the middle of the street in broad daylight with the blessing of the state.

The brink is in the rearview mirror

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Trending Bot (@trending) · Jan 26
🔁 @Remittancegirl:

On the brink?

Lady, it's way over the brink.

You have masked goons gunning down innocent civilians in the middle of the street in broad daylight with the blessing of the state.

The brink is in the rearview mirror

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The People Struggle Against Tyranny

steady.page · Jan 25

Another execution of an American citizen. A regime that has no strategy but to lash out. The struggle against Trumpist authoritarianism is only going to get bloodier.

Shared by @rpardee and 35 others.
Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️♾️🇺🇦 (@dgoldsmith) · Jan 26
🔁 @tzimmer_history:

I wrote about Minnesotans putting their lives on the line to fight for their city, protect their neighbors, and defend the Republic against tyranny.

Some thoughts from my new piece - angry and alarmed, but also hopeful and inspired:

🧵

steady.page/en/democracyameric

Bruce MacDonald (@rationaldoge) · Jan 26
🔁 @tzimmer_history:

I wrote about Minnesotans putting their lives on the line to fight for their city, protect their neighbors, and defend the Republic against tyranny.

Some thoughts from my new piece - angry and alarmed, but also hopeful and inspired:

🧵

steady.page/en/democracyameric

Robert M (@rob11563) · Jan 26
🔁 @tzimmer_history:

I wrote about Minnesotans putting their lives on the line to fight for their city, protect their neighbors, and defend the Republic against tyranny.

Some thoughts from my new piece - angry and alarmed, but also hopeful and inspired:

🧵

steady.page/en/democracyameric

Sergio (@sergiodomeyko) · Jan 26
🔁 @tzimmer_history:

The People Struggle Against Tyranny

Another execution of an American citizen. A regime that has no strategy but to lash out. The struggle against Trumpist authoritarianism is only going to get bloodier.

My new piece. And for this one, I allowed myself to write angry:

steady.page/en/democracyameric

Martin Vermeer FCD (@martinvermeer) · Jan 25
🔁 @tzimmer_history:

The People Struggle Against Tyranny

Another execution of an American citizen. A regime that has no strategy but to lash out. The struggle against Trumpist authoritarianism is only going to get bloodier.

My new piece. And for this one, I allowed myself to write angry:

steady.page/en/democracyameric

Bishop Greer Godsey (@bishop) · Jan 26
🔁 @wdlindsy:

"There is no act of violence committed by the agents of the state they won’t defend – no victim they won’t slander and vilify. ...

Here is the clearest encapsulation of Trumpism as a political project: Redraw the lines of who belongs, who is legitimate, who is part of the 'Volk.'”

~ Thomas Zimmer

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #murder #execution #violence #lies #Minnesota #fascism #authoritarianism
/6

steady.page/en/democracyameric

Annother (@Avonan) · Jan 26
🔁 @tzimmer_history:

The People Struggle Against Tyranny

Another execution of an American citizen. A regime that has no strategy but to lash out. The struggle against Trumpist authoritarianism is only going to get bloodier.

My new piece. And for this one, I allowed myself to write angry:

steady.page/en/democracyameric

A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how

abc.net.au · Jan 25

A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

Shared by @appassionato and 13 others.
Lauralee Dukeshire (@LauraleeDukeshire) · Jan 26
🔁 @3TomatoesShort:

A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how

abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atl

> A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network. 

Mojo ♻️ (@mojo) · Jan 26
🔁 @RaymondPierreL3:

Everything you wanted to know about #NeoLiberalism the #AtlasNetwork and much, much more.

This is a great resource (sourced by #amyremeikis). Bookmark it because I guarantee, if you’re into politics and/or economics (aka representation, equity and wealth) you’ll want to come back to it again and again.

abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atl

Maude Nificent (@maudenificent) · Jan 26
🔁 @RaymondPierreL3:

Everything you wanted to know about #NeoLiberalism the #AtlasNetwork and much, much more.

