Breaking Down: Collapse

Another weeks of climate news from around the world:Experts warn climate change will make parts of Israel uninhabitable in decadesAntarctic emperor penguins on the brink of extinction due to climate change and disease - KurioziteteWellington, New Zealand Just Shattered Its Rainfall Intensity Record — Over Half a Month’s Rain Fell in One Hour : r/collapseAn ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?Opinion | Extreme Weather Is Sending Home Insurance Rates Through the Roof; Big Oil Should Pay | Common DreamsToo hot for solar and too much wind for turbines: Can renewables withstand our worsening climate? | EuronewsAn intense marine heat wave has California in its crosshairs, with impacts set for land and sea | CNNClimate change eroding nighttime breaks in wildfire activityOcean warming weakens the sea–land breeze in coastal megacities | Nature Climate ChangeIn climate change fight, doomerism is out. Laughter is in | AP News

AI is either a bubble, or it's going to take all the jobs. Which is it? Today's article leans towards a resounding "pop" of the bubble.The AI economy runs on helium. The Iran war just created a $650 billion problem | Fortune

This episode highlights an example of how the wealthiest nations will leave impoverished nations to struggle.More than six million Haitians need urgent humanitarian aid: ‘The population is at breaking point’ | International | EL PAÍS English

Declining accessibility of food doesn't mean that one day it's here and one day it's gone; it means who gets access to it will shift. In this episode we discuss multiple articles highlighting the crisis currently facing the food system.Food prices are rising again. Drought, war, and tariffs are to blame | FortuneWorld food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns | Global food crisis | The Guardian2026 Super El Niño Threatens Global CropsAlready under pressure, Australia’s food system could now be in big trouble | SBS NewsFlorida is about to lose its most famous symbol forever. What happened?

Sources:Southern Poverty Law Center indicted for fraud, money laundering - POLITICOTrump admin coerced removal of ICE trackers, court saysICE official behind warehouse detention camps quits after tense congressional hearingLeaked Memos Reveal Just How Much the Supreme Court Has Betrayed the ConstitutionSupreme Court Shadow Docket Tracker — Challenges to Trump Administration Actions | Brennan Center for JusticeFBI Director Patel sues Atlantic, says story about his drinking falseThe Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’ | WIREDResolution to block the sale of 12,000 bombs to Israel (119_SJRES_138)Trump, IRS in talks to settle US president's $10 billion lawsuit | ReutersRep. Roy Introduces MAMDANI Act to Denaturalize and Deport Marxists and Islamic Fundamentalists | Representative Chip RoySupreme Court Is Poised to Gut Remaining Protections of the Voting Rights Act | TruthoutExclusive: Trump administration blocking appointments to key panel overseeing voting machines, officials say - Democracy DocketTrump DOJ loses again, now 0 for 5 on voter roll cases, as court rejects Rhode Island lawsuit - Democracy DocketViktor Orbán's defeat showed Democrats how to end Trump's rule.

A roundup of this week's climate news:Mosquitoes reach Iceland for the first time as the Arctic heats upProjected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation | Communications Earth & EnvironmentAfrica’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source | ScienceDailyCities are leaking far more methane than previously thought - Earth.comCritical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought | Oceans | The GuardianWhy people are working so hard?Does it makes sense : r/collapse

A brief episode about beef. A beef brief, if you will.New World Screwworm detected about 90 miles from the United StatesScrewworm.gov | Unified Government Response To Protect the United StatesBeef Prices: Your Expensive Cheeseburger Is a Taste of What’s to Come - Bloomberg‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country | US wildfires | The Guardian

Let's hit again on some ways the models are a mess, but today in regards to Sea Level Rise...One Wrong Variable in a Climate Formula Could Mean Sea Levels Rise 35% Faster Than Current Models ShowSaltwater is closing in on coastal groundwater, putting billions and food supplies at riskLong-term adaptation pathways for Venice and its lagoon under sea-level rise | Scientific ReportsVenice is threatened by rising sea levels. Will the city be forced to relocate? | Euronews

I discuss 3 articles highlighting new research on methane emissions, showing that the models are undercounting their impacts and severity. Hidden ocean feedback loop could accelerate climate change100 Times Worse? Thawing Permafrost May Be More Dangerous Than Previously ThoughtMeasurement of Gas Fraction and Gas Permeability of Thawing Permafrost Caused by Climate Change - Glover - 2026 - Earth's Future - Wiley Online LibraryNon-producing oil and gas wells may emit microbial methane at rates 1,000 times higher than previously estimatedWhy do we compare methane to carbon dioxide over a 100-year timeframe? Are we underrating the importance of methane emissions? | MIT Climate Portal