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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 1d

Coral reefs are the first ecosystem to have passed a climate tipping point. #climatecrisis #nogoingback #savetheplanet
time.com/7325086/cora...

The World's First Climate Tipping Point Has Been Crossed

The world's coral reefs are dying—and will continue to unless global temperatures drop significantly.

time.com

Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 2d

Catalpa leaf, morning sun #octobervibes #mainelife #spellwork #natureisbeautiful #weareallone

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 2d

Endings draw us near 
To incomprehensible.
 Seeds begin in dark.
#micropoem #tinypoem #haiku 🌱

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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 3d

This is what we're up against. People still removing woodlands when we've already lost so much

www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 5d

To reach new thinking, 
The middle is not enough. 
Stand at forgetting.
#haiku #tinypoem #micropoem

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Reasons to be Cheerful @reasonstobecheerful.world · 14d

No one on Earth has done more to promote the power of fungi than Paul Stamets, whose mycology work has earned him nine patents, millions of followers and a Star Trek character.

reasonstobecheerful.world/paul-stamets...

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 8d

Super Moon blessings! May all your harvests be bountiful and rewarding 🌕🌾 #supermoon #mainelife #natureisbeautiful #harvestmoon

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 9d

moonrise #harvestmoon #mainelife #lookingup #natureisbeautiful #deepsky 🌕

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 10d

Gibbous moon on water #mainelife #oceanlover #sirensong #octobermoon 🌖

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Earth Species Project (ESP) @earthspecies.bsky.social · 15d

🌍 For the first time, we asked the world what they want from AI that can decode animal communication.

The answer? 70% want to know what animals think and feel.

The world is ready to listen. Read the report for more insights: www.earthspecies.org/blog/what-th...

What the World Thinks About AI and Animal Communication: Findings from Our First Global Survey - Earth Species Project

For the first time, we asked the world what it wants from a future where AI helps us understand animal communication. Surveying 1,057 people across 67 countries, we discovered remarkable global consen...

www.earthspecies.org

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 11d

golden hour, East End #portlandmaine #octoberlight #oceanlover #howisee

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 14d

Enjoy! www.zmescience.com/feature-post...

The Forgotten Weather Station Where Polar Bears Now Stare Out From Broken Windows

Probably the most interesting polar bear photos you've ever seen.

www.zmescience.com

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 17d

To know the divine
Is to hold a flower’s kiss
Precious as sunlight.

#natureisbeautiful #mainelife #micropoem #tinypoem #haiku #saturdaysun

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 18d

Time’s measure chafes bones, 
Each ring marked in wood and skin, 
Old seeds, new seasons.
#thewheelisturning #birthdaythoughts #haiku #micropoem #tinypoem

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 20d

the watchers #mainelife #autumn #howisee #bluebirds #natureisamazing 🪶

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21d

The Department of Defense is delaying cleanups of forever chemicals at nearly 140 military sites – in some cases, by more than a decade.

Meanwhile, the PFAS industry has spent over $70 million lobbying the Trump administration in just the first half of 2025.

Always follow the money.

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 22d

🍂Mabon Blessings!

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 23d

Leaving everywhere
Summer crumbles underfoot
Time chafes at the edge.

#mabon #haiku #tinypoem #micropoem #autumnequinox

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 23d

Seven deer prancing
Light fading, fawns leaping, buck
Reaches, plucks apples.
#haiku #micropoem #tinypoem

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 23d

Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is stop and listen.
Today I'm joining humans around the world to pause and listen to the living Earth. The world is noisy. But we don't have to be. Listen.
Join the Global Day of Listening:https://hubs.li/Q03xWv2x0
#kinship #oneworld #DayOfListening2025

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 26d

a spot-on essay by the always-eloquent Willow Defebaugh @atmosmag.bsky.social "To be part of this wondrous planet and to know the excruciating splendor of having a body. To be alive on this great green Earth." atmos.earth/ecological-w... #climatecrisis #animamundi #ecogrief

Breaking the Spell of Ecological Dissociation | Atmos

The antidote to ecological dissociation is deep healing and a reconnection to the soul of the world.

atmos.earth

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 26d

busy bees #pollinators🐝 #mainelife #inthegarden #natureisamazing

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Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 27d

good morning! #noeditnofilter #mainelife #foggymorning #natureisart

Kimberly M Post, PhD @post4nature.bsky.social · 28d

The latest sustainability report from Al Gore's Generation Investment Management:
"We will come out of this period having sustained damage to the cause of a cleaner future." #climatecrisis
str2025.generationim.com/chapters/int...

Generation Investment Management STR 2025

str2025.generationim.com

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Jussi T. Eronen @jussiteronen.bsky.social · 29d

"Human-induced warming has been increasing at a rate that is unprecedented in the instrumental record, reaching 0.27°C per decade over 2015–2024."

Here is also really good Yale Climate Connections write-up of the paper.

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yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/clim...

Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections

They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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