This is a great resource (sourced by #amyremeikis). Bookmark it because I guarantee, if you’re into politics and/or economics (aka representation, equity and wealth) you’ll want to come back to it again and again.

abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atl

Kate Lance (@katela) · Jan 26
🔁 @ApaulD:

Government Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change & Energy investigating how "misinformation" & "disinformation" about climate change and energy is financed, produced & disseminated, and what connections exist between Australian organisations and foreign think tanks and influence networks.
#australia #auspol

The Atlas Network is one of these ‘think tanks’.
#politics #atlasnetwork

(Journalists, please stop calling them “think tanks” - they are misinformation" & "disinformation machines pushing their agenda.)

abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atl

Andrew Henry (@AndrewHenry) · Jan 25
🔁 @DrALJONES:

Analysis: How the Atlas Network is shaping your life, even if you've never heard of it

"Fossil fuel giants, gambling & tobacco companies, & some of the world's wealthiest people have poured billions of dollars into ["free-market" think tanks] over the last 40 yrs, & are still financing them"

The think tanks spread misinformation & disinformation about climate change & how energy is financed, produced & disseminated.

abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atl

#FarRight #USPol #Europol #AtlasNetwork #oligarchy .

Plant-based plastic fully dissolves in seawater eliminating microplastic polution

thebrighterside.news · Jan 26

Researchers developed a strong, recyclable cellulose plastic that dissolves in seawater, offering a new way to stop microplastic pollution.

Shared by @weta and 10 others.
Tofu Musubi (@Hawaii) · Jan 26
🔁 @dogzilla:

Plant-based plastic fully dissolves in seawater eliminating microplastic polution - The Brighter Side of News thebrighterside.news/post/plan

Annother (@Avonan) · Jan 26
🔁 @dogzilla:

Plant-based plastic fully dissolves in seawater eliminating microplastic polution - The Brighter Side of News thebrighterside.news/post/plan

Ben (@TheBreadmonkey) · Jan 26
🔁 @dogzilla:

Plant-based plastic fully dissolves in seawater eliminating microplastic polution - The Brighter Side of News thebrighterside.news/post/plan

Martha Wells' next 'Murderbot Diaries' book is 'the family roadtrip from hell on Ringworld' (interview)

space.com · Jan 24

In an exclusive interview, bestselling author Martha Wells talks "Platform Decay," from its moral stakes to Murderbot's bitter humor.

Shared by @annathepiper and 13 others.
Mike McCaffrey (@mikemccaffrey) · Jan 25
🔁 @waystation:

Martha Wells' next 'Murderbot Diaries' book is 'the family roadtrip from hell on Ringworld' (interview)

space.com/entertainment/space-

"I've been watching 'The Pitt' lately, and it's almost like a comfort show, because you get to see people come in with horrible injuries and they're just like 'oh, we can fix this.' You see people trying to help as much as they can, even when they don't manage to, when they fail, it still feels encouraging and, and heartening in a lot of ways. That's what I wanted to do with Murderbot."

#Murderbot #MarthaWells #ScienceFiction #Scifi #Apple #AppleTV #books #bookstodon #ThePitt

David Zaslavsky (@diazona) · Jan 25
🔁 @waystation:

Martha Wells' next 'Murderbot Diaries' book is 'the family roadtrip from hell on Ringworld' (interview)

space.com/entertainment/space-

"I've been watching 'The Pitt' lately, and it's almost like a comfort show, because you get to see people come in with horrible injuries and they're just like 'oh, we can fix this.' You see people trying to help as much as they can, even when they don't manage to, when they fail, it still feels encouraging and, and heartening in a lot of ways. That's what I wanted to do with Murderbot."

#Murderbot #MarthaWells #ScienceFiction #Scifi #Apple #AppleTV #books #bookstodon #ThePitt

Agnes (@agnes) · Jan 25
🔁 @waystation:

Martha Wells' next 'Murderbot Diaries' book is 'the family roadtrip from hell on Ringworld' (interview)

space.com/entertainment/space-

"I've been watching 'The Pitt' lately, and it's almost like a comfort show, because you get to see people come in with horrible injuries and they're just like 'oh, we can fix this.' You see people trying to help as much as they can, even when they don't manage to, when they fail, it still feels encouraging and, and heartening in a lot of ways. That's what I wanted to do with Murderbot."

