While Rick waited for his insurance payout, mushrooms sprouted in his flooded Victorian home. He’s not alone

Exclusive: Insurance complaints are at record levels as Australian industry struggles with delays on ‘everyday’ claims

The Guardian

Burning fossil fuel and human survivability limits

‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds

"Extreme heat is already creating “non-survivable” conditions for humans in heatwaves that have killed thousands and likely many more, according to new research that warns people are more susceptible to rising temperatures than first thought."

"Climate studies have found that heatwaves are lasting longer and delivering higher temperatures around the world."

“The fact we are so close to physiological limits means that mitigating higher temperatures is essential to humans still being able to live and thrive in the hottest and most humid places, including the top end of Australia and much of the tropics, but especially in India and the Middle East. >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/08/extreme-weather-heatwaves-breaching-human-survival-limits-study-finds

"Deadly heat stress conditions are already occurring."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70485-1

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‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds

Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people

The Guardian

Bark is teeming with life - so
"Let them eat atmospheric gases like methane, hydrogen or carbon monoxide." >>
https://theconversation.com/we-discovered-microbes-in-bark-eat-climate-gases-this-will-change-the-way-we-think-about-trees-269612

"Nowadays, the discussion on climate change tends to be about the effects of it on our landscape and living conditions, on whom to blame, and how best to mitigate it. These discussions are becoming stale...." Climate barbarism: Adapting to a wrong world, Jacob Blumenfeld, 2022
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1467-8675.12596
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We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees

We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark can also “eat” climate gases.

The Conversation
Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say

Data leads scientists to declare 2015 Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C ‘dead in the water’

The Guardian