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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 40m

Coral reefs have passed their tipping point and new evidence suggests the Amazon will not be far behind. 2024 saw more forest destroyed through wildfires than even deforestation, accelerating the degradation of this vital habitat.

doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...  
#climatechange #tippingpoint #amazon

Extensive fire-driven degradation in 2024 marks worst Amazon forest disturbance in over 2 decades

Abstract. The Amazon rainforest, historically fire-resistant, is experiencing an alarming increase in wildfires due to climate extremes and human activity. The 2023–2024 drought, surpassing previous r...

doi.org

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 9m

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Hmmmm #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/14/j...

Jim Chalmers' super tax compromise proves Labor is a party that's in office, but not in power

Labor has finally capped superannuation tax concessions, but still given in to a scare campaign waged by vested interests. It's the sign of a timid government worried about a giant industry.

www.crikey.com.au

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 5h

War torn Portland.
I am

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 2h

Save them for a Bris compare? By all accounts it’s going to be a hot mess of a Games!

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 2d

And while we’re at doing what’s necessary … let’s stop approving new #coal #gas Australia! #climate #auspol @Murraywatt
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand

www.theguardian.com

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 3h

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'Deceitful' planning laws bypass environment, corruption safeguards, experts say

There are growing fears that a major overhaul of planning laws promoted to fast-track housing development will bypass environmental protections and remove safeguards against corruption.

www.abc.net.au

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 3h

🧶👵 protest the introduction of new NSW Planning laws at NSW Parliament House today. The laws are meant to fast track housing but will allow the Minister to approve projects without oversight - even by local councils. A 🎁 4 developers at the expense of our environment. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 9h

Let’s not forget the brilliant woman creator of early computing… here’s to you Ada Lovelace! You changed the course of history!
findingada.com

Ada Lovelace Day – Celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths

findingada.com

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣 nice one @ronnisalt.bsky.social !

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 1d

Exclusive | The Australian Parliament Sports Club has been deregistered as a lobby organisation after less than a month, CEO Andy Turnbull tells @daanysaeed.bsky.social

Australian Parliament Sports Club de-registered as lobby group amid MP outrage

www.crikey.com.au

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 1d

For the people of Poços de Caldas in Brazil, where rare earth elements have been discovered, the arrival of two Australian mining companies have been met with both cautious optimism and trepidation.

Australian mining giants are rolling into Brazilian towns to extract rare earth elements. Locals are worried

www.crikey.com.au

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

Me too! 🥺

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

It really is

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 1d

.#climatecrisis… just sayin

FunHouse Radio @funhouseradio.bsky.social · 3d

"It stretches from West Africa all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, forming a massive brown ribbon visible from outer space."
#weird #weidnews #science #ocean
www.odditycentral.com/news/massive...

Massive Brown Seweed Belt Spreading Through Atlantic Ocean Is Visible from Space

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is a shockingly large mass of brown algae almost double the width of the American continent, and clearly visible from space.

www.odditycentral.com

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Ken @cowcakes.bsky.social · 2d

The continuing environmental devastation of coal mining and burning.

Dr Bino says the results "clearly show toxic brine is leaking from Energy Australia's Mount Piper Power Station ash dump".

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Platypus vanish from river where Charles Darwin pondered evolution

Almost 190 years on, in the place where Charles Darwin first spotted a platypus, the egg-laying mammal seems to have disappeared.

www.abc.net.au

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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 2d

Rewriting reality.

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 2d

Ivanka & the handbag? In Israel? FFS!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

This Is Fascism

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 2d

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 2d

And while we’re at doing what’s necessary … let’s stop approving new #coal #gas Australia! #climate #auspol @Murraywatt
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand

www.theguardian.com