#Murderbot #MarthaWells #ScienceFiction #Scifi #Apple #AppleTV #books #bookstodon #ThePitt

Winchell Chung ⚛🚀 (@nyrath) · Jan 25
🔁 @waystation:

Martha Wells' next 'Murderbot Diaries' book is 'the family roadtrip from hell on Ringworld' (interview)

space.com/entertainment/space-

"I've been watching 'The Pitt' lately, and it's almost like a comfort show, because you get to see people come in with horrible injuries and they're just like 'oh, we can fix this.' You see people trying to help as much as they can, even when they don't manage to, when they fail, it still feels encouraging and, and heartening in a lot of ways. That's what I wanted to do with Murderbot."

#Murderbot #MarthaWells #ScienceFiction #Scifi #Apple #AppleTV #books #bookstodon #ThePitt

Ben ☀️shine (@bensunshine) · Jan 25
🔁 @waystation:

Martha Wells' next 'Murderbot Diaries' book is 'the family roadtrip from hell on Ringworld' (interview)

space.com/entertainment/space-

"I've been watching 'The Pitt' lately, and it's almost like a comfort show, because you get to see people come in with horrible injuries and they're just like 'oh, we can fix this.' You see people trying to help as much as they can, even when they don't manage to, when they fail, it still feels encouraging and, and heartening in a lot of ways. That's what I wanted to do with Murderbot."

#Murderbot #MarthaWells #ScienceFiction #Scifi #Apple #AppleTV #books #bookstodon #ThePitt

Peter Sefton 🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@peterjsefton) · Jan 25
🔁 @waystation:

Martha Wells' next 'Murderbot Diaries' book is 'the family roadtrip from hell on Ringworld' (interview)

space.com/entertainment/space-

"I've been watching 'The Pitt' lately, and it's almost like a comfort show, because you get to see people come in with horrible injuries and they're just like 'oh, we can fix this.' You see people trying to help as much as they can, even when they don't manage to, when they fail, it still feels encouraging and, and heartening in a lot of ways. That's what I wanted to do with Murderbot."

#Murderbot #MarthaWells #ScienceFiction #Scifi #Apple #AppleTV #books #bookstodon #ThePitt

Worth reading

Europe is at a turning point. Timid EU elites should take lessons from The Leopard

theguardian.com · Jan 26

Like the fearful Sicilian aristocracy in the 1958 epic novel, Europe clings to the status quo. But managed decline is not the only option, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute

Shared by @rikefranke.bsky.social and 9 others.
BashStKid (@BashStKid) · Jan 26
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Joseph de Weck (Foreign Policy Research Institute) argues that Europe (and the EU specifially) cannot continue muddling through the turmoil of global relations but rather need to 'drive change rather than merely passively endure it'.... but of course, the problem is, that the likely pace of political economic change in Europe (with the best will in the world) will not be fast enough in light of the speed of shifts prompted by Mark Carney's 'rupture'....

#EU #politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Stryder Notavi (@StryderNotavi) · Jan 26
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Joseph de Weck (Foreign Policy Research Institute) argues that Europe (and the EU specifially) cannot continue muddling through the turmoil of global relations but rather need to 'drive change rather than merely passively endure it'.... but of course, the problem is, that the likely pace of political economic change in Europe (with the best will in the world) will not be fast enough in light of the speed of shifts prompted by Mark Carney's 'rupture'....

#EU #politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Quixoticgeek (@quixoticgeek) · Jan 26
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Joseph de Weck (Foreign Policy Research Institute) argues that Europe (and the EU specifially) cannot continue muddling through the turmoil of global relations but rather need to 'drive change rather than merely passively endure it'.... but of course, the problem is, that the likely pace of political economic change in Europe (with the best will in the world) will not be fast enough in light of the speed of shifts prompted by Mark Carney's 'rupture'....

#EU #politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Flo (@desperadoduck) · Jan 26
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Joseph de Weck (Foreign Policy Research Institute) argues that Europe (and the EU specifially) cannot continue muddling through the turmoil of global relations but rather need to 'drive change rather than merely passively endure it'.... but of course, the problem is, that the likely pace of political economic change in Europe (with the best will in the world) will not be fast enough in light of the speed of shifts prompted by Mark Carney's 'rupture'....

#EU #politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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